fleetmates

Updated: May 22, 2025

War had been their trade in theory from earliest youth. They were all on nodding terms with Death. Indeed, most of the men round the long table had looked him between the eyes already, and the obituary pages in the Navy List had been a reminder, month by month, of others who had looked there too and blinked, and closed their eyes shipmates and fleetmates and familiar friends.

Bartimeus - A Tall Ship: On Other Naval Occasions