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Re: Master & Commander
From: Jan Kalivoda
Date: 2003 Dec 6, 15:13 +0100
From: Jan Kalivoda
Date: 2003 Dec 6, 15:13 +0100
It is a fact, that so late as in 1928, the Royal Navy required from Navy officers that they hade bought a sextant as their personal property, otherwise they could not be assigned to a ship. Only after WW I Navy ships started becoming the sextants from Navy stores. Jan Kalivoda