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Since time immemorial it had been the custom before a sea battle for the men to wash and don clean clothes in case of being wounded. This was all the more necessary under these circumstances, as many of them were still covered with coal dust.

Richard Hough

Richard Hough

Richard Hough

Born: 1922

Died: 1999 (aged 77)

Bio: Richard Alexander Hough was a British author and historian specializing in maritime history.

Known for:

Captain Bligh & Mr Christian (1972)
The Great War at Sea, 1914-1918 (1983)
Captain James Cook (1994)
The Potemkin Mutiny (1960)

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