FAR EAST STATION.

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H.M.S. Cossack, 1958-1959. Sole edition, signed by the ship's captain, David Seely, at the foot of his introduction. In 1959, Cossack completed a 15-year term of service in East Asia. This celebration of its last commission, during which it was stationed in Singapore, Hong Kong, and Japan, is unrecorded in institutions.Seely (1920-2011), the godson of Winston Churchill and of the future Edward VIII, fought in the Second World War and later in Malaya, commanding HMS Ajax between 1964 and 1965 and being mentioned in despatches. In 1966, he inherited the title Baron Mottistone and retired from naval service. Between 1992 and 1995, he was governor of the Isle of Wight.The text is split into a pictorial record of the commission and "not too factual departmental reports and sporting activities" (p. 4), enriched by humorous line drawings.

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