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How to avoid boredom

Sailors, Submariners, Royal Marines and even members of the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm have all had to find ways of entertaining themselves aboard the Navy's vessels.

As a result, board games and card games as well as handicrafts became an important part of personal time aboard ship. Accounts from the diaries of seaman EJF Records provide us with an insight into the lives of those who served at sea.

To learn more about life on board, read EJF Records' Naval Life.

The crew of a submarine playing uckers on the casing
The crew of a submarine playing uckers on the casing. (RNSM)

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