It tells of the dangerous missions as a midshipman during World War Two the author having to endure dive bombings, , the underwater menace of U-boats and the horrors of lives being lost all around him.
He is particularly frank about his personal life, describing a series of girlfriends, long hours playing the piano and a breakdown with post traumatic stress syndrome which resulted in him leaving his life at sea to take up positions in the oil industry and eventually management training.
This is a book not to be missed, a roller-coaster and candid tale of one of life's true characters told with all the panache of a true raconteur.
Ian Bryce was born in 1922 and his childhood was spent in Darlington and Cardiff. Trained for the sea in HMS Worcester, he joined the Merchant Navy in 1938. In 1939 he was called into the Royal Navy as a Reserve Officer (RNR) and served in HM ships Kittiwake, Fitzroy and Oribi during World War Two. Afterwards, in 1947, he sailed in HMS Vanguard to South Africa before rejoining the Merchant Navy, with Canadian Pacific Steamships and later Cunard.
After leaving the sea, in 1956, he took up positions in the oil industry before forming and running his own management training company, Kinloch Bryce Associates, which he continued to run until the age of 75.
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