The Chocolate Frog Sailors

Onward to Australia, the Philippines and ... or where?

The night life in Kagoshima isn't quite what anybody expected. A real Japanese culture shock for all.

A weeks leave in Hong Kong with Aunty Maud and Uncle Jinsky. How the other side live and what it can bring.

Deigo Lankowi gives them an idealic background for a banyan of banyans. The naked breasts come into view.

Barney gets his first taste of business but he has no idea what he is learning and neither do Customs and Excise.

"Don't bother going ashore in Cochin" the captain advised - there is nothing to do - so save your money for Hong Kong. Good advice or bad?

A football match that ends in unusual circumstances of language! Barney learns the meaning of regional accents.

The Ugly Board starts to be created and the hardy tars prepare to enter the eye of the storm.

A New Year's Night never ever to forget. Barney now knows what emotional hurt really means.

Peppy puts his bottom to the wall and gets criticesed for it.

Real love always comes from a very unexpected angle.

Annie's Bar in Sembawang Village takes to the New Zealand rugby field and not many tries are scored!

An unusual postal delivery "You All!" A pantomime at sea for Christmas sets the mess a glowing with nostalgia.

Tug tries to sink the ship from the inside. Barney gets a dose of inflamation.

The formidable Crater City of Aden

A tragic and sad farewell to a good friend.

Henry, Peppy and Barney set out on a very memorable run ashore in Mombasa.

Dodo meets Zoe and there is a lot of sex education to be had by the boys.

Barney feeds the gulls that follow Conway in her wake. Mombasa gives the first glimmer of naked breast

Conway goes to the rescue of a Merchantman, The Isle of Dunray, in distress.

At long last Conway heads for the Far East and naked breast. First stop The med, Gib and Malta.

An exciting 'ugly night' doesn't quite turn out so ugly after all.

Dodo finds himself in trouble on top of the funnel. Peppy has his own arse kicked by a future father-in-law.

Did he really want to know what a cake and arse party was?

Barney is offered help by Mizzy at the forthcoming party

The journey of the rum as it travels from the barrel in the Spirt Room to the tot glass, every day to every man entitled. A story worth telling, except to the men not entitled. Barney was not entitled, unfortunately.

A funny way to learn about how the navy handles a nuclear attack. The fate-full Commissioning Ceremony and Cocktail party.

Meeting the rest of the new crew. His first run ashore and an eye opening intro to his fellow messmates.

So much to learn: About the ship, the navy, other men, rum, bum and backy.

Barney has a rude awakening when joining his first ship: He is expecting to sail the next day to far off distant lands but finds the ship still in build with a skeleton crew and a lot of learning to do.