The radio officer is dead : life at sea in the Merchant Navy for a Radio Officer in the 1970s /John Brew.

"Have you ever wondered what it must have been like to live and work on a supertanker for six months or more at a time? Do you know what a Marine Radio Officer really did apart from sending messages in Morse Code? These and many other questions are answered in this thorough and readable account of the experiences of a Radio Officer who served in the Merchant Navy for a number of years in the 1970's.The ships he sailed on, the ports where he went ashore, the storms he endured, the time spent back at college and the many and varied people he worked with - all these themes are fully explored in this book. Like many other professions, that of the Marine Radio Officer fell prey to advances in communications technology. This account helps to explain what it was all about before it becomes a forgotten part of life at sea in the twentieth century."--Provided by the publisher.