ABSTRACT
In notes for his autobiography Patrick Blackett gives his service in the Royal Navy as 1914 to 1919, but if his time at the naval colleges of Osborne and Dartmouth is included, Blackett spent nearly ten years in uniform between the ages of 13 and 22.1 Nearly a decade of imbibing naval tradition, the finest education which the land had to offer, and five years of arduous warfare at sea helped to form his character and influenced him throughout his life.
