This book is marginally older than me (first published 1959) and it shows in the language, so words I wouldn't think of posting here, and stereotypical attitudes both gender and race which, thankfully, are long behind us.

Where it's odd is that it is very superficial. When one of our young heroes is drowned in a sailing accident there's no dwelling on the impact it would have had on his friends and it's barely mentioned again.

But it's an easy read and a good yarn and I suspect it's probably a fairly accurate reflection of the experience of young men joining the navy then.