JJ
My Dad was in the British Navy between 1937 and 1953 and at some point in WW2 when he was (I think) in the Indian Ocean, he was struck down with horrendous tooth ache. The nearest ship with a navy dentist and appropriate facilities on board was HMS Belfast (as pictured above). His ship rendezvous'd with Belfast and he was transferred across by one of those pulley and cradle arrangements. He had the offending tooth removed and the pain went away, allowing him to return to his own ship. We visited HMS Belfast on a family trip to London in 1967, and my Dad was able to locate the exact dentists chair he sat in back in 1942.
JJ My Dad was in the British Navy between 1937 and 1953 and at some point in WW2 when he was (I think) in the Indian Ocean, he was struck down with horrendous tooth ache. The nearest ship with a navy dentist and appropriate facilities on board was HMS Belfast (as pictured above). His ship rendezvous'd with Belfast and he was transferred across by one of those pulley and cradle arrangements. He had the offending tooth removed and the pain went away, allowing him to return to his own ship. We visited HMS Belfast on a family trip to London in 1967, and my Dad was able to locate the exact dentists chair he sat in back in 1942.