User:MishMich/Glory home (naval)

Glory hole is naval slang used in both the merchant and Royal Navy to describe different things:


 * 1) In the Navy this refers to a place for general untidinesses.
 * 2) On passenger liners the Stewards' mess is referred to as the the 'glory hole'
 * 3) On coal-burning tramp steamers, the stoke hold was referred to as the 'glory hole'

On destroyer HMS Relentless during World War Two, "the messes down in the 'glory hole' had about 30 persons, the communications ratings, the quarter masters and mates, captain’s boat crew, radar operators, ASDIC operators, electricians (torpedo men) and some AA gunners".

On passenger liners, the stewards' quarters were known as being upleasant, bug riddled, places, "No place can be so utterly devoid of 'glory,' of comfort and privacy and so wretched a human habitation as the usual ship's glory hole".