Rose Cottage was the slang of the time ( last century WOW !! ) for the nasty diseases Jack caught ashore. No doubt its use has faded like many other words of the day. A word I used in my previous comment , ROTTEN, was used at that time for one suffering with VD. Latest term for VD in civvie street, sexually transmitted disease.
Another term for VD of my time ," caught the boat up ". In those days a dose ( VD ) meant stoppage of leave in Rose Cottage so you didn't spread the lurgie. Stoppage of tot was applied too as that slowed down the cure I believe.
I think if you caught the boat up twice as a submariner it meant out of boats as there was no doctors on boats in those days. 'phylis meant straight to Gens without stopping. Must be a lot worse with AIDS and maybe submarine comforts now include blow up dolls. The Iraqi model is self inflated.It blows itself up.
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