The Midshipmaid (novel)

{{Short description|Comedy novel}}

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| author = Ian Hay

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| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

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| genre = Comedy

| publisher = Hodder & Stoughton

| release_date = 1933

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The Midshipmaid is a 1933 comedy novel by the British writer Ian Hay.Watson & Willison p.599 It is based on his 1931 play The Midshipmaid, co-written with Stephen King-Hall, about the visit of an economic expert to the British fleet to see what cuts can be made and the adventurous flirtation of his daughter with the ship's officers.