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Council unanimously passed a resolution that the Marines the privilege. honour and Council of“domarching confer upon thethe Royal through City of Portsrnouth to the beat of the distinction ¢l|'|l|'|lSu Will! lfi\)'0lI¢_l.'~' fifed. and (.:oIours flying." The resolution is in recognition of “their distinguished achievements and magnificent service on sea and land all over the world. and of the long and close association which C\i\l‘i between the Royal Marines and the City.”

The Freedom is to bc engrossed on supporting the resolution, A|dcrm:m vellum and presented on some suitable Sir Denis Daley. who said he \\'.t\ the occasion. most .s‘cnior cs-Royal .\l;rrinc prcscnl The Rowtl l‘l:ttllps'lllt'c Regiment at the (‘ouucil meeting. and uh.» is was accorded the Freedom of the City a former Lord .\l:tyor of the (‘i'.\. rcfcrrcd to the service given in Pun».on May 20. I950. mouth the Corps. p;rrticnl;ul_v durRoyal Marines cvcrywhcrc. not ing the by war. only in Portsmouth. are extremely pleased about the honour bestowed “Don the Corps and are looking forward to the presentation day.

The Lord Mayor of Portsmouth (Councillor A. L. lllakc). who was a war-time officer in the Royal Marines. proposed the resolution which was seconded by the Deputy l.ord Mayor (Councillor A. G. Asquith-Lccson). In _

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ollicially released impression by an Admiralty artist of li..\l.S/M. Dreadnought. the Royal Navy's first nuclearpropelled submarine. A prominent feature of her design is her whale-shaped hull. the near-perfect streamline giving maximum underwater elliciency. while the fin-like conning tower is also aimed at reducing “drag" to the ILL llritain's H-bomb dctcrrcnt minimum. The l)readnought's hull will be British built. the main contractors being Viclrers-Armstrontzs (Shipof the future be delivered by subhuitdcrs) l.td. A contract for the purchase of a nuclear power unit built in the United States is under negotiation marine tired missile. land based at the present time. The Dreadnought will be capable of continuous high underwater speed and will have a long endurance. Admiral Sir William Davis. Corttnurnder-in-Chief. Home Fleet. recently stated : “I attach tremendous rocket or supersonic bomber‘! That is question that is being asked today. importance to the submarine as an anti-submarine weapon. I don't think any of us‘. even on the naval side. realise the the revolution in thinking and naval strategy that the advent of the nuclear submarine has made. It is probable As the cost of all the ditlcrcnt methods that the motto of the ship will be ‘I-‘ear God—l)read Nought.‘ The name "Dreadnought" was made famous by ‘, is expected to be £500.0(l'0.00(l it would the battleship built at Portsmouth in I906. That ship was of 17.900 tons’ and of a design which revolutionised be beyond Britain's resources to cnbattleship construction. She was superior in both firepower and speed to any other ship then afloat. and was described dcavour to produce all three.

by Lord Fisher as the “hard-boiled egg;--becauseshe cannot be beaten" lt ‘rs understood that the Defence Committee are considering “Blue streak." a 2.000-mile liquid-fuelled

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The supersonic plane is unlikely to find support in the Defence Committee for it is still at the idea stage.

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rcprcscnting the United States Navy.

CAR in which Commander I). R. Capt. l.. I-l. .\lc.-\lpinc. U.S.N.. repreWilliams. R.N.. Licut.-Comntztndcr senting the American Ambasszidor. in P. W. K. Heywood. R.N.V.R.. and hit. turn handed thc ship to Mr. S. .\l.

N a thrcc-nation h:tndovcr ceremony Khan. l)cptIty High Cumrnissioncr for R. G. Leaf were travelling through held in the yard of .l. Santucl White l’aki.st:tn. The rcnuming ceremony was Chatham Dockyard. plunged into a |.td.. at Cowcs. Isle of Wight. on Tues- carried out by Begum Mazatlan lock on November 29. day. Dcccntbcr I6. H.M.S. Charity was Hassan, wife of the Naval Adviscri At the inquest on Mr. Leaf. who ‘was trapped In the car. Commander transferred to the l’akistnn Navy. The |’akist:tn. n_.\1_s_ Charity. 3 ‘‘C'' class dc5- Williams said when the car went into ccrcmony was thrcc-fold because the ship is being purchased from the troycr. completed in I945. was refitted the water. he kidrcd at a door and.

Admiralty by the United States of and modernised in l957 and placed in as it opened. he must have gone out on America and handed to Pakistan as operational reserve. Further moderni- a bubble of air. Licut.-Commander part of the mutual assistance pro- sation has been carried out during the Heywood. who was driving. said he gramme which the U.S.A. is tinder- cttrrcnt refit at the expense of the must have escaped through a rear door. taking for that country. The ship was‘ United States Government. _

renamed l‘.l\'.S. Shah lchan.

Commodore Supcrintcndcnt Contract lluilt Ships t('ommodorc R. l.. H. Marsh. l).S.0.. R.N.) represented the lloard of Admiralty in handing the ship to (':tpt. V. ll. Cole. U.S.N..

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The three men were Mr. C‘. R. Smith. l).S..\l.. formerly an olliccr'\' chict‘ cook: C.F..A. K. Ii. 1. Corbin. of tl..\l.S. Collingwood. and C.l’.(). C. T. Naislt. of l-l..\l.S. St. Vincent.

The awards were for otttstanding zeal and devotion to duty: Mr. Smith while serving on the stall’ of the Commandcr-in-Chicf. Home Flcct; C.F...-\. Corbin for service in H..\l.S. Undinc: and C.l’.O. Nztish for service in H.M.S. Kenya.

The citations stated that .\lr. Smith “is a good cook. a finc example of chccrful enthusiasm and an excellent tutor to his juniors. llc ranks among the foremost of those whose exceptional service has nmintzrinctl the prestige of the Royal Navy."

C.E.A. Corbin is "Lt iinc c.\':tmplc to juniors and seniors alike." and C.l’.O. Naish is "of the highest moral stan-

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submarines third of the Royal Navy's new Porp oise Class of Laird & Co. was commissioned at the llirkcnhead yard of Messrs. l.td.. on Friday. December I‘). She is ll.-.\l.S. Grantpus Seth-Smith.R..\'.). sister ship of the Porpoise and Rorqual already Ill service with the Fleet.

The cotuntissioning service was con» } feet long and have .1 bcam measureductcd jointly by the Lord Bishop of mom of 26} feet. Air and SIIFTIICC ‘Chester. the Right Rcv. (i. A. Elison. warning radar can be operated at periwho conducted the service at the ship's scopc depth as well as when surfaced.

Rev. idea was tried in l‘l..\.l.S. launching in May. I957. and theof the A. ll. 0'l‘urrcll. R.N.. Chaplain linglc bcforc she left the llnttcd ‘3rd Submarine .'~iqu:ulron. which the Kingdom for the foreign service leg of (‘mrtnpus will eventually join. her (ictzoral Service Commi.ss'ion. The Colmnotlorc. i\':u-al Drafting. was in~ 3 l-l..\f.S. (ir;nnpus'. which has :1 coili\itcd to send a representative to the plcmcnt of six olliccrs and (15 ratings. and great ..\l. Ships Appleton. Coniston. ship to talk to thc olliccrs and ratings has‘ a high underwater speed the Yarnton. Upton and Wolvcrton— in general terms about drafting and ltli\'int..'. depth. qualities rcllcctctl in ;tds:rnccmcnl and to deal with some design of her butt and stlpcrslrttctttrc. the ltltlth .\liucswccping Sqnadron-—around rulings’ questions personally. 'lhcrc Powered by dicscl-electric drive from 'wln'ch ltavc beenIllon patrol Admiralty stztndard-range engines. she (')-p.-us for about weeks. returned to \'-its it ready response from the (‘ommotlorc. and one of his l)r;rfttng (‘ont- has snort cqtupmcnt tlcstrtncd _to gts'c1p...-mnmm, um; (‘h;,u.;.m in 1),.-c,_.m. mundcrs xszts sent dossn from ll.nlc- tl1:t'<tl‘tltlt1t \‘n0l’l-t.'ll(tl"glll§.'.facilitieseven 1.“, During lhc W,-‘....1 ..;[ C)-pm; cuch conditions. ship boarded about I90 small craft in men: while l-faglc was at Dcvonport. gin the roughest sea l-'o:tm lntcx |l‘l;tllfC\’\‘L‘S. strip lighting. I search of arms. llusy as the Commodore. Naval curtains. laminated plastic and l)r;tfting'.s stall must he. thc expericncc rccomincltds‘ such a visit by wood pnnclling contribute to the high “l)r;tflic" to all ships during the com- living Sltllltlttl'tl\' acltievcd in this class At the recent Home Air Command mission. The confidence engendered by of subntztrincs for the ships‘ comthis personal and understanding ap- panics. Air conditioning maintains an Women's Royal Naval Service HandiWriter Graeme proach iustilics it. Furthermore. there even temperature in both the tropics craft Exhibition. made a skirt for his tll:I_\‘ well he :1 saving in paper work In and polar regions. while a cinema pro- Dnnlop (aged 20) the long run. while its contribution to icctor and tape recorder helps to com- sister. The taticta skirt had panels of the morale of :1 ship's company makes hill the boredom of long suhmcrgcd cup tallies and (10 were used. lt was modelled by Wren llarr (.\l.T.'l'raim:c). it a "roost." patrols‘.

Porpoisc Class suhntarincs are 290 ot‘ l-l..\l.S. Dxdalus.

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TOURIST BOARD F()RlLetters to the Editor MALTA TO BE SET UP ARE UNDERSEA BASES i turning Lcnnox-Boyd. dockyard shipbuilding Bailey. POSSIBLE? recently EDITORIAL satisfactory iNAVY NEWS IN completed. subject responsibility SlR,—.\luny help.

AUSTRALIA German promises" Royal Navy Maguirc. yerir.

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HE Queen. dtiring her Christmas broadcast. referred to the "unof the certainties and There are thousands forthcoming who will in of tS claim that the facing uncertainties. They are proT the Newcastle-on-Tyne Naval of lack ships disturbed our by foundly Yard of Vickers-Armstrongs(Shipinordinate delay builders) Ltd.. on Tuesday. December and b_v the apparent in completion of those now being 9. the German Federal Navy formally took possession of the second of seven built.

"Britain mint have a strong Navy." frigates bought from the Royal Navy ago.

Throughout the centuries far-sighted :1 year She is the Actaeon. which was acmen have emphasised this point and at a short ceremony on behalf surely the need is as great today as it cepted of the Federal Ministry of Defcnceby is Britain that realised is It was. ever Regicrungsbaudirektor 0. Fenselau unless but from Mr. G. H. Houlden. Mana ing today one of a team.

Britain herself is strong the other Director of Viclters-Armstrong: (S ipmembers are unlikely to support the builders) Ltd.. the firm responsible for the ship. Among those present team. After all. if a boxer relies on a A. Zimmerwas strong right arm. and that becomes mann lsorvetten-kapitan Naval Attache at the German paralysed. the result of a fight becomes Embassy in London. ii foregone conclusion.

The Actacon starts her sea trials With Britain's heavy commitments with a ship's company of seven oflicers throughout the globe the cost of :1. and 69 ratings of the German Navy. large ntodcrn navy is of course enor- and will continue to bear the name she ossessed for service under the White mous. but it should be regardcd_a.s sign until being commissioned and an insurance. the premium of which is small compared with th: Ultcl‘ rechristened in German for duty as Cadet training ship at iel. She is to desolation which could ensue. be commanded b Fregatten-kapitan This ‘‘uncertainty‘‘ could and should F. K. Paul and sai ed for Bremerhaven be removed—even at the expense of on December 18. some of the things we now regard as The Actaeon. a later Black Swan "essentials." for without freedom class of frigate. was completed in July. there‘d be no "essentials. H.M.S. I946. by Messrs. John 1. Thornycroft Tiger. the first of the "Tiger" class of .5: Co. Ltd. The following year she went cruisers. is due to come into service to South Africa and served with the South Atlantic Squadron based on early in I959. but the Lion and the Simonstown until January, 1953.

Blake are not expected to be ready steaming some 90,000 miles during this before I960. If only we had half a period on visits to countries and dozen (or more) of these up-to-date islands on both the east and west ships in commission! coasts of Africa.

Among the places she visited at that time were the Gold Coast. the Ivor We wish all our readers, contributors Coast. Gambia. Liberia. the Frcnc and advertisers a Happy New Year. Camcroons. the Belgian C0380. 51Helena. Tristan da Cunha. Madagascar May prosperity attend you all. and Mozambique.

‘Hie Oakley. the first of the frigalcs “Wl'l'H A THANK!-‘Ill. to be accepted by the Bundesmarinc.

REM!-ZMBRANCE OF THY taken over at Liverpool on OctoMl-IRCIES" er 2.

0 slit-iv _vonr.r¢'lve.s in_v]ul helm: the Lord I/It.’ King. Let the .\'¢’ll ninkr ti noise. itml all that lliercirt is: thrmmttl world. and they that dwell tlirri-itt. Let the ’ftlOll.\‘ clap their P.-IRTICULA RS IN this forecast arc humls rim! let the hills he ioyfttl linble to alteration. The U.K. Bore brlore the Lord.

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After the transfer the Navy wotild continue to use Malta as a naval base and the would be responsible for it and for some of the functions carried out in the There are about l2.500 local people in the base and docky:ird and about half of these would be offered work by the commercial firm. The mt would continue to be employed by the Ad-

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My home was in Ryde. l.().W.. and when it boy m_v interests and inclinaIR.—.\ly brothcr—R. L. tions were to be in the Navy. but unwho is vice-chairman of the Eulicld I wasn't rugged enough to Branch. R.N.A.. me a copy of be accepted. At the age of 10 I knew NAVY Nizws :ind I was more concerning the Navy than the and interested in an article on page S average. and could even now write it of July. I958. issue regarding Admiral good description of being taken to the Sir Phillip V. Enright. I myself am an Royal Naval Exhibition in 1891. ex-Greenwich Royal Hospital School The news of the scrapping of so boy—-about the same time as Admiral miralty. many ships of the Navy is alarming in Enwright_ An Admiral and also a It is expected that there will be a view of the appalling menace of the knighthood from the lower deck is a like very gradual diminution of the numbers Soviet Navy. They are reported to rarity. so I would. if employed by the Admiralty. but up to have between 500 and 700 submarines much to hear how t is happened and December. I962. the numbers in the which are. even now. probably cover- any further information you could give and in the naval base are ing all trade routes and ports. The me. Mysclf—l transferred to the duckyard not likely to fall below H.500. operations of the "peaceful" Soviet R.A.N. after the l9l4-I8 War and Mr- Lerinox-Boyd also intimated trawlers and missions should have very finished up P.0. Tel.. and have been that plans were in hand to provide close scrutiny. for. in my mind. there out here now nearly 40 ycars—so am Congrats. oit employment outside the dockyard and is the possibility that they :ire making nearly ii local lad now!is the lirst copy in this connection the contract for the undersea bases inst outside territorial the Navy Nt=.ws—this I've seen. but from now on my brother development of a deep-wat_cr harbour \h'3lL‘fS. had been let and the contractor lnstcad of scrapping the small craft. will be posting them oitt to me. If you expected to be able to report substan- frigutes. etc.. they should be armed as have ofa spare corner in your “N.N." these days you might please tial progress by the end of the present submarine killers and provided with one financial year. homing missiles equipped with a war- mention that J. M:tguire——Ex 5.10 This deep-water harbour will help to head like the magnetic mine. Doubt- G.R.H.S.——is still going strong and provide modern port facilities and lcss the scientists cottld make such a wishes all the "old boys" all the very Yours faithfully. J. thus help to encourage industry and missile which would operate only best, etc. tourism. The establishment of a Malta below the surface thus eliminating MAGUIRE. Main Road. Fcnnells Government Tourist Board is en- surface accidents. I would also have Bay. N.S.W.. Australia. the light craft fitted to carry helicopvisaged. ters which could detect and drop a lethal packet on a submarine. I do not wish to sound alarming but war OF

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HE Commander-in~Cbief. Portsmouth (Admiral Sir Guy Grantham). inspected the Portsmouth Unit of the Headquarters Reserve (R.N.R.) at the Royal Naval Barracks on December ll. Accompanied by Cdr. P. A. Titheridge. R.N.R. (Commanding Ofiicer of the unit). Admiral Grantham said that there were now ll officers and HS ratings in the unit. and during Exercise “Shipshapc“ some ofliccrs and men were employed at Fort Southwick. ‘Die Commander-im Chief thanked the Reservists for their eutliusiasnt :iiid said he had been impressed by their bearing and evident keenness.

when the Soviet has complcted its plans and i look for one "all out“ paralysing blow which will leave no time for preparation or to build anything. That is why the scrapping of the small craft seems suicidal to me.

I think that today we face the most serious time in the world's history.

The Soviet. with its ideas of world dnminaton. will leave nothing to chance. l think the free world should get tip a "war-time speed“ and equip these ships to deal with this potential submarine menace.The time. I am sure is mnning out. I could be wrong. hit! was proved correct before August 4.

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Lists of ratings and other ranks recognised by trade unions are given in the Admiralty Fleet Order.

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H.M.S. Puncheston. April. at Hythe. for Local Foreign Service (Mediterranean). (Crew ex Klldarton.) ll.M.S. Girdle Ness. April 28 at Devonport. for Local Foreign Service (Mediterranean). ll.M.S. Bermuda. April 30 at Devonport for General Service Commission (Hontelbleditcrranean). U.K. llasc Port. Devonport. ll.M.S. Monckton. April. at Rosyth. for Home Sea Service (Vernon Squadron vice Bcachatiipton). U.K. llase Port. Portsiiiouth. ll..\l.S. Crane. April 30 at Singapore for Foreign Service (Far F.:ist).

H.M.S. Crossbow. April ?._I at Chalham for General Service Commission (Mediterranean/Ilomc). U.K. Base Port. Chatham. |I.M.S. Rocket. hlziy 5. at Portsmouth. for trials. ll.M.S. Shavington. May H. at Hythe. for Local Foreign Service (Mediterranean). (Crew ex Dul'ton.i H.i\i.S. Belfast. May l2. at Devonport. for Foreign Service (Far East).

H.M.S. Laybnrn. May. at Rcnfrew. for Home Sea Service. (Crew ex 1 Boom Defence Vessel.)

H.M.S. Loch Klllisport. May l2. at Portsmouth. for General Service Commission ll-lome[ArabianSea and Persian Gulf). U.K. Base Port.

Portsmouth.

H.M.S. St. James. June at Devonport for trials.

EMS. Powderhnm. June. at Hythe for Home Sea Service (50th .Vl.S.S.-— crew ex-Recdhzim. Home Base Port.

Rosyth.

H.M.S. Leverton. June. at Hythe. for Local Foreign Service (Mediterranean). (Crew ex Thiiiilrerton.)

H.M.S. Whitby, June. at Rosyth. for

ll.M.S. Scorpion. July. at Chatham. for trials. (Part General Service Conintission complemeiit.) ll.M.S. Torquay. Jtily, at Portsmouth. for General Service Commission ll-lome/East of Suez). U.K. Base Port. Portsmouth. ll.M.S. Salisbury. July. at Devonport. for General Service Commission lHomclEast of Suez) U.K. Base Port. Devonpon ll.M.S. Scarborough. July. at Ponsmotith. for General Service Coniniission (HonietF.ast of Sue/,). U.K, llase P-itt. Portsmouth. ll.M.S. Tenby. July. at Chatham. for General Service (‘oniuiission (Home!

East of Sue/I U K Base Port. (_‘h;u-

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H..\I.S. Loch lnslt. July. .1: Devonport. for General Service Commission tl-lome/.-\r:ibi:inSc:i and Persian (iiilf) U K llzisc Port, Devonport ll..\l.S. Tiger. ltily. for General Scrvice Commission. ll.M.S. Chevron. August. at Rosyth. for trials.

H.M.S. Puma. August. at Devonport. for General Service Comniission tHomelSoutb Atlantic and South America). U.K Base Port: Devonport ll.M.S. Protector. August. at Portsmouth. for General Service Commission (Home,iSonth Atlantic and South America). U.K Base Port.

Portsmouth.

Il.M.S. Wukeful. August. at Portsmotith. for Home Sea Service (Portsiitouth Squadron vicc Starling). U.K Base Port. Portsmouth. ll.M.S. Scorpion. August. at Chatham. for General Service Commission (Home/Mediterranean). U.K. Base Port. Chathani.

I-l.M.S. Verulam. August. at Devonport. for Home Sea Service. U.K. Base Port. Ponsmouth.

ILMS. Car-yslort. September. at Portsmouth. for Foreign Service (Far

General Service Co ni mission (Home/Mediterranean). U.K. Base Port. Rosyth. ll.M.S. lat. June. at Portsmouth. for General Service Commission tHomeIMediterranean). U.K. Base Port. Portsmouth. ll.M.S. Eastbonrnc. June. at Chathani.

East). for General Service Commission (HomelMcditerraiieaii). U.K. Base H.M.S. Albion. September. at Portsmouth. for General Service CommisPort. Chatham. sion. U.K. Base Port. Portsmouth.

H.M.S. Dali-ymple. July. at Devonport for General Service Commission. H.M.S. Cavendish. October. at DevotiU.K. Base Port. Devonport. port. for lforeign Service (Far East). _

NAVY NEWS

Jlillllry. 1959

Leading Sea cadet

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Hl-I "('ornwall" .\letlal has been January l6. Scottish Area Championawartletl to (‘adet l’.(). R. Graham. fillibs pt (ilasgow: .l;xntiary l7. l.oiidoii of the lidinhurgh “lteatty" unit. The Area semi-Iiiials at Dtilwich Unit; “Patticl; Pollock" memorial privc has .laiiii:iry l7. Western Area Championbeen won by ('adet l’.(). A. I3. l)ainen. ships at Ciirtlitlz January l7. Northliast Area (‘liatnpionships at Derby; of the We_viiiouth unit.

These awards are tnade attnually as January 17. Southern Area Chanipioiilllsl and second prizes to the two ships at l)artfort|‘. January 22. London cadets gaining the highest marks in Area Cliaiiipioiiships in Lontlon. the country in the exaiiiiiiations for I-"OOTlt.-\l.l. cadet petty olliccr which are conducted

by Royal .\'av_v personiiel in naval The t\'ation:il Troph_v will be esiablisbiiients or ship». awarded to the unit (representing its ‘I he Sea (‘adet ('orp~t clianipionships I area) which during the season wins a in football. boxing. \\\‘illl|llltt‘_: and: l;nock~ou: competition. The dates of shooting. and the natioiial i'cgatlasi the leading events are: J:tniiar_v 3|. oi'g.xnised by the Sports (‘ouncil. will‘ Western Area l:lll£Il at ('or.sham. he eoiidtieted next year on siiiiilar lines shire‘. l-‘ehriiary ti‘. Southern Area to those which operated so sticcessfolly Final at (iiiiltlfordt I:L‘l1rll:II')' Ill l"52s‘.

Stittlllxll Area l’inal at (il:Is}:U\\'§ li().\'l.\‘(i ruary I4. .\litl|and Area Final at Hit- tint’.-.e—‘ The National liusing (‘h;impion- chiti: l-'ebi'uary I5. London Area (‘upi Ull.'l' by Messrs. V i c It e r s I-‘inal :it (iieenwich: l-‘ebruary 22. ships. with the conditions approved by North-liast Area Final at Ariiistroiigs (Shipbui|ders) Ltd. at the Amateur lioxiiig Association. will, Sea Cadet Corps Southern Harrow-in-Ftirness. H.t\l.S. Explorer provide for 25 weights rat ig from‘ Mtlrch 5-3.

7 st. for the lightest l5-year-olds to quarter- and semi-linals at Greenwich. (730 tons" standard. about 1.000 tons ll st. ll lb. for the heaviest l7~ lo Iti- when in the quarter-liiial Western submerged) is a high-speed typc exmeet l.ondon. and Southern meet Mid- peritiieiital submarine. The propulsive year-oltl cadets.

The dates and venues of the princi- land‘. .\larch I3-I5. Sea Cadet Corps machinery is of novel design. employCup Northern qtiarter- and semi-finals ing high-test peroxide. pal events :ire: .Iantiary I0. .\lidland at I.iverpool. when Northern Ireland The ship was latiticlicd on .\larch 5.

Area (‘hanipionships at Birminghauiz.

North-liast. Scotland |'|]g‘c[ I954. and completed November 28. meet North-West: April I‘), l.ondon Area 1956. and she serves to provide exinter-district finals in Lontlon: April perience in the upL'.’:tliutl of her diesel15. Sea ('adet (‘orps Cup Final at electric-tttrbine combination. and as a fast underwater target to train surface Kettering.

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forces in the tactics which would be required to destroy submarines with high underwater speeds. She has long endurance. is well streanilinetl and most of her superstruetiire fittings are retractable. l-ler speed is more than 25 knots submerged and she has a crew of seven ofliecrs and 42 ratings.

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l).\llRAl.'l’Y l-‘leet Order 2982/58 gives details of opportunities for otlicers and men to compete in an open competition for about I00 appointments as otlicers of Customs and Excise l)epartnient. The written examinations will be held on March l0 and II. I959. at various centres in the United Kingdom and overseas. 'l'hose who are sticcessful in the written examination will be called for interview in the United Kingdom in May. I95‘). Applications are required by January 8. I959.

of steam :uid oxygen formed by the decomposition of high-test liydrogeit peroxide. She is thus able to deliver full power when completely submerged. and independent of atniospheric oxygen. The conventional means of propulsion at lower speeds

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Britain established a new “first" with the inauguration by B.0.A.C. of scheduled jet services across the HE latest edition of that indispen- Atlantic with the Comet IV. with Pansable book on aircraft. “Jane's All American World Airlines with its the World‘s Aircraft." now about to t Boeing 707 very close behind. enter its 50th year. is "heing published The compiler and editor. Mr. airlines are Lenard at a time when the world's Bridgman. states in his preface that “the year just passed has seen space flight develop from science fiction to science fact." Much has been learned about conditions in interplanet:ir_v space and developments are ttaking place which will enable men lll;'Sl{ being the lirst motoring tiotes l for the New Year. may l Wish all’ ‘to follow the paths of the sputniks. tone of which now in orbit. an Naval motorists good motoring and‘ IR. Aiuericaii one. is expected to encircle freedom froiti trouble throughout Iicurl I!lNt‘Il('tI '|\'fl\ rIt't'[II_\' by the earth for the next 200 years. .\I_\' N5‘). lIlt' pililul cry /mm your nmlnrilig AVOll)lN(i TROUISLIZ SIX-JET BOMBERS t'nrn'.\pmiiIt-In‘ in I)i't'¢'niIi¢-r'_\ .\',\\'\Although trouble on the road can Nt=.\v.s‘.' I mu limit-iiiit,e In Il)Ilt'llf(I Due mainly to Russian securit take a variety of forms most of them IIn-u- /cw limit in the Itu[1¢' that they measures. details of Russia's aircrat muy help [0 rm'.u- him from IlI.t‘ are completely avoidable. I suppose and missiles are naturally scanty when the greatest calamity which can befall .\IUl'lL'Il of tIt'.\[Jr!lttI, um! Iiriiig ti the amount of informaf('('I7It’ imilc In Iii_i tI¢’.\[1tlIfIrlj.,' compared with one is a breakdown at night after all in respect of aircraft of given ;tion garages have closed and the road‘ ('lItlIIIt'lltIIIt'('.' ' but the editor writes. /lIIIlrJlI_t.‘Il I do not poxzit-.u it our. other countries. patrols have gone home. Uiifortunhowever. that "confirmation has been um! Iltl|'t' mi [!tIIIf(‘llI(lf (‘l)Ill'¢’fll it-itli ately it always seems to h:tppcti received that a new six-jet delta-wing those people who are ill-prepared.‘ nmruring. I uliwiyx fl'tIlI Iii.i arliclt-.\ bomber with intercontinental range is with the _ert'u!t-it ii] irm-rt-.iI. I r)IIt'Il without tools or a tyre pump. often going into operational service." The without a jack and seldom with such, iiml in IItt'IIt rl lot 0] iii/ornmririn is-Iiit‘/i i'.i not only of _L'('Il¢‘f(lI r'rilt'n-.iI. N.-\'l'() code name for this aircraft is a thing as an electric torch. Unfor-, the “Bounder." and it has :1 speed of Iml tt'IlIt‘Il I try to rtwicnilit-r /or Ihr liinate. not for the chap who breaks that of sound.

Ilr'Ill'III of my iririluring frieittls. twice down. but for the individual who hapLast year's edition contained only pens to be motoring on that particular : .\'u.' only IIl_I.\. Iiur I out (II||‘ll_\'.\ l2 pages on missiles. but this year the .\'rrm'k by the IlfrHItI'I!lIIltI¢‘lIwuy in road and who has to use his equipment tt‘IlI('Il he (I('(II.\ with his .iirli]et‘t-- section has been greatly enlarged and and time to get his fellow motorist now covers 36 pages with 73 illustra"wi'tIirml It-or or ]ui'uur"—timl by out of trouble. tions. all of which are new.

Those of you who are in the habit rIu- /rirmlly (‘UIl\IlI('fflIIt‘)II /or Iiix “Jane's All the World's Aircraft." of driving around without being pro-. It-Iluw-rIri'i'¢'r.i lt‘IlI(‘Il is flI|I'fl_\'.\‘ .\'0

by Sampson l.ow. Marston perly equipped. without a torch or‘ l'l()II('('llIlI¢'. rl.\ I have no I'l'(I.\t)Il to published Se Co.. I.td.. at l05s.. is. as always, a elementary tools. with flat batteries In-l that my |'I('\I'S are in any way splendid production. The aeroplane iiiiiqm-. I lhiiil. that Mr. Mtmli and dud tyres. etcetera. might spare section alone contains 349 pages and t-mi rm! tmiirml Him his Iii:-mry a thought :uid do something about there are 762 illustrations. 50 per cent. equipping yourselves properly. liven vllotlx tH'l' IIl(I('('tI wit/¢'l_\' and of which are new. This book is inlI('('[}I_\' (l[1pr¢'t‘Iulr'rI. the [I00 "banger" seldom gives trouble dispensable to till those interested in .l()SEl’H W. KNIGHT if it is properly looked after. on

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On frozen roads. drive with :1 fairy 00° foot and refrain from heavy accelera- W.D.Sury..t14Lod tion and braking. Use as high a gear as No.Porturn'¢|:uIh possible so as to restrict engine power.

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HE First Sea Lord (Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma) visited Portsmouth on December 19 and paid an informal visit to H.M.S. Leopard, recently completed in H.M. Dockyard. Portsmouth.

The Leopard class. viz.. Leopard.

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I959

TEAMS FOR "1959

HIS is the “quiet time" as far as competitive sport is concerned. but it does not mean inactivity.

All comniands have been busy building up teams for their trials in the New Year. and between January and March iiitcr-conimand hadiiiiiitoii. hockey and netball will be played as well as iiiter-service i squash. liockev. netball and rifle shooting. With Easter so early. this is a very crowded programiiie and one cannot help feeling thankful that only hockey is played out of doors or the weather would no dotibt .

Service badminton will not take place cause considerable chaos. until April and after Easter because Of the winter games. only the _Open of shortage of time. and lnter-Commzind Squash ChamIn congratulating Third Officer pionships have been played so far. Hogg on her personal victory in the ‘third ()llicer llogg. ti C()lTl[1iI|'l_llI\:C squash (she has. incidentally. in only H .1.-~.t.~.i;ncr to the Service. won the indiHIE leader the of Fifth service obtained Destroyer already \id-.i;il cliampioiisliip. Air (‘omiiiand one‘year‘s Service colours in liockey. tennis and t Squadron. H..\l.S. Duchess. hasl wan mg rm.-g-t'o:iiiiiaiii.l toiirnamerit might well have had I returned to l_’ortsmouih to pay off and to, un|\- one giime. being equal in sqii:ish—:indhad Ready littycrs at the Christiiias tlecoratioits stall she had liiiiell. it is | limb! Tt-'lll- lhh‘ ‘l“P- €‘0""“1|"<lC*l '7)’ too. oiatelies to l’l_\nioiith (‘uni-nziiid. tcrickct. with regret we hear of the pendiiig de- (Hint. .l. l’. Scatcltard. R.i\'.. who was Plvtiiotitlt has ttc\ei won tltis_t.‘l|P_1|"'-l l paitiire the .\'-.-rvice of (‘liicf Wren tornierly on the stall of the (‘onim;iii\\i‘lll\l congratiilating the Air (otii- Fallows.I‘.-om the link].-r_ lV,_'ll(_‘I' kiiowit to -der-iii-('liief. l’ortsii'ioiitlt. is a Daringniand on _\et anotlicr victor)‘. many. as Chief \\"rc:i \lcli.-w. \'he will e|as~ destroyer which eonimissioned in ineltiding sporting ineiiiliers of the Air .tit;iit_v be much missed in sporting circles .-\ugiisl. I957. for a General Service ('oinniand. were secrcll.\' l‘°’“° for very she too has her colours in cricket Conimission.

HF. Christians Fair of the North Eiirl llrttneh of tlte-I-'riendly Wives. held u‘~_‘_-r\I'\) huplllg for :i victory for t_lie and liocitcy The first part of the coniniission was and would have tinin Fisher Hall. Whale Island. on Dcceniher 2. was a great success.

West Country. Suitasli. lU::t:ll'tC|"\A'tlll in achieved them in the Mcditerriinetiii sqtiasli. spent during Mrs. IV;gd[nit'uu|)_ will be played at inter- doubtedly Asqiiitli-l.ccson_ wife of the ClIrl$ln1:lS decorations stall presided wish in addition would which. too, her to in l-Iveryoiie taking many part first time tlte for I959 level in Service of happy married life and at the llect exercises. the ship spent six weeks Deputy Lord .\layor. was introduced by over b_v Mrs. Czilltihaii, who did a roaryears ll": "11" and I952 one hows sitiee sante time hope that we can find an- standing by in the Eastern Mediter- .\‘lrs. .\tartell. who also expressed her ing trade. be closely will as three Services thanks to Mrs. Highani :ind her helpers The other stalls. well laden. formed other such stalwart full-hack to dcfctid ranean during the Lebanese crisis. now as in these niatched sports theyinter- the Service hockey team and protect l)uche~s joined the Home Fleet for for all the hard work they had put in :i square in the centre of the hall and The others. all in be seem to the poor goalkeeper next March. the autumn cruise and has been exer- organising the bavaar. Mrs. 'Asquith- comprised gifts. provisioiis. cakes :ind Lceson then declared the l-‘airopen and white elephant. There was also a hat The inter-Service cricket. which was cising in the Bay of Biscay. was presented witli_ a (‘liristnias floral b:ir which was very popular. about to take place as we went to FLYING HOME FOR press last September. was won by the Bowlands Royal Naval Maternity i“'“""¥'-""'-'“l l‘.\' M15" Kit)’ 5""ll‘~ Mrs. Hastie did ltand readings and wlto thus won all the I958 llotiie is once ag:iiti in the news. The R.:\.

Fisher Hall looked very gay and the bottle stall. run by the Rev. P. WlFE’S inter—Scr\ice trophies e.\cept the diving l’o.'tsnioiitli l{.\ccutivc Council of the ('liristiii'issy dccor.ited with bunches flrierlcy and ('o:iini:inder l’. llighani. the t”ciicin;.:. both won by the Navy. llcaltli Service has decided to support of greenery. holly and balloons. .\lrs_ \\:t\ a great attaction. Mrs. .\farchCONFINEMENT :ind In these circiinistaiices one almost the local Medic:il (‘oniniittce iti its l)e\~.ar. dressed in mob cap atid sli:i\\l. iiient's table was :i great draw. Among l‘.('.-\USF. his wife lost her fittl wishes the .-\riii_\' luck in I95‘) -but efforts to get the l\'ation:i| Health to sold handkcrcliiefs front the liglitcd the lucky \\illlllL'l'\of the many lovely Cliristnias tree. next to which was the prizes were: .\ll~. l-'i:iin-..-ll. .\li's.

Like me.’ the home. h. w two years ago. and oti her oiil_v if the i\'avy cannot win! ._|oetor‘; advice. the Atlmiralty is let--—‘lirown. .\lt'\. l)oi;'.. .\lrs. Diinniock. mechanic radar tiin: (ieutlzev (irccn. a l.ieiit.-Cotnmander lll'!ll‘I:Ill1and l,ieiit. lioziie to l.ond()nin ll..\l.S. Albion. Ily Slicrwiii. .

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The pantomime is to he held at the \"ictor_v Theatre. R.N. Barracks.

Pllffllllltllllh. froin .lanit'.ir_\ gll to 24 at 7.l5 pm. with -.t matinee on .5. tztrtlay. .l:inti:tr_v 14. at 2.30 p.ni. 'l'icket.s may he oht:iiiied front Mr. W. lliint. Construction Drawing (lflice (Phone 2235I. est. 2052) at 43:. 6d.. 3s. 6d. and 35- fchllllftn under l-I. half price).

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'l he liiial result of the fair was very grzitifying. and donations will shortly be sent to several local cli:irities.

On l)eceniher ‘J. 35 members went by coach to London on it spending spree. for (lirislmas shopping. ending up with the show "Large as Life" at the l’aI|:idiu:n. 'l'lie North l-Ind branch is hoping to ivclcome iiiany new iiiciiibcrs to the hranch_.in the new year. Particiilars l frovii -Mrs. Hiissev (Hon. Seat. Ports'ittoiitli 3.i.‘~l2 l‘llll\tL‘l;lllS.

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.i\l.S. Eagle returtted to Piyntoiith on December 3 to give leave to Qt Walls" (colour. Cineni:iSeop._-),western. her 2.000 ollicers and men who. dtiring V:in llcllin. Tab llutiter. Kzitliryii the past I!» months in coinmission. .4 Grant. ‘'I W- .\lnnt_v‘s l)onb|c." war__ have been to the Arctic (‘ircli.'. to the : iiieloilrzinia. l o h it cuin-espiona liastern ‘Mediterranetin (during lllt: ; Cecil Parker. .\l. l-I. Clifton[.cb:iiioii and Jordan crises). atid into‘ lrmtes‘. “N:-\t To .\'o Tiiiic“ (colour). the lllaek Sea for :i visit to Istanbul. . lt.'t)lllL'tlV. Kenneth .\lorc. llctsy Drake.

In her present eoiiitiiissioii she has ' l‘ Roland Ciilver. “The (inn Riiiint-rs." co-operated with the l-rench :iv_v in azlvcnttire nieloilmnia. Aiidie .\1iirpliy. t.‘:ll’r\ll‘It! out deck laiidiiig trials with 4~. llidtlie Albert. l’:itrici:i Owens. "'l‘Iie their llicguct :iiid l:t\llgZI aircraft. and One of the ship". coitipany of the coastal ininesweeper l!..\l.S. Yarnton to talking Officer Wren Joan Petty llanistcr Sht-epiitzin" (colour. Ciiicm:iScopel. has also logged up the lllllllflllt l:I|lll' (of llutlleigh Salterton. Devon). Wren Vfarian Heard and (of Gloucester) Wren Deirdre Robinson [of llindlehy. ywestcrn. Glenn Ford. Shirley .\‘la.-V ing by her own fixed-wing aircraft.

Lines). The three girls were in El party of Wrens based in Malta who spent a day :it sea in the ship.

Spilshy. .l.aiite. Leslie .\'cilson. l)uring the past to months. her helicoptcrs have made over 2.000 landings.

Working in their own time. sailors She has steamed over (i5.0()t) miles. front the Air ()rdiiatice section of R.N. and her aircraft have used sullicient Air Station. Lee-on-Solent. collected a high-octane fuel to take the average large number of discarded toys and family saloon car nearly six and :1 turned them into welcome gifts. The H..\l.S. Protector, which sailed from half millimt lflllk‘S- HCI‘ C00“ h?|V¢:toys included wheelharrows. dolls‘ btiked 200 tons of bread and cnotIghth0u5¢q_ ._-i;;__ and nmrc than |00 rc- Portsmouth in October last. has re-l sziusages have been eaten to strctchic.,ndimtm_-d my; \,\'L'{c tut...-n to the ported that she has been navigating in 33l mllk‘5l National Children's Home. .-\lvcrStokt:. very heavy pack-ice in the SouthAllantic. The ship has also signalled that the Royal Research Ship Sliaklcton. which tlaiinigetl her rudder in the ice. is niakini_.: for Deception Island._ where _shc will probably be be:iclicd. : ' ' ' t('omiiiandiiig Olliceri H..\4..'s‘. Ver- possible. with tion) and Mrs. llliindell. and Capt. ships" and es-Torpetlo Gunners tn; to service ;(i. I). Pound l(‘oniinandiiig Ollicer. l H..\l.S. Osprey) :itid Mrs. Poiind. The U.K. by B.E.A.: . }'l'raining Stall of ll..\l.$. Vernon were '_.ir [represented by (‘ontinander and Mrs. £32 RETURN Sitiis. and l.ieiit.-Cdr. and .\lrs. llright.

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NE W ZEALANII SHIP frigates by geared Air Conditioning Installed

and bombardment engagements.

The are 360 feet long. have a beam of 41 feet and are propelled turbines.

.M.N.Z.S. Otago. the first ship of a planned squadron for the Royal New Zealand Navy of Type I2 Whitby Class frigatcs. was Iatiiiclied at noon on Thursday. December II. by Her Royal Highness Princess Margaret. at the Woolston yards of John I. 'l‘liorii_vcroft and Co. Ltd.. Southaiiipton.

It is the first time in the history of form it comfortable settee giving ti British Naval construction that a ship lotinge effect to the mess deck. Each has been htiilt entirely for service in mess deck will as far as possible be the Royal New Zealand Navy. Those designed so that the bunks form a attending the ceremony thus witnessed corner effect when used as settces. for the first time the l:iuiiching of a with the bunks facing each other. and ship-of-war wearing the New Zealand small tables and easy chairs will imEnsign at the jacitstalf and the flag of prove the general recreational atmothe New Zealand Naval Board at the sphere. masthead in place of the normal Union All living spaces throughout the ship Jack and Ilag of the Lord High will be air conditioned. from a comAdmiral. prehensivc and newly designed system ln niakiiig an announcement con- of air conditioning which is being incerning the lauiichitig of ll..\l.N.Z.S. istalled. lncorporated with it will be (ltago some months ago. the New the ability to reheat the air. to provide

S'I'RENG“l'l~ll-INING THE NAVY The Royal New Zealand Navy's

seagoing strength has recently

7.c.il:ind Minister of Defence. Mr. wamith in cold weather as well as I’. (i. Coiinolly. said: “We are gratified temperate air in the tropics. and honoured that Princess .\largaret MOI)!-URN CAfI".'I‘I-ZRIA was able to accept otir invitation. ()iir pride will be increased by the fact that (‘nmplenientary to the newly dethe ship has been latinched by a mem- signed mess decks with bunks js the ber of the Royal Family." most modern cafeteria system of promeals for the ship's company. | viding l)l".I’U'I‘Y I'..\I. THERE Separate cafeterias for the sailors and At the launching ceremony on for the chief and petty ollieers will December ll. the Admiralty was rcp- provide liol. fresh meals. giving a resetited by the First Sea l.ord. the choice of menu. from modern serveries.

Right llon. The Earl of Selkirk: the The adjacent dining rooms have been Third Sea l.ord. Admiral Sir Peter designed with small Formica-topped Reid. and the Secretary of the tables and padded chairs to give a Admit-.ilty. Sir John Lang. together bright and modern atmosphere. The with other senior officers. space can also be used for functions New Zealand was represented by such as cinema shows.

Another feattirc will be a modem Mr. C. l-'. Skinner. the Deputy Prime .\IIlll\It.‘l‘ of New Zealand, who is pay- laundry service capable of dealing ing a visit to the United Kingdom: with all the requirements of frequent .\Ir. (3. R. l.aking the Acting lligh laundering experienced by men who Coinmissioner for New Zealand and consistently serve in tropical waters.

Capt. J. ()'C. Ross. R.i\'.Z.N.. Royal Type l2 Whitby Class first-rate New Zealand Naval Liaison Otlicer in frigates have been developed by the Lonilon.

Royal Navy for anti-submariiie duties.

Representatives of other Common- They have proved to be an otitstandwealth Navies. the Royal New Zealand ing success.

Navy. and ollieers serving and retired MOST US!-2I~‘I'I. CLASS who have had associations with the The Vice-(Thief of Naval Stall development of the Royal New Zealand Navy. also attended. recently stated: "'l'liis class of frigate H.M.N.Z.S. Otago will fit out in is considered to be the most useful N5‘) and should undergo trials and class of small ship yet put itito service with the fleet. The slii s are remarkjoin the New Zealand fleet in I960. able in rough weather. ith their high She takes her name from the Province of Otago in the south of forecastle and clean lines they ride New Zealand (other ships of the class well in a seaway and are exceptionally to he launched will be similarly dry. Their enclosed bridge is excellent. llil|llI.‘tI after New Zealand provinces). It is spacious. with splendid vision. and comfortable in cold warm ()tago was settled by Scottish settlers iweather.

The heated windows in the in 1848 and named after the Maori fore p:irt of the bridge will be an asset pl:ice name Otakoti. meaning “the l in Arctic waters. Internal communicaplace of the red ochre.“ Red ochre was tions within the ship have satisfied much prized by the Maoris as a demand placed upon them and colouring pigment for the dyes used every of intercoms.. etc.. has by them for personal adornment and the siting proved most convenient. Without any on their canoes. question. the Operations Roo_m“is the MODERN CONDITIONS finest ever put into a small ship.

The experience of the commanding ‘the new frigate is not only a highly cllicient fighting ship: she has also ofliccrs of Royal Navy ships of the some marked changes in htibitability class already in service has more than for the ship's company. made at the borne out these words. The frigate: are request of the New Zea_l:ind_ Naval cittrcmcly lethal in their _iinti-si_ibauthorities. For the first time in ships marinc role. the annament including of this size. the hammock will dis- the latest asdic device accompanied by appear. The mess will be used ex- an advanced design of three-b_arrelIe_d clusively for living and sleeping and mortars and torpedo tubes. while their will contain bunks for every man._ in twin radar-directed 4.5 inch guns and triple tiers, each with its own bedding twin 40 mm. ltofors guns. controlled contained in attractive plastic_ coli- by two gunnery directors. and the tainers. beside light. ctc.. Whllc by’ l lire-control system enable ilieni to day the brink‘; can be struck down to ‘play ti most effective role in the utili-

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N November 23. command of the of the tinit football team. he led_ them Ilarrow Sea (‘adct Corps was to victory in the Zone Cup in the assumed by Licut. G. I.:Ilt(‘:ISIlll'¢. I957-8 season. He will be greatlyR.N.\’.R. (Sp.). who joined that unit missed at the unit musters. but we as a cadet on its fonnatlon at St. know he will continue to support our Peter's Church Hall in I9-ll: Though aetivities. particularly those in the joined the Royal Navy in I9-I2. he sporting line. as frequently to be seen at the unit Visitors «luring leave pt-rimls. and I¢l‘llD0l'I|l'|I.)' Last Sunday morning the unit was joineil its itistnictor strength during his service at the »\dllIII“.III}' in I946 nnd pleased to welcome two ex-cadets home on leave. They were C. J. I955.

On leavitit: the navy in l‘I3ti as a Dawson. now serving as an ordinary l.ieiitenaiit Comniantlcr. Royal Navy. lseanian iii ll..\l.S. Centaur. and Victor lie rejoined the l-larrow tinit as :i Sea Perry. recently rcttirnctl from the West (‘atlet officer and has served as First |IIl(IlCS in the Merchant Navy. News l.ietitenatit until his recent appoint- has reachetl us that the unit's latest two entries into the Royal Navy. E. meat in command Dcclcy anil I). Seowcn. are both settled in at the training establishment.

Leaving the Unit A recent loss to the unit strength was H.i\l.S. St. Vincent. and will be visiting felt when Petty Ollicer Christopher the unit during their Christmas leave.

Siininicrs reluctantly had to resign after six years very good service. He Chief Petty Ollicer li. R. Lewis has joined the iinii at the minimum permissible agc and rapidly rose to the been elected Lower Deck Representarank of Petty Ofiiccr. qualifying in tive for Plymouth Command at the ll..\l.S. Cleopatra at Portsmouth. A London Headqtiartcrs of N.A.A.F.l.. popular figure with both instrttetors with effect from December I. in sucantl cadets. Summers proved :i very cession to Chief Pett_v Oflieer W. E. etlicieut am! capable cadet. As captain Sketchell. Il.l-I.hl.

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The addition of ships of the class of H..\f.N.Z.S. Otago. says the Senior New Zealand Naval Liaison Officer in l.ondon. Capt. J. 0‘C. Ross.

R.N.Z.N., will prove an even more valuable addition to the Royal New Zealand fleet: ti vast incentive and technical challenge to the ratings and officers of the Royal New Zealand Navy. and will enhance the ability of that Navy to make its proper contribution io the Naval forces of the Commonwealth wherever they may be required to honour the obligations of mutual Commonwealth defence.

A White Paper on Defence tabled by the New Zealand Government in June of this year stated: “In the event of war in the Pacific.submarines could be a threat to allied sea communications. As well. there could be it potential threat to our centres of

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AM it chief petty officer with a further four and a_half years to serve (a‘_f,‘L‘ pension.

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l :iin considering making an application for re-entry into the Royal Navy (Air Arm). l was discharged in January. l95S. after completing a seven-year engagenient. with the rate of Leading Airman (Pilot's Mate).

What would be my rate and trade on re-entry? Assuming I would have to rc-enter as ti Naval Airman. roughly how long would I have to wait to be rated Leading Airman?

I] you re-enter the Navy you would lmve to star! at Naval Airman M) or (If). The roster for Leading Rmr is‘ now about six _vcnr.r. Next .l'[7l'lIl_L‘ the M) and (E) branclics are tinialgmriiiliritz. and the atlranccmerir position it Ilii-r¢-fore likely to deii-riorrirr.

I siiggest you apply to your nearest recruiting oflicer for any further information. Pcrluipx the Royal Air Force mig-Ii! offer better prospect: in your cart‘.

GRI-ll-ZNWICII PENSION When I was a young rating in the Nav I often heard chaps who were due or pension talk of an increase they would get at the age of 55. They called it :1 Greenwich pension. and I am told that it still exists. Could you tell me what it is and whether I would be entitled to it‘?

A new rai'r'rig.v' I’:-Ii.ri'mi (,‘0tli' Ira:

PLANS BEING RI-ZALISI-ID “With the launch of H.M.N.Z.S. Otago on December ll. material evidenec of the New Zealand Government's plans will begin to be realised.“ said Capt. Ross. "That this step in the development of the Royal New Zealand Navy has been honoured by the attendance and the sponsorship of Her Royal Highness PIIIICCSS Margaret will be a source not only of great pride to the New Zealand Government and people btit also an inspiration to the ship's company who sail in her." he would like to Capt.‘ Ross said pay zrtribiite to the Admiralty for their technical supervision. particularly for their co~operation. together with that of the contractors (John I. Thornycroft and Co. Ltd.). in meeting the requirements of the New Zealand Naval Board for the modern standards of which it has been irirrmliiccil an Deccmbrr I9. I945. accoinmodation possible to fit into H.M.N.Z.S. Otago ii-lien Illl'II ii-ha Iunl re-eiigagctl were and the New Zealand ships that will allmiw! to opt for the new or old rates. follow.

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No catch. And if I had died at any time my wife would have received the whole £855 Which will you take?

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NA-VY NEWS

BELL DIVING THE TO ATOMICon way home E Forty-three Wtical ,-

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ITH the improvement in the polisituation in the .\fiddle East. m._- ,L-mmed to "normal" dtiring Novetiiber and December. bill at the end of

How underwater craft Italy toofi have been developed ltttlfllwoll"

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sh.-m.,-|;| took part exercises. Ships frotii fottr countries. rtmuin, (‘;m;1da. I-rance :1nd part. and :1 high degree of was achieved. As :1 litlhf HROUGHOUT history. the element of surprise or ambush has hard work, two operational visits \i-Us been otie of the most valuable weapons available to land amiics. paid to Touloti.

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On November 27.““'i"'“I‘Naval commanders. however. have found it difficult to surprise their of I-lag Officer I-lotillas enemies. The only place to hide on the open ocean is under it. For Adniiral R.‘ A_. lr.wtnF-

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this reason. military leaders have long been interested in a vessel which could operate under the water.

The first recorded example of this interest is rt diving bell. built for Alexander the Great (356 to 313 B.(,‘.) ruler of Macedonia and conqueror of the known world in his time. According to Aristotle. the philosopher. Alexander used them to repel a fleet that was attempting to lift the siege of T3 rt.

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ditions. Named the I-lunlcy for the firm which btiilt her. the little vessel attttcited the Union corvette U.S.S. Ilousatotiic. The submarine was armed only with :1 gunpowder "torpedo" :1t the end of :1 I5-foot pole. When this crude bomb exploded. it blew :t Itole in the side of the Union vessel. which sank inimediately. pulling the Hunley down with it. Although the Hitnley suecc:-.led in her mission. the silhmarine was far from ready for use :1s :1 regular part of :1 navy. It was not until nearly -80 years later such :t~ \'t.'s\cl was bttilt.

John P. llollantl. a native of Ireland. emigrated to America in I827. He was a sehoolteaclicr by profession. bill in his spare time he uorked on plans for a submarine. He built several. and in I900 he delivered one. the U.S.S. Holland. which became the first submarine accepted by the US. Navy.

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\’F.R Ifltl Sulitnarine Coninianding Oflicers and many NATO ofliccrs will be interested to itnow that .\lr. .\feyr.-rs. who is in cliarge of the Dolphin Attack Teacher. is to retire at the end of Januttry. Mr. Meyers volttnteercd for service in submarines in I912 and first went to Rosario for training. He was one of the crew of the "IN" and also served in the old "C" boats. He has been attached to submarines for over 43 years. and first joined the Attack Teacher in I946.

tool»; the 0Pl“‘"l'""&' Na/arcth and (ialilcc whllvt 0ll|¢|’S great Florentine artist and scientist of travelled as far :1s .lerttsaler_ii. All tn.:1ll the Italian renaissance. as well as inventors of his age. this was quite the most enioytiblt Vlsll Tut: }l0l.l.A.\DS mcnted with the idea of a submersible of the eoriiniisstoti.

The Hollands joined our own Valencia w;1s the I_1L'Kl P“” ‘If 9"" boat.

Navy on October 2. I90l. giving this About I00 years after the death of’ and once again the ship was t_vpt.- of vessel status as it necessary received. lhe rugger team gained an ,da Vinci. Cornelius van Drcbbcl of part of the fleet. Other nations soon easy victory over the loc:il umvers1l§' ,l-lolland btiilt a boat. covered over: followed suit. and during World side and the soccer te:1ni. :1ltbout:ll_ 'with oil-soaked leather :1nd propelled War I practically all naval powers h,_.;,;en_ gave their “international by oars.'which he operated in the had at submarine force. opponents :1 good rttn for their money. River Thames. It is said that King In two world wars submarines have After the Adniir:1l's inspection .lamcs l was interested in the venttirc “‘‘l'“and even tool; at short voyage in the so.‘'“.d played decisive and important parts. ('bristni:ts was sP‘'“l '“ ll I5 both ottr twin and enemy. Twice the I callcd "Eel Boat."

HE Navy is still the focal point of .l:tnu;iry l3 is the great day when as and the tide of I friends :1t :1 great deal of argument. suggeshoped as ni:1ny relatives Germans :1lr_n1ist turned i NEXT BIG STEP l the quaystdc war with their U-Boats: in World War ltion :tnd counter-suggestion within the possible will be on Revolution saw the ; American The alongII American submarines broke the back .\I cdwa y Towns.

Pnrtsnioitth when Shcflield goes of the the in development next big step time.

0‘ -liIl'W1'-'~ Navy and .\fcreh:tnt Fleet. side for the very last A v:1st area of Chathani and Gillingsubmarine. David lltislinell. a student iilml "W l‘“'" 5"b"“"i"°“ “IN-‘rated in barn has to be disposed of when the at Yale College. discovered :i means of both wars oti :1 worldwide basis with Norc Command closes down in I961 exploding gunpowder under water. ‘ wooden bottom of an English ship and outstanding success. Our submarines in and its disposal is the subject of arguHis discovery was useless witliotti some set :1 niech:1nic:1l fuse to explode after thc .\lediterr:tnc:1n made an inunenselments_ both friendly and fierce, in method of getting his tinder-water a short period of tiriie. contribution totbeturning point of the {places as far apart as the House of bombs attached to warships of the Unknowii to the Aniericans‘. the war in North Africa off ’('oninion.s' and the local pubs. ill’. l'lt.'iI\‘_\ seas and weather condi- enemy. so he built :1 submarine. solv- {bulls of the British ships had been R*‘m"“~'l.N ‘"l‘l"l.\’ ll"°‘3- by cutting Rtitiiottrs fly thick and fast. btit all that tions oll lcclaiid showed the need ing in a few months :1 problem that had L sheathed in copper to reduce datnagt: can be reasonably quoted at present .'\' UCLI-IA R POWF. REI) for the Bl.IL‘l.\\'t\0\lclass .inti-si1bm:1rine troubled the best minds of the world from such marine pests as barnaeles. the future of the On Jtitic I4. I952. President ll:trr_v are the following: frigtites to be strengthened. The hulls for cctittiries. He called his little onc- Therefore. Sgt. Lee was unable to R.N. Hospital is still under consideraof si\ of the vessels have ttlrcady beeti man cr:1ft completed in 1776 the attach his primitive torpedo and the S. Truman laid the heel of the \torltI's tion-—-it reported that it has been first :1toniic powered vessel. the L.'.S.S. offered is the plan failed. .\Ill.‘|l}!ll’lL‘|lC1l and the other vessels of "'|’urtlc." (iravcsend and .\‘ledw:1y to Nautiltis. Eigliteeti months later the the Clttss \\lll also be dealt with.

Sgt. Ezra Lee. :1 volunteer ConnectiBARBARIC WARFARE I-lospital (‘ommittec as an :tllern:1tive was launched by the wife of seas oil the leelantlic coasts are some cut infantryman. was given command ship Robert Fulton. an American who another President .\lr.s. Dwight D. to their plans to build :1 new hospital of the \HIt‘\'f in the world. and naval I of the tiny oak ve_s'scl. and be at once became famous as the in- Eisenhower. and on .lanuar_v I7. I955. in (iillinghztni: men oti mtrol in that area are full of .' set ottt to destroy the British fleet which I eventtially The First Lord of the Admiralty has ad.-nu " in for the lishcrinen who rcgu- T was lying in New York Harbour. The ventor of the steamboat bttill at least the Nautilus went to sea for the first riicct a deputation from the : plan was to screw the bomb into the one submttriue in F.urope. At the time. l<'.!l\ l‘t.'.‘-L‘ these waters. time. flasliing from her bridge the agreed to loitns discuss protilerns France :1nd Iinglaiid were at war, and historic "Under way on .\lcd1i.'tyfrom the tostile iiiessage: of the Royal arising he interested Napoleon in the sub- nttclcar p0\\t.‘l' I" B:tl‘r;l(.‘l£\‘ and the (inn Wharf. marine. He Iaiinclicd one in I800 btit her first year of operation the ,.\farine I)ttring the French regarded undersea warfare Nautilus was stibjcctctl to :t b:1ttery Some of these problems are obviously niaking as a proposal to conof gruelling tests and passed them all. of local vert the ishole R..\l. llitrracks area into in the estztblislictl :and several process A simple way to the initial deposit money new housing site is being bitterly records for submarine operations. l)t1r- ‘contested by the ('h;1tham ltidusttiztl ing :i rtin from New l_ond11n. (‘otinectirequired for buying your own house. Make out a ;' ('oniniittec. cttt _to San Juan Puerto Rico in the In spite of widely publicised sugmonthly allotment for t:he'purclmse of TENTH ISSUE spring of I955. she csttiblislied four gestions to the contrary. it has not been 'new marks. She tirade the l.3('lfl-niile NATIONAL SAVINGS CERTIFICATES. Here are some examto tttrn the new tnarrietl quartrip in 84 hours. completely subtiicrged. decided at ('h:tth:1ni over to the Army. A This was I0 times farther than any ters ples of how your money grows by the purchase (by Naval spol.e.~.ni:1ti in (‘hathani has submarine had ever gone completely .said: rtllocmeiit) of "l£.\istitig occupatits of Admirsubnicrged: ho submarine had ever ,alt_v hfarricd Quarters may rest assured maintained her average submerged their personal interests will be sped of lo knots for more than one lthat ftilly allowed for in any decision made hour: it was the longest period any about the futttrc use of the qu:1rtcr.s."

U.S. submarine had ever cruised coniplctely submerged :1nd it was the fastest passage ever made between the PURCHASE PRICE two points by :t submarine. submerged 15;. or on the surface. as impractical and barbaric so Fulton Since then she has made history 'l' the end of the year U.S. naval destroyed his o\vn craft. from one side of the by again sailing He then took his plans to the Ilritish. world to the other under the North :1uthoritics found that German inbut we were not ready or willing to Pole. forniation on currents and water tentaccept submarine warfare either. Fulpcraturcs in the oceans was better than then in ton quit disgust and returned that possessed by the US. Navy.

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United to As :1 result :1 new itighly secret rcfor been sold and which breaking A tip similar bo:1t Fulton's btiilt to ceritlicales which was searcb centre has been set up at (‘enterDecemran near on aground Whitby for the Confederate forces the ville Beach. near I-'crtidalc. California. during cost American Civil War. and it became ber I7 after breaking adrift frotii her It has been stated that electronic the first undersea vessel to sink :1n tow whilst being taken from .\Ialta to methods not previotisly employed will enemy ship of war under combat con- the Tyne, was rclloated on Decem- be ttscd to study ctirretits. water leniher 23. pcraturcs :1nd other factors affecting and will ntiwbowortli stibrnarinc operations and anti-subabout marine counter-nie:1sure.s.

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Ailinii-.tl Sir Ralph Edwards. who retired from tlte Navy on health A.K.C.. R.N., has hecii appointed an Honorary C|i:ipl:iinto the Queen from grounds after having been Cuttimander-iii~(‘hief. Mediterranean. has December 5. I958. in succession to the become Cliairman of the Navy Reverend A. W. M. Watson, 0.B.E..

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Rear-Admiral V. C. Been. the "CW Two officers—wcll knovm in the I-‘lag Ollicer. Far East Station. has Portsmoiitli arca——died recently. Both hoisted his flag in the Aircraft-carrier were retired after many years as ratings ll.i\l.S. Albion at Singapore. and otlicers. They were Cdr. (5) Francis H. Stevens. M.l).E.. i\l.S.M..

Captain John I)-.inw.-rs Crossntan. who died December I4. and Licut.-Cdr. R.N. (rct.)_ who was Commanding l-. i\l. Brown, i\l.li.E.. who died on (lllicer of ll..\l.S. Collingwood in l)ct:cmbcr S. l‘)i2-53. has died at Oxford. Captain (‘rossiiian. who \\:tt\ Coniniand Electric.il Otliccr on the stall of the ("uniThe Icelandic gunhoat Aettir recently inaiitlcr-in-(‘liief l’tH’l~'.tntl\llllin I953-4, i'eported to the Commodore of the was only St-. llc w.i~'. ;i .\'av:il .-\.l).C. l-i.~ihei'y Protection Squadron that to the Queen I955-6. had been bombarded with dirt andseraps by the crew of the British trawler contChristmas containing Northern Pride. The Acgir's captain Raft.-i_ forts will be floated from trawlers to asked Commodore Anderson to tell the _ll.M. ships oil’ Iceland if the weather skipper of Northern Pride to read parait too bad to launch boats. graph I on page 4|’). of Olsen's Fishermen's Almanac. This paragraph states All three types of aircraft which thatthe throwing of stories. ballast. etc.. were grounded following the death of at any other sea-lishing boat is illegal. a pilot who baled out from a Scimitar Commodore Anderson sent a signal the ban had and was killed have now to the Aegir asking the captain to read lifted. ()lscn's Almanac. page 36‘). rule 26. states that vessels not engaged in T_l t i . _s‘ ChantSabre Tcant 'I'he Hampshire of the way of should kccp_out lishtng Winchester by at pionship was won ‘ml’ l“*h|“.L' Vt‘9\’¢l Will‘ M15 N lll'|t~‘S Of heat which (‘omm:ind. the Portsnioiilli ”““'l‘Sabre the in The team the city team.

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Marylin Davies, who plays the put of Mk Centaur in her show on I-T-V-. accompanied by Miss Ann Dilley. attended H.M.S. Centaur‘s Dance on December 2. Llent. Sturgeon (Broinley). Mlss Dllley.

Chri_stln11 Ordinary Seaman Whitney (Croydon). Miss Davies and Engine Room Artificer Amistrong (Ealing)

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Children’s Party H_‘_\t_S, V.-i-non hmnch of the THE Royal Naval Friendly Union of Russian icebreaker Sailors‘ Wives held its annual Child-

ren‘s Christmas Party on December 3 ;ind_ with swings. see-saws. games. paper-hats. a wonderful tea. tilms. everyone enjoyed hiin- or her-self to the full. The highlight. of course. was the arrival of Father Christntas with present and balloons for all. Twelve guests from the Services House the party.

(Cinttilitied[rom page 3. column I I are '0 be c If you et into real diflicultiesdon't be lated onorgamscrs their elforts—they worked so at-mid M your tyres down to as willingly m make ‘he puny little as I5 lb. and keep away from th" so very successful. edge of ‘he mud_ has mmw As for other vehicles. in icy condi~ esting .v“'"“m items for I95). On January 14 .tions bi.\-tare of the .irticulati.d !sl.V‘.-. there will ,be a beetle dnvc. and on ~. vthcclcd lorry. lhcy tack-kiiift. very F ‘4 I fl .4 m I ‘ b, L J easily and should never be trusted to U "m bcliavc normally on slippery roads.

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(ieorge Alfred Lohb. Chief Petty (lfiiccr. I)/JKUS296. |l.M.S. Mounts Bay. Died November 19.

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Ping Sun Kwok. E.R.A. ls1 Class.

’l‘-aniar 0-2377. ll.M.S. Tamar. Died November 24. I958.

Terence Joseph Reid. Engineering Mechanic lst class. C/RX 872702. Il.M.S. Broadswurd. Die'd November 24. I958.

George John Husbands. Leading

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John Jerciiiialt Ci.-an_\‘. ('.l'.().

Writer. I)/.\l\'55-H5. ll..\l.S. Pembroke. l)icd Noveniher 27. I958.

Ernest Edmiril Howe. l'elt_\' OlliC/.lXl55ll7. H.I\l.S. l'ctticer.

Iiroke. Died Noveiuher 28. I958.

Ronald Frederick Ranisey Relibeck. ('hii:l' I-'..R.i\. I’/i\lX59ll7l. ll..\l.S. ‘|'lieriiiop_vl;ii.-. Died Novcmhcr 30. 1953.

Lieut. (I'D Jaines Verney Bernard.

Royal Niivy. R.N..-\.S. llalfar. Died I);-cetnber 5. I958. iilec. Sub Lieut. (i\.R.) Peter Dennis Otter. R o y al Navy.

R.N..\.S. Yctisilttitt. l)icd I)cccniher 6. I958.

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NUMBER of articles previously accounted for as trophies have recently been removed from ollicial charge being of no intrinsic i value or li:i\-iiig no ltistorical association. it is tltouglit that some of] these iirticlcs might be valued as sotivciiirs by former menihers of. i ships‘ conipanics who were _.serving in the ships concerned.

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A list of the items for disposal fol- ‘. P.29. .\lct;il pot with lid and Swedish . lows. Applications should he made in inscripton. P.l03. Pewter tankard.

Till-ZS!-2115: Wooden ; writing addressed to "'l‘ropliies." c/oi P5293. ll..\lS Navv Nl:\\‘S. R.N. Ilarracks‘. Ports- Squadron (‘rests ol Squadrons which i_ mouth. limits. The items will he sent have served on board (ID in number. i to the writer of the Iirst application size _ltt in. x (ml in.). Squadron received for each. A nominal price will 802. 804. 807. tilt). 8l2. RN. 820. 898.‘1 he asked and a charge made to cover ! I332, No. -1 Royal Netherlands Navy. the cost of postage. The condition of ' and one (size IS in. x 12 in.) Squadron the items varies. but is generally fair. 816.

P.7l70. |l..\l.S. (.‘llARl'l'\': Wood Any articles" not applied for h_\ l’ehby x 9 in.). (l'_’ nttr-P; Surgeon Capt. Cet)ller_\' George | rt ‘H I i': enter 'p;t- shi-d. ins‘i'ih-d l I I Soiitliuell-Sander. Royal i\':iv_\'. 'tankard. ll..\l.S. l'rcsit.lenl. Died Dcccriiher R5869. ll..\l.S. NI-‘.WCAS'l'I.E. I’.3l5l. ILNLS. A.\"l'lI0.VY:l’c\\tcr 6. I958.

W wd slii -ld (9 in. x 8 in.) "Int -r-P: rt!:Illl’.it|'Ll\(3). ‘ David ('liarles Eden. Ordinary (9 i l’.587l. Wood ll..\t.S. oi.\i>i'._.\i: t-'..I'.N_.S. P.-S953.‘ ll..\l.S. CainSezuuan. (T/.l9-34359. tankard. inscribed "The \’ictors—'l'rin- in x S in.) "Inter-Part hockey. P.5872.

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THE SUBMARINE IS TO BE THE CAPITAL SHIP OF THE FUTURE} County Class: An Artist’s Impression _,._

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The battleship is tiow reg:irtli:d to ltliree fast minelayers. two net-layers.‘ all intents and purposes as an extinct ;52 tlL'\lfl‘_\'.‘I’\. I07 frigates, 48 sub- I ship. .-\Itiiou;:li the l'nited States is at | tlI:tIlIIL'\. Ztltl riiiiiesueepers. ele.. present retaining I5 l‘iIlll:.'\lIlp\'. they LllP|\.':tI\ to be a very ft1I'IIlltl:tl‘lC force. are \\lllltlI.‘t\\f'I from aetite service.

II is iiisigiiificarit when compared with (‘ouventiorial t.‘rtti\c'I\ appear to he the l'uitetl States Navy and the folloiting the l‘;|lllL‘\lll[\\ into 0l\st|lU\- Russian .\'avy. The number of \'L'\\L'ls ceiicc. and only Russia has built :i down to and including mineswcepers large number since 'the etid of the iii the United States is I.52I. and the Russian Navy is Z.(II2.

Second World War. submarine as an I-impliasis on the Regarding the Russian cllorl the attack weapon. as a defensive weapon pu_h|ishers of ".lane‘s" state "there is ; and as an anti-submarine weapon. is an evidence that Russian marine engtneerindispens:ible feature of the engineers. ing and shipbuilding resources :ire scientists and technologists. In this field being concentrated on nuclear ships.

An Admiralty artist's impression of one of the four guided-niissilc destroyers. lint ships to be titted for firing the Great Britain is very much "lK'hlI'lll; In recent months’ it has been clear St-aslug ship-to-air weapon. ordered for the Royal Navy. They will also have powerful conventional rinnzintent the times.

"Jane's" reports the that the overall technological lead that completion of two f:ist Porpoisc class the United States has over Russia is and long endurance and are designed to be able to operate in “fall out" areas after an atomic attack. These four super destroyers. to be known as the County Class. will have the famous ship nunies Kent. Hampshire. Devonshire siibiiiarincs and six more of this class diminishing. Russia is now a firstand London. They are to have the latest acconiniodationstandards and will be fully air-conditioned are expected to join the Fleet shortly. class Naval power. second only to the but the progress on IIritain's nticIear- United States."

In sharp contrast to the financial powered siihni:irinc. the I)readi_iought. seems to he painfully slow. Six siib- stringency obtaining in some countries. marines of the Repeat class. which are the United States 'I‘rea.sur_v is fully virtually repeat editions of the alive to the needs of the Navy DepartPorpoise. :ire to be built. A prototype ment. and the future Naval proof this class is being built in Chatham grammes of the United States Navy too many awkward questions. They show that it is intended that in I960 I)oek_vard. said it was to speed up the whole affair.

Regarding cruisers thc first of the to I970 there will be I50 ships with and to save too much repetition. PerTiger class is to be conimissioncd early nuclear-powered machinery plants. haps it was as the otlicers were equally in I959. btit Ihl: other two. the Blake and 200 ships armed with .‘ilII’f(ICC-'l0keen on having the draftic. They had a and the l.ion. are not expected to be air guided missiles. By I967 it is lecture and said it helped them in completed before I960. planned that there will be a fleet of 75 advising their divisions."

The publishers state that the nuclear-powered submarines. “.l:ine's" "All right then. l.es. as you seem to construction of the four guided- points out that "with their increase in go so much on this draftie chap. What missilc dcstroycrs—I.ondon. Hamp- size. propulsive power and destructive did he do for you'."' shire. Dcvonshirc and Kcnt——arc not power. submarines are going to be revery advanced and it will evidently be garded by the princi al Naval powers" I-‘OUR MONTHS-AT HOME some years before they join the Fleet. as the capital ships 0 the future."

"Well. Bill.-I asked him how I could This is the 6lst year of issue _of_ be sure that I wouldn't go to sea again RUSSIA NOW FIRST-CLASS WAS sitting quietly a pint over the bar in the “Brown Jug“ ".Iane‘s Fighting Ships." and the claim Jack Spiirgeon—you know. that NAVAL POWER that the volume of new material is with a friend. when we happencd.to overhear two petty ofliccrs before chap down our road. He was last at sea Although the British Fleet of seven well above the average is a modest talking. in '48. He gave a long answer which outstandindccd. indeed claim It_is an I2 aircraft carriers. one battleship. explained how the “Judging b_v"th: way Draftie usually treats me. Les. after this lot I'll get was fair enough. He Contlnued in column 3 cruisers. UIIC guided-weapon ship. another spell at sea. and I0 to one in the Persian Gulf. When I see how some ‘drafting cycle‘ works and although he didn't promise anything. people get away with it, I reckon I should be drafted as Chief Gardener's admittedly Mate at some nice, quiet. shore establishment. But you wait and see if I don't in individual cases I feel better about it now. However. there were others who get anotherGeneral Service Commission." said the one. asked about their own individual cases.

"What the hell is the use of that. I and he answered most of them. Some "Well. I'm not quite so sure after that visit a week ago. You know. Bill. don't want to have a lot of dry rot he said he couldn‘t. but took down there is some system in it after all," about systems spouted at me. By the details. Of course we thought that said Les. time they've finished. they've proved would be the last we heard of it. btit "The visit’! What visit?" said Bill. the system is so fair that I almost last week there was a long lcttcr anBy this time we were not just hcar- think so myself and then just in time swering all the questions. You know ing the conversation: we were lisicn- ‘I remember I havcn‘t had at draft that's Len Barber? Well. he was due for pening_ with considerable intent. and put me near Jean and the boys for five sion and wanted to know if he would moved ourselves so that we sliouldn‘t years. It's no use telling me about ct six months in UK. before that. The miss too much of the rest. systems. I want to ask some draftic Ioltc said it was a rule that men going "Well. believe it or not. for the first when I'm going to get a draft where I to pension should spend their last four time in my life." said Les. "I actually can have a married quarter and get months in the Service at home. Anytalked to a draftic." home every night. And two more how. he said he would look into it. and "Talked to :i draftic? How did you hitters please. bliss." said Bill. who was within a couple of weeks Lcn was on work that miracle? I always thought clearly by this time working himself draft. And mind you that wasn't the that they were like Scotch mist." said into a state which would enable him only case."

Bill. to express himself properly on this FAR MORE INTEREST "Well. I don't really know how it subject.

"Now that's more like it. l.c.s." said "Hold hard. Bill." said Les. "You was fitted." said I.cs. "but this bird—.'t Commander. btit of what sort I haven't don't give a man a chance to explain. Bill. "Perhaps I may get my home a clue as you can't tell nowaday.s—— ’l'li:it'sjust what we did do. Ta. Thanks. draft yet. It's refreshing to know they're still. this Joe came down and talked Bill." he added as he was handed his at least human."

“You're right. Bill. They take far to us, We had a session in our dining pint. "Atlmittedly." he continued. "we hall. and I believe the killicks and had to write our questions first and more interest in individual drafts than below had another one in the main give them to the [).0s. I don't know I guessed. They seem to go a lot on if they were scared that we might ask these drafting preference cards. I dinitig hall." h:iven‘t had ti chance to fill one tip yet. but I reckon \vhen I do I'll see I do it properly. Incidentally. they have a sense of humour. too. They drafted Steward Nelson to Victory last year There's a flavour to suit oti 'I'rafalg:ir Day." cvcryonc’s taste, in this splenWhen he arrived in the Far East for I'm not quite sold yet.

“Well. his present tour of tltlI_\' he never knew. but I'm Les. did sclection of SIMONDS prepared to give it a try. How he that duties" in the "general says. smooth from do I see one of these drafties?" bccrs—r:inging could mean such a pleasant hundred thoiisantl live _R..»\.I‘.

I(iH'l' “Il:iven'ta clue, Bill. We were just K0 strong S\VCCf SIOUI and in In no com- I"!'_=ISIh|5told one day that this Commander guests years.

Export ale. hostel 80 mu ,cm,d of riccoinniotlatcs pmud me,’ Ihc ip|ui,"s_ is guests bloke was coming." beside the bungalow.s Reasonably priced, cxpcrtly m.,puh, R.A'y:_ [awe haste; for [:;,,-:in its mai_ii ASK FOR A VISIT “""‘b‘”5 "I "W l“"l‘l'“S~ 5 East Air Force airmen and canned to stay fresh for w“_"“‘“ “Well. I'll be damned. Here you are and their opposite numbers in the R°l'i'l_/‘If F°"°L'- imn} Chilfllll ‘Ind m onihs, easy to store, these ll“? other Services stationed in the Far 5I-‘l'-'l‘!l‘-5|"S{|P0|'t'|"_i"1 I-‘|Bl_"l'_h¢d shooting your month off and now you fine SIMONDS beers always ‘hit "I "11"" d°"""l0TY leave me in the air. I reckon th:it'|lcost I3ast.at Penang. a tropical island resort omcc” aboard.

When well down II‘-"“"h5' R‘"‘“5" you a pint." go on .\taIaya's north-west coast.

5“'Y,f“_!h'~‘ ’“'~'d° H0“-‘L lhc “"~‘lC°"I°5 At this stage my friend could con“.\Iaitrc d'hoteI"sincc I956 has been l!“5"~fl you order SIMONDS bccrs, nicmbersof the attached tain himself no longer. and jumping other §|3l'VlCt.'and S 5” G_ Richmds (3;;)_ who joined ‘he you order quaIity—cvcry timc. the Far East to Air Force. annu- up interrupted: R_,\_;:_ .3 years as“ has Scwcd in me “built 20 msmbcrs of "Excuse me butting in." he said.

Queen Middle East. Italy. Austria and Gcr- all)’ Supplies of SIMONDS "but I happen to know quite a bit many. :ind is due home in January. beer: can be arranged at e a re. :ihout' this drafting business. I rather any port of call.

I00 sailors spend holidays there. rudely listened to some of your conContinued from column 2 The amenities include a bar. darts. versation. Perhaps you'll let me answer ing effort. with its 2,500 photographs table tennis. dancing. a record player. your last question. All you have to do and scale drawings. and details of a floodlit open-air badminton court is to get your Captain to write to over 10.500 ships of the navics of 66 and private bathing beach with golden Commodore Naval Drafting and ask THE BEST BEEIIS A$HOflE OR AFLOAT countries. “.lane‘s Fighting Ships" is sands 300 feet below at the foot of for someone to visit you. Goodnight."

BREWED BY SIMONDS published by Sampson Low. Marston the cliffs. canoes. bicycles and free And he left hurriedly before the 6:. Co. Ltd.. l05s.. and no mess. library, daily bus trips to and from Pcnang and could discover he was that same hir club or association where the navics round the island. Adjacentto the hostel Commander bloitc. who had been of the world are discussed should be is a N.A.A.F.I. Army Icavc centre. aboard Eagle and whose performance without it. providing dancing twice daily. they had been discussing.

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H.M.S. AUROCHS COMPLETES HER U.S. (Portsmouth)?

Bulwark’s salvage TRIP AROUND TE WRL guessing

What’s wrong with Nl'l'liI) Services. Portsmoutli. are not having a very good se:ison this year. Although at home on December 13. they lost to Rosslyn Park. '.!l—0. Portsmouth have won only two matelics tltis season so far.

What has come over the Portstnouth club which. years ago. were always a power on the rugger field’? Is it that [lie young uteri in the Services today have too much work. or is that there are too many other attractioiis? Whatever the reason. it is a great pity. for the continual defeats will ultimately mean the lack of attractive lixtures.

In spilt of poor conditioiis. R0\\‘l)Il Pail. pla_\ed \\ell. and their hzindliitg ot the lllli\lkl\ l‘.lll was re;tlI\ superb.

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with the llritisli Insurance Associzttion last month at a lunch. It will be remembered that the Association "adopted" llulwark and l(l\l month gave :i large silver "standing salt" to the ship.

On the ltincli table was the Dorrien Cup. which conimemorates an expedition in I7-15 when two linglislt privatcers non E’/‘00.tl00 by capturing three l'tc:iclt ships. Seanien received (Sill each. lliilwarl.‘s crew have been specultttitig on their share of the I’. i. .\t‘.tll.\‘.L2 R l'Nl II I) st R\ It is money which ni:iy be due in respect of Kiri. .l‘.', I I ll. tl-.-~o:I. It ll’ '.'.iit, .\ .\'t.liot‘.s‘.

N ll.‘.‘. r'\lt‘l. (3, l \li the salvage of the l.ilveriatt taiiker. l lK..',\ t I‘.-.. .\Ielil..'i. in tlie (iulf of ()iiian in Sepll. u. .\l (1 tentbcr last.

RH?‘ sits t'.\R , r.‘ \ ~\iii-..:;t-Bi, (‘_ I llllH.t!ll, I‘ 'I‘.ii: ‘ill. I l’.\'cn the most optimistic man in l .v\ 1. ('n.l.; It. ~t’.sct. K i«v.'. l. A S. \\ .'i.l.ctt. (‘. r’. If. \\‘iII-.-uh. l lluluarl. is not counting on receiving as L R l Itaidtiaii-_ l l' (‘iii-two, R. A. t‘, Kelley. iituch as tlime \\'llt|lll the Dorricn Cup lt--nii-.~nx'i:r .

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Home with the next 12 months Straits of Gibraltar when. in com any at she was present During this period with H.M.S. Active and H..I.S. Review of Naval King Witherington. “U" 340 was sent to the Coronation the few of is ships her doom.

George VI. She one also which was at the Review present Flectwood continued escort duties in to Prior Elizabeth. at that by Queen the Mediterranean during I944. At the the outbreak of the last World War end of the year. she was transferred to she saw service in the Red Sea and on the Portsmouth area where enemy subthe Mediterranean Station. In the early marine activity had greatly increased. months of the war she returned for She was placed in reserve at Hartlepool escort duties in the North Sea. in August. 1945. However. it was not During the Norwegian Campaign in long before she was again commisI940 she was damaged by air attack. sioned. in January. I946. and allocated In the later stages. however. she man- to the Portsmouth Her role aged to evacuate a party of 350 Army was to be trials shipSquadron. for the Admiralty and R.A.F. personnel from Aandalsnes. :ind Radar Establishment, perOn her return to Sc:ipa Flow, the Signals the equipment of the Navy of fecting evactiated ofliccrs and men presented the Future. This role she has siicccssthe ship with a testimonial of apprefitlly carried out until the present day. ciation. which is still held.

It is of interest that 6l per cent. of In the spring,of I941. Flcctwood the Western Approaches Command. initially as part of the Ist Anti.-‘\in:raft Division :ind later as_a unit for the 44th Escort Group. Dtiring this period she was one of the escorts who stilcgtiartlctl the ships taking part in Operation "Torch" as well as carrying

the ship's company are younger than the ship. Fleetw-ood's mantle of being the second oldest operational ship of the Royal Navy. now devolves upon H..\l.S. Protector. lileetv.-.ood is comnianded by l.ieut.Cdr. C. E. H. Munro-Faurc. R.N. '

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After a special lunch in the main dining hall at Whale Island the visiting team returned to Nottingham in the afternoon.

H.M.S. Excellent is now wondering whether the rating in the advertisement will appear with a feather in his cap ribbon!

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This year's match was played at Whale Island on Saturday. November 29. for a trophy which was carved ‘and Excellent and reCaptain Henry Peel Ritchic._R.N. presented by H.M.S. H.M.S. Excellent. (rei.). the first naval ollicer to win the sulted in a win for 5-4. Next year the match will be V.C. in World War I. died in Edinburgh. aged 82. played at Nottingham.

He won the V.C. at Dar-es-Salaam That same evening the battle was refought with sltlttles and beer, but in November. l9l4. .

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She left the Unitgd Kingdom in January. I956. and by way of the .\lr.-dire;-. mnean and the Far East joined the Fourth Submarine Squadron at Sydney.

When the submarine Thorough departure from the Station after two completed a similar voyage a year ago. years of good service with the Royal it was stated at the time that she was Australian _Navy and take this opporprobably the first submarine to sail tunity of wishing you. your olliccrs and around the world. men a safe passage and happy ll0l'l‘lt:Now commanded by Licut.- coming. Well done."

Comdr. Peter R. Hay. R.N.. the The Aumchs. which has a compleAurochs has been working with the ment of six oflicers and some (-0 Royal Australian Navy and in May. ratings, called at Tahiti on her way I956. took part in "Monsoon," largest across the Pacific. She passed through maritime exercise ever the Panama Canal on November 3 Comrnonwealth held in Far Eastern waters with ships and has since visited Curacao and also of the_Royal Navy and the Royal the U.S. Naval submarine base at Key and New Zealand Navies West on her way back to Britain.

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Be ore leaving Sydney at the begin- I944 and designed for service in the ning of October. the captain of the war in the Pacific. She was. however.

Atirochs received the following mess- not launched until a month before the age from the Australian Common- war ended and was completed in wealth Naval Board: "Regrci your February, I947.

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ALCIDE RETURNS Royal Navy submarine H.M.S. Aleide (Licut.-Cdr. J. H. Blackloclt.

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TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND MILES ON TOWING DUTIES ‘

Submarine hauled from West Indies chit" to ll..\I.S. Samsonia set she—nn air "station in Scotland? What wondering. What the A “l)RAI-‘T Service shore base‘! My Inquiries job—llume sorted Brings out. A White Etuign tug operating from Portswas

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I joined S:tmsonia—a clean and tidy vessel—in November to be met with Coast. then to U.K.—a distance of the "hon." that we were to sail for Singapore the next day. We sailed all right. 6.000 miles. It had takett us three weeks but not for Singapore: instead it was to Sheerness to collect the Jttnutlea and to get to Kingston by the direct route without a tow_ so we fttlly prepared to tow her to the (iareloch for breaking up. take at least six weeks to two months ()n the way to Sheerness I learnt that it was the cruiser lamztica and not for the return journey. 'l'ltat‘s a long quite zt bit about the Satnsonia. Ilnilt the island of Jamaica we were going to time looking at the saute faces. and at l{obb's Yard. in I.eith. in l‘)-4|-I2 tow. I was to learn front experience seeing the same films over and over as tlte second of tire liustler Class res- that the bigger the ship the bigger the :tg.iin. We had five films to entertain us. cue and salvage tugs. she was used in wires. shackles :tnd ntanillas. antl con- Norntally we :tre only allowed to that role until the end of the war. sequently the ntore sweat and time borrow films and equipment when we Those of you who have seen the pic- went into preparing the tow. and I was are going to be away from the U.K. on ture "The Key" will have :t pretty to learn that recovering all the gear long towing iobs. good idea what this entailetl. but un- and slowing it away after a low is However. the trip back didn‘t take I have information of fortunately is an even more laborious quite so long as expected. since we had no her war record other than that she tas mainly good weather. but even so. in the Western operated mostly Anyway for the record we. in com- during the rough spells two of the towApproaches. Incidentally. she was pany with the R.l7.A. tug “Saucy." ing bridles parted. which left us with called the Sansam then. Her length got the Jamaica up to the Garcloch in two. and we had moments during the overall is 204 feet. beam 40 feet and fottr days. where we had a break at last few days when we thought what a displacement L630 tons: twin Polar Grecnock before towing a floating business it was going to be if the Atlas diesel engines driving a single dock front Rothcsay to Barrow-in- remaining bridles parted and we had to sen:-.t-. develop 3.200 h.p. Her range Furness——the last job before Christ- recover what was left of the tow and at full speed (I6 knots) is Il.*)0-I. and mas. I957. a new one :tt sea. We made it. at econontical speed (I2 knots) I6.-tlfi.

Our programme for I958 began with owever. and just 30 days ottt of KingAll fresh water has to be carried. as lowing the Memtaid front Portsmouth ston we arrived at Plyntouth and left there is tto means of making it on- to the Tyne. Then we raced to Ply- Turpin there. That same night we sailed board. Cohtplcrttettt: 4 olliccrs and 37 mouth and towed the Hart hack to the to Portsmouth to catch up on our men.

Tyne. returning to Portsmouth. all in Easter leave.

After the war she was chartered to It) days. the l-‘otntdation Maritime Company of GIBRALTAR AND MALTA RIDING OUT A FORCE 9 GALE (‘anuda and renantcd “Foundation Almost intntediately after Easter Josephin-2." and whilst thus employed After a few days in Portsmouth we leave we were off again on a local tow she went aground in a hurricane off sctgoff with the Morecombc Bay front Hartlepool to Ilarrow-itt-Furttess. returning to Portsmouth to collect a .

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I-‘rom Malta we towed a salvage lifting craft back to Plymouth. and any \ mariner who came within five miles of us that return trip must have Taking Turpin in tow had the right of his life. because the tow was swinging through an angle of Portsmouth and to our refit which was sail for Pompey. to start our refit. and I20-I60 degrees. which looked at night due fairly soon. but “No sir!" once have a break if we are lucky. because, like a ship with a drunken ltelntsman in again: “Prepztre the tow." Hawsers. don't forget. this is a Honte Sea job. control. Ilowever. that sort of thing is »h:n:l.les. stoppers and the thousand and and fmrn what I can-see most of the to be expected with at ship having otltentltings which go to make a tow boys have been ‘citing draft chits after virtually at flat bottom and blunt bow. had to be made ready. attd laid out for a year or so of t is Home Sea stuff. to On that trip we managed to get one use before we could really get a quiet General Service Commissions attd run ashore, so although we had four Foreign Sea jobs. day's leave itt Gibraltar and a couple days in Malta we can't say it was rt Figure it ottt for yourself: fottr of at Malta. In all we had live runs ashore holiday. our nine months this year have been during that month.

This time. with the “Childcrs" abroad. Sonte Home Sea Service! And After that things became a bit easier behind us. we had the "Be all and end just for the record. up to September we and but for three spells of target tow- all" of towing—good wcathcr—:md have steamed close on 23.000 ntiles mg oil the Isle of Wight during the reached Gibraltar in six days. After a already this year. ntonth of July we were left alone until rtut ashore lasting a few hours. we set TUGGY sumnter leave. which as you already know was spent by most in oilskin ........,'I and seaboots. which left us looking forward to the next job on September I : II.M.S. a tow front Hythe itt Southantpton llerntuda. Iiventually she was repaired tow for Barrow-in-Fumcss. but t_mfor= Water to Malta.

N November I6. :1 foggy Sunday ntoming. there was an unusual sight in and retttrncd to the Royal Navy in tttnately dtte to heavy weather in the the East River as the Submarines Ambush (Lieut.-Cdr. P. F. B. Roe).

Tllli TOW “I-’ARTS" May. I952. and underwent an c.\ten- Western ('hatutel. when we were hoveAlrlemey (Lieut.-Cdr. R. A. Iledgecocklund Alcide (l.I'eul.-Cdr..I.lI.BIackloeIt). sive refit. joining the White Iinsign to for 2-1 hours. we had to pttt into Having got to llythe.tveatlter reports 1 arrived front their base in Halifax. Note Scotitt. and secured alongside at Ttlgs in March. I953. and for the re- Plymouth. This proved fortunate for forccasted a rough passage for us Brooklyn .\’at-y Yard. utaittder of that year did a fair :ttttottttt US. because riding out a Force 9 gale trip. but it was tlecided The next few da_t~. tvr.-re a whirl‘ of lcoursc. the I-'mpire State Building. The of towing around the U.K. covering for that time h:td so weakened the throttghottt the to on and hope that by the titttc sigltt-seeing. dances. \llt\\\\and P1lfl'k“'- Subutaritters were the first people for 2..‘~tK) miles. towing bollards on the Morccotttbc we press into the Bay of lIisea_v it would The United States N:I\'}' and liritislt 2‘) years to be given :t free visit got to the lit the succeeding years she has llzty that tve pulled one set clean off have improved. Such was not to be. (‘onsul General had arranged of the sight- top limpire State Iluilding. "clocked" up the following mileagesz just off I’|_vmouth breakwater. and she for we were met by a Force 7 S.\\’. gale. seeing tours of the United t\'ations The destroyer U.S.S. Bronttson.

I954. 670: 1955. 12.627‘. I950. lI.l~t(r; started to drift. However. harbour tugs attd very rough 2-c:is. forcing us to ease Building. Rockefeller l’l'.tza. llayden which I957. 6.56I; towing a variety of craft: had been standing by at the break- right down to about 4 knots. Looking Planetariunt. Radio (‘ity :utd. of was was host ship to the Squadron. also-celebrating its l3tlt birtltd:ty got her befort.-'shc had back on our tow front time to tinte notably two floating docks. three:r water. so they ._ and many of the ships‘ companies of any distance. Ihen jtlbl to keep I felt sorry for those dozen hands on cruisers. one aircraft carrier. Sewn] gone the sttbmarines were invited to their the boys amused we were ordered to the tlcslrttycrs and frigates. and in 1955 return We were heaving ruincsweeper. dance. Many clubs and organisations to Portsmouth straightzttvzty. about a lot. but towed the Wager from Simottstotvn to were having a they in New York tltretv open their doors to Portsnlottlh in six weeks. She was and were given two days to store up. rough time. attd early on the second the Squadron. our tropical gear together and sail before in busily employed at Port Said and be- get lust morning a daybreak .\l:tn_v took the opporttmity to do tween there and Cyprus dttring the for the West Indies. It was not until blinding rainstorm the tow parted. and well we were under for their Cltristtnax shopping. The l’.X. Kingston. the way Suez. Camp;tign in I956. was at the mercy of .in Jantaica. that we learnt that we the mineswecper did :1 roaring trade with the sailors. and seas. Iiecattsc of her design she So there yott h_avc in :t ntIl~rhi:ll a would be towing the submarine Turpin 5th Avcntte attd Tintcs Square were ltlltllL‘tll‘.tlt:l) turned beam on to the brief history of the ship :tttd what she‘ hack to UK. treated to the sight of Jack asltore. ttutd. which meattt at right attgles to had been up to before I joined. the sea. and it must lt:tve takett an Sporting events ttere arranged and 'I'0WI.\'G A SL'li.\I.»\RIl\'E PRI-IPARF. FOR TOWI .\'G I-IE aircraft carrier :‘\.R..-\. Inde- tlte Squadron beat the R.M.S. Queen expert sailor to have kept his feet that might appear something uttder him for the three hours it took pendencia (ex-H..\I.S. Warrior). l'I|i7abetlt (t~l :tt soccer and New Well. having left the lining of my I of Well. a crtrise on the face of_it. but we hit us to cottttect up a new tow. However. after eight weeks‘ intettsive tvork itt Yt k Rugby Football Club. 6—3. stomach somewhere oll Ileachy Head‘ really nasty weather about the we got her again. which was the maitt eornmissioning a task performed The tisit continued for a neck for and feeling the effect of six necks‘ some Azores and which at 3 knots ttere heading by a steaming crew of 300 tttett of the .-\mbuslt and Alderney. though .-\lcidc tttrned the thing. oldest even Foreign Service leave with too much of hands green. and tossed us around totvards Gibraltar. The weather didn't Argentine Navy specially sent front had to depart for exercises after only rich food. I staggered up on deck at like a cork. It was impossible to stand give us a break ht all. and seven days .»‘\rgentitta-—lcft Portsmouth Harbottr three days. The pace tvas fast and \\ ltctt Sheerness to prepare the tow. later ourselves for even or we and if three sleep parked alongside tip the Squadron sailed on November 23 days. on December 8 to undergo trials.

Now I reckon I have handled a few you could hold on to rt cup of "pot the South Mole at (iibraltar. and after 'l1tc commissioning of the ttnit has for Halifax :utd the frozen North. wires and manillas in my time. but mess" Iottg enough to eat it. you were getting everything ready for an early been dotte itt record time. many were glad to get to sea for a rest. when the bosttn smacked the end of :1 lucky. We were glad to get to Kingston. departure the next day those of us who httt tlL‘\'t!fIllclL‘.\s‘ took away tncntorics 90-fathom 20-inch manilla in my hand and stay there for a week whilst we were off duty went ashore to stretch‘ The A.R.A. lndepcndencia sailed to of one of the best weeks of the comBuenos Aires steamed by lter own ntission. and said. "flake that down on top of rigged up the tow. which amounted to ourlegs. the towing hold. Jack." I almost col- no fewer than four bridles from Next morning we were oil’ again. and crew on December It). lapsed. If I had not had some support. different points on the submarine. this time the weather was cod to us. His Excellency the Argentine Am- Admiralty Fleet Order 291$/58 in fact a lot of support. I would still Most of the 'l'urpin's crew had already From Gibraltar to Malta it was fine bassador. Rear-Adntiral Teodoro Harintroduction of a new be flaking that mztnilla down yet. It left in the Maidstonc before we got and we made a little over I0 knots t_he tung. and the Naval Attache. Rear- announcesofthe Stores (8) rating in the category took I0 of us plus the after capstan to there. and only a skeleton crew of whole way. arriving outside Grand Admiral Benjantin M. Colman. accom- W.R.N.S. Tltese ratings will be emdo the job in two hours. Then we had about 25 ttten remained.

Harbour at 2000 hrs. on Friday. Sep- panied by a representative of the ployed on both Naval and Air Stores to get wires ready. none of them less One way and another we made the tember 12. where we anchored and Admiralty. flew to the carrier in :1 duties. -I-Zxisting W.R.N.S. Air Stores than a 5-inch. Plus what appeared to best of that week in Kingston and pre- brought our tow up alongside. Sud- helicopter provided by the courtesy of ratings will be recatcgorised as Stores be the entire stock of shackles in the pared ourselves for the long haul back dcnly it blew up and we had to enter H.M.S. Vemon.

(S) ratings. These changes will permit instead of the folharbour that Royal Navy. night The oflicial flew wasn't back which be to Ports- greater} intereltangeabtlity between to U.K.. going to party morning. lowing mouth when the carrier back the had started route we After seeing that lot on deck I began straight by moving KM. and W.R.N.S. Stores ratings and all rush back her set to Now African home. to almost the we were on but to across take effect on December I. 1958. to wonder if I had got the story right. come. way

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advances made by this experimental factory since my earlier visits there and the scientists responsible for these advances are to be congratulated. 'I'h_c " BERDI-IEN leads the world in research into methods of dehydrating pre-eminence of Aberdeen is evi..\l. Sttbniarinc Alaric. which refront the fact dcnccd that scientists Mr. Hector Hughes, Member of Parliament for Aberdeen hy food,“ said tiirncd to Portsmouth in October all the world there to over come study after six months‘ dctaclted service.

North. "and I hope that the results of’ the research of our British scientists This the work in operated with ships and aircraft of latest will bear fruit in commercial exploitation in the Lfnited Kingdom." Mr. Hector developments.

Hughes was visiting the Food l)ch,\‘dralion Exhibition at the Ministry of Auri- Aberdeen. I am protid to think, keeps the British East Indies :ind Far Eastern liritain well ahead of all other nations Fleets. the Royal Air Force. the French culture. Fisheries and Food bcatlqtiarters in I.ondon. in this sphere.

Fleets. the Royal Air Force. the I.lGll‘I‘Wl-‘.lGH'I'COMBAT Mr. llttglics was interested to see at "As it happens. when the Queen's French Nav_v.and Air Force, the the cshibition photographs illustrating RA'I'I()NS gracious speech opening Parliament Indian. Pakistan and South African the development in food dehydration The light weight, keeping qualities was under debate in the House of Navies and Air Forces during this being carried out :it the laboratories. without special storage and the case Commons recently. I chose as my period. pilot plants and factory of the- of reconstitution make these de- topic the comparative neglect in the The submarine travelled a total of Ministr_v's Research listablisliment in hydrated products very valuable in the application of science to the everyday over 22.000 miles dtiring the and period Aberdeen. affairs of life.

I then of aware visited was not victtialling expeditions and as lightMalta. Aden. Trincomalec. the made Abcrdccn of Dr. H. R. Barncll. Deputy Chief‘ weight combat rations for the Army. giant strides by Mauritius. Durban. Port Elizabeth.

Scientific Adviser (I-‘oodl. showed Mr. Pliotographs in the exhibition showed in this particular sphere. I pointed out Simonstown and Ponta Dclgada (in the lluglics samples of the wide variety .\lr. Hughes the use of the five-ounce that civilised nations were paying more Azores). Malta. Aden and Trincomalcc of dehydrated fislt. meat. frtiit and meat bar. which represents I6 ounces attention to dramatic achievements. were all in a state of unrest which of fresh meat. as a survival ration. and such as the Sputnik aimed at the moon. caused some leave restrictions. but vegetables produced in Aberdcert. value of dehydrated prodticts in the Pioneer intended to encircle the this was more than made up for at the Of especial interest were the dchy- the the galley of a stibmarinc. where space moon and the submarine Nautilus. later ports of call. Accommodation was dratcd precooked ntcals. stich as I dictates the quantity of food taken on travelled under the North Pole. These laid on out of the submarine at 'l'rincurried beef and rice. veal and ham board. were spectacular. but the discoveries eomalce. Mauritius and Simonstown and steak and kidney. These dishcsl and advances made by this research and as these were the only ports at After his visit Mr. Htighes said: "It station at Aberdeen touch need only the addition of hot or cold the lives of which the submarine spent any length t water to be reconstituted and ready to is appropriate that I should be th_c :thc ordinary citizens more intimately eat in a matter of minutes. Until a few first Member of Parliament to visit than the spectacular achievements I of time and since living on board a submarine in harbour presents conyears ago it was necessary to soak dc- this exhibition on the work of the have referred to. siderable inconvenicncc. the arrangehlinistry of Agricultiirc. Fisheries and hydratcd food for tip to I2 hours. that understand some British ments made were "I greatly appreciated Food's Research Establishment in Mr. Hughes was particularly in- Aberdeen. because I. as the Member businessmen are already cxploiting_in and helped to make the cruise lcrestcd to learn front Mr. G. N. of Parliament for Aberdeen North. a small way the vast commercial thoroughly enjoyable. tcntialities of these developments.

Lawrence. Food Development Liaison have already visited the factory in 10.000 VISITORS Officer of the Ministry. that dehy- Aberdeen when it was officially opened There is available all the "know how" in the interest public drated foods from Aberdeen were tised in July. 1951. under the auspices of in Aberdeen and It is estimated that l0.000 people of the results that is be it to hoped Fuchs and Sir Edmund Hilary visited the submarine at various times. by old friend Maurice Webb, who these developments will be taken my and up and many servicc passengers were on the Transantarctic Expedition was then Minister of Food. commercial extensively by more favourwere commented upon most taken to sea for short periods. The hosthe firms." much “I by impressed am very ably. pitality affordcd the stibmariners was -‘~-0 ...,..§,€,. lavish, particularly :it Mauritius and the South African ports. Cricket. soccer. ruggcr. hockey. tennis and darts were played against local teams and other ships whenever the opportunity arose. and very friendly relations were established between the submarine and other ships of the Commonwealth Navies and. of course. with the inhabitants of the places visited.

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The River Plate action fotight off South America on December I3. I939. one of the bittcrcst actions of the last HF. draw for the third round to be 1 played on Wctlnestlzty. January 2|.

N Sattird:iy_ December I3. _mem- ;war. resttltcd in the scuttling of the I959. is as follows: Royal Marines. bers of the ships‘ companies of German pocket battleship Graf Spec.

F.:i.stncy v. ll..\l.S. Daedalus. R.N.A.S.. H..\I. Ships Ajax and Exctcr and? During the past year the Rev. Yeovilton v. Reserve Fleet. Plymotith. H..\l.N,Z. Ship Achilles met ottci: again George Groves. of Chard. late ChapH.M.S. Ariel v. Royal Marines. Deal. at a short service of remeinbrancc at lain of H.i\I.S. Eircter. has died.

R.N..-\.S.. Arbroatli v. the winner of ‘ the war iiieniortal on Plymouth Hoc- praycrs at the w:ir memorial were taken the Cttltlrosc v. R.l'\'.li., Plymouth. and attended the annual dinner and by the Rev. R. Knight. of R.N. liarni:itclt. ‘reunion in the evening. Some ship- racks. Devonport. and :i wreath laid by The first-tiaiiietl team is the Ilnlltt" mzttcs had travelled over 200 miles in S./M. Victor (iarrctt. a Leading Cook order to attend. in H..\l.S. lixetcr. A coninictttor:itioti tcaiit. eerenioiiy was also held in New Zealatitl on the same day.

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Films were by far the most popular form of entertainment at sea. Crib. whist. ‘tickers. quirzes. crossword puzzles. all helped to keep away boredom during the long sea passages. the longest of which was 19 days. bit! this was homeward bound.

The Commander-in-Chief. South Atlantic and South Africa. ViceAdniiral R. D. Watson. C.B.. C.H.E.. many of his staff. and the band, attended A|aric‘s departure and the action of the Soiiili African ships in harboii_r.

Vryst:_iat, Good Hope and Natal in manning and chccring ship was very much appreciated.

0n_thc way home from the Cape an c:t_crcisc took place with the French frigate l.a Bcrnais and an aircraft front Dakar. Records were exchanged during bad weather by coston gun line. was enhanced by the 'I‘hc_c\-olution of a bottle of champagne to whtc a suitable reply was dispatched.

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shipntalcs NCE again the Chcani and branch to go to Cuba for his firm for Worcester Park Branch had a very six months. his last words being a successful dance and made a nice addito forget his tion to the General Purpose Fund .strong "warning" not News" every‘ month. It's amazwhich we are building up for our I959 “Navy ing how far afield the journal goes in Anniversary celebrations.

To linislt oil" the Christmas festivi- the world.

Sllipnlitlcs visiting (‘beam are always ties the branch held a dance on Decem- welcome.

PAT COH ber 27 and it tttrricd out to be :i very enjoyable and fitting end to Cliristuias.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER On January I-t the Annual Cliildren's Party is to be held :it ll.Q.. and Patron: H.H. The the youngsters are looking forward to this event very eagerly.

Friday. Jaiiiiary I6. is the date of the Annual Meeting Night. when "volunteers" to take over a “trick" at the wheel of the good ship Cheam and Worcester Park and keep her on a straight and steady course for the next l2 months will be called for. A 100 per r in .1 pity that the usual Dorset cent. muster on this night is tltc aim dialect is adrift this month. but the and it is hoped that there will he more S.-cretary. llert (‘o|cm:in. has had a than one name for each otlice on the nasty accident and on behalf of all the .noniinatiou sheets. This branch must Shipmatcs I wish hint a speedy rei have ortc of the youngest sets of covery. It is hoped that by the time I hr:inch officers in the area and in the this goes to press he will have enjoyed ’As,sociation—young blood is a good his (Thristmasturkeyand pudding. "Get thittg in a branch. well soon. Sec." Since the branch last appeared in Saturday. January Ill. is dance night tltc of Royal I for the branch. when the Battcrsca print it has been tip to all kinds of BOUT 350 members of the Portstnoutli Branch Cflmc =Il0ni.=SidL' for H Visit. things: rcttnion. tramp suppers. to Naval Association and their friends attended the branch annual Hfémch will it is hoped they are going to l’untp¢Y llranch outing. Christmas reunion dinner on December 5. The occasion was also the twenty-first and cttioy it. draw social. 'l‘h:inks are due to Vice1 anniversary dinner of the branch.

The branch is looking forward to (‘liairman liahb for all he did to swell the toast the ‘list anniversary dinner and dance the kitty. It will all be needed in I959.

Lieut.-Cdr. S. S. Noble. the Vice-President of the Branch. proposed of the Guests which included Admiral Sir Guy Grantham (Couimunder-in- ;.g [hc (‘mwn |nn_ .\tm»dcn_ 1; is 3 Portland always likes to read where Chief. Portsmouth) and Lady Grantham. and Mr. A. G. Leg: (National 5 great thing that the Branch (Tommiucc branches are on the increase in memhas kept the cost of this event so low bcrship. It is with joy that Portland Councillor of the Association).

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In his remarks. Cdr. Noble referred can say that at every monthly meeting .

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Admiral Mr. L. the of the Bray. proposed to the talk given by Unfortunately resignation it has the pleasitrc of welcoming new which -. of the Naval Associain in the toast December had to sliipniatcs. It is hoped that in the not social secretary from Nelson's Cabin Victory.

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LonPortsmouth to tion. hc said that he little thought when be accepted. His commitments at work. too f:ir off future. the branch will have was relayed from associahe became a founder member of the including night. bceanie overpowering its own headquarters. Yes. shipmatcs. don. on the occasion of the annual reunion in the Festival Portsmouth Branch that he would be for him. but he gave of his best until the land has been bought. so look for all. privileged to be chairman of the branch big things in the Portland Branch.

In his reply. the Coniniandcr-in- on its twenty-first anniversary. The Everyone viill he kept informed of proChief stated that he ltad great regard branch was ll years without permaDorsal l for the Royal Naval Association. say- nent hezitlqitarlcrs. but after very ntttch ing that it kept alive the spirit and hap- hard work. 75 members who between I would be failing in my dtttics if l ontittcd itt these ll0lL‘\ zi hig word of piness of all those who had served in them subscribed over £112. tlteir the Royal Navy. and he went on to say present headquarters in Pitt Street. llF. licdfurd llrancli reunion. as thanks to everybody in the Pom ~y of the were that the ships Portsmouth. was started. and it is now Navy today always. was a tremendous success. Branch for the woridcrftil time licy and north south. from to stretched one of the best R.N.A. Clubs in the The parade in the afternoon took place gave us on Dcccnihcr (i. It would be mentioned.

He from east to west. association. Regarding the future. the in lovely weather and include Trafal- wrong for me to pinpoint any inin difficulties chairman said that in the same way gar Square this year, which was a dividual. because it must have taken among other things. the the Persian Gulf. the thrce-:ind-a-half- as the television challenge had been great improvement. The meeting in the some real hard "behind the scene" year trouble in Cyprus. the work of the met at Portsmouth with live entertain- Royal Festival Hall in the evening was work to put :i two and a half hours‘ bliss Norma Glcclhill. aged l7» Of Home Fleet in shocking conditions in ment. he looked forward to younger as good as it has ever been. The onl show on like that. I cannot put in 6 Dumford Street. Middleton. Lanes. Icelandic waters. and referred to the members of the branch coming for- disappointment was that “the Forces‘ writing just how niitcli wc (lid appreciate everything they did. "Thanks a elected as bliss Britannia of the fact that the Royal Navy is employed .ward to serve on the various cont- siicetlicart" was absent sick. 'l‘he branch dinner was another great lot. sliipmates."

Middleton. Manchester Brunch. ‘Miss usually on helping others on jobs mittecs and so enable the good work others. be done which cannot to Reby We were very pleased to see. know occasion. Guests included the .-\rca progress.

Glcdhill attended the Ann til Admiral Grantham. who said he all on Shipmate Arthur Lcgc responded to Representative on the National Couli- and talk to our l-Editor wltilc we were union at the Festival had spent many years In the Medl- the toast of the Association. saying that cil of the Association as well as the there. Perhaps he will come and give October 18 terrnnerin. said it had been a trouble out of INS branches in the association. chairman of the area. And because us a visit with the Pompey Branch next area ever since I935. He told his less than 40 were 2| years old. adding Bcdford's Cmdr. Newton is president ‘car when we get kitted up. and that work done_Ii,v that Portsmouth. being a naval port of the area and Sbipmatc Reed is secre- goes for all the other branches. too. audience of the great Gulf and many Service men joining the tary. it can be said all the area ollicials the Bulwark and other ships'in of Oman which resulted in the sail- associzttion through Portsmouth whilst were present. Mr. and Mrs. Swift and vage of two tankers which had cut- istill serving. other branches were en- Padre Hart. besides several other lided. been set on fire. and 'richcd by those shinntatcs when they friends from the other Associations abandoned by their crens. left the Service and returned to their of B.U.S.A. attended. Mr. Swift said home towns. a some very nice things about the R.N.A. Hli Bangor Branch sends greetings The president of the Portsmouth in his speech which made everyone to all shipmates and particularl HF. Newcastle and Gatcshcad him. to pleased Branch handed for £20 even more see to a cheque hen visited our those who have branch has achieved a milestone in The Ladies‘ on Friday. was Night who of Grantham. chairman is .ady lreland uarters while on holiday in its finances. For the first time the and I9 December cnioyed the V local Fund for King George everyone have t is year. Since their visit things amount in the "kitty" tops £l00. it the in and Sailors. evening shipmate thanking has Branch altered considerably. The may not appear a great deal to smite will General Annual The Meeting and the Portsmouth Branch for Brav. the meetheld Area 5 No. HEN secured new premises which. when _all of the larger branches. but to NewPlease 24. be try on their Friday.

January Grantliam intiClacton the generosity.

Lady from ing the delegate castle and Gatcshead it is a real mark necessary alterations have been carried 1' that date rec. to that the had mated been keep past miniature memyear of progress. out. will be ideal for the co_mfort of Branch was handed zi for contriburecord Portsmouth a one be to -d to R.N.A. with well orial. badge and members alTixe_d. the equip ‘the Chairman of the branch. Shiptions fund. the to of to Mrs. Potter. wtd_ow ntate l-‘inch. is talking of :i Standard provide refreshment and_ rest or _tlie presented Area Secretary. Slupm:ite The branch is very busy with the and its dedication. but the Sccretzzry. companies of visiting warships. the late ships‘latter of fine last-minute for the niemoria|—a piece been Potter.

The has which aim. arrangements always This Shipmate 'lhirlwcll. is sayin-._: "let us This made 6. ('hildrcn‘s Partv of the Shipmate on by activities January chief workniansliip——-was one of the creep before we crawl." The branch Branch. llford than in of looks like ever Ward. being of lost John bigger p:irtv St. branch. has not been has a tirst-class club lic:i-.l-iu:iit«.-rsand sight The President atttl the when it Potter sorting was to comes buying.

Shipniate the planning of the ticw premises. a period of consolidmion scents to be work. did line and Branch the and of (‘Iacton one kitchen presents. |:uitl wrapping up installation of a modern the immediate ziiiswer. in branch small childthe sometimes wonders where all is a Newcastle has two messages for provision for sleeping accommodation Clacton only of the Newton HF. "get-togcthers" mainactivities its Still. its the are v.ortli front. well bitt rcn come branches. The first is to thank for libertymen stranded by bad weather numbers. branch Abbot are proving highly other level. cfl'ort.

The branch l.ondondcrry for cottintiitticalitig Shiptogether with a bar and lounges. TV. tained at a high ‘sttccesstiil. as the following report social evenings Shinmatc C‘. Pinslott. the branch sliows. tnatc Atiilcrsoifs address. All branches rootii. billiards and dart room should holds vcl“ successful local the in its own almoner. was busy inst around Christensure that visiting crews will have and it is olding the branch vis iled should automatically inform other Recently darts toumament. mas making the rounds of the invalids every facility. branch and a foiir-and-a- branches when a shipmate leaves a disPlymouth with small parcels. (“licqut-< were sent half-liour of entertain- trict. The seeond message is for Portsprograninie to the Danie Kelly Old People's mouth. At long last :i Portsutotith tncnt folloited al .~t\lclltlitl tea supplied Welfare l-'und and the lirixham lioy's by the l.adies' Section. shipmate has visited Ncwczistlc. ShipPlyniouth Olliccr Orriclc. with Home.

Plvmouth has a wonderful simply of matc Chief Pettyhas m.idc his number.

The Annual General Mcctint! takes talent and the ftiii was fast :ind furious. his wife and son. place on .lanu:iry l-l. As usual half of The visit was the second annual Visit Shipmatc Orrick is leaving the Navy (Delete as appropriate) the contntittee retire and this is s good tttadc by Newton Abbot to l’l_\‘mouth next year and is settling in Newcastle. l’ortstnouth's loss is Ncwc;istlc's :i time as any to thank them or their :uid Newton is determined to repay the so past services. They have set a high l:t\‘l\'l| hiispitalitv they received when gain. He gave the l~r:-rich all the NAVAL ROYAL NEWS’ R. ‘NAVY standard. but their successors will the l’l_vmouth branch pays its return "buyer" from l’urIsiiio:itli. l-‘INCH. doubtless carry on the lratlitioiis. visit to Newton Abut.

BARRACKS. Another sliin's plaque has been y The .\l:irgucritc Scltnol of liattcintt :ul:lcd to the Pitt Street llcadqitzirters. ‘recently gave :i colourful series of This tinte it is a (‘anadian one. for .d;uic.,-4 in aid of Nc\\ltlll Abbot to be Pfcasc pas! rt copy of melt issue of “Navy A’ni-.v" lo those of the ship's conipany of ; branch fiutds. and the sum of H..\l.(‘.S. iionavcnturc who went to the I tIl'.‘ Ills. Ed. was gratefully received by ‘ club wisltetl to show their :Il‘|Dl'L‘L‘i.'lll(lll the branch chairman. Sltipmatc W. (3.

The January meeting of the llavant for the welcome they received. Surely |_:ineridt:c. there is no other brancli of the Asso- I The Torbav R.M. Association atid hr:incli. the Annual General Meeting.

ADDRESS uvtelolloellllooollctOIloilneoeuelIeclloooonollinoeo I.ciation which can boast of such a fine lmcmbers of the Newton Abbot Hos- to be held on January 6. promises collection. stall" social club were guests of to be a full and interesting one. lpital onnon.c--a-.uooon¢-oooonuoocanuouaoooooon--oaouccuo-pPortsmouth members were sad to [ the 'I'orbay branch at a social arranged Possible future activities were disat the December meeting. but hear. just l by the ladies‘ section. The programme cussed I enclose licrcwitli money ordcrlpostal order/clirqtm value 8/-. being as there :ire likely to be several changes an I was tape-recorded. e o Shipmates passin including.» issues. (m.rmt'r I2 for a subscription ollicials. it was decided to grand old ’ The honorary secretary of the _lll branch ellow o 94. at houg iis age was Association is Sliipntatc Lewis. of 15 leave these itcriis iiittil after the A.(i.M. At the last meeting of the year. Ship.fMomItl hard to believe. On dance nights he llroadlands Avenue. who extends a Commence. missed seldom a dance and was as l warm welcome to other organisations mate 'I'. Edwardson was welcomed Branch. state /tsrocintion. please '.

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I Fyne has steamed iiearI_v 5().ll(I() milcs_! and has spent two days out of cicry three at sea. She li:i.s been mainly employed in the Persian Gulf. and is specially air conditioned for this staiioii. where the average summer temperature is well over ltltl degrees.

I-‘ruin the end of December to April. .the ship was employed continuously on anti-gun-riinnitig patrol otl tltc -‘..\lusc.it and ()m:in Coast. and oil’ the '1 N. Triieial (‘oast. to prevent :irins and ainmimiiion being supplied to the rebels in the Iiills of ()uiari. This: patrol work involved boarding and‘ searching all dhows found inside the tliree-riiile limit. and nearly 200 were, searched by the ship. The only relief: from this patrol activity was a one-I week visit in February to llzindar. .\lashur in Iran and Basra in Iraq. and to the "lloating" oil rig out at sea near I t l);is Isl:ind in the Persian (inlf. while Mr. R. A. Allan. I).S.O.. ().It.l'I.. .\I.l’.. Purlianicntnry and Finiiiicial Secretary Petty Ollicer William Raikuna. who successfully passed the gunnery taking the Political Resident. Persian to the Iioard of Adniiralty. talks to C.P.O. Writer J. M. llendrie. of Glasgovv. instruetor‘.s course in II..\I.S. Excellent. has left the United Kingdom to relum Gulf. Sir liernard llurrows, I-(.(‘..\l.(i.. on board ll.M.S. Loch I-'yne during a visit to Trincmiialee and I.ady Ihirrows on a short visit to to Suva. Fiji. to undertake the gunnery training of ratings of the Fiji mouth of the River Shall lil Arab’ Army by sea was organised by H.M.S. Ra '.\'.R. Although Petty Ollicer Rziikuna was not ennnioured of English the 'l'ruciaI Coast. weather. he expressed himself as pleased with the English peoplehe met.

In May the ship visited Colombo twhieh leads past Abadan tip to l.oeIi I-'yne. On November 2 His lt:i.sr:i) during the Iraq crisis. I-ler Majesty King Illl.\\‘t.'lll visited Aqaba His difficult gunnery course lasted 40 weeks and it is believed that he is the for a short decking and bottom .scr:ipe. lirst Fijian ever to qualify at Whale Island .\lost members of the ship‘s company ftinction there was to be in readiness? for the departure ceremony. and came safeguard Iiritish lives and interests aboard Il..\l.S. Loch I-'_vne. where he got four i|;iy.s' leave at the Services; to Rest Camp at l)iyat:ilawa in the hills in Iraq should this have been neces- was greeted by a royal guard provided by the Royal Marine Detach,of Ceylon. the last ship's company to s'(If)'.

In mid-Augu.st the ship left thei ment. Ships in the harbour were (do so. as the Camp closed shortly afterPersian (iulf for the last time. andldressed overall and 21-gun royal '\v:irds. :ind the lltighcs tSupcrb) Hon. Coniwent south of the Fquatorto .\Ioniba.sa I salutes were tired by ll.M.5. Loch June the took During p:iny‘s troops. ship part in for a week's visit. There ishe enibarked I-‘yne and H..\l.S. Ceylon. exercises with 26 joint other January ll. ll)-ll.'"S0lIll'l:t|"Il|')ll.)t’I ships of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary ofi The ship left Aqaba on November 2 ("um/ziIi'¢I by. mid printer] Willi stink the the Indian Royal Navy. by aircraft east of .\laIta. Navy and State for the Colonies. Mr. Johnltthe last British service unit to leave ]u'rmi.i.i'r'on o/. ('immuiIt¢lz'r IV. I}. the Pakistan and was based at Profiimo. O.Il.I-'... .\l.l’.. and took him Navy.

January I6. l7ll0.—Adniiral Sir Jordan). and after an uneventful Rnwlmlltiirri. Ro_\'rtl Nui-_v Trincomalee for this Unfor(;cm.gc Brydgcs Rodney (Sandwich) _per_iot_l. for a week'.s visit to the Seyclielle passage hon_ie :irrived in Devonport on 5l“"¢ defeated ll I" sail of the Spanish line,I""1"°l)'~ l*Ei1"¢ December I2. I9-tl—I’a.s.sage of l'|’|"C0m=1.l\' }-' Islands. L000 miles out in the Indian November I8 to relit. give leave and I dut-' under Admiral -‘~"-""~'f€l)' Don t‘|\'|l Juan de _!"¢5l|'|t-‘W-I Langara W515 I0 ll": Breeonsliire from Alexandria to Malta Ocean. After this visit the ship pro- pay oil. disturbanccsin tliistinie. miics ”:.,";x) at [3 mum of Ceylon sh Cnpc and partial engagement with Italian cecded to Aden and thence to Aqaba l.och Fyne (Capt. ll. Pcngelly.

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25. arriving on battleships. l).S.(‘.. R.N.. of l.ooe. Cornwall) is an January I7. l9l2.—Capt. Robert llalirein in the Persian Gulf in mid- AI Aqaba the ship was guardsliip anti-subrmirine frigate C.S.lS in Naiad. of L890 tons.

December I3. l‘)39—Cdre. H. H. Falcon Scott. R.N.. reached the South July. and almost immediately was while British troops were in Her complement is It) otliccrs and I65 dispatched to act as guardship at the country. and the evacuation of theiratings.

H:irwood (Ajax) engaged (ierman Polc. pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spec till the River Plate and drove her into .l\-Iotitcvidco. outside which port she scuttled herself on the l7tlt.

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l)eeember I5. tlt‘)*)—Battle of Colenso. Naval lirigade ol' 'l'errib|c.

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I)ecember I8. I793-—Vicc-Admiral Lord Hood (Victory) at the evacuation of Toulon. I-‘oiirtecn French ships of the line and I‘! frigates and corvettes

captiired or destroyed.

December I‘). I‘)-tI—.'eptune and ls'and:iliar sunk by mines otl Tripoli.

Dccenibcr I‘). I‘)-II-—-Queen Elizabeth and Valiant severely damaged by Italian “huinaii" torpedoes at AlexJaniiary I7. I‘)-l2.~('-nrkha sunk by aiidria. (icrmaii U133 off Mcrsa Matrtih.

I)eccinbcr 25. I‘)-tI—Hong Kong January 17. I‘)-t2.—.\Iatabele stink surrendered to Japanese forces.

by German U-I54 oil Miirniansk.

I)ccctnbcr 26. I9-t3—Duke of York “ll St-‘_C_0|1¢l flflnllill and l’_’3ll realise that one is not always forgotI‘). l83‘).~-Capture of Aden.

January Prizes for dancing were won by (Admiral Sir ltrucc Fraser) sank of the lorpedoand .-Vnti-Submarine ten even if removed from the realm C.P.O. and Mrs. Pink, Mr. and Mrs. January ?.2.—Anzio landing.

German battleship Seharnborst off January 24. I9I5.—Action of the Instructors Association was held on of active service.

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I Dogger Bank. Vice-Admiral Sir David November 28 at the Royal Sailors The Chairman of the Association. The organisers have December 28. l‘)39—Barham stink lieatiy (Lion) v. Rear-Admiral Hippcr Ilor_ne every reason to Club. Portsrnouth_. and it was C.P.O. A. Fraser. in proposing the congratulate themselves upon the

by German U30. (ierman Bliicher stink. a highly successful occasion. tS«.-ydliiz). toast of "Our Ladies and Giiests." splendid made and their arrangements December 28. I‘)-$3-Enterprise and Janiiary 26. I8-Il.~Hong Kong forOvcr No members. guests and mentioned that it was the second occa- thanks have been given to the manGlasgow engaged and dispersed I0 Willi)’ lliktifl l"U5§¢5Sl'~"1 OI bl’ Com‘ friends sat down to a first-class dinner sion on which he had acted as Chairaiid stall of the Royal Sailors ager '(ierm:in destroyers 270 miles off niudore Janies John Gordon BWIW-‘F and for the for Ball the Annual more man Dinner. and said Home Club for their co-operation and joined many Ushanhsinkingthree. ;which followed. what honour it an was to have Admiral hard work.

December Ill. I‘)-t2—l)efence of r” sun k,in m c I Ma .—'.

JanuaryWillis with them. pzirticiilarly so as he , -._ , , convoy J.W.5ll). (I4 ships) against DmI~‘"-"'~‘~‘ "-9- '-‘°"'- C°'"“'- I of is the Senior Ollicer of the Torpedo German l.utI.ow. Admiral Hipper and G°"I7'°.t' 5=“'"" ‘‘'''“° “'3'''’- ""5" Branch Icft in‘thc Navy.

Lady Willis. Rear-Admiral N. A. six destroyers in Barents Sea. Achates liumous.) ‘. : -..

During the Ilall. Admiral Willis iiiand Bramble stink. Shetlield (RearIOI" J3'“"”Y 10lq‘”'.’TH""dI' sisteil on meeting as many guests as Admiral R. L. Burnett) and Jamaica l""'-l"""l The Meilway llarracks. Chathani. is ("”"“"‘ “"d 5'"'k Olliccr.

Verwith ll.M.S. (Coinmanding "the possible. formed Force R. \'.C. Capt. Robert St. P)’ "W" l‘“"~'°~‘ "ll 8"” l‘l‘"“l‘ accent on “old to he sold :ind a farewell parade was and Mrs. mm) Bliindcll. :iiid and ship.s" es-Torpedo (iiiniiers mates. held in December. Royal Marirics have Vincent Sherbroolre tOnslow). ObCapt.‘ \v _. diirate. Obedient. Oribi. Orwell. mm‘ I Kr I‘I‘ ‘ H f;mm'. (i. I). Pound t(‘omiiianding Olliccr. whilst the I-"otirth Sea Lord also soiiglit drilled at the barracks since the days ‘ Osprey) and Mrs. Pound. lhe out familiar faces. of George III. llyderabad. Northern C-em. RliodoStall Vernon lraining Nfiwmhm. were '9_ |q]5_ Um. 3: fm dendron. ‘v'i7alnia also engaged. Gerof_H..\I.b. ( and man Friedricli Iickoltll sunk by Shef- ~-D;W;,;-- rend --|);w;,_.5_-_by onimander represciited .\lrs. hints. and I.ieitt.-( dr. and Mrs. Nm.L.mh‘.r 3_5_ ]t),u_ Lim. 3: for Iield. Admiral Ilipper damaged.

Ilright. I Other guests were the repr-:.sent:i-I January I. l9I5.—l-‘ormidable stink "ll:ir:ini" read "llarrani."

YOUR November 27. I940. I._ine 3: for lives of the Royal _Naval Iileclricizitis

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January I757.-—Capture of CalRoyal Naval and (‘orrevctiom to l)cs'cmI-er arim\crsaries:_ .\larine cutta by Vice-Admiral Charles Watson Gunnery Instructors Associa-.

Dec. t.-—l-‘or ".\mor.u" read "Aurora ': In! and and tiori. live Canzidizin Torpedo and (Kent), troops under Colonel "Aluise" read "Alvise."

Dec, '.'.-—For_":\inor:i" read "Aurora": lot’ Anti-Submzirine lnstriictors front the Robert Clive. read ".5kt!RI.': Royal Canadian ships which were then January 3. I9-tIl.—"(‘hariot" human "Skcri" Ike. .t_—For "I-.me‘ read "lzwe s.——i-'.-¢ "Num"Nurmbcrir" read in Dq-_. torpedo sank Italian cruiser Ulpio """ port. Capt. Pound had travelled DEPOSITS FROM Traiano in Palermo Iiarbotir. from Portland to attend the function.

EASY January I0. l806.——C:ipe Town Capt. Allan Villiers. who took Admiral. Willis. in an £20 WITHDRAWALS eapitulated to forces under Major- .\Ia_vllowcr ll across the Atlantic in speech. proposed the toastinteresting PER RNNUM of the (ieneral Sir David" Baird and Com- I957. has stated that he was pleased 'I'.A.S.I. Association. referring to the modore Sir Home Riggs Pophani with the enthusiasm shown in her by beginning of the Torpedo and AntiWrite: LINDEN‘ ENTERPRISES tPOIt‘l'9tou'tt-In LTD. (Diadem). A Naval Brigade was the Americans. A quarter of a million Siibmarine Branch which was devel(THE PORTSMOUTH FIRM) PHONE: lauded. people have paid more than £88.00() oped whilst he was at the Admiralty.

I0. WAYTE STREET, COSHAM COSHAH CDHHERCMI ll. of TrinJanuary l782.—Captiire to inspect her since she was placed on Saying that he had been "put otit to I PORTSMOUTH BANKERS comalee by Vice-'AdmiraI Sir Edward display at Plymouth, Mass. gr:i.s.~i." he felt eiitrerncly gratiticd to

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January. I959

‘Down under’ squadron: SUBMARINERS LEARN TO Example ofco-operation ATTACKON SHORE unit with the target. Modern infor-

mation sourccs can be fed in and the whole allows for realistic speeds and ranges of about 10 miles. It is customary fora gin bottle—but full of \\':'|lt.'|’ -—to be shaken over the pcriscopc window of the c:iplain who to HE Submarine Attack Teacher at Il..\l.S. Dolphin is designed for the train- reduce speed siitliciently whenforgets he wants ing of submarine ollicers and men in their main job of attacking the cneiny. the periscopc up. Accurate scale it provides initial ntodifis of most of the world's war and a duty which it has successfully‘ fulfilled for -10 years or training facilities for ollicers and men on joining submarines. embryo corti- merch_ant ships are used as targets. manding officers and continuation training for British and .\'AT() submarine One interesting model is that called attack teams.

"The Perisher." This is a replica of The Periscope School for training technique and drill could be carried the old l.adas and is a most ditliciilt on shore. thus allowing a sub- vessel to attack. The mast and funnel commanding otlicers was originally in out H..\l.S. Thames at Sheerness. moving marine to be free to c;irr_v out repairs are off centre line. and the camouflage to ('ampbe|town at the latter end of or maintenance. Accordingly the first ‘pitlllllflg gives a false bow aft. giving the First World War. It moved to teacher was set up in the Rose (iarden. the appearance of coming lu\v;irds This teacher was an extremely basic when in fact going away. Another iiiH..\l.S. Vulcan at Portland in l‘)|9. of wires and string with tcresting model is "The Tea Cup." subsequently transferring to l-l.M.S. arrangement Ladas at Portsniouth. At this time its plot lfor assessing dummy attacks upon which it is iiiipossihle to inH.M.S. Alecto was the target ship. and carried out) situated in wh:it is now the clinate.

Tradition now dictates that the Hornet was part of the submarine base. captain's bathroom and its trolleyway which the target runs) lying final attack of :i "l’erishcr." or After Fort Bluckliouse became a siib- (upon marine base in I90! it was realised parallel to the wall. ending near the c o m m a n d i n g olliccrs' qtt:Ilil_ving that much basic training in attack "hole in tltc wall." It is understood course. is carried out by “‘l‘caclicr." that this was a genuine "hole" to give and this n'i:iy range from (‘titty Sark access to the pier and has since been escorted by live Victorys to Kou-Tiki enlarged into the archway that c:in escorted by mermaids. .-\ll of these are I now allow cars and vans to pass. tnadc or hoiiglu by classes :ind form quite a collection of odd sc:i('.‘l-goiiig l)l?.\l.\l\' C().\"l'R()l. ROOM jcraft. For models relyiiig on sail or ln I939 the attack teacher was Ctltrcttts. they are notliiiig if not capinoved to its present quarters close to "tlClt?ll\‘ when manipulated by the the lflll-foot siibiiiziriiic escape training pupils. tank. It is a t\\o-storey building. The l0.tl0(l A'l"l'A(.'l-(S ground floor consists of a tlt|llllll_\' .subm:irine control room. while the I Since l9-l0 the names of all ofliccrs upper lloor provides an assessing room who have successfully completed a front which the courses and speeds of submarine commanding otlicer'.s qualithe targets can be altered and the sub- 'f_ving course have been kept on the marine can he manteiivred as ordered j walls of the Assessing Room. To date by the submarine captain in the control lthcsc comprise 3‘)l llritish. 32 Dutch. room. During the war the teacher was E2-I Norwegian. nine Danish. eight manned by Wrens. who pelned many _French. eight Polish. live (ircck. one siiceessfiil commanding ollicers to Portugiiese and mic Yugoslav. practise attacking. This teacher still At present there are three classes relied on wire and string to a major for submarine comm:indini_: olliccrs ‘extent and was modernised at the end held each year. coniprjsiug live British of the Second World War. olliccrs :ind u.siia|l_v one .\’.-\T() oflieer.

This modernisation consisted mainly ;Their initial attack training is carried of using hydraulic power to move the out in the .-\ttack Teacher. before Ihcy

llli cost of running it is shared between the United Kiiigilont. Australian and New Zealand Governments. and our submarines divide their time between the Australian. New 7.e;iland and Far East Stations. To complete the inter-Commonwealth relationship some R.C.N. personnel are serving with the squadron.

The squadron is based at the Balmoral Naval l)epot in Sydney's ‘Middle llarhotir. The base is in a residential area. and has probably the most pleasant selling of any naval base in the world: it was built during the Second \Vorld War. and has its own tennis courts. cinema. wet canteen and

something to suit them. The cost of living in Australia is lligltcr than :it home. but the stattdard is also n'iucli higher to compensate for it. and the beer is much stronger! Families can reclaint medical expenses incurred here on the British National Health Scheme.

Days at Sea The squadron normally has three submarines on its strength. one usually being refitted at Singapore. so it can be seen from the area covered that they have to spend a lot of time at sea. On lot)

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At the time of writing. l-l.M.S. The submarine messdecks have their Aurochs is on her way home after

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Little is heard by the readers of the “Navy News" of the I-'our1h Submarine Squadron. mainly due to the l2.0l)0 miles that separate the squadron from home and the fact that it does not work solely with the Royal Navy. The squadron is an excellent example of Conimonwealth co-operation.

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adjacent—therc H.\I.A.S. Penguin. the Balmoral naval base in Sydney's Middle Harbour. covering The accessibilityof the playing fields and the line natural setting are apparent and two Sydney playing fields nearly three years attached to the filming of the novel by Neville Shiite. within two minutes‘ walk of the gates. squadron. She will have circumnavi- “On the Beach." They are looking forIncidentally the squadron has a very gated the world in that time. and ward to co-starring with Miss Ava high reputation at soccer. both in inter- among the ports that she has visited Gardner. but are disappointed that

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Service and in civilian leagues. five of are Malta. Aden. Colombo. Singapore. its players being selected for the Royal Hong Kong. Bangkok. Manilla. Dilli (Timur). Cairns. Townsvillc. Newcastle Australian Navy side last season.

(N.S.W.). Sydney. Melbourne. Adelaide. Auckland. Wellington. Key West Bachelors Do Less The squadron is on a continuous and Curacao.

The squadron is in the process of commission. replacements normally being provided by two drafts a year. -‘turning over from the conventional l’er.sonnel are on a Foreign Service 7'1‘ Class submarine to the modernised (‘oiiiiiiission and are accompanied by ‘. A Class. which. with their higher surtheir families if they wish. Married I face speed and better living conditions accompziiiied personnel serve for two l are more suitable for service out here. and a half years. whilst the bachelors -Tt.‘lClll£ti.‘l\l|\‘. the last of the three :ind imaceompanied men only do I8 famous ‘l‘ (‘lass that have made tip this months. squadron since its formation in I‘)-SR. .'\s.‘L‘tIll|IlltItlilll0ltis not easy to find is expected to return to lingland at the in Sydney. and rents are high compared _end uf I05‘). with the U.ls'.'. however. the squadron l In a Film h;is its own house-hunting organisa‘ ll..\l.S. Antlrew will be oli to Meltion. while the local overseas allowance is ..:tF.:‘:::t 2:-. -:.u-er the rent. and the boiirne shortly to play the .part.of the majority of n:itiv_.s quite easily find '..-\mcricaii ;:tuniic siibmarinc in the

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Last but not least in this very short article on the "Down under" Squadron. it should be mentioned that the normal method of ioining and leaving the squadron is by luxury liner. which has certain advatitages over both air trooping :ind the (irey Funnel l.ine,as :i mode of travel. .\lcss-deck arguments here rage over the rival merits of the l’. & (). versus the Orient Line. and characters have been known to become cstrcmely bitter just beeau.se they didn't get an air-conditioneil cabin with .'I portholc on the side of the .ship that they wanted. Yes. life is pretty rugged out here.

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