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Britain's part in the ultimate deterrent, which for the last 20 years has helped to save mankind from a third world war.

POLARIS ‘TOPS’ "More than match for any existing missile defences’ By the Secretary of State for Defence, Mr. Denis I-Igealey, in an article exclusive to "Navy News.” One day last June. H.M.S. Resolution, the Royal Navy’s first Polaris submarine, slipped

quietly away from her base with a full load of missiles, to start her first operational patrol.

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PREVENTION BETTER But Polaris occupies a special place. It is a strategic nuclear weapon of the least vulnerable and most sophisticated typepart of the ultimate deterrent which has helped to save mankind from a third world war during the last 20 years. and which will play its part in preserving peace until the nations of '

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The concept of deterrence is not peculiar to nuclear weapons: it is as old as history. After all a policeman on the beat is a form of deterrence. You can prevent war from breaking out if you can convince the potcntial aggressor that it will not be worth his while to start it. Prevention is always better than cure. Some people feel that nuclear warfare is so horrible that it is morally wrong even to possess these weapons. But this View misses the point that the prevention of nuclear war may depend on their possession. So long as this is so—and that is a matter for political and military judgmcnt—it is dillicult to argue that it is morally wrong to possess them. The possession of nuclear weapons does not mean that we want to use them. On the contrary, if they ever were used, they would have failed in their purpose, which is to prevent war. But they must be kept ready for use or they lose the power to deter on which their value depends. “Paper Tigers" are a temptation to aggressors.

Of course, the aim must be eventually to remove the need for nuclear weapons through ellective measures of disarmament. The 'l'rcaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which has now attracted a number of signatures, is a step towards this long-term goal. There are, however, many dilliculties to overcome before mutual disarmament can be achieved. Meanwhile, \ve cannot atlord to base defence policies on the assumption that it is already a reality. To do so would put at risk our national security and the peace of the world. In the age of “super-powers." such as Russia and America. we are not strong enough nor can we afford to “go-it—alone"

shared by all our forces-~nucle:ir and conventional—to defend our country by making sure that no one dares to attack us.

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Because secrecy is the essence of Polaris operations, there were no ollicial farewells. no bands playing and no publicity. The event was nonetheless of great significance. opening a new chapter in the Navy's history. and I do not wish to let it pass unheralded. It means that Britain is now a Polaris power. and that the Royal Navy has started to take over from the V-bombers of the Royal Air Force the awcsonte responsibility for providing the British contribution to the collective nuclear deterrent of the West. What is the purpose of Polaris’? What is Polaris all about? The :\lt\'\\'o:\‘ to the question is very simple. The purpose of Polaris is

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Bonus l-(oi.ur:ns _Ge To Rate or 0-uniz.

roster date received when

.\1o.t Sfllltlrs know that they are drafted to sea when they reach the top of the Sea Roster: they also know that they have their own personal row.-r date‘. but from then on the whole thing becomes Dr;ifiy‘s Mumbo-Jumbo. '1|)is has been explained in

News" articles. and those who have listened to drafting lectures may remember something about it too. However. the impression remains that not all are convinced. So let me try another explanation. as this is at the heart of most drafting decisions.

Sea Roster First we must understand that there is a Sea Roster for every type of sailor. some 170 in all. and of these about 100 belong to the seaman branch. There are so many different kinds of Seamen because one has to perm the right and left arms.

joins contpletes a unaccompanied on shore abroad. The problem is one of putting him in the right Every day

a new man the queue as he stint at sea or

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Getting place. and we tackle it by meassuring the extent to which we judge his last draft compares

with the last draft of everyone else in the queue. We begin by writing down the date he left his ship or touched down at a U.K. airfield. or the date his ship's service was reclassified as Port Service. We call this a Basic Date. We then compute the bonus he has earned. which we express in months (we call it the Roster Adjustment). and add it to the Basic Date.

Bonus rules

Lists of ships for which C.-NJ). will be issuing Draft Orders during September. 1968 TO JOIN Match. I99?

MAIN PARTIFS ASHANII (G.S.C.l CA\'Al.ll'.R (G S.(.'.l

Match. 196')

I'RlAI.S CR|'Z\\' HARDY (|l.S.$.)

March. 196')

The bonus is a month a month for time abroad. and half a month a month for Sea Scrvicc in European waters which does not normally interfere with the giving of leave at or about the three Western Fleet leave

periods. Accompanied Sea abroad

earns

bonus at

Service a

month

SEPT!-'.\|fll-IR Bll.l)l>‘.s‘l'(l.\' (Mill). September 5 at Room for trials. Port Servite. (‘ommiuiorts ('kl0b¢f 31.

PUNCIII-1SION(C..\l.S). Scrvtemhcr 11

Gibraltar, I-‘omen Semce. .\liddie East. 0th M.(‘,.\l. Souadron. IE.) “'0Ol.AS‘T0.\‘ ((,‘..\1.S). September 18 at

month up to a maximum of 15 months. which means that the rest of his draft (normally 25 months) attracts no further adjustment to his basic date. Accompanied service on shore abroad now counts as Shore Service but still receives a bonus of } month for each month spent abroad up to a maximum of 12.

Here are some examples to show how the system works: Cr)nmii.r.tiim

Campleleil

FS or LFS (Shore or Sea)

15 mths

GSC

12 mths _.

Ti‘/Mr Drrre fell Ahrnail Time Himie Sliip

(Unaccompanied) USC

You “Hi notice that all these men left their ships at the same time. but because they had all done different types of service and had been in their ships for different lengths of time. the bonuses awarded on lcavin their ships were different an therefore. their roster dates are different. if you have to leave your ship for any reason before you have served for three months. you

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26 mths

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25 mths

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will not receive a new roster date as calculated above. but any bonus earned will be added to your old roster date. not the date yott left your ship. As you were top of the roster when you joined your ship, with a maximum possible bonus of three months (i.e. if you had completed just under three months abroad). you will find yourself again right at the front of the roster.

Less tranquil There are billets ashore in the UK. such as in the UK. Communications Exercise Pool. instructors in New Entry Training Establishments. Mobile F.M.U.‘s. Trials Teams. ctc.. which are considered to be less tranquil than the run of true shore jobs. Men filling them are given additional bonus while on this work (which is classified as Port Service) and it is added to the

COMMISSIONING FORECAST .\llNl‘.R\'A (GP. Friit.ite)_ October 2-) at Cbatlum. General Service (.'orr.nu\sion (Phased). llomell-‘ant at Sun. U.K. Base Port. Chat-

;,.\al!5.‘l ort)c). m.

at Gibraltar. Crew ea-Puncheston for nature only. Turn over to l.omlon

Division ll..N.R. on arrival in lJ.K. IRINTON (.\l/ll). September 26 at Devonport. Home Sea Service! Fureitrn Service (htiddk East) from date ot sailinit Middle East. 9th 1-l.C..\l. Sauadton. (E.) \'Alt.\t()U'l‘Il(A/S Friaate). September 30 at l’ntt1rnoulh. General Service ‘umrnmion. "nmt'F-L51 of Suez (H-.).ll.~me U.K. llasc Port. Porta-

IILDILSTON (Mill). October 31 at ltmrth. Home Sea Sentce. ti: .\l.C..\l. Squadron. U.K. Base Port.

Rm)-ih.

!\‘0\'l>2.\Il-ZR

November 1 at Bahrain. Fnreirn Service. hliddle East 9th .\l.(‘..\l. Squadron. (E) KEDLI-‘.S‘l0N (.\l.‘ll). November 7 at

CIIAWTON

(C..‘~1.S.)_.

Demnpnit for trials, Port Scrvne.

Comm‘-.umm January .1. 1969.

mouth.

i\.\'l)!l().\‘ll-IDA (G.P. Fritatc). November It at Poitunourh. General Sen.-l.-e Commkiiun. Ilorne;'F.nt or Site:

OCTOBER

(Fl-Illllome (Captain's Command.) U.X. Bate Port. Portsmouth.

Bl.'R.\'\SI’0N' (C..\I.S.). October 2|. Foieirn ServiceI.\tiddle East. 9th .\I.C..\1. Sauadron. (1-Z.) I!'.ACllA.\ll'I()N (C..\l.S.). October 21

JUPITER l>‘l.IGllT. November 11 at Portland. General Service Commusion. wast-i. U K. Base Port. Dc\or.-

Bahrain. Foreign Scrv eshliddlc E.1\t.‘3Ih .\l.('..\|. Squadron. (11.1 YARNION ((‘..\IS). (xiober It at Sineapore. Ffllclfln Service/.\lidd!e hair. 91?: .\1.(‘..\(. Squadron. (E.) IRIZIH-ZION (.\l,I|). Uaobct’ til at Poitunouih tor trials. Port Service. Comnrrxtiimt December 17. (EJ GA'l'l.\'l’0.V (M211). October 10 at Chalham. Home Sc: Sen‘ice.'1-'orclln Service (Middle East) from date of aatllnst. ‘Jth .\l.C.3-I. Squadron. (EJ at

port.

ALBION ((‘do Shirl). November 20 at Singapore. l-‘i-reirin Service. fast at Sue: (FE). U.K, Base Port. Portamouth. tA.)

'H~'lllTB\' (AIS Frirate). November :6 at Portsmouth. General Service (‘ommit-iion_ llornelfaat of Suei. (Hi). U.K. (late Port. Poiumouih. Pl.\'MOUHl (AIS Frintc). November 21 at Charbam for trials. Port Service. Comminions January 21. 196').

I-‘LIGHT.

October It at Sen-he CommisPortia:-id. General

ll£llMl0.\'l-2 (G P. Frieatc). November at Portsmouth. General Service Cortirrinsion. llomelliast of Suez (FE)! Home. U.K. Base Pan. Porurnouth. BERRY HI-LAD (Maintenance Ship).

liort. Wasp. U.K. Base Port. Chatham. PLYMOUTH F'Ll(3I|T. (xtober H at Portland. General Service CommuIion. Wasp. U.K. Base Port. Devon-

November 5,

D011.

Dl'.VONSIlIRl-I (Cv.M. Destroyer). Octobcr N at Porumouth. 1..1v‘..l'. complement. Putt Service.

Foreian Service.

Portsmouth. Local

AURORA (G.P. Frlirate). November I. EXMOUTII (AIS litintc). .\1id-Novem-

At‘ your service

her at Chatham (or special trials. lion-.e Sea Sen-ice.

I)!-Z(.'I>I.\1BER .\llNl>ZR\'A FLIGIIT. December 9 at Portland. General Service CommisWasp. U.K. Base Port. Chat-

ahlaon.

in.

l.\'l1lEPll) (Assault Ship). December to at Sinnpore. Foreian Service East cl Suez (1-‘El. U.K, Base Port. Demnpori. (AJ

ClllCIll>‘.|ilt~‘.R (AID Friaaiel. Decemler (2 at Chaiham. General Service (‘oi-nmiuinri Iflhavcdl. llomellzaut of Sue; (FF.l»llumi.-. U.K. Base Port. Chatham.

EUR\'Al.liS (G.P. Friaalc). December 16 at Devonport. General Service Commission (Ptiated) Homelliast of Sue: (FF.).‘llome. (Capiain’s Command.) U.K. Bate Port. Devonporr. IR!-2llF.'l'0.\i (Mill). December 17 at Portsmouth. Home Sea Service! Foreign Service (Middle East) from date of sailina. ‘Jib M C..\l. Squadron. ((5.) ANIIROSII-ZD.\ I-LIGHT. December at Portland, General Service Commislion. Wasp. UK. Base PorI_ Portamouth. lA.\'l1AR't' 19$ KI-’.Dl.Ie3‘l'O.\‘ t.‘-I111) January 3 at Devonpnrr. Home Sea Service. -11!) M.C..\l. Squadron. U.K Base Pan.

llusyih.

SIRIUS (6.P. Friaaie). January 9 at Portsmouth. General Service Commission (Phased). Homelfiast of Sun (FEl.'llorne. U.l<. Basie Port. Portamouth.

Fll-1-Z tG.M. Destroyer) January 14

mrt.

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I-'.sliI.\t() (G.l’. l-‘mater. l'eb:u:irv t at l’t)rL\nlolIlh. (iencral Service Commitsion (Pinned). Home fiast of Sue: (Ml-Z). U.K llzuc l'«‘ll. Porumouth. C.\PRI(.'l*2 (l)e\:io)ctl. February 6 at Portsmouth General Service Commisiion (Phased), Home lint ot Sue: (1-'l:). U.K. has-c Port Portsmouth. (2.\l..\Il£.\ (G.I’. lirieate) l’cbruan' l at Portsmouth. General Service Commission (Phased). Home 1111‘ of Sue): (Flimlome (Captain's Command) U.K. Baa: Port. Porumouth. Jl'1’lTl-IR ((i,l’. l'ltIt-llcl Mid-1-‘ehruarv at Dexonporl Genera: Se-rvi:e (inmrnivtton. llomcil-.a\t ()1 but: (FE)! Home. U.K. lime 1'orr lfesonport, t.():V‘I)(.).\l)lv2tll{\' (Aw l-‘iixatci. (‘ebruary 20 at Rustin lo: trials Port Service. (‘omntmiom .\I:) I. l\'l>fl.l.I.\‘(3T(lN(M ‘lll .\lid-Febrtiarv at ('h.tth:tm for UIIIIL Port \cr\i.'c (‘oni.

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Ctiatbam. General Scrvrce Commission. llomefl-last 0! Sue: tFElIl<lume (Pbued). U.K. Base Port. Chaiharn. PL\'.\t0U'l’ll (AIS Frigate) January 2! at Chaiham. General Service Commission. "D!|'lC(E.‘l!l 01 Sue) (FE) UK. have Port. Devonpon.

IZAGLI-I (Carrier). Janu.irvi1"ebruary at D€\01'll'K\l’1. General Service C0fl'|l'I1l\sion (Phased). llomi-'liait of Sue: (1-'l:‘)/llome. U.K Bate Pun. l)r:\\)n-

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count.

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left their last sea job. Just as the system gives a bigger bonus for foreign service afloat than it does for service afloat in home waters it also provides that men in ships doing a long refit do not score as much as those whose ships plough the ocean. “en in the Lone Refit Party count none of their ship time in dockyard for bonus. Men in ships not classed as doing a long refit. count only the first 18 weeks of :1 refit as seagoing: time in refit afterwards does not

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mid-April

PUMA (G.P. Frlxate). July

\I\RClI IIARDY (A S lirllalel. March 14 at Gibraltar tor triah. flame Sea Service. CAVALIER ll)<slrD)'fl). March 27 at Devanport. General Service Commission (Plu-ed). llnnic.'We1I Indies] llorne. Wasp. U.K. Bate Poll.

Devonport.

t~‘.Slil.\l0 l‘l.I(:llT. .\1a:ch at Portland.

General Scrxicc Commission. Wasp. U.K. Base Pan. Portsmouth. ASHANTI Fl.I(' ll’. March at Portland. General Serticc Comtniation. Wasp. U.li. Base Port. Devonport.

Arlltl. CR1>Z.\'\'ll.l.l-Z (AIS 1-‘riaalcl. April 24 at Porumouih. llnme Sea Service. U.l(. Base Port. Po.-iunouth. (E.) (G..\l. Des-(rover). April (il.A.\lOR(5 .

Pl‘IL\lH\\l.IllI. General Service ('omm'mii~n ll-‘lta\cd). llomelbac of Sun (I-1;). UK. Base Pan. Devon21

non.

1.\|~t‘l’.\R it: P. nitrate). April at Gibraltar. 1 .R 1' complernenl. I92 SOUADRON. ARK ROYAL. April Yeoulr-in General Service Commisllnn. Ph.in-.i-rm. UK. Base Port. at

Devnrlpnrt.

Rl»Zl.l.IN(:Iu.V (.\1 ill. Mid-April

(‘hatham. Home

Sea Service. Illa .\l.(.‘..\|. Squadron, UK Basic Port.

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MA Y

l.0NDO.\'l)l-:RR\‘ (AIS Fmate). Matt I at Roayth. General Service Commission. lIotneIEa.\t of Sea. (1-’E)lIlome. U.l(. Base Port. Porurnourh. ANTRIM I-'Llr;Ill'. May I at Portland. General Service Commission. Weasel. U.l(. Base Fort. Portsmouth. HARDY (AIS Frirate) May 9 at Gibraltar. llome Sea Service, Portland Squadron. U.K. Base Port. Chatharn.

JUNE

lxatrover). June (‘Iiath.ini. L)! I‘. complement. Port

llahlrslllltt-‘. (GM at

Senuc.

lt.\CCll\N1l-'. i(‘. l', Frigate). June

Ncvicaule (terttatnel (‘ventral Service indies llomc. weal tfiiinmiwiiit.

((‘at):.'iin‘s (‘vttIrn\nd). Ul\ Port. Purim-.. .h.

815:

l‘rirate). lune 6 at .\SlI.\Nll (GI l'ortarn-uith. General Service Commi\\:t)n. Home 1a\( of Sun (MEII Home ((‘ap:.un‘\ Corr-irnar'.d). UK. have P011. l)ewnr>on. I-I.VI!l.IR\.\'('l-I (lcc Patrol Ship). End lune at l’t)tt.\n‘.0ulh 50 per cent. of ship’; cumrum General Service Commiururi.

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UK,

that Port.

Potts-

.\‘.\l.Ihllt'll\' (..\sl) innate). June (tert1.‘Iti\c date) at l):\onport. General

Service ('1-rrtniixvxitn, llomell-Iasi of line: (it) L; K. llaic Port. Devonnon.

.lL'l.\' Cll.\R\ lll)l.\‘ «ti 1'. Frieatc). Jul)‘ at l)cl!.u: iirn:.i:nc)_ General Service Home I-‘get ot Sou (‘ortinriuu-n (Hi).-lloine, l.'.K. Base Port. Fort!nm

1|\(f(TllhVTIf l'l.l(iIlI'. July

at Port(.‘oml:t-.u\ion. \\'a\p. l.‘ K il.oe Port I’o:tsn:o-atb.

l;i.':d.

(it-nr:.il

Scrt-ice

at DemoGeneral Service Comrnisalon. llomeIEast ot Suez (FE)/Ilorne. (Phased). U.K. Bate Port. Des-onport.

oort.

AUGUST A.\'l‘Rlhl (OM. Destroyer). MidAuaun at Gluaow (tentative). General Scrvice Commiuion. llornclF.au of Suez/Home. UK. Base Port. Portsmouth.

SCYLLA (G.1’. Frigate). Aunts! (lentativc date) at Devunport for trials. Port Service. Cnmminions January. 1970 (tentative date). WISTON (CMS). Auamt at Bahrain. I-‘oreixn Service (Middle Paul). 9113 M.C.M. Squadron. fl-I.) RIIYI. (AIS Frieatel. Altlult at Roayth. Socclal rent DY control. Port Service. VIDAL (Suney Slip). August at Chatharn. General Service Commiuion. Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean. U.K Base Port. Giaiham. (A.)

SI-‘II’!-2.‘!!!-'.R NORFOLK (G..\l. Datroyer). September

wallsend (tentative). General

Service Commtssiiin. Ilomclliaat ot Saca (F!-lllllome. U.K Base Port. Portsmouth.

LoNDO.\‘Dl-Illa)’ FIJGIII. September at Portland. General Service Commutlon. warp. U.K. line Port. Ports-

mouth. PUNCHESTON t(‘..\vl.S.). September at laltraln. 9th M.C.M. Squadron I-‘ortiln Service. .\lidd'c East. (E.)

OCTOBER IF.AC1|AMP'l'0N (C.M S.). October at Bahrain. Foreign Service. Middle East. 9th J-4.C.M. Squadron (B YARNTON (C..\I.S.). October at Bahrain. Foreign Serv:ce. Middle East. 9th M.C.M. Suuadron. (1-Z.) CIIARYBDIS FLIGIIT. October at Portland. General Service Commisaiot). Wasp. U.K. Base Port. Portamouth.

l.()Wl-‘Sl'0l-"|' (AIS t~‘tix.iie). October 10 at (‘haiham tor trials. Port Service. Comnituiona lkrember 4

!\'()l‘l-2.\1ttr:R NAIAI) (G P l'ti:.i:c) .\'m-ember

Porumoulh. General Service CO1I“|Yltl\sion (Phased). lli)mCwl..l\l of Sue: (.\l.1£.)/llome. l.J.){. Have Port, Pommouth. AURORA (G.1’. l'rieaieI. Not-ernber at Chatham. General Service Commission (l'h.tscd). llonielllast of Sue: (1-‘E)Illume, U.K. Base Port. Chat-

ham. .\'0Rl>'0I.li FLIGIIT.

they

November

Portland. General Service Commutlian. \\'r.ucx UK, llaac Port. Portamouth. ll‘i't)R.\ l1.l(:tll”. Nmembcr at Portland. General Service (fommmion. Wasp. U.K. Base l'ott. Chaiharn.

I)!-IC|'..\Illl~‘.R I.0\\'l'£TOl"I'(AIS l’ri)t:l:c). December 4 at (‘hatlIam_ (icnrral Service (‘ommitsion. ll()mt.',‘li.isl of Sue: tl‘l-.) U.l(. Hate Port. Chatham. BI-‘.R“'I(II{ (AIS l-riauitcl. End at December at (‘haihim for ll’l.'l'.\ (.‘nm~ ntmiom end of lcbrtur), W70 i’ur' Service.

Whoever invented the roster systein did a first-class job in creating a workable set of rules for putting men in a queue. He could have chosen points instead of the dates he settled in use.

Dates drawback The most important drawback of dates is that they inevitably convey the impression that a roster date is some sort of forecast-—that the man with the date September 1969 will go to sea at that time. In fact. of course. the date is a device for putting that man‘s card lower on the roster than that of the man with. say. August 1960 as his roster date. But wltetlter the two men go to sea in autumn of 196‘). much later or much earlier depends entirely on a host of matters quite unconnected with the order in which the cards are stowed. and this is all that roster dates are about. The date system is a healer and simpler solution to the problem of order than any points system could be. And of course any system of classifying service that is simple and workable is likely to be crude. Within each class—Sea or Shore—there are billets which entail a lot of disadvantages to a particular individual and others that do not. There are many shore billets in the U.K. which to many men are less attractive than some sea billets. No one has yet invented a system that takes account of this sort of inequality and yet remains workable. The reader who has followed the argument will see that the time he can expect to serve on shore is proportional to the time be last spent at sea. or unaccompanied. and to some extent the place he spent it in. Generally speaking the man who volunteers to serve for more than the normal period will get an increased bonus. There have to be exceptions to this rule to prevent a bachelor with marriage in mind clocking up say five years at sea so that he can pop the question and set up on shore for the next four.

temptation

But men who voluntarily extend their service when asked. are not caught by the rules designed to cope with this par-

ticular ploy. Readers who join a new ship and who have calculated their own roster dates may well find substantial diflcrcnces within a single branch and rate. and be tempted to conclude that. pill to the test. this article is still .\liimbo-Jiinibo or \\‘ool over the Eyes. But because the number of

going

varies a great deal from month to month there is a slow. slow. quick. slow. tempo. When on: big ship has to be manned. or a lot of smaller ones commission at once. there is a very wide spread of roster dates. As two men with different dates may have earned an equal bonus the one who has been the least time on shore is bound to feel seen till. 1f Drafty could see a solution to rim pr()l‘)lt.‘ll1 he'd tell his reailers 'll\(‘lIl it.

men

to sea

SHIPS OF THE ROYAL

I Minelaying task of the Abdiel family

Unique

in that she is the first and only ship of her cl;i.ss to serve in the Royal Navy. the third l‘l.I\l.S. Abdiel is. nevertheless. continuing the work of her pre-

NAVY NEWS AUGUST 1968

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protection. and was one of the fastest ships of her size ever built (designed speed40 knots). As a result of her rninelaying exploits‘ she was credited with 36 no armour

sinkings.

Laid down at J Samuel Wliite‘s. Cowes. on September 29. I93‘). .-‘sbtliel was on trials in the Clyde. when the Schumhorst and Giicisenau reached Brest on March 22. I‘)-ll. Although still ollicially tincomplctcd. she laid mines in a tricky position in the approaches to Brest.

Sank E-boat She commissioned on April I5. I9-ll. and after service in the for Mediterranean (battle Crete and Tobruk] was sent to the Far East in January. I942. Returning to the i\leditcr~ rancan a year later. Abdicl made many "lays" ofl Tunisia and in the Sicilian Channel. sinking an Italian E-boat one night by gunfire. During these operations a pair of paravancs was lost nearly every day. The mines. dcsigncd for 3| knots maximum. could not stand the strain iniposcd at 34 knots. ()n recovering remains. signs of wear from enemy minemooring wires were 'Jll'l0L'|‘ often encountered.

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mine. which broke the ship in half. Altogether l56 olliccrs and men. naval and army. lost their lives. The ship‘.s bell was later rccovered by divers. and is now kept on loan in the third Abdiel. The ship's company of the present Abdiel are looking forward to nest month when the ship visits 'l';trr.into.

POSTCARD COLLECTIONS Photo postcards of H.M._S. Abdiel. or any other ship in this series. are obtainable from “Navy News." Dept. P.C.. 13 Edinburgh Road. Portsmouth, price ls. each (I05. per dozen. stamps, postal order or cheque). A standing order for the

supply of each new card on publication. for l2 issues. can be arranged on receipt of postal order or cheque for I25. other ships In lhil series

arc:

Thcacus. ltulwark. Centaur. (ilumw. Keriv.\. Ntflcastlf. Albion, Art: Raul. Loch Kiltlszwri. Diana. Taciiurn. Datinc, Chevron. Zest. \'.m2u.ml. Murray. Scorpion. Liverpool. Cumberland. _.\p.illo_ Lynx. Sali.sbuf)'. Shcllicld. (;|[dICn('.\\, Maiditonc. Nculoundland. \\‘.irri.ir, Hrirannia. Bermuda. Victu.-ious. Cmtitina. Almicin. Vino. Tr:-.c. Juilmtl. late 1. lutliscr. Explorer. Putp.i:sc. Rcdnme (}.imhi.i. THICK. Ruutll. l)..x:m, l'tt-:c.tor. Undi.-:c. I):-lcndct.

Dlllinklan, Carton. Whitby. Eutbournc, ‘l‘on'tiuy. Mounts llav. Bcllast, Ilcrmcs. Arn-Lida. Yarmouih. Lion. llartland Point. Leonard. Token. Chlchestcr. liens. Loch Fads. T¢rib)'. Puma. Blake, liscalrbar. Troubrtdre. Rhy:c_ C.\mp¢l'd0\|‘!I. Oberon. C.-ichaloi. lll.\cl.pool_ Bervuch. Diamond. Actu-tori. l.evburn. Scarhornixzli. Sea Lion. Fllmtlulh. Ashanti. Broadswr-ed. R.l-‘.A. Tld(.'.\|flRC. Sinker. I‘li'mouili. Biiroau. \'ir.tco_ Llandall. Nubian. llampshirc. Giirltlia. Caprice. Attarnani. Eskimo, Duchess. Brave nordcrer, Aitincourt. Leander. Grenville. T.-irrar. Jaiiuar. London, Kent. Alix. Devonshire. Lowcsiolt. llardr. l)re.:dnouaht. Eagle (modernised). Lvns (modernised). Osiris. Cambrian, Loch Lornontl. Dldo, Waltetul. Triurnnh. Sidlcsham, Alderncr. Trump. Roebuck. Mohault. llr.-cla. Naiad. Ocean. Zulu, Lolotcn. Reclaim. Grafton. (lrnhcm, Urn. Woolastori. l)unr.l.'u. Fcarls-.\i, Manrman. Glamorir.in. Auriga. l-‘urih. ltc.-ate. Flnlhhllfi. Olvscn (formerly tilinthttsl. Rtlcnlltfl. liilc. lntrcnid. pariinicr. Aisnc. l.cswn.1rd (I967). Ucetoz. (ialaica. and Londondun‘.

START Y()I'R C0l.I.EC'l'I0.\' NOW

to_ihe

respective

interested should write to the applicants direct. Requests to transfer must be submitted

Pt) Clitol to CPU CKIU) 771767 I]. Ogle. IZRA In A/Cl-IRA 701ll7 I’. Cavanah. 92.~l5‘>l A. F. Hunt. 0287]! P. T. ('andItsli-Wcllord. 0«l.ltiI0 I). 1. \\'all. 07:")-ll J. .\lo.“-tan. \IIZCIl to A/CIl..\l|".CII ‘lot:-I7 R. lloueliion. SIIPT In .\.'CII.SlIl'T 'l.\0~l-lb I). ll. lloriomtcv. 056:1; l). A. Crunibrc. 925543 .‘\I. bbet2oId_ ')2s':5.l P. It Store)“. I’().\Itl~2i to CIISIIIZI S.‘«1l‘5 R. .l. C. Hm-ell. SJISTS I). R. N. Ikddall. 902500 .\I. 1. Singleton, 70)?‘I0 ll. Iluithts. li'49‘)l.‘i B. Sex-

olliccrs

commanding

the normal Service

manner. C. I-2. lnnt--. I'll (‘or'n. on draft to

Goidcrnz

:\tl.:I1\‘._ nil! r:.scli.in-.~c with

any RP!) or I'() (‘.iI'n in the Devonwn area. (her six montlu.

K. P. Mflilnn. l.Rl')(\V)lRO(\V).

D. Grace. LS IUCI). H..\I.5. Zulu. General Service Commission. Home! Milldlc lint. Knuth based. \VllI exchanttc for Porurnourt: Port Service. over rt: monilu. L. Jackson. .\ltEl I. CF 56 Men. ll..\l.S. Draltc. strvimt in H.M.S. Ark Royal on Ion: refit in Devonpart. will cxchanirc with ratintt on port service (over xix rriortttxsl in Portsmouth arts. 1. B. Wilton. All. 5. 0. Star, ll..\l.S. lunar. luscd It Chatharn on a General Servo: Commission. presently In the Western Fleet. and due to sent in the I‘-Lutcrn Fleet tor nine months durinl 1%‘). will exchange dram with anybody |¢l'\’ini'I In the U.l§. tor the nut 3|: months, except for Scottish on

hem’. Cl-‘.1. MECII to ADCII CEL MECII 80.l3t9 C. Thomson. roct-2|. to CIICIZI. 93.1290 M. Fisher. 895673 \‘.'. llvncs.

P00!-ZI. Io CIIOEI.

s-azrssri II. P. Suicr. Rsln CR5

will W. Fullalove, 857133 C. J. Nctht-tron. 800075 E. Jones. 79Zl‘)5 I). R. llutrhcs. 905702 K. M. Srctlc. H5032? A. Gollcdec, C!‘ In CCY ‘)2|5§2 R. E. \\'oodh.'tm. 90395‘) E. H. Gilbert. 905483 K. Bartlet. POHA to CPD.\l.\ 91032! K. Scltollletd 900-516 D. Bud-

areas.

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The Zebra Trust. which helps to acconimotlate (iommonwealth students during their sttidies in this country. has two vacant posts which may appeal to

personnel. One position is as full-time

retired naval

warden of the student

com-

tntinity in Kensington. Jerome

House. A bachelor would be preferred. and there is .1 free Hat. {rec services. and an honoraritirn of £751)-3.900. according

NAVAL

UlllFllT_E_llS thy”:

experience.

uorl. tip trials is the subriiririne Okaiiagaii. the third and limit boat to be built at on

Ll-‘..\It.\lrl

(‘hatham for the Canadian Maritime Conimand. There is cafeteria stvlc messing for the

llrs

crew

The other vacancy is for a couple at Zebra l-louse hostel. \\''.3. the man to act as cook. and the wife as housekeeper] liousemozher. There is a flat. and the salary is £16 a week (reviewed after three months). Those interested shotild write to Mr. J. T. S. Lewis. Zebra Trust Headquarters". -83 (‘lieval l’l;icc. S.\\'.7 Now

0:: E’i{roA.'i biivonoitr, LMUTI-IN .3

Telephone Plymouth 53ll0 : Portsmouth 3368!

dratt to ll..\t S. Kent would exchange for an)‘ outer drali. nrcterabty married acconipanrrd.

Zebra Trust vacancies

C.\.\t0I

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Attziched to Special Group for the invasion of Sicily. Abdiel General conveyed Alexander to the beach head at Gela in July. l‘)-83. Abdicl left .\'lalt:i with the force under the King George V to occupy Tarranto on September ll. .~\t 0030 on September l0 the miiiclayer. swirigiiig at her cable. dctottatctl a German

are

cveliange ships. Any-

anxioiis

one

I'D STD ln CPO ST!) SINOIQ F. G. \Vcl\h.

ON THE ROSTERS

Ratings

I-'.

.\‘.-tile.

EXCHANGES OF SHIPS

Perl. l'l)$.\ tn CPOSA -io:o:i«' l. M. .\l.ic!er\s.l. S~t6‘.'3 A. l). l).otcs. ti'7I>727 G. Gordon.

772013

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PO NTS LEAMIEEEH

The following table shows the total points of the man :it the top of each advancement roster as at June I. The tiuinher in parenthesis indicates the number of men with the same mimber of points. Wlien a roster is shown as "lnt" llnteriiiediate) it nte.ins that there are fewer men on the roster than can possibly till the expected vacancies during the next nine months.

l..‘l-X

Ti.-rt)‘. S.‘Sl75 M. Gitniblctvn. ‘V.’-till’!

i\larc.i 24. I916. At the Battle of

This lirst .-\bdiel was sold out of the Service and broken tip iti South Wales in I936. The second Abdiel was a

LIFN M:-W I). A ll. Stic.-mm. Chic! Harlin I-Zleclrlclan I-\lrl

.\l.\A HP!) tun:-‘I-S R. K. D Nest. -NYIIMT A. 1?.

Carries 44 mines

damaged.

l.-‘l-'.\ svr.-mt I) 1. Lord. Chlcl I-ilectrlcluii I \ln

lscitig held for tiie headquarters and support tnirlies.

Jutland. Abtliel was ordered to lay a minefield between the retreating German fleet and its bases. In 40 minutes. at a sustained 3l knots, she laid 70 mines over ;i distance of eight miles—a remarkable feat for a ship of the time. Soon afterwards. the battleship Ostricsland. returning to the Jade after the battle. hit one of the mines and was severely

Chlt-I Urman l.\III

Hicks, 5=h.'a‘l L. A.

llrarsl. 760066 S.

c\tr.t

l.!l-‘X S:-llzl J. I’ A. llubbs.

—

Right

(iiltson.

W. Atkinson. tl'~7.‘.<"l T. G.

Morris. 865300 L. M. Kirhr. l.. 'I'. Lciith. ls‘-U520 E l‘h.iro:rh. 819.730 1. A. I). I)un:.in. ts'02T2ri 1. Wilson. Ii’-0‘(>.‘3 L. H. llcwitl. b'l‘?‘l-N H. L.

is seven otlicets and 70 ratuiz.-s. but acconimod;ttion is held for 1-1 ollicers and the more tiia:-. I00 i:itin_es

in May. her lirst

$57239 li. T. I-mt. -in<:I7 A. l. Dunion Sllllifit B. \V. Smith. SMOVO Tinker. ti!-Still A Snrmz. '

Complenient

Camniel

Clllcl .\lr I-'lIlt-I LII-I) 1./t=x start: I). S. Anderson. LIFX Sti7ll') T. ll Peck. Ltl-‘X 825031 Gk Kcrridzc. t.. .\ astral? l-‘. Ncwcombc. Artln: Chli-l .\In-ntt Anlflccr ME) I./PX l»?0l‘N R. Satindcrx. At-IIn: (‘hls-l .\lrcrtlt .\It-chanlrlan (.\II)

M6097 ll. A. (irccnawav. Rt‘?-123 B. P. .\1.uin. SESSX3 l. G. Jones. 536126 I. A

the l-'ir.sl .\line ('otinternie:istires Sqtiatlron. Not only does she lay mines. Abtlicl also acts as .\line ('0t:ttlcrmc.-istires Headqtizirters antl Support ship. l.engtli is 205 feet. beam 38}. feet. ilrauglit 10 feet. and displateiiient about 1500 tons.

Laid down zit l.aird‘s. llirkenhead. l‘)l5. the ship laid mines in Heligoland

tlinit. .\“).\‘.\‘~ll J. E Gray.

P0 to CPI)

ton. the ship is based in Scotland and gerierally isorks with

Jufland hnk

Advancements

hlcchaniciaii rate:

Tliorn_vcroft'.s works, Soutliaiiip-

The ship carries 44 niines on two loin: rails in a large conipartnierit .it the after part of the ship. 'l’lie1. are li.iuletl aft. one by one. with ;i isinch. uiitl are laid out of two bit: doors which open in the .sqti.'ire-cut stern. Tlierc is a large crane on the ripper tlecs. and the reels and other piece s of equipment stowed there are mostly spares for the iiiiiies-.-..-epers and minelititilers. The ll.tfll.' is taken from one of the S.-r.ipii-. Alirlicl. who not only remained t‘aithI'ul to God aniong the hoard of Satan's rebelling angels. but at the start of the war in the heavens. strtick Satan the lirst blow of the lirst battle. The lirst Abtlicl was basically a four-fiinnelled destroyer. In the course of building. her upper deck was re-designed to carry 40 mines either side. on rails which stretched from the foiirth funnel to the stern.

Confirmation has been received that the following have been advanced to the Chief Petty Otlicer. Chief Artiliccr, or Chief

dccessors—minelayiiig. l atinclied in

N15:\M/‘Y

Agents in all principal ports

Navy side

NAVY NEWS AUGUST l968

Navy's latest survey ship on

fifth in Yorkshire bed race

first mission

For the third year running ll.M.S. Forest Moor. the R.N. W/"I" Station at Darley. near llarrogate. commanded by l.ieut.-Cdr. B. Wltile-Atkins, entered the Knttresborough annual bed race. The cvcnt is organiscd by the Round Table in order to raise money for charity (approximately UI50 was raised this _\'c.trl and consists of six men pushing a decorated bed for two miles around the steep

ll.M.S. Fox. the Royal Navy's latest survey ship. and the 13th ship in the Royal Navy to bear the name, commissioned at Brooke Marine l.td.. Lowestoft, on July ll. (‘ommandcd by Lieut.-Cdr. As l-l..\l.S. Fox will be away Robin Dathan. who ltas been in from this country for long the surveying service since I952. periods every effort has been ll.M.S. Fox displaces 1.030 tons, taken to provide living accomhas an overall length of l8‘) feet. modation of a high standard. and is capable of long ocean and the ship is fully airconditioned.

voyages.

The ship carries the most upto-date electronic survey equipment and two motor boats are also fitted for surveying.

16 pm?» rRoM LONDONDERRY

ll..\l.S. Sea Eagle. the Services‘ Joint Anti-Submarine Warfare School. now in Londonderry. is to be moved to l-l..\l.S. Dryad. the Navigation School. near Portsmouth. by l97l. Originally the plan was to move the seltool to Plymouth. but in announcing the change. the Navy says it makes more sense economically to switch to Portsntoutlt. The announcement will cause regret in the Londonderry area. because of the unemployment situation there.

Otlicers (three besides the captain) and the senior ratings of the 3-3 ratings. have cabins. The iunior ratings have their own bunks. and a separate mess and recreation room. H..\l.S. Fox belongs to the l-‘awn class and is the third of the class to be commissioned. lt..\l.S. Beagle and H.M.S. Bulldog are already in service and the fourth. the Fawn. was launched in February this year.

The papers of Vice-Admiral J. E. '1‘. Harper. whose oflicial record of the Battle of Jutland not was published in its original form. are to be released from restrictiotl. Preparation of the official record was entrusted to Admiral (then Captain) Harper in 1919. The amended version was published in I927.

of Kttarcshorotiglt. On the bed is a suitably attired female passenger and the course includes a -10-yard crossing of the River Nltltl. most of which is some ‘ti feet deep. The l-‘orest Moor team was led by P0 Rl-Il Watson ;utd ineluded PO Rlil Blrcklcs. l.Rli.\l (Toltely. LREM Kelsey. R02 Sullivan and AB llotlgsoll. with Mrs. Linda Kelsey on the bed. The team completed the course in I9 min. 37 .sec.. the fifth fastest time of the day. 24 teams taking part. streets

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"Trust me to

New

TATTOO BAN IN R.A.N. tattooing ban for junior trainees and midsltlpmen under the age I9 A

has been introduced into the Royal Australian

Navy. Announcing the

Aboard ll..\l.S. Grafton

Although ll..\l.S. Grafton

Hand of Ulster“ on her funnel. those on board have a feeling that, perhaps. it ought to be replaced by the more realistic insignia now used by British Rail. In the past six months or so the ship has been racing backwards and forwards between Portsmouth and Scotland. occasionally over-shooting at either end. once so badly that site ended up off the North Cape of the “Red

wears

pro-

hibition. the otlieial order says the dangers of tattooing are to be included in health lectures. and gives ll list of infections wlti ch are described as dangerous. A recent survey at one R.A.N. establishment rerevealed that of the complement 30 per cent. had been tattooed. All had been done at an early age. and 90 per cent. regretted the action.

pick :t team of sailors for this race!"

Norway on Fishery Patrol. During this period persona-

insignia for Grafton?

litics ranging from a cabinet minister to trawler declties and from lady mayoresses to "Playboy Bunnies“ have at sometime been emharlu.-d—-not always while under way. During January and February Grafton cruised the fishery grounds of North Norway. not so much protecting trawlers as mending their radar sets. but

occasionally carrying ottt more complicated tasks. such as low-

Prickly heat if

His

svings

treatment

gpilinggup-are yours? A Provident Life progressive savings scheme and Life Assurance offers you at the age of I8 a cash payment of £969 when you leave the Navy after 22 years‘ service, plus Life cover for the family. for only £3 per monthor a pension of £l9S;‘l2/- a year at 65—savlng and

security.

Period of service

Monthl allotment on

22 years £3

ban or’: order

permonth

Funilynow!

in the service

£969

Pension on chill ntirornutt

095112

53.3.

Colin Hindson. has introduced a new treatment for pricltl heat —the painful rash caused y experspiration and which Icessive often leads to skin infections. Further tests are taking place. but those already held over the last nine months have produced sstartlingly successful results. the treatment consisting of a high dosage of ascorbic acid. which is pure vitamin C. Trials with volunteer soldiers. wlto had prickly heat induced artificially by wrapping their arms in polythene sleeves. were 85 per cent. successful. Of 30 children treated. 26 were cured and four had only minor recurrences. No detrimental sideelfects. due to the high dosattc have been observed.

ASSOCIATION OF LIMITED

Ski-ing

was one

popular pas-

time with the ship's company in Norway, but although no less than 80 per cent. tried their hand at this perilous sport at least once. the only casttalitics were the doctor (not on skis) slipping badly on the gangway and the l..\lA (on skis) colliding with it motor-car (stationary).

not.

We only managed to fit in two foreign visits. to (mend and Rotterdam. during the month. After leave at Pttrl‘|'l‘mttlll we set off on a recruiting drive. We made numerous converts for the Royal Navy but suspect that the Wrens will be somewhat overbornc if they all sign on.

VISIT TO IREL.-\.\' I) By way of relaxation. H..\l.S. Grafton proceeded straight from the final port of cat’ Aberdeen. to the l.ondonderr exercise areas for ten days. an even managed to slip into the River Foyle. albeit for only a few hours. to collect fuel: this was the ship's first \'l\li to the lim-:r.tld Isle for over to o years‘. Returning South in mitt-lune. three thoroughly confusing days

.,.

. -1

PROIENT LIFE IIIMOH

SCYCVV.

were

........‘.._....._........

‘A With Profit Endowment Policy is the best hedge against inflation. A reversionary bonus of 70:. 0d. per cent. plus an additional bonus on claims during I968 has just been declared and details will gladly be sent on application.

hours in near zero temperatures to clear a wire from the vessel's

HIGH SPEED RUNS In M.-trch we carried ottt the ntore humdrum but familiar task of running up and down the Clyde at high speed. much to the confusion not only ot' ourselves but also submariners. for whom we were a target. and local fishermen. for whom we

A Royal Army Medical Corps doctor in Singapore. Major

are

ing one trawler 80 miles through rough seas and winding fjords from the grounds to Tromso. after the ship's divers had worked unsuccessfully for some

spent rottttdittg every buoy in the Solent whilst some RNR otliccrs were taught the intricacies of navigation. It was with some relief that this task was exchanged for the more congenial one of transporting the Home Secretary and .\lrs. (‘al|a::h:tn on an ollicial visit to Guernsey anti .-\!-.ler:tey at l'Illtl'\lllllnlCl'. were

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On board ll.M.S. Grafton. the Home Secretary. Mr. Jantes Callaghan. chats to the commanding oflicer. 1). N. B. I.it:ut.-Cdr. Mortimer Picture by l’0(l’ho:l l) .\ln:ri1

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''.C:».' I free tens andeompetitions helped Displays. demonstmtioiis. a band. trips round the harbour. First Submarine Squadron held I to ensure an interesting day when l!.M.S. Dolphin and the

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families’ day at Fort Bloclihouse. The pictures give an indication of the excitement among the young visitors to sample the

artists

“gadgetry” available for their amusement.

Naval interest has shown a considerable increase in recent years in the Armed Forces Art Society. whose I963 exhibition of painting and sculpture is to be opened at the Chenil Gallery. Chelsea. on September 10 (private View day) by Sir Charles Wheeler. Public viewing is from September [I to 20 (excluding

Mosque at a naval base

Probably the only one in existence within the bounds of a Royal Navy establishment. the "Masjid Naval Base. Singapura" (the Naval Base Mosque. Singa-

pore). was ollicially opened by the Commodore Superintendent of Singapore Dockyard. Com-

Sunday. September 15).

modore F. C. W. Lawson. on June 8. The Dockyard Amenities Fund made a grant of 7.000 Sin apore dollars towards the bu’ ding: the remainder of the cost of some 3l.000 dollars was raised by contributions from Asian members of the Naval Police force. Inspector S. A. Shah. who was the driving force behind the venture. said that although _the olice were largely responsible getting the mos ue built. all

At the last exhibition Sir William Russell Flint. an R.N.V.R. lieutenant in the First World

War. exhibited for the first time of the and_ accepted membership society. Norman Wilkinson is an honorary member and RearAdmiral John Moore is a vicechairman and regular exhibitor. Others who have shown their work in recent years include Admiral Sir Charles Madden. Vice-

Aubrey Mansergh. Rear~Admiral Stokes and Capt. Fisher (the present Naval Judge

Admiral Sir

iior

musliiris would,

Advocate who sold two of his pictures at the I967 exhibition).

welcome.

course. be

New ice patrol ship brings a touch of colon

The Royal Navy's

ice patrol ship. replacing H.M.S. Protector. was named H.M.S. Endurance on June 28 at Belfast by the Hon. Alexandra Shackleton. grand-daughter of the famous explorer. Sir Ernest Shackleton. who sailed in an earlier Endurance for the Antarctic 54 years ago. Previously the Anita Dan. H.M.S. Endurance has been

‘

new

converted

Harland

and

Wolfts for her special job. The ship has a displacement of some 3.600 tons with a length of 305 feet and a draught of I6 ft. 6 in. Maximum speed is I4} knots.

She is fitted to_ carry_and operate two Whirlwind helicopters and has a light gun armament.

The total complement. which includes a small Royal Marine iletaclimcnt. IS I3 officers and

106 men. and accommodation is allowed for I2 scientists. An unusual feature is that the hull is painted red for easy identification in the icnparticularly from the air. Her upperworlcs and funnel are the traditional white and buff of the naval surveying fleet. Another feature is that the ship can be controlled from the crow's nest. so as to give her officers the farthest views of channels through the ice. Sir Ernest's Endurance. named after his family motto. “By en-

conquer." was trapped by ice in the Wcddel Sea in I915 and finally crushed durance

and sunk. The explorer and his crew travelled by open boat to Elephant lsland. from where he made his epic voyage in one of Endurance‘s boats. the James Caird. to South Georgia. After an incredible crossing of that island on foot the party was able to organise help for the men still stranded on Elephant lsland. not one of whom was lost. H.M.S. Endurance has three boats which are named after the boats of Sir Ernest's vessellames Caird. Stancomb Wills and Dudley Doclter. The new ice patrol ship is expected to sail for the Antarctic latcr this year. She will normally be deployed in the Antartic. returning each year to the United Kingdom for maintenancc and leave. Endiirance is conimanded by

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‘Home after eight N.-\\v'\' Nli\\-‘S .-\L'GUST was

‘down under’ years The

submarine. ll..\l.S. Tabartl. after eight years‘ service with tlte Roy-nl /\ustralian Navy, started her last voyage from l-l.;\l..-\.S. Platy-

Sydney. N.S.W.. on March 22, linishing I4.-$06 pus.

miles later at Fort Bloclshottse on June ll, having sailed via the Paeiiie and the Panama Canal. The first purl of call was

.-\pia. West Samoa: ilie ship's eompany being given a first-

elass welcome. A few of the hardy ones visited Robert Louis Stevenson's grave.

evening of the least. or "lia-tin." was

()n the last

stay

was

served under

given in 'l‘ahard's honour. This one

of the

traditional open-sided Polynesian grass Inns. and entertainntent was provided by dancers in grass skirts. The Prime Minister of West Samoa. the Hon. Fiama Mata'afa Fannmona Mulinu'uu ll. and the entire cabinet. were taken to sea for a trip. during which the submarine made a Shot’! tlivc. On the way to Pearl Harbour. the nest port of call. stops were made daily so that the hands

could ba'the. The

temperadegrees I’. The submarine stayed a week Pearl Harbour. allowing at everyone to enjoy the non-stop entertainment provided. The passage to San Diego. California. was cold and rough. ture was 84

sea

but this was forgotten during the live days‘ stop. The highlight of the visit was a trip to

Disneyland,

near Los was a

Angelcs.

liven if it home-going work had still to be done. trip. and en route for Panama Tahard exercised with the guided missile destroyers Fife and Glamorgan.

Everyone on board was impressed by the quiet organisa-

tion of the Ioelsing arrangements as the submarine passed through

l- '1.

the Panama Canal. although many. including the Captain. it is reported. had their hearts in their mouths as the "mules" stuppctl the boat only about 6 feet from the various lock gates.

Kingston. Jamaica.

was next

the itinerary. and the llritislt High Commission organised an e.\eellent welcome. Bermuda followed Kingston. the boat staying only two days. Tabard sailed straight into a force 6 easterly wind on leaving liermuda. and two passengers,

Families waiting

greet

ll.M.S. Tabard on lief arrival at ll..\l.s. Dolphin, Gasport. after serving eight years with the Fourth Submarine Squadron in Australia

ollicer and

fusilier of the Royal lnnisltilling Fusiliers.who had joined the ship. wished that they had never volunteered. Fog. frequent rain and cold winds were experienced all the way across the Atlantic. but the weather was perfect for the entry to Plymouth on June It). On arriving alottgsitle H..\l.S. Dolphin tlte next day. most of the ship's company's families were waiting on the ietty. togethcl‘ with the l)olphin band. Three days later ll..\l.S. Tahard paid till’ for the last an

time.

Navy visits Harwich

Young ratings

"P0 Charles llewsnn with his wife Maggie and daughters Cathy and

Pippa from Kinver (Stalls)

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front ll.M.S. Ganges. most of whom were spending their that day at sea in a warship. together with some of the civilian stall’ from the Ministry of Defence (Navy). saw something of the work of the Navy when ll._\l. Ships Undattntcd. Pellew. .\lurr.ty. Ulster. Artful and R.l-‘..-\. lllaelc Ranger visited Harwich in lune. The high-light of the trips. which included towing. gun tirings and refuelling. was ultdoubtedly the mortar firing carried out by each pair of ships using full salvos of live bombs. The young railings returned to Ganges visibly awestruck by the towers of water and hammerlilte blows produced as I2 bombs at :1 time tore the sea

apart.

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I .~\n armful of greeting for l..\ll-I Norman lll-.It'ltt'r from his wife Janice :Ind daughters. Their home is at Rotmer. Gosport 4..(

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GANGES EXPEDITION TO S. NORWAY Thirty juniors from H.M.S. Ganges set out on .luly l9 on an expedition to Southern Norway. taking passage in the two newly acquired and com-

missioned

inshore minesweepers. ll.i\l.S. Dittisham and ll.M.S. Flinthani. Their commanding ollicers are l.ieut.-Cdr. N. J. Barker, of lladleigh tSull’oll-ti and l.ieul.-

Cdr. C. Shaw. of

(Sullbllt).

Shotley Gate

The aim of the expedition was to give sea training and "Outward Bound" experience to the young sailors. who will be joining the Fleet in about a year's time. Their average age is I6. l)uring the three-day passage from Harwich to Kristiansand. the juniors were able to put into practice the training re-

ceived at their establishment. The mineswcepers arrived at Kristiansand on July 22. where the party split into two groups. one camping while the other was at sea or visiting various ports. These included Lillesantl.

Ts-edestrand.

Manual.

and

Farsund. 'l'hc camp site had been found by the British Arnty ()ut\\ard

Bound School at lsefacr. The arrangement was that the two parties should join up a ain at Kristiansand at the en of July. returning to llarwieh and Ganges early in .-\u;,ust. l.cader of the expedition was Cdr. Richard 'l'revithick. training eommander of H.M.S. Ganges. whose last appointment was on the N.:\.l'.(). stall at Oils’.

‘

Ltsrri.-'iz's To rHi.=ii§bifoR'

‘bouncing battleship’

Memories of With reference to your article in the July issue on the Chance Vought Corsair. I well remember this wonderful aircraft in I-l.i\-LS. Indefatigable in the Paeilie. Pilots calied it "the bouncing

battlcship."

due to its heavy armour plating and soft suspension. Rumours had it that our grL'.tle\l I-..»\./\. acc. I.ieiit.~ Cdr. “Cr:i~li" Fviins tnow vice.iilmir:il. rel.) redesigned the tinder-e.ir.'i.ige. aiter whielt everything \\.t~ :ill rigltt. However. I must take you to l.Isk. You \lJIL' that the lirst produclltlfl ( .»r..iir emerged in June I‘)-I3. and later. "that Corsairs provided lighter cover for the meniorabl: attack of llarracuda aircraft on the (icrman battleship llisznark." I feel sure that llarraetttla .iircr.'it'l o.-re not in use on the lti~in;irL. (S. I’. Hurling

lliigliton, \us~e\. xtpialiigii-\. It.-Knmrk arm‘ n-pm] HI ¢'I'l'(I!. (Hill \IiimfrI hiirr twin l:r,~iI:.

Claim challenged In your June i\s'.tc you state that lI..\l.‘s. fearless “Ill be the tirst ship ever to carry all Iue;ill;.-entereil c o oil: -2 an ll .\lL‘\\itTtl\. II .\I S. Vidal commissioneil oi: Ia:iu.ir_v ‘J. 1908. for a (iei:er.i'. service Commission. and .ilt her cooks and sLC\\llf(l\ .ire locally-entered t‘hinese ratings. .-\ll these t'.tllt‘Igs were lltmll to ( li.itli.i:n limit Hong Kong. .\. (S. Y. Thorntll tC'.ll\.'I'l.t.lll. ILN.) II \I S. \'vtl.i.

Letter

regretted

ul men are not gzxen.

The man in uiutorin is traineil and paid to go to sea in lighting \lll|1_s.-Tilt‘ eivili-.in is trained and paid to oorl»; in doe?-(yards. stores. and otlices. To

graphs and heraldic details of the oflicial badges of the majority of Il..\I. ships can be obtaiitcd frotn the Planning .\l a n a g c r Il.M. D0ek_\ard. Chatham. Kent. for the sum of Is. each. plus postage. '-‘_'IIIIllllllllIIIllllllIIIIlllIllllllllllllIIIlllllllIIIIlllllIIIIIIlllllllllIlllIIIIlllllllllllllII||ll|lllIlIllllllllil|lE: In passing. however. details of the badges of the Scott and

employ

the former ashore can be an expensive misuse of manpower. The aim of the Way Altcarl Committee is to reduce the number of men ashore. both Navy and civilian. The main result is liltcly to be complete closure of some C~'»llIl\ll\ll!!lL'nl'€. bttt there .-oulil be |‘i.l\".'\ ohere the Committee will t'ecorniiie:iil inere.ismg ei\i'li.i:i Il'.lIl2l‘9.‘l'~ to release iiziitiviiiieil men tor \C:t service. «It l\.'..ii \'.' the with can bt.‘ done

EIR

‘Formidables’

appeal

There is a call for help front Canada to all Old I— ormiduhlcs. The Canadian War’ Museutn has a Corsair aircraft which it is hoped to put on display with the colour and markings of that plane in which Lieut. Robert Hampton Gray. R.C N.\’.R.. won his Victoria Cross in sinking a Japanese e. on August 9. I945. Lteut. Cray-‘s aircraft was Corsair IV (I-‘G IA) RI) 587. of No. Ill-tl Squadron. and the Museum authorities are seeking information on the colour. and details of any other niarlsings. A photograph would be marvellous. should one be in existence.

the Unicorn

were as

Scott: On :i field White and lllue.

Proper.

.'il| I

follows:

llarry \\':iv_v .t Penguin

Unicorn: ()n a Blue licld. .'t llnieorn Rampant \\'hile. Armed and Winged (Sold,

stopped. the cllevts shoultl ipiieltly oear oil‘. been

I admire the “sense of vocation and dedication" of the men in uniform. bitt this tloes not justify employing more of them ashore than is absolutcl_\ neces.s.tt'§. The sea is the place for the .\.iv_\. W. K. I)uuc:in. lI..\l. l)oek)ard. Singapore.

Hits the pocket I ooniler how many of llltl~L' who create about the length oli initial engagements for wring recruits realise that sltortcnirig those engagements would take tttititcy out of the sailor's Under the Pay (‘ode he would get is. (-d. it day less for a liveeight year than he does for a nine-_\'c:ir cItgagetiie.'tl'. and ‘is, :i

I';‘ng:igemcnt reduced from nine years to three ——aggregate loss during three years‘ man's time £500. 'I'aking into account. too. that short service men could hardly c\pect the training given to iiinc-year men. the jobs in wliieh they could be employed would be limited and pr0b:ibl_v not too interesting. So. :ilthou_eli relaxing initial engagements might suit a few pcoplc. the results oould be rather dillercnt for the majority ol

sailors.

Iliildenden. Kent.

l".. E. ('ritclIeIl.

Ships’ badges It ma_v interest your rcailers. and especially your correspondent Patrick S. ('. Munro lluly isstte) to know that photo-

v,¢'-4

’o»;‘'té¢

Rosyth

When the old one was C0."Il~ pletcd in 1946 I was the organist. The organ “as a l'lam~ inond from l.)'l'lL‘\\‘ tt.ise. The pulpit was made by loeal labour. and took the form of the stem of a ship. while the circular wittdow over the altar has ll‘l.tLle in the form of a steering o heel. The painted glass was. I believe. the work of (ilasgoo School of .-\rt. W. I’. Garner ll ieut. ll-Tl. R.:\’. ret.l. .~\shfn.'il. Kent.

Not the

one

July edition the ltclieopler pictured on page six is not a Sil.orsl;_v Sea King but a Kaman UII-2 Sea Sprite. In

your

J. E. .\t. t.-\) Fisher. ll.-.\l.S. D.ied;ilus.

World

Calls will be made at Suva. Fiji and Rotun-.1. Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. Pearl Harbour. Montcrey and Long Beach in the United States. before passing through the Panama at the beginning of September. Before sighting the Devon coast H.i\I.S. l.|andatl' will have covered some l7.000 miles since

Zealand navies. spent three days at Cairns (Queensland) and a couple of days in the Solotnan Islands She arrived at Auckland on July I9. leaving. after exercises. on .-\ugtI\’t 3. leaving Singapore. .-\ farcoell to Il.M.S. l.Iand:ilT at Singapore from the Flat: Ulliei-r Seeonil—in-('onim;inil. I-‘ar Iiast I~'Ieet [Rear-.-\dniiral If. It. Asltmorcl

r"3-‘r" r~‘r ~

' 3 ‘ # 7 himself

’)‘»' "

l-C.\'-(‘hit-f Stoker Denis Salter sends us this picture of crijuyitit: “.\'av_\ .\'c\\.s" in his bar at Ilzillimore.(‘ounly Cork

EarI’s praise for work study

Ten years ago when Admiral of the Fleet Earl .\lountbattcn opened the Royal Navy Work Study School (now the School of l\tanagement and Work Study) he said he hoped that the scliool would save such an amount of money that. in dtte course. there would be sntlicient to build an "ll.i\I.S. Work

Study."

Lord Moiiiitbatteii visited the school again on Jilly 3 to "tittveil" a new management information i:entre-the only one of its kind outside the .\linisIry of Defence. London. The Admiral said that some people had questioned the effectiveness of Service work study teams. but he instanced the saving incurred in H.i\I.S. Vernon. A work study team sent to that establishment found that instructional ncconunotlation. ivliich Vernon claimed was inadequate. was more than suflicient if properly planned. The c.iticellation of a new building. which had already been approved. s:i\'cd 1200.000. An exaxnple of the value of the "manageinent" side of the school was also given.

Frigate sailing round the Wlien l'l..\l.S. l.l:\n(lall. contmanded by (.'dr. I. B. I_enno\'. arrives at Devonport on September 2|. she will have sailed around the world. The Cathedral class aircraft direction frigate arrived on the Far East Station in November. twin. by way of the Middle East. she left Singapore on July I for the return joumcy via the l’.ieiIic and the Panama Canal. last month l.l:ind:ill' took part in e\eri:iscs with the Royal .-\ustr:ili;u'i and Royal New

sq‘

t'r’a'a'z‘r'r't‘I9‘t‘r’!'o'r'I’r’t't'r'r‘r‘r’I’I’»'r'r‘r’;’a’o’I'r'»’;’;’o‘t’»‘»-/

John .\I. .\laIier (l.icitl.-(‘dr.. R..\.'i. ll..\l.S. llerry llead.

ilIlIll‘iIlll'l||IIIIlllIIIIllllllIIIIlllIIllI.IIlllIIIIIIlllIllIIIIllllllIIIlllllIlllllllIIIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllll Church more cheaply by civilians. d:i_v less for anything under I was interested to ri:.ttl that It is possible that the e.\panlive years. Thus: there is to be a new Ditekytirtl sion of the Civil Service has reduced front ('hureh _[-ingagcntent at Rosyth. and have resulted in promotccs being lL‘\\‘ mite years to seven years from been wondering what is to beqinililicd than the_v used to be. age I8—aggrcgatc loss during come of some of the lilting»; of but now that the expansion ll:l\ seven years‘ man's time £700. the old one.

pocket.

1 it,“ Muir} in see Licut.-K dr. Watts‘ letter Ill the June issue. The ll1.‘tII'I.'\ prose notltmg 1%" cause the eoiii;-.ir.itive nuinbcrs

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Oliicers from II..\I.S. Dolphin. after .1 short management

revised the ratings‘ basic submarine training so that it could be completed in four ueeks instead of seven. The nc\\' arrangements saved more than l00.0()(l man-hours in Dolpliin's annual training procourse.

gramme.

ll..\I.S. I-I.\'M0l."l‘II Il..\l.S. Iisniutttli. the first major \\£t|’$ltlP in llte West to he propelled entirely by gas turbine engines. commissioned at (‘hatham I)ocl:yard on July 20. Under the command of t.icut.-Cdr. I). R. Onthwaite. she will in dire course continue trials in dilferent parts of the world under varying climatic conditions.

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a chief's wife was no exception when she wrote to "Navy News." a

"When is the Royal Navy going to walte up to the fact that they lose many good skilled men simply because they object to being treated like

SO SHE WROTE TO

iiaiiglity boys? ".\Iy liusbantl is nearing coni-

years‘ service. and l\ disniti_ved to tind out that lllS be time of leaving

pletion of

This is becatixe

been drawn to it. in an etlort to :\\'(\i;] just the circiinistances wliicli have occurred itt this case.

ago ic and did

iiatiglity boy piinisluiietit in cells. was

widely known. and attention has

wallyears(lClit}'C)(l. -

A man must serve his full 22 years to qualify.

It might well be argued that a minor escapade 20 years ago should be overlooked after sub-

sequent conscientious service. but supposing a man had been a dcscrter for I2 months in his youth. Should he get a pension to include that year? In other words. the problem is "where to draw the line." and it seems to be felt that the line is properly drawn as it is. Incidentally. where release procedure has become involved in this "added time." quite a few men now drawing pension could

The letter ended: "Good ltick

testify by no means hard-faced.

that’ their treatment

to ‘Navy News.‘ I look forward to it and enjoy it every month. to There is a lot to create happier feeling in the

be done

was

HAPPIER NOTE This was not the end of the story. however. ‘Navy News“

R.N. between otlicers and men."

was

PENSION PURPOSES Although the chief‘s wife did not know that "non—eIfective time" was added to service. in fairness to the Navy the rule is

pleased

note from

which she said: I "Further to my letter was in a flaming temper when I wrote it, and rightly so. My .

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written to

tours

were

ar-

lunch of minute steaks. fruit salads and ice cream prompted some of the visitors to wonder why their husbands ever needed to be fed when they came home. One wife. however. did not escape liotiscwork: she was observed in the fore ends peeling

with someone, in confidence." the assurabout Family Welfare ance methods has been well received aiiioiig those who work with naval wives. "In the first two weeks of this inontli." said one Welfare worker. "I had a 25 per cent. increase in the number of interviews at my oflice." 'I'Iie purpose of the article was to explain that wives with problems can seek advice in conlidence. without fear of a reference on their husbands‘ records.

The Navy's new pay arrangements, by which ratings are paid on or about the l5th or 30th of each month, instead of fortnightly, have resulted in a number of coni-

plaints.

While the stibmarine was dived. the wives were given turns on the periseope and watched a submarine in action. Pictured below is Laura. wife of AB Gooch. trying her husband's job on the after planes _or the sub-

the younger ones." said the letter. "who have not yet had time to accumulate mtieh financial reserve. are all highly incon-

marine

step.

"Ratings.

especially

venienccd.

indignant.

and

very

many

occasions when one pay day has to cover three week-ends instead of the usual

"There

are

two.

‘Tradesmen of all sorts. persons providing accommodation for the Navy, pubs (for the sailor has earned his week-end drink it‘ he wants one) simply do not know where they stand. ''In fact some private landlords are now reluctant to let

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N‘:

47l6 sq. yd. more.

ratings. being

naval

uncer-

will be tain_ available." The oflicial explanation is that the system was changed to simplify procedure. divide the as to when the rent

ledger into equal four-monthly periods instead of three unperiods. standardise the icers‘ and ratings‘ ledger o periods. and prepare for eventual computorised work-

cfillal

ing. The new arrangements case the burden on ships‘ pay stalls, and have the advantage that ratings know exactly the amount they are to receive. whereas in the past there were often pll;’llitl_l_.' dilfereiices.

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lll'l'l‘l-IR l.E'l'l'ER "Now today I have had a letter from my husband ftill of bitterness. He has been otit in the Far East for ll months and is due to tly home in a few weeks.

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HGs’ PLNED R ROWNER

Rowner estate. the Navy's married quarters town near Gosport, reached the "end of the beginning" of its development on July 4 when Capt. G. W. D. Spriggs, Chief Stafl Officer (Personnel) to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, otlicially opened the

new

community centre.

Capt. Spriggs said that

It months ago. discussion on the needs of the estate resulted in this list of requirements: residents‘ association. shops. post oflice. bus transport. play groups for young children. welfare community oflicer. and com-

munity centre.

"All these things are now catered for.” said Capt. Spriggs. "and next year the community centre facilities will be improved with the provision of a permanent building" Great things were planned for the estate. There were hopes of a

sports and

recreation centre

with a club and indoor sports hall. and eventually a swim-

ming pool. The

new

commtinity hall.

which was erected in three days. serves a population of 8.000. and this figure is expected to be in the region of I2.000 by the time the permanent hall is

completed.

Presented to Princess headquarters of H.M.S. Sussex, the Sussex Division of the Royal Naval Reserve at Maxwell Wharf. Portsladc. were opened by H.R.H. Princess Alexandra on July 6. The building. which consists of ollices. picture rooms. radio The

new

and radar

ance

rooms

and mainten-

\\’urkslttipS. replaces htits

which were built before the First World War. The Princess. who arrived at the North Lock of Sliorehani

Harbour. sailed the one-and-a-

half miles inside the harbour to the new headquarters in H.M.S. Curzon, the Division's coastal minesweeper. where she was greeted by the Admiral Commanding Reserves. Rear-Adniiral B. C. G. Place. V.C.. Commodore V. G. Tollitirst. R.N.R.. and the Mayor of Hove, Coimcillor L. G. E Sykes. The Sussex Division has a history going back to I874 \vhen a Brighton Brigade of the Royal

Naval Artillery Volunteers was formed to man a heavy gun

battery constructed

near

the

town.

In 1903 the Royal Naval Voltinteer Reserve was formed and a Sussex Division established the following year. During the t"irst.World War the majority of the Division's members served in the Royal Naval Division which fought at (itillipoli and in France. In the Second World War the

Division's establishment. to~ gethcr with the next-door Hove Marina, were taken over and commissioned as H..\l.S. King Alfred. and between 1939 and l9-t5 22.500 R.N.\’.R. oflicers were trained there. Below: Princess Alexandra being presented with a working model of H..\I.S. Cumin for her children I':.tu.'e by L..\ir R. l‘o;:<r‘.-i

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NAVY NEWS AUGUST 1968

CHANGE IN NAVY LIFE

High mileage days for the Fleet

When Il.M.S. Zest arrived at Devonport on .luly -l to pay off spent 170 out of 2_(a‘) days at sea. and steamed 61,500 she had miles since leaving the United Kingdom on October 9. I967. l'lu\\'c\'cr. those tliousantls of the Royal Navy has changed in miles have taken her to, and the days in harbour have been spent in. some of the tttosl interesting and enjoyable ports in the Far East. In less than nine months the ship took part in a couple of llcira patrols. visited Monibasa. joiited tinits of the liar [East Fleet for exercises in the lndian Ocean, and visited Australia. Then came Dunedin. New Zealand. followed by Yokohama and Shiniotla in .lapan. Hong Kong came next and. after exercises off Subic in the

recent years.

The stay in the Far F.:ist base was Slt0t'i‘"0l‘lly ll days—and then the ship was homeward bound. with two short stops. Simonsto-.vn and Gibraltar. H.i\l.S. Zest's last two commissions are a classic illustration of the way in which life in

ll..\l,;\.S. Otway. .-\ustrali.i's submarine. built by newest Scott's of Grecnock. left last month on the 15.000-niile voyage to Sydney. She is the second of four Oberon patrol submarines ordered by the Atistralian Navy.

Philippines.Singapore.

in these last live years the ship has steamed almost half the total mileage that she has done in the 24 years of service-

l7‘).0O(l out of 418.000. And in June this year the ship recorded her highest ever total for any one month—8.940 miles.

Latest submarine for Australia

DOUNREAY VISIT Rear-Admiral R. G. Raper.

The current refit of the pro-

totype is nearing completion.

Director-General Ships. accompanied by Rear Admiral W. T. C. Ridley (Admiral Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard. Rosyth) and Sir Denning Pearson (chairman of Rolls-Royce and Associates l.td.). visited the Admiralty Reactor Test Establishment at Dounre:iy on June t9 and 20.

and it is anticipated that the plant will be operational this month. One of the major items during the retit has been the reactor refuel. uliich is the first one for a British nuclear submarine pro-

(Navy)-

simulator.

pulsion plant. Sir Denning said that the refit programme. which was a A.R.'t'.l3. is one of the naval complicated one. had gone reestablishments under the com- markablywell. Besides visiting the prototype mand of Admiral Raper. and the submarine prototype there Admiral Raper also looked at is operated by R. R. and A. Ltd. the training facilities and the for the Ministry of Defence manociivring room training

PORTLAND SQUADRON IN HOLLAND

A5 a change from the normal routine of training. four ships of the Portland Sqiiadron. tlie frigates Undaunted. Pcllew. Murray and Ulster. accompanied by the submarine Artful and the R.F.A. Black Ranger, under the command of Capt. A. D. Cassidi in tt..\t.S. Undauntcd, recently \‘i.\ilt.‘(l Amsterdam. ln

perfect

summer

weather

Undaiinted. with the R.M. Band of the ('onimander-in-Chief. Western Heel. playing on the flight deck. m:idc a line sight as she l"\"\I'(i tier way from ljuutitleu througlt the heavy tratlie t the berth near the centre of the city. where she \|.:t\ lt‘.l'lt‘|i by the remziinder of ~

the ~qti.iil:i~ii.

A generous programme of entertainment had been arranged by the Royal Netherlands Navy. but the first night was reserved for the Squadron official reception. concluding with the Royal Marine Band "lieating Retreat“ on the jetty. On the following days there were trips round the canals and oflicial entertainments were mixed with private hospitality. The Royal Netherlands Navy liaison otlicers worked indefatigably to make the visit a roaring success and. in particular. met the ever-increasing requests for partners for dances and parties with an efficiency and aplomb \\lllt.'ll would have

ll..\l.S. Cnrlziuntctl fmtering Anglo-Dutcli relations

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done credit to an Arab slave trader! The band played in the main

Amsterdam square to a large and appreciative audience and a successful children's party \v:is given in Ulster. backed up by the other ships. Despite the difliculty of extracting jelly from the most unlikely places—-including a gyro compass—when it was all over.

everybody. guests and hosts alike. enjoyed themselves. in a delightful gesture. which

summed up the "feel" of the whole visit. the local Garrison (‘omniander presented the squadron with a whole van load of carnations and roses. more than enough for each mess to have

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Did you know

Rear-Admiral G. C. Crowley, Director-General of Naval Personal Services and Officer Appointments, explains in this article why it has been decided to rename and modernise the Naval Central Fund. giving it a new vigour in its work for the Fleet. How often have you wondered why the l’|eet_ and that includes shore establishmerits too, cannot have more amenities? If you have ever seriously thought about this you will probably have reached the conclusion that there simply is not enough money for all these things. Though this is unfortunately true, it is not the whole story. nor is it necessarily beyond our ability to improve the

situation.

Ask a sailor. “What is the Naval Central Fund." and the odds are that he doesn't know. and if he does he doesn't know very much about it. Unfortunately. the truth is that the Naval Central Fund. with assets amounting to about a third-of-a-million pounds. has lacked appeal. Not only that.

Cough up! SUPPORT MEANS MORE AMENITIES

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perhaps the Fleet has not enough say in its manage-

ment over the past few years. The title never really caught on. and although the Fund has done a great deal of good for a large number of men and their dependants. very few people have known about it. There has been something of

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the “Silent Service." amounting to anonymity. about it. Your Fund is now being modernised. Firstly. it is being re-christened and called the "Fleet Amenities Fund"—with a big accent on the Fleet. Secondly. the whole structure is being broadened so that represcntatives from the Fleet and Commands will be included in its management. In addition. a rating will serve on the Grants (‘ommittee for the first time—another important responsibility for the chief petty otlicer on the Second Sea Lord's Personnel Liaison Team.

Investment Th

m o st

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advise the Trustees in

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In future. when your Fund makes a contribution to any project. a plaque or other permanent rccord will be suitably placed so that the Fleet Amenities Fund may leave its fingerprints at the scene of its operations. The days of anonymity are over.

lf plaques had always been erected by this Fund. prominent ones would have been seen in many places such as the (‘l’0s‘ swimming pool in ll..\l.S. Terror. the Families‘ Annex at the Portsmouth Agg ie Weston's." and the new Dolphin Yacht. Your own RN. and R.t\l. Depcndants' Fund also received a handsome grant. ‘

‘

To the future In all. nearly £50,000 has been distributed by the old Naval Central Fund in the last four years. and most of us have undoubtedly bcnctitcd at some time or other. llut what of the future‘.’ How

continue the good worl-t'.’ “Money makes money" is certainly true. and could be applied to the new Fleet .-'\mcnilies Fund. We need more money in the Fleet Fund with which. by

can we

That nearly £50,000 has been distributed by the old Naval Central Fund in the last four years? That your own R.N. and R.M. Dependents‘ Fund received a handsome grant? That the CF05‘ swimming pool at H.M.S. Terror, the new Dolphin yacht, and Families‘ Annex at Portsmouth’s “Aggie Wcston’s" all benefited from the Fund? There are mrmy more trays to nmkc when the ntoncy cont;-.3‘ rollm in. wise financial policy. we can do more really worthwhile

things.

Army and the R.A.F. are vastly bigger than our own. If they can build tip large funds. we can clearly do ‘the Funds

so too.

How can we all help? Well there is an old saying that charity starts at home. and this is really true. lf we as a Fleet could all. each and every one of us. help to boost our own Fund. it would grow- and grow

quickly.

Spare money This is. after all. :1 Fleet Fund for the Fleet. and surely dc-

all the help we can give it. When a ship pays oil’ or a unit has a little spare money. could this not be given to your Fleet Amenities Fund’! If it were. what a difference it would soon make. Your Trtlstccs. who are the Commander-in-(Ihicf Western F l c e t. (‘ommandcr in—(‘hiet' Portsmoutlt. the (fommandant (jencral Rojtal Marines. the Deputy Under Secretary of State t.\'.tv:tl). with the Second Sea Lord in the chair. are all anxious that any surplus funds may be directed towards your own Fleet Amenities Fund so scrves

Ii/c p/¢'rr.mrtr¢'r——

that it will swell and cross the million-pound mark. And we do not wish to increase the fund just for the fun of it. Don't forget that the more money we get the more we can

give out.

Ships

have often set

eitcellent example in this. and an

only fairly recently the Maid-

stone. Victorious and London all made generous contributions from their Welfare Funds when

they paid off.

Reap benefits

If others would only follow their lead we would soon be well away. and the Fleet would soon be reaping far greater benefits. The more interest we can take in our own Fund. the quicker it will grow. and the quicker it grows the more really positive things will it be able to do for the Fleet. Please help _\oursel\'es by supporting the Fund, and when the time comes to pay off. give your own

surplus ytclfare It.

inoncy to

If you do this. the reward in the shape of better amenities of all descriptions will be ex-

tremely worthwhile.

Now where have I seen that face ? before .

According

to the

caption

supplied. it is believed that all polar hears inside the Arctic Circle are now wearing the green beret after tltc exploits of -85 Commando, Royal Marines. who acted as enemy force during the exercise Polar Express. Below: In the Land of the Midnight Sun. off the North Norway coast. the photographer got this shot of the flight deck of the commando ship Il.M.S. Bulwark. Five countries took part in the exercise. to test NATO l-European mobile forces. with the llulwark acting as springboard for the assault on the Norwegian coast.

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Busy year for

Malta divers '.‘ -.1.

"Plastics-

NAVY NEWS AUGUST l968

successful

ship

tests

glass

reinforced test section representplastics ing the full-scalc mid-section by the of_a ship.ofsponsored Defence (Navy) Ministry and built by Brislol-Th0rneycroft. has successfully completed the series of structural strength tests for which it was The

designed.

These tests. which were conducted at the Naval Constnic— (ion Research Establishment, Rosyth, have demonstrated that the form of G.R.P. construction used in the test section is viable for large ship structures. New and valuable information on the behaviour of large sections of this material will form the basis of further research and developniciit work which is currently in hand using test

panels.

ROYAL IAYV

The cost of the original test section has been amply repaid by the information arising from the tests. and the date by which sizeable G.R.P. ships can successfully he built has been significantly advanced.

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GRAFTON BUNNY GIRLS The end of

German -1.000 lb. bomb sends w-.iter into the air

The first half of i963 has been [mrticulttrly busy for the Malta Clearance Diving Teani. As a result of the large amounts of bombs and mines that were dropped on Malta during the Second World War. the task of unexploded ordnance disposal is far from finished. In addition to answering the calls for assistance that come through oflicial channels. the team is making a big effort to ensure that the ports and unchorages of Malta are clear of wartime relics so that the island's redevelopment programme is not held up. The waters around Malta are ideal for search operations. Antongst the “liigli-liglits" so far this year have been a German 4.000 lb. bomb in the north of the island. and a German buoyant mine found only 400 yards oil the seafront at Sliema. The subsequent explosions

were

felt all

huge column of

over

the island and

showed how dangerous unexploded bombs and mines can be, even after such a long period. Search operations have also resulted in the discovery of two wrecks near the entrance to Grand Harbour. Considerable amounts of small-arms ammunition, shells and depth charges were found in both. At present the team are en-

deavouring

to locate and dis-

pose of the torpedo warheads. The team has taken part in three NATO exercises during the Pcl'iod and has visited ltaly. ('rete and Greece. Willi Turkey and France yet to come. these exercises make a

refreshing change from unexploded ordnance disposal and also provides the opportunity for the team to try out different operating methods and compete with Clearance Diving Teams from other NATO countries.

MEDICAL

“Meet the l\'avy." as the majority of readers will probably know. is an aid to recruiting. which entails certain warships visiting selected cities in order that local schoolchildren can visit or go to sea. to give them an idea of the Flect's work. Grafton managed to entice Grafton won. though comparTaking part this year were ing the number of hangovers some “bunny girls" on board. H.M.S. Malcolm and H.M.S. and small bodies in our team. They my money talks! Grafton on the East Coast. Sailing on to Grimsby, the the result was not really surH.M.S. Kcppel and H.M.S. usual demonstrations were fol- prising. So much for "Meet the Navy Duncan on the West Coast. lowed by dances organised for ship's company. and gallons I968." The only comment from and l-l.M. Submarine Odin the of beer organised by fishermen us_. "Thank God it's over. I don't

everywhere (writes RO2(W) Peter Lcgg. from H.M.S. Malcolm). p o p pin g

This article is primarily concerned with the Malcolm and Grafton. who started their tour in Harwich on .\la_v 24. At every port the programme included a demonstration day. when each ship took a p.irt_v of about -10 schoolchildren to sea for the

day.

Sea demonstrations consisted of a guided tour of the ship (no holds barred. you name it they went there). followed b_v a iackstay transfer. gunnery shoot. and mortar firings. After dinner there were smallarms firing demonstrations. OTI l ER INTERESTS

It was all very absorbing to the ship's company. but the young visitors seemed more interested in prancing about under the ultra violet rays in the ops room, pulling dead fish out of the sea after mortar firing. and taking opposite sides when the mess G members played uckcrs after tot time. Our next stop after Harwieh was London, where besides visits by schoolchildren, both ships were also open to the public. Somehow or other the

OFFICER

who remembered

from

ious "fish patrols."

var-

THE WRO \(} ONES We had a slight change of plan in our sea demonstration prior to arriving at Newcastle. when instead of firing at two Buccaneers we opened fire on two German Air Force Starfighters which came in to salute us. Luckily for diplomatic re-

lations,

were

only firing

"break up shot." There is little we can say about Newcastle as a run ashore. except that we had a marvellous time even the —

police liked

us.

After Dundee we went on to otir final and favourite stopAberdeen.

the ship's company By were experts on child psychology. even though a swift belt behind the car (when nohody‘s looking) worked nonders at times. now

SPORTS PROGR.-‘\M.\ll-I Both ships Iiad a full sports programme at Aberdeen. the climax being a tug-of-war between the entire ship's companics. the prize being a can of beer for every man on the win-

ning ship.

It's rather

a sore

point, but

Historic Malta call by Grand Master

For the first time since the Knights of St. John were expelled from Malta by Napoleon in l799. the Grandmaster of the Ordcr—thc Sovereign Military Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta—has visited the island. The Grandmaster arrived at tery where he laid a wreath; the

H.M.S. St. Angelo on where he was met by the Flag Oflicer Malta. Rear-Admiral D. L. Davenport. and by Commodore J. S. le Blane Smith. the commanding officer. During his tour the Grandmaster. His Most Eminent HighJune I4

ness

“You've been working

tno li;irtl—l‘m putting you in dry dock fora fortnight!"

Fra

Angelo de Maiona di

Cologna. saw the historic parts of the fort which mean so much to the knights. since it was their principal bastion during the Great Scige of i565. He visited the K:iig-tits‘ Ceme-

Chapel of the Nativity. which is the earliest extant church in Malta: the oubliette. where the knights who had committed misdemeanours were incarcerated; the Chapel of St. Anne, which was the knights‘ Conventual Chapel. and the Crypt. which was the Gr:indmastcrs' burial place.

He also saw the boat pool which used to harbour the knights‘ galleys. and the associated slaves‘ quarters.

think our pay or our stomachs could have stood the strain much longer."

Prominent among the quayslde clutter of cars. trucks and stores is the first mobile dental clinic to be used in H..\I. Dock-

yards.

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NAVY NEWS AUGUST

i’95s

.\'a\'y .\'4_-xvls‘

Western Fleet’s annual

Notmiwoon HMSWAIIIOI -

Du-H Nurrb

on-‘tens un-

EDITOR:

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R4-\.\l .\’.t\‘.il lLtrr.\sLs. |’i\tt\nioii'.h lcl.: I'\J:l.\mmt:!‘l 21351 tl-_\t. 72l‘I-1)

assembly

Pay change. problems

the Wesierit Fleet asst.-inbled at R0s_\tl't front July 22 to .-\tt_eust l_ and. tintil the arrival of the Com-

Ships of

-1 horse

(I40- 41 a 1

Nobody likes change Alcasl

iiiaiider-itt~Cliief

of all where it appears to benefit the system withotit

under tltc control of the senior ofliccr afloat. RearAdmiral A. M. Lewis. the Flag Otlieer Flotillas Wesierii Iileel. The purpose of the assembly was to allow flag olliecrs and eoinnianding ollicers to meet and discuss cttrrcitt matters. and for ships to take part in a very full programme of harbour traiiiiiig. Fleet ex:tmiiiations for ollieers and ratings. profess_ional meetings for specialist olltcers. and a ftill range of sports events

than

new

sensitive

an area more

most. .tiitl the

itietlioils lt'.i\e

ltcool reception.

'l.'lie

alterations

Navy's

far ma

(INC. H——.F....

"IHCHHN

\t,‘c[]]Q(]

true i.:v\$Tt.A-rr

logical enough. l)l'IllL!lltQ con-

Scncubtrcrr-an

C11. E-re. Pu.

oflicei'.s' a n d ratiiigs' ledgers and to ledger periods. easing the work load

sistency

ships' p:ty _s'tall's~, ensuring that it ratiitgfs money would to siibs't:tittial _not_be subject )'llFl(lllt)lt.and easing the path to comptiterised working. on

rienit »:FLIi'»'

_C_hanging

front 26 assorted $ize pay packets to 24 equal Qnes did not appear all that

(cvoltitioitary.

(TO.\IPI.I('.-\'I'I().\'S

Unliappily. although

the

pay days are :iboiit tlte 15th and the end of tlte month. there can be “halfttionthly" periods of tip to 19 days covering three weekends. bringing much more new

complication

finances based

domestic ‘.so-ntucli-

a-week" thinking. Small wonder that the qtieson

,.If

has the

once more

erupted,

Army can be paid week. why can't we?“ ndoubtedly this ivotild find

B/cry favour with

many. but while

other Services the a

have

men

large concentrations. the

avy

scattered in small

are

slockets.

Difficult to believe that this house

Irritation which has shown itself may be due in part to a lack of knowledge about the new system. both among families and those who have dealings with them. Problems on both sides of the pay table might be expected to lessen present transitional after theand as ratings and period. their wives acquire a greater tjnderstanding both of the system and how to adapt to it. _

HELP THEMSELVES In any event. these are not

matters

capable of being

switched abottt at short notice. While the position is being ttssessetl, f:tniilics can help themselves by taking ftill advaiitagc of the weekly allot-

possibilities. Undoubtedly the re:tction is C:ttl\‘lll_{Z a long new look. One immediate hope is that ptiblicity may encourage landlords and tradcspeople to be ment

rcttssttred-ttnd

iiiodatiiig.

more accum-

titan

now.

Complinieiiting the parade“You are extremely smart, which reflects a fine spirit"— the Admiral said that there will continue to be a naval headquarters at Portsmouth. and one that will be of some importance. He went on: “Headquarters

was once

Northwood? Two questions often on the lips of men of the Western Fleet are "Where is Northwood?" and “What is Northwood?" The third question always is “Why on earth does the Commander-

in-Chief. Western Fleet. have his headquarters there?" It is a long story. and 50

They

were

by the Chief _

met

of Staff Western Fleet. RearAdmiral P. W. B. Ashmore who. in welcoming them. stressed that a Commander-in-Chief‘s headin fact every shore quarters headquarters existed only for the benefit of the man afloat. The ship was the reason for the existence of the staff. and not the other way round. Several otlicers of the staff then gave short talks on the functions of the headquarters. followed by a tour of the Operations Room. the Secretariat, and Conimtiiiications Centre.

—Where is that? by

mancntly ashore.

Warrior

—

Near W atlord

surrounded by golf courses just on the fringes of pleasant countryside in Bucks. and Bet-ks.; and the key to the presence of a naval Commzindcr-in-Chief there lies in Coastal Command of the R.A.F. Several R.A.F. command headquarters are situated near London. and Coastal Command

has had its headquarters at based .\'orthwood since 1937 on a large ltotisc which had been notorious as a night club in the l920s. Coastal Comntand l-lc:idqtl.tIlt.‘l’S controls the Maritime I-leadquarters at Plymouth and l’iire;ivie. which operate the Sliacklctons which work so closely with the i'avy in anti—

Ai'terw.irds ofliccrs were invited to an iitformal buffet liincheon by the Comiiiaitdcr-in('ltief. Western Fleet. Admiral Sir John llusli. and Lady Bush. in the garden of Admiralty llouse. Northwood is north-west of I.ondon. about lialf-an-liour out on the .\lelr0p0lit:tn Litte, not far \'ll0fl of Watford. It is a busy commuter suburb

\\'hen the Conimaiidcr-in-Chief. Portsmotith (.-\dniir;il Sir Iohn Frewen). inspected the ships company of H..\l.S. Southwicl: (1-Ieadqtiarters Reserve. Portsmouth) on June 26. on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. he said that as Britain withdrew from the Far East. more ships would be based on This meant that the number of men and women in and out of unifornt likely to be employed hy the Navy in the area would not be dramatically less

5-i.q.t'st(uiruK§.'.PAIL notorious as a place in which tired business

cannot exist without you. It is

your continuity. experience and practice that keeps these headquarters going. and you will be required to take over in times of tension and emergency." The Admiral also said: "In a year's time the Commander-im Chief. Portsmouth. becomes Commander in Chief. Naval Home Command. with extensive responsibilitiesin peace and war for everything maritime within -

territorial waters."

tor Fleet

siibtttariite warfare. surveillance. and search and resetic. Nowhere are the links between the N;-._v:-‘ and the R.A.F. closer than \\llll "Co.islal." It was these links and the need for close co-operation with iiiaritiiiic air control \‘.ltlL‘ll brotittht the Navy to cstalwlisii its N.-\'l'() lieatlqtiztrters for the l7..-\S'I'|.:\.\“l’ :irL'.t at North‘ ‘.\00t,l.

Underground already an ti:tt!.-rground protected liemlqtiarters there and this was enlarged at There

was

NATO expense for the purpose. Throiigliotit the fifties the (‘onimander-in-Cltief. Home Fleet. used to leave his flagship and run NATO exercises as CINCE.-'\S’l'LANT with his staff at Northwood. It was in I960. when the last fleet flagship. H.M.S. Tyne. was abandoned. that the Commander-iri-Chief. Home Fleet, then

.A'dntir:il Woods.

titovcd pei'--

and North-

wood became the headquarters of the Home Fleet under the

H..\l.S. Warrior. Thus established at Northwood were the staffs of the Ail’ Otticer Commanding-in-Chief. Coastal Command. and his NATO staff as COM MAID.IEASTLANT; and ot the Cornmander-in-Chief, Home Fleet. and his NATO staff as CINCEASTL.-\NT. In I966 there was a further cliange when the Commanderin-Chief. Home Fleet. also took over from tltc Commander-inChief, Portsmouth. the NATO job of Commander-in-Chief. (‘lt;innel. and the Channel N.-\'l'O stall" moved up front l-‘ort Sotithwick to the "tunnel" name

at Nortliwood.

liiitials and titles are confusing. so for those who think l\‘.-\TO is jtist another meaningless word. perhaps some explanation is dtie. ln wartime all the Western Fleet comes under N.-\'I'O. that is allied. command;

championships.

Taking part were 50 vessels ratigirtg from the commando ship H..\I.S. Bulwark to eoztstal inineswecpcrs. and including ships of all classes. Specialist demonstrations iii_

men

could cast off their

ON NIGHT CLUB OF THE 19205

H.Q. BASED

R.N.R. PARADE ON ANNIVERSARY

Portsmouth.

2:-.

worldly bttrdcn.-t in emotional experiences!"

Fleet Weekly payment oflicerswctttfront to Western Nortliwood on tip ould be impossible without ships July 1 to try to find out somemuch more work and .stall'. thing about it. I

Jtily 26.

were

much :u.lvaiita:_:e to the individtial. l’a_v arrangeineiits

ttflicct

in the eastern area of the Atlantic (E.-\ST[..-'\N'I') and some in the coitiparatively small but very ittiportaiit Clianiiel

disaster relief operation by ships’ companies from the escort vessels, and a coinmaitdo attack by assault forces from ll..\l,S. llulwark.

eluded

some

area.

This area. stretcliing from the South-West .-tpproaeltes to the Wash. is a focus of shipping vital to [lie security of Europe: thousands of ships are at sea in

it daily.

The Commander-in-Chief. Western Fleet. in his two NATO hats, is responsible for planning and exercises in these areas in peace. and for operating all NATO ships in them in war. This means that the Western Fleet is NATO and NATO cannot do without the Western Fleet. And the headquarters at Northwood contains all the national and NATO staffs to carry_out both the naval and the maritime air task.

New entrance What does it look like?

Frankly at

the moment a confusion of huts and buildings clustered round an old Victorian house. But the small and untidy entrance to the underground tunnel has just been replaced by a proper tip-to-date entrance. and a new ofliec block to house the Western Fleet and Coastal Command staffs will be ready next

Spring.

W.R.N.S. accommodation blocks are springing up. It is already the most important maritime headquarters in Europc—and its importaitce as such is growing. And now you know why we are there. We would rather be in Pompey. and hate being so far from the ships and the sea. but the reasons we can't be are sound. and somehow we‘ll keep in totich—or be drafted back to sea!

I-‘AREWI-'.I.L \'lSI'l‘

During the assembly. the

(‘oinmander-in-(‘hief \\'estern I-'lcct. Admiral Sir John Btrsli. had as his guests the l’arli:iment.ir_v Uiider-Secretary of State for the Royal Navy. Dr. David Owen. M.P.. and the First Sea Lord. Admiral Sir Varyl llegg. who was making his last visit to the Western Fleet before retirement.

August 1. ships were leaving Rosyth in company for manoeuvres under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief, Western Fleet. before dispersing On

for their various de.s'tin:itioiis.

NAVY’SNEW MINISTER Dr. David Anthony Llewel-

lyn Owen, MP. for l’lymotith Stilton. has been appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy. in stteeession

to Mr. Maurice

becomes

Foley. who

Parliamentary

Under-Secretary of

Foreign

Oflice.

State,

I I I I I I I I I I I

SWORDS OF PEACE Smirils of Peace

are

atvzirded anntitilly by \\i'ilItiiisoii'sSttord I.ltl. to units of the three Ser-

vices. in rcco;_-iiition of

“pe:icetti:iIs'cr"

contribulions’. At this year's‘ presentation the Secretary ol' State for I)el'(-rice. .\Ir. Denis Ilealey. is seen with the three recipients (left). incltulint: Cdr. R. A. S. I r v i n 5: t:ontm:trttlirtt: ollicer of II..\I.S. Gurltliu. .

MR HEALEY ON POLARIS

continued from page 1

‘The force in defence. Moreover tlte existence of

can

NAVY NEWS AUGUST was

he l\Il0ClsL'\I out in a surprise zattack. The submarines can remain undetected for long ])L‘l'lU(I\‘ anywhere in the xast areas of the oceans. with all 16 mIs\llL‘\ at Instant I'L‘:tdIllt:\\. Submarines which are operational but not on patrol will also be capable of ltrrng ll1I:ll' nusstles at short notice. Tlte whole intricate and interwoven system of submarine. support facilities. and nusstle has been designed to eliminate any possibility of failure. ‘I’/re romlrhtatiott 0/ t-nm'nrmr.r alt-.r/rru'Iit'r pom-r. imnmltiry from rIt'I¢'r'n'o:t and ('UHI[7I('ft' n'liul1iIiI_v nttrkur our l’oluri.v I"m('¢' a vmttrilmliort to the Western «I¢'f¢wr¢'.r 0/ lIIlIlI('Il.\'t’.u‘_-,-ui/it'¢tIt('e both to our n1Ir't's am! In (my ]!r)It'IlIf(lI

consent.

We shall continue to play a major part in the drawing up in NATO of "guidelines" for the ttse of all the nuclear weapons available to .\’.-\T(), including those we make avail.tl\lt.‘.

em-mv.

So far I have conlined

‘PETS’ AT YEOVILTON

myself

to the

“hardware" side of

_______

Because we are a nuclear power, we have been able to make a special contribution to these discussions. And there is good reason to believe that our European allies welcome the e\istence of one nuclear power on this side of the Atlantic which is prepared ful|_v to comtnit its forces to the alliance. The destructive power of the Polaris submarine defeats the imagination. The missiles in one submarine could cause more damage than all tlte bombs dropped on both sides in the last war. including the atomic bombs dropped on Japan. .-\s H..\t.S. Resolution's 100 per cent successful test lirings at (‘ape Kennedy showed earlier this year, the accuracy of the system would enable a bull's-eye to be scored every time. The re-entry system for the missile is contposed of three hntlics and each warhead. which is a British design, is in the megaton range. With these capabilities Polaris is more than a match for any existing missile defences. As N.-\'l'O recognised this year. its power to penetrate such defences can be maintained at a tiny fraction of tlte cost of building an .-\nti-Ballistic Missile System. This is only one of the many technical issues we keep permanently under review to ensure that the credibilityof Polaris is maintained. We shall have at all times at least one submarine on patrol. and very often two; while on patrol the submarines are virtually invulncrztble. This is why Polaris is such an etleetive deterrent. It cannot

HIGHEST STANDARDS l-‘or Polaris crews. and those who support them ashore. the p:tl’;ttl0.\ is more extreme. They have the great responsibility of operating the ultimate deterrent to war. At the same time, they know that if they ever got the order to tire, their mission would have failed in its purpose. Nevertlteless. they achieve the very highest standards of training and operational re:tdincss—~ the deterrent is never “olfduty"- and complete reliability is the watch-\vord of the Polaris force. All members of the force and their families can be proud of the fact that Polaris E fulfilling an essential part of the defence policy laid down by Her Majesty's Govemment: its contribution is vital to the security of the nation and of the West Alliance, and as such plays :1 key part in assuring the peace of the world.

. A ‘ u ' ¢ a- I

"9' 9

‘.5.

Trials in Channel llcfurc leaving U.K. for the l~':tr l-Iast. Il..\I.S. Hermes carried out extensive llying Ir Is‘ in the I-irmlislt (Thanttel. during which one of the first British Pltantottts. based at Yeovilton. overflew the carrier. Among other \'l\lI0l'S by air nus the Minister of Defence ll-iquipntent). Mr. J. Morris, w ho was welcontcd on board by Rear-Adrniral I-‘ell (Flat: Ollicer Aircraft C'.trrier\‘). and Capt. Parker (Commanding Ofliccr of

Ilernu.-s).

Pictured right :tre four Wren olllccrs who went to sea during trials--(left to right) 3/0 Johnson (Cuhlrosc). 3/0 McCall (Lee). 3/0 Frees (CuItlro_se). and 2/0 Levett (Lee). Tltey are

wearing

our

defenders.

’

‘>.

.‘_,s:.'_:.j’*.'

"‘.'

ski.-.

....

Grccted by (.‘dr Derek Monscll (Cdr. Air) Petula (‘lurk arrives at R.:\'.A.S. Yeovilton during filming. while (below). the Fleet Air Amt‘s arobatics team toast their mascot, a six-month-old lion cub from Longlcat.

Leisure Wear 201- Leave With

....;.«..~..

Polaris. I should now like to say a word about the men who man the submarines, and those who support them IHIIUFC. Scrviccmcn in peacetime are faced with a paradox. They are required to prepare themselves for a war which everybody hopes and prays will never happen. Serxieemen accept this readily enough both because they, better than anyone. know the horrors of war. and because tltey have the satisfaction of knowing that it is their readiness to light which prevents war from happening~—and sometimes by lighting in a small contlict they can prevent a larger one.

DEI-"EATS IMAGINATION

u-ill‘

proud___’

lot of separate and independent nuclear powers wottld be more likely to upset world stability than to guarantee tlte peace. So we are members of NATO. and we contribute our nuclear weapons —Iirst the \/-bombers and now Polaris to the 1'.-\'l‘() Alliance in the same way as we contribute our convcttliottal I'orces—and for the same purpose. ()ur Polaris force will form the British contribution to -.\'.-\'l'()'s strategic deterrent. it permits us to continue to otler to NA'l'(). as the \"-bombers are phased out. a complete range of military capabilities from conventional forces upwards. The submarines themselves will be fully committed to .\'.-\'l'O and their tttissilcs targetled under co-ordinatetl N.-\'l‘() plans. They will. of course, remain subject to political control and could not be used without the British Go\'ernment‘s a

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196?.

ROYAL NAVY’S AIRCRAFT

Portsmouth Cookery School's last class

the most ungainlyPerhapsaircraft action to

see looking during the last war was the Fairey Barracuda. Produced

in 1942 as a replacement for the Albacore, it was the first British all-metal, monoplanc. built for torp_edo-bomber carrier-borne duties.

‘EVERY AMENITY AT

FASLANE'

\\"hatever criticism thc_\' had heard of Faslaiic. the base now had every ainenity. said |.iciil.Cdr. F. D. Lowe. coinnianding \.‘lli|CI-‘I’ of the Porpoise class submarine Finwhtile. addressing the ship's company and their families on the occasion of the recommissioning at Portsmouth on July I8. Finwhale ltas joined the Third Submarine Squadron at Faslane after a l5-month relit. in which she was "taken apart and put together again."

ibuzzfabout

Chichester .ll.M.S.

Chichestcr. according to the Soviet Communist Party newspaper "Pravda." appeared in the area of War-

exercises off Northern Se:indin_:ivia. The :ilso claimed that

saw

Pact naval

report N..-\.T.(). planes were buujng ships taking part. At the time of the report. the Chichester was in Northern \-.'at_i.-rs on fishery protection diittcs.

m o U

chicken. Iish

s s

c s

soullles,

‘eggs’ on Tirpilz

ST-\R'I'l-Il) l.\' [937 The ilcsrgii work for the B.irracii.t.i \l.lflL'(l in I937. ;iii_l the lirst prototype. powered with a Roll»-Royce .\lerlin. flew on l)ccenib:r 7. I940. lslow.-ver. this ‘v\‘.I\ a .'r:tic;il period in the war and production was tal.-.-it tip with oth:r types already in

—-

jellies.

‘Uglyduckling’ laid

Its iinusual appearance was due to the Faircy-Youngman flaps. ohich were inclined 30 degrees for dive bombing. its high wing and tail plane. and a conglomcration of aerial masts. bombs. rockets. mines. torpedoes. etc.. which hung from it like gifts on a Christmas tree.

than 30 years. the Portsmouth Command Cookery School in the Royal Naval Barracks. Portsmouth, well known to virtu:illyevery cookery otliccr and rating in the Navy. has closed down. its work being transferred to the Supply and Secretariat School, H..\-1.5. Pembroke, at Chathant. Until abotit I962 there were School has been responsible for all cookery courses leading to a number of cookery schools. advancement. while the basic one for each home port. one in Malta. and one in Singapore. training for cooks on entry has been c:irried ottl cl_scwhcre—but these have all been closed. Since I962 the Portsmouth latterly in ll..\l.S. Pembroke. Fine examples ot culinary art roasts. glazed haiits. cakes and bread. liors d'ot-uvrcs. canapcs,

After

No. 7

in fact every kind ol food delicacy were on show on July 9 when (‘oiiimndore li. H. Lee. Comntodore of the barracks. p:iid a farewell visit to the school. The (‘ommodore. who was accompzinicd by the Chief Stat! Otiiccr (Admin) on the stall’ of the Comniander-in-Chief. Portsmouth. Capt. C. A. W. Weston. the Base Supply Olliccr. Cdr. l. V. A. Musters. and others. congratulated the training staff and the very last class of trainees. who had prepared such superb examples of their

servcc.

until May l8. I‘)-ll. then. llt.il lltc tirst production B;irr'.icuda .\lk. l took to the air. llowc‘-cl’. only 25 hilt. l'i were built. as the Mk. ll. with a more powerful Merlin engine. flew tor the first time on August I7. I‘)-42. In I043. the last wartime variant. the Mk. Ill. was brought out. This was essentially an anti-submarine reconnaissance aircraft. and had an A.S.V. Mk. X scanner in .t radome under the rear fuselage. It

work.

.\I.»‘\.\\' SL'C(‘l-ZSSES For many years the training stall and the pupils have taken part in the various salons culinaire up and tlttwn the country. and their successes have been

was not

l-'.\.VlOl'S ACTION The llarra.:uda's most famous action \\.t\ in April. 1944. when aircraft from Nos. 827. 82‘) and 330 Sqiiatlroiis from H..\l.S. Victorious. and No. 83l Squadfrom H.M.S. Furious ron attacked the Tirpitz. Forty llarracudas. escorted by 84 lighters. dived between the steep sides of the fjord in two

legion.

At lrlotelympia. Bournemouth. Torqtiay. etc.. they have competed in open competitions with the best chefs. both in the United Kingdom and the continent. and walked oil with medals and comtrophies. nieiidations by the litiiidred.

Fairey Barracuda II Fourteen direct hits. from 1.600 lb. and 500 lb. bombs were received by the Tirpitz. and because of the coniplete surprise gained in the attack. only three llarracudas and one fighter were lost. Other actions in which Barraeudas took part were antisubmarine patrols from escort carriers. the Allied landings at Salerno. and many actions ‘it the Far East. including the waves.

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Other aircraft in this series are the Walrus. Sealox. Skua. Albacore. l-iretly. and Chance Vought Corsair. START YOUR COLL!-IC'l'ION NOW

Torpedo-reconiiaissance air-

and Ill

shattcriiig raid

the oil tanks and the subntarinc base at Sabang. Siinutra. Too late to see war service was the Barracuda Mk. V. This ltad a Rolls-Royce (iriffon engine. and was produced in limited numbers after the war. The Mk. lll's soldiered on after the war. and were finally withdrawn from front-line service in I953. when they were replaced by the Avenger. Of the 2.572 Barraciidas produced. only one is known to be in existence. This crashed in the sea olf Christcliurch over 20 years ago.

and

was

recently

salvaged. lls remains‘. are on display at the Fleet Air

now

Arm Museum at R.N.A.S. Yeovilton.

TECHNICAL DATA BARRACUDA I II III Inscription: (Mks l and ll). Three seat carrier-borne or shore-based torpctlo~bomber

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lacking. The results will be used primarily in the development of

naval weapons. in order to achieve the objects of the investigation severe damage will be inflicted on the ships. and it is planned to beach the ships in shallow water on the foreshore in th: new

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H.M.S. Roebuck beached at Dalgcly Bay in the Firth of Forth after the flrst underwater explosion

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H..\l.S. Safeguard. the shorebased Boom Defence Depot attached to Rosyth Dockyard. will undertake the task of salvaging and refloating the ships for ultimate disposal as scrap. Several explosions will be fired against each ship. although the number of shots and the duration of the trials will largely depend on the local tidal and weather conditions over the next three months. The ships will be extensively instrumented to record the response of the ships to the clfects of the explosions.

NAVY NEWS AUGUST I968

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What happens in the show-business world to supersuccessful women? In "Valley of the Dolls," Barbara Parkins. Susan I-layward. Patty Duke. and Sharon Talc portray the cxcitenient. beautifulclothes. elegant restaurants, lovc. followed by exasperation and the use of drugs which can follow the pressure of stardom. A couple of good Westerns. which will please lovers of gun and list. are also among the latest pictures released by the Royal Naval Film Corporation for showing to the Fleet. The ftill list is as follows:

H.M.S. Pellew spent the week-cnd of July 5 to 8 at anchor off Teignmouth. suc-

cessfully renewing a link forged in 1956 when the ship was adopted by the town. The

rancan.

In these pleasant conditions many of the ship's company took advantage of the pipe, "Hands to Bathe." a rare event in the Pcllew. before setting off to enjoy the liospitality of the shore. At night the sIiip's. floodIighting was much admired. and by day the local hoatmcn did a roaring trade taking sightsccrs out to the ship.

Will Penny-—Cliarlton Heston. Joan H.-ickctt._ Donald Pleasance. An unusual Western combining dramatic punch. No. 682 tough action and tension. (l’araniount.) .

Danger Route—Rii:hard Johnson, Carol Lynlcy. ._-‘tn intricate spy yarn with a surprise twist. Good popular entertainment with adroit blend of mystery. action. Artists).

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Valley of the I)oIl.s—Barl1.'ira I’.-irkins. Susan Hnyward..PauI Burke. Patty Duke. Sharon 'I':ite. Adapted from a best seller. this

‘l‘r:rnee-like now

"Climb every mountain" is a familiar adage and perhaps it is the secret motto of that veteran buccancer among naval gunnery ollicers. LieutCdr. “l)ougie" Pearce. For he it was who undertook to lead :1 party of vonxcriptcd “voluntcers" from l—l..\t.S. .\linerv:i in a bid to climb the Petit Piton. a niagnifieeni. towering volctmic cone rising almost shcerly from sea level to 2,461 feet near the town of Soufriere in St. Lticia. Willi its slightly taller twin. the (iros Piton. these cones form one of the classic sights of the (‘arribi.-an. The two moun-

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Soon after dawn. four ofliccrs and live ratings set off from the ship in a fast motor boat heading for Soufriere. By 0500 they were in the foothillsof the Petit Piton and ready for their daunting task. It had rained recently. The route was pathless and horribly steep while the undergrowth and tropical forest reminded some of the .\lal:tysian jungle.

guides. all bare footed. moved nimbly ahead of the team who staggered along in the thickest and toughest boots they had been able to Iind. Prickly shrubs and trees, alarmingly loose boulders. slicer rock faces. slippery mud slopes —all were somehow negotiated. I-‘oot after foot. up they went. hacking a path often through dense undergrowth W i t h

machctcs. while grime and sweat streamed down their their faces. drenching clothes. Resolves were hardened. wills stccled. Would it ever end? But all good—and badthings must come to an end and after two and a half hours of climbing the first aching. scratched and exhausted bodies emerged into the sunlight at the top.

Admiral Sir Varyl Bcgg. Chief of the Naval Stall and First Sea Lord. At the Ccrctnoiiy the Queen .\lother was received with a royal salute and inspected the gttzird of honour. Then. on behalf of the Queen. she presented the school with the Otiecn's Itanner to the Head Boy. Edwin .\'c\vrn:in. The banner was trooped. and llll\ \'u'.'t\' followed by it march past of the guard :ind the school. In honour of the Queen .\lother. to mark the end of the parade. the guard fired a “feu-ile-ioie."

commemorative mahogany plaque which will be placed on the wall of the school's new sixth form common room. The Queen .\lother. in her speech in conclusion. recalled the deep interest_which her hitsband had always taken in the

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\t.rte for Defence for the Royal \.rv_v and (‘Ii.iirni.ii: of the \.'iiool .\lan;igcinent Committee. the llcadnitister and his mic. .\lr. and .\lrs. N. A. York. and the members of the r\l:ini::'nciit(‘o:nmit|:e. :\5~o .il'.:?.d.tr‘..'c xvi. in

off next year. At the end of the 18th century towns were allowed to mint their own coins to supplement the national coinage. and some of the naval-minded towns identified theirs with the head of a famous scaman of the day.

FOUND AT CHESIL The coin now held in the Pellew was found on Chcsil Beach a few years ago by a rating thought to have then been serving in anothcl‘ Type I-t Frigate of the Portland

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The Head Iloy tliaiiked the Qticcn Mother on behalf of the school. and- presented her with a framed picture of the late King (ieorgi: \'l ll_\'lf'l3_' the foiinrla'.ion ultlllg,‘ ol the \CllIN‘l in |'l3h'.

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I-Ilimbetli The Queen Mother visited the Royal Hospital S C h o o l Ipwrich. on July I5. to present the Queen‘s llanner to replace the King's llanncr which was presented by King George V ‘U yctirs ago. the (_lrii:.-rt .\loihcr was met H1. l)r. l)a\'id Owen. the Parliavn.-ntary Uiiil.-r-Secretary of

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NAVY NEWS AUGUST 1963

‘Rescued’ branch

plans big day

September 2‘) will be a proud day in the annals‘ of the ('it_v of London branch. cs|3cL‘l.tllj- to some of the "old

THE

.st.ilw.it':s“ of the Central l.ondon btattclt. 1,-“M years ago (‘corral was

of going out ot cotninassioti. but tlte "old stal\s.tr:s" b.-;.:;.:cd for one supreme clloit to s;t\c the branch. committees were Nets formed. the name was cltzmgcd front ('ei*.tral London to City of London. and a new standard was acqztirctl. together with a st.ind.ir.I heart-r's sash complete \\i'.h the coat of arms of the ('xt_v of I ottdon. l)li’lZtL'l' .t.u-.ce<. bullet nl:H=s'c% and .oci.ils were ievstarted. and new members, both full and associate. came along. ‘lite September date is the climax. for on that evening. in the crypt of St. Paul's‘ C£l1l'lL'tll'.ll. the new standard is to be dedicated. The branch chaplain. the Rev. 'l'homas llarton .\lcl~Lec. .\linor (anon of St. Paul's. will conduct the ceretnony. and an :||_l[lI’g'\s will be given by the Rev. \\', Atkins. \"ic;tr of St. (icon.-e‘s. Hanover Square. The Royal .\l:Irincs Band of the (’ommander-in-Chief. \\‘e~.:er:i Heel. will be present. and the salute will be taken by the cotuin;tndin_t: olliccr of ll..\l.S. l’resident. Capt. A. ll. Spratt-ls'er~-.til|. R.l\'.R. After the service the parade will rnar.:li to the Drill Hall of the Royal Signals. near Finsbury Square. for refreshments. .-\s the crypt can hold only about 250. guests have to be on

the

point

ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER Patron: H.rt. The Queen "UN|TY—LOYAL‘lY—PATl'llOTISH—C0l'lRADESlllP"

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hrziizches

No. l .-\re.i have ltectt iatited attend.

Port Talbot When ll..\l.S_ Keppcl. ll..\l.S. Dttncan. and ll..\l.S. Odin visited Port Talbot in June. tlte

companies were tlte guests of the Royal Naval Club at a farewell dance and buffet. During the evening crests of the ships were presented to tlte

ships‘

president.

iselcoine

he received and was impressed with the Wear premises ~"the finest I have ever visited during my travels," he said.

Wear outings

Held

Three coaches were required wlten the members of the \\'ear branch gave their annual outing to the senior ntentbcrs of the branch. their wives, and widows of late members.

barbecue

Instead of a meeting in June. the members of the Newton Abbot branch held a barbecue tn the grounds of Cator Court. During the afternoon General Sir Robert Sturgcs. their host. visited the party. supplying the necessary spirit to "splice the main-brace." In the evening the party accepted an invitation from the Bovcy Tracey AFC for darts

HEB BARREL‘

and a singsong. The Newton Abbot branch lost one of its newest members on June IR. He was Shipmate Horace Ellis. an ex-CPO. who had left the Service only one month before his death after 27 ‘cars.

CPO Ellis left the Service from H.M.S. Raleigh. and it was he who made the arrangements when the branch visited that establishment earlier in the vear.

for men who can handle a fistful of flavour .¢--#2:

"We have headquarters‘ of which any branch could justly be proud -:i te.stitnony to the vision and determination of the members of the branch." So said the Gosport branch could be hired cheaply. to the

through “Navy News." Ch..\l(l-Il Baharic was delighted with the warmth of the

cltib. The \i.sit of the ships was a‘ hu_ee success, (In one day devoted to a "sea demonstration." I00 .sclioolbo',.s were taken to sea.

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Gosport extension to headquarters

The number of guests was 10‘) attd. on this‘ occasion. the company was taken to York. .-\rr.tn;.:eineti:.s were made by the main and uelfarc committees. led by Shipmatcs T. White (chairman) and 'l‘. Bland. On June l5 Ch..\l(E) Edward Baltaric. late of ll..\l.S. Albion. visited the branch in search of an old shipmatc. Gordon Gibson. whom he had not seen for 16 years. but had heard of him

Vice-.-Xilmiral Sir John Lancaster. when he introduccd .\tr.s. ti. (3. ti. Grace on the occasion of the opening of extensions to the Gosport headquarters. Sir .lohn said that the transition from the early days of the branch. when meetings were held in any "pub" room which

Slough welcome The Slough branch is doing ever_vthing within its power to make the delegates to the National Conference feel at home. and to assist them in their

deliberations. The conference in the Slough Naval Club starts at ll a.m. on Saturday. September 7. and the members of the Siough branch are looking forward to welcom-

ing.

only

the delegates. but other members of the

not

also association.

The club. provided adequate information is given to the secrctary. can cater for large nttrnbers. Shipmate J. l.. E. Akelturst. of 7‘) Haxvthorn: Crescent. Slough. will be pleased to give members of the association details of all the ;irr;ingements that have been made.

splendid prentiscs of today was the result of hard and patient work over .1 score of years by

many dedicated men. He recalled the invaluable help and advice of Admiral Sir William Agnew and Admiral Grace. and the continued interest in the ‘b'ranch by .\lr's. Grace after the death of her husband. 't'he extensions consist of an addition to the lounge. a new foyer with cloakroom. and a modern centrally-heated flat as accommodation for the steward and stewardess. There are various other small improve-

mcnts.

Sir John. who is the local secretary for the Cancer Relief Fund. was presented with a cheque for £20. This cause has been supported by the Gosport branch since August. I966. and total of donated. a

No. 1 of

£645

area

ls.-en

has

dinner

The Lord Mayor oi the City Westminster. accompanied

by the Lady Mayoress.

was

present when No. I Area held its animal dinner. The presentation of an in-

scribed tzinkard to the ex—a.'ei chairman. Shipniatc .-\tf. Wounton. was kept a secret. right up

Presentation of ls'r.-pp:-|‘.s plaque to the Port Ttillml Royal -.\’:u-.il Club. Left to right: Licut.-('dr. W. M. I-‘orb:-.s (conimanzling olliccr). Mrs. May (.'harlc.s t.\l:i_vor of Port Talbot). Shipmate 1.. Robson (branch secretary). Shipmatc (.'. Jenkins (brunch vice-chiiimian). and Shipmatc D. Enluugli (branch

chnirniun)

to the last moment. as was the bouquet presented to his wife.

Mrs. Alice Woonton. The president of No. l Area. Shipmatc George W. Nixson.

says he

extremely gratified

was

by the success of the evening ---his first social occasion since taking otlicc. ’

Dorking loss

Shipmatc W. Burgess. president of the Dorking branch. died on July 9. Towards the end

of the Second World War. he was the Fleet Mail Officer of the British Pacific Fleet.

Cemetery plan

It will be remembered that Sltipmalc Geoff Wingrovc. of the Durban (Port Natal) branch. visited the old Naval Cemetery at Simonslown. and was distressed at its state. His concern was mentioned in "Navy News." Shipmate Wingrovc has now received a letter from Commodore J. W. I). Cook. the Senior ltritish Naval Otliccr. South Africa. stating. among other things. that the cemetery is to be converted into a Garden of Remembrance. The South African War (iravcs ltoard is at present making a survey of the names of every person btiricd in the cemetery. The Board will decide on the lay-out of the garden. and the re-siting of the many magnificent headstones and rnonuments.

Commodore Cook also said that the combined Cape Peninsula Shcllholes of the t\l0TllS (Meniorable Order of Tin Hats). an ex-Service organisation on the lines of the British Legion. had devoted a day clearing up the cemetery.

Working parties

ll..\l.

ships

from

visiting

had also assisted.

Repulse memories West llain'.s officers receiving presents from the various groups of the German Marine Bund

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TVATNEYS

49"’ RED BARREL

The \\"cst llam branch cafricd om om, of its mm; Su.L.cc\._\fu1 L.mc,.p,.i5c5 Owl. the Wliitsttn holidays. Branch members and their wives had paid two visits to Germany as the guests of the German ex-naval men (l)eu:sch Marine Band). and on June 2 and 3. 50 members of the (Eerman organisation visited West Ham.

The group included survivors of the Bismarck and a mines-wccpcr group. and also men front the First World War.

Shipinazc R. Gunner (bratteli

VISIT TO WEST HAM chairman)

and

Shipmatc G.

lla.\;ter _tl‘rancn secretary) the visitors llarxstch. at

mct

and

tltc branch president. Shipmatc lrtst. Capt. (i. llritton. and Mrs. liritton. met them at the club's lteztdquzirtcrs iii the evening. The branch vice-president. Shipmate :\dmiral Sir Desmond Dreyer. could not attend. but Inst. Capt. ltrittnn read a lcttcr from him to the Germans. The president received. on behalf of the branch. several gifts from the (ierrnans. These

tampions. pennants and pltttittgftttiltfi. Also presented were two six-

included

pint glass brim with

boots. filled

the members to

beer. .-\ll_ managed to get “.stprcrs' at least. One of the boots wen: in the president»-the other to the club. An cvenin:.:'.s entertainment was laid on in the West Haiti headquarters. with Shipmates l’. Nash. '1'. Smith and (3. Baxter being \U.‘ll to the fore as the latest i:roup—-"Tlte lleautics." The following day the visitors were taken on :1 si::,ltt-seeing tottr——ranging from (ireenwich Soho. The Camberwcll to lir.u‘..‘!i provided lunch during the tour.

Your article in the June issue re Darby Allen meeting old shipmatcs was of special interest to me. writes lix-Ldg Sig E. S. Standing. Ashfonl branch scerctary. I also wrote to Darby after reading in last October's issue that he would like-any old signalmen who served with" him in l|.M.S. Rcpulse 1921-22 to contact him. We have corresponded since. bad a reunion in l_.ondoxi and with another old shtpntate. Signalrnatt I. Arntttztge i

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REUNIONS

llarnlrti Natal Fan’: Auitrlallon (t9|4.t9|ai. (mobcr ts‘ .\t the \‘i.i.»:\ IE1-Sciiiccs‘ ('Iuh. ta} 7"‘ Sttmniir Sztrct. In.-“ion. \\’2 lktavls t:.~.'n the SecreMitt (‘ot:.i=c. llcl.h.imp \\'a::cr. tatv

Sudtuin. \utlt-tit

the Pnrrsmiiiiih Itmul \t:trinn l-2\|lo:lrr\‘ ltirinrr l'luh. R M ll.\li'.'I.’l.\.

l.|\'.V'I‘\ an (|;:i~bcr I‘! ,\r,\unc lll\ nu‘ .it'endc.! l~c‘«~rc ‘.-|-'l « \l(‘l.Iti\ ltnrrt inc .\'c.rc:;i:y, Il..\tS.

\‘i::;c:t‘.. (import.

Took brother rhe ‘News’

t0 sea Though it is

not unusual soldiers to go tosea with

for the Royal Navy, "there was a special family occasion about a trip aboard the guidedmissile destroyer, H.M.S.

Hampshire.

Petty Ollicer Roger Good-

torpedo anti-submarine aircrewman serving in the Hampshire. obtained permission for his brother Peter. a military policeman with the Army at 'l‘id\-torth. to join the ship when man. a

she sailed for a week's visit to Malmo (Sweden). Another soldier aboard the Hampshire is serving with the Navy. I./Cpl. Patti Sealey. of the Royal Hampshire Regiment. is the shin‘s bnglcr. The ship and regiment maintain a close liaison. and when a Royal Marine bugler was not available. the regiment came to the rescue.

‘Special’ wings midshipman presented with his_helicoptcr wings at a passingout parade at the R.N. Air Station. Culdrose. had special reason for jubilation. He was Midshipman David Henry Spencer Morgan. aged 20, of Sittingbournc (Kent). who A

four years before had a hoIc-inthe heart operation. the condition having been detected when he went for his interview at Dartmouth. At the ceremony to congratu-

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NAVY NEWS AUGUST I968

late him was his father. I.icut.Cdr. I. H. S. Morgan. who was a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm during the war. David's IS-year-old sister Frances. an Air Ranger, was also present. The family claims to be descended from the buceanccr Sir

Navy. Nicholas was at the Royal Hospital School. Hol-

Henry Morgan.

His gold award

Nicholas Robert Maecy, serving in H.M.S. Daedalus as an artificcr apprentice. went to Buckingham Palace on July 8 to receive his Duke of Edinburgh Gold Award. Prior to joining the Royal

brook (Suilolk). where brothers are still attending.

his

P0 Roger Goodman and his soldier brother Peter Picture by l’()(l'hot) D. Morris

When in Plymouth why not visit THE

ROYAL FLEET CLUB MARRIED AND SINGLE

Ashore with his camera when his ship, !l.M.S. Eagle. was at Capetown, Naval Airman James Herbert Walker, of Bradford (Yorlts) found himself "in the picture" while feeding at grey squirrel in Kirslenbosch Gardens

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For leading his Arab troops through three ambushes within four hours in the Oman desert last January. the son of the (‘ommandant General of the Royal Marines, Capt. liwen Tailyottr. R..\l.. has been awarded the rare decoration of the Iit';\\‘v.‘t‘_\' Medal for Gztllantry of Ilis llighness the Sultan of Oman. Capt. Tailyour. who had been sea came about in dramatic ciru.-entitled from the Royal cumstances for lb‘-ye:tt'-oltl .\Iarincs to the Stt|t:in's armed Dennis Charlton. a trainee subis furCt:°i. now serving with -35 mariner from I'I..\l.S. Dolpltin. (‘onuuando. who leaped 25 feet into the The citation speaks of his "extreme coolness and determination" in the face of the enemy. and says that "his inspiration and

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trying experiences."

Pier drama Taking his first

swim in the

--V-e.——

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in diflieulties. Dennis. who contes from Stoke-on-Trent. worked as a painter and decorator before joinint: the Navy in 1966. He went tirst to H.t\1.S. St. Vincent where he learned to swim. He was on :1 visit to Brighton with his girl-friend Beverley Crockford. of Portsmouth. when they came across a crowd watching a man floundering in the \Vithottl water. hesitation. Dennis and another youth jumped in.

was

Courage

and outstanding effort in the Scottish mountains has resulted in a Commendation by the Flag Officer Naval Air Command. Vice-Admiral Gibson, for Aircraft Artificcr 3rd Class James Hogan. at present in the final year of his

alpprenticeship or.

at H.M.S. Con-

Artificer Hogan led the climb up a diflicult rock face to reach an injured man. and helped in getting him strapped to a stretcher and in negotiating the descent back down the mountain to safety.

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.-'5‘ Last ‘Sunset’ Many past and present members of the Royal Navy will have memories of the Royal Naval Reserve training ship Mercury. On July 15. hundreds of villagers watched the blue ensign hauled down for the last time in 83 years. It

was a

buglcrs

moving

moment as

sounded "Sunset." Crowds without any association with the ship sensed the sadness of the occasion. and among the crowds who silcntl dispersed ercurians— were many old some of over 50 years ago.

AT ROSYTH NAVY FAIR Girl In the sailor's hat

is R.N.R. Wren Pamela Stuart, of Aberdeen attached to l!.M.S. Scotia. M.l!.0. Reserves Scotland. Pamela was at I-'tosyth's Navy Fair and to smilingly agreed brighten up some shots

for the local press.

No decision has been reached on the future of the ship.

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Clean sweep by Air Command field gun crew

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and toil, competitors in the held (iun must have asked thcmsch-cs—"Is it worth it?"

of h.trd

returned to H.M.S. Daedalus on July 15. Vice-Admiral Sir Donald Gibson. the Flag Omcer Naval Air Command. took th: salute, and cottgrntttlated (Etc

‘the answer. for tin: Fleet Air Arm team at any rule. came l.'|~! tntvnth. when it repeated its .~lt\.'cc\- of 1966 and won all thrcc '.rophic5—-tltc Into:r-(‘ornmurtd (..h:tmpion~l\ip. the Fastest 'l:tn.- Trophy. and the .-\;.-;-_rc).'.I.iC t:mc Trophy. lhc Air Command also “on tln: Copenhagen Cup. cU:1t[\:1L‘a.'. 2.»: hy the “B" teutns lwtorc the Royal Tournament. tl:-.:s n~..tktnt: a clczm s\\'ce[_1. \\'l:t::t the \'lL'l\’l'l\"tl't tc..r:‘.

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celebration in the stard-

Rcar-Admirrd C. B, Pratt (rct.). who has always been interested in the crews‘ cliortt. said: ‘'1 am particularly p_rov.:_d of you because I think 2: l\ continued in column 3

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ARRIVAL AT DEVONPORT

onorn NOW

Fuluilies‘ Ihronged the jetty and cheered as the aircraft carrier ll..\l.S. Eagle arrived at

Dcvonport l)ock)'ard

Juml8 nfter 10 months in the -.\Iiddlc East and Far F.'.tst.

Up-to-date DlClL.'t'C-S. information, news and views of the Royal N:-.v',' and its ships.

“Just trying tl:uI‘.s' cup for size" “:13 tllrce-,\t-or-old Robert (left). son of I./Sen AI-an Gnhh and his wife .\li.s'on.

Complete the coupon lzelow.

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With so many families and so many pictures. it is- excusable to find one uith the caption missing. But “mum and the boy." in the photograph below scented so I_\‘|1i(‘:ll of the occasion that it seemctl ti shnme not to print it.

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\"\\-'3' NEWS AUGUST i968

F.A.A. ratings to get first volunteer release call in two months

Assurance of

overall surplus of General Service ratings

Redundancy

promulgate

in July a closer estimate ol' the redundancy programme. This message gives the best forecast the Board cart make at present, and is_based on the .-atatenients of Government defence policy

published in White Papers in

February. I908.

I968. These slatentents

and

ranh.

July, ratings.

the period between now and 1973. by which time the withdrawal front east of Suez and the phasing out of the aircraft carriers should have been comcover

plctcd.

.-\s tltc end of this period is still nearly five years away. it is

uiipossihle at this stage to give precise ligurcs for retltirtdatti:y. .|iltl sonte ailjtislnteiits to the miiiiber given in this message .-u.t_v he l'lL't.‘\l.‘tI .l\ planning progresses.

Keeping balance In

of the Fleet and the extent to which personnel can be transferred and retrained. but also the need to preserve branch sIniewhich are tures roperly balanced by age and ‘l'he niessage is divided into three sections. Section A otitlines the general policy for reditndancy. Section 8 deals with otlicers. and Section C with

making

the present forceast the lioatil have had to consaier not only the ltiture \lI.L‘

SECTION A policy discharges will Redundancy he kept minimum -

to tie

conrtin-

sistent with etlecting the down. No one joining the Navy between April 1. 1968 and April I. I973. will be cottsidercd for redundancy except possibly a few air trallic control oilieers. No one promoted to otlicer between the same datewill be declared redtindant. Volunteers will he called for. but if these are iusutlicient or tinsuitable for any reason (for example because of wrong seniority or length ol service) then ollicers. ratings :iud R..\l. other ranks \vi|l have to be detailed for reiltiiiilaiicy. Volun-

Retl-.-p1o_viite:il. F.ver_v ellort is

being made

to oller to ollicers become surplus to the

who flt.‘CLl\‘ of their own category :r.insfer into other speci:ili.sations or sub-specialistitions. 'l‘rans-fers will not be made unless there will be reasonable career prospects and suitable eiiiployment in the new cateWV)’Limitcd opportunities of transfer to the R.A.F. will also be available to fixed-wing pilots in the rank of lieuten:int-comniander and below (GL) and rsl.) and air tratlie control ollieers. These sclteittcs have been and \\:lI continue to be published in I).('.I.s as they are evolved. liven after these steps have h.-en taken. it will be necessary to make smite ollicers redunilattl. The l'ollo\\i'ng is the best estitnatc that can be made at present of the number of :~tli.'ers' Iilsel_\ to he aliected:

(':ipl:iin—l5 seamen. engineer. I0 supply.

Commander—50 seamen, 20 supply. 30 mechanical air engineer (this tigure excludes about 20 commanders (MAE) whom it is hoped will redeploy under D.C.l. (R.N.i 30l/68). IJetitertzint-cumrnzinders and below ((il.)——.-'\.s' far as can be seen at present there are unlikely to be any redundancies

among lieutenaiit-coniinanders and below in the engineering and supply Spt.‘L‘lLlllSZlll0llS. or among seamen lieutenants. A

surplus of

lieutenanteommanders will. however. arise after the completion of fixedwing flying and on present estimates it will be necessar to make about I00 redundant. ‘his redundancy will so far as practicable include Volunteers from the seanian speeiiilisation as: :1 whole. seamen

Lieutenzinl-eonimandcrs and below (Sl.)—.-‘ls far as can be seen at present there are unlikely to be any redundancies

among

Supplementary List

sca-

engiiteer. and supply lieutenatit-comnianders and bemen.

low. after the completion of lixeil-wing flyirtg. There will he an estiuiatctl surplus of 100 lieiiteriaitbcotnmanders(SL) and lietilenants (SL) fixed-wing aircrew. The numbers to be made redundant will depend u on how many SL ollicers take t cir break-points between now and I973. and how many are willing and suitable for retraining in other catcgorits. Air trriflic control officersOn present plans about 30 ollicers will have to be made rcdundanl. The ultimate future of this branch has not yet. however. been decided.

Special Duties l.lNl"-Sv,'.'ll'llL‘ll

20 (AV). -30 other

sub\pcs:l:tIis'.-.lluns'. supply 25: air cttginecrs 30 (Ali) 100 (:\l.l (AR) and (A01: engineer ‘)0 I0) (RI-I) and (L). ’l'he.s‘c ‘)0 (ieneral Service redundancies will arise because of the reduction in General Service billets afloat and ashore which will occur with the cessation of seanien

lixed-wing flying.

Instructor officers-—lt is expected that about two instructor captains. seven instructor cominanders and 40 instructor Iieutettant—contntandcrs will be made redtindaiit. A few instructor Iieutciiant-commanders will be made redundant in 1970. W:1rdiiiit.sler.\:--It is expected that about six ofliccr. in the Wardmaster Branch will be made redundant.

Royal Marines—There will be

few. if any. olllcer redundancies in the Royal Marines and the total is not expected to exceed l2. These would be in the ranks of major and captain. Other oflicers—-There are unlikely to be any redundancies among medical. dental. ship-

wright.

ehaplains. nursing ollieers of the Q.A.R.N.N.S..

Careers Service lieutenants and W.R.N.S. ollicers. Redtindaney of 0lllCC.'S will be in two phases.

SECTION C

who are not selected will he so informed. Wherever possible. at year‘; notice will be given to those selected for redundancy. but

tcers

officers, ratings and R.M. other ranks, once they have

gnuuonuc-r ETIRININQ FOR

fin-rru. some

llte opportunity to change branch or siih-specialisation.

There will be

overall surDins of General Service ratings, including those in the Submarine Service. Redundancy will, however. be necessary for l-leet Air Arm ratings and probably for some Royal Marines other ranks. There may be opportunities for volunteers to transfer from some Fleet Air Arm branches 1-.) General Service after I970. Normal arrangements for neengaging will continue. but men whose engagements expire before April I. I973. and who do not re-engage. will not be eligible for redundancy.

IF 10

OF ARV

Resettlement

"The only vacancy I have at the moi-in-nt is in the recniit-

lite rctltittdaiuy pro;.;raiiinie and the selectioii of personnel to be made redunu'.tnt. are being: or-g:inis'ed in the Ministry of l)et'ence l.\'..\;.' l)ep;irtnieut). .-\ll ollicer°. ratiiigs and R..\l. otlter raiilcs nominated for retluntl.iney will be gixen .1 personal rescttlcincnt interview if llte_v so wish.

I).(f.l. I (-8 gives iitforin;.tEori ::l‘t‘ltl fcsclllclllcill and retraining l'acilitic,~‘, 'llio.s.: tltiitkiug of volunteering for redttridattey are strongly titlvisctl to study this D.C.l. and seek any further guidance trout their rcs’cttIern.:.".t t‘Ills.'57l'.

period.

A D.C.l. will be issued in

October. 1968. detailing the categories and senioritics of

ollicers from whom applications tor

phase

1 will be invited.

No notation will be made on the records of applicants who are not selected for reilundancy. and the fact that they applied will have no effect on their subsequent naval careers.

Applications‘ for phase

he invited in be

2 will

D.C.l. tR..\'._I to

ptIl)ll\llCLIearly in

I90‘).

Notification Applicttnts for rcdiiiidaney will be notified whether or not their applications are accepted

about two months after the closing dates for applications. This will allow time to give all olliccrs about l2 months‘ notice before they leave the Service.

Principles which will be applied So far

Sub-lieutenants‘ (SD) who have been nominated for redundancy will be eligible for promotion to lieutentittt on their Iinal shot in the zone tsuhilet to recoinrnendation) if they are still serving on that date.

Retirements

Wrens, and nurses of Q.A.R.N.N.S.

There will be no redundancy in W.R.N.S. ratings and LEI‘.

D.B.P.

cases

Ratings and other R.M. ranks who have applied for dis.l‘l.'lI’8C by purcitasc may. provided they simultaneously with.lr.iw their discharge by purclltlfitl applicatiott. volunteer for reduntlancy and take their chance whether they are -‘elected or not. Compassionate discharge will coiilintie under normal rules.

Volunteers who are accepted and those detailed for redundancy will be treated in the same manner. They will continue to serve under uonna! conditions. e.g.. receive promotion. advancement. pay. ctc.. between the date of their selection for redundancy and their limit dis-

will be only three months in which to decide whether or not to apply. The second

F..-LA. redun-

dancy will probably total about

3.000 tu.:n and may include all branclics. A further D.C.l. will be issued in the second half of 1969 giving details of this redundancy and of al'l'3l"I;.‘L"li\‘I1lS

for transferring to c.-rtaiit General Service branches.

Royal Marines

There will probably be aboiit 250 ollter ranks including llan.l Service to be made redundant. This redundancy will not occur before l97l. An announcement will be matte as soon as numbers can be forecast accurately. but this i: unlikely to be before ll".'.l-l‘."."‘.'.

L.E.P. Divisions The gzeneral policy for the rundowtt of the Malta. Sin-,:.ipore and (loan divisimis has already been promulgated. The liong Kong Port Division will remain at about its present autliorised strength until I972 when there will be rednetions in the cook and steward branches. Detailed rundown olicy for all LEI’ divisions be prornulgated through the local CbnllllilfltlsConcerned.

will

charge.

However. they will not be put on higher training courses without the prior approval of the Ministry of Defence (Navy

l)epat'ln‘.el‘ll).

Ollicers who withdraw their applications to retire voluntarily so that they may be considered as volunteers for redundancy and are subsequently not nominated for redundancy must re-apply for voluntary retirement if they still wish to leave the Service. The basic date of this new application will be the date of volunteering for redundancy. Compassionate discharge will continue tinder norrttal rules. llefore redunilancies start. the voluntary retirement waiting period for all engineer olliccrs will be progressively reduced to the normal period of about two years (D.C.l. RN. 3')/68. para. 4). A D.C.l. is being published on this development.

Q..-‘\.R.l\'..\.S. nurses

RATINGS

Two stages F.A.A. redundancies will be made in two stages. The first stage will occur between October l. I970 and December 31. l970. The second and larger will occur between January 1. i972 and March 3t.

1973. First stage redundancy will consist of roughly 750 men of all Fleet Air Arm branches and rates. with the exception of naval airman (.\let) branch. naval airman (SE) branch. naval airntan (phot) branch. chief artificcrs and chief inechartiei:-.ns all trades. A D.C.l. will be issued on September 28. I968. calling for l’.A.A. rating voliititcers for rematurc release under re unfor the first stage dancy terms :l11flll'lgOctober I. i970. Applications called for in the September, 1968. D.C.l. will be required not later than December 31, 1968. This means there

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practicable. redun-

dancies will be made from ollicers who are volunteers. The overriding principles. however. will be that (:1) Officers remaining must constitute ll crims--section appropriate to the needs of the Service. tb) ‘Hie career prospects of otliecrs remaining in the Service must be safeguarded.

Promotion After nomination for redundiiney. oflicers will no longer be eligible for selective promotion. Automatic promotion will continue aftcr noniination for re-

(lundancy.

inn field. Would that appeal to _\oi.t'."‘

officers

l'liase I from October I. I970 to l)eeeinber El. 1970. it iuay be necessary to discharge a few olliccrs during this period. Phase 3. 'l he ntaiti redundancies will be eliected between April. l')'I'l and April. i973. the bulk towards the end of the

—

Transfers from the Air Arm ?

been selected. niay be allowed to leave earlier if they so desire and can be spared without detriment to the Service. Those being discharged redundant will bc posted to UK.hased service billetsfor as much of their Iinal year as practicable. Where it would be in the interests of the Service. olliccrs. ratings anti R.M. other ranks in surplus categories will be given

Section B—Effect

forecast

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We need six British Engineers to work with the Imperial Iranian Air Force. to service Tigercal

guided

weapon systems. Intensive Training if you are an ex-technical NCO or a chief P.O. with experience in weapon. radio. or Radar systems. we'll pay you a generous rate of probationary salary and allowances during your training period. This involves intensive tuition on the Tigercat weapons system at our Training School. A medical examination

will precede acceptance for training. Terms and Conditions Alter your "crash" course. you will be posted to Iran where the duration oi employment may be a minimum of one year, but probably extending to tour years. A salary and allowances based on the cost of living and the hours oi duty will then be paid. Annual bonuses will also be paid. upon completion ol satisfactory service. Please apply to: G. L. Aurel, 8l'lor'lBrothers at Harland Limited. Airport Road. Queens Island. Belfast. BT3. SDI. lnlerviews will be conducted in Belfast & London.

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COMMISSIONING ENGINEER

MEN! Help Yourself While You Help Others:

A Company spccialiting in the rnanuiacturc of "Tailor-Wade" Rotating lilcctrical iiquipmcnt and auociaicd Control (Bear (up to I00 ItV/t/Ill’)

require:

We can give you the OPPORTUNITY to Have FOUR WEEKS PAID HOLIDAY each year. and five weeks after two years. Have your own modern bed-sitter and ioin in the fun at our Sports CIub—Football_ Cricket, Tennis, Badminton, ctc.—and .1 beach hut at Wortliing on the sunny South Coast. Work in pleasant conditions in the company ol YOUNG. GO-AHEAD PEOPLE. Be within easy distance of SWINGING LONDON and all its attractions. Receive your PAY WHILE YOU FURTHER YOUR EDUCATION. Provide yourself with qualifications which are accepted in most parts oi the world. and secure your future. MEET AND HELP PEOPLE Does your present iob compare favourably with this! Or do you look forward to the same dull routine each dayl A number of vacancies will occur shortly in our training programme. for men of I8 or over with a good standard of education. who are prepared to ioin us on the nursing stall at West Park Hospital. three years training.—Al|owanccs start at £430 at I8. or £59l il'1I or over. plus London Weighting of £50-£75 if living out. with cash grants of £40 and £50 on passing examinations. Certain service nursing qualifications may entitle you to

higher starting salary. Apply to the Chief Male Nurse. West Park Hospital, Epsom. Surrey. mentioning this advertisement.

British Transport Police need

Constables and

Policewomen in London and the Country Leaving

throughout

the Services? Then choose

really

Mon :19-35 and at least 5ft8ln. Women : 19-35. single and at least El‘! 4 In.

THE GREEN oosponr

Due

the

expansion of the Workshop Area the following vacancies exist: recent

SHEET METAL WORKERS ELECTRICAL FITTERS

MARCONI TEST ENGINEERING "

ELECTRONIC WIREMEN PAI NTERS

closed-circuit

of the following: television

digital systems. Applicants should be of O.N.C. or C. & 6. Telecommunications Final standard or have experi-

Factory with good working conditions

. Area rates of pay, plus merit pay to

one or more

transmitters. receivers. aerials.

E.V.T. COURSES CAN BE ARRANGED

Q Earnings up

Electronic Technicians who are able to undertake the critical test of advanced aeronautical and missile electronic systems are required at our Basildon Works. These posts will be of special interest to men with experience

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Airwork Services ltd. Bournemouth (Hurn) Airport Christchurch, Hants

offer employment to

Ex-Service men and women of all trades and particularly those associated with the servicing of aircraft, ancillary and ground equipments. Vacancies occur in many parts of U.K. and there are good opportunities of overseas service for men (and their families) and excellent prospects of

personal advancement within this expanding Company. Pre-release training courses can be arranged. Enquiries should be addressed to the Personnel Manager

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write to: chief constable (Recruitment). Dept. 8 British Transport Policy. PO Box No.26 rm Royal. London NWIO

BENCH FITTERS

CnllIull.I.\ll¢ young

worthwhilecivilian job. Variety,generous free travel. good pay. pension. Here is an opportunity for those with intelligence and initiative. Qualifications: Physically lit with good eyesight.

C. 8: N. (Electrical) LTD.

Dcnartmcnl. The post invnlvet wnrit on interesting and varied contracts (includintt IlIlpOtI.II1l N.u-.rI ('nIlilt'.lCl1) and L‘lIl.lIl\ \‘l\iII lu \lll? (ihllhlli the United Kimzdnntl at IIlli.‘fl:'.|l\ and int «hurt rwriads. The \UCCI.‘\\llll C.IIl\lIt.l.llL‘ would I9: qu.rliIil:d In .Il ltxut 0 N C. \t.md.trd. ll-WC l>€~7«Hl \.‘\l\t:rit-mt: iii the abuse cqulpxrlcllt and iv: t'.I|'\.ilvl: til vmrking

electronic fitter in

IIISPEIIIIIIIS

Elliott-Automation of Rochester. Kent. continues to expand and now has vacancies lor the following experienced Persennel:-

ASSISTANTS TECHNICAL with and

To assist the development. design commissioning oi our wide range oi Avionicequipment. Suitable applicants should either be studying Electro/Mechanical Engineering already or have experience in this field. (Rel EJWIIOI)

ELECTRICAL FITTERS

Capable of servicing Airborne equipment. Etpericnco In H.M. Forces. RadloIRadar or small detailed fitting with an electrical bias would be an advantage. (Rel PW/lot)

ELECTRICAL TESTERS Capable of carrying out functional tests on complete equipment and sub-assemblies. fllfllllflfl adjustments or calibrating reporting faults and diagnosing their causes. (Ref PW] lot)

ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS

Able to work from drawings and circuit dingraxars and capable ol inspecting Airborne equipment to military

specifications. (Rel PWIIOI) A_npIica!ions in writing, giving brief dclails la.‘The Personnel Manager. Elliott-Automation Limited. , -

. Company pension scheme

Apply“, writing or Phone 5059037 37-392

are staff appointments with excellent conditions of service and attractive salaries. Rented housing is available in appropriate cases.

These

Applications to Mrs B. Brigden Personnel Officer. The Marconi Co. Ltd., Basildon, Essex (Basildon 22822).

Airport Works. Rochester, Kent.

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When ll..\l.S. Alcide rettirned to Portsnioiith on June 27 she had been ztwziy front her home port nearly ll \\'L‘CIt\. The gale that greeted her in the Channel. unusual even for an English June. was a marked contrast to the i\lediterr;ine;in where the previous two monthshad been spent. between exercises the \vas taken_thr_otigh the Corinth In _.\]‘_-id‘: caucd _-it Gib.-3][;"-. (_an;)|_ winch ‘S thrcc n"|‘_-\- Iong .\l:ilta Piraeus (the port of and only 80 feet wide an interAthens). Izmir in Turkey. Souda csting trip. followed in the Gulf Bay in Crete. and Kalzimatri in of Corinth by some of the most .

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includcd_ some memorable “bomb-site runs" to the Acropolis in Athens. and to Ephesus in Turkey. which must have been a wonderful run ashore

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Mrs. D. W. wife of the cutting the cake at the recomtuissiunini: of IL“. Submarine Aelieron. at Rosyth on July 4. The present Achcron (L380 tons) is the eighth ship to hear the name. She was launched at Chntham on March 25. I947. and completed on April 17. 1948. She was modernised in 1957. streanilincd in |96I. and completed an extensive refit at Ru-._\Ih Doeltynrd this year. Il..\I.S. Achi.-ron is primarily a ltins:-range patrol suliiiiziriiie. Her main urmtiment consists of six torpedo tubes, l'our fiirutird and two aft.

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NAVY .\'F\\'S :\UCiUS'l’ I968

Diana party’s ‘skill and gallantry’ wins

At di\'i\ion~'. on Sunday. \\l'lllL' l‘l..\l.S. l)i.1ii:t was on lleira patrol. the lirst lie1itenl.ieut. Cdr. ’I‘e:1gue. ltlll. marine engineer otlieer, |.ictit.-

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the (‘oiiiiii:intlei‘ in Cliicl"'.s coiiiiiicndatiotis by the comtiianding otlieer ttklr. J. '1'. 'l'onilin.sonl for iheii shill and 1.1.-.ll'.ititi_\‘ tlttriiig the s.<.l\'a-ge of tlic 33.tiiitl-ton S't‘:mi»li tanker ll.:lii;i (iadilana in the Medi—

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terraneaii

A party boarded the tanker loaded with oil from Rtissizi and fought :1 severe lire in the eligiiie room. It had been burning l.\’ hours by the time the l)ian:1 party got on board. and took lll hours to estiiigitixli and .s'.1\‘c the vessel.

and Sherwood and l.cadiiig Slewaril Slade went on :m expedition to .\’lorocco with a party of the resident Arniy l3illl1lllt.‘ll. the Royal Ulster Rifles". living: till’ the land. They returned stitilitirtied and niucli travelled. having been down to the Atlas‘ :\lt\lIlll$IlllS as well as (‘as.1blat1c.‘1. While at Siiiiiiiistouii. a party of (ill were lucky enough to get ticket»; for the British Lions‘ match against Western Proviiice. and the Di:ina‘.s and Grenville's made :1 colourful splash of blue in the grandstand.

due ceremony the ('apI.iin presented a cake to the editors and slillli. ’l'() Sl.\'G.-\l’()RI-I Lots‘ of dog-wateli '_.'l|ll‘.L'\ \\ ere held on the upper deck. the \‘.:Il\ll'Ut\lll won the shooting coiiipezitioit. aritl the ship's cn:ii~ paiiy uere lookiiig fur\~.;1rd to a concert smin to be held. The Diatia will he goiiig to Siiigapore to meet the l'leet for a ten days c\eI‘Cising before entering the tlockyard for :1 short

period.

liarlier in the C(\tllI‘ni\‘s‘itII‘l. at (iilirallzir. .\lidsliipnieii .\l:1rtin

THE P()S'l‘.\l.\t\'.—-I)uring Iiotli Ileira patrols. ll..\I.S. l)i:in:i was well sent.-d uith mail dropped by Sliaicklcton aircraft

SIIARK NI-1(‘l\'l..-\(‘I-I l’.(). Bates of l-l..\l.S. Diana no“ sports a line .sli;irk's tooth lle'Ckl:1L‘cZIS’ a result of "lilleting" :1 9 fl. l7tl lb. grey nurse shark cauglit by .-\.l3. Taylor 11 hen the Slllp was on its lirst day of a lleira patrol. During a week in .\loiiib:1:a iiiatiy were able to "get atsay from it all" for :1 few days to the well-appointed N.:\..-\.l’.l. leave centre at Silversaiid. while others went inland on safari. The ship is now full of wooden animals and car_viny.s. but there is some uoudering at the sigiiilicauce of ii Masai .<1ltlL‘llJ and spear in the "ITS. Back to Beira again. :1nd "Private Di." the .ship's newspaper. celebrated its 2l:~t cditieii. Willi

appoiiitnient.

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Tirpitz—the ship that had to go

C-.irII. \. S. ..-niriiantl .m.l

—

.\toiion. Sea F..1iile in

.\c:iior Naul ()"l\CfNuulu.-in I:cl..u.t .\‘.neml1cr 2‘). Card. I. K. tid:r~P:rtit-iztnn. St. \1n;ent in kiIlIIl'll.llltJ .\'IHt'tIIl‘(r 6. Llrut.-(‘ill. J. (3r:iIl.nI. Reclaim in conimand ,\ii-.'u.\i 7. Lleiii.-(fit: D. P .\tt-an. Fulmar to: 736 Suuadr. .-ti :'.iiu:d, October 23. Lleul.-Cd A. .5. Joan. ll‘\\Lfli:lu.'1 July 29 and in u‘.'I‘ll'Il.llNJ -.£.:.b.r. I.l¢ut.-Cclr. ‘I. I’. Ilaven. Zest in t'1IlIIfII.IntJ. lulr tl. I.lcuI.-Cdr. W. H’. F. Ch:ulcr1nnIllt-hon. ('.1ri.'t;c July ‘I and in L\‘.'I‘t.n

—

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World War I Wrens

Eighteen First World War members of the Women‘s Ro_v;i|

entertained to lunch at the Nullicld Club. Portsinouth. on July 5. by Mrs. Fl’t'tl:I ('orh_vii. Most of them had mil met for over 50 years‘. but Mrs. Corhyn had somehow iiianagcd to keep in touch by letter (H er that period. Those who attentleil (maiden names in brackets) vicre: .\lr.-i. Stirritlgc (.\la;:gic .-\u.sten). Miss l.ilian llarris‘. “rs. Hziukins t.l:1niec l’eareey). l\ll\'& Ilray. .\lr.s'. Sinipson. Mrs. l)ycr. Miss llutcher. Mrs. 'l'ruut ll-Illa Caultieldl. .\Irs. Brooke (Mtidge Me.\rtliur). Mr.‘-‘. Sperring (Elsie (lalpinl. Mrs. Corl)_\n ll-'rerl;i Crzmley). Mrs. Lake tllorothy Smith). Mrs. Sslrgctlltt (Lilian Divine). .\Ir.s. Sp eneer (Marne I-Ini.slc.\'). Mrs. Dotlds (Ivy Drake). 1\Irs. Jetlries (Alice But-kn-.1ll). Mrs. Rice and Mrs. Cooper. l\'aval Service

were

-_%.‘5nu

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I)ainl_v combined fourth out of 1'): rille sliimlilltz. fifth

and .si\tIi out of I2 teams; l:ll)lt.' temiis. first in an interiizilinnal knock-tiiil (P0 .l:iclison of (iiilatealz ten-pin lltmling. fourlli out of I2.

BOOKSHELF

the 'l‘irpitz!" That was the order for. .’Is‘ \\'lt‘lslt|tl Churchill put it. "the whole strategy of the war :urn.s at this point on this ship." While the pmserfiii aliip was from C.\lcl‘lsi\'c research into .iflo;itvjust by being afloat wartime records and iritervietu she tied up large naval forces by with participants‘. gives a Illtlsl the threat to convoys which graphic and gripping account of the efforts‘ of all concerned. were the life-line: of the allies. Declared iiminkable. Tirpitz displaced 5(i.t>t)(l ions (f1ill load). length was 528 feet (0..-‘\.) and Plastic tier complement was 2.340 It has been a stock joke for ollicers and men. that fathers buy model Arnianient consisted of eight years 15-in. guns. l2 5.9-in.. I6 4.2-in.. trains for their children and then nionopolise the toys themas well as I6 37-mm. and no selves. fewer llian 64 20-mm. guns. in the same way childThe armour was considered to renMuch are given plastic construc~ be able to defy all shells. It was 5 to l0 inches thick over the tion kits. and then father heso interested that he. too. ship's vital organs and. at the comes take: tip this fascinating hobby. water line. an armoured belt 6 ln "lfow to yo Pltislic Modelfeet’ wide ran front before the forward turret to abaft the Iiii_:.-" (I’um'ck Stepliem I.nI.. after one. This belt was l5 London. !;'.C.4, 25.12) Chris lillis has produced the first book dcinches thick. Such was the ship which had voted exclusively to plastic kit construction. to be sunk. Tirptil. became the With practical extarget for :1 series of ingeniously amples. numerous full details devised and dramatic assaults. for 14 including aircraft, tank and ship Mines. midget submarines. conversions from standard kits. aerial torpedoes and bombs- the book l76 pages. 80.000 all were tried. some achieving words. 79 half-lone illustrations. considerable success. of scale drawThe Fleet Air Arm and the and seven pages caters for all kit enthusRoyal Air Force made 15 at- ings be iasts. they beginners or extacks on the ship between the end of January. I942. and the perts. actual sinking on November 12, In “Sink the Tirpi't:." by I.¢"um':.' I’¢'i'lIurtl fIrari.rIuI¢-d from the Fri-ncit by ()Ii'n-r Colmrn; Those who collect medals had Jmmlltmi Capt’. 355.) the author. that apart from the intrinsic who has recoiistructed the saga value oi the objects, they be-

collecting

come

tent.

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the hobby. As‘ .-Ilia‘ .-l. I’i1r1'cs says in "('ulli't't'i'rt; .\lt':Iuf1 um! l):'('oniri'uu.1"‘ (H. .»l. Seiil-_i‘ !.I«.’., 59-65 tirvrll I'm!/ulltil 5Irt'¢’!. Ltmdim. ll'.I. 351.), "'l'liere is something thrilling and satisfying to have in your collection. medals worn by men who stormed the fortress at Badajoz. who took part in the battles of Traf;ilgar or Waterloo Based on 25 years‘ serious collecting. the author writes on naming—-genuine and false. unoflieial bars. copies. housing a collection, buying and selling. building a reference library, etc. A first-class book for the serious collector. H. R. ll. .

S.D. S~cliool to be St. George

Special Duties Olliccrs‘ Fraser Gunnery :1t School. E:istne_v. has been named H..\I.S. St. George as from August 1.

The School

The school inlicrits a name well known in the Royal Navy down the ages. Perhaps the best known in recent times would be the training establishment in the Isle of Man in l939. it was transferred to Gotport in I945 and paid oil’ in 1948. There Iiave been eight other St. Georges. :iiid b.1ttle honours include Copciilizigeii and Baltic.

PAPER DOLLS MISSEDA DAY two~and-xi-lialf~year AT SEA EORPHAN FUND comtllls.slOt'l .-\fter

in which 4! ports 1-. ere visited in four continents. the frigate H.1'\l.S. Falniouth is going into dockyard hands for two years for conversion which uill enable her to carry :1 helicopter. When the Faliiioutli arrived at

June 27 wearing a paying-oll pennant. there was some tliszippoiiitnient among the crew. For the trip from Plymouth. the Paper Dolls pop trio had been invited to join the ship. They were siipposed to arrive by 7.3t| :1.ni. but did not make it until .\.-30. by wliieh time it was too |:1te to get them aboard. The prograninie laid on had Portsniouth

included the girls issuing

lots.

:1 tour

of the

de_monstration

slinging. During

ship.

rum and a

hamiiioek

Ctlttltlitssltill tier H..\l.S. Falmoutli steamed 107,000 miles in 362 days at sea. The ship's con1p;1n_\' stood by during riots in Hong Kong and Aden. went on safari in Kenya's game parks. and penetrated Caribbean jungles‘. The conimanding otlicer. Cdr. D. W. Brown. is taking up a new appoiiitnient as‘ Fleet 0P¢r.’l.tiutis Ollicer on the stall of the Commander-in-Chief. Western Fleet.

The amount subscribed to the Day Orphan Fund Tralalgar du_riiii: I967 iv-as £4,959 ]9s,_ and has been allocated on a this l’\.'l\’t.s' of £33 ls. -ld. for every Rtfifill N:_ivy_:iiid _Royal .\l:1riiie child ftlilttllillltcxl the .

liomes.

various

haxe 'l'enl1ome.s l5tl

the care of cluldren. The ai_noun:_< distributed in Ill‘-' ltrv-‘Viotis tour years have been: I963. £5534 l6.~'..: 196-3. £1513 as. 3.1.; 1965. 24.1553 lo.-. 3t.l.2 I966. 2.5.555 95. 3d.

3111

REMOVALS & STORAGE

Galziteal

soccer.

Newoitr-tie

modelling

Rear-Admiral E. B. .-\shniore. Flag Ollieer Second-in-Coniniand of the Far East Fleet. was promoted vice-adniiral from July 24. His appointment as Vice Chief of the Naval Stall in 1)¢c¢mb._-r_ W68. was announced last month. in date Ninembct H, and to hold Rear-Adiiiiral G. A. Hender- mand the Link at ..-nimodore.

lI.\I. ships Gal-atea and Dainty represented the Roytil i\';ivy at the annutil intemationzll the sweet-t. “Kit.-ler Wot:lit:." held at Kiel in.lt1ne. Ships also attcmlcrl from German). l'nitetI States. Belgium. Netlierltiiitls. f\'oru:i,i'. Deiiiiiarli Sweden. and Mexico. (‘onipctitioiis resultetl as follows: stilling. Gal-.1te:i ..si.-cund overall out of I-I crews:

"Sink

son. :1 former (‘ommodore of the Ro_val Naval Barracks. Portsinoutli. and :11 present the Senior Naval Meiiiher of the Directing Stall of the imperial Defence College. is :1; appointed to be the Chief Naval Suttllli’ and Secretariat Ollicer upon the death of Vick‘-.'\tlmlt':ll Sll’ lloracc lyddon. Adniiral Henderson continues in his‘ linperial l)clet1ec (ollcge

i;mL'5.'liL..i.‘til._

recognition

('dr.

GALATEA g AND DAINTY AT KIEL ;

gtftetnnriatit

Ronton W. Glucr. l.0!E.\l PIO

S7483.

‘.'I«'22.

I|.3l.S

Veriilam.

.\t.ucb

Antbnnr P. Ilnuell. Att. Ann.

(H1219. !I..\l.S. Caledonia. Anril I3. Ronald Parlttntou. All l"() 57726. ll..\l.S. Renown. lime 2.

Anlllmu Brown. .\ItlEl l. DIO 90355. ll..\l.S. ().'.i:‘.c. Juric l9. l);IIld R. .\I:rlntu\h. All PIO 74775, ll..\l.S. R<.l.1irn. June 22. Ru. II. A. J. Wood. Chaplain.

R..\. ll..\t.S. Victory. June 26. Anthony Patton. N/\.'vI I LIO S‘.“4. ll..\l.S. llcroa. June 27. Vlilan C. Collier. Cot R.M. 2:l.w, Sid Cd.) tide R..\l. June 29. Nlzrl II. (2. Barnci. I..‘olA. P/0 7-I413. RN. Hospital. llaslar. July

Snshltla T. llecralal. Sn: Naval Nuke. OARNNS 03H. R.N. Hospital.‘ Ilutar. Jul)‘ 7.

CUP FOR THE NATO FORCE

NAVY NEWS AUGUST 1968

ATHLETIC RECORDS

Three new times for the discus

NATO Standing The Naval Force Atlantic-the tirtst "intemationzil" navy to be permanently formed in peaceIinie—now has an Internalioiial Sailing Trophy which will be held in the flagship of the force. and raced for as opportunity tI('(‘III’S.

Kiioiin as the l~‘oreshcetman's Cup. the trophy was originally established at Kiel in 1929 by the then Captain of the Ilasc. The idea was that it should be competed for by nnvies of different countries. and at every Kiel regatta until I939 the trophy was raced for by visiting navies. After the viar the cup was handed over to the Royal Naval sailing Association.

If .

un-

OCEAN

Left to right: Cdr. J. P. M. Godhcr (Secretary of the Royal Naval Sailing Association). Capt. G. C. Mitchell (Commander. Standing Naval Force Atlantic). Cdr. S. G. Ilarre (Commanding Offiecr. Federal Gennan Ship Bayem). Cdr. B. Spark (Commanding Oflicer. H.M.S. Argoriaut) and Cdr. G. Johnson (Commanding Otfieer. U.S.S. Gleiinon) but has not yet been comCdr. .l. P. M. Gndber (SecreG. C. Mitchell (Comnitinder for. of the Standing Naval Force peted tary of the R.N. Sailing On July I2. at Portsmouth. Association) presented Capt. Atlantic) with the trophy.

RACER WILL HAVE

Sailing through the eye of :i great storm was probably the deciding factor which cost

After

flying back

England

—I.ieut.

Leslie \\'iIIiam.s. photographed beside zi model of the old clipper Cutty Sark

I.icut. Leslie Williams the chance of winning the singleliandcd trans-Atlantic race.

Rigging

7 1

.-.a-

makeshift gear with bolts from the engine when the sclf-stccring device was damaged. he eventually pressed on despite the further handicap of a dislocated right elbow. injured during the 500-mile solo qualifytip

ing voyage. “Truly I was single-handed." he

joked on arrival at the finishing line. ‘the tirst thing he said when met at sea oll Newport was: “Sorry about that" to representatives of Cutlv Sark Scotch

Whisky. his

sponsors. However.

when told he was fourth home. said: "Well. that's not so bad after all." BIGGER BOAT? The sponsors are pleased with the performance. especially rcmcmbering that the first three boats home were specially built for the race. rind that "Spirit of Ctittv Sari." was at standard entrv.

l.ieut. Williams‘ would like to take part in the next race in four years‘ tinie—niIh a bigger boat. There is talk of :1 Navy v. Army race back across the Atlantic. :1 crew from Sandhiirst having bccit chosen for the winnirig boat. "Sir Thomas Lip-

.£-.

R.N.S..-\. "star" Sir Alec Rose will probably have his famous

yacht "Lively Lady"

and Lieut. Wil|ianis's

display.

"Spirit of

Cutty Sark—also R.N.S.A.—is likely to be on show.

NAVY GOLFERS' BEST SINCE pericncctl Royal Navy golf. THE WAR performance year's

The team put since up its best Interthe war in this Scrvici: Golf Tournament, beating the Royal Air Force for the lirst time since I938. but losing to the Army. The win over the R.A.F. was only the second game the Navy has won since the war. the last being against the Army in 1956. This year the

Navy

team

assembled at Sandwich during the week previous to the tournament. for a training course eondtictcd by the Navy coachJohn Stirling.

V0‘ s

in major competitive

The Army won_ the foursomes 3! to l and the singles 6! to I].

STRONG NUCLEUS It is evident that the new ideas introduced at the beginning of the year are beginning to produce rt resurgence of Navy

golf.

The team is young and enthusiastic. though with the esception of Holmes and Morrison. comparatively inex-

Nixon. Swann. Martin and Greenwood all show Consider-

able promise. and with more match practice against county sides should form a strong nucleus for the team for some years to come.

The results must give great encouragement not only to the selcctors—C:ipt. W. I. Campbell and Surg. Lieut.-Cdr. D. Holmes —in vindication of their ideas, bu: to all golfers throughout the Navy

Royal

Tournament

fencing

In the fencing clizintpionships held during the Royal l'oiirn:iment at Earls Court the Dismounted (‘liampion at Arms was Lieut. L. C. Llewellyn. who was also second in tile Individual Foil event and fourth in the Individual iipce. Lieut. C. C. Walker was first in the Individual I-‘oil and fifth in the Epce. 3/0 F. J. Heal was fifth and Wren W. M. Palmer sixth in the Women's Services Foil. The R.N. Engineering College. Manadon. won the InterUnit Team Fencing Competi-

played against

trial match

'l(1H

In their last fixture of the track season. I’. R. llorwood. of the Royal Naval Athletic Club (South). broke the R.N. record for the mile. His time of 4 min. l3.8 see. was one second better than the previous record set tip in I959. Although LAM Peter Gabbett failed in his attempt to achieve the Olympic qualifying mark of 7.200 points. his total of 7.082 points set an Amateur Athletic Association record for the dccathlon. NAVY TRIUMPH Track Cvclin: (‘tiamnioruhlm were held at Nottingham. and. [or only the third time thil The

two new records

Inter-Service the Royal

century.

R.A.F.

was

Navy

‘on.

The

second and the Army third.

(Juutandine pertormer was L.\t(E) Dtnxlcdein. who in: first in the 1.000 metre sprint. was in the team Ihifill won the ts‘-lap team pursuit. and was in the team which came second in the

5-mile point-to-poir-it.

see team sniriit rise." correspondent, "and to see Mei-h. Ann. Roberts (NM 5. Lynn and I.1('pl. l'.irlter (45 (‘dial rain cor-itidcnce

“It is good to

sins

our

enourh

talc

sexy aczne [tall in the

the miles. "The coinage of .\lt!’.) llielby (Il..\I S. Centaur) ins ILIITIIIJIVIC. as ac on rust recovering from a steam burn. “The rnoit heartenlne perforrnanee came trorn ts-rear-old Arr. App. lettcoat tll.M.S. Caledonia). who showed track ability. courage and determination which aueen well for .\‘ny c)'t‘linx."

Inter-Services b_v

Sgt. John Watts. of the Royal Marines. the Royal Navy had to be content with third place

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iritcrirziliorizil :ittd R..-\.l7. champion for thc cighth time. on the lasr grccn.

the Army garnc. the i\asy .st.-ciiicd to suffer an clcmcnl of reaction after their siicccss against the I{..-\.I".. riltliciigli the matches were closer than the scores might sttgucst.

Mile record

lin (1.. Wren Rhodes).

came

relay.

As Europe's

(Bolling Society.

Wlicii it

GABBI-'.'l"l‘S SUCCESS The two records which were equalled were the I00 yards and the 4 by ll0 yards relay. and in both of these LAM Peter Gabbctt was concerned. At 10 sec. he equalled the record for the I00 yards. anti he was anchor-man for the Air Command relay team which returned a time of 44.! 5 sec. The men's trophy was won by Air Command with ISO points. Portsmouth obtained tl6 points. the Royal Marines 963, and Plymouth Conimand 35}. WRI-ZN l~‘.\'l-INTS Air Command Wrens won the women’s championships. Air had 77 points. Portsmouth 75. and Plymouth Royal Marines 27. PO Wren Deirdre Watkinson did her stuff as usual for Portsmouth. She won the 100 yards. 220 yards. 440 yards. 80-metre hurdles and took part in tlte winning of -t by ll0 yards relay. Air Command was first in the

—

strong side frntn the ()\l'ord and Cariibridgc

somes

the lt)0 yards. and went on to take the 220 and 440 yards and Ill: 80 metre hurdles‘ title. Wren H. Crampton won the high jump. Wren A. S. Bennett the long jump. and the Wrens also won the four by Hi) yards‘ won

on (I new

matches to fotir. it was evident that there had been a considerable improvement in the standard of play in the Navy team during the season. :1

U.rbri‘ifgir

July /7 he u_'.:rtin St’! up rrcuril —IIii'.i u'Im' 0] I75 [ct-t.) at

Despite

Although losing by eight

In adtlition.

.rhip.r

high jump (Wren Craniphernel. first in the long jump (Wren Bennett). first in the discus (Wren Donaldson) and the juve-

tori." with :i naval crew for the "Spirit of (‘titty Stirk." Tlterc is likely to be a strong Royal Naval Sailing Association flavour about this ye:ir‘s Navy Days at Portsmouth.

Two records ucrc brokcri ;ind two equalled at the Ro_\;il Navy Athletics Cllillllpltlnslllps at the Victory Stadium. Portsnioiith. on July 2 and 3. in the litter-Scrviccs .-\tlilct:'c The first record to go was the Chzimpionsliips at Uxbridge. six miles. I. Std Iioh .\Ic:idows Team plticings wcrc: R..»\.F. returned a time of 30 min. 5.05 points. Army I36. and Navy sec.—22.-4 seconds better than 9 the old record. PO Danny McWatts broke the discus record Fadzean was second. with a throw of I75 ft. and The other record to go was smashed the inter-services‘ shot that of the discus. Sgt. Watts. record with a distance of 53 ft. who. in June at Crystal Palace. lit in. had lifted his own record from The Navy's only other win 168 ft. to 170 ft.. added another was by LAM M. Killeen. who 8 inches to create a new Navy won the long jump. record. The Wrens. however. took the (Nuri'.—S_cI. ll'm'I.r .t’IIbSt' Inter-Services Women‘: title by qurrirly broke I/It.‘ di'.icii.r re- ‘It: points to the \V.R.A.l-'.'s 55 cord liri'c¢'. In the Ryilrr and the W.R..-\.('..‘s 53. P0 Wrcn Deirdre Watkinsori Tropliy riiiwirig (U Suuthmnpton on July (I he re! (1 new “.15. as usual. the niainstay of recon! of I72 ft. 2 i'rr.. and in the Wren'.s team. Equalling the the hirer-Si'n'i'ri'.r cIimirpr'un- existing record of IL-3 see. she

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CREA James Wilcocli of Darwin (Lanes). the Rtmkc hands it ship's crest to the Russian teani captain. receiving it pennant in return

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FOOTBALL AT

When the Russian research ship Kosnionaut Vladimir \ ‘~-,_ Koniarov visited Gibraltar in June, the ship's football team took on H.M.S. Rooke. the Royal Navy side winning by the odd goal in three. “The first half brought no goals. but the Russians hit the '

uoodwork twice and their bad luck continued into the second half when two more shots rattled oil the upright. Gradually Rooke‘s ability to control the ball. which bounced awkwardly on the hard surface. paid off. and they took the lead after 54 minutes. The large Russian element in the spectators‘ stand had sortie reward for the constant and loud support of the "oomrades" when

their right winger found himself with only the Rooke ‘keeper to beat. He made no mistake as he side-stepped the ‘keeper and slid the ball home. In the latter stages of the game Roolte were looking the better team. and with only a few minutes left on the clock. their constant at:acks

finally brought

the wintiing goal. It was a line game. played with great enthusiasm by both sides. Only two free kicks were awarded during the whole match. The referee was CPO Jones. the PTI of H.M.S. Rooke.

Ben Nevis Race A new trophy called the Loch iel Cup. presented by Colonel D. H. Cameron of Lochiel. is available this year for the lien Nevis race. This year's race is from King George V Park. Fort William.

Saturday. Sep:cmber 7. starting at 2.30 p.in. In the past there has been a

prize for the best all-round team. anti also a prize for the best performance by a member

of ll.M. Forces. The new Lochicl Cup is a special trophy for inter-Service teams.

Teams are to consist of four members (tlte first three home counting) and are entered free.

GIB.

SPORTING

ROUND-UP but it is necessary that each individual in the team submit a personal entry form costing 55. Team and individual entry forms may be obtained from the Secretary. Ben Nevis Race .-‘tssociation. .\‘lr. M. M. Macmillan. Cameron Squarc. Fort William. Entry forms should be returned by August 23.

Rifle shooting

The annual triangular rifle shooting match between the R.N. Rifle Association. "the Army S.R(b) Club. and the Civil Service R.A. was shot at Bisley on June 29. and was won for the second year by the C.S.R.A.

Highest possible

was

l.000.

The Civil Service team scored 919. the R.N.R.A. 909. and Army club 900. Naval competitors were: AA Paterson (95). Ahl I Cullum (93). COEA Bagulcy (92). lnst. Lieut.-Cdr. Branwood (9l). CEMO) Leadbcater (91). AA Down: (9l). REA Shaw (90), Capt. Looker (89). POSA Kendall (89). EA Crosslcy (88). Counted out: Sub.-Lieut. Daly (87). and POMA Mead (87).

In rowing final

The Portsmouth Command entered two crews in the first Inter-Services Rowing Regatta at \\':tl|ingft)t'd at the end Of May. The novice fotir was knocked out. but the iunior four rowed through to the final of the

Kempenfelt Trophy. The winning crew was formed by 1.8 P. Hedge-Holmes (Vernon) bow. L.\l(E) G. Jenkins (Collingwood) No. 2. Sure..Lieut. (D) J. Hartley (St. Vitieent) No. 3. .\ltE) J. Barrett

(Vernon) stroke. and Lieut. D. Bell (Collingwood) cox. The Navy. with two wins to

the R..-\.l-‘.'s and Army's three. was represented by crews from Portsmouth Command. the R.N. College. Dartmouth. and the R.N. Engineering College. Manadon.

Keel boat win The Royal Navy retained the Coningham Cup in the InterServiee Keel Boat team races at Scaview on July l-4. gaining two wins to one for the R.A.l’. and none for the Army. The R..-\.F. started strong favourites. having got four of the first six places in the individual races the day before. but had the misfortune to lose Mcwilliam (the new inter-service individual keel boat champion) right at the start. a rule infringement leading to retiremeni. The Navy were able to beat the R.A.l'-'. by three-quarters of a point. Both R.A.F. and Navy then went on to give the Army a sottnd heating. The Navy team were: Capt. Johnson. C.S.O. to F.O.S..\l.

(captain). Surg-Capt. Mooney

(St. Vincent). Liettt.-Cdr. Carr Yeovilton). and lR.N..-\.S. Lieut. Bruce (H.M.S. Caledonia).

Bisley winners C/Sgt. Peter Mercicr. the Royal .\larine champion. won the gold medal for the best aggregate in the Queen Mary premier rifle service match at

Bisley

July I7.

He scored 348 out of a possible 400. C/Sgt. Mcrcicr also won the Queen's Medal for champion shot of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on July 13 with a score of 777 out of a possible 90l. Championship of the Royal Navy was won by CPO George Lcadbeatcr. who scored 763. He also won the Service Rifle cham-

Launches

cost «Is.

Born in I9-83 and brought tip in South Devon. Charles Llewellyit started fencing at the Nautical College. Pangwhen he was about

bgllfllc. I

joining Britannia

Before

Royal Naval College. Dartmouth. in September. I96I, he had fenced for Berks, Bucks. and Oxfordshire. During his year at Dartmottth. which included It CI'lll\‘c to Scandinavia with the Dartniouth Training Squadron. he fenced for Devon. won the Devoit cpce cliainpionsliip. the SoutliWest epee clianipiouship. and started Navy feiieitig.

taking

fence against London——an honour which occurred again this year.

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Llewellyn. won the

Lieut.

Navy

secre-

championship

epee

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Lieul. C. [.lC\\I.'ll)'lI l9(»-5. and was the Royal Tournanient Inter Services champion in l965. Coming to this year. Lieut. Llcwel|yt't took part in the

South-West. Navy. and the Combined Services. In I965 he was picked for the "Rest of Britain" team to

and this Include: the cost ot tlrlnl tuition. Lieut.-Cdr. L. D. Vitae. of

ll.M.S. Colllnncod. is the club

SPORTSMAN or THE_ MONTH

engineering degree. but he fenced regularly for Devon.

The Porhmnuth Naval Glid.nI Club. operating from ll..\l.S. Daedalus at \h(ck~cnd§_ would ucl.'omc new merribers. Service and docltvanl personnel are elinibtc for membership. which costs annum.

Lieut. Charles Llewellyn. now serving in the Leander class frigate l-l.M.S. Naiad as. a weapons engineer olltcer. is interested in various sports. but his greatest love is fencing.

years were spent

pionship.

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since his 'teens

A'l' TOURNAMI-LN!‘ in July. I962. he won the Young Officers‘ Inter-Service epee championship at the Royal Tournament. His year's training as a midshipman was spent entirely in the Far East. Joining R.N. Engineering College. Manadon. in September. 1963. the next three

the National Rifle Association

meeting

I-Ionours in fencing -"u'-'-l'u"u'-‘l-'d'h‘d'bV'h'h'h'H'h'-'a'-‘-‘l-H-'-'u'-9-'a'

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comNavyfirstchampionships. fourth in in the

ing epee. the foil. and fifth in the sabre events. and being second in the "Champion at Arms" title. At the Royal Tournament Inter-Services championships he won the “Dismounted Champion at Arms" title. was fourth in the epee. second in the foil. and tenth in the sabre. Married in I966 and now living at Alverstoke. i.ieut. Llewellyn has raced for the Plymouth Command at sk_iing. and has taken part In sailing. rugby. and basketball establishment level.

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SHOW-JUMPING TEAM SUCCESS Queen's Cup. won this year by The King‘: Troop. R.l-LA. The high standard of the naval team is reflected by the fact that

For the third year running the Royal Navy show-jumping team won the Queen's Plate for the best non-horsed unit in the annual Services‘

lumping Competition.

It was also the second year tli:tt the team had been second in the overall competition—1lte

Call to chess

each year it has beaten the Household Cavalry. King's Troop's other teams. the Army liquitation Centre team. and numerous other units. The R.N. "A" team consisted

l_,_

Lieut.

E. C. Atkinson (H.M.S/.\l. Aeneas). Sub-Lieut. R. Harden (R.N.IE.C. Manadon). and Suh-Lieut. T. H. Masterman

(H.M.S. Dryad).

The "B" team consisted of l.ietit. C. W. Dallmeycr (ll..\l.S. Dolphin), Wren S. .\lalier (R.N..-\.S. Culdrose). and NO P. Wilson (H..\l.S. Dryad).

players

Championship

(3rd Combined Sen-ices—5th R.A.F. Championship) is to be held at R./\.F. Scampton from September I5 to 20. Naval chess organisations or naval persottncl interested in chess are invited to take DimFor the Dust tun years a Combine-.l Services congress has been held. and .-\rnty and R..-\.i‘. players met in a It)-round Swiss 'l'ourn:iment. but no Navy A Chess

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players participatctl. The R.A.l-'. and Army Chess Association have played annual

‘t

matches since I958. and li:iv_e also played against the CI_V‘Il Service and l.ondon University as well as strong county teams. teams.

Naval participation would make the association and events truly Combined Services. .-\ny naval player interested. not only in the charnpionsliips. bttt also in games over the board or by correspondence. should contact Chief Tcclinician W. M. Adam. Royal Air Force Chess.

Sgt. Toni Shenlon at the end of his record-making trip

Scampton (Lines).

Canoeist sets up third record

lty circling Singapore,

tiislttllcc of ()5 miles. in l2 hrs l‘! min. Sgt, Tom Shenton. aged 33. of the Royal .\l:it'il‘lt.'s‘. ha.» set up his third canoeing record. Pa d d l i H g aiiti-clockwise around the island front one side

L':ltI\C\\'.l‘_v' linking it to the iiiaiiilatitl of _\l;;l;.y;; to the other. he cut more than 5L'\L'll hours from the I‘): hours

of the

narrow

Royal

.\larinc twoa man canoe some years ago. in 1901 Sgt. Sheiilon. now

taken

lieutenant

petitors

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the first

complete the

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in less than 24 hotirs. To escape the worst of the serving in Singapore with No. 2 Special Boat Section of the tropical heat in his aroundRoyal .\larinc's 3rd Commando Singapore bid. Sgt. Slienton Brigade. cireumnavigaled Malta. started down the Joliore Straits which has a 45-mile long coast- at 2 a.ni. l-Ittrlicr he had set himself :i large: of H liotirs. In fact line. in a two-man canoe in his time would probably have 8 hr. 55 niin.. a time that has been less than I2 hours hurt for still to he bettcred. In the Dexizes-to-\\'cstrnin:.:gr being tlelayctl hy the lt“.\ visibility ot a iitoiisooii downpour. race. he and ti Royal .\larine Printed and l‘utvlt-turd to: and

finished

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Ford.

paddling

strongly. although his hands were badly blistcred by the salt water. The overcast and cool

weatlier he encountered was ideal. and he admitted conditions could not have been better. Sgt. Slicnton ioined the Royal .\l:trines in N52. lie is tnakiiig l’.tr l-'.:i~l. ills third \isit to ..-..i to Singaliaviii-.: pret iou pore in the cn: 1-cr liiriiiingliam I and with 40 Coininando. ~

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