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vy1Tews JULY 1973

'BLAST OFF' FOR a 0 ART'-, The first Sea Dart missile ever to be fired from any ship in the world streaked away, from the Royal Navy's latest destroyer, H.M.S. Bristol, during trials this month Wales. As part of the Bristol's powerful weapons system, the Sea Dart is a ship-to-air range missile which also has an anti-ship capabilit. Compared with the Seaslugs fitted to the County class guided-missile destroyers, the Sea Dart has considerably improved surface-to-air performance, quicker reaction time, considerably improved target handling capacity, and is lighter and takes less space. According to Jane's "Weapons Sysicins'' publication, the Sea Dart is fired dance system being of the semi -active from a twin launcher, and is capable of ''homing all the way nature. Work on the Sea Dart began in 1962. dealing simultaneously with many with test firings in 1965. Development targets. The nussik' is virtually a thick - is now complete, and the system will walled cylinder built arouna the Rolls - be installed in the Navy'., Type 42 Royce Odin ramjet engine, the gui- destroyers now building.

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Not his back pay but £1,X%i which Bill Temple won in a raffle aboard his ship H.M.S. Sirius - just returned from the West Indies.

Extra attraction at the Royal Marines Amphibious Training Unit's stand at the Poole Boat Show in May was Vicky Osborne, Miss Poole Herald, who graces this Gemini dinghy. Picture: LJA

Geoft Moore

The wife of a petty officer in H.M.S. Tiger has written to the Prime Minister asking that should pass on "to people dealing with transport" the disheartening situation for the Navy's family travel compared wiTh the other two Services. She raised the subject of pre-payment passages and indulgence flights, and went on to point out "that Army person-

nel serving in Hong Kong can fly out any relatives, such as mothers, fathers, brothers, and sisters - in - law for only £42," adding "that this is dreadfully unfair as these Army boys are not even separated from their wives.'' Two years ago, said the letter to 1r. Heath, this naval wife visited Singapore, her husband paying £125 for the return air fare. They had been separated six moths, and faced a further six months after their reunion holiday. On the plane, all the other wives, who

had been separated only six weeks, had paid only £15 for the trip. The final straw for her was a further opportunity to visit her husband when his ship was in Singapore, but she had been told the fare would be £125, plus £65 for accommodation - to be paid immediately. "This meant that any hope of me going out to Singapore for a holiday was out of the question," said the letter. (Special report

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NAVY NEWS JULY 1973

DRAFTY'S

CORNER:t

uninitiated

Roll On

Flippin' Twelve) To be. or not to be? Sign Â°' or go? There are lots of ways c 4JRmc out: should they be taken?

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There's no doubt that some people make plans for leaving the Navy years in advance of the terminal date of their first engagement. and have a new career firmly in their mind's eye long before they leave. It is not Drafty's job. nor the intention of this article. to attempt to change the minds of these men.

However, Tlicv

who

(.to

precious little long range, to opt olit. tor\ (lone little or nothing to prepare themselvesinto

havc

outpost at Fleet Assembly

wish to

had a release

look forward to!

[date

leave the

mitn

will

fake

all IpplICZttIOns for reentry. will be accepted. If in doubt it is scrisible to cheek.

and their future release date. llis should be (lone via the pity, rise!divisional symem prior to disbk This article is not so much a plans several years in charge, or, it already in civvy street, via the advance to leave the Service svord of caution to such people recruiting offices who will have would hardly change his mind as an attempt to define l)raflion which at the last minute, unless the branches ts for saferegarding reponiblitie are open for re-entry. circumstances it prevailing guarding the interests of those in short, the rules for that time change mho don't opt out. For

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NAVY NEWS JULY 1973 " Below: Smiles beam out from P0 Wren Carol Gibbon and two other top communicators - Albert Wunng (left) of the Royal Netherfands Navy, and Guenter Schllchtin9, of the West German Navy. The trio competed against each other in the teleprinter section of the NATO Communications Competition at H.M.S. Mercury. Picture P0 BI' Se"

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GIRLS' SIGNAL SUCCESSES 'Iwo Wrens serving at II.\1.. 1ercurr have scored what might be called signal achies elnCnts in widelr

differing areas of comrnunicat ions.

Se el1tt'n-% ear.old Wren Ruth cladstone. s ho has just completed her training as a radii) operator at the Royal Nas Signals School ill Hampshire. ecvls in another sphere of ent,iii nical 11)115 sa '4riting. Ruth son the national prize as "ell as conhilig top of her age group in the National ('oat Rxard's Safety Essas Competition s ith her entrs " SafeR in a hut' a hit's emen I for a tim ice in such a field.

specialized

tier parents. Mr. and Mrs. .1. ;ladslime, s)ere at London's Cafe Royal on June 1 to sec Ruth, "ho joined the Na in \larch. receie her prim. from Mrs. Kirk, ife of the N.C.H.'s Director of Public Relations,

Kath-leen QUIZ TROPHY Second "signal'' sIucctss '415 t) N) Wren Radio Supers isor ('arid (;ihlxHl, wife of I'0l9't I>as id Gibbon, of the Roy at Nas 's Vt recruit uncut teal)).

Wren Ruth Gladstone: essay competition winner

22-ear-old

..,

Great non-escape

it tlLL\ I'C :t ludicrously simple statement. hut ou can't slip anchor and make a ttct;t a from the scCflC of a crime the ship ill \1/4 hich ou are escaping is in cert at n I tloesn t 'lid escape the of a gang of jewel tities es !it an I-astern \ledttet -

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tanean pot \ hose exploits we ecotintett in ' I he Burglars.'' one of this titotith's films issued to the I let hr the Ror il Naval Film Corporation. Without "t ship to speed off in. the criminals turn to cats - and the film includes one of the most e',cltlntt road chases seen on the screen. The culisted the help of the tc tics to control lie cit 's police. ii St ne in. ister F: itTi I iuht s. and \111111111c11 dros c through the morn i nt rush-hour t r:mtTic A lot of tcmpe N crc traed - but not one car was scratched :iccidcntallr

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Last month she became the first girl to enter the , NATO ' t Communications p m m i ' ( titiuli, held at l4.\I.S. \tercurr , "here she is an instructor. tier team won the competition's Qu ii Trophy. The Royal Netherlands Nas miere overall '4inners, receising the ('timinn ii icat ions Challenge Cup, vibilc the Communications Relay lrophr s4 ent (ii Itat ( 'ompet I ng '4it h Carol - s hose inot her sers ccl as a Third Officer at Gibralt ar, 25 scars before Carol joined the Nas in 1967 - Acre Radio Operators Class II (hiffre Shilton and Kein oakden.

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Ilie (ru>iiuutstar Conspiracy --- ( eoi ge Peppird. \ltclitel S_mrra,in. l'hrillci ssith .tn exciting and Illzcilimnls plot in s hich an explostttn wrecks the ;licit st here top'secret spice proiect.mre researched. \I:mn scientists tile hut one survivor Is suspected of hcinn tile trititor. No. 129. CI('. Mueker Roone Pulp - Michael ('ante. I .t,al'eth Scott. Wit and slapstick ire nicek Is lanced ill this fun-filled cortied thriller thou t a I tilliller-writer who gets insolved in real nturtlers. No. 13(1. United Arttsts. The Burglars - Omir Shirif. Dan ( mnitoti. lean-Paul lid mondo. Jewel obbers ire prcs ented ft ont in;mkiiig :i quick getu iv becmiise the ship in -L .1 good look at l'hcre's IIOIILn.Z he ie :5_tv',- t ' ctVL t Ii cli t lie planned to lea s-c he country is in he world. And in some great company. tI . -dock Subsequent events include mc rair car But that's only half the storY. chase. No. t 31. (oliimhi:i.Warner. We also give you a good secure ob. lielp.vou get ahead Our \1i Fred "- 1)annr- Lit Rite, Alfred as fast as you can. Add in plenty of sport and adventure. \l:irks. I amnce Peicis ii - ''Fred' poses is a won)an And we pay you well into the bargain. 0 escape being taken prisoner by the C ierrnmns in So why not cut the coupon - and come travelling. rmnce in the Second World War and uses his disgutse to flee a party of Briton,. Name .-ntert ii tiing :udventuue. No. t32.Anglo. Esl I Red Sun - ( 'hirtes l3ronson, Ursula Atidress. Addrcs It tie stot r about in Americati gutitimzhter who t )tc "t minis in v itht a l:mn:mns,' tt:,rri,r it 05''7i1 after . inquirmcs ir,flt Us residcnt'. ye outlio. s:ittik "i bitll;n till. No. I 33. Columbia. artier Royal Naval Careers Service (905 1N3) Old Admiralty Building. London, SWIA 21W. l)raeula A.l). 1972 - C hristopher I_ee, Peter u him. Slcplm tnt,. Hi, mm_him I r',mnm_ to r misc tile l)e 1. :1 group of young partr gcc.'rs succeeds iii ROYAL NAVY -talsing t)tacul;m. who livens things tip more thin a----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------little before c rumhti ng to di st again. No. 134. ( thiinhi;i'Wmrner. II.

Leading Airman Photographer Stuart Wood found himself on the other side of the lens When he took his camera along to the Miami Playboy Club to cover a visit by the Royal Marines Band of H.M.S. Ark Royal. As he was the only rating there in full uniform, he was asked to pose with three Bunny girls. LA Wood (25), from Norfolk, is married and we are assured that his wife knows about this assignment!

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Mink: lsrii.i( ..itn tm i aced to Folkestone in aII'ss ci (0 .111 etflt7rpcflcy Call ill mite found the cross channel port viriuall paralysed by a 35011'i. 'econd World War contact mine in the inner harbour.

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The hair I want

I agree that nearly everyone who wants a change in the hair rules does not want to be like the Dutch or Scandinavian navies, as was pointed out in the May issue of Navy News. The majority of young sailors would be quite content if the were allowed to have their hair thick at the back down to the collar, and thick at the sides so that it could be brushed down in modern style off duty. If the Navy. cannot think up guidelines for modern hair styles they could ask the London Police Force, who have obviously managed to achieve this. Enclosed is a sketch giving an idea of the length of hair I have in mind. It looks smart.and isn't long and scruffy. NAF H.M.S. Heron. In reference to your comment on the letter entitled ''Cutting Remarks" (June issue) I would like to point out that in an to seek hair I was attempt longer approached to put forward what I thought would he ideas acceptable both to the authorities and to those who want longer hair. I put forward no fewer than 20 diagrams of different hair styles to show what the ''longer hair brigade'' really, wanted, and in due course was informed that the articles would be forwarded to higher authorities. Since then - over three months ago - I have not heard a whisper. not even a "thank you'' for my efforts in trying to put the case intelligently. Ken Lee-on-Solent. Your remark about long hair and Channel ferries (May issue) is an implied insult. I would like to point out that there are many, ex-RN. and RAM: officers and ratings, serving R.N.R. officers, anti also members of the sister Services on the ferries who maintain what is now called old-fashioned standards. I (10 not want to labour the point, but anyone going to the exhibition of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, in London, would see what happens when long hair is caught in machinery - and even a writer on a Gestetner is not exempt. Careers officers might advise recruits of this one good reason for shortish hair. K. L. A. Dale (purser) (ex-CPO writer) 'is Maid of Orleans, Dover. Every few weeks I am told to get a haircut, when my hair has hardly had time to grow from

know if there are any survivors around. Incidentally, the wives and friends of the injured were well cared for by Mrs. Remington and her husband, the licensees of the Prince of Wales Hotel. Warwick H. Camp (Ex.SBCPO) Bristol.

" "First" degree

I am afraid that CPO Angell is not the first external degree recipient (April issue). I believe this honour went to Chief Stoker "Pincher" Martin with whom I served in H.M.S. Tbescus in the 1950's. He received an Honours H.A. degree - all by correspondence - and I think he is now a teacher. Albert E. Lloyd Wolverhampton.

" Ganges training

Your pictures of the Portsmouth rigger on the H.M.S. Ganges yardarm (May, issue) reminded mc of my, experience at Shotley. We boys in our leisure time used to go up the mast and look out over Harwich harbour, and I fell off the port yardarm on to the netting below. Fortunately the wire netting broke my fall. hut there was a weak spot and I found it. I went through and suffered a nasty wound on my shinbone. My daily treatment was several touches of nitro silver (lunar caustic) to burn it out. Being only a lad you can imagine how I dreaded those touches every day of "the silver stick." G. T. W. Kimbell Glenfield. Leics.

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the previous cut. 1 have applied for discharge because I am tired of being treated like a schoolkid. Does the Navy not realize that short haircuts are a thing of the past in modern society? Letters to Navy. News show that the hair regulations are a topc much in the minds of a lot of Service men. Naval Airman H.M.S. Heron.

Has anybody ever been in a ship where they had the band playing dance tunes while the ship's company did the hopping, to dance the ship oft the sand? It happened in a light cruiser when we were bringing relief crews home from the Baltic, and the ship got firmly fixed on the sands off Denmark. We managed to get off again, but there were a few red laces. A, King Northampton.

" Largest Ensign

It may be of interest to readers of Navy News that the largest Ensign which I believe was ever hoisted was in H.M.S. Temeraire the day, after the Armistice in 1918 when she was in company, with the Allied Fleet proceeding through the Dardanelles. As a signal boy on board that ship I went aft to hoist it, and it was a 20 breadth. F. Gutteridge Southmoor, Nr Abingdon (Berks).

her ship's company took full advantage of opportunities to do something different. We all voted it a wonderful experience. B. Howell Castle Hromwich, Birmingham.

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The Editor thanks Miss N K. Jankowskafor her poem about H.M.S. Caprice

I was a member of the sick berth staff (one P0 and four sick berth attendants) drafted from RN.. Hospital, Stonehouse, to naval sick quarters, Pembroke Dock, to care for the injured admitted there from the submarine ES, which had an internal explosion en route from Barrowin-Furness to Portsmouth on June 8, 1913. For the first month to six weeks we had a tough time, with over 14 hours a day on duty. As it is 60 years ago it would be interesting to

Ex-CGI Gillespie's letter in your May issue must have a different effect upon "old Exeters" than that intended. The photograph in Navy News was indeed the Exeter, the second funnel being lost in the resultant halo effect of being taken into the sun. The Exeter was there with Governor of the Falklands, who was visiting hisdependencies, his and

My training at H.M.S. Ganges was in 1917-18, and how well it served me during my service. It was hard hut generally fair. The one thing ,that seemed inhuman was being taught to swim. Once in the bath it was -keep afloat during the session - . . or!'' In command was Rear-Admiral Lyon, the first officer to reach flag rank from Boy 1st class. Frank W. Matthews Sutton. Surrey.

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Up she comes! After lying for 19 years on the bottom of Weymouth Bay, under 80 feet of water, the midget submarine XE8 returns to the land of the living. The 38-ton craft, of the type which was used to attack the German battleship Tirpitz in September 1943, is pictured here being landed at Portland by the naval lifting vessel Kinbrace, which hauled her off the bottom after prelimi'nary salvage work by members of the British Sub-Aqua Club. The amateur divers were sponsored by the Imperial War Museum, whose workshops are to refit the sub-

marine before she goes on public view alongside H.M.S. Belfast in the Thames.

Power display on the Forth Three

of the Royal Navy's guided-missile destroyers. ships Fife, Devonshire, and Kent. will have NATO chiefs on board for seven hours on to watch a joint R.N.-R.A.F. display of strength and versatility. As the guests of Lord Carringfor ton. Secretary of State Defence, the visitors will be HE IA 'HOLIDAY'

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The Ho d Trophy for the finest feat of na al aviation during 1972 has been awarded to four 809 Squadron aircrew for their demonstration of the long-range effectiveness of carrier-borne air power while embarked in H.M.S. Ark Royal. The two Buccaneers involved made the longest carrier-based sortie in the history, of British naval aviation. Award winners were Lieut.Cdr.(P) C. C. N. Davis, Lieut.Cdr.(P) C. D. Walkinshaw (now a commander). 1.ieut-Cdr.(O) A. S. Park and Lieut.(O) M. P. Lucas. In January 1972 the Ark Royal was ordered to proceed towards British Honduras to provide an air presence. Initially the carrier was 4,000 miles away. but it was decided to launch a sortie of two Buccaneers to overfly the countr as soon as it "a'. suthin range.

The squadron commanding officer (lieut-Cdr. Davis) and Lieut-Cdr. Park were selected as one crew and Lieut-Cdr. Walkinshaw and Lieut. Lucas as the other. Two tanker aircraft from the ship were also prepared since. owing to the distance involved, it was necessary, to rcfuel the Buccancers in flight on both the outward and return legs. When the Ark was still 1.300 miles ;issiis the aircraft were

launched and the Buccaneers flew on to Belize. i he Buccaneers were safely recovered in the Ark nearly six hours later, having flown non-stop 2.ft)0 miles. I in the picture the Fing Officer Nasal Air Conanand (Vice-Admiral J. 1). Trracher( the trophy at R.N. air station eosilton to Cdr. Walkinshaw Lieut-Cdr. Desk and ueut-cir. Park.

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Set King squadron'S from R N - air '.1 ii loll ( uldrose have gained both the Australia Shield and the Kel'. in Hughes Troph'.. o 820 Squadron received the Australia Shield from the Flag Officer Carriers and Amphibious Ships (Rear-Admiral R. D. Lygo), the award going to the squadron achieving most progress in operational efficiency ds.ring the past 12 months. On behalf of the squadron the shield was received by its commanding officer. Lieut.-Cdr. David Edwards. When not operating from Culdrose. the squadron is based in H.M.S. Blake. A fortnight later 826 Squadron was presented with the Kelvin Hughes Trophy by the Flag Officer Second Flotilla (Rear-Admiral R. P. Clayton). The trophy. first awarded in 1971 when it was won by 826 squidton, goes to the anti-submarine unit judged most efficient in the conduct and assessment of aerial practice attacks against submarines. It was received by Lieut.-Cdr. Kenneth Harding. commanding officer of the squadron, which is no'.'. embarked in H.M.S. Tiger.

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"I am feeling so angry that I must write to someone and air my view," writes the wife of a petty officer, who is feeling a sense of deep disappointment over the Families Day arranged for her husband's ship. "Rob "y eaea eagerly

await the day whoa they can go on 'Daddy's big Ip,'" the letter. "Now, says however, it "Ram be, a, my hash.ad me that cbldrenuaderlvewill! aotbe allowed on board for Families Day.

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"Just how ridiculous can you pet! At least $0 per cent. of the men's children must be under five. Also. how do you explain to a fiveyear-old that he can't po because 'he two-year-old isn't old enough? And especially when they were

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allowed on board when the came into port recently. had arranged to drive in to the ship, and now must wait the Families Day is over. "Honestly, isn't it bad enouph that the children's fathers are away, without ruining what would have been a highlight of their young lives. Even the two-year-old knew what it was all about.

mum, but has to confess much syrapathy with the captains of ships in their Families Day arranpements. When guns are fired and planes fly, the noise can be alarming to the Lrst very young, but there are also overriding safety factors which have to be considered, especially in the big black mark for the Navy, I'm units such as carriers. afraid. All concerned would never for"If I am capable of looking after give themselves if a child was hurt, children for months while their and the "under fives" rule is a father is away, then a day on a ship means of reducing hazards. The is a mere nothing." Navy hates to disappoint the nipNavy News can well understand pers. but hopes the families will the disappointment of this naval under':tand.

Furthermore, how come other ships have not this ruling on the matter? I have been reasonably happ with the separations, even thoug the mail has been disappointing, but now I am very mad. It is one more

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Nearly 300 additional married quarters arc Ministry, of Defence land, and has dramatic now being made available on the Furze Park views of the navGl dockyard below, the Tamar Estate at St Budeaux, Plymouth. Mr. Paul Estuary, and a distant glimpse of the Cornish Channon. Minister for Housing and Construc. coastline. lien. planted atree onJune 5tomark theformat The houses stand on platforms cut into the hillside, with windows on one side only. Land handing over to the Service. Work started on this extremely difficult site scaping has been treated as an important ck in December. 1971, following an urgent request ment, and large numbers of trees, mainly Nor from the Navy to provide more accommodation way maple and wild cherry, are being planted. for ratings' families, Work has cost Cl.7m.. excluding the cost ol The estate is on stceplr. ground on the land .

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AMILIEr Pre-payment passages

TRAVEL

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Family travel for the Royal Navy - and some of the problems\ are dealt with in this article, which has been prepared as a result of a letter on the subject, sent to the Prime Minister by a \ / naval wife (see also page 1), Her husband is serving In H.M.S. Tiger, on the way to the / Far East, and she believes that the Navy does not do as well as \ / the other Services under the regulations governing official travel. Here are some of the talking points/

Although there are plenty of stories about people who manage to do extraordinarily well out of indulgence flights to the other side of the world, the certain way of holiday reunion travel is by pre-payment passages. which are also dealt with by the Services Booking Centre. The cost of the holiday could well be as stated by the naval wife's letter to the Prime Minister, namely £125 return air fare to Singapore, plus £65 for accommodation. The husband could get an advance of pay for the fare, and during his wife's stay would be entitled to Local Overseas Allowance as a married accompanied, thus getting a substantial contribution of the hotel costs.

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"You mean the Navy going into the travel agency business" could well be the reply, but holiday reunions are an Integral part of the separation subject, with an importance which is likely to grow. Unfortunately, naval numbers can often be small for charter inquiries, but if Fleet programme changes in the future were to include more squadron travel, the opportunity would be there for a new look into the whole holiday reunion potential. Whatever Service resources can do to help ships with their holiday arrangements would be warmly welcomed by the families anxious to participate in these separation breaks. And that must be most of them.

band had signed all theforms for her

pre-payment passage to join him for a holiday in Singapore. With only about a month to go, she hadn't heard a word. Where should she inquire? Advice was given, and she said later that the Services Booking CenIre had put her mind at rest. I understood from them on the phone that they usually give 17 days' notice, but for a journey like this I would have appreciated a card much earlier, even if it only said, 'passage " approved ... you will be hearing.'

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'ADVANCE BOOKING' An application for an indulgence flight could be submitted up to three months in advance of the month in which the passage was required. BUT there is nothing in the regula-

lions which say that several applications cannot be put in, giving a much more generous "spread" of opportunity. Against this, the naval wife tied to a specific ten days or so, and with little likelihood of three months' notice, inevitably a much slimmer chance of success.

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When naval wives do get on a plane, and hear the gossip from others, they believe they have real cause to be niggled, and sometimes downright angry. There Is just a possibility that the secret for helping the Navy's reunion holidays does in fact he in the regulations now. It is laid down "that the Director of Movements Air Force, or the appropriate Air Force commander overseas, may allow priority where applicants wish to see members of their families from whom they are separated by overseas tour." It is not clear to the simple minds at Navy News how this works, or how application is usually made, but anyone trying to fix up reunion be holidays would doubtless pleased to have full details.

Families of men serving in H.M.S. Bulwark had holiday reunions when the commando ship had an 11-day assisted maintenance period at Malta. The party totalled 70. The picture is of P0 Mike Hemmlngs greeting his wife Doreen and son David as they arrived at-Luqa air..,'-. ". n, p,,, any r. a,.aaa .,o, ,, welcomed on board.

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Once again, the Navy doesn't do very weD on this, but In some places It should be possible to join In with other "private" Service plans.

Your shelves are probably groaning wider the weight of all those "rabbits" brought home by hubby, but here's a chance to fill any odd spaces on the sideboard with something really different . -

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Only a short time ago a mother asked Navy News how she could get cheap travel to see her sailor son in Hong Kong, but she had to be told this was not possible under official arrangements. How then do the other Services manage to get their mums, grannies, uncles and sisters-in-law out at very low charges? The answer is that any group of people anywhere can charter aircraft, and a Service unit - especially one which is fairly large and has no problems of sudden moves '-- can take this on and pay for it themselves.

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An Army wife, for instance, livoverseas with her husband and a much. more generally settled existence, might like to come home to visit her mother.

PRIVATE CHARTER

This month, the Families pages seem to be "all travel." A wife telephoned to say her hus-

The Services Booking Centre deals with applications in the order received, and on the face of it, nothing could be fairer than that. However, naval families live a life of continual periods of separation, which could be nine months (and even 12 in some cases). If there was real justice, the naval wives might reasonably claim that they should o to the top of the list for "separation breaks" when the travel reasons for relatives from other Services are often flimsy by comparison. If the could not be Navy regarded as having a special claim, the problems for their wives may still be greater than appears under the "first come first served" rule.

All the same, the pre-payment costs do look rather high compared with some modern charter rates, and it would be a splendid thing for naval families if Service resources could be enlisted to get the cheapest possible travel.

MESSAGE RECEIVED

Indulgence

When Royal Air Force planes would be travelling with empty seats these are allocated at a nominal cost. Passengers have to be prepared to travel at short notice, and may have to pay their own fare back if no indulgence seats are available.

TRAVEL AGENCY?

Concerning H.M.S. Tiger in particular, Navy News understands that about 40 families are flying out on a British Caledonian Airways private charter at £135 per head, and that other ship inquiries are being made about prc-payment passages and indulgence flights. The circumstances seem to be a good illustration of how welcome would be official support in handling travel arrangements on this scale - in particular, if there was Ministry of Defence machinery for sponsored flights.

OLD TROPHIES

The Trophy Centre In R.N. Barracks, Portsmouth, has a of trophies which are beyond economical repair and no longer suitable for display in ships, but which might be of sentimental value to serving and ex-serving Navy men and their families. They are to be sold (not to dealers) In R.N.B. on July 16 and 17, at modest prices -20pto4-with the proceeds going to the R.N. Trophy Fund and King George's Fund for Sailors.

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£7,000 BALL FOR SSAFA

The SSAFA Goodwood Ball at Goodwood House, near Chichester, on June 15 raised no less than £7,000 for the association's work among the families of serving and former Servicemen and women. This will be added to the £4,000 raised by the Duchess of St Albans and her cornmittee at a fashion show. Highlight of the Goodwood Ball was the midnight auction, conducted by Mr I. L Chance, of Christies, which made a total of £1.200. A pair of landscapes by F. W. Watts fetched 125 guineas; a silver writing set given by the Prince'of

Royal

Liechtenstein, and a pair of silver wine coaster raised 120 guineas each; and a gold watch donated by King Hussein of Jordan went for 90 guineas. A copy of the biography, of Louise Mountbattcn, Queen of Sweden, inscribed in her memory by her brother, Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma, and presented by him, was sold for 25 guineas.

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Navy surveys U-boat

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In a James Bond-type search in the South China Sea off Hong Kong, a team of five Royal Navy divers recovered three out of six sacks of drugs which had been reported dumped overboard from a junk. * " . . The sacks were taken to the offices of the Narcotics Bureau, H.M.S. Berwick 1otned other where police estimated the value of the valueof opium contained to NATO ships for 30 uays of mIenhe about ÂŁ66,000.

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sive exercises starting at Iskende"4B Martin "Buster" Brown, of the newly-arrived Colony run. Turkey. had found the sacks at a depth t guardship lf%LS. * 100 feet, held down by about 2SOlh. weight and secured in a fishing A helicopter's birthday net. seems to be as good a GPO Julian '.fac'rae-Clgfton, of H.j1S Tamar, who led the reason as any for a chamfive-man team, told later how, they had to contend with considerable difficulties during the search. "The tide was strong and pagne party, and it hapvisibility down (here was only about a toot," he said. pened in Cyprus when Vicbr Sierra of II.M.S. Butl'ictured in their craft are the Royal Navy "drug hunters" wark's 848 Squadron, ternIS Philip Henderson, of ILM.S. Tamar, AB John Hill, of II.M.S, Beachampton, AR Raymond Row-lands, of H.M.S. Tamar, AB porarily based at Nicosia, Brown and GPO Macrae-Clifton. reached 2,000 thing hours. Pt,*o: Sergi. P. Mom,. RA F.

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A word of advice for anyone thinking of volunteering for the Fiji surveys: to compensate for the long hours, quiet runs and hard work, the Hydra has special draft and leave rules. The length of the draft is from nine to 12 months with the option

H.M.S. Hydra's wanderings around the Pacific Ocean sound like an off-beat Cook's Tour - the big difference being that it's certainly no holiday for the men of the survey ship.

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offered a free flight home for leave about midway through the period or they can have their sues abroad with them during the refit period, with full L.O.A.

A careers information office shared by the Royal Navy and R.A.F. was opened at l.ec Road. Blackheath, London. by the Mayor of Greenwich. With the Army Recniittng Office next door, the area now has a tn-Service careers information service.

With the ship now on her second visit of the year to the Solomon Islands, a party, of two officers and a dozen ratings has been detached with the two survey boats to work independently in an unsurvcyed area containing many shoal patches and coral reefs. Meanwhile, the Hydra herself is surveying off the north coasts of Choiseul and Santa Isabel islands, having undergone a threeweek assisted maintenance period in Brisbane ssiiti the Singapore F.M.G.

East tip of Australia. en route from Singapore. Later, the.Hydra sailed for the western part of the Protectorate to carry out surveys of the southwestern coast of (hoiseuI Island, of part of the Bougainville Strait, and of about 1.200 square miles between Choisetil and the New Georgia group of islands, where the battle of the Solomon Islands took place in the Second World War.

OME There were visits to various ports in the Solomon and the TO FIJI nearby Territory, of Papua and lit September, after three New Guinea - places which. months in the Solomons, the ship though small, extend a warm wetwill visit [-iii to prepare for her come to the ship even after one next year's work in that area. 0cc isiori when the ship's corn 'Men it is planned to visit Sydney psny drank the only bar's suppls flor d flW U.tV5 on the or tiic next three iliuiiifls: way to U After finishing the two large Singapore, where the ship will lie up for about three months. surveys, the Hydra explored a lie first 1973 visit to the Solo- large reef south of Gtjadalcanal. mons was to Honiara. Guadalca- findin several unknown islets, nal. the ship having called at Dja- including one about ISft, high karta, the Indonesian capital, and noted on previous charts as Thursday Island, off the North- "Apparently, deep water."

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Among those attending l1.M.S. Grenvilk's 30th birthday party were two members of the commission during the Second World War - 'dr. .4. G. Woonton, the chip's chief yeoman, and Lieut.-Cdr. J. C. Waters, R.. (Rid), the original gunner's mate. In the pkturr they. are seen on board sharing a joke with the present commanding officer. P'na: I.Wr,ii 0. J. Pilrvn.

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Who's for gliding?

Interested in gliding? Nave! personnel can make application through Command Adventure Training Officers 10 take part in a aeifes of courses at R.A.F. t3icester. No previous experience is needed, and no expense is incurred. DCI (General) 1 8

$ Wine women... Wine--The Enjoyment o and "Ransom for a Nude' may appear to have something in common, but the only is to b listed amon9 the latest books for issue to ships' libraries. A sptendkfiy-varied He goes from "Ladies Only' to The Soviet Manned Space Programme." DCI (RN) T 374

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'How come she always gets rebates when her old man's at sea and I don't?'

" Aid to qualify All Junior Weapons and Electrical Branch ratings are to be encouraged to qualify professionally for EMI during their first sea draft, and commanding officers have to ensure that training is arranged to meet this

requirement.

The reduced length of first sea drafts has resulted in some ratings being unable to quality protssionally for EMI during this draft, owing to the requirement for six months service as EM2 before they can apply for the examination. " To overcome this, it has been decided that the professional qualifying examination may be taken after six months' service regardless of the rate held. OC1 (RN) 1 362

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Services rent rebate scheme Families whose rent is excessive in relation to income get rent rebates, and some Service people have benefited from this through applications to local authorities.

Now, however, a separate scheme is being intro-

duced for Service families, although the date has yet to be announced.

There are six pages of somewhat complicated rules to be ;udiod.

28 YACHTS FOR HORNET

As part of the "spirit of adventure and character training" policy of the Ministry of Oetenco, a Joint Service Sailing Centre has been formed at Hornet, Gosporl. Three Nicholson 55s have been delivered, one for each of the Services, end a Contessa 32 and three Halcyon 27s have been delivered for the Army. It is anticipated that over the next three years a further f!ve Nicholson 55s will be purchased for the Royal Navy. three Nicholson 5.5s, three Contesaa fls, and nine Halcyon 27s for the Army, and one Nicholson 55 for the Royal Air Force - a total of 28 yachts, OCI (General) T 79

U Business life

For settlement in civil life, the Department of Employment run business appreciation courses in Bristol, Portsmouth, and London. Dates are announced for the academic year 1973-74 For method of applying see BR 1797, chapter 12. DCI (RN) 1 363

U Extra 'fives' Names are announced of the candidates who were successful at the Selection Board for continuance in service for periods of five years beyond 22 or 27 years.

One of them lays down that personnel who have more than £800 in the box under the bed are not eligible to apply for rent rebate, but if they have money invested that doesn't count in assessing (except as interest income).

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Gross Weekly Income exceeds Needs Allowance.'

" Chip pan care

The chip pan in the home or aboard ship is a number one fire hazard. In the case of galleys the danger is increased when the places are locked for long periods. Where practicable, fixed glass scuttles are to be fitted to galley doors, to enable observation without the need for entry. DCI (RN) S 79

Some examples

According to tables in the annexe. a married private with three children, living in private furnished accommodation at £7 a week excluding rates, would be entitled to £1.39 rent rebate, but a R.A.F. corporal with -two children in a £4.55-a-week married quarter would not be entitled to 'any rebate, Families in the tower income bracket should certainly make full inquiries about these rules and gel the benefit where they can. DCI (General) T 76

(Navy News understands that a simplified explanation of the rent rebate scheme is o be issued as a DCI (RN) very soon.)

" POMA 's medal

The Sick Berth Petty Officers Efficiency Medal for 1973 has been awarded to POMA Blackshaw. DCI (RN) T 359

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Only tO days after first sail ng for trials, was involved in a mercy, mission the West Country.

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While she was sailing into Torhav on independent exercises in June, the early Coastguard her assistance requested in searching for someone missing after a dinghy overturned off Babbacombé,

FtolidavmakcN ashore were soon aware -. of the as the frigate Navy's presence -into the has' swept and -Exercise Seaboat and Swimmer of the Watch- became real-life drama. The frigate's seamen and divers assisted the R.N.L.I. and Coatguard in until but searching nightfall, unfortunately the missing person was not found The Mermaid's sea trials concluded satis-

lactorijy and hcr crew of the last twin four inch mounting in Royal Navy service gave warning to the Fleet's sharpshooters by constantly straddling a small target with all salvoes during their first practice. The ship's next task was that of guardship at H.M.S. Ganges parents' day and a week., f officers' sea training, before sailing south for a spell as Gibraltar guardship.

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As the Wotton manoeuvred alongside the three were taken off and a boarding party and portable pump put on to the boat.

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The MC sesscl had set oil from Portland on the night of June 5-6 when she sighted distress flares and then found the boat, the Tina Louise. and manoeuvring erratically sinking with her rudder jammed, close to the treacherous Shambles Bank. The boat's skipper shouted that he had only his wife and one-ycar-old son on board and asked for help.

tB. waisl-high water, l.ow irigs entered the steam-filled and shut (town the engine-room Then he and ME1 l,neh engine. battled to rig suction hoses while the water rose and the boat continued sinking under them. Also in the boarding parts were t.icut Lawrence Lieutenant). (First

Sub-lieutenant A. Piska. M EM MePherson and LS Clark. Main cause of the flooding was found to be a burst cooling water. pipe and the boat was pumped drs and towed back to Portland. The skipper of the Tina Louise had bought the boat at Brixham only the this before and was taking it to Scotland. Slight damage had been done to Wotton's side while she was the Tina manoeuvring alongside Louise and once this was patched up the MCM ship set off again for her summer trials cruise to the Azores.

1s o (ji!liiirzhani sister'. both hao srewel)s to siiv when the frigate 11.M.S. 1)ido sailed from Chatham naval base ni duty in the Far East -- one to her huhand and the other to her boyfriend.

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Jim 'wins' £10)000 on loot

Royal Marines Sgt. Jim Hamer had a celebrated reception committee when he arrived in London after walking 100 miles from Christ-

church for charity.

There to congratulate him for "winning" £1,000 for the Royal Variety Club of Great Britain were (left to right) Miss Southport, football personality Jimmy Hill and George Elrick. the Club's King Rat. The walk, one of 'many. was organized by Mecca as part of the Club's national week, and appeal Sgt I-lamer was individualli Mr. Fred sponsored by Pon tin. Reward for Sgt. Hamer came in the form of a night out in London and lunch with the Duke of Edin-

burgh the nest dab. Members of the Variety Club accompanied a party of children on a trip on May 22 to the Royal Naval Greenwich, College. where a cartoon show was arranged by Captain L. N. Goddard. of the Royal Naval Film Corporation. the past two During years the Club has given £3,750 to the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust to help children of naval families (serving or retired) in need

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\lthough releases from he Sersices declined by nine per cent. in 1972, the number of ex-regulars regisering with the Association 11.611) was only three per cent, lower than 1971. Over 9,000 of those regis!ered (7g per cent.) were found johns -compared with " per cent, in 1971.

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plus v. doss and petty officer hive both ss ritten to Navy News concerning the Dependants' Fund article, "Are you sure you belong" (May isue), highlighting once again the importance of checking membership. "I was extremely pleased to see your article," said Mrs. Mary Bowen, of Shotley (Suffolk). "I think I must be the widow quoted - it would be esen worse if there were two of us. I know my husband thought he had joined the Dependant's Fund, and as late as four days before his sudden death he discussed the merits of his hclonging" with myself and several messmates. 'I fully agree that it is up to the individual to check through his pay returns that the necessary deductions have been made, but I wonder how many men, other than perhaps writers, check every item that should be deducted from their pas

Although not a strong swimmer, 20-year-old Royal Marine Robert Warshem dived Into the swift-running River 'tyn. to rescue a drowning woman, supporting her until h4p arrlvd. His action was commended when Major-G.n. B. B. Loudoun presented him with the Ralph Garrett Memorial Award and the Royal Humane Society Testimonial on Vellum at the Marines Commando Royal Training Centre, Lymp.ton., where R.M, War.ham Is serving as a bugler. The Ralph G.ri-ett Award is made annually to mark an act of outstanding personal initiative by a Royal Marine of the rank of lieutenant or below.

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Favourite preseruer Sandi Jones who has been adoptci by H.M.S. Lea~ th. ''Our Girl at visited th 13.B.C.." frigate off Portland an witnessed an lkara mi. sik firing. She also steered th ship, and announce requests on the shqi' S.R.E. during the fir' programme held board. The frigate's recen' programme included visit to Names.

Understanding

"Like my husband. I am sure that most men would assume that once they had filled in and signed the necessary papers, all would be well. "Strangely enough the fact that I did not receive the £600 was not in itself upsetting to mc, but my husband believed that he had done everything possible to ease my burden should the unbelievable eccur. and unfortunately this just wasn't so. "1 cannot stress enough how helpful and understanding the officers and men of H.M.S. Ganges have been to me, not only with this problem but with the numerous other problems that arise when you lose a loved one." From H.M.S. Rhyl POMEM M. W. Baker wrote to say that on checking at the pay office he found that he was not a member of the DeVendants' Fund. when for the last three years he believed himself to be a fully paid-up member, and had told his family 'O.

"Now it seems," he said. "that because of an error in a pay office. I am not. 'it seems to be that an excellent scheme is losing

credibility because of this flaa in the systs'ni. So what should everybody do now? "Join" is still sound advice, because the Depen. dants' Fund costs little and is an instant payment in time of distress. And how about pay office mistakes? Between now and August I this year. naval personnel who believe themselses to be members should check with their pa office.

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Royal walkabout at Greenwich " walkabout " in the During a grounds of the Naval Royal College, Greenwich. on June 12, the Queen Mother talks to the Under-Secretary of State for Defence for the Royal Navy (Mr. ntony Buck), having attended a short service in the Chapel to mark the centenary of the establiment as a nasal college. The Queen Mother had arrived at Greenwich Plerlwad by barge to he met by the Commanderin-Chief Naval Home Command lAdmiral Sir \ndrrw Lewis) and the Admiral President R.'sL('. (;'cen.jih (Rear- \dmiral F. W. Ellis). F

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'Profit and loss' of pay rise

Giving with one hand and takingaway x~itil the other tends to sour the new pay --,,oriw cynicA Irishman's rise- feclint, ml\, ht: as a reaction to the increase ill ((xxi expected and accon~tion charges.

It is trite that the increase ill pay totals nearly. £48m., while tly---. ztn-k)tivit recovered front extra cLarges is only £6!.m.. but at the lower end of the Rty scaies the individual's otitgoing takes a sizeable bite from the rise. Food and accon~ation charges do not necessw ily ha ye to be amended at th,e time as pay K Increased, but in an inflattionary situation the alternative would be to raise charges when there was no extra money in the pocket.

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In k"ipCat the report of the Review Body, atwrition is ~y Mected towards the new scales. mul less to the comments which indicate the *my the Review Body's thoughts are turrurg. ~ARY SALARY

As a bwk~ to the whole si~. ion, the a~ of do M~ Salary F~nt that Serv" mm wm to Mve inicornes equivalent to their c~ wum~s, and pay their way for f00 WA rem. MW W~* body points out, in j*ustificat,k-pn for the 35p a ~plus rates a~ to rnarried qx~ row, that Service rents ~re lower ~ dw avw~ rents for sirnilar properties in civo life. Hbw~, ~c is one par~ in the r does accer that it rmy not be fair to co~e council house rents wi 6~ for w~ried q~ers. 1-a~&

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son of it ivell-known family, who recent]\, put tip his second stripe, rnay bc. due. it) a snot of prize money a,, it result of an iiiterestititz operation involving the stir11.M.S. Fox and 11M.S. vey Fawn. Before the t%ik) hhip., cotild begin their in the vicinitv of the Leeward Isrianned ands in the West Indies. three transportable [X.ec.i IiiFix \lations had to bt. erected. and certain mem1)cr~ of the calibration partyare unlikely to forget llearn's Hill in Antigua. imp the stec~ sides of which theywere obliged to swarm xvith no shelter from the fiot stin over it pericil of several days. On the arrisal of the Fawn, the intention A-is 1 o bring up-to-datc the charts of the banks between Citiadaloupe anti .,*%n&uill~i. -Re banks ikere last surveyed in the middle of the last century ' and good though the surveyors were thell. they. had inevitably missed many, of the sniall pinriacles which were not dangerous to the size of vessel in those days. but very, dangerous to modern big ships.

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This proved to he die case ~ oat of 0~ found a pinnacle unexp~y daring the evening of Friday doe thirteenth - antil in the m~ d 0* survey am (libe slap ~ent Mid already been re~ hrWy in Navy News). 'ne Swedish ship Ariadne, a bulk. carrier of

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eri 55.550 lons. was carrying Mˆ tons Of coal from Norfolk (Vir~inii) it) Japan.and had visited an offshore bunkering station at Antigtia to fuel. .She ihen ,ailed. drawing 45 feet, to cr~e the shelf to the of Antigua to find deep water and go on her way. Unfortunately %he struck a patch and sitick fast. When Nio. y help was so ht, the ship's diver of H' M.S. 2X establishedlat she was hard on amidships, but that her rudderand propeller were jn clear water and undiamaged. The bank was of small extent, ringed by little reef% over which she must have skidded. Even when refloated. it was going to be an interesting task to manoeuvre her clear of them. With the Fox and Fawn pulling on either side. and two tugs towing astern, the Ariadne refused to budge. T1ree more tugs arrived and were taken on as co-salvors. but it was only after the ship had been lightened that she was refloated. H.M.S. Fox was foriunale to be involved in 'hi' having marked the qf the miacles and able n~,igrinng dan;~.s ra~ipoin, to guide the towing tugs through the beig ree % and into deeper water. It was nil a ~ interesting operation, and

it is now up to the shi ' agent and the an award is lawyers to d app~e.

One who ~~ould qualify "otilil be. SubTicut. the Prince of Wales. who 1*oined Fox fora month x% hile his ship the Mineri it wit% in Bermuda for an ~t,~iste(f maintenance period. When Prince Charles was promoted to acting lictixeriant. he was presented %xitli it memento -a sinall plaque. made by. Chief Mechanician F. N. Roberts and Shipwright N. W. Farmer. in the shape of it brass fox with lieutenant's rings oil its base. forepaws. and mounted oil it Later the I-ox and Faxk n passed close to Diamond Rock off the south coast of Martinique. where the customary ---marks of respect- were paid. 'Ri,. rock - it mini Ailsa Craig - was occupied for over two years from 1803 by a naval who harassed the French until finally disrty, Zed in 1805. It is customary for naval vessels to pipe H.M.S. Mao~ Rock as she was never formally decon~~. Found drifting NUMCrOUS further innacl were located off Anti&Ua, before the 5 h,,ded for St Lucia for a visit b the Comm. PT. er-in-Chief Fleet (Admiral Sir i=rd Ashmore). But the excitement was not et over. A few miles off Anti--- ~lox came across an elderly, vessel named Olga, drifting with a shattered clutch. A boardin rt f Lieut. C. F. HeronWalson. POM ~. W0orkman, and AILS 1. K. R. Young secured a tow, and two hour. later the helpless ship was anchored otT St John*%, Antigua. 11 is denied, however, that H.M.S. Fox is seeking to change her designation to HMY or HMT!

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When American submariner Thomas White signed on for another six years he wanted to do it in a big way - so he hitched a lift in a helicopter and radioed his oath from Britain's largest warship. HNI.S. Ark. Royal. Re-enlistment in the I I c is traditionally ;;colourful and novel affair and Radioman First Class White's ceremony was no exception. He was winched off his submarine. U.S.S. Trumpetfish. h' a Sea King helicopter of the Ark's 824 Squadion as the carrier exerThe Ark Royal was involved with H.M.S. the observers was picked up by the Devonciscd with other Royal Navy, and Devonshire in a swift night sea rescue when a shire's seaboat acting as night plane guard, NATO ships in the American Gannet 043 of 849B flight suffered engine failure and the other y the Ark's seaboat. Fleet Weapon Range sea areas off after launching from the carrier, Puerto Rico. The rescue of the three fliers, all uninjured After the two observers baled out, the pilot When he arrived on hoard the ditched the aircraft, escaped, and was rescued was completed within 29 minutes of the first distress call being made. Ark Radioman White presented by an 824 Squadron Sea Ring helicopter. One of his request form to the carrier's A. D. Cassidi captai 11 to sign. witnessed by the commanding officer of 824 Squadron. Lieut.-Cdr. Donald Shruhh. who armful of the squadron's - propathe ship h jackstay. With other Naval Officer. West Indies. Comhad arranged the ceremony. ganda" of leaflets and stickers, lieutenants of similar seniority he imxiore C. Rushy, visited ship' one urging hint to "Fly Ark Air- spent a busy day in the normal in the group, including H.\1. Then. speaking by radio to the captain of the Tnimpetfish. Radcourse of acquaint visits aimed at ships Devonshire and Diomede. ioman White swore the oath of Another visitor to the carrier and j;ickstas broadening his naval knowledge. by helicopter and extended his 16 her time in American watallegiance (luring During flying operations, the transfer. service hs' six years. ers was Lieut. the Prince of C-i n-C Fleet. Admiral Sir On the way to years' American watBefore leaving, he was given an Wales. who was transferred to Ldward .shrnorc and the Senior ers. the Ark and the Devonshire

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stopped to help a lone sailor whose small boat had been capspied and dismasted in heavy seas. After taking his position and some bread, he continued his passage from Bristol to Bermuda. Members of the ship's company of the Ark Royal went ashore at Puerto Rico, and later, after two weeks of exercises, visited St Thomas in the Virgin Islands for two days of hans'ans on the beach. Back at sea again for another two weeks of flying and exercises before visiting Florida, the ship settled down into its normal rouinc of work and play, with ---horse racing,'' pistol competitions and hand concerts whenever flying operations permitted.

From the Flyco of H.M.S. Ark Royal, Radioman Thomas White, of the U.S. Navy, swears the oath of allegiance, administered by his commanding officer via a radio link from the American submarine is Trumpetfish. He watched by Captain A, D. Cassidi, captain of the Ark Royal-(left), Royal (left), who signed the submariner's request form to re-enlist, and the fist lieutenant of the Trumpetflsh.

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"Stand by to beach" is yelled above the roar of surf, and within seconds landing craft have their bow doors down and troops are fanning out to take up positions Another Royal Marines exercise Is under way. Troubles can start before that point, and plenty more can happen in the succeeding minutes as landing craft ground and slew on offshore sandbanks, Royal. find themselves to their necks in unexpectedly water, heavy mechanized vehicles break a firm surface into soft sand, and general chaos seems about to set In. What do you do when a tank recov.ry vehicle Jam* In reverse with ti tail up against a cliff? Fifty tons of deadweight to do something about. But it happens - that and a thousand other things. "Je.ze," murmurs the observer, "It 'sa good Job (her. Isn't awar on or they wouldn't have lasted five minutes." But diffIculties are what if is all about. In exercises, as in the real thing, communications develop faults, winds change, vehicles churn their wheels unusual helplessly, and obstacles present themselves. New men have to be trained all the time to build up their store of "xperlenc., learn how to overcome, and pass on their knowledge to the next lot coming on.

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the drama of the assault landing, bringing memories of 0Day and Okinawa. First arrivals are likely to be the Gemini craft parties, taking divers to clear obstacles for the main force. Then the assault craft stream In, bow doors crash down, and the Royals are fanning

and a touch of heavy sarcasm is not altogether unknown among the participants, but the Royal* who do the plunging into wet waves have good reason for long memories. Since the landings marked the "beginning of the end" of the Second World War, the 'real stuff" has still been going on. Remember Korea? Th. inchon landing was a classic of the problems which have to be faced. There have been a lot more since then - on a ieuer scale it is true, but the genuine articl, for all that.

out to secure their initial positions. If is not always possible to lay on sunny skies or golden sands even for an exercise such as this. The sea is very wet, but conditions are rather more cheerful when It is warm f

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The Red Flag Mutiony drama

actually bnished against him. The evidence assembled by Professor Horn is a total indictment of the officer corps, unmoved against growing democratic rumblings.

may take up arms against an oppressor. the Tolpuddle Martyrs may be banished on convict ships to Australia, but no rebellion or co-operative act is liable to convey the same sense of drama as that one word - mutiny. Men

The effect is in fact a reflection of the stem discipline of the sea, and the shock when the accepted order is suddenl. shattered. Of all places for men to rise against their officers, none was more unlikely than a "workers' committee" style of action in the Imperial German Navy of the First World War, yet this did in tact happen when a spark lit the gunpowder of smouldering resentments. Professor Daniel Horn, who has already delved into the collapse of the Kaiser's navy in "The Private War of

Romance and reality

Last straw

Seaman Stumpf" has now written "MIJIINY ON THE HIGH SEAS," published by Lcsli Frewin (once £3.IOL - almost Painstakingly painfully - he digs into the archives now availabk to nail as a lie the claim that the mutinies were the result of Leftist subversion of the stokers and sailors, but many readers may find themselves less interested

in the political implications than the absorbing coiant ol a feudal maritime force.

To (IS now. it is not the mutinies which seem incredible. but the fact that they took so long to explode, yet it must be remembered that a Royal N;.vy admiral of like vintage yelled almost in hysteria because a common sailor

Not the least of the factors leading to the end of the old navy was the enlistment for war service of factory workers who had tasted the power of the shop floor, but the last straw was the "suicide mission" idea of the German admirals to sail forth into a final battle with the British. The war-weary sailors decided that they would not be the sacrifice for the officers to restore their image in a bloody but glorious fate. Whether Communist or not, the Red Hag was hoisted and the history of the Imperial Navy came to an end.

Gunboats caught up in

mm~ of the Ywgt. River gunheats is to wk. of Roy.' Navy m,woik r rvk', in range days ('hina, amid heroism, bloodshed, and a restraint onii paralkied to aime extent hy events in ~h-

Now Martin H. Brice ha... set down the story of ..The Rev.' Na,7 and the Incisknt," Sino-Japan blished by fan Allan td. (price £3). Here once again is the world of Ladybird. Bee. Grasshopper. Aphis, Scarab, Cockchafer. and all the others, described against the historical events in which they were caught up. According to Mr. Bnice. the Second World War began in the Far East in 1937 when the Japanese embarked on the conquest of China.

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British ego has fed bountifully on the exploits of her .sons of the sea, and particulon the buccaneenin arly exploits against the Frenc and but a Spanish. peep behind the romance into the facts of history offer a better understanding of what it was all about. For centuries the threat of invasion hung over England - as one time the Isle of Wight was occupied - and in the end by a strange quirk of fate these shores provided the launching platform for the greatest force in the opposite direction. The seriousness o' that threat from across the Channel is emphasized in "A HISTORY OF

THE FRENCH NAVY' h E. H. Jenkins (Macdonald and Jane's, price (S), the first account of its kind to be published in English.

To nuclear age

This scholarly work ranges from the year 1217 to the Second World War, with an appendix bringing the story into the nuclear age. The book will be a valuable reference for students, but also has a d,xp interest for naval enthusiasts old enough to remember the Second World War. Too much was happening to recall the detail of the picture. and it is well worth read,n now the tr:.ccsft of the French Nat". in the \j..

An irritation to all students of today's world is that they feel themselves to sound like parrots when they talk of the importance of sea power. They gaze in uncomprehending disbelief at the dead apathy which has

strangled understanding of what is going on under everybody's eyes. The depths of the oceans hold the secrets of tomorrow's food. and no Jules Verne is needed to recognize the same environent for major battles of the future. One of the best known of Fleet Street's defence correspondents, Commander Nicholas Milestone, has made his own

Advocates of National Service as a cure-all to modern ills - ''a kind of mass alternative to Rorstal" - will find ample food for thought in the memoirs of a couple of dozen of the many men who after the Second World War found themselves obliged to beome soldiers, sailors or airmen. In 11A1.1. RI'Ll.: THE

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edited h It. S. Johnson (Quartet ittsks. the paperback. 50p). contributors - some now well knott n - tell their tales. l-unn', and frightening, sometimes broil. often hitter. Viewed from the perspectise of ten years after the departure of Britain's last National Scre iceman, what is apparent is the profound but differing effect of Ser, vice life on a cross-section of young men, many of whom just did not -want to know. Between 1945 and 1960 more than 2.300.000 of them "got their papers" - peacetime conscription on an unprecedented scale. And it is worth re'ealTin thu 11-lu k 4(t) acR' kulk-d ..

THE SUB? assessment in "THE SUBMARINE: THE ULTIMATE WEAPON," published by Car. men Callil Ltd. (price £2.50). To infer any weaponry finality in this moon age may appear rash, yet all the nuclear wonders have served but to enhance the power of the submarine, which only, human error in two world wars prevented from emerging as the winning card. Aided by nuclear propulsion beyond the dreams of a half-century ago, the submarine

'Bull' boys remember

least affected of all the Sen. ices was the Royal Navy. In a typical year, for every N'ational Serviceman in the Navy, there were 12 in the R.A.F. and l in the Arms. One reason was that ro dest ro Cr or aircraft carrier coii Id silcl'e'ssfu (Is see act Ion ss It h

has no challenger to the stealthy attack, and the concealed defence of appalling destrucIi veness. Cdr. Whitestone points a questioning finger at the Royal Navy's concept of a balanced fleet, "a bit of everything and not enough of anything," and wonders whether each European nation should make its defence contribution - for instance Britain and France nuclear submarines; Holland. Italy and Germany concentrating on frigates: and so on. The idea is worth pursuing if only for one reason - to see if any threat of any kind can ever awaken a clamour of defence interest in the British people.

even half a complement of conscripts who had only a few months' service, and the Nat could afford to pick and choose it, National Servicemen to in e5tt'flt not possible in the other services. But the National 5crsicemrin was certainly useful to the Nat>, says the book. Kichard Key. whose service included nine months on the lower deck in the Mediterranean before he was commissioned, writes that he looks hack on his rime is is'. -.o ears of enforced grossing up

WRENS AYEOAT Wrens sisit Politic and prepare to lake to the %tater:'11" were at the Amphibious Training (nit, Royal Marines for a week's canoe cour', the first held there for them, Fm~,, the courses were conducted at the R.M, Barracks, East ne-i, Pictured with the Wrens is their instructor, %'r()2 Thomas Shenton, who Is a canoeist oil international standurd.

Age of sail and sword It is a fair bet that few who murmur "Parkinson's Law" know anything about the gentleman, but here he is turning up with a dashing looking novel "DEVIL TO PAY," published by John Murray (price £2). C. Northcoic Parkinson, to give him his full title, has called on his knowledge of naval history and his enthusiasm for the age of sail to delve into fiction on the swashbuckling days of the Napoleonic wars. 'To your sword, sir

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appeasement" which led to Japan 's contempt of the West and Pearl Harbour. The Royal Navy were bystanders in the butchery, around them in China, the sickening events preparing them for the brutality of the Japanese armies in 1941 onwards. Few readers will disagree with Admiral Bayly 's belief that Mr. Once "ha.', done a service in recording the Royal Navy's involvement in this almostforgotten collapse of will against an aggressor." TO MED. BY CANAL

Easy trip - or is it?

Of all sailing journeys, none can be more documented than gointo the Mediterranean via the French For scores of enthusiasts it is the long sea voyage the easy way - until they try, and find themselves in rapids, crunched by enormous working barges, eaten alive by mosquitoes, marooned by breakdowns, and generally having their "Thames on a sunny day" dreams shattered. However, most of them eventually make it, arriving as like as not on a summer gale or the worst rain in living memory. Everybody has a tale to tell, and most of them seem to decide it should be a book, the latest being "AN AFFAIR WITH THE SEAT' by James Richards (Leslie Frewin Publishers. Ltd., price £2.S0). Mr. Richards went farther than the canals - he managed to get his 30-foot motor-sailer to the Greek Islands - and his racy yarn is worth the telling, being as much an account of the characters he met as the voyaging problems. Lively stuff.

Small boat guide

That 'been here before" feeling is rather inevitable when picking up a book entitled "MOI)ERN SMALL BOAT SAILING," and it is so sstth John Hart's work which is published by G. Bell and Sons, Ltd. (price £3.50). The author, however, speaks with exceptional authority. having taught sailing for 25 years, and having been a former chief instructor at the National Sailing Centre, Cowes. His book is very thorough, and can serve as a guide for those who wish to quality for any, of the Royal Yachting Association certificates,

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Admiral Ashmore served on the China station before the Second World War. during which he was awarded the I) S.................n in serving H.M.S. \tiddleton Ott t Convoy to Malta.

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' his sister, Mars, for the IIriII time for two scars. on SACW Mars Bell S.E.N, a nurse ' at the R.A.It'. Hospital, Akrotlri, ' invited her 17-year-old brother to a dance there on the eve~ before the ship was due to sail. Thenext day. losawehlmtbe 1lO-miktrip hack toFansegusta, he was collected by the Fifi'

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tatter of in.- oar for Ganges. 11 nark end of an era for the establishment, which because of the decision to raise the sehosH-lea'ing age to 16. ha'. already taken it' last entry of 15-ear-oldc. s1asi manning - a traditional and time-honoured form of gr ccii ng at sea in the days (if sailing vessels - and ceremonial sunset, formed the climax to the day. The combined hand of the Royal Marines and Junior Bugle Hand led the mast manners on to he parade ground with the Ro al guard and piping part, and as the '('ordclia Fanfare'' died assay -:-' (the Ganges mast was originally the foremast of H.M.S. ('ordelia the manners were piped aloft." With slow and deliberate movements the 82 Juniors took theit places and ss hile ceremonial sunset was played, and the Ensign .1 FM Ferguson suxxl at the salute on the button.

lowered.

Seconds after the pipe "Clear the Mast" he. '.as running across the parade- ground to receive his sovereign - a special gift which this replaced the traditional "reward" for the Button Roy, a cil'.er crinin piece. The c(x)l-hc;Lkleti Junior afterwards Arnitted that the sprint across the aratle ground had left him moic hireath ess than his ascent of the mast' On leaving the dais the Duke spoke it)

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(ecnutmerrt: the and an ambitious display by the Juniors 11km: Resplendent iu their old- " style uniforms, ansi complete with Bugle Band. This included several cornmanoeuvres, well+ marching pigtail'., the 50 Juniors of 40 r('(' IIor,iexecuted bugle harmonies, and skilful " ruitmcn( dance the Sailors' drum playing. pipe.

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the shorn establishment at Stiotley was built. lit served in many ships during his 24 yeai at sea, and was on board H.M.S. Powei ful in 1900 bringing sokliei s hack finn Ladysmith after the Boer War. He Ira been on a naval pension now for years. The Duke spent several minutes wlti, Mr. Wolton before going on to metother ex-Cianges boys. Button Boys arc former Ganges captains. August

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SUNSHINE DAY FOR PARENTS The Junior with the Oistsflction of being the last Ganges Button Boy is JACk Peter Wades, who on Saturday June 16 - Parents Day - showed that he had as good a head for heights as JEM Ferusorr. Parents Day is always a more relaxed occasion than Mast Manning Day, and well over 5000 visitors basked in the sunshine white they enjoyed the displays. In addition to the entertainment on the parade ground visitors were able to see a variety of static displays and exhibllions, and parents were invited to inspect any and every department of the establishment, each of which had put on their own displays for the occasion. There were also ample opportunities for parents to talk to class instructors and divisional staff about- their sons progress and futures. BUSY MERMAID Many parents arrived at Shotley on the Friday evening and stayed to watch Divisions on Sunday, making use of the- extensive Annexe playing fields to park caravans and pitch tents for the week-end. Guard ship for the week-end was H.M.S. Mermaid, one of the latest additions to the Fleet. She had come straight from a months work-up, and member of the ship's company were kept busy showing eager Juniors and interested parents over the ship, before leaving for Gibraltar.

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I I I tn I Nqu.. I \l sII1l in the West German city of Krefeld IM) riI nj Rt:n r . minesweepers' shallow draft enabled them to sail up the Maw,. Wa,i i Rotterdam. Their arrival at Kr feld on Satof. the Rhine Royal Navy's ice Last ser unlay June 2 coincided with the Squadron. Sharing the duties of hl end of six weeks of celebrations to the visitors were the Ilk. last cunhrmaiioii '.crsit in Wesi German Army's River the Church of St (eorge, H.M.S. marking the 600th anniversary of the city, the "capital" of silk and Pioneers and the British Army's Ganges, was held on Tuesda velvet making in West Germany. 16th Signal Regiment and during June 5, when 26 Juniors acre cooOn board the ship for sea the stay hundreds f isitors were firmed b, the lord Bishop of Plan welcomed on si,irtl tI wkh. training were members of 91 and 92 classes of junior seamen from It is estimated from the Church 'Ă§D-.i A AWARD Benbow division. During their records tt between 60.900 and made an After the difficult passage they overnight completing 7O,000luniorshavcherncnniirmed at the Dutch town of i'citc the di stop wundint riser the Nij. Ganges. tip Dittisharn s megen and also called at the Gercoxswain, ('P0 To mark the occasion. the last Brian man town of Emrnerick. was Junior to he confirmed, JS Michael Humphrcys, awarded At Rheinhafen, a suberb of the Rhine Coxswain's CertifiSmith, of Rlakr division, presented Cate is probably the first man Krefeld, the Flintham and the the Rish.1. do Right Reverend I). Ditticham berthed at the Fluss. outside the West German A(-m\ It. \tialtoth, s.itIi .i (,ing.'s badge to receive the award. pioneer Barracks, one-time base I

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GANGES CUP WINNER The Ganges Youth rim ,h'., ii silver cup which was presented to .,h,., Council to mark the establishment's centenars, has been awarded this year to Dasid Hilton 117i, a St John %mbulance Cadet, of Felixstowe. Despite a severe leg disability, he is an enthwĂŁastk cadet leader and has twice won his lain. Cadet 01 the Year Cup.

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Shipmate Moseley's message to you all

WALK RENEAR

"Wanted! £2,000 in aid of the Star & Garter Ambulance Fund, which is slowing down while the price of providing the ambulance is going up." That is the plea of Shipmate H. Moseley, social / benevolent secretary of the High Wycombe branch, who has plans to raise the cash in one ii His idea is to hold a national sponsored walk, or to be more exact, a large number of walks on the same day, involving every branch of the Royal Naval Association.

"Last members of year between 12 and 20 branches raised over £1,300 on a 22-mile walk." he says. "Just imagine how much we could raise with all branches participating."

Shipmate Moseley suggests walking along river or canal banks, which would be safer and more pleasant than walking along roads. "We all know that walking along the Clyde with a lassie b> your side is popular in Scotland. and on this occasion you could have ten lassies on each side as long as they are all well sponsored!" Ship's companies could be invited to sponsor branches of their choice, or even join in the walk, which would also be a wonderful advertisement for the association. As the first step in this imaginative fund-raising venture, Shipmate Moseley urges all Area secretaries to write to him as soon as possible at 143, Chiltern Avenue.

REUNION

The fourth annual reunion of the YaflQtie River Gunboatmen a Association HM S w,.1 'be Mid in the Whaley Club, Excellent. on September 8 Ti~ (CI 50) from the $ecretary. UeuI 0 W Toms. R Pt (Raid), 34. Bath Road. Southwa. Hants. P04 WT (S A E pleas.) Any en. gunboatmen who are not nwmbecs of the Vt' *ol-flfli,' '0 .IN)1. 5ççfl- .,I'l fl

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Member, of the Redear branch took part in a memorial ser', ice held on board PS Lincoln Castle, of Gnmsh The service, held off Spurn Point, included the dedication of Standards and the casting of wreaths upon the waters. The Mayor of Hull inspected the various units present. and the Hull Police Rand played while the ship was at sea. .A party of shipmates and their families ''invaded" a tiny Cornish village near St Austell for a weekend holiday. Eighty adults and 42 children stayed in caravans on a farm and had a wonderful time. it so enjoyed Everybody much that we ye booked another week-end in September." said Mrs. Betty Lewis, wife of branch secretary Shipmate C. D. Lewis. Secretary Ray King organized rugby and rounders and the highlight of the stay was a beach barbecue and a sandcastle competit ion. On June 26 a holiday dance was held in the club room and during the evening the chairman. Shipmate 0. Bourne welcomed a visitor from Lincoln, the branch secretary. Shipmate Wootton. The branch now counts among its members a representative of the Netherlands Navy. Mr. J. l.ighthelm.

Portsmouth

About 40 former crew members of the German battleships Tirpi!z and Bismarck.. some with their families, visited Portsmouth during a stay in this country arranged by the Belfast Committee. In Pompey the y visited Netflagship H.M.S. Victory, and were entertained to lunch and tIlT Itt .t tr.l.il es erring h '

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The Man ferr. "King Orrv." carrying holiday makers to the Isle of Man, stopped her engines for a few minutes to allow a wreath to be laid at sea by members of the Denhy Dale & District branch. The wreath was in memory of shipmates of the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy who did not return from two world wars, and also commemorated three branch members who had died in the past two years, Shipmate'. Steve Kinnear, Ken Rramah and Henry Blackburn. Branch secretary Gordon Johnson spoke the commemorative words and chairman Dennis Wilkinson laid the wreath from the stern of the ship.

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Fifteen stir'. is ors of the Kelly. which sank off Crete in 1941. visited H.!1/41 S Mercury. near Portsmouth. .tini presented the C POs' Mess with .1 framed photograph of the Kell and her crew in Malta during World War II. When she sank the Kelly ssas commanded Lord Louis by Mountbatten. now Admiral of the Fleet, and the Kelly Association members were entertained in the R N Signal School's social centre. named ii him

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A Californian couple on a three-month holiday in the U.K. visited R.N. Barracks, Portsmouth, on June 4 - to see a set of medals. Mr. and Mrs. Norman McClay are staying with Mrs. McClay's cousin, Mrs. Helen Quinton, who presented her father's medals to the CPOs' Mess, R.N.B., in 1962. The medals awarded to the late C'O F. W. Warburton during his service frc i &26 to

1931, included the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal "for conspicuous courage and fearlessness on taking command of the boarding party from H M.S. Kiawo after Lieut. A. H. Higgins was killed in action at Wanhsien, Vangtse River, China, on September 5, 1926. In the picture are Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Quinton (left) and Mr. and Mrs. McClay, with the Mess president. FCPO Frederick Allford. Photo

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'Worthless' coins aid the blind Those odd francs,

lire. drachmae and cent'. which cotled in your pockets during a foreign tour of duty, don't add to a row of beans when you return to the U.K. But MAA Eric Ashby, of H.M.S. Fife, has found a way of putting them to good use. While an individual's collection is practically worthless, and Is likely to end up in the kiddies' playbox, a "collection of collections' " can amount to a tidy sum, MAA started the Asliby "IKI Fund" for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association and in the first eight weeks the response from the ship's corn. puny was tremendous. CMEA(H) Brown, whose parents are associated with the branch of the Gosport lion, made contact with the treasurer, Mr. I). Barr, who happily accepted the bags of small change from ('yprw., France, Italy, Germany and L'.S.A.-plus £178 Sterlingand raised a total of £285,124. The presentation was made by the Fife's executive ogicer,

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Calling all shipmates Think hat-Is to tpril, 19-U) n English destror.cr is bombed and sunk h% German aircraft near Hosika, to the west of Namsos, Norwa. Eight survivors, some wounded, are rescued b two Nor. weian brothers and taken ashore, where they are sheltered in an old schoolhouse. t)oes the story sound familiar to 0(1? If so, you could he one of the men who owes his life to Kare and hielge Hovik. "it is 33 sears sincr all this writes K-are (67), happened," "and I base been thinking a lot 'about it latel." lie would like, to contact any through Navy of the survivors. The brothers also found a lifebout from the desiroer and K-are has a brass sign from it, hearing the inscription: "Clare Lallow, builder, Cowes." From a box of ammunition in the lifeboat he took a brass plate marked "R. Hector," which could he the name of one of the men he now wishes to contact. Mr George W Dufty. 33. Ferry Road KSwburypo.'t. Ms.. U S A 01960. a prisoner otth. .lapaness at Jeva. Singapore and Sumetra. hiving firail bile red. a prisoner when th. German ship h*Chel sank 115 American L.ld.r, a ins~ to contact men he knew so wet He would tile, p(tlculaziy to contact a Lad Sidney Cod,y Alec any member, of the crew of the Empire De~ including Roy Neat. Jimnimed ma Lavericic and the captain. Scon Mr K L.w,$ (ix P0). . Downianci Dn,s Southgst. West. Crawley. Srats.x. would bike to contact Ten whO aereed w,th him in H.M.S Ex~ and re later Pri-soners of war at t.caaeas, Dutch East 'idle

Mr. J W .1 l'ldid.n(ex96Olwr) 12. Butter Bowl Dnvs. Cow Ooss Estate. Lieds I?. would like to heir from men who sirved roth him in H M S Berry I-lead, in the Pacific Fleet. 1945. w,thawewto holdings 'a-union

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Progressive Purley (they have doubled their membership in the past nine months never do things by halves, it seems. When a social and dance was suggested, Shipmate Greenlands took over the organization and planned a grand event for 350. Visitors from Ashford. BromCamberwell. Croydon Icy. R.M.s. Chislehurst, Dorking. Norwood, Finshury. Reigate. Sevenoaks Sidcup, and TunWells bridge branches attended the social at Mitcham Road Barracks. Croydon, Unfortunately, one man missed the fun - an accident prevented Shipmate Greenlands from those attending, and present tt i',ht'il him ,i 'pccd neco'. cr

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bers of the ship's company of H.M.S. Laleston during the ship's visit to Manchester. and received a plaque from the stokers when they a return visit to the ship. - paid A mention in the May issue of Navy News of the official duties carried out by a husband and wife team at Harrogate prompted Mrs. M. Fitter to answer the challenge. An ex-Wren, Mrs. Fitter is secof the Macclesfield branch. retary a member of the No. 10 Area committee and minutes secretary for the area. Her husband, Bernard. is assistant secretary to the branch, its standard hearer and to the conference in the delegate area op this,'' she writes. Cheam Four new members have been enrolled as a result of the current drive. The raffle at the recruiting branch annual dinner a 12.6l donation to theproduced Star and (tarter Ambulance Fund. EDINBURGH REUNION Survivors of the cruiser H.M.S. Edinburgh, lost in the Arctic in May, l942 were reunited at a memorial service at Clactonon-Sea. Some had not met since were together in camps in they, Northern Russia. A search for survivor', by the organizer. Mr. Bill l)aley, resulted in a large attendance from all parts of the UK. After the service there was a turkey dinner. Shipmates

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'The national president. Rear. Admiral I'. V. Briggs. was of honour at the No. S guest Area annual dinner and dance at which officers and members of ('helmsford branch were the hosts. (her guests included Mrs. Admiral Sir Waiter Brig COuss~. n (Area president) and Couchman: Lady "Crash" Hemming,Shipmate (Area national councillor) with Mrs. and Hemming, and the of president the CPO's vice-president \less. H.M.S. Ganges. NEWS FROM No. 1 AREA National Council representative Alfred G. Woonton another successful reports period for No. 1 Area (London and Middlesex) at all levels Branches continue to do well, he says, and a new branch was opened at Woolwich in May. The area organization is also and now has a progressing, new secretary in Shipmate Frank Matthews, of Cheam and Worcester Park branch, - "a of 73 years." spry youngster A supper dance at Eltham on June 30 was expected to produce a significant contribution to the Star and Garter Ambulance Fund. Area members have established an association information office on board H.M.S. Belfast. "It is amazing how many sailors, past and present, still know nothing of the R.N.A. It is that this office will go hoped some way towards rectifying this," says Shipmate Woontori

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NAVY NEWS JULY 1973

The Royal Naval Benevolent Trust deals daily with difficult and sometimes distressing problems, which in the most extreme cases spell nothing short of disaster for the individuals or families concerned.

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'Productivity + Efficiency = Progress'

Productivity and FAkiency words which figure constantly on the agenda of every Board in industr which intends its firm to thrive in thi present highly competitive world. So it is with the Royal Naval Bent olent Trust. To increase productivity we close the Local Offices at Chatham an I)esonport over a year ago and th Navy should know that the concentra lion of the work at Portsmouth ha resulted in a considerable saving I] overheads with no reduction in th efficiency with which grants to mdlvi duals are handled.

The Local Committees ar however, keeping very much alive am besides helping in every, way that the can on a voluntary basis in their owi areas, they are taking an active part ii grants work. have, of course, lull member chip on the Central Committee, whkl ensures that the whole Service is stil widely represented in the running o the Thist. The management of the Royal Nays Benevolent Trust is up to date am efficient and we Intend to keep it tha way. - Admiral Sir Desmond Drevei

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Like conversations in a doctor's surgery, cases handled by the Local Office of the R.N.B.T. are strictly confidential. On occasions, however, the veil of privacy can be lifted to give those with nothing more serious to worry about than the weather or the cost of living an idea of the enormous value of the Trust's comforting counsel. This story cop~ the Smith family, of St' Agnes, Cornwall, whom fate dealt a double blow.

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programmes by blowing or sucking through a tube to operate a sensitive control panel. Despite her physical handicaps, Joan is mentally alert and about six months ago it was decided to provide her with a .urn--typewriter. ---rhe Possum SOCSISS Association, through their local chairman, gave a lot of help, but the problem of raising £600 for the typewriter remained. Although George was in receipt of a disability pension and his wife has constant attendance allowance, the total income no margin for costly provided "extras' of this type. A good neighbour, Mrs. Winnie Chapman, launched a fund-raising campaign and by February this year she had raised £280. LEM(A) Harry Heath, chairman of the Devonport committee. put the case to the R.N.B.T.'s Grants Committee at Portsmouth, who allocated £150 and sought the co-operation of the Navy Special Fund and SSAFA, who gave £100 and £25 respectively. H.M.S. Seahawk's Welfare Committee came up with £50, and the £320 problem was a thing of the past. The equipment has now been installed and it is pleasing to report that Joan is very much enjoying her new occupational therapy.

Smiling courageously, despite their problems: George McBride Smith, former naval airman, and his wife Joan, of St Agnes, Cornwall. On the riht is Joan's latest occupational aid, a "possum" typewriter.

Two lesser-known Agreements

There's no "freeze" on R.N.B.T. assistance! During the five months ended May 1973, grants and annuity payments totalled £64,373.

CILLICCMAS

The question of holding meetings in the Port areas instead of in London was raised at the last meeting of the Central Committee, but transport seems to be the stumbling block. It was pointed out that while it is relatively easy for everyone to get to London, even from the Devonport area, meetings at Chatham and Portsmouth would only add to travellers' problems. It was agreed to continue holding the meetings in London, but the central Committee may consider a suggestion that it should break with tradition and hold the annual meeting in a Port area.

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Mr. and Mrs. Smith have undoiihtMlv experienced many moments of deer, despair in the past 13 years, but thankfully, things now look much brighter. In fact, the Smiths are so delighted with the help they. have received that they want the world - and particularly the naval community in which they have so much faith - to know about it. George McBride Smith (now 37) joined the Fleet Air Arm in August, 1952, at the age of 16. His dreams of making the Navy his career were shattered when he was seriously injured in a motor-cycle accident. He was invalided from the Service in May, 1960 and endeavoured to start a With thr& young children to look purchase of a secondhand van, which new ife, but other pressures forced him after, and his daily job to do. George was adapted for use by a disabled perto succumb to hospital treatment. again found the strain too much and in son. George has since modified it to Then, seven years l7l he went back into hospital. cater for his growing family. ago, his wife Joan was involved in a road But better times were ahead: hospital Joan's life has been brightened by the accident and, as a result, she is treatment enabled George to return and introduction of "possum' (patient opernow completely paralysed (quadriwith the domestic chores, and the ated selector mechanism) equipment and cope plegic) from the shoulders down. family's immobility was relieved by the although George has to attend to all her personal needs, Joan can now answer the telephone and juggle the television

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"in 18 years of work for the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust I can honestly say that I have never been so concerned about any case as I am about this one." - LEM(A) Harry Heath, chairman of the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust's Devonport Committee, in his initial report on the case of the Smith family.

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It is perhaps not known generally fhzti bcsidesthc role of casework and its associated activities, the R.N.13.T. has Agreements with other uzatlons which provide accommodation for the aged, incapacitated or otherwise, ,and also those organ havtng convalescent holiday facilities. Of the many Agreements. two have recently been revtewed and continued. was received concerning temporary financial diffiOne is with the ex-Services Fellowship Centre. culttes being experienced b RN. ratings, who had an organization which started in 1932 with premarried accompanied dratts to ships serving in mises in London. Its object was to provide food Australian waters. and temporary shelter for ex-Servicemen over the The two main causes of the problem were: on age of 35 who were in difficulty. arrival, landlords generally insisted on one months During the war they, moved to Downgate in rent in advance coupled with the inevitable delay in Surrey. afterwards returning to new premises in London at Belvedere, Tulse Hill. making allotment arrangements; medical and dental expenses for the wife and children. These had In 1946a large property, was obtained at Bexhill to be met by the man in the first instance followed on Sea, but it became the subject of comnulsory, by reimbursement. It was found that families did purchase order by the Greater London council not have sufficient time to accustom themselves to and a replacement hostel in Stepney, to accommoaltered conditions and were not always in a postdate 31 men is now nearing completion, tion to raise the money needed for the initial The R.N.B.T. has been supporting the organizalion since 1947 and in the first five years made payments. The RAN. Relief Trust Fund was in the habit grants totalling £3,500. In July, 1952 the Trust of making a tempor.tr' advance to Australian peran under which it met half the accepted Agreement sonnel and to Royal Navy ratings on loan to the net cost of maintaining aged ex-Navy men and R.A.N. to meet those commitments. Recovery during the 20 years covering the Agreement the was achieved by way of allotment notes. Trust has contributed £9,596. In the past 12 months, eight es-Navy men were accommodated. - It was then suggested that RN. ratings serving in R.N. ships were at a disadvantage and the Relief At its mcetin in March. the Trust's Central Trust Fund expressed its willingness to extend Committee decided to continue the existing Agree. similar facilities provided that there could be a ment under which R.N.B.T. meets three quarters of the net cost of maintaining elderly naval men in guarantee for reimbursement in the unlikely event that recovery from an individual should prove the ex-Services Fellowship Centre's Homes. The current Agreement will run for two years from July impossible. The R.N.H.T. gratefully accepted the offer and I, 1973. although the Agreement has been running for nearly 20 years there has been no instance of the Trust having to meet the debt of a defaulter. The - The other Agreement which came under scruis that Trust has agreed to continue the Agreement for a tiny with the Royal Australian Navy Relief Trust Fund. Some 20 years ago correspondence further two years from July I. 1973.

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Vacancies for Ex-servicemen

work

Airwork Services Limited offer employment to Ex Service Aircraft and Electronic Technicians who wish to continue their trade after termination of service. Opportunities exist in many parts of the UK and overseas offering accompanied and unaccompanied posts Enquiries should be addressed to the Personnel

experience (particularly at 2nd or 3rd line level) in the servicing and maintenance of one of the following: Aircraft Communication. Radar

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AIRCRAFT

DIVERS AND WATER SPORTS ENTHUSIASTS

several

to be trained as

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Evidence

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fitter

formal

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you are interested in learning more, first look at the list branches

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then

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date

Feltham,

phone Mike Crockett or write giving brief

London.

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OVERTIME is paid at enhanced rates.

Upton

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Non-contributory

pensionable employment after a period of satisfactory service.

SUPERANNUATION:

TRAVEWNG EXPENSES: Assistance may be given with daily travelling

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Kensington

Leicester. Birmingham.

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Excellent oppoItun1t'.':; exLt f'. Lictical Communicators as Signalmen in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.

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Basic pay is £95 per month, but with overtime, earnings can be up to £1 E-£160 per month. Foreign Station Allowance is extra. 55 days paid leave after each year's service

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You should have a recognised qualification such as City and Guilds (Telecommunication

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and

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General Manager,

seeking

temporary.

Why not start a new career with good wages, rent free accommodation and promotion prospects.

General Manager to arrange for an interview.

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Then

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INTERESTED? if you are aged 19 to 49, at least Sit. 7in. in height and physically lit, fill in the coupon below and send it niT today. Chief Constable, Ministry of Defence Police. Empress Staid Building. London -SW-6 ITR.

Courses in Mono and Colour TV are also available for men who wish to obtain employment as TV Service Engineers. available. Training grants Full details from: London Electronics College Dept. N/2, 20 Penywern Road tails Court. London, S.W.5 9SU.

Big day for 'new' Hermes

ears After t xvo-and-a-ha!f alongside at I)evonport it was an tlzi for H .xl .S. important Hermes when she put to sea for ten days of preliminary sea trials. Principal aim was to carry out machinery trials in the 23,000-ton carrier which has been undergoing a long refit and conversion (0 helicopter-carrying assault ship.

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She sailed with a sii bstantial base labour proportion of force embarked. Sailors and the men dockyard mingled easily and the trials were completed successfully on lime. Then it was hack to seven weeks in dry dock for the ship. which i', due to commission in August. From then until Christmas there will be plenty of sea time, with further trials, work-up and exercises in her new commando role on the plot. Dii ring her preliminary, trials a raffle was held for the C-in-C'. Fleet's appeal to raise money for a sunshine coach for the disabled and old. First three prizes were worthy members of the embarked naval base force - to the disappointment of the many hopeful uniformed men A total of £175 was raised.

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A jot) in the sun - at the Ro .iI Ik'ai,'h Club, %h airing for a pensioner or someone nearing the end lit his s&'rs Ice. The of manager of the club, caterpost ice and cis ilian families ing for from Il,\1,S, Mauritius, skill fall vacant next spring. It is open to present or former chiefs and petty officers of any branch, but is not suitable for a couple ssith schoolage children. Details are being published in a Del.

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QUALIFICATIONS

England and Scotland

good

£1,880

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per

annum

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physically

- minimum height: 5ft. 7in. RN. and Marine Educational Test I secures exemption to entrance 19-50 years.

HOUSING:

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avaiIahe

PENSIONS:

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classiutlihotels when away from base and receive a really good salary plus generous overseas allowances S11. \\ :Rl)hSSI:S should be single and aged

STEWARDS should be aged between 20th and 2Sth birthday. You should have pride in your appearance and enjoy working with people. llvou can speak (bent Spanish, so much the better, as we have a special - . 00. requirement for Spanish-speakers on our South \t'ncrican routes. -

between 20th and 27th Id

lob

It If Y0O you think ou ottI 'uiiiy working hard lit :i lriendlv team, write now, preferably on a postcard, for an application quoting rel'erence NN 54 AV : Manager Selection Services, llO:\C, P() Itox 10,

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When replying to advertise-: Age " ments, mention. please Navy News. : :

London Electronics Colleqe provides full-time specialised training courses of 15 months duration for selected ex-R.N. Radio Operators & LR.E.M.'S who wish to become Radio in the Merchant Officers the Royal Navy (including Fleet Auxiliary).

CONSTABLES

and

Vacancies for constables exist at establishments in various parts of the United Kingdom. Starring pay is £1,231, rising to £1,753 per year. Service pensions are not affected. Opportunities for housing at some establishments. Promotion prospects to the highest ranks. Opportunities to specialise CID. Dog Handling, Water Police.

Applications giving details of qualifications, age and experience to Manager. Staff & Facilities, Decca Survey Ltd.. Kingston Road. Leatherhead, Surrey. Tel: Leatherhirad 76971.

.......................

lotus

has vacancies for

\IINISTR\ OF DEFENCE POLICE

The appointment would become permanent upon satisfactory completion of initial probationary period and offers competitive progressive salary together with sea going allowance.

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LEAVING THE SERVICE? the example of hundreds of ex Servicemen continue 10 HELP PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THE NATION by joining them as a member of the

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Decca Survey Limited requires an experienced Electronic Technician Engineer. based at Great YARMOUTH, for SEA GOING DUTIES in survey work associated with offshore oil and gas exploration.

RADIO OFFICERS

NAVY NEWS JULY 1973

_Due to leave the Service within the next year Are you looking for job satisfaction? Are you prepared to be progressively trained for a sound financial position?

7,7h'utnernrtuoi (nip ci s Limited. S5 it U i-t Richmond Road. I'utne,, London

2TQ

Picise send mean -application form br job openings in Field Engirucerinit. Name

(NN c7) i International- ICL Computers

NAVY NE WSJULY 1973

Involve yourself in the teamwork of RadarTest Engineering with Marconi Marconi Radar Systems ltd. is Europe's leading manufacturer of defence and air-traffic control radar systems. A subsidiary of the giant GEC-Marconi Electronics Company, we have already provided over £250,000,000 worth of radar systems and equipment to almost half the countries in the World-including defence radar systems for the ships of nearly 20 of the World's navies and air traffic control systems for more than o airports.

Test is playing an increasingly important role in the design of Marconi's defence radar equipment. Ideally suited to ex-servicemen of the Electronic Artificer category, the work varies from basic testing of relatively straightforward units with well-defined to considerably

specifications

A settled home, a9100d

Northumberland

; .

more omplex ohs on lughlv sophisticated systems. Test equipment includes digital counters, spectrum analysers, video sweeps, high-grade oscilloscopes, pulse generators and computers. We pay well, depending on age and experience, while our comprehensive range of fringe-benefits include an excellent company pension scheme and generous re-location assistance where appropriate.

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For further information, please 'phone our Personnel Officer on 0245 6711!. Or write to the Works Personnel Officer, reference RAD'NN at:- Radar nting i"ion, Marconi Radar Systems Ltd., Crompton Works, Chelmsford CM I 3RN

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' Time for a change7 Time for a secure, pensionable job where the experience you've gained is an asset and where you go back home from work, every day! Join Northumberland Police ' Force. If you're under 40. 5'13" tall or over. here's your chance for a permanent.satisfying job in a County that's pleasant to live in, with free housing or rent allowance, and a , worthwhile pension to look forward to.

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NAVYNEWS JULY 1973

Open invitation from the Bishop

VRIERS IN BULWARK

n n ilIa flying in t Helena or Royal Nas ships passing h, That was the message kit by the Rt. Rev. Kenneth (iaI with the commanding officers of H.M. ships Andromeda, Rhyl and Lynx, of the 6th Frigate Squad' ron, when they visited Simonstown. The hishop was a naval cha. plain for many years, his last appointment being at Desonport. On retirement from the Navy, he

A former commanding officer of H.M.S: Bulwark, RearAdmiral J. A. Templeton-Cotill, was one of the V.1.P.s on board the commando ship during an amphibious exercise with H.M.S. Intrepid and 41 Commando Group. Royal Marines, off Cyprus. mands the Eastern Mediterranean The admiral, who is now Flag forces. Officer Malta and NATO Cornmander South Eastern Area, Highlight of the stay was a Mediterranean, was the Billmarathon race in which members wark's captain in 1969. of the ship's company and 41 Also embarked was Lieut.Commando Group took part over General Sir Ian Gourlay. Cornthe original course from Maramandant General. Royal thon to Athens. Marines, and a number of M,I".s, port of Piracus formed a picturesque backdrop for a parts' including Mr. Antonv Buck, on the Bulwark's fliht deck, Under Secretary for State for when ''pirates" entertained local "Defence (R.iN .) and his 'shadow," Mr. Frank Judd, children, There Was a similar scene on Opposition spokesman on naval affairs, the flight deck of H.M.S. Intrepid After the exercise the Bulwark during a visit to Istanbul, Turke About 50 local children played on sailed to Athens for a five-day. visit, during which Admiral the improvised playground and Tern pleton -Cot ill - wore his made short work of piles of stick NATO ''hat" and paid a call on buns and jellies and gallons of the U.S. Navy admiral who corn- fizzy pop!

exist

LABOURERS

for ENGINE FITTERS and SKILLED for interesting work on Experimental Naval Boilers and Auxiliary Machinery,

Rates of pay for Engine Fitters ÂŁ25.95 plus Productivity Bonus for Skilled Labourers ÂŁ20.55 plus Productivity Bonus,

hours,

App/i':

5-day week with 3 weeks annual public holidays. Canteen facilities.

leave, usual

Progressive Career on shore

In fine form during a training period on H.M.S. Bulwark's flight deck are the only two ship's company runners to complete the Marathon to Athens event, SA David Entwisle (left) and LA(Phot) Richard Blrkett.

'BIRTHDAY HONOUR'

The gold and crimson flag flew over the Admiralty buildings in

London by day and night from 1628 until 1964, when the armed forces were combined under the Ministry of Defence. Flown only by the Queen, who assumed the title of Lord High Admiral at that time, the flag may be seen when Her Majesty is on hoard the Royal Yacht Britannia.

have service experience in electronics and will soon be you leaving the Navy, we can otter you a progressive career in the at Marconi Communication Production Test Department Systems in Chelmsford. Essex. If

a leading company in the field of Telecomjriunication Systems. Radio, Line Transmission equipment and Television including Systems we provide a wide range of interesting work. And of our senior personnel started with prospects are first class; many us in a Test Department. Conditions of service are excellent and include assistance with relocation expenses.

and career details to write with full Please personal R. S. Ransom. Marconi Communication Systems Limited. New Street. Chelmsford. Essex. CM 1 1 PL. quoting ref NN or telephone Chelmsford 53221. extension 498

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TRAIN WITH HERON TODAY FOR A BRIGHT NEW CAREER TOMORROW

If you want a new career with a fast-moving, forward-looking company, HERON will welcome you. Consider the following: HERON Service Stations is Britain's fastest-growing independent petrol retailing organisation. HERON Service Stations are used by over half a million people weekly. HERON already has 130 Service Stations, a further 110 throughout the country are planned. HERON urgently require ambitious young men to join their team, and develop together to fill the following positions:

FACT: FACT: FACT:

FACT:

Helena's

Here's your

The Lord High Admiral's flag was flying when the massed bands of the Royal Marines Beat Retreat on Horse Guards Parade in honour of the Duke of Edinburgh's birthday.

PERSONNEL OFFICER ADMIRALTY MARINE ENGINEERING EST. HASLAR. GOSPORT. HANTS. Ext. 41646 Telephone Portsmouth 22351 or 41662

was appointed Dean of Gibraltar, where he remained until his ordination in South Africa as the Bishop of St Helena. lie travelled to South Africa in R.F.A. Tidereach, which called at St "island parishes" and at Tristan dx Cunha to give him his first look at his new diocese.

''Naval personnel with electronics experience

ADMIRALTY MARINE ENGINEERING ESTABLISHMENT - HASLAR Sarancies

AREA MANAGERS SERVICE STATION MANAGERS MANAGEMENT TRAINEES STOCK CONTROL/AUTO SHOP MERCHANDISERS

MORE HARD FACTS: * Full salary is paid whilst you are undergoing * We don't go by education levels - we choose training. people who have ability, * For extra enterprise and effort you earn more * No experience is needed as training of the money. highest standard is given, * Promotion is conditioned by your own attitude * A continuous training programme is in operation and ability. so you may join us any time. * In some cases a company car will be provided. * Site training is conducted as near to your home as can be arranged.

Why not put your energy into a job with a

future? Write or telephone for more details of jobs in your area.

Mr. R. Little, Coordinator, HERON SERVICE STATIONS LTD., Heron House, 19, Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5JL Tel. 01-486 4477

NAVY NlV' iUt:i" 1973'

LEAVING THE SERVICE? TAKE COURAGE!

£4.000 plus for men with drive Mechanical, start frill or part-time. Expanding market, Electrical aptitude an advantage. MUST BE ON PHONE. with back vehicle, stocks, money New equipment, quarantee, full training, advertising and full technical hack-up £ .350 (help won r.apwil if required)

oups. and can on" at ihe Coarr?ni, r'.aa brewulg flaflagOf%. otter rewj'c!In,I LaIn'i" a:. pubic with u seivice Many personnel WC aireoi','en'q hapP.1 We Good pay and coditiQnS Full Training An interesting and i,rogressN career a.'

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Church Road, Brrgaes Hill, Sussex Telephone Burgess Hill 42107

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.\ caravan section of the ko'al Natal and Ro al Marines : Motoring Association is being started to foster car.sanning in the : Service, to'eschangr,' information, and to organize reduced charges " for 'vans and equipment. VHn t lot join the shOiJI(l : Scerutars of the section will b A. :. Iklds, .i apply (it join the R.N.M.A. in the usual w, marking (heir : 1!.M.S. Mercury, sahe aill he ii member of he k.N.M..&. Corn. application form "('arasun." : mitRe, and any. member They will then receive full " interested in caravanning R.N.M.A. benefits and their should contact hint direct, : names will also he forwarded to " Non-members whit are the caravan section secretary, : interested in carwanning and

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Securicor have just the job for you in Civvy' Street

Come and work for BOAC. We'll take good care of you

it, Britain's largest and ibstelli growing Security organisation with more th,ii 200 branches all over the country.

Sceuricor

This means that whcfl you leave the Servui" there's a good chance that Securicor can iii f.:

Because of continuing expansion we have vacancies in many sections at Heathrow Airport.

you a lob that's right up your street. A will paid job with plenty of activity, variety. ';ocuruty. promotion opportunities, free uniform, pay and pension schemes.

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Start securing your future now, Read Services Re-Settlement Bulletin No. 2/71 and have a chat with your Re-Settlement Officcr about the excellent career opportunities with Securicor.

HGV DRIVERS

Must be physical1y fit (full colour vision). Age 21-40. Hold HGV 3. LJVing'comfortable travelling distance W including shift allowan.e for 40-hour week, from Heathrow.. Able to work-shifts. Starting pay £33.80 £35.36 when to drive 'airside." qualified rising to pw

in the Yellow Paçtet. for Telephone Number

took

RADIO TECHNICIANS

your iiialui:st Si:i;urucu:, llr:incti.

to repair and overhaul radio/radar equipment. Must have high standard of theoretical knowledge plus at least 5 years' experience. Starting pay £36.74pw plus shift allowance for 40-hour week.

"RAMP" AIRCRAFT FITTERS

CHEF

for "turnrdund" maintenance in the Airport Central Area. Should have an aircraft apprenticeship and relevant experience with an airline or in the RAF. Starting pay £41.24 pw including shift allowance for 40-hour week.

INDUSTRIAL FIREMEN

for fire protection duties. Age 21-45. Hold HGV 3 arid First Aid certificate. Must have had in a recognised irn service. Srting pay £35.74 pw including shift allowance for 40-hour week.

STORES ASSISTANTS

b physically fit, with experience in aircraft storekeeping. Consideration given to those with two years or more in engineering storekoeping. Starting pay £32.38 pw including shift allowance for 40-hour week. After training £34.88 including shift allowance. Should

DRAUGHTSMAN (MECHANICAL)

to produce designs and working sketches for a wide range of mechanical and electrical ground equipment - test bagql!qE . and corgo handling equipment. Starting salary from £2304 pa MINIMUM rigs requirement, an cnqiiicerinp apprenticeship plus ONC (Mech.).

PASSENGER REVENUE EVALUATION Senior

clerk:;

flight coupons.

boi:kiiiq or similar background to undertake the coding checking [four week. Preterred age 20-35. Starting salary £1520 pa for 37

and

evaluation of

SECRETARIES AND CLERKIFYPISTS Speeds of 40/100.

the

include 'planning of menus, control of stock. advising on catering matters, training and supervision of kitchen staff. Knowledge and experience of cooking and allied subjects essential. Catering experience in the Services desirable. Duties

Salary scale £1224 tc £1356 per annum for a 40-hour net week. (Overtime rates payable for additional hours). Requests for application forms to: STAFF PERSONNEL BRANCH ROYAL. AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT FARNBOROUGH HANTS

. 20th to 28th birthday. 5ft. 6in. to 6ft. 2in. Stewardesses - 20th to 27th birthday. 5ft. 2in. Stewards desirable. Starting salary £1200 pa. to Sft. gin. Conversational ability in a Wet European language On posting to flying duties £1300 pa and after one year £1415 pa.

Write giving details ref. NN/52/JN to:

are invited for a Chef II post Applications RAF Officers' Mess, Farnborough, Hants.

From age 17. Starting salary from £1367 pa for 374.-hour week.

AIR CABIN CREW

Additional benefits scheme, sports and for holiday air travel.

PROCUREMENT EXECUTIVE, -MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

experience

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SWIMMING " ATHLETICS " ANGLING

He swam like .a Dolphin

All steamed up

ANGLING FOR ALL

driving

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'..ontestents n the tests at the Royal ~M and Marines Roy& ion s first open day *)urtd plenty to get steamed tip about.. especiUy the

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'utotf,cier entrat from Sus;en. Alter the serious attempts by a large number of keen ccmpc

itors, Sultan's steam )orry pitched in to the driving tests at Beaulieu' as a demonstration, producing, very creditable esttlts, despite its size.

Second was. RO (G) Michael Taylor, with RS John Day a ~ third in a loaned Mini ?=plete with detachable seat).

The sight of 'Stokes" shovellno coal to raise a full head of steam before the flag dropped vas one of the days hih-spots!

An arresting

Panache

A/OEA2 Chilstopho; Ldf: driving tests wirme

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ELLIS LEADS THE FIELD

Sub-Lieu,. Ra', Roberts (right) collects the 1)uprcc Cup on behalf of his vietoniss team. H.M.S. Coilingwood. at the Portsmouth Command .4th/cries Championships at H. tic. raire on June 20. The establishment Aor; the Laip with 1:2 points from H. %I.S. Sultan with and holders H.M.S. Victory .-%rnone the top individual performances was a superb chow by Mikc FJli.s (II. tf.S. Vernon), Navymodern champion and now in the British squad. who won The 3.1KM) metres steeplechase easily and led the held all the way to rake the 8M metres title in2min. 8. 2cec. a second oitside the record. Other doubles went to Terre I indes (Sultan), with the "UW metres hurdles and 200 tile! rcs . . sat.! i're

tests went to A / OEA2 Christopher Luff, driving his Mini with panache, who received the eauleu Trophy from RearAdmiral I. J. Lees-Spalding.

pen-tathlon

performance

Capat ned h sa'. and Greal Britain representative John Blake. the Combined Services swimming team won he two points in an exciting match against British Police at cardiff on June 13. The Police looked likely wintier,., until the relays, both of which CS. won convincingly. In the water Polo, the Combined Services were beaten 10-5 by a strong and experienced Police team. Licut.'Gcorge Steele was unable to attend because of an appendix operation and Cpl. Barry Sheppard. on a course at C.LC. Lympstonc, wa aslo not available. A Water Polo League A fixture a! Tcmerbtre on June 2--23 resulted in a 14-2 victory for Port smooth Command against Plymouth. Scotland were unable to take part because of operational commitments. After the match the Navy earn and Sutton and Cheam drew On June 25. the Navy cs to team lost. 4-$ eston-super-\lare.

tiIhcti l)oip.m;n. si ho won the pole vault and discos. H. ISIS. .%krcury won the Minor Establishments Cup and the Wrens' trophies for team and relay both ssc'or to II. \i. S. /);suiirlyss

RUGBY FINI

The let out the lions during a rugby final in but it didn't stop the Royal Navy winSingapore ning back the Perth Cup for sport. .The Singaporrans delighted' players and spectators with their famous lion dance in the interval of a seven-a-side match in which the Nass were narrowls beaten h the Royal Australian Navy. After doing battle for three days in the eight-sport

Trotter

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Cup

for Air

Scoring -M. Air Command won the Tiottei ('up from Plymouth B (436) and Plymouth A (434) on the his! day f the Royal Nzi'.:sl Small Arms \lecting at ltislc on June 27.

LION-OUT

i' cut, the Ru.*l Nas tON with wins at emerged soccer, water polo and squash to claim the Cup beck from the Rmoal Malaysian Na%v, which held it for two % cars. Both the Slalasians and the Aussie', won two each of the other events - basketball, rugh, golf. hockey and swimming, and the other contestants, Singapore Maritime Command, won the eighth.

To end the day Beat Retreat was carried out by the Combined Volunteer Blue Jacket Band of H.M.S. Collingwood, Dolphin, Daedalus and Sultan under the musical direction of

Band Sgt. V. H. Judd R. M. with a colour party from H.M.S.

Ganges and Admiral LeesSpalding taking the salute.

'l'wcnty, ship and club representatives met at H.M.S. Drake on June 13 to form a Plymouth Command Angling Associaricti with the aim of providing facilities for all types of angling and inter-unit 1 Service competitions Witri Capt. F. J. Bishop of H.M.S. Defiance presit.Âąng, the meetingdecmded to call the first general meeting soon. Meanw+ute interested anglers should contact F.C.P.O. P Roy a! the Dciiitic.c.

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Third fastest time ever for the, Ryde-Southsea 4mile swim - lhr. 15mm. was recorded on June 2 by LRO Wally Parsons, of, aptly, H.M.S. Dolphin. LWtr R. Turner, attached to the RAEC School at 'Beaconsftetd, also attempted tthe swim but had to abandon ft after 30 minutes because of the cold and choppy sea. Parsons was a member of the Royal Navy Portsmouth Swimming Club team which finished second to Warrington Dolphins in the Lake Pickmere three'man team aggregate trophy in Cheshire on June 16. He was sixth in the three*!lfte t.wm, with AS Bob -~on (I1.M.S. Bristol) ninth and Lieut. Peter Stephens

(H.M.S.

Dee-

tus 12th.,, Parsons and S'ephen finished fourth and sixth out of 21 in the Fairways Buoy tow-tithe swhn the following day, but Morton had to retire with cramp.

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NAVY NIWS it, L \

SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS

Nas, golfers had their biggest success since before the Second World War '.s hen the won a share of the Inter-Services Championship at Hailing Island last month. won the most games, only Although the Nass match point'. are considered and this they could only share their '.ictors- with the Arms, with 11 points each, the RAF scoring nil. -titer the three earls successes against counts sides, the results of the final matches before the championship were very discouraging, writes The Shanker. Matches against the Civil Service on May 22 and Rosal \lid-urres on Ma 27 resulted in 14-I and Ifl1-4- defeats respectively. which. with the knowledge that the RAF had drawn with the Ciil Sen ice

fling the championship outright, but left the chance

of ting with the Arms.

were- not encouraging portent'. for the InterSenices. The team that ('dr. Lewis Thomas selected for Haling was: CP() Bryan Blaber (Defiance), Lieut. Malcolm Edmund'. (Ganges). ('Pt) Jock Lawrence Heron), lieut. Neil Marsden l('ollingwood), Lieut.-Cdr. Run McLean (Seahawk), LA Cars \ison (Excellent). l.icut. Cordon Reid (Neptunch Band Sgt. Ken Shears (Deal), ('Pt) Bills Thompson and Band Sgt. John Whelton (Ganges). I)olrhin Pla'iing the %rms on June 19 the Nas lost the

TI1U

pionship. Earlier the Army already beaten by the RAF - beat the Navy easily and

88-48. But that RAF game gives the Navy side, all available next season (plus their coach), hope for the future. deservedly

pre-championship tour included a 72-47 victory over the Americanflavoured Felixstowe Falcons. Navy squad: J. Anderson, S. Baker, P. Clark, P. Cornwall, P. Darlington, R. Ellis, P. Evans, J. Hardstaft, M. Kemp, A. UewĂ¨llin. (captain), A. Lynn, W. Mungall. Coach: M. Byrne. Referee: J. Meakin.

51-24.

Both the Arm'. and RAF were gracious enough to say the Nw. were the best side and the star again was Jock Lawrence - he was under par when winning with his singles - but it was sees much a team effort. Malcolm Edmund', holed in one on the first against his RAF opponent. The win was partit-ularls appropriate this year, with Lawrence and Blither making their last appearance in the tournament.

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(THE OPPOSITION, THAT IS) It's sb'.', pit e5"s but the Royal N.ivy team is continuin on its wa'. to the top of Service fencing. Latest lunge towards success came at the Inter-Sen ices TrianChampionships al H.M.S~ gwhir aedalus on June 6 when the foil team - Sgt. Terry Harrison RM.. P0 R. O'Regan and Lieut. C C Walker - retained the title t he won last year. The epee team improved enough on their last ears performance to come second to the Army, - "hut we still have a long wa to go to catch the Arms cpeeisis, who can field a team of full internationals.'' reports the Na'. tisab, P0 Peter ''a?lis.

Clean sweep

Although the sabre team secre a'. else helmed h strong \rm and RAE opposition, there was more 'access for the N;iv in the ' anic himpian hr \0 1,11h

Surprise diving exhibition

nht rn l)i'. sion '.son the KeIl Squadron Athletics Championships at H.M.S. Mercury on June 7. with Fife and Glanrgan Di'.isions second and third. ROl Ian Broorntleld took both the K) and 1.500 metres titles. Another highlight was the sight of JRO owen Harding performing an Olympic - style dive at the '.sitter jump in the first lap of the ,(W%) metres 'etceplccha'e'

THE SOUTHERN SPORTS SHOP

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sin-ges

morning foursome'. I -2 and thus needed flue points out of eight in the afternoon to win. Initialls thing'. looked black, with few Nas playen gaining earls lead'., but as the day progressed the possihilit of a great sie'tor began to emerge. In the final cent it was a birdie on the last to putt green a half h., the Army Nio. 5 which deprived the C-ai%y it of skkw, but four wins and a half were enough to make honour'. even. On the second day a 61-54 defeat of the RAF h% the trim deprived the Navy of the chance of win-

BASKETBALL " FENCING " PARACHUTING

Foiled With teamspirit, work-rate and enthusiasm at a peak, the Royal basketball Navy team produced one of their best performances to jolt the RAF in the InterServices Chamat RAF rionship ocking. 'The airmen, including seven internationals, had to produce their best form to win the game 67-4B - the closest result ever for the Navy and take the cham-

The foursomes gainst the airmen were shared 2-2 on the last dot and again the earls afternoon reports were not parikularis encouraging. But once again the boss got their heads down and 'Jowls deflated the opposition, esentuall winning the

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The Wrens fencing team winners of the Inter Services Women's Championship

Icils a.m ttit)l S 14.101 cs of a po'.sihk 32. l1:t;rison retained his Sgt Ro a! N a'. Dismounted Champion-at- Arms title with a clean stteep in all three weapons at the R.N. Fencing Championships. also held at Dacdaius. His sabre. foil and epee IC tories. giving him maximum points for the title, were a satistt ing reward for all the hard training and time at week-end conir,oughotit the season %Rtr-.t ricelti ' It \I D.iefjhis I(Xyk tile he

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Preparation and good tactics were rewarded when a naval squadron team (tight) from H.M.S. Intrepid and H.M.S. Bulwark, sailing three Bosuns and two Li9htnings, won the Nayartno Cup after beating the Royal Hellenic Yacht Club over a six-mile course in Pireaus Bay, Greece. It was only the second time since the race was initiated in 1962 that a Royal Navy team have won the cup, the first being H.M.S. Hermes in 1968.

triangular

Back row (left to "he): M Scott BwcI.y, Mid. simon Dyer. POEL (cap T.cvy Guy, Lieut. Mike lain, wIth cup), Mid. ~ow Mitct+I. Uscls, Las Batct+or. Mid. Cohn Dodd, Front row. RU Jeff Jones, Mid Jim Scorar, Rev. btarv.y Grit. lIthe. (MIsaing from pictias, LOEM Ken K.n.ail and NEM Stewart crows)

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inter-Unit Light Weapons team title from Ro'. al Marines Portsmouth, H.\.S. Pembroke and H.M.S. CoIIingv.ood. and Third Officer Barbara Williams won the Wrens title Tb .1 0tfiei \t'tTli.tois of

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FALLS

I-ncv free tra'.cI. free accommodation ... and free falls? I'he idea might not be such had one if you're keen on Iid ing without a plane - and additional basic free-fall parachiitirig courses are being held at RAE- Weston-the-Green this year as part of Joint Service Ad'. enturoers Training, the first hctwen hilv lb and 27. \pplic;itmons. with copies to he 1-leet Recreation Officer, should go to the ( )Iticer ( out

ElMS. \ ci non a1'o stan he individual title '.t tb eight '.4.1. in the Inter-Group Fencing Championships at Dacda!I' Result: Group II (ten victories 2, Group III mmcl. 1, Group 1 eight).

FREE-FOR-ALL

FLEETSPORT

fli.11111: U - N. I l'ara hiite rrzunmng 'school. R -F -Shin don, Berkshire. Anyone atten ins will be on duty, and entitled to travel at public expense. Other courses are to be held in August. September and October It's .mpphsat ion lime. too, for

lila It at the regular I- ket sport competitions, including the hm one - the maxi, midi and miniships' soccer, hockey and rugh'. - which start on September Entries should reach the FRO at Northwood by August I Other competitions which need action soon: " Fleet Squash - st.tĂ§ts earl

\ i.imst. Entries h'. JuIs 21), " r-ieet Golf - July to Septem. 'e: Score cards to FRO. " Hocke Knock-out -entries h'. September I to Asst. See., R N. Hockey Association, apt. B A. Jeffs R M.. Dept of Commandant General, Ro at Marines. MOD (Na', y). Room 4fl2'\ Archway Block South. Whitehall London SWI. " Ni'. Soccer Cup (not to he confused with Fleet Soccer Knock-out) - entries to Secretar', RNFA by August 4.

NAVY NIVS JULY )()3

Two wins as skipper spreads his net Two matches were won and one Inst by the Rnv:il Nav :with 20 players. including seven tiC'x~'Comer"s to

Half smiles for half a victory: the Royal Navy golf team which shared the Inter-Services Championship with the Army. Left to right, back row: Lieut. M. Edmunds, Lieut. N. Marsden, Lieut. G. Reid, LA G. Nixon, CPO W. Thompson, Band Sgt. K. Shears; front row: Lieut-Cdr. R. McLean, Cdr. P. Woollings (Secretary), Cdr. L. Thomas (Captain), CPO J. Lawrence, CPO B. Blaber.

YACHTING " CRICKET = JULY

- Sating Robert Shaw Cup (Sea. view) 6-7 - Aquatics R N Junior Chain ponships (H M S Ganges( 9 - Aquatics nler-Services Junior Championships (Bovtngton( 9-tO - Cricket R N v Noits II (Trent Bed e) 14 - Crckei R M v Devon (Exeter) SaWng Gold Cup (Seavew) 15 - Sating Conngham Cup (Seaview). 18 - Athletics Inter-Services Champonsrtips (Aldershot) 20 - Cricket R N v Hampshire (Southampton) 21-22 - Cricket R N v Oud.uncs (Portsmouth) 24-25 - Athletics RN Decathlon Champ onships (Victory Sta<ium( 25 - Cricket R N v Club Crcket Conference (Chisw'ck( 27-28 - Swimming and water polo P N Senior Championships (H M S Ganges( Swimming and diving RN (W) Inter-Group Diving Champion'hips (H MS Caledonia) 30-Aug 4 - Tennis P N Lawn T,'nnis Champonstips )Wmblodort 5-S

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the four lees of The race. wh cli I ea(Iie I- not hal I starts at Portsmouth in Sept embet. (h.unpions. "on'" another tros'.hen lieut.-(dr. Ics L.ich short-listed cress includes ph Orchard. First I ieu tell. tnt of of an R. A. F. member - the R..-. F. II.\1S. Lincoln, has no entry in the race - who presented a ill be competing on equal terms crest to manager Bill ship wit Ii his Nay Shanklr when the ship's soccer coti titerp:Irt s for a team visited the \Ierseyside club. place. the toured Adventttre is noss The Lincoln parts a clii until filly It. follossed An field St adi urn wid were ci Sen undergo-ing the lo tire quest tolls ti the 12-day training spells foil the ma lager ciess fill lees I - 2 and (the cress e rpool

chalice

for leg 4 has already completed Its 12-day period I. Lieh training spell ends ss oh a Royal Ocean racing (hub Race. the yacht having been entered for lie (ilsves- I )inard . Channel and Fasttiet races. On August IS the Ads etiture crews go into the final stages of prepar;itioti for the race.

THE NAMES The crew short-is: Leg One: Skipper. Let Car J P G D'ja's FOSN11 Chief Mate P0 M Bird B"laana mates. Lueut -Cdr G S Gray FOCAS, and Lot S Van Oem Byl MOO

( y hi ng as a sItvil't is gioss I ng in Mole t (liil 1.0(X) speet.itrs utipuih,crit aniouiuz siihiii s. report,, ,.ixk it ROYALS Roy id \I.irines Ins itaI .ielit. J - A. lossler. (jetieral 'section Xl heat Kent by three retary of the Royal Navy Cycling wickets at Deal oil tune 14. -\ssnciation. whose metnbcrship the day after the county side SLAY is steadilr ti sitig. had defeated I Iampshire in of road races and Reports the quarter-finals of the Hentour-ing activities should he sent to KENT \011 and hedges (tip. him at RN. hospital. hlasl:ir. the matLli. and . ball in the ( osport - I lants sstn the 'eree.tnt'' \less later raised * * * ihu' R \. I -I more thin £2() for the benefit u.ll &fl)SS'(.(Ilhhitl'% CkUitl)iofl season of Brian I iickliurst - the * * * Ijt'tit. Ret's Ward set twit evtahli'ultrest pl;i er. who ss is :iccomp:init( the l'ccrts,noiil Ii ( - in the, 1,5(X) Vi innt'rs iflt'iit n't-c,rd'. iel to I )e.il h fis e other Test men ccl trait I rc ciili at 11w Portsitocul Ii nwtrvs and 800 n.1rrs - in - \Iike I)enne's. \);iti Knott. \rea Rifle sIeetiliC. %5(.e II. 'sl.S. II.\LS. CliIIillguutKxI's at liletics \'if lqh;il - tofin Shepherd tilt) u eli el ents and Sultan,, us ho sum ehtunpionshipu. ()rdnanct Schtl Derek 'I ere runner-up iii ill eighth. were ossi-all %uinIwrs with 116 Kent 234) I. (slieplieil N elioll' points, front Command Training . 5ite\ ens * * * School (86). Ro ;il Marine, 2.14 for A.%en Mole thin ±_ 1(X) was r~ti,cti fill * * * \Vh Ic (2. Ness sum . ( ).uLle N ittoiial I'lay iiig held \ssoi( Roy I \l.urittes ss it hi, I the Sgt. lalT Kellatid scored a thisdiii nit it the l-)th annual rugby ss ikeis cuts, shot and hammer hat trick ti iiiatsli between the R. N. R. and he Roy at Marines athletics * * * N as y in 1.k tidon the U .'s. middlechampionships. .ssoml 21--I)) RN. R. '% liii i hIllS-li itktt I a-ti)r% 0% sr

final.

l'l, 11111111 Ii in the t'ortsiiiiiiit Ii us tin flit. Inter-Coniniand Cricket I-t-sti at ;It Portsmouth.

1tem st.trtitie the se.sotl ii tie bottom (if the Second I )is isioii of the (irthigan ;tilt] lisei-Stile loot ball I .e.ugue. the Roy il .u It' team of the R Ni U.. R \ L berportfi were Iliutinitteil to I )is ision One. went nit to tin jshi third in the I e;iettc ('hiainpioitship and it,

District

luck

'file Rity.) ssitlu 'lOt points. tinislieil third iii ilte tri.inpul.ir sluootint: ni.utch .ug.iinst the ('is) Sers ice (first. with %3) liii \rnt\ (911) ii 1(X) hut (tO)) the .inI' it l)i'.Iey ill (tulle 21.

Iturtslnclulth uson the ('11111(1 flarr (up in the inter-coin rita rid 'sir. diiigti s-Iiahhil)icmtlshuI) frosts uifh Fleet third.

dustonce louible skits scored by international mi Icr Jinn I ughis learn championship ssent to 45 ( ommando 114',)rom I he hiol dens. ("t'( (124) * * * Otttrut atid i rig athkte at the II .'sI.S. Vk-tisri chaiipio.truhipc suits Ionev. of lI..l.S. Sorfolk. with triumphs in the (M) :i':d I.5(X) lfltrtrt's and 3.fXX) n-(rt' ste't'i)kchst \1.S. tenwr.ii:, -vtai,wd the te't.itit title with 105 - rn NorFi4k (lOlL

cricket, tried out so far, writes Smiter. 'Fhe captau ii. I kuit - Simon Newsoni . seas able to spread his nd fairly wide and although the hossling was reasonably consistent in dismissing the opposition the hatting varied considerably after good starts, Iti the tsen-day match ag;ii nst I ncognit i at Port srnouth . which - the Navy won by seven wickets, accurate boss tug limited the opposition. svuth good spells h Cpt. Peter Dasey and Itist .-Lieuit. Gordon Grace. I he hatting seas dominated by POYsI F Knocker Whyte (80 not out) and I .ueuit - Charles Crasen-Phillips (98 not out), helped b Ness sorn and Gi.ice.

ssell. selth Johti l)iint and Peter ogden scoru rig 51 off I I ovens before I)uint I 2-.i fell . to legspinruen W'. se this hose-Icr then :iccouint ed for Sub- I aeui t s- Jim Rapp and Yslike Rohinsoti. Fogden \ as c uiight for a determined (iS. and the Navy collapsed steadily to lose hy 5 ruins. Scoess: Incognitl 146-5 dec. (C. B.ynon 2.25) and IaeuitPeter Fogden and Phillips 199-6 d.c. (P. Davey 3-TI. G. Grace providing two good opening part. 2.). RN. 152-5 dcc (A Wiryie 83 no - P ss other credtahlc ith tierships. Fogden 22. A lziard 21 a o ( and 194-3 (C 98 n 0 - P Fogdon 29. A hatting performances by POWtc Craven-PhilIps Whyte26no.S Nowsom24) RN wonby 'Fetny Iiiard and Whyte. 7 wickets RN. 176-6 dec (P Fogden 48 C With Authentics left to score A lizard 26) and i68 IC 179 for s ictorv iti the second Craven-PhilIps 46. Craven-Philips 36. p Fogden 29, A Whyle Innings. Davev shosved his mas- 26) Oxford University Authentic. 165-9 terr by running through the oppo- dcc (P Davey 5-57) and 87 (P Davey 7-43 Bowden 2-8) RN won by92 runs sition - lisslitig unchanged for 20 P London 175-9 (55 overs) (G overs and finishing ssith seven Grace 3-51.University A WhylO 2-22. P Bowden 2of 12 RN. 150 svickets and match figures 25( (P Fogden 68. J Dsinf 26. G Grace t8( for 1(X) ruins. He svas sseIl supported b I - Wi r John St ych and nesvcomer Ystil - Peter Bosvden, se ho took 2-8 itt1 seven overs. All set I..-'sPSE,S (lordon Grace took three early ss uckets in the match against for the don University and the Nas y Lomi-had the opposition reeling at 45_5 before some had fieldIng lapses let London off the hook to score a 'Test' tiiodest 175 off their 55 os ensOnce again the Nas v started Combined Services, captained by Lieut.-Cdr. Roger Moylan-Jones, will play a touring Test cricket team for the first time for more than 15 years when they meet the West Indies at the United Services Ground, Portsmouth, on July 12 and 13. Lieut.-Cdr. MoylanJones, servin9 in H.M.S. Seahawk, is in his fifth year as Combined Services captain. He also skippered the Royal Navy sides of 1969 to 1971 when the Navy won the Inter-Services Championships three times in a row. Another Navy player in the squad is Sub-Lieut. Mike Robinson, the present P.T. officer of H.M.S. Sultan, who has played for the Navy since joining as an AB in 1961 and is a batsman of distinct professional ability. The current Navy captain, Lieut. Simon Newsom, an all-rounder who has also captained the Royal Navy at rugby, has been included in the 15 from whom the team will be selected. Also in the squad are Marines Cpl. Peter Royal RO Freddie Fox, of H.M.S. Davey, who first won a Ajax, winning the 5,000 Navy cap as a fast metres at the Plymouth bowler in 1970 but has Command Athletics Chambeen abroad since, and pionships. He also won the lnst.-Lieut. Ken Langley, 1,500 metres event. Picture: of H.M.S. Bacchante. LA John Drew.

The Nas cc in t inuied their success ss'ith a t)2"ruiti ss'in against the \tuthenties ii Oxford. ('ras-en-

Fleet crews Adventure

ac lit smell short-listed to crew the Adventure in the \Vhithread Round-the-World race. 40 were serving at sea when they si,ere selected. \nother feature (If the tions is that the represetit a cornride cross-section of the Service. it Ii every t pe and spec au /at on

P0) crew, Chef Tech P Chowos (RAF Brie Nortoal AB C J Large (Brilannia), CEA M Rose (Mohawk) MEA3 T P Sales 1Jaguar) P0 M J Trotter tScylla / Vernor- Captain H J Wiltshire ii M (Contul orDROM( Lout P WykenhamMartin Warm-or) Two places blank Leg Two: Skipper. L)eut Car E M P Skene )CINCNAVHOME). Chief Mate Lueut -Cd' C P E Brown (CoIt.ngwood,(. mates, Lueut A Higham (Hardy) and EA C Abrahams (Daedaius). crew Sqdn -Ldr P K WoOster (RAF Bccesteri Lueut -Cdr C P Bongtsson )Gtiuhai rrs -Lueul 0 Budge (Daedalus) Lieul -Cat '.4 K Mathews Neptune). Lied A W Nethercift RNEC Manadon). Sgt G J Norman (CTCRM) Surgeon-L.cut S Or~fod(RN JS). Lieut -Cdr F S Owens (Revorlge( LAM 0 Thomson (Dolphin Hornet) Leg Three: Skipper. Car G M F Vallungs (Bristoi I DHOT). Chief Maie. CPO P Muilender (Temcraire(. mates. Cdr C Seal (ASWE and CPO W E Porter (Victory). new. Fit -L.ueut P J Hurons (RAF West Dra,lon) Liout P Caesuey (Ark Royal) GPO N Forrest (Dolphin Hornet) Lout -Cdr T J Laycock )DG Sl,ups( Lot M Shirley (Rapid). Lueut P A S Turner Antrim) Lioui C Walkrns (PAD Lossemolh(. ELMN T Wilkinson (DaedaIs) O"e place blank Leg Four: Skipper. CPO P Nullendor Tomecarre) Che( Mate Sub-Lieut P A 0 Clare (Raleigh). mates. Lueut A J Bol-ngbroke )Dryad( and Lout 1< Richardson (Collngwood(. crew Fit -Lueut H Potile RAF Lyneham) P0 D A Bull (Berwick), P0 J H HYland (Apollo). Lieut -Cam A A Johnstone (Revenge). Sub-Lieut P Kinqsnorth (Excellent), LS P J Long Beagle Raleigh). CREL T Nash Rovenge(, Sub-L,eul H W Trotter (Drdo( One blank Reserves Lieut -Car P Price (Sultan). Let -Cd' E J Richardson (CoIlingwood) Inst Liout -Car Voomans (Dryadl. PC Burgess (Dryad) POMEM Hudson Neptune) MTI Par) oot (Hasa' Sat PattiSon (Sirius - ATUPM( kidn-Ld' Piçr.nam ItAF Orampton)

Air Command athletes take the title NaVal Air Command Showed their supremacy in athletIcs when they won the Navy InterCommand Championship with 123 points at Victory Stadium. Portsmouth, on June 26 and 27. Portsmouth were second with 106 and the Royal Marines (99) thurd Aur Command also took the Wrens championship with 73 from Plymouth and Royal tnts rines (68) and Portsmouth (52). In the mens events. Plymouth finished fourth with 51 points, Medway (23) fifth, and Scotland (14) sixth,

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With him in Casablanca's Old Medina market area is CPO Frank Moore, of H.M.S. Exmouth. Phdo:

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Breaking away from their stamping ground at Portland and the daily round of training, the Second Frigate &juadron - like the birds - headed south. Destination: North Africa. The squadron, commanded by Capt. Grenville was that from which Sir Alec R. M. Burgoyne in H.M.S. Torquay, Guinness used to sail when acting as the combined business with pleasure dur- two-wife captain of the straits ferry' in the comedy film "Captain's Paradise. It was ing their fortnight away. also where some of Nelson's victorious fleet w On the there they, carried out exerbefore the Battle of Trafalgar. cises, with officer of the watch manoeuvres, replenished Social events included a cocktail party jackstays. RASing, night stationkeeping, given by H. M. Consul-General to celebrate gunnery shoots and the like. Coming home, the Queen's Birthday. there were deep water anti-submarine exerShortly after arriving at Tangier both ekes in company with H.M.S. Tiger and ships arranged to send working parties to other Fleet units, local Cheshire Home for disabled chilBecause of the varied nature of their the dren and the men carried out a variety of duties, ships of the squadron seldom get useful work. The children were later entertogether and so the ocean passage exerclstamed at a party on board the Grenville. ing in company was of particular value Sightseeing and bartering for goods were Between the business came the pleasur: and there was great hospitality. enjoyed H.M. ships Torqua Exmouth. Dundas, from the cornespecially, and Russell visited csabkrnca. while H.1. munltv who love toEnglish-speaking have the chance of ships Grenville and Penelope went to Tan- checking that the British Navy, is still the gcI. Five days in port meant sightseeing trips to Marrakech and Rahat. camel rides, football, swimming, cocktail parties, and chilRoyal visitor dren's parties. The squadron football team did well, in particular beating a representain Stockholm tive Moroccan Navy team 4-2. Only casualties were caused by the African sun. The guided missile destroyer Which burned the necks of every quarterH.M.S. Fife and frigate H.M.S. master on watch. Arethusa were visited in StockBand boost holm on June 15 by the Crown A boost to squadron activities was $iven Prince of Sweden. by the Band of the Parachute Regiment He was the guest of Admiral Sir embarked in the Torquay and which played Edward Ashmore, Commanderat several functions, including the Queen's In-Chief Fleet, who was flying his flag in the Fife. An honour guard Birthday Party at the British Embassy in Rahat. was provided for the Prince, and For their visit to Tangier the prestige the R. M. Band of the Flag Officer Naval Air Command supplied position occupied by the Penelope and the music.

'CAT AND MOUSE' - WITH TASTY SUPPERS

" Frying tonite might be regarded as something of a wry, joke for men of the Royal Navy involved in the cod war dispute with Iceland, but the fish on the menu for H.M.S. Lincoln was rather special. The trawler support vessel Othello presented the frigate with a 200th. halibut, a giant specimen which looked like a world r, to the recipients. Three cooks from the Lincoln cut the halibut into steaks for the ship's company supper. To H.M.S. Plymouth, naval intervention came as a mild shock to the system. Just having completed her time as stand-by frigate

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for Iceland, the ship's company, were settling in for a period of inter-refit training at Portland. Then they, found themselves dashing northwards at 26 knots for the task ahead. On arrival off southern Iceland, the Plymouth joined H.M.S. Cleopatra and took over as OTC. They were later joined by H.M.S. Jupiter, relieving H.M.S. LincoIn.

In the close-quarters battle of wills with the gunboats, the ops room have to be on their toes to sort out the gunboats from the jumble of some 30 trawlers and escorts. The radar screen often appears to have measles, and the Wasp helicopters are of great value in searching the area and identifying the various contacts. So the job continues silence, searching, a sudden flurry of activity, then hack again to cat-and-mouse. Danger is never far away, and it is indeed remarkable, having regard to the

tactics involved, that nobody, gets hurt.

In company were the frigates H.M.S Gurkha and Plymouth

BRUSH WITH GUNBOAT H.M.S. Scylla did suffer superficial damage in a brush with an Icelandic gunboat, and the incident aroused a great deal of political activity, but generally the situation has greatly improved from the trawlers' point of view. H.M.S. .Scylla and H.M.S. Jaguar have now left the area, and Icelandic duties have been taken over by H.M. ships Charybdis. 1-almouth, and Leopard.

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merit. On the left, the Icelandic gun-. boat Aegir steams away from a British trawler and H.M.S. " Cleopatra.