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t o b . ono o f a doz en t o mas t t he Pr i me M i n i s t e r when a t t he end o f Janua r y Mr . Ca l l aghan was I nv i t ed t o t he M i l t on Keynes headqua r t e r s o f t he U~ " ' t h i s yea r ce l eb r a t i ng f t t en t h ann i ve r sa r y . Ch i e f Lund r l gs r i has been i n t he Navy abou t 15 yea r s and has had t wo spe l l s I n md~ r m Much o f h i s s t udy was ca r r i ed ou t wh i l e I n H , FA . subma r i ne Rev~ ,

he f i rs t o f t he Sea Ha r r i e r s e f l y i ng and t he Navy now oks f o r wa r d t o ge t t i ng i t s ands on some o f t hem t h i s umme r when t he I n t ens i ve - l y i ng Tr i a l s Un i t f o r ms a t R . N . a i r s t a t i on Y~ f t w , Th i e I mp r ess i ve dusk sho t . i bove I s a f l ashback t o t he occas i on when t he Sea Ha r r i e r had a r ende zvous w I t h H . M , S . He r mes o f f t he eas t coas t o f Sco t l and and became f i rs t o f he b r eed t o l and on boa r d ah i p . The He r ~ now Po r t s nou t h b~ , l e f t t he U . K . I n he r m i d - Janua r y t o beg i n sp r i ng pmg r amr ne , wh i ch

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Dec i s i ons j us t t aken abou t t he Navy ' s f u t ur e a t Cha t ham mean t ha t sa i l ors hop i ng t o be based t he r e w i l l be ab l e t o s t a t e the i r pr e f e r ence w i t h i nc r eased con f i dence I n t he l ong- t e rm oppor t un i t i es . Th i s app l i es bo t h to serv i ce ashor e and i n sh i ps w i t h Cha t ham as base -por t . Adm i r a l t y Boa r d has now dec i ded that p r esen t a r r angemen t s . unde r wh i ch a sma l l numbe r o f f r i ga t es a r e based t he r e and have no r ma l r e f i t s i n t he dockya r d , shou l d be p l aced on a l onge r - t e r m foot i ng , T l e p l an i s t o have s i x o r mo r e ope r a t i ona l f or f r i ga t es w i t h Cha t ham as base - por t t he f or eseeab l e - future . Th i s no r ma l

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i n t um , t h i s s t ep w i l l enab l e t he dockya r d t o ach i eve a mo r e s t eady and cons i s t en t l oa f f i ng . Fo l l ow i ng th i s , t he dec i s i on has been made t ha t t he F l ee t Ma i n t enance G r oup w i l l a l so be r e t a i ned a t Cha t ham t o suppo r t t he f r i ga t es and t o ca r r y ou t a va r i e t y o f o t he r t asks . I n t he ha t o f sur f ace sh i ps , ex c t ed base por t s f or abou t 18 mon t hs ahead pub= i n a r ecen t News , t he Navy f o l l ow i ng f r i ga t es appea r ed unde r Cha t ham : Ach i l l es , Esk i nw , He r m i one (on pay i ng P l ymou t h , of f ) . Rhy l , Scy l l a and Ro t hesay .

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NAVY NEW ' S . FEBRUARY 1979

HERALD AND FAWN IN I RAN M I SS I ONS t he i r Sh i ps i n a Roya l Navy t ask r oup b r oke o f f f r om wo r k su r vey i ng t he coas t o f I r an l as t mon t h t o f e r r y Br i t i sh and Ame r i can dependan t s away f r om t he t r oub l ed coun t r y. H. M , S , On Janua r y 4 , He r a l d de t ached f rom t he sur vey g round and headed f or Banda r Abbas t o emba r k abou t 60 B r i t ons and Ame r i cans who we r e unab i c t o l eave t he coun t r y by a i r because comme r c i a l f f gb t s had ceased , They we r e t aken to Duba i , whe r e t hey con t i nued the i r j our ne home . C t e r i n t he mon t h 17 pe " l e ' i nc l ud i ng 14 Br i tons , we r e evac ua t ed f rom Chah Baha r by H. M. S. Fawn and t aken to Musca t t o ca t ch p l anes home . The t ask group , wh i ch a l so i nc l udes H. M . sh i ps Hyd r a and Fox. a r r i ved i n t he Gu l f l as ' Oc t obe r t o s t ar t t he second phase o f t he Gu l f Survey . 7 t e He r a l d , Fox and Fawn have been wor k i ng s t ead i l y eas t wa rds t owa rds Pak i s t an , survey i ng t he sou t h i rn coas t o f I ran , wh i i e t he

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Hyd r a has ope r a t ed ahead o f t he t he con t ro l and g. r~up se t t i ng up i ns t rumen t s a l ong t he l ixin coas t l i ne i tse l f . A f t e r ass i s t ed ma i n t enance in t he Bombay dur i ng Janua ry , group was due t o s t ar t wo r k i n a wes t wa rd d i rec t i on i ns i de t he Gu l f . A t t he same t i me as t he ma in survey t he Hydr a ' s boa t s have been conduc t i ng a de t a i l ed survey o f Chah Baha r , whe r e a new nava l base and comme r c i a l sh i pp i ng por t i s p l anned. WELCOME The He r a l d had spen t a four day Chr i s t mas br eak i n Ka r ach i , whe r e t he who l e sh i p ' s company was made we l come h l oca l f am i l i es . a tot a l of 71e sh i p pr esen t ed £200 t o a home f or r e t a rded ch i l dren and t o an orphanage . The money had been ra i sed by Mech i A i kman , LCK W i l l i ams and LSTD Amph i e t t , who organ i zed t he sh i p ' s company i n sponsor i ng Mech i A i kman ' s 110- l ap , nonst run a round t he sh i p . The homes we r e v i s i t ed by t he t hree money - r a i se rs and t he sh i p 's f i rst l i eu t enan t , L i eut . A J R i kv

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New Or l eans is 100 m i l es f rom t he sea , so i t is no t t he eas i es t p l ace for a Roya l Navy f r i ga t e t o v i s i t . Bu t H . M , S , Nub i an made t he e i gh t -hour passage up the M i ss i ss i pp i to be gr ee t ed i n t rue Sou t he rn st k by a D i x i e l and band . : Ous i c of course ' is the l i fe and sou l of New Or l eans , and mos t of the sh i p ' s company we re dr awn to the l egendary Bas i n and Bourbon St ree t haunt s . Na t l r l - I , an o l d M i ss i ss i pp i s t eam padd l e -whee l e r , was booked for each a f t ernoon of the Nub i an ' s v i s i t so tha t the sh i p ' s company cou l d make a t r ip up "01 ' Man R i ver " to see the s ights . The r e we re mor e s i ghts ear l i er in the mon t h when the f r i a t e v i s i ted Ve r a Cruz . For t y sa . iors char t ed a bus and t rave l l ed 280 mi l es i n l and to Mex i co Ci ty . ] l i e exper i enced many examp l es o l t he spon t aneous hosp i ta l i ty of the Mex i can peop l e , and en j oyed gu i ded tours of the count ry ' s ma i n cu l tura l a t t rac t ions . A h i gh l i ght of the v i s i t was an exh i b i t i on of bu l l - f i ght i ng by membe r s of the c rew at Cor t i go La Mor ena , a f a rm near the c i ty wh i ch ra i ses bu l l s for the r ing. Appea l

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ma k es £9 , 000 M i n i Sa l oons and t wo va l uab l e Wy l l i e pr i nts we re the in the F i rst of June Appea l r(~u es l Nava l Of f i cers ' Char i t i es 1978 draw , wh i ch made a prof i t of about £9 , 000 . Mr . W . J. D i ck i nson , of Fores t Row , Sussex ' who bough t h i s t i cket at the F l ee t A i r Ar m , Museum , Yeov i l ton , won f i rst cho i ce of the cars ' the other t wo to Sen i or Nurs i ng S i ster J. i ai ;. OARNNS , of R . N . Hos r iign Has l ar , and CPO B , R . gt unbar al , of H . M . S . Jup i ter . The pr i nts we re wc i n by R . J. Long l ey , of Yeov i l , and Mr . J. N . Lawson , of H . M , S . Su i t an . The Appea l suppor t s 13 cha r i t i es wh i ch a i d of f i cers of the R . N . , R . M . , WRNS , the Reserve Arms ~ind the i r dependant s . NAUT I CAL I NST I TUTE Th i s year ' s pro r amme of Si cdcnt Branch of t i e Naut i ca l Inst i tute i nc l udes the fo l l ow i ng event s at the Co l l ege of Naut i ca l Stud i es , Warsash . The event s star t a t 1930 , ex i c~pt whe r e- stated: Feerusry 7a 09 pos i*Eon legal a ipsots ar Id dean-up op . , (o " i i e " wi th RNA and i Mar E) th 1: The Onr i tTOl and operat ion of tugs in S' i ipl 'uandhng 25: The i of ~Ci s i -59 - opsrst ione in geowt a nava l por t (F " i ~11) Mey 23: Annua l genera l meet ing and Onckta l par ly at 1130 ud 1900 .

NAVY NEWS , FEBRUARY 1979

D i ng Dong in Hong Kong

The s t r ee t s o f Hong Kong and t he Kow l oon wa t e r f r on t p r ov i de t he f or a chao t i c se t t i ng f i na l e t o (nf " Revenue t he P i nk Pan t he r , one o f e i gh t f i l ms on t he l a t es t l i s t o f r e l eases t o t he F l ee t by t he Roya l Nava l Co r po r a t i on .

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g l amou r . He r e i s t he fu l l l i st : T i me (X) S t r a i gh t 1) t j %t i n Ho f f man , The r c , , i R i i ~se l l . I n and ou t o f pr i . son and unab l e t o ge t a ~t c , i ( j y j ob because o f bi . , . f:il \ 1 , s Demh

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he canno t , i SO I ( t jti\i t roub l e ( l umh i a . 1 : M l . \ k ' , i rner No . )2 .4 P i ece o f t he Ac t i on I A) Po i t i e r . Bi l l S i dney ( ' osby . Two supe r - conmen i sho rob t he r i ch who pr ey i )n t he poo r vo l un t ee r mi ) ca r r y ou t l oca l we l f a r e wo r k wi th unemp l oyed t een c " C( n l umb i a . EM I -W . , rn ' ~r . No . 593 . Wa r l o r ds o f At l an t i s (A) - Doug McC] u r e , Pe t e r ( i i l mt i re . A pro f essor and h i s son descend i n a d i v i ng be11 t o seek t he l os t C i t y o f At l an t i s . Co l umb i a - EM I . Wa r ne r . No . 594 . K i ngdom o f t he Sp i de r . % ( AA) - W i l l i am Sha t ne r . 1 ' t f f an% Bo l l i ng . Ove r - use o f i nsec t i c i des des t roys t he na i tura l p r ey o f sp i de r \ . ho ge t t oge t he r t o hun t (or c r ea t ur es . \ ' i \ . e t ) rn. l ame 0 r 95 . The W i l d Geese ( AA) R i cha r d Bu r i on , Roge r Moo r e , R i cha rd Har r i . , . An ve t e r an unemp l oyed is h i r ed to me r cena r y choose h i s own men t o f o r m an exped i t i on t o r es cue an ex -pr es i den t f r om t he hands o f a cor rup t d i c t a t or who has t aken ove r a Cen t r a l A f r i can coun t r y . Rank . No . 596 . The Ma~ (X) - Tony Cur t i s , Susan S t r asbe r g Ste l l a S i evens . Hor r i ) r a woma i i f an t asy abou t P( ) ' . ~- , t swd by a Man i t ou t he sp i r i t o f a dead I nd i an med i c i ne man . V i sc (nm . No . 597 . The Cheap De t ec t i ve (A) Pe t e r Fa l k , Ann Ma rgr e t . Spoo f pcn i cw pr i . va t e eye adven t u r e ( ' t l l umb i a - EM 1 - Wa rne r . No . 598 . t he P i nk Revenge o f Pan t he r (A) - Pe t e r Se l . l ers , He rbe r t Lom , Dyan Cannon . An assass i na t i on a t t emp t i s made on t he l i f e of t he much - deco r a t ed Ch i e f he r o . I nspec t ( i r C l ouseau Un i t ed Ar t i s t s No S i )9.

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W r en S t ewa r ds Ka r en W i l k i nson ( l e f t ) and Ca ro l i ne Cr aw f o r d seemed t o be t ak i ng i t a l l ve r y l i gh t l y when t hey f e l l I n t o t he hands o f t he Weh r mach t . They we r e t aken i n t o t he pro t ec t i ve cus t ody o f ex - Hambu r g po l i ceman Obe r l eu t nan t K l uge - ac t o r John Ma l co l m - du r i ng f l l m l nq o f London Weekend Te l ev i s i on s a t t he Doo r " se r i es i n " Enemy Cha t ham Nava l Base . Pe r haps K l uge had t u rned on h i s mos t menac i ng gu t t ur a l accen t and gr a t ed : " Ve ha l f vays o f f mek I ng you i a f f ' ?

NAVY NEWS . FEBRUARY 1979

Th i nk Navy i t cou l d r in in 75 .

Camp*~ may be r ega r ded as . s t r ange a r t t o I n t e r es t sa i l or s , t hough t he i r l i ves a f l oa t a r e t r ad i t i ona l l y r egu l a t ed by t he ch i mes o f a ba i l , Ho~m ' t he mo r e advanced d l ng - dong obv i ous l y has a p l ace i n t he So~ , because app r ova l has been g i ven f or t he f o r ma t i on o f a Roya l Nava l Gu i l d o f Be i l r l ng . r s ( RNGB ) , The ob j ec t s a r e t o f os t e r t he I n t e r es t o f a l l nava l pe r sonne l I n t he a r t and exe r c i se o f campano l ogy , and t o a r r ange pe r i od i c p r ac t i ces and mee t i ngs o f nava l be l l r i nge r s and t he i r f am I l i es a t su i t ab l e t owe r s . Membe r sh i p ru l es i nc l ude e l i g i b i l i t y f or bo t h se r v i ng and r e t i r ed pwwnne l , I nc l ud i ng r ese r v i s t s . The sec r s t a r y / t r sssu r e r i s ~ - Cd r . D . C , Un i ng t on , H . M . S , 1~d ,

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Eve r y encou r agemen t con t i nues t o be g i ven t o promo t i ng t he f l ow o f t he Roya l Navy ' s br i gh t i deas ,

Hdhe r t o ' a l l app l i ca t i ons f or ex -gr a t i a awa r ds f or i nven t i ons and t echn i ca l sugCQes t i ons have had t o be f o rwa rded f or cons i de r a t i on by t he Comm i t t ee on Awa r ds t o I nven t or s ( GOAT I ) , bu t a change i n t he a r r angemen t s has now been announced .

I n f u t ur e , awa r ds o f up t o £75 ma y be made , no rma l l y by a f l ag o f f i ce r , i n r espec t o f t he use o f suoces t i ons o f l oca l i n t e r~ . These l oca l awa r ds do not p r ec l ude cons i de r a t i on by COAT I f o r f ur t he r bene f i t 4 mo r e t han £75 i s wa r r an t ed . A l l sugges t i ons cons i de r ed by f l ag o f f i ce rs o r COAT I w i l l a l so be d i e He rbe r t Lot t cons i de r ed Nava l Trus t ~urbd . DC1 ( RN ) 792

* Two T- sh i r t s

No mo r e spor t s j e r seys a r e t o be i nc l uded i n new en t r an t kds . I ns t ead , each w i l l r ece i ve t wo T- sh i r t s ( i .e . sh i ns , kn i t t ed . cooks ) . The T- sh i r t s w i l l no t have t o be m i t i n t a i ned as " p ! j " k i t a f t e r co r n~ o f t r a i n i ng . M may con t i nue t o be used f or PT pur poses , or wo r n w i t h No 4 D r ess as r " i r ed . ( On~d~ng poo l s)o f spor t s j e r seys w i l l ava i l ab l e b e a t R. N . n i ng CAN R I CAN es t ab l i shmen t s , f or i ssue on i nd i v i dua l l oan t o t r a i m " . The 1978179 k i t upkeep Spor t s j e r seys w i l l be ava i l ab l e REWARb a l l owance i s be i ng i ncreased f r om c l o t h i ng s t or es i n a r ange o f f rom £57 . 72 t o £60 . 84 f or i n n e s i ng l e ~ r s , bu t t he supp l y Gene r a l Se r v i ce r a t i ngs o f " ha l ved " co l ou r s w i l l be d i s d r essed i n C l ass I I un i f o rm con t i nued when p r esen t s t ocks I deas t hese t wo ge t are " Any who en t e r ed t he Se r v i ce on or a r e exhaus t ed . , , l l ke l V t o mean a £75 be f o r e June 30 , 1977 . DC I ( RN ) 727 ' f i n& " I t i s a once - on l y i nc r ease t o enab l e t hese r a t i ngs t o com p l e t e t he r ep l acemen t o f o l d pa t t e rn su i t s o f squa r e r i g . w i t hou t be i ng ou t o f pocke t . DC I ( RN ) 11179 -"

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* Recogn i t i on The Ama l gama t ed Un I on of Wo r ke r s now R.N, Su r v i va l r ecogn i ses Equ i pmen t b r anch r a t i ngs as sem i - sk i l l ed f i t t e rs f or t he of t r ade un i on pu r pose membomh i p ' and r a t i ngs o f t h i s b r anch on l eav i ng t he Se r v i ce a r e t o have t he i r t a t ed a c~ r pape 813 r s anno ( RN ) DC ] ~gly,

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H , M , S , Ye r m~ pa i d o f f a t Rosy t h a f t e r a hec t i c p r o and a w*mo r ab i c " f i na l r un " t o Newcas t l e , Th i e ro t mh : cmay - c l ass f r i ga t e I s due W a ma j o r re f i t ex~ i ed t o l ga t t woyoem , The Comm i ss i on ond i ed as t he Ya r mou t h (p i c t ur ed b i i 4ow ) s t eamed i n t o Rosy t h w i t h t he p i pes and d r ums o f t he 1s t Ba t t a l i on Roya l H i gh l and Fus i l i e r s p l ay i ng on t he f l i gh t dock , V i s i t s t o G i b r aha r , Ka l y , F r anc* , Sa rd i n i a , and Sweden have punc t ua t ed t h i e Yam~ ' * r ecan t p r og r omme ' and h i e r j ob* have va r i ed f r om du t y w i t h t he Nava l On Ca l l Fo r ce Med i t e r r anean t o o f f sho r e pa~a ' Ba l t i c ex~mm , and p l anegua r d f or H . M . S , He r ~ du r i ng t he Sea Ha r r i e r t r i a i t . Du r i ng t he t m i s ' H . M , S , Yanmu t h ' s Wasp he l i cop t e r ca r r i ed ou t I t s 1 , 000 t h deck l and i ng , p i l o t ed on t h i s occas i on by Uou t . Br i an Ba l dw i n , The ah i p ' s adop t ed Sea Cade t Un i t a t G r ea t Ya r mou t h was f or ~ by r ep r esen t a t i ves o f t he p r esen t ed w i t h a ch we l f a r s comm t t t ee , , : gue by t he f i rs t l i o t ~n t , Ueu t -Cdr . ' f l m

Burn . . The money w i l l *end t wo cade t s f or t ra i n i ng i n T , S. Roya l i s t annua l l y f or t he nex t f i ve yea r* ,

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ano ther t ype wh i ch i s f ree of cadm i um . s tocks are to be used untEx i l i s i ab i ~g aus t ed , but on l y in we i i -ve f t l a t ed cond~s . Whe r e work has to be done in conf i ned areas , the new i t ems wi l l be used ,

whe t he r ex i s t i ng s t ock has been exhaus t ed or no t . DC I ( RN ) 715

" Try pu l l i ng th i e o t he r one ! "

* Amended W i t h t he ex t ens i on o f t he Gene r a l L i s t o f o f f i ce rs t o i nc l ude t he Pe r manen t L i s t o f t he I ns t ruc t or Br anch , t he cond i t i ons o f se r v i ce o f i ns t ruc t or o f f i ce rs se r v i ng on t he supp l emen t a r y L i s t have been exam i ned , and amended ( RN ) 796

New Ch i e f Nava l Eng i neer Of f i cer Rea r - Adm i r a l L. S , Br yson became Ch i e f Nava l Eng i nee r O f f i ce r on Janua r y 28 i n success i on t o Rea r - Adm i r a l D. G . Sa t ow , I n add i t i on t o h i s new appo i n t men t , he w i l l con t i nue as D i r ec t or Gene r a l Weapons (Nava l ) . Rea r -Adm i r a l Bryson ' s rev i ous appo i n t men t s have i nc f uded weapon sys t em eng i nee r i n Fo r FOCAS , H. M . S . T i ge r and weapons c i cc t r i ca l o f f i cer i n H. M . S . F i f e . He

has commanded H. M. S. Daedalus and, as a commodore, was Deputy D i r ec t or o f Sur f ace Weapons.

Con t i nues Rea r -Adm i r a l P. R. Ma r r ack , who con t i nues as D i rec t or o f Dockya rd Produc t i on and Suppor t , became Sen i or Nava l Rep resen t a t i ve Ba t h i n success i on t o Rea r -Adrn i r a l Sa t ow on Janua r y 28 .

* F r ee t r ans f e r s T r ans f e r s be t ween d i f f e r en t b r anches o f t he Se r v i ce a r e o f t en t he means o f r e t a i n i ng i nd i v i dua l en t hus i asm , as we l l as o f f e r i ng t he be t t e r use o f $pec i a l ap t d~ . A f t e r a new assessmen t o f r equ i r emen t s , t he Adm i r a l t y Boa r d has dec i ded t o f ur t he r r educe t he numbe r o f ca t egor i es t o wh i ch r es t r i c t i ons mus t con t i nue to app l y . DC I ( RN ) 719

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Fo l l ow i ng i s t he l i st of Extended Se rv i ce b i l l e ts cur ren t l y va~ t . One b i l l et i s ava i l ~ i n each cam , excep t whe r e s t a t ed : M. U . S . Camb r i dge : CPO ( OPS ) ( M ( P0 ( M ) Cap t a I n SM I : MEAT ) CM t hw i FMO S t a t i c : MEA( P ) H. M . 5. Cook REA C1EA (3) , OEA (7) CE~AREA: CRE&COE&CCEA . REACEA . COEA . CP0 ( ops ) ( M ) . CREA . CP0 l opsXs ) . CCE , & H. N . S . DO~ CPO o f f shor e ~ H. KS. n. ' P " Schoo i : CUEMSM ) H. M - 5. M CP0 ( opsX I EW ) Dr f ed; CPO ( OPSXR ) W~a MEAn / 21SM ) REA( SM ) %= $US ( LA I I T : OEA I I ZCEA I / 2 KM I & Nouny CCV. PI , M . $ . N. phm . NT .

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MEA( P i (3) MEAK CMWWXERA ( H ) . ) .MEÆP ) ( SM ) (2) . OEA12 Pw~ (2). CEA( SM ) : REA(Sm) = Stat i c : O¬A R. N . RC Sou t h Wa t as: CRS R. M . R . Tyne : CPO ( OPS ) ( UW P0(MW) . R. KR. W l r l i s . : CRS (2) 5MA P. SA P 4 i u t h CMEA I AEA . CREAREA SMOPS , ( CHEA ( PCMEA ( H ) D r yed F0J1 : CP010PS) ( M ) H. &LS . M I EMP~MEMN ! P1 ) 14 ) . CMEN (3) . POMEM CW~ ) . MEA( H ) (4) . P4U . ~2~ i ~ I'A.M.%P) .V. non : CP0 ( OPSXS ) KM . S . Ve r non PO ~o f :-A aea n 8M i RU PÆ i o i owwg ~*C b*=. *v~ f rom ~ 1. 1979 CCEA (2). CREA . REACOEL POOEUCEA (2). COEL / POOEL (2) ; CMEAPVCMEM I ) (2). ~P~ ) (4) .

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ADC t o Queen The ' f o l l ow i ng we r e appo i n t ed ADC to t he Queen f rom Janua r y 7: Commodo r es G. Hayne and R. J. P. Hea t h ; and Cap t a l as J. F. C& " . W , E , B , Godsa l , J , R , Gr i ad l e , W , T. T. Pak i e~ , P. i . Sb&W . R. C. Bay t i s . G. M. Cma i sh . M. J. E. Howa rd -Sm i t h , D. W. G. Robo t ham , C , H. H. Owen a i ad T , 0 , K , Sp~ ,

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Roya l a t t he end o f 1978 . F l ag O f f i ce r Ca r r i e rs a i i bd Amph i b i ous Sh i ps ( FOCAS ) has been r e -named F l ag O f f i ce r Th i rd F l ot i l l a ( F0F3) , The F l ee t wi l l ma i n t a i n three sur f ace n~ . each w i t h a F l ag O f f i ce r . and FOF3 ' s gene ra l w i l l be s i m i l a r to epondb i h l t hose of FOF I . bu t he w i l l have pa r t i cu l a r r espons i b i l i t y to Commande r - i n - Ch i e f F l ee t f o r nava l av i a t i on a t sea and fo r amp i b i ous wa r f a r e . l i t - w i l l a l so bo l d tbi e NATO pos t s o f Commande r An t i Subma r i ne G roup Two and Cow wande r U. K . / Ne t be r l . nds Amph i b i ous Task G roup i n t he NATO St r i k i ng f l ee t At l an t i c t ask organ I za t i on .

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The Rev. Fa t he r Vaughan F. J. Mo rgan i s to be Pr i nc i pa l Roman Ca t ho l i c Chap l a i n to t he Roya l f rom Februa r y 12 . He suc =N Mons i gnor F. J. Wa l ms l ey , who i s appo i n t ed B i shop - t n Ord i na r y t o H. M . For ces and whose ep i scopa l ord i na t i on t akes p l ace on Februa r y 22 . Mons i gnor Wa l nWey , who saw wa r serv t ce as a Me r chan t Navy . seaman o i ned t he Roya l Navy i n 1960 : J se rved i n f i ve car r i ers , H i s shor e serv i ce i nc l uded a spe l l

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The sh i p was handed back t o t he Navy a t Devonpo r t on Oc t obe r 27 , 1978 , on comp l e t i on o f a l l epa i r a c e dockya me r d i ns t a l l a t i on and rn t : 2 , 860 t ons , Leng t h : 37211 . Beam : 41 f t . D r augh t : wo r k . He r ope r a t i ona l da t e , on l g f t , A i r c r a f t : One Wasp be~~e r , Ar mamen t : l ka r a m i ss i l e i ) f a l l t r i a l s , was sys t em : t wo quad rup l e Seaca t an t i - a i r c r a f t m i ss i l e l aunche r s ; 2 comp l e t i on Decembe r 14 . 40mm BoSon guns ; one L i mbo mm t a r , Propu l s i on : Two doub l e " Th i s pe r i od o f on l y seven r educ t i on gea r ed t urb i nes ; t wo sha f t s ; 30 , 000 shp . Speed , 29 kno t s . weeks i s a r ecord , " sa i d an o f f i ce r . Comp l emen t : 251 of f i cers and Ymn , 12 t o 14 weeks has " Pr ev i ous l y , been t he no r m . " The D i do s t a r t ed l i f e as a Type 12 ca l l ed H . M . S . Has t i ngs . Be f o r e a subma r i ne t ha t cou l d he ai l ong c l ose - r ange an t i - subma r i ne wo r k , t he Scaca t an t i - a i r c r a f t she was ha l f comp l e t e she had way f r om t he sh i p rxn . " i b l % even l ue ' ded m i s . % i i c sys t em , and t wo t so f or s ou t s i de t he r ange o f t he sh i pbo rnc changed name , des i gn and c l ass 40mm guns . and i n Decembe r , 1961 , she was sona r equ i pmen t and t r acked by A l t e r l eav i ng dockya r d hands l aunched as H . M . S . D i do , a ano t he r sh i p o r by a he l i cop t e r . i n Oc t obe r t he D i do , commanded Leande r c l ass gene r a l pu rpose Suppo r t i ng t he I ka r a sys t em i s fri te . a Wasp he l i cop t e r , capab l e o f by Cdr . Ge r a l d Boo t h , sw i t ched f r om t he Fou r t h t o t he Th i rd Ce was t he f i rs t o f t he c l ass t o abou t 140 kno t s and ab l e t o be l aunched bu t t he second t o be de l i ve r a hom i ng t o rpedo o r dep t h F. r i ga t e Squad ron , wh i ch she w i l l o i n on comp l e t i on o f wo r k - up . comm i ss i oned , a l l ow i ng H . M . S . cha rge t o a subma r i ne t a rge t . I t ' Re r e i s t he prospec t o f a l ong Leande r t o name t he c l ass . can a l so ca r r y an t i - sh i p m i ss i l es . The D i do a l so ca r r i es t he F r om he r f i rs t comm i ss i on i ng on dep l oymen t i n t he l a t t e r ha l f (nf t h i s yea r . it r i p l e- ba r r e l l ed mo r t a r Mk 10 f or Sep t embe r 18 , 1963 t he D i do

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A e l i ) . , e i i f f i l i a t i on be t ween F I . M . S . D i do and t he Lancash i r e t own o f Bo l t on was unde r l i ned a t t he sh i p ' s r ecomm i ss i on i ng ce r emony a t Devonpo r t on Sep t embe r 23 . 1978 . The t own was r ep r esen t ed by a c i v i c pa r t y l ed by t he Mayo r and Mayo r ess , Counc i l l or and Mr s . A . H i bbe r i , and dunng t he ce r emony Coun . H i bbe r t p r esen t ed a scro l l , con f cm ' ng on t he sh i p t he F r eedom o f t he Bo r ough o f Bo l t on , t o t he command i ng o f f i ce r , Cdr . Ge r a l d Boo t h . The , cr (nf f and s i l ve r caske t i n wh i ch i t r es t s we r e or i g i na l l y pr esen t ed t o t he D i do i n 1973 . du r i ng t he sh i p ' s company ' s v i s i t t o Bo l t on .

se r ved 12 yea r s w i t h on l y shor t b r eaks f or mod i f i ca t i on and ma i n t enance . By Ju l y , 1975 when she was t aken i n t o Devonpo r t Dockya r d f or I ka r a conve r s i on , she had s t eamed ove r 400 , 000 m i l es , equ i va l en t t o 15 c i r cum o f t he wor l d . na t a t ish ons i p ' s ma i n s t r eng t h i s now he r an t i - subma r i ne de t ec t i on equ i pmen t and weapon r y . The is l ka r a m i ss i l e gu i ded compu t e r - d i r ec t ed t o de l i ve r a hom i ng t o rpedo t o a p(n i n t nea r

S i nce 1784 , when t he f i rs t sh i p o f t he name was t aun ched , t he r e has been a f a i r l y con t i nuous l i ne o f D i dos PHOTO POSTCARDS se r v i ng t he Roya l Navy . The pr esen t f r i ga t e i s t he s i x t h . Mos t f amous o f a l l was t he Exca l bur . E i tpnorec EX~. Famou t Fawn ~ . ~~ ~-de Pos t ca rds i n t he Sh i ps o f t he Roya l Navy se r i es f i f th ( above ) . wh i ch ga i ned (pro . ~) . F l . (1975) , Fn~ . F , rs i Fas t Tf i kn , ng Boat a r e ob t a i nab l e f rom Navy News , H . M . S . Ne l son , - Sc i m i t ar on one Po l i i ~) . For i h . ~ . G%= . )Cu l l aU. t en ba t t l e honou r s i n t he G i rds Ness . GM~ . G ' 91 . Go l d Ro~ . G , ago (No 1) . Po r t smou t h P01 3HH , pr i ce l Op each i nc . pos t age Second Wo r l d Wa r as t he Gra f ton (No ). Gm- i s . G~ . Gurkha . Hampe~ l " ~ ) . and pack i ng ( l pe r dozen ) , s t amps , pos t a l orde r s , l ead sh i p o f t he D i do c l ass o f Hampsh i r e (mod) . Hardy . Has t t snd POWWC He~ ( ' 967) . Hscs t e or cheques . A s t and i ng orde r f or t he supp l y o f each (1976) . ~ . Hw " . Hs t mes ( pm~ ) . He rmes (~) . ~~ . c ru i se rs . Hong Kong Squadron Pa t :OI Craf t (, W~ . %W~ . ca rd on pub l i ca t i on f or 12 i ssues can be a r r anged As we l l as t en 5 . 251n . guns WM~ . Ya~ . Mor* Ion on one p , ). Hub~ . bhx " . on r ece i p t o f pos t a l o rde r o r cheque f or £1 . 60 . as he r ma i n wmamen t . she W~ . ' 89 - - . ~ . Jum . A~ . A~ . Ken t (Pro -~) . Kent A l bums t o ho l d 64 Navy News pos t ca rds a r e £1 . 50 (mod) . Kw " . ' ( . pp . Kn~ . Kw i d i s ton ca r r i ed a ca t apu l t - l aunched each ( i nc l ud i ng pos~ ) . Laya r i . L . ande r W*~ . Lsende r ( ~ ) . L . ogsrd (mod) , a i r c r a f t and s i x 2 1 I n , t o rpedo Leopsrd (pt a -mod) . I noe l on . L~ . L i r d~ . LOW . U~ . t ubes . On l y pos t ca rds o f sh i ps l i s t ed he r e a r e ava i l ab l e . L~ . Loch Fada . Lad , K~ . Loch Lo~ . L~ . Lonow . F r om he r f i rs t comm i s A~ . A~ . Ac t sses . ~ . ~ r x . Ag l r ~ . A~ . Londonder ry , . Lyr i x ( ~ . (pra -mod 1) , - . Lyron A~ . Amazon , AW . A l ams i n . Abon tmod) , Abon m . Mw~ . NaM .Lynx Lynx (p t a -mod 2) . M& Nw~ . Now . s i on i ng i n Sep t embe r . 1940 , An t ~ . Androw . A r 4~ . Ant e l ope . Am i v i . Apo l l o ( tons . b~ . Nm " . Nuboan . Obw " . ocom . Oo~ . Odtn . O t meda , un t i l t he end o f t he wa r she C i an . A r ~ . A , e t huss l ayer ) . ~ i o (Lsandsr 1972) . Apoao (1975) . 0~ . O i wan . ~ . OPOW " . OPP~ . 0~ . was a l ways t o be tou i i bd I n t he (pr - ~ ) . Ar i t huM (mod) . An~ . A~ - . Ar t Roya l ( ~ ) . o r ~ . OR~ . =111L( ( C . 1) . O t us (No 2) . P~ . Psne l ope Ar t Roya l (p i " ) . Am~ . A~ . Ashent ' (1972) . Ashant i Phoebe ( v~ ) . Phoebe (Mw j . Pno i i S (mod) . M r ~ t h i ck o f t he ho t t es t ac t i on , as (1975) . AWW . Aurora . Avenge r P - ~ . P D~ . PÆ . ~ . Ra l (mod) . 8aan t e . Bar rosa . 8 . ag l a . BeSse l . Be rmuda . Beny Head , proved by he r ba t t l e honou r s : r moo coa . m . ( Rsdpo l e , %~ . Rsnown , R~ . Be rmch (mod) . Bs rmdr (pt a -mod) , B l adWoc& t t adawood . B l ew Cr e t e 1941 ; 1942 ; %~ . Revenge . Reward , . , . , Roebuda . R~ . Ro t ~ . (Pwmod) . B l ake ( MW) . Br ave B&~ . Br i ghton (mod) . Ongh t on Rusees Med i t e r r anean 1942 - 44 ; (pt a -mod) . Br i sto l Br i t ann i s 0~ ) . Br f l annes (mod) . Br oad S~ % I a l t a Convoys 1942 ; S i c i l y 5~ (Mod) . scwb~ . S~ . sword . Brorong l on . Busdog . Bu t wa r t (pt a -mod) . 9ua* (mod) . 54 pXX Dr i . Sh~ (Type 42) . Sh~ ( a~ ) . C&~ . Cambr i an C i k f f ~~ . C&~ . u~ . Cu~ . 1943 , Sa lSh e rno 1943 ; Aegean Si r 0~ i d . S i nus 0~ ) . S i r i us (Mod) . a =~ . . ~S . ~ Cav i l er , Cent aur . Cha~ . Ch r ~ . Ch~ ( pw~ ) . 1943 ; Anz l o 1944 ; Sou t h o f SO~ . Soy~ . 9~ . 9~~ . Supub . 9~ . Tw . i >~ ( ~ ) . ~1 . Oeopa t rs ( p r ~ ) . C l sops f rs (mod) . twn . T " M . Tar t ar 1 " mod ) . Tw i s t (m" ) . Tw " . Twby . F r ance 1944 ; Ar c t i c 19M . Coopua . Consvw ( ~ ) . C TK I ~ . T C1 si , j? . 1 r ~ . T i ger ( pm~ ) . T i ger ( ~ . Token . M~ . De i rww. Denng . D " r " . Af t i er t he wa r she spen t t en Cygne i . Torquay ( p - - ) . Torqusy (mod) . Tm~ . ~m&~ , Trum . D i a Do . n , DcmZ , . Devonwe a 0~ , . (19 (1974) . yea r s i n t he Rese r ve F l ee t Tyne . u i ver . W~~ . ~ . Umm , V~ . V&= . VC . D i do (prs . mod D l do (mod) . D~ . ~*~ . Duches t W~ . VKW . V90 . V~ . W&~ . W~ (m06) . (P un t i l be i ng sc r apped I n 1958 , mw) . Wa~ . ww~ . ~ . wow . wm~ . YA~ . Eag l e ( ~ , Eag l e W i b - ~ . U~~ . E&O. E~ . zoo . Zu l u Endu t wce (1959) , Endur ance (1977) . En~no . E*~ . Eu i ya l oa

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I t was buck*% , mo " , shove l s and ro i l ed up s l eeves f or t he men o f H . M , S , Cha r M i c , who t u r ned ou t t o he l p v i l l age r s o f Ch l aw i l i l l ' Por t l and , c l ean up when t he a r ea was h i t by Decembe r f l oods and s t o r ms . Among t he t eam o f 80 vo l un t ee r , , l ed b t he *h i p ' s f i rs t l i ma i enen t ' Ueu t , - Cd r , Ch r i s Yo r k , woo ABs A i an Cr a r k , John B r oom and S t even Nu t t a l l , p i c t u r ed he r e c l ea r i ng up t he s t o r m damage . A 22 i n . co l our t e i e% . i s i on was the cho i ce o f H . M , S . D r ake f or t he ch i l dr en o f St B l avey Home f or t he hand i The comm i t t ee o f t he D r ake gp ur , d i .so gave each ch i l d an i nd i v i dua l . 0 0 0 T l e c r ew o f H . M . S . He r o~ had no p r ob l em d i spos i ng o f f or e i n co i ns when t he a sh i p r e t u rned 11rom 7 " , . mon t h dep l oymen t t i i t he %kcsm c i )as t o f Ame r i ca and Canada . \ I i i re

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t he l e t t e r s on my book , " H , M , S , Ganges , " and i t surpr i ses me t ha t so many pe r sons cou l d sha r e t he same expe r i ence and ye t have con f l i c t i ng op i n i ons , My 17 mon t hs t he r e we r e f r augh t w i t h m i se r y and d i sas t e r . My " oppo " comm i t t ed su i c i de (unab l e t o f ace Ganges ) , ano t he r d i ed on anke r s , ano t he i d i ed wh i ~c " l ea rn i ng t o sw i m , " and my " j anke r s oppo " was d r ummed ou t - t he on l y boy t ha t Ganges cou l d no t t ame .

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Apa r t f rom th i s . I d i d 74 days on j i t i kers . wen t " on t he i r ( i t " for a week , and na r row l y escap ' cd 12 " cu t s " by wea r i ng my gr een coa t . Bu t d i d I en j oy Ganges? O f course ! I t prov i ded t he ma t e r i a l t i i wr i t e t he bwk . O t he rw i se , no . T i me d i ms memo r y . We f ( i rge t t he bad and r emembe r on l y t he g " . To en j oy Ganges i s t o en j oy. d i sap l i ne and ha rsh t r ea t men t When crnt i cs say t r i cy wou l d w i l l i ng l y go t hrough i t a l l aga i n , t he mean t hey a r e man enough to w i t hs t and t he ons l augh t tha t w i t h th c i r Ganges had t o o f f er . I f no t ' t hen I s masoch i s t i c t endenc i es . Bu t 1 do t hank , ~mpa em tshiincere ze l y f or t he - John Doug l as , i nt eres t t hey have , how , n i n t he hook B i rm i ngham .

0 Ganges was heaven ! As a boy f rom t he t ra i n i ng sh i p %k ' arsp i t e ( t hen m i )or ed i n t he Thames o f f Gr eenh i t he ) i n 1929 , I f ound Ganges heaven exce l l en t f ood , beds i ns t ead o f hammocks , and such a d i f f erent a t mosphe r e in a l l respec t s . I rea l l en j oyed myse l f there , t hough , i ns t ruc tors be i ng wha t t hey are , ~i fe was no t ' made any eas i er b~. t he f ac t tha t a f t er t he Wa rsp i t e t ra i n i ng , t hey cou l d no t t each me any t h i ng abou t bas i c seamansh i p . - A. V , Edwa rds ( ex-PO. AA I ) , Shrewsbur , . .

0 Ve r y d i sappo i n t ed I bough t t he hook r ev i ewed i n your Decembe r i ssue , bu t was ve ry d i sa rea l i z i ng tha t t he au t hor had no i dea t o f ( f fH. o M. i ,S.n , , rog , edas , i t rea l l y was , he hav i ng j o i ned abou t 194$ Pr i or t o t he Second Wo r l d Wa r i t was ve ry d i f f erent . w i t h we l l - known i ns t ruc tors , i nc l ud i n Fa t t y Chapman. Med i ca i l Ma r ve l , Nu t t y Ga rdne r , and g Gr i f f i th ' . - Ha i r ' s P l a i ce ( ex-ch i e f yeoman o f s i gna l s) , Swansea .

0 Au t hor ' s I mag i na t i on Hav i ng r ead t he Decembe r i ssue , I mus t t ake excep t i on t o t he t xxnk " H . M . S . Ganges . " wh i ch Y(nu r ev i ewed . When I was a Ganges boy i n 1931 o 1933 , t he var i t )u , pun i shmen t s men t i oned by t he au t hor d i d no t ex i st . A rope ' s end was cons i de r ed suf f i c i ent f or m i nor pun i shrnen t . Se r i ous o f f ence ' resu l t ed i n cu t s w i t h t he cane (up to 12) . ca r r i ed ou t i n a r i )om nea r t he gua rdroom , w i t h t he dub. of f i cer and med i ca l i ) f f i cer i n a t t endance . The au t hor seems t o have a i l l owed h i s to run r i ot i n do i mag i .i na sen t ence ngt i on be i ng ca r r i ed ou t w i t h R. M . d rumme r s i n a t t endancec Ou r i ns t ruc t or s we r e ns i one rs - k i nd l y men who new we l l enough w. ha t t prob l ems ex i s t ed f or boys who had j o i ned t he grea t unknown. We had a l mos t un l i m i t ed spor t and a f i rst -c l ass gymnas i um , W , H , Wor r a l l ( ex-PO) . Ash f ord , Ken t .

e was a qu i ck rep l y , i n ve rse ' t o Be r na r d Camp l on ' s poe t i c g rumb l e ( Janua r y ed i t i on) t ha t Den t a l W r ens have changed t he i r sk i r t s f or t rouse r s . . .

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W i t h W r ens i n t i gh t s And o t he r s i gh t s On wh i ch he I sn ' t keen , And now S i r , W r ens In t rouse r s ! Wha t ' s go i ng t o happen nex t ? We hope ' S i r ' t ha t ' l l g i ve us space To te l l you why weyou r e vexed ! We ' r e DSA ' S , Hyg i en i s t s t oo , Why does your poe t f uss? i f t hwe ' s ' de t oo t h i ng ' t o be done i t WON ' T be done by us! In days o f yor e Now gone be f or e Too t hech i R was a l l t he r age . Th o t he r ba rd H i s l i fe was ma r r ed : ' Sans t ee th ' i n h i s o l d age.

Now ' Jack ' s ' a cha rm i ng f e l l ow And i t makes us and and b l ue To see h i s br i gh t and sh i ny sm i l e D i sca rded , l i ke a show , And now , a i r ' he r e ' s ou r n~ge ' Th i s i s t he c ruc i a l b i t ' The r e i s no need f or gums t ha t b l eed And den t ur es t ha t don ' t f i t , We ' l l t each Jack how ' And t h i s we vow , To KEEP h i s t ee t h - No j es t ! And he ' l l be back ( We know our Jack ) ' Co t we f i l l t rouse r s bes t ! - s i gned by t he W r ens o f t he Roya l Nave l Den t a l Tr a i n i ng Schoo l

LETTERS TO THE ED I TOR

REF I T DUTY COND I T I ONS ARE AWFUL , ' Henr y VI I I is g i ven the cred i t for f ound i ng the mode rn Navy , I t there fore fo l l ows tha t for the pas t 500 years or so , Roya l Navy sh i ps have been o i n i n for re f i ts, I t wou l d appea r t ha t a f t e r a l l t ha t t i me t he Sen i or Se r % i ce st i l l canno t ge t th i s , , evo l u t i on " we i ghed of f . Th i s i s my t h i rd sh i p i n re f i t . and cond i t i ons f or t he du t wa t ch , i n each case , have been awf u l . I rea l i ze tha t sh i ps i n re f i t have t (n pu t up w i t h ha rdsh i p and i nconven i ence , bu t sure l y i n th i s day and age some t h i ng much i m ; ) roved cou l d be prov i ded for t hose who have t o s t ay on boa rd (nr nea r a t hand f or du t y pu t poses. How abou t t he bra i ns o f t he \ ' avy t urn i ng the i r m i nds t o th i s prob l em? O r i s t he answe r to j o i n a un i on i n t he hope tha t t hey cou l d i mprove cond i t i ons w i t h i n t he nex t 500 yea rs? POREL.

Fur i ous w i th Ar k Roya l '1'he recen i r~i ,h o f pub l i c i t . i conce rn i n1 : t he f i na i pay , i ng-of f o f H. M . S . Ar k Roya l has r ev i ved memor i es o f a pe rsona l expe r i ence dur i ng a somewha t s i m i l ar wave o f pub l i c i t y abou t he r predecessor , t he th i rd Ar k Roya l . In t he Second Wo r l d Wa r , when " Lo rd Haw Haw " was repea t ed i ~ . c l a i m i ng tha t Ge r many had sunk

We l l done , POMEMWTR !

0 P i ece o f cake ) ' our head i n to Mr 1) t )ug l as ' s bmk sgocked me J t ) i n i ng tha t es t ab l i shmen t i t i Augus t . 1923 , I f ound cx)nd i t i ons much eas i er t han I hat t i bt , en t ra i ned t o expec t - in fact a p i ece o f cake ( excep t for tha t wr e t ched mas t ' ) I d i d have an advan t age a' . a " s t odsc r , " hav i ng been t hree yea rs i n t he t ra i n i ng , h i p Mc r eur y . I am pre t t y cer t a i n tha t a l l t hose who expe r i enced t he dr i l l a t Ganges became g i ) i )d c i t i zens , and tha t ' s wha t ma t . ters . - G. o rge E , B~Aey , ( e*- CPO 1923 -58) . Lond i )n. " I t L , dea r t i e . t he book a i d f ree , r eaden kn t M t H , M. S , Ganges was a ve r y d l f f e rea t p. c r a t d i f f e r en t t i mes , M r . Dur i ng h i s t i me in H. M . S A j ax. POWTR Ma l co l m Woodheac i ( l e f t ) ach i eved two Doug l as , au t hor o f t he ~ , we , t he re I n Ion , unusua l qua l i f i ca t i ons f or a Wr I t e r rad Pk>, Edt i tor . u r e d ~9 w~ ng bo t h h i s MEM &% " W~ Br anch s i nh i ems he i s aesn r ece i v i ng hi s

t he Ar k. she was sent on show i ng - t he - f l ag cru i se to Sou t h Ame r i ca . Newspape r s . and espec i a l l y t he Da i l y M i r ror , we r e p l as t e red w i t h p i c tures o f t he Ar k bea t i ng i t up i n some Sou t h Ame r i can por t or (nther , and , no t unna t ura l l y , t he rest o f t he Navy go t a b i t resen t fu l I was se rv i ng aboa rd H. M . S . Fur i ous as a young tw( i -st r i rwr . and round abou t th i s t i me she was i n G i bra l t ar , hav i ng j us t r c l urned f rom a Ma l t a convo It happened tha t 1 was O f Le r - (i ' f l l lt he wa t ch dur i ng t he f or enoon when t he Ar k s t eamed i nto G i b i i t t he conc l us i on o f he r Sou t h Ame r i can j aun t . He r mo t or boa t came ove r t o us , and as i t l ay a l ongs i de I no t i ced ou r qua r t e r mas t e r a t t he guard- ra i l , l ook i ng down a t he r coxswa i n . I caugh t t he mu t t e r ed " . . Da i l y M i r ror express " i on , ,%h i f i a t s t ar t ed i t . As soon as i i be r l ymen f rom bo t h sh i ps go t . i , ;hore , t he f i ght i ng broke ou t . By t he t i me tha t I was on wa t ch l i ber t y men s t a r t ed com i ng . bu i l t up a con t i nuous o. tfta. i n and s t r eam o f sa i l ors w i t h b l ack eyes and bus t ed noses. Even membe r s of t he ch i e f pe t t y of f i cers ' mess we r e i n no be t t er s t a t e. A f t e r con f e r r i ng w i t h t he Mas t e r - a t - Ar ms we qu i ck l y dec i ded tha t t he on l y t h i ng t o do was t o send (or car ry) l i be r t ymen , , t ra i ght t o the i r mcsses and say no t h i ng. I have no doub t tha t t he same app l i ed to t he Ar k Roya l . F r ank Pot t s , commande r R. N . ). G l en t ham , L i nes.

Anyone reca l l pr i est ' game Bo i l e r Room Wa t chkeep i ng Ce r t i f i ca t e f rom t he command i ng o f f i cer o f t he A i ax ' Cap t Pe t e r Cobb , PO Wood~ was a l so mm~ t he Aux i l i a ry Mach i ne r y Cer t i f i ca t e . LMEM i4in Js* ' f l .

. 0 i ny i i ne reca l l t he or i g i n , charac t ers , and r i tua l o f t he deck game , ---The Pr i es t urpePa o r r i s " ? - O l d and Bo l d Ch " . H. M . S . Sussex .

Undaun t ed by new i ssue I have o f t en r ead tha t our mode rn sma l l sh i ps have a mor e devas t a t i ng f i r epowe r t han a Second Wo r l d M ' a r cru i ser , Cons i de r i ng t he age of t he o l d des t roye r Undaun t ed. whose use as a t arge t sh i p you r epor t ed la, . t mon t h , and cons i de r i ng a l so tha t she had been used f or th i s purpose i n t he pas t . t he t hree t ypes o f m i ss i l e used aga i ns t he r seemed t o have a no t a l toge ther devas t a t i ng e f fec t . I t seemed ve ry s i gn i f i cant to me tha i a t orpedo was f l ecrssarv t o pu t a bo l e benea t h t he wa t e r l i ne to make t he o l d sh i p ac tua l l y s i nk - Dav i d Edwa rds , Le i gh t on Buzza rd , B. .dC, , " The ob) eo , Navy Ne w. s was to l d , was t o exe r c i se a l l t h r ee weapon sys t ems Exoce t , seas l ug an j , Seaca t , and to cr i pp l e t he sh i p , so a l l ow i ng t he subma r i ne to U. se f o r ~o r s to s i nk he r .

Trounce r s t i rs a memo r y I was i n t r i gued by t he pa r agr aph i n t he Decembe r i ssue . " Trounce r re t i res. " hav i ng se r ved i n t he sh i p f rom May , 1945 , to Ma r ch. 1946 . She was a " Woo l wo r t h " a i rcra f t car r i er , (nn l ease- t end f rom t he Un i t ed St a t es , and was f i t t ed as a f l agsh i p . I t was p l anned tha t Adm i r a l O l i ve r shou l d ho i s t h i s f l ag i n he r i n Co l ombo , and tha t she wou l d be f l agsh i p o f an assau l t squadron i n ope r a t i ons aga i ns t t he Japanese . V i DAY V i Day hav i ng come and gone by t he t i me we r eached Co l ombo , we l ea rned tha t we we r e t hen r equ i r ed to repa t r i a t e some Sou t h Af r i can t roops . Thc Trounce r r e t urned . v i a Du rban and Ca t own . ar rn v i ng a t Fas l ane i n PC~bruary , 1946 , whe r e she was s t r i pped o f eve ry t h i ng excep t eswn t i a l s . We sa i l ed f or Nor f o l k , V i rg i n i a . whe r e t he car r i er was handed ove r i n Ma r ch , 1946 . t o t he U. S . Navy . I t wou l d seem tha t LST 3523 mus t have been r enamed Trounce r a f t er th i s . - J. D. Ha " . commande r R. N . ( re td. ) , Co f~ , hcs t er .

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Me r chan t Navy has i ts own s t anda rds Boa r d o f Tr ade ) can seem l i ke an o l d s t i ck - i n - t he -mud caus i ng f rus t r a t i ons , bu t i n t hcse days o f huge sh i ps and huge acc i den t s , t he D . T . I . mus t no t sc rub ou t we l l - t r i ed s t anda rds .

To say tha t eve ry seaman i s a good seaman by v i r tue o f be i ng a t i rne -served man wou l d be ve ry much open t o ques t i on - and poss i b l e r i sk . I am sure tha t any N. seaman o f r ank or ra t i ng who i s wor t h h i s sa l t wou l d have no se r i ous d i f f i cu l t y i n ob t a i n i ng t he D. T . I . necessa r y qua l i f i ca t i ons . I NFER I OR So wha t atn(nut t he ave r ag c. or l ess - t han- ave rage seaman ) By i mp l i ca t i on t he sugges t i on of au t oma t i c en t ry i nf ers (bu t pe rhaps no t i nt ent i ona l l y) tha t t he h( . N. seaman ' s wo r k i s o f an i nf er i or na t ure . I n t oday ' s M. N . a new man wou l d have t o l ook f orwa rd t o h i gh l y-spec i a l i zed sh i ps such as t anke rs. con t a i ne r sh i ps , f.as ne rs and bu l k -or e car r i ers , t he l a rges t o f t hese ( excep t

' Ghas t l y ' St V i ncen t I rea i d your book r ev i ew on " Ghas t l y Gangcs " ( Decembe r i ssue) and canno t l et i t pas , , w i t hou t commen t .

(o f f i ce rs and men I t is ni i pa t en t l y obv i ous t ~ .a t " ba l l as t " can be ca r r i ed i n t he mann i ng o f such sh i ps .

ANYWHERE A M. N . seaman , par t i cu l ar l i f he be pa r t o f a gene r a l purpose c r ew , is expec t ed t o w i ) r k anywhe r e be t ween t he t ruck and t he kee l son. F i na l l y , . how wou l d o t he r seamen v i ew your en t ry w i t h no E. D . H . cer t i f i ca t e? Assum i ng a man l ef t t he R. N . w i t h a pens i on and gra tu i t y he wou l d come i nt i ) a se rv i ce whe r e an A. B . may have comp l e t ed any t h i ng up 40 ears . He w i l l be on h i s bas i c WA a sma l l serv i ce i nc r emen t . OVERT I ME To mee t r easonab l e f am i l y comm i t men t s he has t o have ove r t i me ava i l ab l e , and he does no t ge t a pens i on unt i l he i s 63 . A R. N . ent ry , by ga i n i ng an E. D . H. cer t i f i ca t e , and hav i ng subs t an t i a l R. N . expe r i ence , at l eas t enab l es h i s new M. N . co l l eagues t o see h i m as a compa r ab l e sh i pma t e , and fores t a l l poss i b l e an i mos i t y . No doub t , g i ven t i me , each cou l d l ea rn f rom t he o t he r . W i l l i am Pr ke . cap t a i n , ss Mob i l Eag l e (275 , 000 tons) .

We a l ways r eckoned tha t t he so f t er var i e t y wen t to tha t " o t he r cc--- because t hey wou l d no t r1 ab l e to s t and t he pace i n a " ha rd sh i p . " We we r e . ' ays bes t a t i nt er-es t ab l i shr _n t spor t s , and o f course we ad our V. C . Boy 1st C l ass Cornwe l l o f Ju t l and f ame . I am re f er r i n . & , o f course , t o H. M . S . St V i ncen t . mo t t o " I t us. " - P. Red (sta f f ) , Na t i ona l St - ,a Tr a i n i ng Co l l ege , Gr avesend , Ken t .

0 Wh i t e Ens i gn badge

I was i n t eres t ed to read (Novcmbe r ) t he commen t s re f er r i ng t (n l ape l badges bea r i ng t he f acs i m i l e o f t he Wh i t e Ens i gn . Such a badge came i nto ex i s t ence i n 1924 when t he Wh i t e Ens i gn Assoc i a t i on was f ormed i n Manches t e r . I t was be l i eved t o be t he f i rst assoc i a t i on i n t he prov i nces , and was r ecogn i zed by t he Adm i r a l t y , bu t I do no t know i f it st i l l ex i sts . - A. Coch r an ( ex- CPO , RP I ) , Rugeky . St a f f s .

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The r e shou l d be a badge wo rn on l y by ex-nava l pe rsonne l . Go i ng ashor e f rom a Roya l F l ee t Aux i l i a ry a t Cha t ham , I me t men i n t he l oca l s wea r i ng Navy t i es ,

the bug i ers of the band of the Comma nde r - i n -Ch i e f Nava l Home Command , who had come al l the way f rom Por t smou th to l ead the ma r ch to the chape l , sounded the Las t Post , a f t er wh i ch we a l l s tood in s i l ence for about 'i m i nu t e . The bug l ers then sounded Reve i l l e . Al l present agreed tha t i t was ~i mos t mov i ng ce remony , and I am sure tha t such occas i ons are by no means as unusua l as Mr . S i mmons i mp l i es . - S . W . Rosk i l l , capt a i n R . N . ( re td. ) , P res i dent , Cambr i dge branch R. N. A.

W i t h re f erence to the l et ter f rom Mr . L. S i mmons , we in th i s area do not read the Leg i on sent ence n i ght l y at 2 100 hours , but on the neares t Sunday to Apr i l 25 we star ted ho l d i ng an A! I ZAC memor i a l serv i ce about s i x years ago w i th 100 a t t end i ng . Th i s has now ex t ended to t housands , i nc l ud i ng represent a t i ves f rom Aus t ra l i a and New Zea l and , the serv i ce be i ng a t a l oca l ANZAC ceme t ery on Cannock Chase . I f Sh i pma t e S i mmons wou l d l i ke to a t t end the next ce remony , he cou l d ge t in touch w i th me , and no doub t we cou l d ar range a i ccommoda t i on . - C . M . Ford , R i )va i Br i t i sh Leg i on , Ma i n Road , Brere t ( i n , Ruge l ey , Staf fs .

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May I sugges t a des i gn of badge t ha t a l l se r v i ng and ex - se r v i ng pe r sonne l cou l d wea r w i t h p r i de? Wha t abou t tha t o t he r " con i n t he R. N. wea r s t he Jack and E v e r y sh i p cen t ra t i on camp " wh i ch used t o Ens i gn . Why no t i ncoI r ra t e bo t h i n a house pr i sone rs t he wa r s c rossed- f l ags badge , w i t r o r w i t hou t t he w i t h F r ance anddur was i n t a t er used c rown above . - J. Cha r t t on ( ex-R . N . . as a t ra i n i ng ec t ah l i shmrn t f or R. N , V . R . , R. N . X . S . ) , Nor t he rn I re l and , boy. , en t e r i ng i he R. N . . . I OTHER PLACE

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They sa i d t hey bc . . i onged t o Cha t ham Navy C l ub bu t we r e no t ex -Navy . Some had neve r been i n t he Forces . They sa i d the i r ma t es " j o i ned us UP , " wh i ch i s a l l wrong . - A , Pea rson ( ex- l ead i ng , , eaman) . R. F . A .

0 R. N . A . m i n i a t ur e When Sh i pma t e Seymour speaks of a sma l l badge for the ex-Navy personne l in h i gh p l aces , sure l y the m i n i a ture Roya l Nava l Assoc i a t i on badge mee t s h i s requ i rement . % (s i ze , three-e i ghths of an inch) . - L , A, 1~n . Ox t ed . Sur rey .

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is cor rec t tha t Assoc i a t e membe r s of the Ro a l Nava l A~a t i on have a wh i ch di f71 rs f rom tha t o f Fu l l membc rs badu , ut how many peop l e not in the R . N . A . , and par t i cu l ar l y pre -1950 ex-nava l men , are awa re of th i s? ,Mr . Osborn (Novembe r i ssue) seems to th i nk I w i sh to redes i gn the R . N . A . emb l em . No t so. Tha t is for the ~a t i on . My or i g i na l l et ter s t emmed f rom a des i re to a i d those seek ' means by wh i ch they cou l d i dent i y a recogn i zed by f e l l ow ex-ma t e l ot s who st i l l re t a i n the pr i de tha t s t ems f rom hav i ng served in the Roya l Navy . I t is apparent to me tha t many in th i s ca t egory have no des i re , for reasons of the i r own , to wea r the of f i c i a l i ns i gn i a of the R . N . A . - J. Owem . War r i ngton. " Th i s cor respondence has bad a pre f t y Wr I M , AM mm t now do . -

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~' i )ur cor res r i dent " htn . Fed - Up (nf V . i r i ches t e r " (Decembe r i ssue) seems to have an " I ' m a l l r ight Jack " at t i tude . Af t er not i ng her husband ' s ra te in the Navy I f ee l tha t she shou l d cons i der others , a l though f rom my exper i ence of ask i ng w i ves to s i gn a pet i t i on, i t was the ones whose husbands we re of s i mi l ar ra te to Mrs . Fed-Up ' s husband who we r e the mos t anx i ous to s ign. I wou l d agree w i th he r tha t " on the br ead l i ne " c l a i ms are po i nt l ess and cer ta i n l y do not ga i n pub l i c sympa t hy in th i s area , bu t the Press do seck out the ones who te l l " sob s tor i es " and t ake commen t s out o f cont ext . Far f rom " knock i ng " Si crv i ce l i fe I am proud of the Navy . My f a ther ' s f am i l y has had nava l connec t i ons for mor e than 100 .% cars , and I just hope there w i l l be .i Navy lef t for future genera t i ons t o serve in. F i na l l y , I do have the courage t i ) s i gn my name , and my husband has t i road enough shou l ders to t ake t he " j i bes " abou t my i )u t spokenness . - Ange l a Whkb i . Gospor t .

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Un l i ke the nava l w i f e in Por i chest er , I am not happy about the vot i ng sys t em . I d i d not rea l i ze tha t I wou l d acqu i re an " S " next to my name on the e l ec tora l rol l and wou l d f i ght mos t st rong l y for i ts qu i ck remova l . Too many Serv i ce w i ves secm to th i nk they are in the Serv i ce too. I wan t to see a good de f ence force in order to secure my cmdr en ' s future , j ust as I wan t a good hea l th sys t em and a good educa t i on sys t em, but i t seems as i f I am condemned to be c l assed as a " comp l a i n i ng w i f e " i f I vo i ce such an op i n i on . I see myse l f as a concerned c i v i l i anc - Sa i t aab wee , .

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Vo l un t ee rs a r e needed t o ass i st resea rche rs f or a ser i es o f s t ud i es a t t he i ns t i tut e o f Nava l Med l ca ' ~e , A l ve r s t oke , on t he f o l l ow i ng da t es: - Februa r y 5 t o 16 ; Feb rua r y 19 t o Ma r ch 2 , Ma r ch 5 t o Ma r ch 16 ; and June 4 t o Ju l y 29 . Ex t r a a l l owances o f £3 or mor e , depend i ng on t he numbe r o f tests , i s payab l e and no cha rges a re made f or accommoda t i on or v i c l u~ l o i Ing~ i i t eers become pa r t o f t he t eam resea rch i ng i n t o t he e f f ec t s on men t a l and phys i ca l pe r f or mance and on 1 rc processes 0 va= phys i o lpor Ica and t he rma 1t co d i t i ons i mfoosund i n t he nava l env i ronmen t . Eve r y f ace t o f t he S t udy i s fu l l y exp l a i ned and a t no t i me a re vo l un t ee rs sub j ec t ed t o any t es t s a l i en t o t he na t ur e o f t he s t udy , nor a r e t hey sub j ec t ed t o psy cho l og i ca l or bac t er i a l wa r f a r e expenmen t s . V i s i t s t o t he Ins t i tut e t o d i scuss t hC proposed St ud i es and to v i ew t he un i t can be a r r anged f or prospec t i ve vo l un t ee rs t hrough t he Suppor t Manage r ( EMU ) Por t smou t h Nava l Base ex t . 41884 o r Env i r onmen t a l Resea r ch O f f i ce r (ex t . 41883) . Vo l un t ee rs shou l d r eques t t hrough norma l Se rv i ce channe l s .

Fou r i n Nepa l exped .

A Jo i n t Se rv i ce Exped i t i on i nc l ud i ng f our Roya l Navy and Roya l Ma r i nes represen t a t i ves is spend i ng . t hree mon t hs i n t rodu i nng spcaa l l y -des i gned hove rc ra f t t o med i ca l serv i ces i n t he H i nw l ayas. Two R i ve r Rove r hove rc ra f t , des i gned by t he M i ss i ona r y Av i a t i on Fe l l owsh i p f or use i n unde rdeve l oped coun t r i es , a r e be i ng eva l ua t ed on moun t a i n r i vers i n Nepa l . I f t he expe r i men t i s success f u l t he cra f t wi l l be l ef t t he r e as ambu l ances , dras t i ca l l y r educ i ng t rave l l i ng t i me be t ween moun t a i n v i l l ages to hosp i t a l . Led by Squadron - Leade r M i ke Cok , t he exped i t i on t eam i nc l udes L i eu t . -Cdr . Br i an Ho l dswor t h , and U. K . l i a i son , ~ urg. l ann-Li ing eu t . Dav i d Bruce ' rned i ca l of f i cer . EA2 Doug . Co l l ed e l ec t r i c i an; and Cp l . Tony MaC; R. M . , sma l l -boa t coxswa i n . 'i

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Second Mo l l y McEwea , i n t he Gr ea t D* of , , ~cab . S . i Vni c tory , wea r i ng t he sew WRNS of f i cers ' ne dr ess - a

When t he S i r i us sa i l ed f rom Mahe a t t he end it, i n company w i t ho f~a .M. f i vcS . da= ' nt and R. F . A . G r ey Rove r , she l e f t beh i nd he r Lynx t o do t he gove rn men t a f avour . Sur veyor s f aced weeks o f d i f f i cu l t wor k on f oo t t o f i nd a way t hrough dense fores t and gran i t e peaks t o l i nk t he i s l and ' s ma i n tour i s t t owns , Beau Va l l on and Por t G l aud. Then t he S i r i us appea r ed , and he r command i ng of f i cer , Cap t a i n M i chae l Tudor -Cr a i g . agr eed t o he l p ou t .

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F r om t he Lynx , p i l o t ed by f l i ght commande r L i eu t . -Cdr , Geo f f r ey Gadson , i t t ook t he surveyors j ust an hour t o make the i r ske t ches and back t o the i r dr aw i ng boa r r t. The Lynx a l so t ook t he d i rec tor o f c i v i l av i a t i on ove r ~n , t he second l arges t i s l and , t o i nspec t t he s i t e f or a new a i rcra f t navi ga t i on beacon . M i ss i on acoomphshed , t he Lynx wh i r l ed o f f i nto t he sunse t t o re j o i n t he S i r i us ' t he Arden t and t he G r ey Rove r on passage t o Mombasa ' Kenya . La t e r t he group pa i d a f our -day

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usua l l y mo r e t han 400 pa i n t i ngs a r e se l ec t ed f or hang i ng , and wor ks of scu l p t ur e pu t on ~ , Exh i b i t i on o f wor k can l ead t o mem be rsh i p of t he w~ , At th i s yea r ' s exh i b i t i on a £50 pr i ze wi l l be pr esen t ed t o t he ar t i st whose wor k udged t he bes t anyone a t pr esen t ~ng . For t hose who have no t made a r m%emw f t , i t now t oo l a t e to en t e r th i s yea r , bu t i nt eres t i n a t t end i ng t he exh i b i t i on and t ak i ng par t i n future even t s grea t l y M=u r ~ , par t i cu l ar l y for se rv i ng pe r sonne l .

Se rv i ce ' handshake ' does no t ba r do l e A H i gh Cou r t ru l i ng has l a i d down t ha t an o f f i ce r who r ece i ved an £8 , 000 r edundancy l eav i ng t he paymen t on A. F . shou l d no t have been d i sba r r ed f r om d r aw i ng unemp l oymen t bene f i t , The Mas t e r o f t he Ro l l s (Lord Denn i ng ) sa i d : " I can see no j us t i ce wha t eve r i n a dec i s i on wh i ch p l aces men i n t he Ar med Se rv i ces a t a d i sadvan t age com pa r ed w i t h men i n c i v i l i an emp l oy . mcn t . GRATU I TY

YOURSELF . . . a s t amped addr essed enve l ope t o =5~ ' E , L L Vu l l i amy , ' W~ . B i and f ord Road , Re i ga t e , Su f f " ) . The exh i b i t i on wi l l t han be open t o t he pub l i c f rom Februa r y 15 - 23 f rom 10 a. m . to 6 p , m , ( en t r ance 20p) , excep t on Sunday , Februa r y 18 ,

v i s i t t o E i l a t on t he Red Sea t he f i rst t i me Br i t i sh wa rsh i ps had ca l l ed a t t he por t ' whe r e t hey we r e v i s i t ed by 2 , 000 I srachs , i nc l ud i ng hundr eds o f Se r v i cemen . I n re t urn t he I srae l i Navy organ i zed a t r i p t o a k i bbu t z .

. ' I t seems t o me t ha t i n ne i t he r case is t he paymen t compensa t i on i n l i eu o f f i x ture r emune r a t i on . i n t he ' a?e t t i re coompensa f & r .l .i o&t u.or boun ; ~mo r et y such as me , i n t j' Sm have a l ways r ece i ved on r e t urn i ng f rom t he wa rs , .,It a cap i t a l paymen t made so as t o enab l e t hem t o s t ar t ou t on a new l i fe : w i t h i t t o buy a house or a bus i ness ; or t o furn i sh i t ; or t o ' v a son or daugh t e r a s t ar ti n l i fe ; and so for th. " I t i s no t pa i d so as t o mee t day- t o-day expenses wh i l e une f np l oyed , I f an ex -Se r v i ceman can no t ge t wor k , he shou l d be ent i t l ed t o unemp l oymen t bene f i t wh i l e keep i ng h i s cap i t a l i nt ac t . " The o t he r t wo j udges agr eed wi th h i m,

NAVY NEWS , FEBRUARY 1979

A PAGE FOR FAM I L I ES

Mo r e w i ves now ' Serv i ce ' vo t e rs

Have a go , Jo!

The cumu l a t i ve e f f ec t o f t he " once and f or a l l " vo t i ng r a t i on sys t em f o r Se r v i ce pe r sonne l and " spouses " i s egg ' t sn ' n i ng t o show i n i mp r oved f i gur es , Wh i l e t he r e a r e many peop l e who d i sagr eed w i t h some aspec t s o f t he new a r r angemen t s - and st i l l do - t he f i gur es f or t he Roya l demons t r a t e t ha t mo r e Navy names a r e ge t t i ng on t o t he r eo t e r s . Renewed e f f or t s i n t he Navy l as t au t umn he l ped t owa rds t h i s i mp r ovemen t . Fo l l ow i ng t he 1976 Ac t . t r a t i ons i n 1977 f or nava l o f z r r s

wh i ch becomes 62 p , c . when t he spouses a r e i nc l uded , I t i s be l i eved t ha t be f o r e t he new into a r r angemen t s came f o r m , t he pe r cen t age o f Se r v i ce pe r sonne l r eg i s t e r ed was abou t 2-5 . The M i n i s t er of Sta te f or De f ence (Dr . John G i l be r t ) has sa i d t ha t because o f t he cumu l a t i ve e f f ec t of t he new a con t i nu i n a r r angemen t s , i mp r ovemen t cou l d be expec t e on f u t ur e ro l l s .

" Mov i ng t he second r ead i ng o f t he Rep r esen t a t i on o f t he Peop l e , A r med Fo r ces Bi l l , Lord L l oyd o f K i l ge r r an t o l d t he House o f Lo r ds t ha t i t was i n t ended t o amend t he 19 , 76 Ac t so as t o r es t or e t o Se r v i ce w i ves t he r i gh t t o be r eg i s t e r ed o t he rw i se t han as Se r v i ce vo t e r s i f t hey so w i shed . The Bi l l was r ead f or t he second t i me and comm i t t ed t o a comm i t t ee o f t he who l e House .

- do I ndu l gence f l i gh t s t hey wo r k , i s t he sys t em f a i r? Why d i d M r s . X make I t t o Ma l t a , wh i l e M r s . V neve r go t t o t he U. S . A . ? I t ' s a sub j ec t o f con t i nu i ng i n t e r es t , many peop l e have a s t or y t o t e l l on i ndu l gence and f rom t i me t o t i me a " f or i ns t ance " comes ou r wa

~- ro t e a r eade r : " My husband has been i n t he Navy 21 yea r s and I have been a nava l w i f e f or 16 yea r s . On t h i s occas i on I was i n f o rmed by t e l egr am o f poss i b l e sea t s , on l y t o be no t i f i ed i n t he a f t e r noon o f t he sea t s be i ng cance l l ed . The canc i r l w i on was r e l ayed t o me by t c~nc . I had hoped t o j o i n my husband i n t he S t a t es on G r oup Dep l oymen t . no gua r an t ee " A l t hough I am f u l l y awa r e t he r e w i t h i ndu l gence f l i gh t s , wha t I f a i l t o unde r s t and i s why sea t s a r e ava i l ab l e a t 1000 and a r e unava i l ab l e a f ew hou r s l a t e r . " Hav i ng d i scussed t he ma t t e r w i t h o t he r w i ves and t he i r husbands . I f ound t he ma j o r i t y ag r eed t ha t i f sea t s we r e ava i l ab l e , t he w i ves o f Se r v i cemen shou l d be g i ven f i rst cons i de r a t i on , i n o rde r t o j o i n t he i r husbands on dep i (n . vmen t .

OVERALL F I GURE The 1978 r eg i s t r a t i ons f or t he 1979 l i st shows 87 p . c . f or o f f i ce rs , 49 p . c . f or r a t i ngs and 51 p . c . f or spoumn , Ove r a l l f i gur e f or o f f i ce rs and r a t i ngs i s 68 p . c . , a f i gur e

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Ar e t hey j us t f l i ght s o f f ancy? o f 89 wa t s . 75 o f t hem f or du t y pawnge r s , Bu t f or " ope r a t i ona l r ea~ " - probab l y headw i nds and t he need t o t ake on ex t ra fue l - t he sea t numbe r was r educed t o 75 ' mean i ng t he re was no room f or i ndu l gence passenge rs whose c l a i ms had t o me rge w i t h t hose f or t he o t he r f l i ght . For th i s second f l i ght ' t he r e was an or i g i na l tot a l o f 106 sea t s ' w i t h book i ngs f or 71 du t y~nge r s . The sea t tot a l had t o be r educed t o 67 bu t a t t he l ast m i nu t e - and t oo l a t e t o not i f y t he change w i de l b l e t o i ncrease t he f i gure t o 85 . Ov i ntua t a l woasut~come was t ha t n i ne i ndu l gence passenge rs go t away - and t he r e we r e a f ew emp t y sea t s on t he p l ane. In prov i d i ng t hese f i gures as i l l us t ra t i on o f t he k i nd o f prob l ems t ha t adu , t he Se rv i ce Book i n Cen t r e i n London says tha t desp i t e eve r y ca re wh i c can be t aken some th i ngs a re beyond the i r con t ro l and t he re a l ways has to be a r i sk ove r i ndu l gence , Once peop l e have been to l d by t e l egr am t hey have been accep t ed f or a par t i cu l ar f l i ght t hey shou l d no t have t o for f e i t the i r sea t s t o du t y bu t r easons passenge rs , such as ope ra t i ona l wea t he r , a l a t e compass i ona t e case , or unava i l ab o f a i rcra f t can i n t e rvene . i l i ty I f t hey have been to l d t hey a r e on " s t andby " f or i ndu l gence , i t 's r i sk i er st i l l , Bu t , hav i ng sa i d th i s , t he Book i ng Cen t r e added t ha t desp i t e i nc r eased i ndu l gence app l i ca t i ons i n

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r ep r esen t ed 78 pe r cen t , , r a t i ngs 31 p . c . and spouses 45 p . c . Th i s gave an ove r a l l f i gur e f or o f f i ce rs and r a t i ngs o f 5.4 p . c . , w i t h t he pe r cen t age a t 51 when t he spouses we r e i nc l uded .

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B l ow he r s - We go t a Sco t t i sh f l avour ! When t he l i t Ba t t a l i on Ousen ' s Own t ook ove r as r ss l den t Ba t t a l i on a t G i br a l t a r t hey b r ough t t he i r bend wh i ch , I s r epo r t ed , made an i mp r ess i on i n mo r e ways t han OM , He r s a t t he Wa r d r oom ch i l dr en ' s pe t t y Lhsu t M i l es t r i es t o ps r suad . daugh t e r Joanne t o have a go on t he I SSs

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s t amps? As a f o r me r nava l man , Mr . A . F . He l l i e r , o f 26 , T i t ch f i e l d Road , S t ubb i ng t on , Han t s , has wr i t t en on beha l f o f Gospo r t b r anch o f t he Ar t hr i t i s and Rheuma t i sm Counc i l f or Resea r ch ask i ng f or he l p i n t he i r a i m t o co l l ec t t he s t amps ove r t he nex t s i x n i on t hs . A l l con t r i bu t i ons gr a t e f u l l y r ece i ved . The b r anch p l ans t o ho l d an auc t i on t h i s yea r and p roceeds w i l l t o he l p ch i l dr en who su f f e r l om a r t hr i t i s , and t owa r ds r esea r ch .

S t unn i ng " Ame r i can Se r v i ce pe r sonne l a r e en t i t l ed t o d i scoun t s on a i rways , i nc l ud i ng Br i t i sh A i rways , bu t ou r Se r v i ce f am i l i es have no such co~ons . W i t h f ew ' ma r r i ed accompan i eds ' t hese days , and mo r e sea comm i t nwn t s , i t i s pe r f ec t l y unde r s t andab l e t ha t w i ves wou l d l i ke t o j o i n t he i r hus~ , g i ven t he oppor t un i t y .

" Many o f us wou l d pr e f e r t o i ndu l gence f ori aei l ora t e t hrough f l i ght s in f avour o f ob t a i n i ng a spec comme r c i a l a i r l i nes . I t wou l d a t l eas t spa r e us t he d i sappo i n t men t o f a Us t -m i nu t e i ndu l s t unn i n j i ght cance l l a t i on . " gence On i nqu i ry , Navy News was to l d tha t on t he day th i s r eade r was hop i ng t o i ndu l ge , t he re we r e t wo R. A. F. f l i ght s t o t he St a t es f rom Br i ze Nor t on , one o f t hem a Roya l Navy " s~ l . " Th i s had a tot a l

Happy r e t urn t o Su l t an A cake t o commemo r a t e t he s i x t h b i r t hday o f S t Andr ew ' . , ; Chu r ch . H . M . S . Su l t an , was cu t by t he Pr i nc i pa l Chap l a i n ( Chu r ch o f Sco t l and and F r ee Chu r ches ) , t he Rev , John Crobe r , and Mr s . Cr ebe r i n a spec i a l oc r emony . My . Cr ebe r , who r ece i ved t he C B. E . i n t he New Yea r Honour . , ; , was chap l a i n a t H . MS . Su l t an when t he chu r ch was ded i ca t ed i n 1972 and t he occas i on ma r ked a

cen t ur y! The SSAFA Chr i stmas Ma r ke t ,

he l d a t Che l sea Ba r r acks and opened by N i cho l as Pa rsons , made a r ecord prof i t o f some ÂŁ47 , 500 f or assoc i a t i on f unds . A l l t hr ee Se rv i ces gave gr ea t suppor t t o t he h i gh l y success fu l even t .

dun r i g t he i r pe t t y a t t he Roya l Navy Commun i t y C. n t r s , Te r r i e r~ Fo l l ot , P l ymou t h , Trudi

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I n t he t r ad i t i on o f Ann i e Beh i nd W* San t a d i e~ i s Cp l T. ( Ge l - You r - Gun ) Oak l ey a r e f our Rand t hspkwas t a kby t ) B , ~shoo t e r s o f Pemb r oke Lad Newman , o f H. M . S . D~ , i l . R i f l e C l ub - Joan O ' Loughhn , Lor a i n i c Rees , Pa t r i c i a MacDo Among o t he r pe t t i ss i n t he P l ymou t h a r cs was na l d and Una Ra t c l i f f e - who I M ' t he one f or ch i l dr en o f t he Loose l e i gh ne t eams o f compef t ed agai i ns t n ir s t he l d f or t hsrn. A numbe r o f he ld sa i l ors f r om Cha t ham Nava l Base a Jumb l e sa l . and t o ra i se and H . M . S . Pemb r oke and won money f or t he even t , wh i ch I nc l uded a f i l m t he Medway Command . 22 Han s how , a d i sco f or t he o l de r ch i l dr en , and the d i cap League . I t was t he second d i s t r i bu t i on o f pr . s . n t s . Nss r l y 200 ch I l dr en w i n f or t hc l ad i es s i nce t he R i f l e . noysd t he P " , C l ub was f o r med s i x yea r s ago .

Sympa t hy The Cen t r e was a t grea t pa i ns t o s t ress tha t i ndu l gence ope r a t ed on a " f i rst come ' f i rs t se rved " bas i s , w i t h no ques t i on o f f avour be t ween one Se rv i ce or ano t he r , or be t ween of f i cer and ra t i ng . The i ndu l gence ru l es , howeve r , d i d no t a l l ow f or pre f erent i a l t r ea t men t f or Se rv i ce w i ves , a l t hough w i ves cou l d be assur ed tha t the i r app l i ca t i ons a r e a l ways cons i de r ed " pa t he t i ca l l y . On t he sugges t i on tha t concess i ona ry f a res on c i v i l i an a i r l i nes r ep l ace i ndu l gence f l i ghts , t he cor r esponden t expr esses he r po i n t o f v i ew . Bu t she i s not , t he Book i ng Cen t r e says , accur a t e ove r t he ava i l ab i l i t y o f t hese f ares. Br i t i sh A i rways a l r eady o f f er d i scoun t ed f a res on schedu l ed f l i ght pr i ces f or Se r v i cemen and the i r w i ves t o p l aces l i ke Ma l t a , Cypms , G i br a l t a r and Ge rmany. Even so , i t i s wor t h mak i ng many i nqu i r i es as a who l e r ange o f pr i ces and package dea l s a re ava i l ab l e f rom a i r l i nes and ope ra t ors .

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PLYMOUTH NO , HO , HO ! I A Arids on Santa's kn.e for two lucky children

happy re turn for h i m .

1978 t he ove ra l l success ra t e was abou t 43 pe r cent . , wh i ch was as good as i t had been f or many years. Th i s was because , a l t hough t . here a re now f ewe r t roop i ng f l i ght s t han i n pr ev i ous years , t he p r o por t i on o f i ndu l gence sea t s ava i l ab l e has r ema i ned abou t t he same . A t pr esen t t he R , A. F . car r i es abou t 140 pas senge rs a week on i ndwgence , Asked why wea t he r cond i t i ons d i d no t a f f ec t passenge r l oads f or comme r c i a l a i rbnes , t he Cen t r e sa i d t he a i r l i nes t ook i n t o cons i de ra t i on t he wors t cond i t i ons wh i ch m i gh t ~ , whe r eas t he R. A , F . f l i ght s ad j us t ed the i r l oads unt i l t he l ast 'bie momen t t o a l l ow fu l l est use o f t he a i rcra r tu l t , a l l t in" ,

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Thank you The w i f e , ch i l dren , and pa r en t s o f POREL S. D. Mann , who d i ed sudden l y i n H. M , S . Co l l i ngwood

on Decembe r 20, w i sh to t hank

s i ncere l y eve r yone a t t he es t abl i shmen t f or t he f l owe rs wh i ch t hey k i nd l y sent ,

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Mr s. Sy l v i a Cannon w i shes to t hank a l l se rv i ce pe rsonne l for t he many cards , l e t t ers and ass i s t ance rece i ved a f t er t he t rag i c dea t h o f he r husband , L i eu t . Les l i e Go t don Cannon , P l ease accep t th i s as he r pe rsona l acknow l edgmen t ,

No . 296 25 t h year Ed i t or i a l and bus i ness o f f i ce : H. M . S . Ne l son , Ponsn~ l T. l sphon. s : Po r t sm~ 22351 ex t . 24194 ( . d l t oda l ) 24226 (bus i ness ) . GPO l i ne : Po i l i SOU t h 26040 John Tucks. ' Do~ Ed i t or : Ch i l e F f or t rocks Ass i s t an t Ed i t or s John E l l i ot t , Joan Ke t l Y, Bus i ness manage r : L~ - Cd r . Len Trusco t t , MBE , RN (mt ) ,

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11 . M . S . 1. - ' urya l us was head i ng sou t h a t t he end o f l ast mon t h for t wo weeks of exerc i ses i n t he G i bra l t a r ~ i rea - and no doub t hop i ng f (nr an i mprovemen t in t he i kea ther . " Fou l wea t he r " was a phrase that crept in mor e than once in the sh i p ' s repor t to Navy News on i ts busy and var i ed au t umn t erm. Af t er an expens i ve four -day visi t to Ams t e rdam in company w i th H . M . sh i ps Apo l l o and T-orquay . the Eurya l us sa i l ed for Rosy t h and a j o i nt mar i t i me exerc i se . CHAMPAGNE A l t hough the wea t he r was par t i cu l ar l y bad , the sh i p wa. . ' j o i nt l y awa rded the 1 . ondon de rn Troph~ . for e f f i c i ency in ant i -subrnar i ne war f are , and , \ I3(M) Kev i n Me red i t h won a bot t l e of champagne for the best s i ght i ng of a subma r i ne pe r i %Tce . n i t was back to Por t l and for mor e sy l l abus t ra i n i ng - and mor e fou l wea ther - unt i l l eave and an ass i sted ma i n t enance per i od . TYNES I DE Back in Oc tober , the sh i p pa i d i visi t to Sou t h Sh i e l ds to rek i nd l e i ts we ] ] -estab l i shed af f i l i at ion w i th the borough of South Tynes i de . H i gh l i ght of the visi t was the of f i c i a l open i ng of t he sh i p -Wnsor ed Eurya l us C l ub for the phys i ca l l y hand i capped and ab l e bod i ed by Adm i ra l o f the F l ee t Ear l Moun t ba t t en of Burma . Lord Moun t ba t t en was v i s i t i ng the Tyne for the 40th a i nn i versary of the l aunch i ng o f f l . M . S. Ke l l ) . ] -he Eurya l us pr i )%. ided guards of honour for the ar r i va l of the Adm i ra l at the c l ub , and at the l on ha l l for ai c i v i c recept i on l ord M i i unt . l ater %i , i te( l the h i p

We i f t (RI tyt ) . A N Brown (Heron) . P (3 Au t ho r i sa t i on f or p r omo t i on Per ry (Br i we t ) . ' 3 U Len~ (Osprey) o f t he f o To l l ow i ng r a t es t o ch i e f CPOSTD - A W C l arke J S S C J Cacchar J = t le pe t t y ~~ , ch i e f ~~ , o r HYDRA ' S BIG WELCOME RV~MM( rM~)h ) . K J F i l ch ch i e f m . t hsn l c i an have been ( S~~6T A 00 " I ssued : E, , ,c mhe sen i or ra tes s t aged a car i ) i , , cr% i ce on deck H 0 . , ~ : M Gp= ' ( PW )~.C) . ! ' D~H . M . S . Hydr a re turned to sun. c , , . ing (Jut i es in mhe .bonse (Ackve) . P Cwnngbon (Ne l son) , H F OPERAT I ONS BRANCH ( SEAMAN Pers i an Gu l f a f ter a four -dab l eave per i od in Doha. Ch r i s t mas we re conduc t ed in Ma r ena l (Osprey) . .1 A Coope r CCO~ ) . the cap i ta l of Qua t ar , over Chr i s tmas . ] -he local t rad i t i ona l nava morn 1 St i rnnyr ( i unds the younges t sa i lor on J P Mor t on )Sl tef f i sbd) . N A OCa l l eghsn .y by To CPO ( OPS) (N) - I Luther (Nu5n ( S (L . snder ) Br i t i sh commun i t y ove rwhe l med the sh i p ' s corntxnard, JS W i l son , wear i ng the un i form i i f the l I i ams (Dn " ) . C B E l i w ( Imarso id) . To CPOCA - S A Lo~ ( 'M~- ) . B F Ai i h of fers i i f h(yspi ta l i l% . aint i on ( 'hr isini i is .1 Archoo l d n S. Bu l ode r (Cove t i ry) . A a c( ,mn i an( l i r i g of f i cer , ( 'dr . R I C . [ fai i i i i i , i% Ad i e rnwn ( Ar~ j . &' Vi l la Q 1 S ). A 0 . A 0 Hobman A 0 JOW " ) . (Cs t i tndg . ) . bioi (SUM) . A. kk l er (Nubben~. U A Ta l l (Act i ve) . P Scot t ( E~ ) . 3 L U Pa~ Amph l or i ( PM~ ) . 0. E. Rae ( ~ ) . U Sebbe rde ( CM~ ) . A A P~ ) . A 0 Hams (P' cud ). P A D@ - L&~ (Dryad) . D A MoRa l )Exc . i srv) but ton ( A ") . 0 W Oe~ (W&~) . G M. c a~ ( C~~ ) i :1 TO Ba t es ( Rs ) E La w i ck) i MWCAL SEANON S Gs t sr i by (B rTsn i am) . 0 A Hens M~ ( C i e~ ) . i Csmbndgs ) A A A To CUT - A F Saunders (AM- I Hea l er ; WOW* . (Ses t t awk) J A Foord (FOSSI l) I ts n i . ; t i %% i l l hi t , . e seen t he DC I l i st i ng To CPO (SEA) - A I P i l e ( Cha~ ) . tA - I C Ki f t ( I fmcx) . 0 F - A~.To CPOs A D . n i vs (Kent ) . B Osbey ( Ca~ ) )Oslatea) . A P Rob@ i m (Hsrmee( ra i i in~, , ot i tne A I . spec i a l i sa t i on who w i l l t)t , To CPO ( 0PSXR A C Evans 0 Ed~ )Cdo Log Pao) . P Thor l ay t rans f er red t o t he ME Sub -Br anch on Sep R L W~ (Pa~m) . (N~n*) . U D " (RNH H~ . J E M Ed~ (CTCAM (Ra l egh) . B Jo t . ~ (Bacchan l e) . t embe r 1 th i s year . Produc i ng th i s l ist has 0 . 0 Byrne ( T~ ) . 0 . V Sna t h (Amazon) H 0 Neat D ( '%m 0 Lymp~) . ). i nvo l ved H . M . S . Cen t ur i on i n much wo r k and R J 9~r i ( 0*~ ) . M Tunt er ( Av~ ) . Ne l son ( C~~) . (3 3 Wui rarns ( 'Vsrncn) K. J. McDona l d ( Hw~ ) . H U Taboot r ~ ( 8~ ) . P F Fos t er t o do i t , a spec i a l t eam o f FCPO and a l ead i ng 0 O r *~ ( i i ce i ). N J (05~) . B S Ri chards (COO~) . wr i t er was se t up . The i r f i rst t ask was to go " D I Y%J11 nW" ) . P J HM, ( BM~ ) . WEAPON ENGINEER ING AC A Mt rwn) . L J Newmm t hrough a l l your op t i ons for t rans f er : t hen t o To CPOCEL - P A 0. K,nber (EIbumo( (B l ake) . 0 A W i ng O 0 C i uk t Bumn~) . J Patch (Bsrwid( dec i de on who i s t o t rans f er based on a l l t he D . C MW~ ( He r ~ ) - M1 0~ ( 9~ ) . B Hatvey (Ekg i i . ) . U J Al l en (Revenge) TO ev i dence ava i l ab i c . O N MW~ ( CW~ ) . J K MwI snd R . R ~~XS ) ( D r ~ ) . P L . We~ No t an easy j ob - for examp l e , i t is essent i a l tha t (Orpheus) . A Gou l d (Devonpoi t . ,P, ) . J i A Fee ( L@~ ) . U J Nor th f 0CPOOEL A P Quurbon(Codtwans) P H S So~ (Eduf fo) . H J (FMB) the career prospec t s of those who t ransf er and those A Ba i rd (Coat ). U K Cooke (Burro. K i ng ( ~h~ ) . A Nob l e (Adw) . P. SCom l , who don ' t mus t cont i nue to be a t l east as good as i f R J ngham( A A Brosd (Ark Lo~ ) . i here had been no EBD . So the a i m has been to t son (K~) . R . E t Opp~) . J A = . (Vof . PA~ ) . non) . V (3 Breech (Blake) . S P Liar -s .1. Moor s ( Int rep i d) . ar range that in each ca t egory the prorx) r t i on To CPO(D) - J 0 C l erk (Ekem) . K (Oa l a l as) t rans f er red in each sen i or i ty and each age group wi l l To CPOREL - K Ward (L_ .4onder ry Reyno l ds (Vernon) . F A B r ~ ensure tha t advancemen t prc i spcc ts rema i n the J S Haugan (Raleigh) . 0 A Thomson (Osprey) . A B Ea i a (Vernon) . B L i hondc A F Cl ement . 0 (Cod - ) . ( GMmW) . , ' ame . (Ve rnon) Wa l e (Antnm) . J A An~ (Revenge) . A To CPO(PT) - P La t ham (. iol ). D F rom January onwards , as each t rans f eree is o Go ldsmi th (C i *~) , S V WI sor J. W i l bsr (h i t P~ ) . D dra f t ed by the WE Dra f t i ng Commande r , he wi l l ). E Jad i son (Cardat ) . J E W D*~ ) . G J : ~~ , ( No~ w~) ( '&m

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c i )mc un i i cr the w i ng of the ME Dra f t i ng C t nmman der so tha t when he is next dra f t ed i t wi l l be as an ME rat ing . 'M i sA. i i i be a l ong process and wi l l go to i )n unt i l a l l sh i ps in the F l ee t are manned to the new 1-' BD comp l emen t s wh i ch wi l l be pub l i shed shor t l y . Your sh i p may not change to th i s new comp l emen t f i )r many mon t hs and unt i l i t does you wi l l cont i nue to wor k for the WEO a l though , i f you are a t rz in, , ferce , Y(nur t i t le wi l l change (nn Sep t embe r 1, 1979.

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The comp l ex bus i ness o f r unn i ng ou r l i ves can he a l l - consum i ng . I n p r eoccupa t i on w i t h you r nex t dr a f t o r p r omo t i on , a mo r t gage , wa r r an t s (or l ack o f t hem) , do - i t - you r se l f and d r i pp i ng t aps ( no t t o men t i on s t r i kes and snow ) , i t wou l d be f o rg i vab l e t o f o rge t now and aga i n wha t t he Navy i s a l l abou t . Mo r eove r , men and women i n occupa t i ons wh i ch p r ov i de a se r v i ce r a t he r t han manu f ac t u r e goods f i nd i t d i f f i cu l t some t i mes t o demons t r a t e f u l l y t he i r t rue va l ue t o t he commun i t y . Bu t wha t f i ne r " end p r oduc t " i s t he r e t han t he sav i ng o f l i f e? Ove r t he cen t u r i es , and when du t y d i c t a t ed , t he Navy has been i nvo l ved i n t he t ak i ng o f l i f e , bu t i t has f r equen t l y been i ns t r umen t a l i n sa% . i ng i t t oo , (n f i en i n c i r cums t ances be~ . ond t he ca l l o f du t % . . Rescue f r om t he a i r i s a compa r a t i ve l a t ecome r t o t he me r cy m i ss i on wha t expe r t s t he r epe r t o i r e o f t he Se r v i ce , bu t s i t i l o r - a i rmen ha , , . c bec ( nme '

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The S t a t e scheme i s ava i l ab l e unde r t he Home Pu r chase Ass i s t ance and Hou , , i n Co rpo r a t i on Gua r an t ee Ac t 1978 , abou t wh i ch t he r e has been much pub l i c i t y . Howeve r , t he Navy Depa r t men t have i ssued t he i r own so t ha t R . N . pe r sonne l may be be t t e r inO gu irdance med abou t e l i g i b i l i t y . The ma i n i dea i s t ha t t he Gove r nmen t w i l l he l p th( i , , c who he l p t hemse l vc . , . He l p i ng

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He mus t keep a t l eas t £3(X l i n t he accc i un t du r i ng t he f i na l 12 mon t hs be f or e ask i ng f or a m(nr i gage , and have a ba l ance o f a t l eas t £600 when f or t he mo r t gage . T l e a~p ul yi il n~g d i ng soc i e t y w i l l t hen add t o t he mo r t gage l oan a f ur t he r £600 ex t r a f r om t he Gove r nmen t , i n t e res t f r ee f or f i ve yea r s . A f t e r f i %.c yea r s ( when pay w i l l p robab l y be much i nc r cased) t he mo r t gage r epaymen t s w i l l go up so t ha t t he pu r chase r can r epay t he £600 and n i e r es t ove r t he r ema i n i ng l i k o f t he mt ) r vgagec

Round (nur coas t s f r (nm Co r nwa l l and t he sou t h t o Sco t l and . and o f t en f a r ou t t o sea , he l i cop t e r men ven t u r e ou t f r om es t ab l i sh men t s and in b l i z za rds , ga l es and sh i ps da r kness t o p l uck men , women and ch i l d r en f r om s i nk i ng sh i ps , caps i zed yach t s , c l i f f l edges and t he r oa r i ng sea i t se l f . The wo r se t he wea t he r , t he g r ea t e r t he l i ke l i hood o f a ca l l , I n one r ecen t week o f appa l l i ng wea t he r , he l i cop t e r s f r om Cu l d r ose we r e i nvo l ved i n ves . sav i ng no f ewe r t han 19 l i 11 Men who f l y - choppe r s and ope r a t e t he w i nches d i sp l ay a comb i na t i on o f sk i l l and b r ave r y o f a spec i a l b r and , and beh i nd t hem a r e back - up t eams nob l y p l ay i ng t he i r pa r t . He r o i sm i s a wo r d se l dom vo i ced i n nava l c i r c l es , t o t he head l i ne be i ng cons i gned wr i t e r s . Bu t i t can be no exagge r a t i on , a f ac t o f t en in t he awa r d o f we l l r ecogn i sed dese r ved meda l s .

H i ghe r bonus ]Che mo r e t he r e i s i n t he accoun t du r i ng t he l . i st 12 m i )n t hs be f or e seek i ng a rnor i gage , t he h i ghe r i s t he t ax - f r ee bonus . Anyone w i t h l ess t han £300 o f sav i ngs w i l l ge t no t h i ng , bu t up t o £399 t he bonus i s £40 , and a i nyone ca r e f u l enough t o have £1 , 000 o r mo r e o f sav i ngs dur i ng t he l as t 12 mon t hs w i l l ge t £110 . Roya l Navy pe r sonne l w i l l wan t t o know whe t he r t hey have t o occupy t he house i mme ( l i a t e l y , whe t he r t hey can l e t i t , and i f t he r e a r e any snags abou t se l l i ng .

Gr a t i t ude Wh i l e r escue wo r k f l ou r i shes ( and a t con s i de r ab l e f i nanc i a l cos t ) , i t shou l d neve r be a l l owed t o be t aken f or g r an t ed , pa r t i cu l a r l y when t e r r i b l e cond i t i ons a r e i nvo l ved and ca l cu l a t ed r i sks have t o be t aken . We r ead a wh i l e ago o f someone who , been r escued a t some r i sk ' r ema i ned rhav eseni n t tu l t ha t eve r g r ea t e r r i sk was no t t aken t o save h i s cra f t ' Usua l l y , howeve r , t he r e i s ove r whe l m i ng g r a t i t ude , The Navy does no t chase p l aud i t s , t hough many come i t s way . Tha t f amous r escue ca l l " The Navy ' s he r e " l i ves on . i

r ang i ng f r om £40 t o £110 , and a l oan o f £6(X) i n t e r es t f r ee f or f i ve yea rs . A l l f i rs t - t i me house pur chase r s a r e e l i g i b l e , p rov i ded t hey a r e 18 or ove r , and a r e go i ng t o buy a house w i t h a bu i l d i ng - sm i e t y mo r t gage (or s i m i l a r ) . And p rov i ded t ha t t hey have f u l i i [ l ed t he r equ i r emen t . To qua l sav i f y i n f .s r t he t ax - f r ee bonus , a p r os pec t i ve pur chase r mus t save f or a con t i nuous pe r i i x t t i f a i t l eas t t wo yea r s w i t h a " r ecogn i zed sa i l , i ng i n . , t i tu t i on " ( e . g . ; i bu i l d i ng soc i e t y ) .

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t hcm . , c i ves means r egu l a r sav i ngs , and r es i den t s o f ma r r i ed qua r t e r s a r e o f t en mo r e f avour ab l y ]c i n c i ' v i ' l i an accommoda t i on ' p l aced t han t o pu t l i t i rCob i ' t by . ' n, fa i t s a r e subs t an t i a l - a t ax - f r ee bonus

As H , M , S , Ar k Roya l r eached t he end o f t he l i ne ' s i gh t o f he r f o r me r command i ng o f f i ce r s - t wo o f t hem Adm i r a l s o f t he F l ee t - a t t onded a d i nne r on boa r d as gues t s o f Cap t . Ted Anson ( soon t o be F l ag O f f i ce r Nava l A i r Commend ) , who commanded t he Ar k on he r f i na l d~~ , i n keep i ng w i t h t he nos t a l g i c mood o f t he occas i on was t he d i nne r menu wh i ch commemo r a t ed t he g r i s t sh i p w i t h such i t ems as - " V Un i t Consomme Roya l " - named a f t e r an eng i ne un i t w i t h a r epu t a t i on f or go i ng w r ong . The gues t s p i c t u r ed a r e (sea t ed a t t he head o f t he t ab l e ) Mr s . W i l f r ed G r aham ; ( on he r l e f t con t i nu i ng a r ound t he t ab l e ) , Adm i r a l S i r Raymond Lygo ; Lady Fe l l ; Adm i r a l o f t he F l ee t S i r M i chae l Po l i ock ; Lady Hop l dns ; Cap t An i on ; Lady H I i l -P4or t on ; Adm i r a l S i r An t hony Gr i f f i n ; Mr s . Ge r a r d - Pea r se ; Rea r Adm i r a l W , J , G r aham ; Lady Lygo ; V i ce - Adm i r a l S i r Desmond Cass i d i ; Lady Po i ~ , Adm i r a l S i r F r ank Hopk i ns ; Mr s . An i on ; Adm i r a l o f t he F l ee t S i r Pe t e r H i l l - No r t on ( who was c r es t ed a i l l s pee r I n t he New Yea r Honou r , ) ; Lady n ; and Res t - Adm i r a l J , R . S . Gwwd . P*~ , Pu r e LA(Pho i ) Co i n Wa t mo

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t hese ma t t e r s have been ca r e f u l l y sa f e gua r ded as f a r as i s r easonab l e unde r Se r v i ce cond i t i ons , and peop l e i n t e r es t ed shou l d s t udy t he o f f i c i a l s t a t emen t t o ge t a l l t he answe r s . One ve r y use f u l po i n t i s t ha t t o qua l i f y f or t he bonus and l oan , t he sav i ngs o f j o i n t pu r chase r s may be added t oge t he r . A prospec t i ve pu r chase r (or a coup l e ) ab l e t o pu t by £6 a week , wou l d be i n t he zone f or buy i ng a t t he end o f t wo yea r s , bu t o f cour se t ha t i s t he m i n i mum t i me . A sav i ng o f £4 a week wou l d g i ve t he necessa r y m i n i mum amoun t i n abou t t hr ee yea rs .

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E i gh t f r i gh t ened t r aw l e r men c l ung t o t he gua r d r a i l s o f t he i r w r ecked vesse l and l i s t ened f o r t he sound o f sa l va t i on , Tha t sound was t he c l a t t e r o f Sea K i ng 592 . somewhe r e ove r head , b l i nd i n t he b l i z za rd , be i ng d r i f t ed backwa r ds ove r t he r ocks wh i ch had r i pped t h r ough t he i r sh i p . Wea t he r cond i t i ons we r e appa l l i ng . So bad i n f ac t , t ha t R . N , a i r s t a t i on Cu l d r ose had been r e l uc t an t t o l aunch t he he l i cop t e r a t an , Tha t n i gh t , Sea K i ng 592 p l ucked e i gh t men f r om ce r t a i n dea t h and l ogged up ano t he r en t r y i n a New Yea r week o f despe r a t e and un r e l en t i ng r escue m i ss i ons . VOLUNTEERED FOR SAR I ron i ca l l y , 814 Nava l A i r Squad r on had vo l un t ee r ed f or Sea r ch and Rescue du t i es du r i ng Cu l d r ose ' s Ch r i s t mas l eave pe r i od t o g i ve 706 Squad r on a i r c r ew a b r eak , and t o ge t i n some f l y i ng be f o r e j o i n i ng H , M . S . He r ~ i n m i d - Janua r y . The week Decembe r 30 t o Janua r y 6 i s no t one t he f l y i ng T i ge r s - t he men o f 814 - w i l l qu i ck l y f orge t . Du r i ng t ha t sho r t pe r i od t hey saved t he l i ves o f 19 peop l e , r i sked t hemse l ves and t he i r he l i cop t e r s i n qu i t e a t roc i ous wea t he r , and c l ocked

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up mo r e t han t wo who l e days o f f l y i ng t i me . When t he w i nch became f au l t y , one sur v i vor was hang i ng he l p l ess i n t he 5 ' rop He had t o be d r opped back i n t o t he ~a wh i l e t he snag was c l ea r ed .

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' rhe cabb i i ge pa t ch rc , , eue s t ar t ed wi th an ea r l y a f t e rnoon r epor t tha t LMA Br i an S t ee l e began t o t r ea t t wo g i r l s , aged I I and 13 , we r e t he r e , , cued men - su f f e r i ng f r om on t he 10O f t . t rapped h i gh Chape l h~ l po t he rm i a and exposu r e - as Sea Rock , seve r a l hund r ed ya rds of f k i ng 592 headed f or Cu l d rose i n t he Pe r r anpo r t h i n Cornwa l l . ea r l y hou r s o f t he mo rn i ng , Sea K i ng 594 o f 706 Squadron , he r " M i ss i on I mposs i b l e , , manned by 514 Squad r on a i rcrew , comp l e t ed , She had been i n t ook o f f f r om Cu l d rosc i n w i nds t he a i r 1 hou r and 41) m i nu t e% gus t i ng t o 40 kno t s and f l ew i n t o a r ap i d l y wo r sen i ng b l i zza rd . W i t h v i s i b i l i t y down t o~- a rds . po l i ce Janua r y 4 and u ca rs and - one saved coas t gua rds

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b l ed t o g i ve ass i s t anc i i i , One ca r r i ed t he PMO , and A f i ew days a f t e r he homed Cu l d rose , Surg . -CdrC C l i v . M i l l e r f ound h i m~ 140 m i l es sou t h - wes t of t he o t he r LA( Pho t ) Pe t e No r t hco t t , who t ook t h i s t he a i r s t a t i on , l nvo l v i ed i n h i s f i rs t med i ca l evac p i c t ur e , u t hon by Sea K i ng he f i cc~ , A c r ewman on t he Su rg , - Cd r , M i l l e r was l owe r ed t o t he t r aw l e r Go i t ume - P r i me r o sus t a i ned whe r e he exam i ned t he i n j u r ed r mn ' w l ho was t hen Span i sh t r aw l e r seve r e l eg I n j ur i es when a w i r e snapped on deck , w i nched i n t o t he he l i cop t e r and r ushed t o Tr i e t i ske and t wo Sea K i ngs o f 706 Squad r on we r e scramHosp f t a l , Tru ro .

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Sim ( ' an t onad , 2 , 2(X) " Mo t o r vesse l t x)d i es SY4 rushed 19 - yea r -o l d J i m . , u f f e r i ng h, , no ' . f r om co l d and f a i was l owe r ed t o r escue t he g i r l s by a t ons , 16 c r ew , i n pos i t i on 4950N D i m i t r i l os t o T(nrbay . Hosp i t a ]C i gue . doub l e l i f t . 025SW , has deve l oped a l i st wh i ch is Sea 591 now t ook o f f f r om Th r ee Sea K i ng c r ew . , had bc . , cn Fo r 45 m i nu t es . L i eu t . Laur i e ass i s i nc r eas i ng . Reques t he l i cop t e r Cu l d rose K ,i ngu t was d i ve r t ed t o i nves a i rborne a l l n i gh t . Two f ur t he r a i r W i l l i ams t r i ed t o l and back a t Cu l t ance . " c r ews we r e summoned f r om home t i ga t e r ed f l a r es secn . 10 m i l es o f f t he drose , bu t dr i v i ng snow , h i gh winds Th i s t e rse message was t he s t a r t o f L i za rd . Th i s was t o de , . c i (np i n t o t he and , a t f i rs t l i ght . Sea K i ngs 270 and and a powe r f a i l ure t o r ecove r y a i ds ano t he r l ong n i gh t f or Sea K i ngs 592 Peacock m i ss i on . 273 o f 814 Squad r on t ook o f f . f or ced h i m t o change h i s m i na . He b t he Ben Asda l e a i r c r ew) ( manned An hou r be f or e m i dday FCACMN v t he Sea down i n a cabbage and 594 . A n i gh t du r i ng wh i ch men No r man Ann i ' n f . was l owe r ed f r om Janua r y 5 K i n j raz i (nn , and t he g i r l s i e l d a t nea r by and mach i nes f l ew beyond t he i r l i m i t s 270 t o doub l e l i f t t wo young women - t wo saved - and 15 seamen d r owncd . spen t t wo days a t Cu l d rose un t i l the t (n - , a f t l y . The i r va t ch was ca l l ed t he roads c l ea r ed enough f or t he i r parents I t i r t , . m i nu t es be f or e t he he l o . s D i r ec t ed h t he Ge r man %e , . sc i Peacock ; t he i r sk i ppe r had been t o c(n i l ec t t hem , r eached t he Can t onad o f f Gue rnsey , N i r a , Sea K i ng 591 xsoon f ound a yach t washed ove rboa rd ; and f or nea r l y a t he vesse l caps i zed . t h row i ng he r c r ew wa l l ow i ng i n heavy seas . The r e we r e day and a ha l f t hey had been hudd l ed i n t o t he wa t e r . peop l e i n t he cockp i t , bu t -50 kno t i n t he eockp i t o f t he i r c r i pp l ed Yach t , The Sea K i ngs r epo r t ed " sw i mme r % w i nds and 25 f t . waves ru l ed ou t a un , i b l e i o do mo r e t han f i re f l ares . Decembe r 31 i n t he wa t e r c l i ng i ng t o debr i s . " I n w i nch i ng ope r a t i on . Wh i l e M i r a ac t ed a .% escor t t o t he t he despe r a t e m i nu t es t ha t f o l l owed , - e i gh t saved Janua r y 6 yach t , t he Sea K i ng r e t urned f or f ue l t xn t h c r ews t r i ed r cpea t ed l y t o w i nch Wh i l e Se~ i K i ng 594 aas l ook i ng for - s i x saved and t o have sa l t c l ea r ed f r om sur v i vor s . A t l as t , i n nea r . up t he of l ong Ba c k . ro t s eng i nc ~ a nd , . i t sMira cabbage pa t ch , t he t r aw Lizard l e r Ben Ea r l y i n t he even i ng o f Janua r y 6 i mp ( m i b i c seas , one seaman g r abbed Asda l e was dr i f t i ng he l p l ess l y in had l os t t he Yach t , and 591 he an t he du t y SAR Wessex he l i cop t e r o f a and was l i f t ed i n t o 594 . at s t rop Fo r c e 10 ga l es on t o t he rock -( i tnee mo r e t ( i . %c : i rch i he sea . . . \ r l cr I Squad r on r ecove r ed a hod ' , f r om A ' . 592 % i i i sed on % i a t t i on t ( i gu i ( l e Newpo r t h Head . nea r Fa l mou t h . f i i c ht ) i j r , sht . . i ' . e i i i ) . he r L ' rev . ~i CO \ e ne~ i r 1 . ~ i l mou t h I t 1. . t i er p rosed i A .l . t he Sm Pe t e r Por t l i f c t x)a t t o t he I re i c men wa shed ove rboa rd by t he huge waves , and e i gh t l i ves - one a Rus - . i an seaman f r om t he process i ng vesse l An t a r t i ca - we r e i n t he ba l ance . By now cond i t i ons we r e a n i gh t ma r e . On l y when i t became c l ea r t ha t t he t r aw l e r men wou l d d i e i f a he l i cop t e r cou l d no t r each t hem d i d - . ta t i on commande r Cap t . Jock To f t s r e l uc t an t l y l aunch Sea K i ng 592 i n t o t he how l i ng n i gh t . When t he he l o a r r i ved ove r t he Ben Asda l e , a b l i zza rd b l o t t ed ou t t he t r aw l e r even t o t hose wa t ch i ng f r om nca rby . c l i f f t ops . Sea K i ng 592 , f l own by L i eu t . Tony Hogg and L i eu t . La r r% . Je r a rn -Cro f t . c r ep t ou t t o sea , wen t down t o w i n ch i ng he i gh t and , " t a l ked i n " b%. t he on t he cl i f f , s l ow l y coas t gua rds backed i n t o t he cove whe r e t he Ben Asda l e l ay . Ov e r t he wr eck . L i eu t . -Cdr . M i ke No r man and LACMN Ch r i s Fo l l and w i nched t he e i gh t sur v i vor s t o sa f e t ~ , P ' Cf L , O LWr*r ' Po S.w' Oy H a t t he same t i me ove r com i ng cab i n i n t e r com f a i l ur e and a snag i n t he Umd , F r ank Edwa r ds , Umd . Lau r i e W i l l i ams , L l eu t . The a i r c r ew membe r s o f 814 Nava l A i r Squad r on w i nch d r um . who t ook pa r t i n t he rnao r f t y o f t he Ch r i s t mas l eave Tony HM , and LACMN Ch r i s Fo i l and ; and ( f ron t r ow ) L l eu t . La r r y Je r em - Cro f t , Ueu t . Dun~ Fa r SAP m i ss i ons f r om R . N . a i r s t a t i on Cu i d r o . e . F r om .... ..... ..... . l o f t t o r i gh t t hey a r e ( back r ow ) Ueu t Les l i e %n . %~ , ~ - C& - M i ke No r man , POACMN Ma r t i n Jones , , Sub - N ew t on and LACMN Wa l l y We l t e r s . Ueu t . l an Munday ,

t o be one (nf t hr ee seamen l os t f r om t he Ben Asda l c a week ca r l i c r . 5( xnn a f t e r , t he Japanese t anke r Da i kooma r u r epor t ed f i nd i ng t wo i n j ur ed peop l e f r om t he yach t l i e de Feu . Sea K i ngs 270 and 273 we r e r eca l l ed t o Cu l d rose , t hen l aunched t o f l y 80 m i l es t o t he t anke r . Dave Mo r gan and Surg . -L i cu l . POACMN Ma r t i n New t on we r e l owe r ed t (n t he deck whe r e , t o t he i r supr i s t , t hey f ound no t t wo bu t s i x peop l e , a l l F r ench , who had been i n a l i f era f t f or nea r l y 30 hour s . The i r yach t had been swamped by a huge wave . Sea K i ng 273 l i f t ed t wo se r i ous l y i n j ur ed sur v i vor s t o Tr e l i ske Hosp i t a l . Tru ro , wh i l e 270 w i nched up t he r ema i n i ng f our and de l i ve r ed t hem t o t he Cu l d rose ~. i ckba , . , .

Janua r y 8 - E i r e d i sas t e r l k ' i th on l y s i x hou r s r ema i n i ng o f t he i r SAR comm i t men t , t he f l y i ng T i ge r s became i nvo l ved i n a d i sas t e r t ha t , l i t era l l y , shook E i r c . Th i s was t he cxp l o - , i on t ha t devas t a t ed t he F r ench t anke r Be t e l geuse a t Wh i ddy I s l and i n Ban t r y Bay . Sea K i ngs 270 and 273 spen t mo r e t han 21 hou r s i n t he a i r a r ound Ban t r y and r ec (nve r ed f our bod i es f r om t he has

They a l so se r ved . . . N i ne t een ma i n t enance c r ew , l ed by CPO J i mmy G r een , c l ocked up 122 hou r s each du r i ng t he gr ea t b l i zza rd . A l l membe r s o f 706 squad ron , t hey , , i cpt i n camp beds i n t he squad ron bu i l d i ng and l i ved on bacon bu t t i es . Du r i ng t he C " me pe r i od . Cu l d rose s i ckbay dea l t w i t h 16 pa t i en t s , many i nf whom had t o r ema i n i n t he bay because o f t he snow - b l ocked roads .

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To gene ra t i ons o f Navy men and women , me r e men t i on o f t he name Ma l t a i s enough to con j ur e up a ka l e i doscope o f memor i es o f l i fe i n t he sun bo t h when t he l i v i ng was easy and t he go i ng was rough . Ma t e l o t s o f " o l d and bo l d " v i n t age reca l l days o f spec t ac l e when t he magn i f i cen t b l ue and go l den sweep o f G r and Ha r bou r and t he c r eeks we r e t h i ck w i t h ba t t l esh i ps . c ru i se rs and des t roye r s wh i ch cou l d be measu r ed i n m i l es as sh i ps f rom Med i t e r r anean and A t l an t i c F l ee t s ga t he r ed and un i f o r med sa i l ors t h ronged t he p i c t ur esque s t ree t s. Wa r t i me sa i l ors have d i f f e ren t memor i es . Days and n i gh t s o f ep i c de f ence and f amous convoys t o t hc Geo rge Cross I s l and a r e v i v i d) ' . reca l l ed . La t e r gene r a t i ons w i l l p r o bab l y bes t r emembe r i t as a happy spo t f or a run i n t he sun or whe r e t hey once wo r ked and f i ved , pe rhaps w i t h the i r f an i i hes . Coun t l ess nava l pe r sonne l and assoc i a t ed c i v i l i ans se r ved t he re i n sh i ps , dock ya rd , wor kshops , s t or es , of f i ces , a i r s t a t i ons ' hosp i t a l s ' schoo l s and many o t he r i ns t a l l a t i ons .

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Cen t ur i es Now c l os i ng i s t he f i na l chap t e r o f a s t ory wh i ch has t as t ed t he bes t par t o f t wo cen t ur i es and l i nks t he pr esen t To st i r me~ " , he r e i s an ae r i a l sho t o f Va l l e t t a w i t h t he days o f Ne l son . I ne w i t h For t S t E l mo I n t he t o r . ground ( t hoes who v i t ab l y , t he Ma l t a run-down know t he l oca t i on o f The Ou t , p l ease keep qu i e t ) has no t been t he eas i es t pe r i od o f t he l ong and spec i a l r e l a concen t r a t e on t wo cen t r es t i onsh i p , wh i ch now dr aws t o ope r a t i ons . The dockya rd a c l ose i n t e rms of a pe rmanen t t he R. A . F . base a t Luqa passed ove r t o l oca l con t ro l m i l i t ary presence . many yea rs ago , ( home a l so o f t he c i v i l i an a i r Unde r t he M i l i t a ry Fac i l i t i es Meanwh i l e , Se r v i cemen and por t ) and H. M . S . St Ange l o , t he i r f am i l i es have s t ead i l y tha t ma rve l l ous " s t one f r i ga t e " Ag r eemen t o f 1972 , t he Br i t i sh Se rv i ces a r e conduc t i ng a moved away , l eav i ng j us t a f ew on G r and Ha r bou r whe r e t o wor k care fu l l y t owa rds t he sa i l ors have l i ved and wo r ked phased w i t hdr awa l , f i na l l y Ma r ch 31 dead l i ne , i n a for t ress whe r e once t he depa r t i ng a t t he end o f nex t mon t h. For t he Br i t i sh i nvo l ved i n Kn i gh t s o f St John t rod t he ex i t , bo t h Se rv i ce and c i v i l i an , r ampa r t s . T ' hroughou t t he l ast yea r I a l mos t eve r y week hasseen t he t he ob j ec t has been t o bow ou t A t t he end o f t he Se rv i ce c l osur e o f some Se r v i ce w i t h as much care fu l o r gam pr esence on t he i s l and t he i ns t a l l a t i on on t he i s l and and , sa t i on , f a i rness , good gr ace l arges t nava l con t i ngen t has as a resu l t o f th i s and ear l i er and mu t ua l respec t as can be been abou t 200 membe r s o f c l osures , scor es o f bu i l d i ngs Sa l e rno Corn ny G r oup 41 gene r a t ed a t t he pa r t i ng o f t he have now been vaca t ed , among Commando WAPM . and i t has ways w i t h so many good t hem hosp i t a l s , schoo l s , ma r f r i ends on Ma l t a , whose been appropr i a t e tha t t he r i ed qua r t e rs , a i r s t a t i ons , and Ma r i nes , who f i rst wen t t o t he peop l e have been l ong l i nked w i t h t he h i s tory o f t he Roya l t he Lasca r i s headqua r t e rs on Ma l t ese i s l ands i n t he l a t e 18t h G r and Ha rbour f rom wh i ch Navy i n t he Med i t e r r anc " , Cen t ur y , shou l d be t he r e a t t he The a i m f i na l l y has been t o we r e con t ro l l ed wa r t i me end.

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As t he f i na l e approaches , pe rsonne l f rom al l t he Se rv i ces and c i v i l i ans have been wo rk i ng t oge t he r t owa rds t he end o f Ma r ch da t e when , no doub t , some f i na l ce r emon i a l wi l l ma r k t he even t and t he Navy , probab l y . t ed by Rma l lS. London , wea r i ng t he H. f l ag o f Rea r -Adm i r a l 0. N. A. Cec i l ( the l ast F l ag O f f i ce r Ma l t a ) , w i l l sa i l away a t t he end o f an era. Sa i l ors wi l l l ong r emembe r t he f am i l i ar haun t s and hope f or t he oppor t un i t y i n t he f u t ure o f many hap re t urns t o wha t , many w11% a rgue , ove r t he yea rs has been Jack ' s f avour i t e run.

Be l ow: Br t t ann l a sa i l s away - a sho t when t he Roya l Yach t made a co l our f u l and symbo l i c ex i t f r om G r and Mp rbou r .

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gm . , en In l u i m and cu r m " manned by t hose who seven yea r s ago made t he dec i s i on t o . im udn w i t h t he d i v i s i on unt i l he end. I n r ecen t t l mse t he r e have been abou t 50 coo l i a and s t swa rds 30 seamen engaged on boa t ma i n t enance and r un n i ng t he ha rbou r t e r r i es and t he adm i r e r s b. rge ; and 30 MEMs engaged on boa t wo& Th i i Wr f l ee t Ch i e f has been FCPO A l be r t Low$s who ' ~ . . a f t e r abou t Men o f t he 23= . Por t My~ - many o f t hem I n t he 3045 age r ange wi l l r ece i ve appropr i a t e f i nanc i a l bene f i t s on

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S t Ange l o , monumen t t o he r o i sm To t he r ocky l i mes t one i s l and soaked i n sun and h i s t or y , and an a t t r ac t i on f or a who l e se r i es o f na t i ona l i t i es ove r t he cen t ur i es . t he Br i t i sh we r e compa r a t i ve l a t ecome r s , i t was w i t h t he he l p o f Ne l son t ha t t he Ma l t ese won t he i s l and back f r om t he F r ench who we r e dr i ven ou t i n 1803 . 1 ' he gr ea t adm i r a l ' s name honou r s t he ma r b l e t ab l e t s i n t he r ampa r t s o f H , M . S . S t Ange l o whe r e a r e l i s t ed t he names o f Commande r s - i n -

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Ch i e f Med i t e r r anean - a d i s t i ngu i shed l i ne wh i ch i n wo r e r ecen t t i mes has i nc l uded names l i ke Cunn i ngham and Moun t ba t i en . L i s t ed t oo a r e t he names o f t he many F l ag O f f i ce r s , Ma l t a ; Com i n i s t i one r s . , Adm i r a l Supe r i n t enden t s and Commo do r e Supe r i n t enden t s ; and command i ng o f f i ce r s o f H . M . S . Egmon t and H , M . S . St . Ange i o . Those who f ough t and d i ed a r e r emembe r ed i n many ways i n Ma l t a ' no t l eas t i n S t Anne ' s Chape l in St Ange l o , whe r e a r e l i s t ed a l l t he Adm i r a l t y - ope r a t ed sh i ps wh i ch sank an t he Med i t e r r anean i n t he l as t wa r . I n books a r e t he names o f t hose who d i ed and have no known g i rave , St Ange l o ' s f u t ur e has no t been announced ' bu t no doub t i t s h i s t or i ca l va l ues

wi l l be borne in mind as it is handed over to the Mal tese.

The f i rs t bu i l d i ng t he r e hea t hen was p robab l y a t emp l e abou t 1500 - 1000 B . C . The G r and Mas t e r o f t he Kn i gh t s o f S t John moved i n i n 1530 ' and i n 1565 t he G r ea t S i ege was conduc t ed f r om t he t o r t r m . I n t he 19 t h Cen t u r y t he f or t was occup i ed by t he Br i t i sh A r my and i n 1912 t he Roya l Navy t ook i t ove r as base sW f or t he Med i t e r r anean L l t . A t t he t i me t he f or t was named H.M.S. Egmon t , be i ng r enamed H . M . S . S t Ange l o i n 1933 . ano t he r f amous Du r i ng s i ege i n t he Second Wo r l d Wa r 69 d i r ec t bomb h i t s we r e r eg i s t e r ed bu t i n gene r a l t he mass i ve wa l l s , s t a r t ed i n t he n i n t h cen t ur y , w i t hs t ood i t . The l as t command i ng o f f i ce r o f St Ange l o i s CAr . Jack Du f f e t t .

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t he t i m i a o f t he S i c i l i an campa i gn I n t he Second Wo r l d Wa r M t a r f a was gea r ed t o accommoda t e 1 , 200 pa t i en t s . An unde r g r ound hosp i t a l was e xm~ , t hough nov i e f used . Mo r i * r ecen t l y , med i ca l ca r s f or t he Se r v i ce has been concen t r a t ed a t t he s i ck qua r t e r s a Luqa wh i ch has v i n i , a i l , been a sma l l hosp i t a l f or a l l t he Se r v i ces

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Fo r me r F i rs t Sea Lo rd and Ch i e f o f t he De f ence St a f f , Adm i r a l o f t he F l ee t S i r Pe t e r H i l l No r t on was c r ea t ed a l i fe pee r i n t he New Yea r Honou r s L i s t . be l i eved t o be t he f i rst nava l o f f i ce r t o be so honour ed , He served in the At l ant i c , on Russ i an convoys and in the Far Eas t in the Second Wor l d Wa r , commanded a des t royer at Suez and l a ter commanded H . M . S . Ar k Roya l be fore go i ng on to many t op appo i ntment s in the Navy . Af t er l eav i ng MOD as Ch i e f of the De f ence Staf f , he was for severa l years Cha i rman of the NATO M i l i t ary Comm i t t ee . On re t i rement f rom th i s pos t he accept ed in Ju l y 1977 the pres i dency of the Sea Cade t Assoc i a t i on . Roya l Navy awards in the 1979 New Yea r Honours L i st i nc l uded the fo l l owi ng, :

PAMELA MER I TS MEDAL Wi th t he re i n t roduc t i on i nto t he Roya l Navy o f t he Me r i t or i ous Se rv i ce Meda l , a fu l l quo t a of 59 awa rds has been made for each o f t he yea rs 1977 and 1978 . Among the names is tha t o f CWr en Reg Pame l a Gann , the f i rst membe r of the WRNS be l i eved to have rece i ved the meda l , whose awa rd in the Navy was d i scont i nued about 50 years ? f o , a l t hough Roya l ma r i nes con t i nued to rece i ve i t unt i l a f ter the Second Wor l d Wa r . H I GHEST STANDARD Ra t i ngs and other ranks o f t he R . N . , R . M QARNNS and WRNS al .~ e l i g i b l e for cons i dera t i on f (nr the awa rd on comp l e . t i on of 27 years ' adu l t se r v i ce . Bu t awa rd of the , M . S . M . is not s i mp l y a rout i ne progress i on in the recogn i t i on of l ong serv i ce , and those se l ec t ed mus t not on l y have con t i nued to ma i nt a i n the h i ghest stan_ dard of conduc t , but mus t a i l so have demons t ra t ed . . mer i tor i ous " serv i ce in a w i der sense . ' Re 59 quot as for both 1977 and 1978 we re se l ec t ed f rom l arge numbe rs of recommenda t i ons .

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L i eu t . ( CS ) R . J . Kenne l ' . L i eu t . -Cdr . D . B . K i ng , L i eu 1 . D.

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L i eut . -Cdr . R . C . Wea l e , L i eut . Cdr . J. Wh i t cs i de . Ba r to B . E , M , - CPOWTR V . N . Sm i thbone . B . E . M . - CPOPT N . R . M . Aus tw i ck , CMEA( H ) C . E . Baskerv i l l e Sgt . J. Brown . R . M . R . . C~ I EM G . E . Ca l l an de r CS t D . Cappe r , R . M . CC~A G . Da t , CPOSA R . Densham , CS8t E . C. Enn i % R.M. , J. D . Franc i s , R . M . OEM ~Smt1 . C . R. Gr av : CPOA( CA) W . J. L. l zza i d . CPO R. C . Lawday , R . N . R POMEM Leung T i n T MEMN ( P) B. L i t t l e . C&T 'Al . G . Lyons , CWRENREG D Moor e , W . R . N . R . , CPOSA D J. Murphy , CEMN ( A) J. Par . ker , CPO(OPS)S D . C . Rober t s . CPO ( OPS ) R P . Se l wood . CPOPT J . E , Sprou l e . MEA I ( P) J. L . Temp l e . R . N . R . , CREMN B . 71omas . CPOWTR A . E . Tom l i n . CAA( AE ) M . F . We l sh , LS(SR) P. J. Wood i ng . LWRENWFR S . C . Young . Roya l Red Cross : A . R . R . C , S i ster H . E. J. GSurer i l esp i nt i ng . Su t S' C' . i cend , QARNNS t e r EC ?wtc i k i c ohn , OAR~N I S E . W i i i i ams . Supt . Si ster QARNNS , FCMT D . Johnson . A . F . C . - L i eut . -Cdr . J. Rush . Roya l V i c t or i an Orde r . M . V , O , 4th C l ass - Surg . Cdr . D. A . Lamm i man . S i l ver Meda l - CPOST! ) J. S Rhodes . ( ' . \ IE. \1 J T l k ' i ghtmi tn .

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Reade rs seek i ng pen f r i ends in the Roya l Navy a re l i st ed bokm , Any sa i l or who wr i t es to an appl icant mus t use a a~ Regu l a t i ng Ch i e f Wr en Pame l a G . nn (p i c tured above ) I s be l i eved to be the f i rst membe r o f t he WRNS eve r t o p i n t he Me r i t or i ous se r v i ce ~1 , C Wr en Gann , who joined t he WRNS i n 1949 ' l a t presen t *~- Ano1n In t Kens i ng t on i In H , L , S& Pm i den t ' whe r e she l ooks a f t er t he admi n i st rat i on of WRNS pe rsonne l be~ In Lon don ,

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(are, , .'O sr rçw 55 ' *' ' "aze ' eyes PO~~ Joanne (15) . Sr i 5.n. b l own h " . psy ' bus ~ . Rwnege l e Lo i ns (17) . ~ . 5#1. gin. . t i@om h~ . "= S t , i 3 , rn . , ~ Pies, haze l *~ . Go~ Wendy (29) . angl e, Si t . lEn. . far hai r . haze l ' yes. Slockpon . Chewe l e . Sa l ly ( IS) . 54? Sin . brown P i , haze l % " . P"~ Peu l lns (2n) . ~ . 51?. 3iti ., blonde r~ . g i ew &~ . London Tins (16) . 5#1 4m . t i e~ h&* . pay eyes . ~~ . Essex Kay (33) . &~ . sRC 3,ri . . brown Nw , brown @~ . one wn. TN~ Devon Gsorg l na (40) , &vm . black he* . t i@om *~ . SouTh ene Id Jens (16) . 54? 4'n . brown Nw . b lue ayes . oioio. Norway Chery l (16) . 501 5.n. brcwn Nw . haze l r~ . L . sds rA~(16) .5t i .7rn . i j eom N* . N~ r Æ i~ - Noi l a He l en (16) . St i 3in. brown har . haze l eyes . 8ns L i e l ey (2'5). &~ . 51?. 5n , brown Nw . pan %= i n 5~). 5ift . 4am. , brown how. blue ~ . AM~ , N. f rsbr ld

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A message f rom t he Pr es i den t o f t he R . N . A . , V i ce - Adm i r a l S i r Ern i e Pope :

Keep a l ook -ou t f or sh i pma t e recru i t s! a f ew Year%. , And don ' t forge t t he l ad i es who As many of you know I ha i r been hav i ng do so much i n many b~hes , reint a l ks w i t h thi c Second Sea Lord t o we how f o r cemen t s f or t hem wou l d be ve ry we l come t he R , N , A , can he l p t he Navy and t he Navy ev~h - , t he R , N- A , I hope tha t t hese t a l ks w i l l bear f ru i t i n 1979 : f or our pa r t l e t us make a My second po i n t i s t he na t i ona l char i t y f or 1979 , As you w i l l know , t he Counci l r ea l l y b i g e f for t th i s yea r to ge t i n more dec i ded t o make Pemb roke House the sh i pma t e recru i t s , bo t h d i rec t f rom the

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News by an o l d sh i pma t e : To o t he r ma t t e rs - some date ,%, i n 1978 , w i l l be shows a o f The g r oup gua rds p i c t ur e to r i ng i n R. N . A . d i ar i es. No . 2. c t )mm i t t ed t o t he ca re o f t he sa i l ors - membe r s o f t he c r ew o f a is a g r oup o f ~ i i pn i a t c% f r ( i nn t Ar ea S t anda rd Bea r e r s co chur ch a t 11W on Sunday , June , t i t Ahe i i t he% t he ba t t l esh i p Ne l son - go i ng (nn O l dham f t ) i i nk i t i on w i l l he he l d i n H. , M. S . Mr l . i ' 17 , a t t he Chu r ch o f St Lawr ence l eave a t Po r t smou t h w i t h some o f re - v i s i t ed ( i i hr a l t a r . Hav i ng happy broke on Sa t urday , June 9 t o bt , Bi l l Hen Jewr y , wh i ch i s c i i )st by t he Sh i pma t e t he 700 cana r i es t he sh i p b rough t memo r i es o f t he Rock and o f good f o l l owed a dance i n Pcmb roke Gu i l dha l l . by t haw ' o l des t membe r o f t he r e dur i ng t he hack f r om t he Med i t e r. r anean . t i mes spen t C l ub , w i t he mus i c prov i dcd by a Macc l es f i e l d b r anch ' ha sa i.1 ors , p i c l u r ed w i t h Second Wo r l d Wa r , t hc~. r e t urned NOTh PARADE Roya l Ma r i nes dance band . T l i cre r ecen t l y c e~ i ed h i s t he i r b i t o f i nd G i br a l t a r changed " beyond cages , l ook r ema r kab l y r ade j ust a The r e w i l l be no w i l l he t he oppor t un i t y t o g( i 95 t h t ) i r t hday . B i l l j o i ned l i ke t he sa i l or o f t oday . Wha t has r ecogn i t i on . " (-on~uc t ed serv i ce . wh i ch ' w i l l on danc i ng aga i n F r i day . Sep. t he Roya l Navy i n 1901 changed is no t t he men , bu t t he OLD HAUNTS V i car , t he Rev. B. A. t he t embe r 14 , when an Ar ea bu f f e t by vnuven i " . and rc t i r i ed as a S t oke r Wa i son . The ma i n pa r ade thi-. , dance w i l l bc. , he l d i n Pembr i ) kc Gone we r e t he o l d haun t s - t he l l i i i t i n i c br i r i i 2, Y i i . i r i % cha i nges . P0 a f t e r Wo r l d Wa r I . ('lii[i yea r , w i l l be cen t r ed a round t he Rt )y . a l , t he Trocade ro and t he ba r s vo t h t he a l l -g i r l dance bands . Bu t Ceno t aph Se rv i ce on Sunda% . Oc t obe r 28 . ~i l l was no t l inst . " Thc good o l d W i t h t he con f e r ence i n m i 1 , 11 And r ew came t o t he r escue " and t he l ast da t e f or r e t urn i ng bra " i . . I I t r ans f o rmed wha t wou l d have h i m on boa rd H M S He l i o t rope . mo t i on f orms i s Ma r ch 2. S i r John on t he Ch i na s t a t i on 1938 . 1939 . wou l d Mr . S. A. Canham (Andy) , 29 i i i hc rw i se been a d i sappo i n t i ng 1940 . 1942 V f w~ Dnve . H~d , Her ts. ~ i d l i ke o t race an o l d sh i pma t e . G i ngw Mr . John Gr ay and h i s w i l e Edna , Lang has sugges t ed t ha t some ho l i day i n t o a memo r ab l e one . hke to hear f rom a~ who se rved ~O r l h . ex -Bn t t sh M i l i t ary VM~ , o f 164 . The Sen i o r Ra t es mess , H . M . S . t hough t be g i ven t o t he venue f or in t o ~W~n Mr , in H. M . M . S . g . Denn i s G i l be r t , ex - W~ , now t he 1980 con f e r ence , keep i ng i n Fa i rho l me Cour t . H~~ , Rooke , i nv i t ed t he v i s i t ors t o 1942 -1944. cha i rman o f r e - M~ G l ouces t e r m i nd t he l i ve l y d i scuss i on t he d l esbrough T58 9 ( 1 C l eve l and . send l unch , t hey we r e shown ove r H . M . Mr , F , E , W~ , b~ L~ . (R) br anch A . N . 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F , Jac l caon , St a t i on Comm i t t ee and t he Na t i ona l 1951-1952 , Isat 3DG , and Mr , Noe l Bone , ex - R~ whe r e p l aques we r e exchanged R~ , Lw~on , Can t s C84 SDS , W~ . Counc i l agr eed t he ou t l i ne o f a Ma r i nes B~ , 24 , Cop l ey Grove , and t he v i s i t ors we r e p r esen t ed wh i ch wou l d Me t o hea r f rom any o l d sh i p Sum~ of K& I . S . P"~, P06 1 NB , . . cheme f or t he 1979 Assoc i a t i on F&~ , w i t h t wo bo t t l es o f champagne . in t he M~w~ 19C. and ma t es who se r ved w i t h h i m on boa rd sank i n t ouch w i t h t hose wou l d l i ke t o D r aw wh i ch w i l l t ake p l ace g i et For t he " wonde r f u l and kr i ew PO S~ H* Coben , ~ H . M . S . Kempe r i f e l t "Coo. D 2T ' f rom who se r ved aboa rd H . M . S . Ram i l i l es Reun i on . A l i m i t o f £5 , 000 was se t oor t ac t h i s W~ w#e , Mm . R. LC comm i ss i on i ng i n 1943 t o pay i ng of f unbea t ab l e hosp i t a l i ty " a wa rm w i t h v i ew t o f orm i ng an ox 1939 . 1942 , f or o f wh i ch £1 , 000 w i l l be pr i zes , No r t h Avenue , i n 1946 . w i t h a v i ew to a r r ang i ng a S t one . 354 , t hank you f rom sh i pma t es o f H . M . S . RamI l l l es Assoc i a t i on . w i t h t he ba l ance l ess expenses Sou t hw~Soa , Essex . ge t - t o~ a t t he R . N . A Reun i on i n O l dham to L i cut -Cdr . A . M . Mr G - C , Cam~ i . o f 9, B l oc~ t o~ PO Mr . G. J. R~ r f t , Oc t obe r He wou l d a l so l i ke t o hea r to t he Cen t r a l Cha r i t i e% St ; ; ; i . L i ve rpoo l Sew t . London E . C . 2 , Crox ford , of the staf f of F l ag M w i th who 9 " ed in H S Duncan f rom sh i pma t e who se r ved w i l l be sent stoker . any Founr~ i n . T i cke t s a t 10p sends gr ee t i ngs t o h i s o l d sn~ i n Of f i cer G i bra l t ar ; CPOWTR John ou t i n Ma r ch. who se r ved w i t h h i m i n H . 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a l l oca t ed a of l and to the b ranch on w~ i icce ch to bu i l d i ts own headquar t ers . -Me dr i ve is now on to ra i se funds for th i s amb i t i ous scheme ; meanwh i l e mee t i ngs t ake p l ace every Fr i day at 2034) at T . S . Puma Sea Cade t Headquar t ers , Chur ch Lane , Bedd i ngton . Sh i pma t e L. Fave l l , of 12, G l en t horne C l ose ,

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Mo r e f o r e i gn v i s i t s and i nc r eas i ng pa r t i c i pa t i on i n ma j o r exe r c i ses and t r i a l s a r e i n s t o r e f or t he Roya l Nava l Hove r c r a f t Tr i a l s Un i t i n 1979 , Th i s f o l l ows a YOU f or t he H . M . S . ~= based un i t wh i ch was c row ned by a v i s i t f rom t he Commande r - I n - Ch i e f F~ ' Adm i r a l S i r Hen r y L~ . The un i t was f o r med i n 1974 as a successo r t o t he I n t e r se r v i ce Un i t ' wh i ch s t a r t ed a t Doe~ i n 1982 ' and f our c r a f t have been pa r t i cu l a r l y ac t i ve i n t he pas t 12 mon t hs .

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CYPHER OFF I CERS The Fore i gn and Commonwea l t h Of f i ce has vacanc i es for Cyphe r Of f i cers . Pr ev i ous cyphe r expe r i ence and good t ouch t yp i ng a r e essent i a l . Cand i da t es shou l d be be t ween 21 and 50 yea rs of age . Bo t h t hey and the i r pa ren t s shou l d norma l l y have been Br i t i sh sub j ec t s a t a l l t i mes s i nce b i r th. Sh i f t work i ng , i nc l ud i ng week - end and pub l i c ho l i day dut i es , i s a cond i t i on of serv i ce . The pos t s a re s i tua t ed i n cent ra l London bu t t he re a r e l i m i t ed oppor tun i t i es for tours of du t y ove rseas .

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'1'he N i i~%' , . h i d to re ta i n the Serv i ces t eam box i ng champ i onsh i p got of f to a star t at R , A , F , Ha l ton on January syreat 5. Thc w. on seven bout s to three , to repu l se a de t e rm i ned ef for t by the R , A , F , box i ng on home ter r i tory . Na% . %* w i nne r s

i k . ere SEA C l i f f S t or cy , S4NE S t eve Ta , . l or ' MNE ] -er r , . Ma r sh , RO Mc r v% . n Lesm t t , A l l N i ck ( ' r kx)mbcs . , NA S i eve W i l l i s and AB Tom Tav i (nr . Navy e t nach CPO M i ck Shone was pa r t i cu l a r l y p l eased w i t h t he f o r m o f l i gh t we i gh t S t eve Tay l or ' , who s t opped h i s man i n t he f i rs t r ound o f t he i r c t )n t cs t . I t was t he young Ma r i ne ' s f i rs t appea r ance f or t he Navy ' s sen i or t eam . Eng l and i n t e rna t i ona l s Tay , I tnr and Ma r sh h(n t h l ooked i mpr ess i ve on t he was i i ) unan i mous dec i .

i n( ] t he h . i r ( i -h i t t i r i L! ( rmmsmmhes ~ I , I LJ d i ne , i , )n , . t he t h i rd r ound f or t he r e f e r ee i t i s t op enough h t he cont e , , t . W i l l i s was den i ed a r e t urn bou t w i t h Eng l and m i dd l ewe i gh t De i r oy Pa r kes , who was un f i t , and won com f o r t ab l y aga i ns t t he R . A . F . r ese r ve . I . es . co l t . s t and i ng i n f or i n j ur ed Wayne ( ; rce i i . ~ i i , , t i had a com f o r t ab l e w i n .

PO I NTS DEFEAT AB Phoen i x Jacobs l os t on p(n i nt s . as d i d L I ' I M i ck Ga r r i t y . , who came ou t o f r e t i r emen t t o s t he R . A . F . ' s w i l ey o l d f ea t he rm . c i gh i ( )p Heavywe i gh t LSA Roy G r eenac r e a l so l os t on i nt s . STD John O ' Dr i sco l l and MNE And G i l l emi t t~ i c even i ng o f f t o an appropr i a t e s t ar t h' . i i . i nn i n. i : he i r spec i a l f ea t he rwe i gh t and we l t eme i gh t bou t s

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The Roya l Navy Foo t ba l l Assoc i a t i on r eached i t s 75 t h b i r t hday l as t mon t h - and r ece i ved a l e t t er o f congr a t u l a t i ons f r om t he ~n , Seven o f f i ce rs me t on Janua r y 13 . 1904 , and r eso l ved " t ha t an assoc i a t i on be f o r med f or t he gu i dance and gove r nmen t o f nava l f oo t ba l l and t ha t l e t t e rs be wr i t t en t o Devonpo r t and Cha t ham ask i ng f or t he i r co . ope r a t l ou . " A l ot o f wa t i e r has f l owed unde r t he br i dge s i nce t hen , and t he R . N - F - A , can be p r oud o f i t s progr ess t o t he s t a t us o f a Coun t y Assoc i a t i on w i t h fu l l r epr esen t a t i on on t he counc i l o f t he Foo t ba l l Assoc i a t i on . ROYAL PATRONAGE W i t h t he excep t i on o f one o r t wo y~ , t he R . N . F . A . has en j oyed Roya l pa t ronage s i nce 1905 . To ma r k t he ~Ye r sa r y , l oya l gr ee t i ngs f r om t he R . F , N , A . we r e sen t t o t he Queen , who r ep l i ed on Janua r y 13 : 111 s i nce r e l y t hank you , t he V i ce -Pr es i den t , t he Gene r a l Counc i l , and a l l membe r s o f t he Roya l Nava l Foo t ba l l Assoc i a t i on or you r k i nd message o f l oya l gr ee t i ngs . As Pa t ron o f t he Assoc i a t i on I ve r y much appr ec i a t e thL- . message and send m) . wa r mes t congr a t u l a t i on . . . and good w i shes t o you a l l on t he occas i on o f you r 75 t h ann i ve r%a r y , "

R . N . OPEN BOX4G CHAMP I ONSH I PS , 1979 F l ywe i gh t - SEA C St or ey (H . M . S Ant r i m) , wa l kove r . Ban t amwe i gh t - AS PC Jacobs (H . M . S . N~ ) . wa~ . Fea t he rwe i gh t - STD J . O ' Dn~ (H . M . S . l n t r~ ) , w~e r . Ugh t we l gh t - MNE S . Tay l or (42 COO ) bea t LPT G . McBr i de (H . M . S . Su f t an) . p t s Ugh t - wo f t emm i gh t - MNE T. Ma r sh (41 COO ) bea t W i l E A . G i l l ( CDO LOG Reg t ) . p t s - AR W G r een (H . M . S . At ax) bea t RO M . Leeco l l (H . M . S . Do l ph i n) . p t s L i gh t - m i dd~gh t - AS N . Cr oombes (H . M . SC Ken t ) bea t POEL R Duke (K MS Ar k Roya l f tbc 1. M i dd l ewe i gh t - NAV I S . Wd i s (H . M . S . Da~s ) , wa l kove r . - h " v~h t - AB T . Tay l or (H . M . S . Vamon ) bea t MNE A . Pnee l . (~hTCRM ) , pts t I 4 . . vyw . I 9M - SA R . Gr eenac r e (H . M . S . N~ ) , wM~ .

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The s t rength of Roya l Navy box i ng was m i r rored , in a nega t i ve sor t of way , by a pred i c t ab l e even i ng ' s ent er t a i nment a t the 1979 Navy champ i onsh i ps in H , M . S , Ne l son ,

PROBLEMS Equa l l y compe t i t i ve was t he we l t e r we i gh t champ i onsh i p , dur i n h i ch t he eve r - i rn RO Ve r vyn Lesco t t ( ~ov * M .i S . ng Do l ph i n ) caused a l l sor t s (nf p r ob l ems f or Eng l and i n t e r na t i ona l AB Wayne G r een ( H . M . S . A j ax ) . G r een pu l l ed ou t a supe rb t h i rd r ound t o c l a i m a unan i mous dec i s i on , bu t Lesco t t mus t have won t he second round , and obv i ous l y g i ves t he Navy s t r eng t h i n dep t h a t t h i s we i gh t . The new 1 ht ' Navy ' s we l t e rwe i gh t champ i on i s & Te r r y Ma r sh , who l as t yea r won an A . B . A . t i t l e a t ] i &h t we i gh t . He s t eps up a d i v i s i on t h i s season , and i s t he t h i rd i n t e r na t i ona l to ho l d t he Navy l i ght - we l t e rwe i gh t be l t i n l i ve yea r s . The o t he r t wo we r e

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. R . N . F . A . ' s 75 t h ann i ve r sa r y i s t o be f ocussed on t he annua l A r my - Navy ma t ch , t o be p l ayed t h i s yea r a t H . M . S . Pemb r oke on Ma r ch 7, wr i t es Jack Sheppa r d , Th i s game i s t he f i rs t o f t he I n t e r -Se r v i ce campa i gn , and t he Navy t eam w i l l have t o p l ay we l l t o r e t a i n t he champ i onsh i p . The squad has a new l ook abou t i t , and d i f f e rs gr ea t l y f r om t ha t wh i ch has won t he l n t e r Se r v i ces t hr ee t i mes i n t he l as t f our yea rs . Of t he 1978 t eam . Dav i d Lancas t e r , Johnny Gwynn , John O ' Conne l l , J i mmy S t ephenson . Dav i d Ho r t on and S t eve L i t t l e f a i r a r e a t sea , J i mmy Sco t t has hung up h i s boo t s . F r ank Ova r d and John Ha r vey have l e f t . t he Navy , and Du t chy Ho l l and and Jed Sha r p may no t be ava i l ab l e b t , cause o f Se r v i ce comm i t men t s .

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A H A cha i mp i on Pau l Ke l l % and Wayne G r een ( t hr ee t i me . % t he Navy champ i on ) . Ma r sh ' s l uck l ess opponen t was MNE Andy G i l l ( CDO LOG Reg i men t ) . Ano t he r l uck l ess opponen t was N I NE A l an P r i ce ( C ' FCRM ) . who mus t have f e l t he was wa l k i ng i n t o a br i ck wa l l . Tha t , wou l d have probab l y , been j us t as pro f i t ab l e as h i s br ave pur su i t o f Eng l and l i ght , heavywe i h t AB Tom Tay l or ( H . M . S . ~e r non ) . Shor t es t con t es t o f t he gh t - ba r t he wa l kove r s - wasn iAB N i ck Cr oombes ' s f i rs t r ound demo l i t i on o f POEL Duke ( H . M . S . A r k Roya l ) .

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NEW FACES N sc i cc t or J i mmy Foy has l ooke~a t many p l aye r s s i nc .o t he s t as t nn began , and some o f t he new f aces t o bt . . g i ven a chance i n t he bu i l d - up t o t he l n t e r Se r v i ces w i l l be MUSN Ga r y Sm i t h , POAF Bi l l G r een , POEM Len Ashmo r e ( i i l l o f R.N . a i r s t a t i on Yeov i i t on) . MNE Cha l k i e E l l i o t t ( H . M . S . I n t r ep i d) , Cp l Pau l D i xon (4( ) CDO ) , LMEM Lee Ton ue Fea r l ess ) , CEM l an (H . M . S . (H . M . S . Cen t u r i on , Roge r s PLT B l ood Reed (H . M . ~ . and RO l Kev i n Me r cu r y ) , S t okes ( H . M . S . Br i s t o l ) . Second game o f t he champ i onsh i p , aga i ns t t he R . A . F . , i s a t Cos f o r d on Ma r ch 14 , and t he ma t ch i s at A r my - R . A . F . A l de r sho t on t he 21s t . The Navy bea t t he Ama t eu r Foo t ba l l A l l i ance 3 - 2 i n L t )ndon , bu t had t he woodwo r k t o t hank f or ou t t he keep i ng A l l i ance ' s l as t k i ck o f t he ma t ch . Lee T(nngue (2) and Kev i n Maddocks Su l t an ) (H . M . S. scor ed t he Na% .~ . gt )a l . , .

R . N . t i t l es go w i t h f orm book I n t he open d i v i s i on , f i ve t i t l es we r e uncon t es t ed , t wo pro, . . i -, 11 t o be l i t t l emor e t han exh i b i t i on wo r k - ou t s . one ended abrup t l % i n t he f i rs t round , and on l y one b(nu t had t he j udges a t a l l d i v i ded . Tha t was t he f i rs t con t es t of t he n i gh t , be t ween MNE S i eve Ta y l o r (42 CDO ) and. t he 1976 ch i on . LPT l i gh t wc i ' hi , br cB r i d i . am ( ~ . M . S . Su l George t an) . McBr i de t ook t wo comcoun t s i n t he f i rs t r ound pu l so a f t e r 7cav body punches had pu t h i m Joown , bu t r ecove r ed su f f i c i en t l y t o pu t i n a s t o rm i ng t h i rd round . His e f f or t s i mp r essed one j udge , bu t t he t i t l e wen t on a ma j or i t y dec i s i on t o Tay l or .

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RO Me r vyn L . sco t t j abs ou t a l e f t du r i ng h i s we l t e r we i gh t c l ash w i t h AB Wayne G r een a t t he R , N , open box i ng champ i onsh i ps i n H ' M , S , ~*on , G r een , an Eng l and i n t e rna t i ona l , i n j ur ed a hand du r i ng t he con t es t ' wh i ch he won on a unan i mous po i n t s dec i s i on , Because o f t he I n j ur y ' Lesco t t s t epped I n t o t he we l t e r we i gh t be r t h f or t he Navy ' s ma t ch aga i ns t t he R , A . F , on Janua r y 25 . P' c ture LA(PR ) B i an Mooney (41 CDO ) a f t e r a ve r y c i ose l i gh t -we l t e r con t es t , and LCp l Den i s Robe r t s (40 CDO ) had t o wo r k ha rd aga i ns t RO S t eve Sma l l bone ( H . M . S . He r on ) t o w i n t he we l t e rwe i gh t t i t l e . R . M . T I TLE The Roya l Ma r i nes , who a l so won t he t i t le heavywe i gh t t h rough t he e f f or t s o f MNE Mac Mack i n t osh ( CDO LOG Rcg t . ) , ended seven yea r ' s o f Po r t s mou t h dom i na t i on t o c l i nch t he i n t e rmed i a t e t eam t rophy . Po r t smou t h we r e second i n t he t eam even t , P l ymou t h t h i rd . Nava l A i r Command f our t h , and Sco t l and f i f th .

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Baw t r ee a f t e r t i t l e No . 11 The i nc r eased i n t e res t i n squash was r e f l ec t ed by an encou r ag i ng en t r y f or l ast mon t h ' s N i i v%. squash champ i on sh i ps . F i f t y -s i x o f f i ce rs and r a t i ngs en t e r ed f or t he ma i n even t - t he l a rges t f i e l d s i nce 1972 . Seed i ngs f or t he champ i on sh i ps , f rom Janua r y 25 t o 28 . we r e : 1, L i eu t . -Cdr . Rob i n Baw t r ee ; 2 , CPO Geo f f Hug. ea r . %bb i i e t he g i ns ; 3 , MEMN ( P ) F r ank Sm i t h ; , i g , i i i i zc i i (us 4 , L i eu t . -Cdr . Ph i l Po(n i ; ve t e r ans f ina i l was weded t o be Sub-L i eu t . I rv i n Pra t l e ; 6 , con t es t ed by L i eu t . -Cdr . Hugh L i eu t . -Cdr . Co l i n O ' Kcc~ l e ; 7 , Rump and Cap t . Br i an Sha t L i eu t . -Cdr . M i ke Sauvage . , 10 , tock . CPOP1 ' A Pa t Bea t on . The Navy t eam f or t he Much a t t en t i on was be i ng I n t er -Serv i ces t ournamen t was f ocussed on Rob i n Baw t r ee ' s be i ng se I ec t cd a f t er t he cham a t t emp t t o w i n t he champ i onsh i p p i onsh i ps , and w i t h i nt eres t and f or an amaz i ng 11th t i me . s t anda rds a t a peak , i t was hoped To encou r age younge r t o produce t he s t ronges t Navy p l ayers , an unde r -25 even t was squad i n ycars .

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ST I CKERS Messrs . Mor ecambe and W i se v i s i ted the Navy , as d i d the we l l -bu i l t bh , Pe t er Us t i nov (but i t is known tha t he d i dn ' t r i sk the r ide) . In a l l , mor e than 5 , 000 we re j acks t ayed over the wa t e r and rece i ved cer t i f i cates to prove i t , toge ther w i th st i ckers such as " I ' ve been j acks t ayed! R , N , ' t I brave , " Abou t a quar t er of a mi l l i on peop l e a t t ended the show and f rom the ground f l oor and h i gher l eve l s many of t hem s topped to adm i re the per f ormances of the men of the R . N . D i sp l ay Team as they wen t throu$h rout i nes on the 83f t , mas t bes i de the poo l , or car r i ed out an i nt r i cate d i sp l a i i i vo l v i ng mo r e t han movemen t s on the w i ndow l adder suspended ove r the wa t er , BUT t ON BOYS Bu t t on boys for the mas t d i sp l ays we r e LREM P. Downs and AB M . Codr i ngton , Mus i c for the nava l ceremon i es , wh i ch i nc l uded Sunse t , was p r o v i ded by the R . M , Band of the Commande r - i n - Ch i e f Nava l Home Command , The R , M , gua rd was f rom 41 Cdo , and each day the sa l ut e was t aken by a Roya l Navy or R , M . V, I , P,

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