197903 by Navy News

HAV I NG AN I CE T I ME As Br i t a i n f rose , t hese sa i l o r s I. H.M.S. Endu r ance we r e ab l e t o t ake a ph i l osoph i ca l v i ew i at t he wea t he r - , i n t he addd$e o f i b i n An t a r c t i c hea t wave ' ch Desp i t e t he backd r op I t was " hands t o MW~ . . wkb i a so f t dr I and a copy o f Navy News f or LREM Ph i l Saye , A l l Paddy ( t r a , A l l F LM " N i ge l Geo r ge Fm~ . AR G i l be r t , LR . EM Ph i l Tb l cke t t and MEM

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p l ayed by P l ymou t h C i t y CO~1 M~~ . t he Ar k o f f i c i a l l y wes t OM o f ~a~~ a t Sunse t on Feb rua r y 13 when t he Wh i t e Ens i gn was l ow~ f or t he km t i me . Seven hund r ed m1 r s o f t he p ' s com pany r ema i n t o dc - s t or e and dc - equ i p be r . t hough t hey a r e now accommoda t ed in H . M . S . D r ake . To ass i s t I n t he maW r a huge r amp has been cons t ruc t ed by A r my co g i nee r s . The 37111 . r amp w i l l r un pa r a l l e l t o t he A r k t o a SM . h i gh t owe r , wh i ch f o r ms one end o f a ' h r I dge " t o t he sh i p . Heavy t e r r i es w i l l be ab l e t o dr i ve d i r ec t on t o t he ca r r i e r , sav i ng t i me and ~N~5 ub

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The con t i nued ou t f l ow o f t r a i ned men f r om t he du r i ng t he pas t yea r has r ema i ned d i squ i e t i ng . says t he Wh i t e Pape r , Bu t t he Gove r nmen t hopes t ha t " as pay i s t o co rnpa r ab i l i t y . t he no r ma l pa t t e r n o f ou t f l ow r esumed , " To t a l numbe r s o f men and women l eav i ng t he Se r v i ces f or a l l r easons du r i ng 1978 - 79 con t i nued t o i nc l ude an unusua l l y h i gh ou t f l ow o f expe r i enced and sk i l l ed pe r sonne l f o l l ow i ng r eques t s f or If p r ema t u r e vo l un t a r y r e~ . t h i s con t i nued , t he consequences wou l d be se r i ous . Ove r a l l r ec ru i t i ng f i gur es f or 1978 , a l t hough cons i de r ab l y h i ghe r t han 1977 , showed t ha t i t was un l i ke l y t ha t i nc r eased t a rge t s wou l d be me t . SHORTFALLS

I n some i mpo r t an t ca t egor i es i n t he 1978-79 Roya l Navy t he ach i evemen t wou l d f a l l shor t . Among o f f i ce rs t he r e a r e expec t ed t o be shor t f a l l s i n seamen , eng i nee r s and i ns t ruc t ors . Among r a t i ngs , shor t f a l l s a r e l i ke l y i n a numbe r o f b r anches , no t ab i , , a r t i f i ce rs , med i ca l ass i s t an t s and mechan i cs (A i r ) . The Wh i t e Pape r f or ecas t s t o t a l R . N . s t r eng t h f or Apr i l 1 t h i s yea r as 74 . 500 , compa r ed w i t h 75 , 200 on Apr i l 1, 1978 and 73 , SW on Janua r y 1 t h i s yea r . " As t hough t s become f ocussed on t h i s yea r ' s pay awa r d , specu l a t i on has p rov i ded a va r i e t y o f f i gur es on wha t t he pe r cen t age awa r d f r om Apr i l 1 w i l l f i na l l y p r ove t o be . F i gur es o f 20 and 24 pe r cen t have been t he mos t Pr ess s t or i es .

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is due t o en t e r se rv i ce th i s yea r . The l ast o f th i s c l ass and t he f i rst t wo o f t he new Tr a f a l ga r c l ass a r e now unde r cons t ruc t i on . Des i gn s t ud i es a r e i n hand f or a new o f f shor e pa t ro l vesse l wh i ch i t p l anned t o i n t roduce i n t he ea r l y 1980s t o succeed t he Ton c l ass vesse l s t i , , cd f or coas t a l f i she ry pro t ec t i on . LA ( P t ) Mca ~ r d

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NAVY NEWS . MARCH 1979

BRUTAL . . . OR BENEF I C I AL? H , M. S . Ganges , t he Roya l Navy ' s f o rme r es t ab l i shmen t f or boys , is eme rg i ng t r a i n i ng w i t h d i gn i t y and pr i de f r om t he hamme r i ng by John Doug l as i n h i s r ecen t l y -pub l i shed book , The sub l ' ec t has produced t he b i gges t Navy News poa t bag o f recen t t i mes , presen t i ng a m i x t ur e o f v i ews wh i ch l ed t he au t hor h i mse l f to commen t : " I t surpr i ses me tha 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 . " F rom t he bes t poss i b l e ev i dence - tha t o f cus t ome r s f rom t he F i rs t Wo r l d Wa r t o t he c l osure o f Sho t ky ga t es i n 1976 - i t i s ev i den t tha t t hey d i d NOT sha r e t he same expenence . Th i s i s no t t o say tha t t he r e has been de l i bera t e d i s tor t i on i :)r wh i t ewash i ng . I n eswnce , eve body i s r i ght , bu t t he ove ra l l p i c ture o f %as t l y book , is Ganges , " as i nd i ca t ed by John Doug l as ' s no t i n accord w i t h t he ma j or i t y o f readers ' l e t t ers. The au t hor , howeve r , i s by no means w i t hou t on t he supp . or t , i nd i ca t i ng tha t eve ry t h i ng depended qua l t o f t he i ns t ruc tors a t a par t i cu l ar t i me . R. Bi l l , o f Gue~~y , who was abou t t he same him Sho t ky v i n t age as Mr . Doughs , congra t u l a t es on a f t rs t - chm book . Commen t i ng on a l e t t er by l i cut , A. W. C. Br own (Janua ry i ssue) tha t t he i dea o f bamboo cane l oaded w i t h w i re was l auomb i e , he says : " M pa l showed me t he resu l t s o f tha t cane , and h i s ba l i de made a cor ruga t ed roo f l ook f l at . "1 had a back -hande r f rom a G . 1. on my f i rst day

i n t he ma i n camp , and he sp l i t my l i p and head f or no t g i v i ng h i m room t o pass i n a C" I wen t gr ey ( a t 15) and was so t e= tha t I wa l ked f rom I psw i ch t o Ganges t hrough a b l i zzard i n Decembe r , hav i ng m i ssed t he bus. I se t of f a t m i dn i gh t and a r r i ved a t 0530 . " Bu t Mr . B i l l has no ha rd f ee l i ngs . " I am proud t o be ex -Ganges. " he says , " and l ook i ng back i t d i d me - good . I wou l d l i ke news o f CPOs Sp i nks and S ke t t , G I s o f 15 Mess . " A. CCg r o~ ( ex-PO) , o f London , who was a t ra i nee i n 1915 , says " I ' m a f ra i d Mr . Doug l as i s r i ght . The on l y pa r t of my . l i fe I wou l d no t l i ke ove r aga i n was my t i me a t Sho t l ey. '

Fo l l ow i ng t he Ganges deba t e w i t h grea t i nt erest i s G , H. S ye ( eng , ben t . re t , ) , o f Lym i ng i on , Han t s , who i s roud t o have been a Sho l l ey boy (he l e f t i n 1928~~ . " The ' Sho t l ey Te r ror ' s t ands ou t i n my memor y , " he says , " bu t so wha t ? We we r e cer t a i n l y no t i l l - t rea ted . " I have Sho t l ey t o t hank f or a l ot o f th i n&s . I have no regre t s , and g i ven t he chance wou l d do i t a l l ove r .1 aga i n. Th r ee yea rs a f t er John Doug l as l e f t Ganges , De r ek F i nch , o f Sudbur y , Su f fo l k , en t e r ed t he ga t es , and f ound th i ngs ve ry d i f f erent . " I agr ee t he rou t i ne was seve r e . " he ,ai~,% . ' but

THE GREAT GANGES Look i ng back ove r 67 years . F. S. (Da rby ) AUen . o f Pe t e rborough , dec l a res t ha t " w i t h f ew exce t i ons , I t h i nk t he PO i ns t ruc tors wor e spec i a se I cc t ed f or the i r bmt a l i t y . " Tha t sums up t he bad news f rom reade rs , A. J. St one , o f Br i ght l i ngsea , Essex , " pro t es t s s t rong l y aga i ns t John D i oug l as ' s condemna t i on o f H. M . S . Ganges . " Speak i ng o f 1926 he says " we we r e t ra i ned t o be phys i ca l l y f i t and men t a l l y a l er t , and on t he p l ay i ng f i e l ds we deve l oped t he same nob l e charac t er i s t i cs as t hose boys on t he f i e l ds o f E t on and Ha r row . "

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t he i ns t ruc tors who gu i ded our c l ass we r e mos t unde rs t and i n w i t hou t be i ng sof t . 1 f ee l 1 bene f i t ed enormous t t l l om the i r tu i t i on , and i f t hey shou l d r ead th i s ~ wou l d l i ke t hem to know tha t I have a l ways been gra t e fu l to t hem . They we r e P0 Te l . Webs t e r and ' Yco ' Tubby ' Wanng- " F r ank BI scoe ( ex- CPO seanum) , o f C~x ford , i s qu i t e de f i n i t e tha t Ganges was no " ha t ed " p l ace. " Why d i d so many t urn up f or t he f i na l ma r ch pas t ? " he asks , and g i ves t he answe r h i mse l f : " Because t hey we r e proud ( l i ke me ) t o be ex Ganges . To ca l l i i S concen t r a t i on camp i s a l oad o f rubb i sh. "

F rom Be r t Pr i t chaM . o f Pr es t on. Lancs. comes t he t r i but e : " I wou l d l i ke to pu t on r ecord my t hanks t o t he Roya l Navy , and tha t ha rd Sho t l ey t ra i n i ng , f or my surv i va l i n t he wa r yea rs tha t we r e t o f o l l ow . " He was a pr i sone r o f t he Japancse . Ano t he r who has no t h i ng bu t gra t i tude for Ganges i s W. C. Pa rncv t t , wr i t i ng f rom B l enhe i m Pa l ace , Woods t ock , Ox f ord , " f or t each i ng me t o cope w i t h l i fe a t sea , espec i a l l y i n a des t roye r i n Arc t i c wa t e rs i n a For ce 10 , and l a t er t o f i nd a p l ace i n t he so-ca l l ed ra t - race. " He a l so sa : " %e r e e l se i n t he 1920s and 30s was a poor t o rece i ve a l l t he pr i v i l eges and expe r i ences o f a boa rd i ng schoo l ? I am e t e rna l l y gra t e fu l t o t he Navy f or send i ng me there , and f or ~i l l t he f r i ends I made . " Th i s t hen represen t s t he Ed i tor ' s l e t t er -bag saga o f Sho l l ey . Accep t i ng tha t Mr . Doug l as i s reasona tb l y accur a t e i n h i s accoun t - t hen so a re a l l t he others . The man t l e o f Sho t l ey i s no t c l a i med t o be pur e wh i t e , bu t f rom i t ove r t he yea rs wen t a vas t a rmy , t he ma j or i t y o f whom , t o th i s day , have a pro f ound

sense o f hav i ng been g i ven some t h i ng t he o t he r s haven ' t go t . S i nce t h i s a r t i c l e was pr epa r ed . mo r e l e t t e rs have been r cce i ved . The Ed i t or i s

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An eas i ng o f t he p r ob l em o f ge t t i ng back i n t o a home you have l e f t wh i l e away on dr a f t i s p r om i sed by a new ru l e wh i ch comes i n t o f o r ce t h i s mon t h , The a i m i s t o make i t s i mp l e r and sw i f t e r f or t he ownc r -occup i e r to r ecove r possess i on o f a home he once l i ved in when he wan t s i t back f or h i mse l f and h i s f ami ' fy , . (Na , , , ) , ) , awa r e o f d i f f i cu l t i es wh i ch have ar i sen and a consequen t grow i ng re l uc t ance by Se r v i cemen t o l e t the i r homes , we r e among t hose who gave ev i dence dur i ng a Ren t s Ac t s r ev i ew wh i ch has resu l t ed i n br i ng i ng abou t t he new promdur e , STATUTORY Wha t i s known as a s t a t u t ory i ns t rumen t w i l l now d i rec t Coun t y Cour t s i n the i r i nt erpre t a t i on i f t he Ac t s on th i s po i n t . To r ecove r po~ i on , owne r s have to 28 days ' not i ce . I f t he t enan t l i e no t budge , t he owne r can app l y t o a coun t y cour t of f i ce wh i ch , on be i ng sa t i s f i ed tha t any agr eemen t a l l ows th i s and tha t rope r not i ce has been g i ven , ads , t he we i gh t o f t he cour t i n orde r i ng t he t enan t i o l eave. I t te l l s h i m t o go w i t h i n seven days un l ess he can produce saUd r eason why no t . A l l th i s t akes p l ace w i t hou t t he bu t f orma l i t y o f a cour t i t i s be i ng r ecommended hea r i nt t a t a . , 'ol i c i tor ac t s f or you , j ust as i t i s adv i sab l e tha t he dr aws up t he or i g i na l t enancy agr eemen t . A common agr eemen t t hese days i s for s i x mon t hs ' occupa t i on , a f t e r wa rds r enewab l e mon t h l y . I t is p l anned t o i ssue a , DC] g i v i ng t he de t a i l s.

Po l i c e t hank Pa t r o l An awa rd f or good c i t i zensh i p was pr esen t ed i tn t he Roya l Nava l Pa t ro l i n P l ymou t h i n recogn i t i on o f wo r k to he l p po l i ce comba t c r i me . Commodo r e John Car l i l l , Commodo r e H. M . S . D r ake , rece i ved t he awa rd on beha l f o f t he pa t ro l a t Crownh i l l Po l i ce St a t i on f rom Ch i e f Sup t . Lou Wh i t i on , head o f t he P l ymou t h D i v i s i on o f Devon and Cornwa l l Cons t abu l a ry . Thc presen t a t i on was a t t ended by represen t a t i ves o f t he po l i ce and t he Pa t ro l , i nc l ud i ng Mas t e r - a t -Arms T i m O ' Dhonovan ,

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We make no apo l ogy f or b r i gh t en i ng up Page Th r ee o f Navy News w i t h t he t wo f aces o f O l i v i a NeMon John , cu r r en t swee t hea r t o f t he na t i on , f r om t he smash h i t f i l m ' " G r ease . " The rock mus i ca l , i n wh i ch Ol ivia co - s t a r s w i t h John Tr avo l t a , i s t he ou t s t and i ng box -o f f i ce w i nne r among n i ne f i l ms r e l eased t o t he F l ee t by t he Roya l Nava l F i l m Co r po r a t i on . He r e i s t he fu l l l i s t : - Kr i s K r i s Convoy (A) t o f f e r son . Au MacG r aw , Ernes t Borgn i rbe . Comedy adven t u r e based on t he h i t r ecord o f t he same t i t l e , t e l l i ng t he s t or y o f t ruck dr i ve r " Rubbe r Duck and t he comr adesh i p o f men un i t ed by t he i r wo r k and a common cause . Co l umb i a . EM I - Wa r mr . No . 6M .

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S t e i ge r F , I .S.T, (A) Sy l ves t e r S t a l l one . Rod S t e i ge r , Pe t e r Boy$e . Tr ucks aga i n . . . t h i s t i me t he s t or y o f a young l abou r e r i n t he Un i t ed S t a t es i n t he 1930s who r i ses t o become t he Na t i ona l pr es i den t o f t he Fede r a t i on o f I n t e r -S t a t e T r ucks (F . I .S . T. ) . Un i t ed Ar t i s t s . No . 601 . Love and Bu l l e t s (A) Cha r l es Bronson , J i l l l re l armd . Rod S t " e r . A Phoen i x po l i ce l i eu t enan t sea r ches f or ev i dence t o end an o rgan i zed c r i me nob~ . I TC . No . 602 . G r ease ( A) - John T r av ona , O l i v i a New t on - John . Rock mus i ca l se t aga i ns t Ame r i can h i gh schoo l backg r ound whe r e mock t ough uy mee t s p l as t i c pu r e g i r l . C18 No . 603 . Eyes o f Lau r a Ma r s ( AA) - Faye Dunaway . Tommy Lee Jones . A t op f ash i on " $ees " mu r de r s i n wak i ng v i s i ons . Wumb i a EM I - Wa r ne r . No . 604 .

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Jaws 2 (A) Roy Sche i dbr , Lor r a i ne Gr ay . A f ew unusua l ac i i den t s a t sea conv i nce t he po l i oe ch i e f o f t he coas t a l r esor t o f Am i t y t ha t ano t he r sha r k is hun t i ng human pr ey . C I C . No . 605 . End of t he Wo r l d (A) Ch r i s t ophe r l ee , Sue Lyon . A r esea r ch phys i c i s t becomes f asc i na t ed by= ' f r om ~e r space na l s accu_ r a t e l y a se r i es o f na t ur a l d i s as t e rs . I TC No . 606 .

Damna t i on A l l ey (A) Jan - M i chae l V i ncen t . Geo r ge Peppa rd . Af t e r t he ea r t h i s r i pped f r om i t s ax i s by a nuc l ea r ho l ocaus t , f our su r v i vor s ven t u r e f or t h t o d i scove r wha t has become o f t he wo r l d 20 t h Cen t u r y Fox . No . 607 . Hoop . r (A) - Bur t Rey rmo l ds , Jan - M i chae l V i rbcen t , Sa l t y F i ebd . A f ew adven t u rous days i n t he l i f e o f Sonny Hoope r , t he gr ea t es t s t un t man a l i ve . Co l umb i a - EM I - Wa r ne r . No . 608 .

G i r l s t o Newcas t l e ! Wa i t i ng Newcas t l e w i t hou t l eav i ng Sou t hamp t on i s t he sor t o f t h i ng t ha t happens t o show - b i z peop l e . . . espec i a l l y when t hey a r e appea r i ng i n a show w i t h t he Two Ronn i " , Dance r s Jane Dan i e l l e , Lor r l Guppy and J i l l Sco r e r f ound t hemse l ves on t he b r i dge o f H , M. S , Newcas t l e when t hey v i s i t ed t he gu i ded m i ss i l e des t r oye r I n d r ydock a t t he Sou t hamp t on ya r d o f Vospe r T~Vc r o f t , W i t h t hem was t r umpe t e r Mon t l e Mon t gome r y ( second r i gh t ) who was appea r i ng w i t h t hem i n t he Two Ronn l es r evue a t Sou t hamp t on ' s Gaumon t Thea t r e . I n t he backg r ound i s t he *h i p ' s command i ng o f f i ce r , Cap t , Ju i l an C) awa l d , CPO (Pt i O) Tony WH . on

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F (nr seve r a l yea r s t he F l ee t A i r A r m has been s l i gh t l y ove r bo r ne w i t h men and women i n many b r anches . The r e have a l so been some sho r t ages he r e and t he r e , bu t i n gene r a l t he i r manpowe r p i c t u r e has a l ways l ooked p r e t t y hea l t hy and t h i s has made l i fe r e l a t i ve l y easy f or D r a f t y , Bu t wha t abou t t he f u t ur e? W i t h t he a r r i va l i n Se r v i ce o f t he I nv i nc i b l e C l ass , Lynx , Sea Ha r r i e r and Sea K i ng Mk . 4 t he demand on manpowe r i n t he 1980s i s l i ke l y t o be eno r mous - f a r gr ea t e r t han i t i s t oda~ . And whe r e a r e we go i ng t o f i nd t hese peop l e pa r t i cu l a r l y a r t i f i ce rs and mechan i c i ans who a r e a l r eady show i ng s i gns o f shor t age? The M i n i s t r y o f De f ence i s now s t udy i ng t h i s p r ob l em urgen t l y and t he r e i s no t much t ha t Dr a f t y can do t o he l p a t t he momen t , bu t wha t he can do is t o t r y ou t a l i t t l e " i n - house " r ec ru i t i ng f or ce r t a i n ca t egor i es i n an e f f or t t o keep t h i ngs t i ck i ng ove r ; a i n( l t ha t i s h i s t ex t f or th i s mon t h

1 : i c i i %n i ~ i l l er t han t he l l h( i . Br anch is t he F l ee t A i r l ogr aph i c Arm s Su r v i va l Equ i pmen t ca t egor y wh i ch cons i s t s o f some 160 o f f i ce rs and men ( no Wr ens , a l as ! ) based on t he Roya l Nava l Sur v i va l Equ i pmen t Schoo l a t Lee - on - So l en t . The Schoo l ' s ma i n ro l es a r e r esea r ch , and deve l opmen t ma i n t enance o f a l l ae rona t uc i a l and ma r i ne surv i va l equ i pmen t , and t he conduc t o f surv i va l c (nurses i n l and . sea and unde r .

Meanwh i l e , he w i l l keep an eye on t he F l ee t . . \ i r A r m manpowe r s i t ua t i on and w i l l keep you up t o - da t e as t h i ngs deve l op . Ar eas o f t he F l ee t A i r A r m wh i ch t he rec ru i t e r . , don ' t have t o wo r r y abou t t oo much a r e t he sma l l e r non - t echn i ca l b r anches such as Pho t , Me t . A i r . c r ewman and Sur v i va l Equ i pmen t . Sma l l branche , . , t hey may be bu t t hey a r e , neve r t he l ess , ve ry i mpo r t an t and t he r e i s no s i gn t ha t t he r equ i r emen t f or t he i r con t i nued sem ' ce i s go i ng t o d i m i n i sh . Apa r t pe rhaps f r om t he A i r c r ewmen i t i s p r o bab l e t ha t mos t o f us a r e i gnor an t abou t t he s t ruc t ur e and pu rpose o f t hese b r anches and t he se r v i ce t hey prov i de . Bea r i ng i n m i nd t ha t we have a con t i nu i ng need t o encou r age peop l e t o become Pho t s , Me t s and so on - and neve r l e t i t be sa i d t ha t we t ake t hem f or g r an t ed - a l i t t l e l oca l pub l i c i t y wou l d p robab l y am i s . %C nov tco haven ' t go t t he space t o cove r a l l t hese br anches , bu t he r e i s a qu i ck " b i rdman ' s " eye v i ew o f at coup l e o f t hen ,

l k , .M i er esca r ) c ; r i ) i es f or i kh i ch t he f l ee t A i r A r m has a wo r l dw i de r epu t a t i on i n bo t h m i l i t a ry and c i v i l i an e i rc i c - , . Some o f (nur be t t e r known cus t ome r s have i nc l uded Mess r s R i dgway and B l y t h o f t r ans a t l an t i c f ame , t he r ow i ng Ba i l eys , who sur v i ved i n t he Pac i f i c f or 118 days , and mo r e r ecen t l y T i mo t hy Seve r on i n h i s l ea t he r boa t , t he St Br endan . En t r y i n t o t he Br anch i s by sc l ecm i on f r om mhe A i re ra i f t

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Reade r s o f Navy News have made a no t ab l e con t r i bu t i on t o t he se t t i ng up of an exh i b i t i on by t he H i s t o r i ca l Soc i e t y r ecen t l y f o r med at H.M,S, Cen t u r i on , t he Roya l Navy ' s compu t e r es t ab l i shmen t a t Gospo r t , The ~y ' s ob j ec t i ve i s t o s t udy t he h i s t or y o f f o r me r Cen t u~ . as we l l as t he f unc t i ons o f t he ~b l hhmen t , An ea r l y appea l i n Navy News f or memo r ab i l i a con ce r n i ng f o r me r Cen t u r i ons

WOT PHOT . . . t he Pho t og r aph i c Br anch is ce r t a i n l % one o f t he Nas sma l l es t ca t egor i es , con t a i n i ng t hr ee F l ee t on l y 11 o f f i ce rs , ch i e f s . 63 ch i e f s and pc t t% . o f f i ce rs and 84 l ead i ng hands , and , o f cour se , nea r l y 50 W r ens o f va r i ous r a t es who gua r an t ee t ha t t he Br anch i s pe rmanen t l y t he bes t l ook i ng i n t he Se r v i ce . I t was f o r med or i g i na l l y t o p rov i de pho t og r aph i c cove r age and eva l ua t i on o f gunne r y pr ac t i ces i n t he Navy ' s t r a i n i ng a r eas bu t t oday t he r ange o f t asks i s m i i ch ss i dc r a i n( l mo r e

l e t s ; i re ~ i %a i i l a i b i c ~i i ~i l l i t as i i ; i l i s t a t i on , . , , B . R . N . C . Da r t mou t h and t he " Dunke r " Tr a i n i ng Un i t a t H . , M . S . Ve r non . L i ke t he Pho t og r aph i c Br anch , dr a f t i ng f or Sur v i va l Fqu i pmen t r a t i ngs i s somewha t i nnex i ' b i c because o f t he sma l l numbe r s bu t we do manage t o keep mos t cus t ome r s i n t he i r pr e f e r ence a r eas . See BR 1066 Ar t i c l e 1521 f or f ur t he r de t a i l s o f t he Sur v i va l Equ i pmen t Br ; i nch .

r esu l t ed i n a f l ood o f o l d pho t og r aphs and documen t s f r om o l d Cen t u r i ons a l l ove r t he coun t r y , as we l l as f r om h i s t or i ans and au t hor s . Rep l i es a l so came f r om t he Un i t ed S t a t es and Tu r key . A i ded by t he R , N , Museum a t Po r t ~ t h , t he soc i e t y l os t no t i me i n moun t i ng a f asd na t i ng exh i b i t i on made up f r om some o f t he pho t og r aphs and documen t s subm i t t ed . The exh i b i t i on cove r . . t he I mpr ess i ve h i s t or y o f t he I I f o r me r sea -go i ng Cen t ur i ons , f r om t he de f ea t o f t he Span i sh A r mada t o t he Second Wo r l d Wa r , and i s be i ng s t ud i ed w i t h i n t e r es t by many o f t he 900 peop l e who wo r k i n Cen t u r i on and by v i s i t ors t o t he es t ab l i shmen t . TREASURE The s i x t h o f t he name was t he f amous Cen t u r i on wh i ch , unde r Lo r d Anson , t ook f our yea r s t o sa i l a r ound t he wo r l d be f or e r e t urn i ng t o Po r t smou t h i n 1744 l aden w i t h t he gr ea t es t hau l o f t r easur e eve r t aken on t he h i gh seas . The e l even t h Cen t u r i on a p i c t ur e o f wh i ch , r ep roduced he r e . was subm i t t ed f or t he exh i b i t i on - was a ba t t l esh i p wh i ch f ough t I n bo t h wo r l d " a r - , , She sur v i ved t he Ba t t l e o f Ju t l and and t he wor s t Ma l t a convoys , A l t hough des t i ned t o be t he l as t Br i t i sh ba t t l esh i p sunk i n wa r , t he r e was no d i shonour , f or he r scu t t l ed hu l k p rov i ded I t a l pro t ec t i on du r i ng t he D l l i av l and i ngs on t he coas t o f No rn i andy ,

t echn i ca l No ] k i nge r c i t i l e f f ee t i %c rcst i l t , , bt , ob t a i ned %k i th ~i " Br own i e Box " and a ro l l o f 120 f i l m! i n t o t he Br anch i s En t r y " s i dcways " f or ma l e r a t i ngs who be f o r e have app l y i ng mus t ach i eved a t l eas t s i x mon t hs ' sen i or i t y as an ab l e r a t e i n ano t he r br anch . Vo l un t cc r s come f r om a l l wa l ks o f l i f e ( a l t hough f or some r eason t he ma j or i t y a r e Seamen ) and t he g i r l s j o i n by d i r ec t en t r y f r om t he i r bas i c t ra i n i ng . Po t en t i a l t r ans f e r ees a r e r t . , i u i red t o pass an i cn t e rv i ew . i i i ( l ap t i t ude t es t be f or e be i ng , 1r . i f t ed t o R . A . F . Cos f o rd ( nea r Xk , i l vc rhamp i on ) f or a 27 - wcck t r i i cns i vc pho t og r aph i c c(nur - . c . On comp l e t i on o f t he cour se i . . t ch success f u l cand i da t e is , 1r : i f t ed ( t he ma l es %% . i th hooks ~) i i t he i r a rms ) t o one o f abou t 50 b i l l e t s a t home and abroad .

H I GH STANDARD The f or e i gn dr a f t s a r e i n hong Kong , Nap l es and G i br a l t a r m . h i l c a t home t he r e i s t he F l ee t Pho t og r aph i c Un i t a t H . M . S . Exce l l en t , t he Roya l Ma r i ne , , Commandos and va r i ous sma l l un i t s a t many sho r e es t ab l i sh . men t s and nava l a i r s t a t i (nn , , t h roughou t t he U . K . Sea b i l l e t s a r c f ound i n ca r r i e rs and sur vey , , h i ps and t he ma l e r a t i ngs f o r m t he i r o% . n ros t e r f or sea se rv i ce . A l l b i l l e t s demand a h i gh pro f ess i ona l s t anda rd i n even i i %pcc t o f pho t og r aphv wh i ch accoun t s f or t he s t i f f ap t i t ude t es t and l eng t hy t r a i n i ng . Now wha t do ou r nava l pho do? t ogr aphe r s ac t ua l l y r ' hey prov i de a comp r ehen s i ve pho t og r aph i c se r v i ce and wheneve r whe r eve r r equ i r ed .

I NTELL I GENCE They cove r gunne r y and m i s s i l e f i r i ngs and a i r c r a f t deck kyrx~ra t i ons. l l ney p rov i de v i sua l r eco rds o f acc i den t s and i nc i den t s ( i nc l u t he med i ca l d i ng aspec t s i f ma t e r i a l de f ec t s , necessa r y ) , i n t o . i f i gence and r ecogn i t i on . They mus t be ab l e t o use c i nc f or a l l t hese comm i t men t s i f r e t eedn. wo r k i ng i n su r vey sh i ps t hey t r ave l t o eve r y corne r o f t he Ea r t h and a r e r equ i r ed t o wo r k i n a l l wea t he r s and t empe r a t ur es . I n t he Roya l Yach t t hey need t o be awa r e o f t he i r unusua l env i ronmen t and use a gr ea t dea l o f t ac t and common sense . W i t h t he Roya l Ma r i nes ( ' om . mandos t hey i i cc( l keep

t hemw i ~e , , f i t . . Xnd l e i i ts no i ( i ) rge t t he i r r t ) i e i n pub l i c r e l a t i ons l oca l " home t own " p i c t ur es , v i s i t i ng V I P% , meda l p r esen t a t i ons . g r oup pho t o raph . , and so on . A l t oge t he r a busy and o f t en unp r ed i c t ab l e l i fc.

I NFLEX I BLE Dr a f t i ng Pho t s i s i nc l i ned t o " r ound ho l es and squa r e pegs " s t u f f because t he b r anch i s sma l l and t he r e f or e i n f l ex i b l e . O f t en one move w i l l t r i gge r seve r a l mo r e and t h i s sor t o f dr a f t i ng t urbu l ence i s unpopu l ar . One CPO ( Pho t ) who ce r t a i n l y d i dn ' t wan t t o move r ende r ed a dr a f t i ng pr e f e r ence ca rd i t i v i ng h i s home add r ess as 3 , 5 . 7 and 9 . Peasbody C r ~n t , T i pno r , bu t we a r e r easonab l y - con f i den t t ha t n(nt a l l nava l pho t og r aphe r s own a r ow o f houses i Have a l ook a t BR 1066 . . Xr t i e l e 1 . 520 i f You wan t t o l ea rn at r eA i i rd i ng t r ade . be

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Is t t arht i i c i i , : c t . i ker i i nt ( , i i CCOU f l t bo t h f r om t he i nd i v i . dua l ' s and sh i p ' s po i n t o f v i ew when a sh i p ' s re f i t moves r i gh t " A : Yes , Con t i nu i t y o f expe r i ence i n t he sh i p i s i mpo r t an t bu t f ac t or s conce rn i ng t he i nd i v i dua l come h i gh on t he l i st o f cons i de r a t i ons . These f ac t or s i nc l ude t he avo i dance o f unnecessa r y t u r bu l ence . ensur i ng advancemen t i s no t and no t pr e j ud i ced keep i ng peop l e i n now- pr e f e r ence a r eas f or excess i ve pe r i ods , 0 : Is i t po l i cy t o use men com p l e t i ng 22 Ye i i r , , f or ERP du t i es dur i ng t he i r l~i , , t yea i r i n t he Serv i cc ' . ' A : Yes , men who have no t com p l e t ed t he i r sea quo t a j are i i i ab ; e f or t he ERP , sub j ec t t o t he i ru l e t ha t t hey shou l d have t he i r Jam f our mon t hs I n shor e se rv i ce . I n add i t i on , Dr a f t y a l ways t r i es t o ge t t h i s f ou r mon t hs i n a man ' s a r ea . Howeve r , p r e f e r ence i nd i v i dua l s can make use o f t he f ac i l i t y o f ask i ng t o go t o sea ea r l y ou t o f t u rn o r o f ex t end i ng sea se r v i ce w i t h t he a i m o f man i pu l a t i ng t he dr a f t i ng sys t em so t ha t sea se r v i ce i s no t owed du r i ng t he l i is . t yea r be f or e ] -X .

NAVY NFWS .

MARCH 1079

No . 280

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sor t i es we r e f l own f r om he r , Conve r s i on t o a commando ca r r i e r was ca r r i ed ou t a t Po r t smou t h be t ween 1959 and 1960 and she se r ved f or 16 yea r s i n t ha t ro l e , t ak i ng pa r t in ope r a t i ons a t Aden , Eas t A f r i ca and B~ , 1 ' be Bu l wa r k has o f t en been i n t he f or e f ron t o f deve l opmen t s i n nava l av i a t i on . She was one o f t he f i rs t sh i ps t o be f i t t ed w i t h t he m i r ro r s i gh t deck l and i ng a i d and t he f l i ght deck magne t i c l oop commun i ca t i on sys t em , I n 1976 she was t he second sh i p i n t he Navy t o ca r r y ou t deck l and i ng t r i a l s w i t h t he Ha r r i e r j u -p - ) e t The f i rst Bu l wa r k , a 74 - gunne r , was o rde r ed t o be bu i l t a t Po r t smou t h on June I I , 1778 , bu t canm i i ed . He r - w cc%. - .or , a l so a 74 bu i l t i t i ' r t s -

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Suez , Aden , Bo r neo t hese names and o t he r s have a spec i a l s i gn i f i cance i n t he h i s t o r y o f H , M . S . Bu l wa r k , t he s i x t h sh i p o f t he Roya l Navy t o bea r t h i c name . Bu i l t by Ha r l and and Wo l f f a.% a ca r r i e r o f t he He r mes c l ass , she was f i rs t comm i ss i oned on Oc t obe r 29 , 19M . The f i rs t l and i ng on he r deck was by an Ai r Avenge r o f 703 Nava l Squad r on on Feb r ua r y 7 , 1955 . I n 19% . t he Bu l wa r k t ook pa r t i n t he Suez o " r a t " . when 600

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l eade r i ) f t he Four t h F r i ga t e - t he Squad r on des t roye r s Ca r ys t orm and Ag i ncou r t , and t he e ( i mm i i n ( l he l i cop t e r e ru i se r T i ge r

mou t h , t ook pa r t i n t he b l ockade o f Lor l en t i n 1811 and l a t e r f ough t w i t h d i s t i nc t i on I n t he Ame r i can Wa r . She cap t u r ed t he pr i va t ee r s Ha r l equ i n and Tomahawk and sa i l ed up t he Pew~ R i ve r wi th an exped i t i on unde r Rea r - AdmJ r a l Edwa r d Gr i f f i t t i . The exped i t i on cap t u r ed t he t own o f Cudne , d rove t he Ame r i cans ou t o f Hamden . caused t hem t o bu r n t he f r i ga t e Adams , and cap t u r ed seve r a l pr i va t ee rs . A f t e r he r came t wo sc r ew sh i ps . t he f i rs t o f S I and t he . w~ o f 110 guns . The f i f th t he pr esen t sh i p ' s Bu l wa r k . p r ed f t ~ , was a London c l ass ba t t l esh i p o f I S . WO t ons , bu i l t a t Devonpo r t i n 1899 and com m i ss i oned as f l agsh i p o f t he Med i t e r r anean S t a t i on i n 1902 .

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S t or i ng Al l t he necessa ry . w(nr k t o accommoda t e t he Sea K i ng Ma r k 2 ASW he l i cop t e r s wa i , , a l so pu t i n hand - i nc l ud i ng mod i f i ca t i ons o f t he hanga r a r r angemen t s t o a l l ow f or t he ex t r a he i gh t o f t hese a i r c r a f t and prov i s i on f or t es t i ng and wr% i . c i ng t he i r advanced av i on i cs sys t ems and s t owage o f weapons . i nd spa r es . S t or i ng sh i p and br i ng i ng he r ex t e rna l and i n t e rna l appea r ance up t o s t anda rd a l so s t a r t ed . Jus t be f or e Ch r i s t mas t he Bu l wa r k was a f l oa t a l a i n i n Po r t smou t h Dockya rd , % C Lock , ha l f a day ahead o f schedu l e ev i dence o f t he ex t r eme l y good r e l a t i ons be t ween t he dockya rd and sh i p a t a l l l eve l s . I n ea r l y Janua r y t he sh i p moved t o M i dd l e S l i p Je t t y f or t he f i na l pr epa r a t t i ons f or , cz t .

A l t e rna t i ve L i ke he r s i s t e r sh i H.M.S. He r mcs , t he Bu l wa r E i s now p r i ma r i l y an an t i - subma r i ne ca r r i e r w i t h an a l t e rna t i ve ro l e as an amph i b i ous ca r r i e r . I n t he an t i - subrna r i ne ro l e Se~ i K i ng he l i cop t e r s o f 826 Nava l A i r Squad r on w i l l p rov i de bo t h t he de t ec t i on and t he a t t ack capab i l i t y t o dea l w i t h conven t i ona l and nuc t ea r - powe r ek t subma r i nes . The Sea K i ngs w i l l a l so bo , emp l oyed on med i um l i f t and sea r ch and r escue du t i es . Wessex V he l i cop t c r s o f 846 Nava l A i r Squad ron , whose p r i ma r y use w i l l be t (n l i f t t he emba r ked Roya l Ma r i nes Com . mando G r oup i n t he amph i b i i )u , , r i ) l c , w i l l have o t he r t asks , i nc l ud i ng a r med c l ose suppo r t a i nd med i ca l evacua t i on .

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1 ; quadron . - Me Bu l wa r k ' s r e t urn t o t he 1. ' i ect w i l l e f f ec t i ve l y doub l e t he Roya l Navy ' s ope r a t i ona l an t i subma r i ne ea rne r f or ce and con t r i bu t e to s i gn i f i can t l y NATO Ma r i t i me Fo r ces . O f f i ce r s f r om t he nav i es o f seve r a l NATO a l l i es w i l l se r ve w i t h t he Bu l wa r k ' s A i r G r oup A f t e r r e t urn i ng f r om i n i t i a l sea t r i a l s i n m i d - Ma r ch , t he sh i p w i l l sa i l aga i n i n ea r l y Apr i l f or bas i c ope r a t i ona l sea t r a i n i ng a t r i ) i - t l and and i f a l l goes we l l she w i l l mee t he r f i rs t ope r a t i ona l comm i t men t a t t he beg i nn i ng o f May - exac t l y as p l anned ove r at % . ca r ago .

NAVY NEWS , MARCH 1979

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Cou l d t he popu l a t i on o f we l l ove r t wo - and -m- ha l f m i l l i on peop l e o f t he Me t ropo l l t an Coun t y o f Gr ea t e r Manches t e r be r epr esen t ed in t he Roya l Navy by nam i ng t he nex t S " I e i d c l ass des t roye r H.M,S, Manches t e r? Th i s wou l d pe rpe t ua t e t he name o f t he c ru i se r o f t he f amous Town - c l ass o f t he Second Wo r l d Wa r wh i ch won seve r a l ba t t l e honou r s I n he r d i s t i ngu i shed ca r t e r , i nc l ud i ng Ma l t a convoys and t he ac t i on o f f Cape Spa r t l ven t o . Thanks t o t he Manches t e r Sh i p Cana l , t he c i t y i s

i ssue ) o f " Ou t Hz i , . . i n& r ead ~ . (nur r ev i c%k . ( Decembe r Sweeps , " i t was g r a t i f y i ng t o know t ha t H . M . S . Bo r de was r emembe r ed , as we l l as magne t i c , acous t i c and moo r ed m i nes . I j o i ned t he Bo r de a t Shee rness . whe r e Cd r . Hud . v ) n exp l a i ned wha t k i nd o f . h i p we we r e on , say i ng t ha t no one knew how t he i dea o f b l ow i ng up magne t i c m i nes was go i ng t o wo r k , The ma e t wa , , f i xed on t op o f t he f o ' c ' s (no t i n t he f o rwa rd ho l ds ) . Hund r eds o f cmph . d r ums we r e %p t i t -we l dcd t oge t he r i n t he f o rwa rd ho l ds f or buoyancy . A f t e r f (nur or f i ve magne t i c m i nes had been b l own up , t he sh i p wou l d beg i n t o l eak whe r e p l a t es had been s t ove i n. I was p r oud t o se r ve i n t he sh i p espec i a l l y unde r Cdr . Hudson :

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and deco r a t ed Cdr . Hudson and t he f i rs t l i cu i cnan t . A l l t he res t had a roya l handshake . We we r e neve r pa i d " ha r d l y i ng money " o f a sh i l l i ng a day , so t ha t L . ' ;4 i s st i l l ow i ng t o me . A f t e r t he wa r I wro t e t o t he Navy Depa r t me r i t bu t r ece i ved no t h i ng . - P . P . Hank l n ( ex- l - S i . ( ' ~ i mbr i dge

0 Pangbourne sh i pma t es I %a i s de l i gh l c j t o see i n t he Decembe r i ssue t he r ev i ew o f t he a bo ( nk " Ou t Sweeps " documen t a r y o f t he mos t ha r d wo r ked ( and happ i es t ) sh i ps i n wh i ch I had t he honou r t o se rve .

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a ma j o r por t and we do see t he Roya l Navy , a l t hough mo r e f r equen t wa r sh i p v i s i t s wou l d he ve r y we l con t e ! - M . K . Thowpm , Chead l e Hu t me , Chesh i r e . " I t i s unde r s t ood t ha t t he ekven t h o f t he dam may be g i ven t he name Mancb~e r -

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I t i , ' a t x)u t t i me some t hough t was g i ven t o t he s i ng l e Se r v i ceman or woman who owns or wou l d l i ke t o own h i s ' he r own home . A f t e r many yea r s I have r ecen t l y been ab l e t o sc r ape t oge t he r t he sub s t an t i a l depos i t r equ i r ed and have pu r chased my own p l ace . I t ' s no t been easy and ma i n l y i t was t hanks t o t wo yea r s on boa r d sh i p when I was ab l e t o save mo r e t han no rma l l y pou i b i c ( a l t hough i t was i t a i l i ng t o knoA . t ha t t he ma r r i ed peop l e we r e ge t t i n sepa r a t i on pay wh i ch was many as me r e l y r eg l ed by pocke t money ! ) I t appea r s t ha t eve r y t h i ng i s s t acked aga i ns t t he Se r v i ce s i ng l es own i ng t he i r own homes . No t on l y a r e house pr i ces becom i ng mo r e and mo r e proh i b i t i ve , bu t t he r e i s no he l p f r om t he Se r v i ce . No advance o f pay , no d i s t urbance a l l owance , no r emova l expenses , no t r ave l l i ng expenses - i n f ac t , " " no nu t h i n ' M . gowden . Med Tech 1(N ) , R . N . H . Has l a r .

It unde r s t ood t ha t p ropos a l s have been Fo rmu l a t ed i n MO ! ) t o t t hk pe r sonne l t o buy ho , bu t t ha t t hey a i r . s t i l l a t an ea r l y s t age . .C; Cutor -

0 F i nwha l e we l come 1h e t , n i n i ~ i nd i ng (nf f i cer and membe r , , ' o f t he c r ew o f H . M . subma r i ne F i nwha l e gave us a i r emendous we l come on boa rd ( l ur i ng ou r r ecen t voyage f r om Newpo r t t o H . M . 5 . Do l ph i n . I t was an expe r i ence wh i ch b rough t hack happy memo r i es , con f i rm i ng ou r be l i e f t ha t t he 1) rcscnt -d~ i , . . subma r i ne r is ai wo r t hy successor o f tho . , c Ah i ) ha t i c v i )nc b t . f ore . - Row l and Ha r r i s , John W~t l c , , \'t, I Hun t i t y , Br anch . Subma r i ne O l d C( i m . r ; tdc , , ' A~ , , k)c i a i t i i )n

0 Mau r i t i us s i t r ep I ou l d l i ke t o i mpa r t t o r r eade r s a br i e f s i t r ep on H . ~ I US . Maur i t i us ( re l d . ) . As a f o rme r membe r o f t he 1966 - M and company sh i p ' . , 1970 -72 , I was saddened t o see t he f o rme r mess l ack i ng pa i n t , and t he man i cu r ed l awns (nve rgrown . The s t or es compknund i s now t he Educa t i on De t . s tore~ . , t he nava l t hea t r e ai You t R cen t r e , R . N . H . an ENT cen i r e , t he NAAF I t he po l i ce f i l m l i br a ry , and t he Com meen , SMF t )pc r a t i ons . A l l t he qua r t e r s a r e occup i ed . a i nd t he wa r d r oom i s t he SMF t ) f f i cers ' mess . I s t ood beh i nd t he ha r bed w i r e wh i ch now b l ocks t he once busy en t r ance , and sp(nke t o a po l i ce o f f i ce r who dec l i ned )11t e l y my r eques t f or a c l ose r , I ok . An e r a had pa%scd . - E1w J~ . , 109 Humc Road , l l ornr i a~ 61(19 . Wes t e r n Aus t r a l i a .

E] Ha l f a house ! Ma i % I i i . , a ]~ i % . man and a f o r me r hos t i l i ' t i e , . - i )n l v r a t i ng i n t he R . N . make some commen t on t he ha l f - and -ha l f hous i ng scheme , o r save - as - you - r en t %cheme , r epor t ed i n ou r Novembe r i ssue . ~t seems t o me t ha t we l i ve i n a se I f i sh soc i e t y , when we as a na t i on expec t men and t he i r f am i l i es who a r e do i ng a v i t a l j ob , i n man~ cases a i t pe r sona l r i sk , t o se t t l e o r ha l f a house a f t e r f u l f i l l i ng t he fu l l Se r v i ce engagemen t . R a l Nava l Assoc i a t i on mcm . he r , Z myse l f shou l d make ur i nd i v i dua l pro t es t t o ou r MPs on beha l f o f t hose st i l l se r v i ng , wh i ) a r e somewha t hand i capped i n

exe r t i ng FKn i i t i ' ca i pr essur e . Bu r n l ey . Ha r r y G r eenwood , IC~ i nc . , .

D I FFERENT V I EW I mus t t ake i ssue w i t h Cdr . F r ank Pt ) t t , . , ( Feb . rua ry . ) (nve r h i s r eco l l ec t i ons o f t he t h i rd H . M . S . Ar k Roya l . I se r ved as a Pay O f f i ce wr i t e r i n t he Ar k Roya l f or t he who l e o f he r comm i ss i oned se r v i ce and a t no t i me d i d t he company ge t a chance t o " bea t i t up i n some sh i r~u t h Ame r i can por t o? . o t he r " as he c l a i ms . When t he Ge r man pocke t ba t t l esh i p G r a f Spec was b rough t t o ac t i on mn t he Sou t h A t l an t i c by t he A j ax , Exe t e r and Ach i l l es on t he mo r n i ng o f Decembe r 13 1939 , Fo r ce K ( Ar k Roya l and Renown ) was 2 , 000 m i l es t o t he nor t h - cas t o f t he R i ve r P l a t e en rou t e t o F r ec t own . Fo r ce K was o r de r ed t o p r oceed t o t he R i ve r P l a t e a r ea bu t d i d no t have su f f i c i en t f ue l t o do so . The Fo r ce a l t e r ed cour se f or R i o de Jane i ro ,

~ i r r i . , . i ng t he r e i )n t he rnorn i ng i ) f Decembe r 17 . f ue l l ed and sa i l ed a t dusk on t he same day . No sho r e l eave was g i ven . Soon a f t e r sa i l i ng came news t ha t t he G r a f had b l own he r se l f up i n t he R i ve r P l a t e .

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Ex - nava l nu r se Ca ro l Boyd wr i t es f r om Me r seys i de t o say t ha t du r i ng he r f our yea r s ' se r v i ce a t R . N . Hosp i t a l Has l a r she co l l ec t ed , t t xnut 60 cap t a l l i es - o l d and new , sh i ps and sho r e bases . m wonde r i ng i f any o f you r r eade r s wou l d l i ke t hem because a r e o f no use t o me and r ea l l y a r e i n t he way . " t h7ro . expe r i ence , Navy News knows t he r e i s a gr ea t demand f or cap t a l l i es and a l l we can say i s t ha t i f anyone i s i n t e r es t ed t hey shou l d wr i t e t o Ca ro l Boyd , do Navy News , H . M . S . Ne l son , Po r t smou t h , and we w i l l pass t he l e t t e rs on t o he r .

By now eve r yone h&- , . r ead o f t he d i ve r se i deas wh i ch have been f l oa t ed on wha t shou l d be done w i t h t he Ar k Roya l . Bu t how abou t t h i s one - t o MOD f r om a n i ne - yea r - i ad

hope f u l . . . Dea r s i r , I am wr i t i ng t o say abou t t he sh i p wh i ch Is go i ng t o be me l t ed down , Can I have i t a. , I wou l d l i ke t o have a sh i p o f my own , The sh i p I wou l d l i ke i s t he Ar k Roya l w i t h one p l ane l e f t on i t ' ;o I cou l d t r a i n on i t because I wan t t o be a cap t a i n i n t he Roya l Navy when I am o l de r , M i chae l McCa r t hy , ( ; r een wkh ,

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camou f l aged Re f e r e t nee t he s t ory ( Janua r y i , . . sue) abou t t he camou f l age o f t he o l d H . M . S . Cen t u r i on by C l aude Muncas t e r , I se r ved i n t he Cen t ur i on as an ab l e seaman du r i ng he r br i e f l i f e i n t he Med i t e r r anean i n June 1942 . I can vouch f or t he exce l l en t wo r k by t he ar t i s t . I t comp l e t e l y f oo l ed t he Lu f t wa f f e . As a r esu l t t he Ge r man assau l t s du r i ng t he who l e o f H Fo r ce convoy f r om A l exand r i a we r e ma i n l y . concen t r a t ed i n our d i r ec t i on , t hus sav i ng a f ew o f t he me r chan i men we we r e su to i r l i ng . raise Un f o r t una t e l y we had seve r a l nea r m i sses and even t ua l l y t he sh ' i p was sp l i t on t he por t s i de unde r wa t e r . I t was s l eep , ea t and wo r k f or t hr ee da ) . % un t i l we managed t o r each ha r bou r a t P(nr i Sa i d . J, F, A, Br ady ( ex - l ead i ng se~ i n i , i i i ) . \ l i l t , i n Ke i nes . Buck ,

I b t . , i i evc t ha t t he Roya l Nass shou l d have a sh i p t o ca r r y on t he name o f Dor se i sh i r e . wh i ch f i na l l y - R. sank t he B i sma r ck . Os~ . Wa r eham . Dor se t .

I n 1942 , j us t be f ore Ope r a t i on Pedes t a l - a Ma l t a convoy , Cap t . Tom Troubr i dge broadcas t t o t he sh i p ' s company o f t he I ndom i t ab l e and re f er red t o t he end of the Ar k Roya l i n t he f o l l ow i ng t e rms : " I f we a re damaged , no one is to cons i de r abandon i ng t he sh i p unt i l t he l ist is 90 degrees " '

1. a , , ( i c~ i r I se i nt i o t he Na t i ona l Ma r i t i me Museum a s i l ve r oa r i i wa rded t o me f or be i ng a r nem c r ew i n t he he r o f t he w i nn i n a i l come r s ' r ace a t t he 1939 Ch i na F l ee t Rega t t a . Th i s c r ew was composed o f a r t i f i ce rs f r om H . M . S . Medway . among %4 . h i )m I be l i eve was Wa l l y Hammond . whose he r (n i c escape

f r i i m a pr i sone r - o f -wa r camp made r ead i ng . i ns f i o rnng t he r ho l de r s o f t h i s w i nn i ng c r ew cou l d dona t e t he i r oa r s t o t he same museum , i t wou l d co l l ec t t oge t he r some wonde r f u l sh i p ma t es . - C l yde R . Hook ( l i cut . R . N . . re t . , ex- ar t i ' f i cer ap~r en t i ce . H . . M . S . F i sga rd . 1928 . 3 Ha t f i e l d . He r t s

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and t o t he Gu i de Dogs f or t he Wvcn l i nd , wh i ch i s t he spec i a l cha r i t y o f my w i f e and myse l f .

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Du r i ng t he convoy , t he sh i p was bad l y damaged by bombs , bu t by t he e f f or t s o f t he Damage Con t ro l organ i za t i on , wh i ch subsequen t l y became a much re l ayed c l ass i c on t he mode l i n H . & . 5 . Phoen i x , t he I ndom i t ab l e r eached G i b r a l t ar , whe r e she was a t ched up f or t he voyage t o t he ~ , K , Af t er r epa i rs , she r e t ur ned t o t he maQ red . and t he Eas t e rn t hea t r e f or f ur t he r cr a t i ons . You can i mag i ne t r , d i smay o f a l l o l d l ndom i t ab l es a t t he news t ha t t he name o f t he new t h rough - deck c ru i se r I ndom i t ab l e is t o be sac r i f i ced t o pe rpe t ua t e t he g l amo r ous Ar k Roya l - P , Ba r r y , l i cu t . - cdr . ( re t . ) , Ma r s t on G r een . B i r m i ngham .

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Mr . I S i mmons ( Ex - SPO ) o f Eas t bou rne , who wro t e i n t he i ssue o f Navy News Janua r y r egr e t t i ng t he f ad i ng ou t o f t he ex - Se r v i ce ce r emon i a l . " They sha l l no t g r ow o l d . " seems t o have wo r r i ed need l ess l y , acco rd i ng t o t he Ed i t or ' s pos t bag . Le t t e r s r ece i ved i nc l ude t hose f r om J . S . Eve r a l l o f Ken i l wo r t h , " ' a i rw i cksh i r e . and F . S . Se l l a rs , o f Sk n ss , L i nco l nsh i r e ( The C I I . CI t i pe (F .O . S. ) Ltd . , f or me r l y t he Fe l l owsh i p o f t he Se r % I ces ) , B . W i l son , o f Coven t r y L i mb l ess Ex - Se r v i ce (Br i t i sh Men ' s Assoc i a t i on) . J. A . Ba t es and G . A . Roge r s o f Le i ces t e r (Le i ces t e r Sen i or Se r v i ce Ass t i , c i ; i t i on) , S . A . Ke r s l ake , o f t i ngbourne , Ken t (S i t t i ngbourne b r anch o f t he Roya l Nava l A . , %o c i a t i on) , and S : A . Ke r s l akc , (nf E l ce t wood , Lancash i r e t w i x3d b r anch o f t he Roya 9Fava l ccl Pa t ro l Se r v i ce Assoc i a t i on) , F . Swccney , Br ad f o rd Roya l Na , . . a l A . w i - c i a t i on . Ha r o l d A . W i l l i am s t )n. l i eu t enan t . R . N . ( r e t d) , The Memo r ab l e O r de r o f T i n Ha t s ( MOTHS ) , and A l l en R . G i t t ens , Nc% . por t (Shropsh i r e ) R . N . A .

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C l ose ca l l for Wo t t on Boa rd i ng f i sh i ng vesse l s i s t he " breacT- and-bu t t e r " o f t he F i she ry Pro t ec t i on Squadron . Some membe r s r eckon t o have boa rded mo r e t han o t he rs Bu t H . M . S . Wo t t on , is c l a i m i ng a mo r e unusua l record . He r proud boas t i s t he " c l oses t - to-home " board i ng of a f i sh in boa t . I t l appened unde rnea t h the For th Road Bn ' dge - just over a m i l e f rom F i shery Prot ec t i on Squadron headquar i ers a t Rosy t h - wh i l e the Wo t t on was the spra t f i shery .

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H . M . S. . B l ck l ngtoa , on f i shery tect ion pet ro l , the l t l her~nds t rawkre ' cJoa 'n ' edMar i c i nto Fahwu t h . an of f i cer and a rat ~ i" . we re in the t raw l er as a ng par ty , I t is unders tood tha t an a l l ega t i on has been made about the s i ze of the t raw l - r ' s ne ts . 0

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N I GNmeLEVELTRA I N I NG AT LOW- LEVEL COST .

c i pant in the St and i ng Nava l Force Channe l in May by H . M . S . W i l ton. Unde r the command of Cdr , H . A . N . Wi l l i s , the W i l ton , the Roya l Navy ' s f i rst g l ass re i nforced warsh i p , wi l l become the f l agsh i p of the squa~ . 0 0 0 Ma1dc to Un i t of the see Cade t Corps has do t ed ÂŁ123 - ha l f the of a Che l i t esas dr aw to K i ng George ' s Fund for Sa l on In achowkde i d of the ppos l of the Roya l Navy , and the Tr i ba l d i es f r i gates i n Wd~ . over the p year ,

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H . M . S , Jam* s t ood by 1 a Ruman i an me rchan t sh i lit eng i ne t roub l e of f the Wo f W i gh t on February 8 unt i l a tug took the dr i f t i ng vesse l in t ow to Sou t hamp t on , 0

Th i r t y -e i ght ch i l dren f rom the Nea Mak r i Orphanage near At hens wen t on boa rd H . M . S . Hec l a wh i l e the survey sh i p was in P i racus . Membe r s of the swp ' s company we r e wa rm l y we l comed by the Br i t i sh commun i t y in Athens .

the Sea Cade t Corps , approved Sea Ven t ure Scou t Un i t s , or pup i l s of A Roya l Navy F l y i ng Scho l a r cer t a i n naut i ca l co l l eges and naut i ca l schoo ls. sh i p of f ers young men the h i ghes t The Roya l Navy Spec i a l F l y i ng s t andards o f t ra i n i ng by c i v i l i an f l y i ng Awa rd is for young men , be t ween 16 c l ub i nst ruc tors . You ' l l be t ra i ned i n l i ght a i rcra f t and 23 , at any schoo l or un i vers i ty , O f course , you ' re unde r no l i ke the P i per and the Cessna 150 and a f t er on l y 9 hours you ' l l be f l y i ng so l o . ob l i ga t i on to ' l o i n the Roya l Navy , bu t i f you wou l d l i ke mor e i n f orma t i on The course l asts abou t 4 weeks and i nc l udes a tota l o f 30 hours f l y i ng . wr i t e to th i s address , On l y nom i na l charges are made for Roya l Nava l F l y i ng Scho l arsh i p accommoda t i on . Of - f i cer , The Depa r t men t o f Nava l Roya l Navy F l y i ng Scho l arsh i ps Recru i t i ng , O l d Adm i ra l t y Bu i l d i ng , are open to young men in the C. C, F . Spr i ng Ga rdens , Wh i t eha l l , London SW I A 2BE. (R . N . and Army Sec t i ons on l y) , Th e

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0 0 a P0 C l i ve Toner , t op s tudent o f the Pe t % Of f i cer m i newar f arc cou t i at M-S , Ve rnon , was the f i rst to be awa rded the M i l ford Haven t rophy present ed by the staf f of the m i n i ng depo t at M i l ford Haven to the top s tudent o f each o f t he t hr ee P0 m i ncwa r f a r , cou r ses he l d yea r l y a t H . M . S Ve r non .

0 0 0 -M ' r t n i ne mechan i c i ans who f i n= - t he i r two-year course at H , M . S . Su l t an a t t ended ce r emo n i a l d i v i s i ons whe r e pn ' zcs we re present ed by the Ch i e f Staf f O f f i cer (Eng i neer i ng) to the Commande r - i n - Ch i e f F l ee t (Rea r -Adm i ra l De r ek O ' Ma ra ) . Each of the mechan i c i ans w i l l r ece i ve a D i p l oma o f Ma r i ne and Mechan i ca l Eng i neer i ng f rom the Techn i c i an Educa t i on Counc i l , 0 0 0 A bus t of Adm i r a l S i r Leopo l d McC l i n t ock , the grea t Arc t i c exp l orer , has been present ed to

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Nava l Base by h i s grand -daught er . Mrs . Anne t t e Far t i f t . The re is a memor i a l in the church to Adm i ra l McChn i ock , who j o i ned the Navy i n 1831 at the age o f 12 and p l ayed a p r o m i nen t par t i n f our Arc t i c exped i t i ons be t ween 1848 and 1859.

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32 - s t o r sy bu i l d i ng has been comp l e t ed n r l - t kx In An t wo yea r s , and r ep l aces e ' r cl V i c t or i a Ba r r acks , wh i ch a r e be i ng h@, ba c k t o t he Hong Kong Go . ~~ As w i i WI as o f f i ces t he new ud e s l Mng accommoda t i on and ma i m for

ROYAL NAVY FLY I NG SCHOLARSH I PS I

So l ent D i v i s i on of the Roya l Nava l Rese rve now has i ts own sh i p aga i n - H , M . S , AM~ a f ter hav i ng to share vesse l s w i th the Sussex and London d i v i s i ons for a yew . 7'he A l f r i s i on , of 19.54 v i nt age , was forma l l y reded i ca t ed at Sou t hamp t on . In her t i me the abl - has a l so been known as H , ~ ' S ' Wa rsash and H . M . S K i hwr ey -

headquar ters

o f f i ces and o t he r ~anks , and has a chu r ch , gymnas i um , t enn i s and eq " as ' i cou r t s , end a r i f t r ang I n t he f o r eg r ound o f t he I s t he Po r t uges . sa i l t r a i n i ng sag r e i l ws 5 . ~c l , ~ W .

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H.M.S. ( f o r eg r ound ) I . d i ne - . d by t he Russ i an wa r sh i p aeon a t ancho r An t he The S i r i us has r e t u r ned t o Devonpo r t s i t a r a t h r ee - mon t h dep l oymen t i n company w i t h H . M . S . Arden t and R. F . A . G r ey Rove r . The f r i ga t es t ook pa r t I n an exe r c i se I n t he Ar ab i an S . . w i t h sh i ps f r om Psk l s t . n , han , Tu r key and t he U . S . A . They a l so exe r c i sed w i t h sh i ps f r om o t he r nadon and v i s i t ed seve r a l - l as t o f Suez .

Medi ter ranean .

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r , r sound l i ke one o f t he Ca t erp i l, l ars and go lt k e d f i sh mayo succu l en t d i shes concoc t ed by t he s t a f f o f t he Roya l Nava l Surv i va l Equ i pmen t Schoo l , and des t i ned to be washed down w i t h l ukewa rm ne t t l e t ea somewhe r e deep i n t he New Fores t by t he nex t i nt rep i d a i r c r ew surv i va l coum . " No t so , " wr i t es L i cu t , -Cdr . A. H , R. O i f f ord. " I t i s i n f ac t j 'ust some o f t he c l ubs open t o mem be rsh i p by tha t exc l us i ve band o f av i a tors who , f or some un f o r t u na t e r eason , have had t o abandon t he i r a i rcra f t pr ema t ur e l y C7 e j ec t i ng , ba l i ng ou t , or d i t ch i ng . ' L i eu t . -Cdr . C l i f ford exp l a i ns tha t to ma r k such an occas i on , many manu f ac t ur e r s o f surv i va l en t ' hav i ng t he i r produc t s 2 l u l ~" i n th i s s i tua t i on , a re pr epa r ed t o make a presen t a t i on o f an awa rd or memen t o to t he i nd i v i dua l conce rned . The cur r en t l i st o f known manu f ac t ur e r s pa r t i apa t i ng i n th i s scheme i s as fo l l ows :

Mus l i n Ba l t a r d sh i p o f Ma r t i n Ba l mr T i e C l ub

Ma r t i n Bake r A / C Co . L i d. . H i ghe r Denham , Uxbr i dge ( M id ~x ) . Ass i s t ed escape equ i p men t mus t have been used i n an eme r e j e~ . App l y by L- t t i t o %= Bake r L t d. , s t a l i ng fu l l de t a i l s. Go l d l ape l

Pa r achu t e W i ngs be~ and cs r t l f i c i t ed sc r o l

G ' 0 , Pa r achu t e Co . l i d. , S t ad i um Wor ks , Por t uga l Road , Wok i ng (Sur rey) , G. Q . mmu f ac t ur ed pa r achu t e mus t have been t ry i ng A i r Chu t e o f G. B . L t d , used f or eme rgency descen t An l r v i ng -manu f ac t ur ed chu t e mus t have been $S used f r , . " an App l y by l e t t er t o G , Q- Pa r a chu t es , s t a t i ng fu l l de t a i l s , App l y by ser i a l numbe r , e t c. M= =n% 0 , , . & - . cen Pe t ers t . , Ca ' l i ar 1 au t hen t i ca t ed by squadron com C l ub Sec r e t a do i rv i n t eTB L t d. , Le t c% ' wo r t h ~bcr t s ' ) ' mand i ng of f i cer . reques t i ng app l i ca t i on f orm . Tie, membe r sh i p o f

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l B i oa i sgrov . Schoo l Is one schoo ' 1 you canno t abed no t t o - - -

Boarders and Day Pup l i t . Boys and Ger i s Cont i nuous Educa t i on f rom 5. 18

A w i de rang . of sub j ec ts and oxt f a. cure . C1.8 i&r ac t . " i " . Mode rn Bo i brdong Kousss . 50 acres of P i ay . ng bo i ds W i th 600 pup i l s and 45 s i a l l . Bromsgrove Scho i od has t he f l ex bi l i ty to s t r eam a ch i l d accord i ng to 1,bi l i ty i n any sub j ec t A mode rn i educa t i on i s Y. ia i i o mee t i he ~r i d o f today bu i we a l so adhe r e to proven t rad i t i ons bu i l t up dur i ng a l ong h i s tory Wr i t e for a Prospec tus , or a r range a v i s i t to t he Schoo l wh i ch i s on l y four m i l es i r om Junc t i on 4 on t he M5 You w i l l no t be d i s. BROMSGROVE 5~0L , WQ~W~ r i a SS I 7DU . Te l : 0527 3M4 .

A d i . y dew is P i l ed Into an 541 Sq" . . t f ro l l Wsas . x hcop t e r for the I i new horns on l . . . i s l end . " Ba l e r i rk " d hi l s dee r hems - wi th ib t i t Us se r i a l R . ya l Navy ,

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D r yad o f f i ce r commended L i eut . -Cdr , J. V. K i dd has been awarded the Commande r - i n~ Navnd Home Ommand ' s Com menda t i on for h i s work i n deve l op i ng new courses and t ra ining me thods for the mi ss i l e b r ~ Serv i ng in H. M-S , D r M , he comp l e t ed the deve l opment wo i rk in the face of severe staf f shor tagies, poor hea l th and very st r ingent t i me ~ ,

h f t 5 ____ l i d~ f r .ne $4 -

ab I ed Ba l w . a t - t ie ndy d - aed a t he r red Use f rom Dsv l Us i s Su t Uh-W Wa l es to Raey I , a e a rm ch thic ca . The r e bus t bee . as dee r as t ie bd , new

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The dee r t r asqssd I n f t s t " W t o , " p t i o5edbyau. u . dr es . eme r y U- Cde . R l d S w. , . k w Owe. hi s by H. M . S .

Bu l wark d her Womex .quadras wt eck bus t a4 . spd 'the- bed. " ow ' i y wm t abs . by a - be l l ~ fur t i e i . Igm RA~ ) Cave Deer .

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Bu rndep E l ec t rodes (E , R , ) I L t d. , St F i de l i s Road , Er i t h - Me Go l d f i sh C l ub i s a sub. . " i (Ken t ) . S. A . R . B . E , mus t have d i a ry o f t he Pathf inders' C l ub . been i ns t rumen t a l i n u f f ~ , sea rch / ~c . App l y by l e t t er t o Sqn , - Ldr . J. Cook , R , A , F . Bu rndep t E l ec t ron i cs . ( re t d. Mus t au t hen t i ca t ed by squad ron command i ng o f fwcr . Your cbm ' s k i t t i rs hands :

When the r i er Ye l l ow "Ame, ~ . rnic~an, .d in t = shi l og wi th the Al ger i an 1 t in Ba tout a LW Jun : , T'm- T F i n~ was on l y a f ew mi l es . iway. LS Go l dsm i th spot t ed the . i o~ t on radar , and the com mand i ng of f i cer ordered a change of comae to i n~ t e , Wh i l e L i eut , -Cdr . Dunne d i rected other rescue un i ts to the ,CCIK, i - i cut , Tr i mboy andCMEM 1.-orbes l ed an eng i neer i ng t eam on board the f l ooded Ye l l ows tone in search of ~Vo f z F i ve men d i ed in the col l i s ion and the Ye l l ows tone sank 24 hours latei r .

Mus t have made eme rgency d i t . ch i ng i nto sea by c i v i l or m i l i t ary a i rcra f t , by l e t t er t o ] be Go l d f i sh An u , 189 , Burn t dcn H i l l , London , SE I 2 02QF .

T i e - p i n , membe r sh i p o f Ca t e rp i l l a r C l ub

Membe r sh i p o f Go l d f i sh C l ub and Go l d f i sh Badge

p r a i s ed Four membe rs of the crew of H. M , submar i ne F int i r t ia le have rece i ved the Commande r - i n F l eet 's commenda t i on for the i r par t i n a sea rescae of f G i bra l tar l ast year a f ter t wo merchant ddp i & had co l l ided i n fog. The four , who were present ed w i th the i r commenda t i ons in I .M.S . DO Of f i cer Sr a r i " ne , MRCFahr ' \ dmi ra l Rober t Sq~ , were the command i ng of f i cer of the F i n l ,A,ha l e, L i eut . , -Cdr . M i chae L i eut , l )unne ; ~ n ~o o Antho ~ en f y; the ch i e f r , n~MEMRoger For t i es; and i he rad i o opera tor , I S John Go l d mi th .

S t Ba r ~ t i e and ch i ns S t Be r na r d dog w i f e or 0 , 1 , to

S t Be rna rd P l as t i cs L t d , . L nch f ord Lane , Fa rnborough (9 , , t , ) . G. R. P , pe rsona l surv i va l pack con t a i ne r (be i ng i n t roduced f or be l i cop t e rs and t he Sea Ha r r i er ) mus t have been used i n an eme rgency d i t ch i ng / sea surv i va l sa t uadon . App i be t t er t o Mr ' H. V , Sud l ow , P l as t i a L t d.

Su r v i va l Equ i pmen t Br anch I I .

Mus t have success fu l l y c i ) i m p l e t ed and passed t he surv i va l o f f wc r ' s or ra t i ng ' s course - and th i s one w i l l cos t you. App l y by l e t t er t o The St a f f O f f i cer , Roya l Nava l Surv i va l Equ i pmen t Sd~ l , Sea f i e l d Pa r k , H i l l Head , Fa re ham (Han t s ) , t oge t he r w i t h a chequ. e f or ÂŁ2 p l us 9p ~and pac t ang. made payab l e t o Wa r d r oom Mess , Sea f l e l d Pa r k ,

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t he

r e s cue A Mayday ca l l f rom a Gr eek f re ighter d i ver ted H , M. S . Ardent of f the Eth i op i an coast as she beaded foi r Por t Sedan in the Red sea. A whea t - l aden merchant vesse l h&d gone aground on a cora l ree f sur round i ng the sma l l hand of Ente i s i l a and a c i rew membe r needed med i ca l a t t c~ The f r igate ' s command i ng o f f i = , Cdr . A. G. M. A. Provvs* , sent a board i ng par ty to invest i gate and MT M i ke Bowen adm i n i stered f i rst a id. A tug was summoned to a i d the vesse l . Na r wha l bows ou t The Porpo i se -c l ass submar i ne H. M , S . Narwha l has been towed f rom Por t smouth to Devoapor t for &~ .

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NA~ . ' ~ ' NE \ k ' S , MARCH 1979

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An I mproved sys t em for the movemen t of Serv i ces unaccompan i ed baggage shot t i d be i n fuld ope radon by the l at ter pan of th i s year , on t rans f er of the wor k to the Gove rnmen t Fre i ght Agen t (GFA) .

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BeĂ&#x2020; cha l l m i ed f or t he new a r r angemen t s a r e as t o t ~ : 1, A mor e pe rsona l i zed s i erv i ce , t i e~ t o ~ l ab em~ be tw i e t a i i>wini er and agen t f r om t he ou t se t o f t he movemen t r equ i r emen t . Se rv i ce f a~ w i l l be awa r e of a r r angemen t s ~ f or t he movemen t o t the i r Won~ . and w i l l have r eady ~m to t he agen t i f p r ob~ or que r ks &~ , The new sys t em w i d have gr ea t e r f kx i ~ , WW~y i i i i enab l i ng And i v i d i aah to a " ~ f or cM~ and de l i very o f the i r ~amen t s t o accord w i t h pe r ~ and

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En j oy a f eas t of succu l en t med i eva l d i shes , un l i m i t i ed w i ne - as much as you can dr i nk . bf i nshe l s , danc i ers and st ro l l i ng s i ngers , I n a genu i ne 13th Cen t ury background - cand l e l i t w i t h a huge l og f i re dur i ng the w i n t e r nwn t hs , M i xed par t i es 10% d i scoun t on m i d -week book i ngs for 150 or more .

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F rom the Darge t s Wood est a t e at Cha t ham ' a nava l w i f e makes a p l ea abou t unfurn i shed accommoda t i on , f o l l ow i ng the repor t in a recent i ssue abou t mar r i ed quar t ers furn i ture and furn i sh i ngs ,

BEAUL I EU CATER I NG Cont ac t Banque t i ng Manage r BEAUL I EU 612102 or 612165

. 1The repor t abou t MOD i n f u t ure prov i d i ng Y1 i cuum c l eane rs e t c. in ma r r i ed qua r t e rs rea l l y made me angry , " she wr i t es .

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P l ease send me deta i l s w i thout ob i sr ,7t#on . 1 am i nterested in the Naa f i fact i stses : New car sta te mode l ) For use i n , 'si atc coun . ' New tour i ng caravan Used car New mo t or Cyde 11 1 Depos i t sav i ngs scheme I nsurance , 1 w i sh i ( , p i % 1 w i sh t o use Naa f i HP

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a re - p l ans t o make a t' t he ac t i v i t i es t apes t ry d)e o f 849 Nava~ i Acilrmn~uadron s i nce 1952 . I t wou l d be des i gned by a nava l ar t i st and hun i n t he new ex t ens i on t o t he F l ee t A i r Ar m Museum a t Yeov i l t on in 1980 . Ganne t s o f B F l i ght o f t he squadron , wh i ch i s now d i sban ded , ope r a t ed f rom H. M . S . Ar k Roya l unt i l t he gr ea t car r i er bowed ou t . Now w i ves or re l a t i ves o f anyone who se r ved w i t h t he squadron and wou l d l i ke t o he l p make t he t apes t ry , or t o dona t e t owa rds t he cos t o f ma t er i a l s , a re asked t o con t ac t Mr s. T. G. Ma l t by , c l o Cdr . J. Wa r r cn , F l ee t A i r Ar m Museum , R. N . a i r s t a t i on , Yeov i l i on , Some rse t .

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such as Por i sm i )u t h a i nd P l ymou t h f or un f urn i shed accommoda t i on i s t he emphas i s st i l l i )n nava l f am i l i es hav i ng ; o t ake unwan t ed f urn i shed accom moda t i on and be i ng c l u t t ered up w i t h excess furn i ture and f urn i sh i ngs? COME ON ! " Come on . o f f i c i a l dom , why can ' t we have mor e un f urn i shed accommoda t i on? Sur e l y i n these t i mes o f t i ght budge t s i t wou l d be mo r e econom i ca l . " The cor r esponden t may know tha t wha t i s ca l l ed wha r f i ng has been on t he agenda for some t i me now , and t he p l an i s f or i t t o be i n t roduced on a l i m i t ed sca l e i n t he no t - t oo-d i s t an t future ( and when s t or age space for furn i ture i s ava i l ab l e) . Bu t i nvo l ved i n th i s may be a cu t in t he s t anda rd MO i nven t ory - and t he re are , o f coum , . t hose who f ee l the% . need t he fu l l i nsen t ory ,

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Af t e r t wo w~ ' shu t down dur i ng t he t anke r dr i ven ' d i spu t e , t he John Log l e Ba i rd Pr i ma r y schoo l on t he Chu i r ch i N ma r r i ed qua r t e rs es t a t e i n He l ensburgh f aced f ur t he r c l osur e when i t was d i scove red tha t t he schm ' s bea t i ng sys t em had s i l ted up , Bu t t he Navy s t epped i n and Commodo r e C. N. MME&Cha r n. Commodo r e C l yde. was ab l e to a l l ow t he schoo l t o bo l d I ts dames In t he nea rby Drum f or k C l ub . 1 ' he ch i l dren we i re de l i gh t ed w i t h the i r new

sur round i ngs and wro t e some cha rm i ng " t hank you " l e t t ers to t heCommMo r i c on the i r re t urn t o norma l schoo l i ng. Sa i d Rbona Br ews t e r , " The cha i rs we r e ve ry com f y . . . I "t mus t be ra re to do wor k i n a cock t a i l ba r . Go rdon Mack l e a l so l i ked t he sof t ~n . and Pa t r i c i a Gr eenwood t hough t i t a l l " ve r y ~ . . I S I n our p i c t ur e t he Commodo r e en j oys a snack br eak w i t h some of t he ch i l dren i n t he Drum f or k C l ub .

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f am i l y e i r cunwances , The r e w i l l be a r educ t i on i n t he phys i ca l and t hus f ewe r hand l i ng o f baggage , b r eakages shou l d mm r , Tr ans i t t i me i n t he U , K . shou l d be r educed f r om abou t t wo weeks t o t wo o r t hr ee days .

The GFA beg i ns t ake - ove r f r om Feb r ua r y 1979 , t he t r ans f e r be i ng phased ove r a pe r i od o f e i gh t mm t hs , t o enab l e GFA t o abso rb t he t ask pro -

R~VC I Y , i n t he i n i t i a l s t ages o f t he t r ans f e r . GFA w i l l be t ak i ng ove r t ha t pa r t o f t he ex i s t i ng sys t em ope r a t ed by t he Roya l Nava l S t or e Depo t . Dep t f ord . TRANS I T T I MES The new p rocedu r es w i l l no t i nc l ude I nd i v i dua l s and f am i l i es mov i ng t o and f r om t he un i t ed S t a t es and Canada , excep t t he movemen t w i t h i n t he Un i t ed K i ngdom , O t he rw i se t he movemen t i s unde r t aken by t he Roya l A i r For r e .

Be t ween t he Un i t ed K i ngdom and Cyp rus , G i br a l t a r and Hong Kong , cons i gnmen t s w i l l con t i nue t o be moved i n con t a i ne r s sh i pped i n comme r c i a l v~ i s , Unde r no r ma l d r cu~nce% , t r ans i t t i mes be t ween addr esses i n t he U - K , and t hese des t i na t i ons a r e : G i br a l t a r , t hr ee weeks ; Cyp r us . f our t o f i ve weeks ; Hong Kong , s i x weeks . As an a l t e rna t i ve t o t he M i n i s t r y o f De f ence a r r angemen t s f or movemen t be t ween t he Un i t ed K i ngdom and wo r l d - w i de de~ t ~ , a l l Roya l Navy and Roya l A i r For ce pe r sonne l , as pa r t o f t he i r ex i s t i ng cond i t i ons o f se~ , may con t i nue t o move t he i r unaccompan i ed baggage unde r pr i va t e a~emen t s , and c l a i m a r e f und o f t he cos t (w i t h i n spec i f i ed l i nf i ts) , A De f ence Counc i l I ns t ruc t i on i s be i ng haued , g i v i ng fu l l de t a i l s o f t he GFA scheme . I t does no t app l y t o t he movemen t o f unaccompan i ed baggage assoc i a t ed w i t h i nd i v i dua l s and t he i r f am i l k . s mov i ng en t i r e l y w i t h i n t he Un i t ed K i ng " m ,

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membe r s o f H . M . S . D r yad ' s t r a i n i ng s t a f f , hand i capned r . , i cop l e rh?s i cai ln t he Havan t a r ea o f Hampsh i r e a r c i v i ng t o f i nd p l ay i ng Ludo much eas i e r i n go i n t he f u t ur e . The PT s t a f f made a g i an t Ludo boa r d - known t o eve r yone i n t he R . N . as Ucke r , - and i t was p r esen t ed t o Havan t and D i s t r i c t Spor t s Asso c i a t i on f or t he D i sab l ed when t he assoc i a t i on hos t ed ; i v . ~ i mes even i ng aga i ns t H . M . S . D r yad . The boa r d was p r esen t ed by P0 Ru t he r f o rd , r Geo r ge membe r o f t he F l ' s t a f f , who was accompan i ed by LW r en Judy Co t t e r i l l and a t eam o f young sa i lor , , . and W r ens f r om t he es t ab l i shmen t .

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E l ec t r i c d i scoun t The Depa r t men t o f Ene r gy has aga i n a r r anged t ha t f am i l i es I ncome Sup d r aw i ng Fam i l y p l emen t may c l a i m a d i scoun t on one w i n t e r qua r t e r ' s e l ec t r i c i t y ,)i l l . 'T'h i s scheme a l . , o app l i es t o ` se r v i cemen r ece i v i ng F I S who d r aw t he i r e l ec t r i c i t y f r om Se r v i ce sour ces . De t a i l s a r e ava i l ab l e i n l ea f l e t f o r m a t Pos t O f f i ces . Fam i l i es r ece i v i ng AS who d r aw e l ec t r i c i t y f r om Se r v i ce sour ces and pay a t t he same r a t e i t , , t hose d i r ec t dr awnn l g f r om E l ec t r i c i t y su foa p l rds i cs may .1p 1i v f or i i reh i i t e t h rough Pay 1 f r I cc l .

Conce rn i ng wa r r an t s t o t rave l on Ic i i s . c , a t op i c dose t o many hea r t s , a sugges t i on has been pu t f orwa rd w i t h economy i n m i nd . " i f t he Navy and t he o t he r Se r v i ces we r e t o i ssue t r ave l wa r r an t s t o t he appropr i a t e pe r i od o f l eave , name l y week end . mon t h l % . , and t h r ee m( i n t h l % . I hc f i c% . e tha i l s i gn i f i .

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can t econom i es cou l d be made . ' says a l e t t e r f r om WTR M . J Twomey , o f H . M . S . An t r i m . I NVAR I ABLE " Wa r r an t s a r e i nva r i ab l y va l i d f or t hr ee mon t h . , i r r espec t i ve o f t he pe r i od o f l eave , " he adds The o f f i c i a l r ep l y t o t h i s i s t ha t MOD and Br i t i sh Ra i l have an a i gr eemen t whe r eby t he ma j or i t % o f Se r v i ce passenge r t r ave l IS I r ; i in, t he MOD r ece i ~ i ng i ' l i scoun t (nf 171(2 pe r c( . nt

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A cond i t i on o f t he ag r eemen t save BR (it) adm i n i s t r a t i ve cos t s ) i s t ha t MOD w i l l no t t ake o f advan t age cheap or conccs . % i on f a r es , bu t w i l l s t i ck t o t he " b l anke t sys t em " o f cha rges . Ano t he r po i n t wo r t h bea r i ng i n m i nd i s t ha t week - end t i cke t s some t i mes have r es t r i c t i ons on use , and t ha t t hese wou l d no t bt , we l comed hs mans Sc r i . i ce pe r sonne l

Sa i l o r s f r om H . M . S . Fea r l ess made such an i mp r ess i on upon Mr , and Mr s , J , A , Eas t wood , o f Sou t hamp t on ' t ha t t hey w r o t e t o Navy News t o W r e n t e l l a l l abou t it. " On t he occas i on o f ou r am ' s ma r r i age ' " says The annua l SSAFA a i r d i sp i a% A pho t (ngr aph i n Navy News t he i r kU* r , " a l a rge f o r ce w i l l t ake ace a t R . A . F . Chu r ch show i ng t he he l msman o f the o f sa i l o r s descended n a v Fen t on , Vo r ksh a i r e , on Sunday ,l Yach t Adven t u r e am i d the upon us - some l us t f or June 3 , suppo r t ed as a l wa% . - , h t u rbu l ence of t he Southern t he day and o t he r s f or t he a l l t hr ee Scr% . i ce , ~ Ocean Shi r l ey i nsp i r ed Mr s . week - end .

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CRED I T TO NAVY " My w i f e and I f ee l t ha t t he t hese GEN way TLEMEN ( t he cap i t a l s a r e t he i r s ) conduc t ed t hem se l ves a t t he ce r emony and i n ou r ho r n . I s a c r ed i t t o t hem and t o t he Ro Navy , , Va 'H t I s g r and t o me t w i t h such good manne r s and cou r t esy among a g r oup o f young peop l e , we have hea r d no t h i ng bu t pea l s . f or t hem f r om t he r es t o f t he wedd i ng 9~91 " To cap a l l t h i s , t oday my w i f e r ece i ved a l a rge f r om t hese bouque t wonde r f u l l ad* , "

Wa rm i ns t e r Schoo l keeps t he f am i l y t oge t he r Un i n t e r rup t ed e&~ t i on for t he ch i l dren t oge t he r is ha rd t o f i nd Wa r rn i ns t e r SC , ' )00 t akes bo t h boys and g i r l s f rom 5- 18 yeam , day p i j pb and bm~ , so i s ab l e t o km t he f am*v 10~ ~ and f l ght up t o Un i ve rs i t y o f *~ . A happy a r r angemen t espec i a l l y for pa r en t s who l i ve abroad .

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W I CKLEWOOD , WYMONDHAM , NORFOLK A new i ndependen t boan*ng and day schoo l ca t enng espeoa l l y f or The needs o f Fo rm ' ~Mes . Boys aged 8 t o 18 , G - C- E - and C . S , E . exam i na t i ons . Tr ad i t i ona l educa t i on and va l ues . * Sma l l c l asses and good f am i l y a t mosphe r e w i t h f i rm .

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R . N . Scho l a r sh i ps ) o f up t o ÂŁ1 , 200 pe r annum . Leav i ng Exh i b i t i ons t o Ox f o r d and Cam~ . App l y t he Headmas t e r , Ke l l y Co l i ege , Tav i s t ock , Devon for p rospec t us .

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Geo r g i na Ham i l t on and As John Mew w i t h one o f t he younge r membe r s o f Havan t and D i s t r i c t Spo r t s Assoc* i t l o i ' i f or t he Di eab l ed , a l t e r t he p r esen t a t i on o f t he Ucke r s boa r d f ron t H , M , S , D r yad PT s t a f f ,

Ed i t or : John Tucke r Depu t y Ed i t or : Ch r i s Ho r r ocks Ass i s t an t Ed i t or s : John E l l i ot t , Joan Ke l l y . Bus i ness manage r : Umd - - Cd r . Len T r ue~ , MBE , RN ( rM , ) ,

d i sc i p l i ne . Cou r i e r se r v I ce t o and f r om schoo l ; f ac i l I t i es f or ca r i ng f or ch i l d r en t h r ough bo i kb " . Som i b l e , r easonab l y p r i ced un i f o rm .

Scho l a r sh i ps a r e ava i l ab l e f or Se r v i ce ch i l dr en br i ng i ng t he f ees payab l e down t o a l eve l t ha t w i l l a l ways app rox i ma t e t o t he M i n i s t r y o f De f ence Boa r d i ng Schoo l A l l owance f or Se r v i ce f am i l i es . In

cases of need , t he Scho l a r sh i ps w i l l a l so be ex t ended t o ex - sem i c~ and c i v i l i ans a t t ached t o t he a r med f o r m .

App l y f or p rospec t us :

The Adm i ss i ons O f f i cer , Coveys Ley , Moa t s Tye , Combs , S t owma r ke t , Su f f o l k , 1P14 2EY ,

SL I NDON COLLEGE Nr . Arunde l , Sussex I ndependen t Boa rd i ng Schoo l for 100 boys aged 11-18 yea r s G . C . E , ' 0 ' and ' A' l eve l cour ses Remed i a l Teach i ng A w i de r ange o f ou t -o f - schoo l ac t i v i t i es Te l ephone The Headmas t e r , S l l ndon 320

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NEWS . MARCH 1979

WHEN YOU GET OUT OF YOUR UN I FORM , WHY NOT TRY OURS FOR S I ZE? The po l i ce on t he s t ree t o f London need a l l t he he l p t hey can ge t . I And t he k i nd o f he l p t hey need i s j us t t he k i nd o f he l p t ha t you can g i ve t hem . Because your expe r i ence i n t he serv i ces w i l l be we l l su i t ed to t he po l i ce force . You need se l f -d i sc i p l i ne , i n i t i at i ve , a sense o f respons i b i l i t y . You have to be a l er t and ab l e to dea l coo l l y and e f f i c i ent l y w i t h abso l u t e l y any cr i s i s s i tua t i on . (And be l i eve us you cou l d we l l come ac ross t hem in London . ) The Me t ropo l i t an Po l i ce a l so of f ers you many o f t he bene f i t s you ge t i n t he serv i ces . Compan i onsh i p and t eam sp i r i t , he l p w i t h hous i ng and t he secu r i ty o f know i ng whe r e your nex t pay day i s com i ng f rom .

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No wonde r so many ex-serv i ce peop l e make success fu l ca ree rs for t hemse l ves on t he s t ree t s o f London . I n t he Me t ropo l i t an Po l i ce . We ' d l i ke to see a l ot I mor e , so why no t wr i t e to us . To ge t i nto t he Me t ropo l i t an Po l i ce you mus t be aged 181/2 or ove r and o f Br i t i sh na t i ona l i t y . Men shou l d be a m i n i mum o f j us t unde r l 72cms ' tal l (5 ' 8" ) and v-omen l 62cms (5 ' 4" ) or ove r and , o f course , i nt e l l i gent , phys i ca l l y f i t and o f good charac t er . For fu l l de t a i l s wr i t e to t he Ch i e f Inspec tor , Me t ropo l i t an Po l i ce Ca r ee rs Cen t r e , Depa r t men t GA1230 , 6 Ha r row , Rd , London W2 1X . H . I f you wou l d l i ke a cha t w i t h one o f our po l i ce I ca ree rs adv i sers , why no t g i ve us a r i ng on 01-7254237 . THE METROPOL I TAN POL I CE

\ . . \ % ),

" Re turn o f serv i ce ' ru l es a re re l axed Whe r e much t i me and money i s spen t on t r a i n i ng , t he Roya l Navy r equ i r es a " r e t u rn t o se r v i ce , " bu t t he ru l es have now been r e l axed i n ce r t a i n cases , " t ak i ng i n t o cons i de r a t i on t he va l ue o f t he t r a i n i ng g i ven , and t he f a i rness t o t he i nd i v i dua l s conce~ . " Wh i l e t he pr i nc i p l es " con t i nue t o app l y gene r a l l v , " on l y ce r t a i n cou r ses o f ove r s i x mon t hs ' dur a t i on w i l l now r equ i r e a The 1979 sub j ec t f or t he r e t urn o f se r v i oe . t hr ee - yea r Nava l H i s t or y Pr i ze i s " The These a r e as f o l l ows Ba t t l e f or Cr e t e i n 1941 - A

* Cr e t e essay

Mechan i c i an qua l i f y i n cou r ses ; cou r ses o f ove r weeks t o qua l i f y f or t r ans f e r t o a s i deways en t r y b r anch ( e . g . LPT , I NA (pho t ogr aph i c ) , com mun i ca~s t echn i c i an ; l ead i ng W r en den t a l hyg i en i s t : h i gh du t y p i pe we l de r cou r se ( i nc l ud i ng s t anda rd a r c we l d i ng cour se ) ; r eg i s t e r ed nu r se t u t or cou r ses : med i ca l t echn i c i an qua l i f y i ng cour se ; ce r t i f i ca t e o f qua l i f i ca t i on i n soc i a l wor k .

Fa i l ur e o f Sea Powe r ? " The compe t i t i on has bo t h a l i m i t ed sec t i on and an open sw i on . DC I ( RN ) 23

R . M . cc )u r s " . - Ar mou r e r t h i rd c l ass ; a r t i f i ce r ( veh i c l e ) ; i l l us t ra t or t h i rd bandmas t e r ; c l ass ; moun t a i n l eade r second c l ass ; moun t a i n l eade r f i rst c l ass ; he l i cop t e r p i l ot : pr i n t e r t h i rd c l ass ; sw i mme r canoe i s t t h i rd c l ass ( i nc l ud i ng necessa r y add i t i ona l t ra i n i ng) ; yeoman o f t e l ecommun i ca t i ons s i gna i s ; t echn i c i an second c l ass ; t e l e commun i ca t i ons t echn i c i an f i rst c l ass ; veh i c l e mechan i c t h i rd c l ass .

The Be r t r and S t ewa r t Pr i ze Essay f or 1978 was en t e r ed by L i eu t . -Cdr . A . W . J . Wes t , who ga i ned a £100 awa r d . Second was G r oup Cap t . K . M . O l i ve r , R . A . F . , and th i rd , Cap t . A . P . Ma r t i n , R . M . DC I ( RN ) J 824

A l l o t he r h i ghe r t r a i n i ng cou r ses ( excep t a l l pr e - j o i n i ng t r a i n i ng . in i t ' i a l subma r i ne t r a i n R . M . commando cour ses . a2 . o t he r cou r ses o f l ess t han dur a t i on ) wi l l e i gh t weeks ' r equ i r e 18 nbon t hs ' r e t urn o f se r v~ce . The r e t urn o f se r v i ce may i nc l ude t he 18 mon t hs ' no t i ce pe r i od f or t hose en t i t l ed t o f f i ve i t . Nu r ses and W r ens r e t a i n t he r i gh t t o app l y f or d i scha rge on ma r r i age , no t w i t hs t and i ng any r e t urn o f se r v i ce ob l i ga t i on t ha t may have been i ncur r ed t h rough h i ghe r t ra i n i ng . DC1 ( RN ) 76

L i eu t . R . L ' Os t e - Br own has been awa r ded t he Adm i r a l S i r Max Ho r t on Pr i ze f or 1978 . DC I ( RN ) 796

Fam i l y supp l emen t r i gh t

* Awa rds In r ecogn i t i on o f d i s t i ngu i shed se r v i ce i n No r t he rn I r e l and , t he f o l l ow i ng awa r ds a r e announ ced : OBE : Thomas L i eu t . -Cp l . Seccombe , R . M . BEM : Cp l A l an Ha rba r , R . M . Men t i on in D . sp . t che . : Cap t . I an l vor F r anc i s B i nn i e , R . N . . Cp l . Pe t e r John B i oom , R . M . , and Cp l . A l an Geo r ge Haske l l , R . M . DC I ( RN ) 20

* Naa f l news App rova l has now been g i ven f or t he abo l i t i on o f t he hau - yea r t i n f orma l mee t i ng o f t he Heay qua r t e r s Nava l Can t een Com m i t t ee o f Naa f i , and i ts r ep l acemen t by new - s t y l e F l ee t ; Co r ps Headqua r t e r s Rep r esen t a t i ve Mee t i rbgs . I r i e ob j ec t o f t hese mee t i ngs i s t o ma i n t a i n a l i a i son be t ween HO Nava l Can t een Se r v i ce and t he F l ee t , i n t he i n t e rva l be t ween annua l mee t i ngs and t he HO Nava l Can t een Sem " . DC I ( RN ) 22

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PORTON PAY BOOST Add i t i ona l pay o f be t ween £25 and £45 can be ea r ned by vo l un t ee r s ( i nc l ud i ng Wr ens ) f or a f or t n i gh t o f du t i es a t t he Chem i ca l De f ence Es t ab l i sh men t a t Por t on - s i t ua t ed abou t s i x m i l es nor t h - eas t o f Sa l i sbur y . A t Por t on , t he means o f chem i ca l p ro t ec t i on aga i ns t wa r f a r e a r e deve l oped f or t he

A new med i ca l ca t ego r y has been i n t r oduced i n t o t he Se r v i ce , bu t g r ea t emphas i s i s be i ng p l aced on t he assu r ance t ha t i t i s " no t a r educed med i ca l ca t ego r y i n t he no r ma l l y accep t ed sense wh i ch cou l d poss i b l y l ead t o i nva l i d i ng , "

t hr ee - Qe r ~ , t he Se r v i ce vo l un t ee r p l ay i ng an essen t i a l pa r t i n t he deve l opmen t o f a l l chem i ca l de f ence Tes t s i nc l ude t he assessmen t o f new pro t ec t i ve c l o t h i ng and and med i ca l r esp i r a t o r s , r esea r ch i n t o measu r es to t rea t chem i ca l p r even t and wa r f a r e casuab i es . DC I ( RN ) J 32

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Some t i gh t en i ng up i s announced i n t he a r r angemen t s t o ensu r e t ha t r a t i ngs who ge t an advance o f t o buy a house fu l f i l t he i r ob l i ga t i on t o r epay t he money shou l d t hey l eave t he Se r v i ce be f or e com p l e t i ng 22 y " m . The ou t s t and i ng ba l ance has t o be r epa i d be f or e d i s&& " . A r a t i ng who t r ans f e r s t o a d i f f e r en t f o rm o f engagemen t may t hen be ab l e t o l eave t he Se r v i ce a f t e r n i ne yea r s or 12 no t i ce . yea r s , To ensu w i t hou r el g i vaitrbg such r a t i ngs do no t avo i d t he r equ i r emen t t o r e f und t he Lon S i e rv i ' ce Advance o f Pay (L I M I AP ) . com mand i ng o f f i ce rs shou l d no t app r ove r eve r s i on t o LSR (N) or CS1 (N) un l ess t he r a t i ng has made accep t ab l e p roposa l s t o r epay any LSAP ou t s t a rbd i , ~ by t he n i ne - yea r po i n t ( LSR ( N ) , or t he 12 - yea r po i n t (CS I (N ) ) . o f f i ce rs w i l l Command i ng con f i rm t h rough H . M . S . Cen t u r n i on whe t he r r epaymen t p r opo sa l s a r e sa t i s f ac t ory . bC I ( RN ) 46

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* Coa t s l oan G r ea t coa t s a r e t o be d i s con t i nued f r om WRNS o f f i ~ ' un i f o rm out f i t s , and when o rde r ed t o be wo r n f or ce r i i ) mon i a l occas i ons , w i l l be ava i l ab l e on l oan . In p l ace o f t he g r ea t coa t s t he WRNS wi l l have gabe r d i ne t op - coa t s w i t h shou l de r s t r aps and de t achab l e wa r m l i ners . The t op - coa t i s t he p r esen t r a i ncoa t . DC I ( RN ) 27

Th r ee Roya l Navy sho r e base . w i l l soon be echo i ng t o shou t , and c r ash i ng as t eam . se t t l e down f or t r a i n i ng t o t ake pa r t i n t he 1979 F I e l d Gun t he Compe t i t i on a t Roya l Tou r namen t ' Cou r t . f r om Wednesday Ju l y 11 t o Sa t u r day Ju l y 28 .

and pa r t i c i pan t * " * exp l a i ns t ha t se l ec t i on o f c , ew is beg i nn i ng i mmed i a t e l y . Ra t i ngs se l ec t ed t o go t o Ea r l s Cou r t w i l l be d r a f t ed t o t he app r op r i a t e es t ab l i shmen t 2 ' 1979 , O t h i e f d . @ 2Apd Ill be ls t opped un t i l a f t e r t he comp~on , DC I ( RN ) 48

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Tou r namen t pro g r amme , i s f or t wo pe r f o r mances da i l y a t 2 . 30 p . m . and 7 . 30 p . m . , excep t t ha t t hem

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Ma r r i ed coup l es i n t he Se r v i ces have t he same en t i t l emen t t o Fam i l y I ncome Supp l emen t as cm i i ans . Fo r i ns t ance , i f a coup l e w i t h f our ch i l dr en have a tot a l g ross i noome o f l ess t han £58 a week , t hey wou l d be e l i g i b l e t o da i m . Whe r e t he r e was one ch i l d , t he i nco r m wou l d have t o be l ess t han £46 a wee . To t a l i ncome i nc l udes a w i f e ' s ea rn i ngs , bu t does no t i nc l ude ch i l d bene f i t , excess r en t a l b wa r ce , or r en t a r i d r a t es r eu t e . A Fam i l y I ncome Supp l emen t i s non - t axab l e . The r e a r e spec i a l r egu l a t i ons i n r ega rd t o f am i l i es abroad . DC I ( RN ) J 34

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Unde r c i v i l i an l eg i s l a t i on , a homosexua l ac t be t ween con sen t i ng adu l t s ove r 21 i n pr i va t e i s no t an o f f ence , bu t a r em i nde r i s g i ven t ha t i n t he Se r v i ces ' t he r e i s st i l l a s t r i c t r ega rd f or t he ma i n t enance o f abso l u t e t rus t and con f i dence a t a l l l eve l s , and be t ween a l l l eve l s . I nvo l vemen t in unna t ur a l pr ac t i ces wi l l norma l l y r esu l t i n f r om t he Se r v i ce d i scha rge e i t he r by d i sc i p l i na ry or adm i n i s t r a t i ve procedur e . " I n pa r t i cu l a r , " says t he o f f i c i a l wam i ng , " o~ r s and sen i or r a t i ngs mus t be espec i a l l y a l e r t f or any case i n wh i ch a t t emp t s may be made t o i nvo l ve young membe r s o f t he R . N . , R . M . , O . A . R . N . N . S . , or WRNS . " DC I ( RN ) 44

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Sa i l or ' s " rough se rge " j acke t s and t rouse r s a r e be i ng r ep l aced an in i mp r oved pa t t e rn by d i agona l se rge , and i n ex t ended me t r i c r ange s i zes . Compu l so r y k i t sca l es f or C l ass l and I l l r a t i ngs wi l l i nc l ude t wo d i agona l se r ge j acke t s and t wo pa i r s o f t r ousm . The No . I su i t wi l l con t i nue t o be made - t o - measu r e and t he No , 2 su i t r e " - made . The r e w i l l be no t r ee i ssues o f new - pa t t e rn ga r men t s t o se r v i ng r a t i ngs . They wi l l have t o p rov i de t hem t hemse l ves i n t he no r ma l cou r se o f un i f orm upkeep by Decembe r 31 , 1980 . DC I ( RN ) 77

* Sa l vage A sa l vage awa r d has been made t o H . M . S . B i ck i ng t on f or se r v i ces r ende r ed t o t he yach t Sam i os on Ju l y 31 , 1977 . DC I ( RN ) 25 Sa l vage awa r ds have been made t o H . M . S . Ashan t i , H . M . S . Bu l wa r k , and R . M . A . S . Robus t , f or se r v i ces t o t he my Ju l y S t a r be t ween Ma r ch 13 and 20 ' 1975 . The awa r d t o t he Ashan t i has been sha r ed i n acco r dance w i t h t he sca l e o f d i s t nw#on . The awa r d t o t he Bu l wa r k has been a l l oca t ed t o t he sh i p ' s we l f a r e f und . DC I (R) 64

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" Compa r i sons 1'hr , ) t jghk) i i i t he i e , i r t he pr (~ce , ,% o f pot ' c i . a l ua l i t )n goes on and tot a l r emune r a t i on o f a l arge c ross- f cc t i on o f wor ke r s and execu i i se ' , at l eve l s is exam i ned . Eve ry t h i ng wh i eh c(nnvag i r i iung t es t o a man ' s ea rn i ngs and f r i nge bene f i t s ( i nc l ud i ng company . car , l ow- ra t e m(nr t gagc ) i s assessed and t he resu l t s present e ( f to t he AFPRB as compar i - . (nns f rom wh i ch pa j us t i f i ed f or each r ank and ra t e i n t he Serv i ces can be ca l cu l a t ed . Hav i ng dec i ded how much a compa r a t or ge t s i n rea l t e rms , an add i t i on - t he X f ac t or - i s added to t ake i n t o accoun t t he ba l ance of . d i sadvan t age to Se r v i cemen f or such f ea t ures as dange r , f r equen t movcs , m i l i t ary d i sdp l i ne and i nab i l i t y t o change j obs . These a re cons i de r ed t o ou t we i gh t he advan t ages o f Se rv i ce l i fe , such as gr ea t e r br ead t h o f t ra i n i ng and t he chance i ) f ca t m i ng re , . rx)ns ih i l i ty , when Y( i ung .

" Pay awa r d In an ide; i i i .~ , i mp l c wor l d , a l l tha t ou I d bt , needed f or a Se rv i ces . pay awa rd wou l d bt , t i ) g i ve eve ry man wha t h i s c i v i l i an compa r a t or i ,, ge t t i ng , add t he X f ac tor and cha rge h i m mhe go i ng ra t e for f ood and accommoda t i on . I n prac t i ce i t i s no t so s i mp l e , and s i nce t he u l t i ma t e au t hor i t y f or Se rv i ce pay res t s w i t h t he Cwvc rnrnen t , t he cons t ra i n t s o f the i r pay po l i c i es and o t he r cons i de ra t i ons w i l l i nev i t ab l y be re f l ec t ed i n t he ac t ua l awa rd . The Gove rnmen t (u l t i ma t e l y a t Cab i ne t l eve l ) smud i es t he AFPRB repor t and r eaches a f i na l

Pe r sona l t ouch 'vi tal ' In a r ad i o i n t e r v i ew wh i l e on a v i s i t t o t he Se r v i ces ovem~s , S i r Ha ro l d At che r l ey sa i d t ha t membe r s o f t he AFPRB (o f wh i ch he i s cha i rman ) r ega rded i t as a v i t a l pa r t o f t he i r wo r k t o v i s i t Se r v i cemen and hea r wha t t hey f e l t abou t t he i r pay , pa r t i cu l a r l y t he Apr i l 1978 awa rd , The Gove r nmen t had , he am i d ' unde r t aken t o br i ng pay up t o fu l l compa r ab i l i t y i n t wo s t a r s by 19W , RESPONS I B I L I TY On t he 1979 - W rd , he sa i d he cou l d no t r e f e r t o any spec i f i c pe r cen t age , bu t t ha t ea rn i ngs i n Apr i l i n compa r ab l e j obs wou l d be t he base r e f e r ence po i n t f or t he i r r ecommen da t i ons . " Tha t ' s ou r r espons i b i l i t y and we sha l l ce r t a i n l y see t ha t we ca r r y I t ou t , " D I STURB I NG S i r Ha ro l d added: " I f i nd f t sad and , i nd@M ' d i s t urb i ng t ha t Se r v i cemen shou l d have t o go t hrough t he s t ages t ha t t hey a r e go i ng t hrough . And l e t ' s f ace i t , t he t wo yea r s t age and ca t ch i ng up i s a Ca r l ong hau l f or t hem , 0 Las t yea r s AFPRB r epor t was handed t o t he Pr i me M i n i s t e r on Ma r ch 31 and t he announcemen t made on Apr i l 25 , Awa r ds da t e f rom Apr i l 1 ,

j udgmen t wh i ch t he Pr i me \ I i n i s t er i nno i j nce% i n Pa r l i amen t . Dur i ng a l l th i s , sen i or Se rv i ce o f f i cers pu t f orwa rd t he i nt eres t s bo t h o f Se rv i ce men and women and the i r f am i l i es as we l l as t he ove ra l l r equ i r emen t s o f t he Navy . Ar my , and A i r For ce to mee t t he ro l e for t he de f ence o f t he coun " . In presen t i ng i ts repor t l ast yea r and ou t l i n i ng

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[ i i e~tefn. job, ~ i re ~ini t i% sed in i s rms of f a i c tor , re l aste( l i t i ghe demands of t he j ob - - f or examp l e . sk i l l and expe r i ence r equ i r emen t s , rcsmns i h i l i t y. , e t c. - we i gh t ed accord i ng t tn i he i r i mpor t ance . The a l l (nca l i tnn (nf po i n t s scores t o each f ac tor t rans l a t e. , demands and qua l i t i c , , i n l i kc and un l i ke j obs i n t o a c (nmrnon " cur r en cy " (nf po i nt s , and br i ngs w i t h i n t he scx)pe tnf t he sys t em o f compa r i mnn Se rv i ce j obs f or wh i ch t he re a r e no coun t e rpa r t s i n c i v i l l i fe . " ' rhe de t a i l ed app l i ca t i on and con t i nuous r ev i ew of t he j ob e% . a l ua t i (nn procc. C;s is ca r r i ed ou t h%. spec i a l l y t ra i ned and expe r i enced membe r s tnf t he Ar med F (nrees who make up t he J(n i nt Se rv i ces Job E% . a l ua t i on Team , unde r i he gu i dance of i ndependen t consu l t an t s emp l oyed on our beha l f . . . " For pay purpo f es . Se rv i cemcn ' s j obs a r e grouped i n t o broad l y based pay hands accord i ng t i ) the i r po i n t s scores . 71u. . an i )nc hand may i nc l ut i c who l l ' . ( i i , ,s imi l a i r i (ntĂ&#x2020; - f i i r examp l e. Je r ks . ( l r i% ers ; i i i ( t i nf i i nt r% , )1( I i crs - wh i ch f~i l l i i i ! , , t he ,~i n i c t i r i )~i ( l r. i r i ,ve o f 1. k) ints scores .

" No t r e l i ab l e ' for th i s re . i son - t he i s-pc i ) f eompa r i ~)n o f pa i n srx: c i f i e j t )b, , i n t he Scrv i ce. ' and i n c i v i l l i fe tha t i s some t i mes a t t emp t ed i s no t a pa r t i cu l ar l y re l i ab l e gu i de; i t i s i mpor t an t t o see t he j ob eva l ua t i on process i n prope r f ocus i n r e l a t i on to t he o f j obs i nc l uded i n t he ou t s i de compa r i -wn%r.a r r t he case o f t he corpor a l f or examp l c , t he r ange o f ea rn i ngs i n ou t s i de j obs (nf t he same we i gh t i s w i dc . " Evcn a f t er t ak i ng accoun t o f a l l o t he r con s i de ra t i ons tha t en t e r i nto t he proces , ' o f assess i ng a par t i cu l ar mi l i t ary . sa l ary . , i t w i l l no t be unusua l t o f i nd some exa rnp i cs o f h i ghe r ra t es o f pay i n c i v i l l i fe , no t w i t hs t and i ng t he X f ac tor , ca r ry i ng t he same descr i p t i ve t i t i c. for1 . l obs n shor , t , i t w i l l a l ways be poss i b l e t tn f i nd par t i cu l ar i nd i v i dua l s w i t h i n a t r ade i n c i v i l l i fe who a re pa i d mor e t han Se r v i cemen i n t he same t rade , bu t t he l eve l s o f m i l i t ary sa l ar i es i n each pay hand wi l l re f l ec t t he earn i ng ' 's o f a l l t he ou t s i de j obs o f equ i va l en t we i gh t .

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Eve r y Thur sday a f t e rnoon a new cour se o f pe t t y a t Roya l Ar t hur t o . mbe r k on f i ve weeks o f l ec t ur e t ough phys i ca l cha l ~ . They l eave as a f i t , c l os i Mos t o f t he new ar r i va l s a r e POs , augmen t ed t and one or t wo l ead i ng hands awa i t i ng no t i f i ca t i on Ave r age age i s abou t 26 . A l l need t o comp l e t e t h con f i rmed as ch i e f pe t t y of f i cer . The Navy abounds w i t h rumou r s abou t t he I phys i ca l cha l k~ o f t he cour se , bu t no t h i ng i s ex ; no t a l r eady been done by mo r e t han 35 , 000 sen i or l as t 30 yea rs .

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The cour se i nc l udes exe r c i ses i n commun i c i l eade rsh i p , p l ann i ng , f i rst a i d , pa r ade t ra i n i ng and p Lec t ur es r ange ove r a w i de va r i e t y o f sub j ec t . ro l e o f t he Roya l Navy , s sh i ps , weapons and a l l es , i s t r ess , t he respons I b I l i t i es and du t i es o f a sen i or r ead i ng and d i sc i p l i ne . Shor t ened cour ses a r e t a i l ored t o mee t t he l nd l t he WRNS , Roya l Nava l Rese r ve , sub- l i eu t enan t s o Weapons cour se , Pro- Jo i n i ng Tr a i n i ng f or sh i ps , C For ce un i t s and t he Sea Cade t C~ .

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Sco r e po i n t s A i m o f t he t eam i s t o v i s i t t he pos i t i ons t o scor e as ~bb . Teams se t ou t i n t he sma l l hour s o f Mo i be t ween 1600 and 1800 t he nex t day. Compe t i t i on i s f i erce , w i t h t eams c l ose l y qua r t ~ . Max i mum po i n t s have been scor ed by j us t n i l l as t t hr ee yea rs , so good p l ann i ng and gr ee t do t essen t i a l s f or t he t rek .

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1, 1 . . . s L i eu t . T I M MACMAHON , who r ecen t l y i e f t 829 Hong Kon Squad r on a t Por t l and t o on 660 Uad r on o f t he Ar my A i r Co r ps based a t Sek Kong i n t he New Te r r i t or i es . H i s a t t achmen t t o t he squad r on i s f or t wo yea r s , and as pa r t o f t he Gu r kha F i e l d Fo r ce he w i l l wo r k w i t h t he s i x ma , o r Gu r kha un i t s s t a t i oned i n Hong Kong The squad r on ope r a t es Scou t he l i cop t e r s .

The Ve r y Rev , M I CHAEL NOTT , Provos t o f Po r t smou t h . has been made an Hono r a r y O f f i c#a t i ng Chap l a i n t o t he Roya l Navy . He was i nduc t ed by t he Chap l a i n t o t he F l ee t . t h i e Ven , Ar chdeacon BAS I L O ' FERRALL , a t a ce r emony in St Ann . s Chu r ch , Po r t s mou t h Nava l BaSe . The badge o f Hono r a r y Chap l a i n was p r esen t ed t o t he Provos t i n r ecogn i t i on o f t he ca r e and conce r n o f t he Ca t hedr a l f or nava l pe r sonne l i n Por t s . mou t h

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D i r ec t (nr o f t he W ( nmen ' , , Roya l Nava l Se r v i ce i n t he r ank o f commandan t f r om Ju l y i s t o be Sup t . E l i zabe t h Cr a c f ee i y . I n add i t i on to ove r a l l r espon s i b i l i t i es f or t he WRNS , she w i l l adv i se t he Adm i r a l t y Boa r d on t he Roya l Navy ' s un i f o r m and c l o t h i ng p(n l i cy .

Su - Cr a i g - MeFee t y , p l c t ur c -X t he r e , was a t eache r be f or e j o i n i ng t he WRNS i n 1952 , and among p l aces whe r e she has he l d appo i n t men t s a r e H . M . S . Ce r cs , H . M . S . Daun t l css , Tyne D i v i s i on R . N . R . , Devonpo r l , R . M . Dea l , Cha t ham , and Sco t l and . WRNS She was sen i o r o f f i ce r on t he s t a f f o f t he ( - ommande r Fa r Eas t F l ee l be f or e j o i n i ng t he s t a f f o f t he D i r ec t or Gene r a l Nava l Man . p(nwe r . La t e r she was i n cha rge o f WRNS r ec ru i t i ng and t hen j o i ned t he s t a f f o f H . M . S . Cen t ur i on . Pr i i mo t ed Supe r i n t enden t i n l i )77 . she l a t t er t ha t y . c~ i r t ook

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Ch i e f Lund r i gan has ga i ned a BA deg r ee f r om t he un i ve r s i t y , hav i ng ca r r i ed ou t much o f h i , , s t udy i n h i s spa r e t i me wh i l e unde r t he sea i n a pa t ro l l i ng Po l a r i s subma r i ne . Th i s mean t he was no t ab l e t o wa t ch or l i s t en t o t he coun t - r e l a t ed broadcas t s . He g r adua t es w i t h a degr ee made up o f ma t hema t i cs and t echno l ogy cour ses . Ano t he r man who has s t ud i ed wh i l e i n a Po l a r i s sub i s L i cu t . Cdr . Ham i sh Cr a i g , a t pr esen t on t he s t a f f o f f l ag O f f i ce r Sub ma r i nes as oceanog r aph i c adv i se r c He has f a i ned a deg r ee i n geo l ogy and b i o l ogy , and now goes on t o t ry f or honou r s . A t pr e . wn t abou t 200 nav i i i pe r sonne l a r c s t udy i ng f or deg r ees w i t h t he Open Un i ve r s i t y . Ass i , . , . l ance f r om t he Se r v i ce i nc l udes he l p w i t h f ees . P i Ct ur e B , 0 ~enz ' e . London

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Cap t . A . S . T i ppe t i s t o be Ass i s t an t Ch i e f o f F l ee t Suppo r t i n t he ac t i ng r ank o f r ea r - adm i r a l t h i s mon t h , and i s t o be p r omo t ed t o t he subs t an t i ve r ank i n Ju l y .

A t one s t age i n hi . , , ca r ee r . Ma j . - Gen . Pr i ng l e i " t o h, . . Ch i e f o f S t a f f t o t he Com Cap t . T i ppe t was seconded as mandan t Gene r a l Ma r sha l t o t he H i gh Cou r t Roya l Ma r i nes i n Sep t embe r . Judge and was i n chambe r s as i n t men t s O t he r apposamen t s a ba r r i s t e r . H i s ap can t l y W~ . OM i nc l ude : r r on %upp l y have i nc l . As Ch i e f o f St a l l 10 Cw . M. a o f f i ce r 1o- - -t he '711h Des t roye r F l ag O f f i ce r " ~ , , h Apn i 4 ( To se r ve t o t he U commodo r e ) sec r e t a r y Squadron . . Coo . F . M. C. W~ . As Ch i e f 01 D i r ec t or o f Nava l Int e l l ' cr t ce . , St a f f i o F i ag O f f i ce r M i dway and Cap t a i n sec r e t a r y t o t he F l ag g f f i ce r o f ~ po i l and Queens Harbourmaster M i dd l e Eas t , f o l l owed ChWM r n Apr i l 12 by Cqg . A. J. RM~. Coch r ane r i command o f H . M . S . Ju f a i r ; command and as F i e@ Cap t a i n i o FOSN I and supp and Ar ea Co-ord i f l a t Or ( NPFS ) l y o f f i ce r i n H . M , S . To

Cha t ham Nava l C l ub i s espec i a l l y keen t o we l come as a v i s i t or ex - Lead i ng Seaman A , Pea r son , now o f t he Roya l F l ee t Aux i l i a r y ' whose l e t t e r t o Navy News ( Feb r ua r y i ssue ) was c r i t i ca l o f non - ma t e l o t s spo r t i ng nava l t i es and c l a i m i ng t o be assoc i a t e membe r s o f t he c l ub , Mr . T . W , Fo r sey ' hon , aw r ou r y , wr i t es t o po i n t ou t t ha t i n a nava l t own , anyone can buy a nava l t i e , bu t t he c l ub t i e i s comp l e t e l y d i f f e r en t , and can on l y be bough t a t t he c l ub by nmmbe r s ,

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Unde r c l ub ru l es , I t ex i s t s f or se r v i ng and ex - se r v i ng membe r s o f t he Roya l Navy and Roya l Ma r i nes , bu t o f t he 250 membe r s I t i s pe r m i t t ed t o have up t o 25 pe r cen t , as assm i a t es , " The assoc i a t es a r e mos t l y f r om f am i l i es o f fu l l membe r s , " says Mr . Fo r sey , " bu t Mr , Pea r son ' s l e t t e r gave t he i mp r ess i on t ha t anyone can l us t go a l ong and l o i n . " Nex t t i me he i s i n Cha t ham I hope he w i l l come a l ong and see f or h i mse l f . "

C&O. R. Rkh~ A i i Nava l Z. 2 . 41 on Hash Boa r d of Managemen t - i une 27 Cdr . M. F . 0~ . Teme r a i r e i n , MAJOR - GENERAL Command 17 Cdr . R-A. r L t m~ . He r a l d n I n 1974 he became D i r ec t or command June 25 Cd r . M. D. &am ! n. Arden t i n corn . o f Nava l O f f i ce r Appo i n t men t s mand Ju i y 24 n (Supp l y and WRNS ) . and ir Cd . 0. P. K~ . Ad~ w i wm . 1976 Cap t a i n o f t he R . N . mend Augus t 15 U. u t . - d r . C. 5. TB~. PO~ Schoo l a t Cha t ham and Supp l y Au=14 j und i n Comn~ to t he f l ag F l ag Cap t a i n . - C~. R. V . LMO . PoSng I o r Ju l y O f f i ce r Medway . 9 and i n command The f o l l ow i ng t ab l e shows t he L~ . - Cd r . A- J. K. ~1 . Coch r sne J . J. Moo r e i s t o be t o t a l po i n t s o f t he men and women Br i g . 0c* i ~ command p r omo t ed ma j or - gene r a l and a t t he t op o f each advancemen t Au=211 j. I t.o rM. Bume i t -Nuge r i l . ok " t o be Ma j o r - Gene r a l R.M. pus Apn 3 and i n command ros t e r f or pe t t y o f f i ce r and l ead i ng L~ . D. A. K. F r o~ . Pe i wM Commando Fo r ces i n Augus t r a t es . n979 a r i d i n command 12 . Februa r y " r ~ " i n success i on t o 1n% ( I v ) ca t es t ha i man can Ma j o r - Gene r a l L~ . J. UcCu l l oc t i . F l i n t ham June expec t i o be advanced be f or e t hey a r e H S i r S t cua r t Pr i ng l eC 12 anon command g i b l e t o nave me r i t po i n t s or be f or e t he roMe , can be ady i s t ed i o t ake acco . . %4 o f t hem Th i s magne t t ha t t he men a , . advanced n " BA " Da t e Orde r Da i s$ ShOwn & " . ns i

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Wep l eed your e l ec t ron i cs expe r i ence I f you ' re abou t to t erm ' na t e your serv i ce career , no doub t you are cur rent l y c i . a l ua t i ng t he var i ous oppor tun i t i es o~n to you. Wh i ch -ndus t ry g i ves you t he bes t oppor tun i t ' es i n t he shor t and l ong t e rm? Wh i ch company w i th i n tha t i ndus t ry of f ers t he bes t remune ra t i on for your own spec i a l expe r i ence? I f you have a good e l ec t ron i cs background , we th i nk you cou l d do we l l i n the compu t e r inc i t ist r~ . w i th Da t a Gene ra l . Who we ' r e l ook i ng f o r We need peop l e i%. l th sound e l ec t ron i cs expe r i ence for spec i f i c ro l es i n sa l es suppor t and par t i cu l ar l y F i e l d Se rv i ce Eng i nee r i ng func t i ons . Prev i ous know l edge of compu t e rs is not essent i a l as we ' l l g i ve you the necessary t ra i n i ng . For examp l e , i f you have l ec tured on e l ec t ron i cs , we can ut i l i se your sk i l l s to become a compu t e r l ec turer . Who we a r e Da t a Gene r a l is a ma j or com i )an \ . engaged i n t he de , , i gn , manu f ac t ure and sa l e of sma l l and med i um s i zed compu t e rs and re l a t ed produc t s , Manu f ac t ur i ng is car r i ed ou t i n t he USA bu t our ma rke t i ng s t ruc ture no i %, spans a l l f i i ,e cont i nent s , i n the UK t he company emp l oys ove r 300 spec i a l i sed sta f f l oca t ed at London . Manches t e r . B i rm i ngham , Br i sto l and G l aSgow , The compu t e r i ndus t ry is a l mos t cer t a i n l y th i s century ' s l ead i ng area o f drama t i c growt h , The expans i on and success o f Da t a Gene r a l has been i ncred i b l y rap i d. You r f u t u r e w i t h us The com l )an~ . is cur rent l y i n a pa t t ern of deve l opmen t wh i ch has seen a doub l i ng of turnover e i . cr i , t i%.e l i .e mon t hs . In 1977 we i nt roduced t wen t y -one comp l e t e l y new produc t s -n ha rdwa r e and so f tware and , w i th new sys t ems and ser i , ' ces cons t ant l y be- ,ng deve l o~~ , The r e is eve ry con f i dence tha t th i s momen t um w i l l be con t i nued i nto the future . L i ke a l l bus i ness success stor i es , th i s one is the ou t come of comb i n i ng the r i ght t echno l ogy and i deas w i th the r i ght peop l e , Tha t ' s why we need you ! Look i ng ahead we of f er a numbe r of oppor tun i t i es for rap i d persona l de i . e l opmen t and for the sa t i sf ac t i ons o f a rewa rd i ng career whose hor i zons are 1) ract i ca l l s . l i mi t l ess . We a r e a l so l ook i ng f o r Compu t e r Lec t u r e r s For mor e i n forma t i on abou t Da t a G( ' nera l (-ontac t j i in( , t F i e l d at the address be l ow ,

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Schoo l o f Mo t or i ng , wh i ch i s owned and managed by t he Roya l Nava l Benevo l en t Trus t , i s t he o l des t dr i v i ng schoo l i n Po r t smou t h . How d i d i t s t a r t ? Way back i n 1896 t he Navy Emp l oymen t Agency was f ounded by a f ew nava l o f f i ce rs t o he l p t i me - exp i r ed men t o ge t wo r k . W i t h t he adven t o f t he mo t o r age a t t he t urn o f t he cen t u r y app l i ca t i ons f r om emp l oye r s f or chau f f eur s we r e i nc r eas i ng . The Agency r ecommended men o f re l i ab i l i t y and p l aced t he r i gh t sor t o f man i n t he r i gh t b i l l e t . I t dec i ded t o c r ea t e a schoo l o f i ts own . So i t was i n 1906 t ha t l and was pur chased a t Twy f o r d Avenue , Po r t smou t h . Ga r ages and wo r kshops we r e e r ec t ed and on Oc t obe r 11 1907 t he schoo l was opened ,

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I t s l ob i s st i l l t o t r a i n R. N . Feb rua r y 14 1923 . pe r sonne l f or emp l oymen t a f t e r l eav i ng t he se rv i ce . S t uden t s now con t r i bu t e ÂŁ30 and t he M i n i s t r y o f De f ence makes a gr an t t o R. N . B . T , t o cove r ove rhead and runn i ng expenses .

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Cou r ses l ast f our weeks and da t es have a l r eady been a r r anged un t i l 1981 . App l i ca t i ons f or t he Pr e-Re l ease Voca t i ona l Tr a i n i ng Cou r se i n Mo t o r Dr i v i ng a t t he Nava l Schoo l o f Mo t o r i ng shou l d be made t o t he Commodo r e , H. M . S . Ne l son , Po r t smou t h . De t a i l s o f cour ses a r e i n DC I RN 521 / 18 and app l i ca t i ons shou l d be made i n acco rdance w i t h t he p rocedu r e g i ven i n BR 1979 , chap t e r 12 .

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l ads o f H. M , S , Ar k Roya l ce r t a i n l y suppo r t t he o l d adage t ha t " cha r i t y beg i ns a t home " because t he i r r epr esen t a t i ves on t he e Comm i t t ee dec i ded t ha t on pay i ng o f f , a t h i rd o f i t s f unds shou l d be g i ven t o t he Roya l Nava l Benevo l en t Trus t i n r ecogn i t i on o f t he l ong s t and i ng assoc i a t i on be t ween H. M , S . Ar k Roya l and t he nava l commun i t y i n P l ymou t h , and t he i mpo r t an t con t r i bu t i on made t o nava l we l f a r e i n t ha t a r ea by t he R. N . B , T . The amoun t t o be dona t ed w i l l be ca l cu l a t ed when a l l b i l l s have been se t t l ed i n Ma r ch 1979 bu t wha t eve r t he f i gur e i t rea l l y i s t ang i b l e p roo f o f t he suppo r t g i ven by t he sh i p ' s company o f H. M . S . Ar k Roya l and r ecogn i t i on o f t he Trus t ' s mo t t o " By t l i t c , Navy for t he Navy " . The

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NATO ' s At l an t i c f orce t akes a bow of f G i b Sh i ps of NATO ' s S t umdh i g Nava l For ce At l ant i c ~ , an hnpress l ve do t o f f G i bra l t a r l ast mon t h ( r i ght ) t he force conc l uded I ts pa r t i n Exe rc l ae Tes t GMe . F r om l e f t to

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CZ ' I r A . ~ a,rep , U . S~s .Pau l , H . M . S . Ar i adne , H . M , C , S , I roquo i s ( f ' H , M , S . She f f i e l d . HRN I i ~ Eve rs t en and F . G . S , Lubeck . The Ar i adnc is now the I on " - se r v i ng sh i p in the force , i n Sep t embe r , hav i ng w i lg i trema i n w i th the I gn . SCned force for much of 1979. STANAVFORLANT ' s pro gr amme is a busy one , i nc l ud i ng many exerc i ses and tnu ' m ' % per i ods as we l l as f requent v i s i ts to fore i gn por ts . In he r ear l y mon t hs as a mem be r of the force the Ar i adnc v i s i ted Ro t t e rdam , Aa rhus in Denma r k , Copenhagen , K i e l and Usbon . Af t er Chr i s tmas kaye , the force re - formed at PI th - w i th. thc . Ar i adne the ong . " - ,U 2 M~ng f r978 om the 1 For t en Ump . days the broad o f g r ANAV FORLA r T 7% t ommand i ng of f i cer , Canad i an Commodor e G . L . Edwa rds , was worn by the Roya l Navy f r i gate wh i l e the des i gna t ed Canad i an f l ah i p

I roquo i s was on pamage c am~ aeross the Adant i c . F i f ty under -pr i v i l eged ch i l dren we r e ent er t a i ned in the I roquo i s as the sh i ps ga thered i n P l ymou th . Af t er t wo weeks work i ng up i n the P l ymou t h ~ , the force sa i l ed for the exerc i se i n the G i bra l t ar areas . Then the sh i ps s t eamed nor th to L i sbon for a t en-day se l f ma i n t enance per i od , fo l l owed by a fur ther exerc i se be fore sp l i t t i ng for v i s i ts to F rench " u . The Az i adnc is due to v i s i t Lapa l bse , l a ter t o be j o i ned by the She f f i e l d and the Norweg i an f r i ga t e Bergen .

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An increase i n t he numbe r o f pa tnu ' subm i t t ed t o t he Ar med = Au Soc i e t y exh i b i t i on . he l d l ast mon t h i n t he Ma l l Ga l l er i es , London , i nd i ca t es tha t a rms and t he ar t s a re no t j us t compa t i b l e bu t respec t ab l y wed . Roya l Navy t opped the ent r i es sent in by' serv i ng ne t w i th an o i l m~s, Ar k Roya l = t uL l o* shar i ng the £%% W= f t f rwz best pa i nt i ng by a membe r o f the Forces . A wa t erco l our t i ded ni " Summe r " won a h i gh da t i on for Sub - - ~ - 1 G .- Hom . Mor e than 450 and scu l ptures we re on v i ew and as the wor k embr aced the prof ess i ona l ar t i st as much as the ama t eur the exh i b i t i on was a s t i mu l a t i ng one w i th a d i . t . ut of t a l ent and t echn i ques on vww . The exh i b i t i on , open to serv i ng -pc r m' and to those who have served in any brands of the a rmed f ~ . prov i des Serv i ce w i th the oppor tun i t y to put the i r pa i nt i ngs on v i ew in a t op London ch i c course to be ga l l ery and cons i dered for eh~ to mem bersh i p o f the ~ . I t prov i des the v i ewer w i th the oppo l twini ty to spot new ta l ent and t o buy or i g i na l wor k at a modes t pr i ce , Th i s year ' s pr i ces st ar t ed a t £25 and c*x i sade i i ng the e f f ec ts of i nf l a t i m. there we re some pa i n t legs - par t i cu l ar l y wa t era i l ours es t ab l i shed prof ess i ona l ar t i sts by - wh i ch by any s t andard we r e a " sn i p " at £60.

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( - o l l i ngwo (W .X s Me r cu r y A , Daeda l us v . Exce l l en t . , and Ne l son v. Seahawk B . H i ghes t i nd i , , . i dua l scor e i n t he f i rs t r ound was sho t by t ha t man CPO Res t a l l ( 199 ou t o f " (X) ) , whose t eam , H . M . S . D r yad , was bea t en by Exce l l en t . H . M . S . Ne l son i s ho l d i ng an i n t e r -pa r t r i f le f or t eams o f f our du r i ng Ma r ch .comw tci tf i na onl i s on Ma r ch 22 . ' COME AND TRY '

SEAHAWK DOUBLE H . MS . Seahawk we r e a i r rm i ng a t a doub l e assau l t on t he I n t e r -Es t ab l i shmen t sma l l bo r e p i s t o l compe t i t i on a f t e r ge t t i ng t he i r A and B t eams t h rough t o t he sem i - r i na l s . Scahawk A we r e d r awn aga i ns t SM Re f i t G r oup , Rosy t h , and Seahawk B had t o bea t H . M . S . Dacda l us t o r each t he f i na l . Two H . M . S . Co l l i ngwood t eams r eached round t wo o f t he l n t e r . t he d r aw f or Es t ab l i shmen t r i f l e compe t i t i on . D r aw or t he r ound was : Coch r ane v. Co l l i ngwood B ;

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E3AVnREE DOES IT AGA I N ! The c l i max of f our days ofr exce l l ent compe t he Navy t i t id on squash a te CO i was t he f i na l be t ween seed L i eut , -Cdr . Rob i n champ i onsh i ps t op Baw t r ee and MEMN ( P ) F r ank Sm i t h ( seeded No . 2) i n wh i ch Baw t r ee ach i eved h i s 11th champ i onsh i p w i n s i nce ga i n i ng h i s f i rst v i c tory as a cade t i n 1962 . Th i s unpara l l e l ed and r i ch l y dese rved success is pa r t i cu l ar l y we l come i n a season wh i ch has seen a resurgence of en t hus i asm i n Navy squash c i rc l es . ' rhe championsr i ip began wi th I 4TERSERV I C

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I - reez i ng c (nnd i t i ons and h i gh w i nds t urned t he Po r t smou t h N~ i , . . a l A i r Command c ross- coun t r y champ i onsh i ps i n t o t es t s o f endu r ance as we l l as f i t ness and speed. ; i i mk t

' Me Por t smou t h t i t l e was won by H. M . S . Ne l son , w i t h L i eut . A l an Ra t c l i f k (H . M . S . He r a l d) f i rst ac ross t he l i ne a t H. M . S . 1) ryad . P0 Andy Cu l l en (H . M . S . and L i eu t -Cdr . Coilan Br l i ngwood av i s (H ) .M.S. Dr yad ) we r e second and th i rd i n t he i nd i v i dua l p l ac i ngs . A i r Command r an the i r race ai t H. M . S . 0-pr ey and en i l t i rek t t he 1; i mc I CY v. e i t he r 11 \ t ' s l i L . T " T I

a of the seeds due to re-arrangement the wi thdrawal of No . 2 seed CPO Geof f Hug ins because o f

i l l ness . The ca l- f ly rounds conc t amed no ma j o r surpnses bu t L i eu t . Pe t e r Des C l aves p l ayed we . ] ] aga i ns t Sm i t h w i t hou t be i ng t e ab l e t o t ake a me , and 0111our S 1. Dave Rumphr i cs ex t ended f i cu t . -Cdr . M i ke Sau. vage ( secdcd 6) i n a ha rd four game ma t ch i n t he second round . Bes t ma t ch o f t he second round i nvo l ved Sub-L i eu t . I rv i ne Pra t l ey ( seeded 4) and t he unseeded L i eu t . A l ec Johns t on t , who has be en ach i ev i n some good resu l t s i n t he W i es t ~oun t r y th i s season . S t a r t i ng a t t r emendous pace , Johns t one t ook t he f i rst game 9- 3 and l ooked se t f or an upse t w i n

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un f or t una t e tha t a t th i s s t age a change o f venue t o t he Camden Cen t r e was made necessa ry by a l eak i ng cour t . Af t e r t he move Johns t one cou l d no t r eproduce t he accur acy o f t he f i rst game and even t ua l l y wen t down 3- 1 . Baw t r ee , hav i ng had a bye and a wa l k -ove r i n t he f i rst t wo rounds , showed h i s t rad i t i ona l champ i onsh i p f orm aga i ns t LRO C l i ve Be l l i n t he th i rd round and t he r ema i n i ng secds a l so won the i r ma t ches t o go i nto t he qua r t e r f i na l s. Sm i t h l ooked surpns i n l y vu l ne r ab l e to an i nsp i r2 CEA Hea t h , l os i ng t he f i rst game and a l mos t t he second be f ore w i nn i ng 3- 1 . LCK Du t h i e , who had f l own home f rom G i br a l t a r f or t he even t , sur r ende r ed ra t he r t ame l y t o S. i uvage , hav ' n l ooked ve ry sha rp i n h i s second round ma t ch . Howeve r , i t i s c l ea r tha t h i s game has i mproved cons i de r ab l y dur i ng h i s t i me abroad and he shou l d be a f or ce t o be r eckoned w i t h when he r e t urns t o t he U. K . squash scene. I n t he qua r t e r f i na l s , Pra t l ey had an(n ther ha rd ma t ch , th i s t i me

MARATHON En t r i es a r e-n t )w bc . , i ng acce t ed for t he Int er Se rv i ces ma ra t ~ I nn , wh i ch i ncorpor a t es t he Navy cham i on%h i p and w i l l be he l d a~t R A. Sw i nde rhy on Apr i l 5. For f ur t he r i n f t ) rma t i on con t ac t RE 1. MN ( A) Cl r evor Wa l hen , t he Navy i t th i et i c , , coach , a t t he Spor t s O f f i ce . } 1 . M , S Ne l son (Dockya rd ext en , , i ( i n 24132) .

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t ook t he t eam honour s , wh i l e t he i nd i v i dua l t i t l e wen t to L i eu t . A l v i n R i ch (H . M . S . Ospr10 f o l l owed by LAM J i m Lov2111; (H . M . S . Osp r ey ) and L i eu t . Dann MeFadzcan (H . M . S . He ron~ . PLYMOUTH The P l ymou t h race , a t H. MCS . Cambr i dge , was run i n we t , muddy cond i t i ons , and was won by H. M . S . Ra l e i gh. F i rs t home was P0 Te r r y Osborne of Ra l e i gh. f o l l owed by CPO Ke i t h Caw l ey (HCM . SC Dr ake ) and P0 D i nge r Be l l (H . M . S . Roya l Ar t hur ) . W i nne r o f t he j un: i i r racc a t Cambr i dge was MM Coks (H . M . S . Ra l e i gh) , A. i th HCM. S . t ak i ng t he t eam t i t i c. F i sgrd c Navy er (n . , s-count ry cham p i onsh i p was t ak i n p l ace a t i f , M . S . D r yad on 7cbrua ry 24 . W i t h t he champ i on , L i eut . Rees ~k ' . i rd, no t runn i ng , i t as l i ke l y to he a w i de open race for t he 100 or so compe t i t ors. The I n t e r -Se r v i ces c ross coun t ry i s a t B l ackdown , Cam bt r i cy , on Ma r ch 9.

ROAD RACE Cdr . J. J. McDon (nugh has t a i ken ove r as t he R. N . At h l e t i cs ( ' i ub (Sou t h) road runn i ng sec r e t ary f rom L i eu t . -Cdr . Bob Pape . Na , . N runne rs w i sh i ng t o comp i c t e i )n t he road shou l d con t ac t h i m do ( 'hief 127 ,

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n% t No . 5 seed L i eu t . . Cdr . Moa l l .n O ' Kee f f e . P l ay i ng beau t i f u l l y con t ro l l ed and accur a t e squash , O ' Kcc f f e won t he f i rst t wo games and s t a r t ed s t rong l y i n t he th i rd , bu t aga i ns t h i s ve ry f i t opponen t he cou l d no t c l i nch t he v i ta l po i nt s .

RET I REMENT L i eu t . -Cdr . Ph i l i p Poo l ( seeded 3) , somewha t shor t o f prac t i ce , r eached h i s sem i - f i na l ve ry much mor e eas i l y t han he wou l d have w i shed , hav i ng a wa l k -ove r i n t he th i rd round f o l l owed by an ea r l y re t i remen t by Sauvage i n t he

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qua r t e r f i na l , necess i t a t ed by a pu l l ed musc l e . Baw t r ee produced an amaz i ng d i sp l ay o f w i nne r s and h i gh p r es sure squash t o bea t Pra t l ey i n t he f i rst sem i - f i na l . Mos t spec t a t ors agr eed tha t t hey had no t seen t he champ i on t ake t he ba l l as ea r l y f or a l ong t i me . The o t he r sem i - f i na l produced a f i ne and ve ry l ong ma t ch be f or e Sm i t h bea t Poo l 9- 7 i n t he f i f th game .

H I S V I CTORY And so to t he f i na l whe r e Baw t r ee du l y ach i eved h i s v i c tory ,

bu t no t w i t hou t a sp i r i t ed per f ( i r . mance f rom Sm i t h , t he ra t i ngs ' champ i on . A f t e r l os i ng t he f i rst Sm i t h f ough t back we l l t o C cl , at ravrne I - I p l ay i ng a supe rb l eng t h and mov i ng Baw t r ee t o a l l corne rs o f t he cour t . The e f for t o f t ak i ng t he second game t ook i ts to l l howeve r , and t he t i r i ng Sm i t h cou l d no t cope w i t h t he pressure , and i n pa r t i cu l a r h i s opponen t ' s d i sgu i sed f or ehand drop i n t he 3rd and 4 t h games . Baw t r ee t ook t hese games t o w i n t he champ i onsh i p 9- . 4 , . 1-9 , 9- -6 , 9-4) .

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(H . M. S . Dr yad) . LWPT E t he l MacMahon (H . M S Nep t une ) . F i rs t O f f i ce r Hope Gosse ( H . m S He ron) , and rese s rve PO Wr en Ma i r Dees ( H . M. S . Su l t an) .

EXCELLENT The t ournamen t go t of f to an exce l l en t s t ar t f or t he Navy when E t he l McMahon produced he r usua l

f i rm br and o f squash t o bea t t he Ar my No . 4 Cp l Cow i e i n t hree games . Howeve r , t he Ar my No 3 evened t he score w i t h an exc i t i ng 3- 2 v i c tory ove r Ji l l Lomax. J i l l . recen t l y back f rom Nap l es , l ooked a l i t t l e ou t o f t ouch i n l os i ng t he f i rst t wo games , bu t t hen f ough t back magn i f i cen t l y to l eve l a t 2- 2 . The Ar my ma t ch con t i nued w i t h a conv i n ' .n v i c t ory by t r i c expe r i enced Hope Gosse , and w i t Jenny MacCo I l hav i ng bea t en Cap t . D i xon 3- -0 i n t he a f t e rnoon , t he de f ea t o f t he new WRNS champ i on , Sue O l dn i an , by I n t e r-Serv i ces champ i on Sg t Sue Toun i ey , d i d no t a f f ec t t he i ssue. ' 1 ' we i ve t i mes WRNS champ i on and ex-Sco t t i sh I n t e rna t i ona l Jenny MacCo I l con t i nued he r w t nn i ng way by ge t t i ng t he Navy of t t o a good s t ar t aga i ns t

t he

UNDER-25s - Me i naugur a l Unde r - 25 cham nsh i e proved a t r i umph f or ot er Des C l ayes , who bea t Sub-L i eu t . T i m Burns 3- 4) i n t he f i na l hav i ng r eached tha t po i n t w i t hou t l os i ng a game . I n t he p l a t e sem i - f i na l s , Sub L i eu t . B i l l Johnson , hav i ng l ost t o Des C l ayes i n t he Unde r - 25 even t , ga i ned h i s r evenge on l y to l ose t o t he i n- f orm A l ec Johns t one i n t he f i na l . I n t he ve t e rans ' even t , L i cu t , Cdr . Hugh Rump won t he f i na l , bea t i ng Cap t . Br i an Sha t t ock i n a ha rd f ough t f our garnes .

R . M . i ndoor t enn i s t i t l e - Me R i )v i t i Ma r i nes s t aged the i r f i rst ind( , , , , r t enn i , , champ i onsh i p i n t he new spor t s cen t re a t C. T . C . R . M . on Februa r y 3-4 . Though t hree o f t he t op p l aye rs we r e unab l e t (n compe t e . t he cu r rent R. M . s i ng l es champ i t )n , Mne Ba r r i e Nash , emphas i zed h i s super i or i t y by eas i l y w i nn i ng t he sin even t , and w i t h W02 Len Hu l lfes , C. T . C . R . M . , a l so won t he d i )ub l es even t .

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Am i d t r emendous exc i t emen t , t he WRNS squash t eam won t he Women ' s Int er -Serv i ces Squash Champ i onsh i p a t Por t smou t h to end a penod of dom i na t i on by t he WRA seven j . ea r The t eam ach i ev i ng this success was LWPT Sue O l dman (H . M . S . F i rst Of f i cer Jenny MacCo l l ( C I NCNAV % r10% ,E) , CW r en J i l l Lomax

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t he WRAF ' s D i Dona l dson . Af t e r a onc- s i ded t i nt won 9- -0 , D i , a t pr esen t se rv i ng game wh i ch Jenny i n Ho l l and and t he t op p l aye r i n tha t coun t ry , came back we l l to p l ay he r pa r t i n a mos t en t e r t a i n i ng and ha rd f ough t ma t ch . A f t e r a c l ose f i rst game J i l l Lomax cou l d no t u l t e cope w i t h t he accur a t e p l ay o f t he WRAF ~ l o. 3 and succumbed 3- -0 . A l t hough Sue O l dman f ound t he expe r i ence o f WO Dav i es t oo much t o con t end w i t h . E t he l McMahon i nduced ano t he r f i ne game t o de f ea t Cp l Fe rgus . a t No 4 and l eve l t he ma t ch score a t 2-2 .

EXC I TEMENT W i t h t he WRAF ho l d i ng a w i nn i ng 3- 1 l ead ove r t he WRAC , and t he Navy hav i ng bea t en t he WRAC 3- 2 , t he s t age was now se t for t he dec i d i ng

ma t ch i n wh i ch Hope ( j ocse p l ayed WRAF No 5 SAC Bond . W i t h bo t h s i des hoa rse w i t h exc i t emen t , Hope surv i ved a cr i s i s t o t ake t he f i rst game 10 - 9 and when she won t he second 9- I a l l seemed t o be ove r . Bu t he r opponen t summoned he r reserves t o t ake t he t h i rd game 9- 3 and t he champ i onsh i p seemed open once aga i n. Hope was no t t o be den i ed howeve r , and p l ay i ng con t ro l l ed sens i b l e squash she t ook t he f our t h game 9- 5 . Th i s was a f amous v i c tory and re f l ec t s t he ded i ca t i on o f t he WRNS p l aye rs t o i mprov i ng the i r t eam e f for t th i s season . A mos t encour ag i ng aspec t o f th i s v i c tory was t he pe r f ormance o f t he r ese rve Ma i r Dees who p l ayed we l l t o w i n bo t h he r games . Th i s s t reng t h i n dep t h augur s we l l f or t he future .

N AVY

NEWS . MARCH 1979

) )2v The Navy box i ng t eam and POPT T i m Kenea l y , t he Mode rn Pen t a t h l on cham~ . have been named t he Roya l Navy ' s , , , =0 imf t he year . . . " M who l ast yea r won eve ry t h i ng i n s i ght and produced l i ve i n t ~ t ~ , have been se l ec t ed by t he R. N . and R , M. Spor t s Con t ro l Boa rd f or t he Spor t s Con t ro l Boa rd Cup f or 1978 . . T i m Kenea l y (H , M . S . Ne l son) has been Navy Mode rn Pen t a t h l on champ i on s i nce 1975 , became I n t e r-Serv i ce champ i on i n I W9 , waC, th i rd In t he na t i ona l champ i on -

sh i ps. and has been a Gr ea t Br i t a i n i nt i er an t ~ s i nce 1976 . He has been shor t - l i s t ed f or t he 19% O l ymp i c Games. The Spor t s Con t ro l Boa rd have awa rded h i m t he NATO Cup f or 197$ . Runne r s- up f or t he t eam and I nd i v i dua l t roph i es we r e t he R. N . ma r a t hon ~ , who had an i mpor t an t eacceas i n Wash i ng t on DC , and Soh-Lku t , Dav i d H~ng , i n t erna t i ona l scu l l er and Du r ham Un i vers i t y s t u~ t . who is l ead i ng t he f i ght t o pu t Navy row i ng back on t he I n t e r-Serv i ce amp ,

o f i gh t g l or y f or R . N . boxe r s

Navy socce r bea t s t he f r eeze The wea t he r man has sm i l ed on Navy f oo t ba l l desp i t e t he Ar c t i c cond i t i ons wh i ch have r avaged t he coun t r y ' s f i x t ur e l i s t s , Navy r ep r esen t a t i ve ma t ches have so f a r bee. i una f f ec t ed , wr i t es Jack Sheppa rd .

Th i s has a l l owed t he Navy an un i n t e r rup t ed bu i l d-up t o t he I n t e r-Serv i ces ma t ches aga i ns t t he Ar my a t H. M , S , Pemb roke on Ma r ch 7 and t he R. A. F. a t R. A. F. Cos f ord on Ma r ch 14 . The Navy ' s f i rst eve r f i x ture aga i ns t t he Br i t i sh Pos t O f f i ce was dec i ded by a goa l f rom sk i ppe r Tommy Johnson (H . M . S . Exce l l ent ) . A t t he o t he r end o f t he f i e l d , Tony M i k l i nsk i ( CTCRM ) kep t a c l ean shee t w i t h some r ema r kab l e .~,aves . The Navy r esponded t o H. M . S . Pembrokc ' s exce l l en t organ i za t i on o f t he game aga i ns t London Un i ve rs i t y b I nn i ng 4- 1 . Ga r y Sm i t h ( FRA*C Band ) and Pau l [ ) i xon ( CTCRM ) comb i ned we l l i n de f ence , wh i l e Ron Ve r ces i (Cu l drose ) scor ed a goa l i n each ha l f , and Kev i n Maddocks (H . M. S , Su l t an) and Kev i n S t okes (H . M . S , Br i s to l ) s t re t ched t he l ead

Nava l box i . ng h i s t ory was c r ea t ed i n t he H . M , 1 Ne l son gymnas i um on Februa r y 22 when t he Navy 1 s boxe r s t rounced t he A r my by e i gh t bou t s t o t wo t o r e t a i n t he I n t e r -Se rv i ces t eam champ i onsh i p . I t was t he f i rst t i me t he Roya l Navy has eve r won t wo success i ve - and t he champ i onsh i ps ma rg i n cou l d ha rd l y have been mor e conv i nc i n i n Janua r y t hey bea t t he R. A . A . 7- 3 . I t was a day o f doub l e t r i umph for coach CPO M i ck Shone and h i s men. I n t he morn i ng i t had been announced tha t for t he second t i me i n t hr ee yea rs t hey we r e w i nne rs o f t he S t ro l Boa rd Cup - t r r t smaCvoy~s cove t ed ~ix%.~i rd to i ts ' *t earn o f t he year . BR I EF DOUBT On l y once was t he r e any br i e f doub t tha t t he Navy ' s f i erce assau l t wou l d fa l ter . Tha t was when Eng l and i n t erna t i ona l AB Wayne G r een ( H . M . S . A j ax ) was surpr i s i ng l y bea t en by Dr i ve r Bob S t ephens . Gr een had a bad f i rst round , bu t came back s t rong l y i n t he nex t t wo w i t h body punches t ha t t hr ea t ened t o cu t h i s i n ha l f . op i Rnen c jtudges , howeve r , gave a sp l i t dec i s i on t o t he Ar my l ad. Tha t made i t 4- 2 t o t he Nav. , . and f rom t he re t hey neve r l ot )ke( l back . NEXT TWO RO Me r vyn Lesco t t (HCM . S . 5i a nd ' n i n f or Me r cury ) i n j ur ed AB N i ck Cr : i rnn l s - and NAM St eve W i l l i s (H . M . S . Dae da l us) won t he nex t t wo con t es t s f or t he Navy , and t he t rophy ' , , des t i na t i on was assured. Ea r l i e r . SEA C l i f f St or ey (H . M . S . An t r i m) had go t t he Navy of f to a w i nn i ng st ar t , and a f t er AB Phoen i x Jacobs ( H . M . S . Ne l son) had l ost a t ban t amwe i gh t , newcome r STD John O ' Dr i sco l l made an i mpress i ve , and w i nn i ng , I n t e r-Se rv i ces debu t a t f ea t hc r we h -K l ~ l - t wo Roya l Ma r i nes i n t he t eam , S t eve Tay l or (42 CDO ) and A. B . A . cham i on Te r r y Ma r sh (41 CDO ) bo t g won conv i nang , l y t o s t re t ch t he Navy l ead . EXPLOS I VE Un f or t una t e l y f or t he l a rge c rowd , t he pot ent i a l l y exp l os i ve 1 i gh t -heavywe i gh t con f ron t a t i on be t ween ba t t l i ng AB Tom Tay l or M. S . Ve rnon ) and f i ve - t i mes i ! . r ra Leone champ i on Av i va Kama r a ended w i t h Kama r a ' s d i squa l i f i ca t ' l on ea r l y i n t he secov , , . A round . Heavywe i gh t SA Roy G r ee nac r e (H . M . S . Ne l son) r epea t ed h i s 1978 v i c t ory ove r Pr i va t e Ra l s t on Lew i s t o make i t a rea l n i M o f g l ory f or t he boys i n b l ue . YPT Geo rge McBr i de ( H . M . S . Su l t an) won h i s spec i a l l i gh t we i gh t

c(nnt est to s t ar t t he proceed i ng , we l l f or t he Navy . SPEC I AL N I GHT For coach M i ck Shone , t tx) , i t was a spec i a l n i ght . A f t e r t wo yea rs of a l mos t con t i nuous suc cess , he handed t he j ob back to CPO Tony Ox i cy , t he man who d i d so much t o crea t e th i s squad be f or e be i ng dr a f t ed to H. M . S . Ar k Roya l . CPO Shone has now r e t urned t o t he Wes t Coun t r y t o t ake ove r as Ch i e f P11 i n H. K I . S . Ra l e i gh. Tony Ox l ey t akes t he t eam t o A l de rsho t for t he Comb i ned Se r v i ces t ournamen t on Ma r ch 7-8 . t he f i rst rung on t he A. B . A . l ad. de r . One sa i l or ce r t a i n t o be i n t he r i ng f or t he A. B . A . f i na l s a t Wemb l ey on May 4 i s CSPT I Bob W i l k i ns (H . M . S . Ne l son) . He has been i nv i t ed t o ac t as Mas t e r i ) f Ce r emon i es on Br i t i sh ~tm i i t eur t x i x i ng ' s tn i gge -C n i ght

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Jub i l an t Navy boxe r s l i f t coach N i ck Shone a l o f t soon a f t er c l i nch i ng t he I n t e r -Som i ces box i ng chwnp~ i p . F r om 1 t 1 (back row) a r e S t eve W l l i i s , N i ck Cr ombes , Wayne Gr een , Andy G i l l , Lssco t t and Me r vyn Roy Gr eenac r e . I n th i e f ron t a r e V i c Chr i s t oph i e i r (You t h t eam coach) , S t eve Ta Jw~ ' M i ck Shone w i t h t he Su t he r Trophy f or A r my - NM . m . . John O. Ca i i s~C i i f l f x S t or ey ' V i ce -Adm i r a l John Lea (Pr es i den t o f t he RNBA ) and L f ~ , Max Gos l i ng Tom ( t eam managw ) . Tay l or , Te r r y Ma r sh and G. o rg. McBr i de ar i e m i ss i ng f rom t he l i ne -up , P. c tu ,

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H. M . S . F i sga rd won t he P l y mou t h Command vo l l eyba l l champ i onsh i ps by bea t i ng H. M . S . Ra l e i gh i n a c l ose l y- con t es t ed f i na) . F i ssa rd t ook t he t i t l e a f t er t he ne t o 17 dec i d i ng game had 15 - Ear l i er , 9. 05 cance l l ed ou t F i sga rd ' sRa li ea l ey i hby w i nn i ng t he second game 6- 15. - Me I n t e r - Command vo l l eyba l l champ i onsh i ps a r e be i ng he l d i n H. M . S , Ne l son on Ma r ch 22 and 23 .

Navy rugby had a f rus t ra t i ng mon t h f rom m i d Janua r y t o m i d - Februa r y . cu l m i na t i ng i n t he pos t ponemen t o f t he f i rst I n t e r -Se rv i ces ma t ch aga i ns t t he R . A , F , f rom Februa r y 17 t o Apr i l 7 , wr i t es M i ke Ve rnon . O t he r v i c t i ms o f d i abo l i ca l wea t he r we r e t he f i x tures aga i ns t Br i s to l . Sa r acens and Cambr i dge Un i ven i t y. Wea t he r pc , rm i n i ng , t he Navy we i . e due t o p l ay Nor t hamp t on on Februa r y 24 and Le i ces t e r on Februa ry 28 be f or e t ak i ng on t he Ar my on Ma r ch 10 a t Tw i cken ham. Th i s has now become t he )pcnc r f or t he 1979 Int er r~ce Champ i onsh i p , a s i tua t i on wh i ch i t i s hoped w i l l provoke

Badm i n t on t i t l e goes t o Por t smou t h won t he l nt er . Po r t smou t h Command badm i n t on champ i on sh i ps a t H. M . S . Su l t an l ast mon t h when t hey na r row l y bea t Nava l A i r Command i n t he l ast ma t ch o f t he t ournamen t .

Por t smou t h and A i r sha r ed t he honour s t hroughou t t he cham p i onsh i p unt i l t he l ast t hree games o f t he dec i d i ng ma t ch . Then

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Por i smou t h ' s t hree doub l es pa i rs bea t the i r A i r oppos i t e numbe r s to g i ve Por t smou t h t he t i t l e by a t hr ee-game ma rg i n . Resu l t s we r e - 1 , Por t smou t h , 52 ; 2 , A i r . 49 ; 3 , E~evonpor t , 39 ; 4 , Roya l Ma r i nes , 36 ; 5 , Smt i and , 16 ; 6 , Medway , 8.

i nt eres t i n t he des t i na t i on o f t he new S t ewa r t Wr i gh t son t rophy . On t he br i gh t e r s i de , t he ma t ches aga i ns t C i v i l Se rv i ce a t Cha t ham on Ma r ch 21 and aga i ns t Ha r l equ i ns at Tw i ckenham on Ma r ch 31 w i l l have added s i gn i f i cance as wor k - up games f or t he re - a r r anged Navy -R . A . F . con t es t , wh i ch cou l d dec i de t he cha r n p i onsh i p . The Navy d i d manage to p l ay Ox f ord Un i ve rs i t y on a dank and ch i l l y Februa r y day. and t he 6- 6 resu l t scarce l y d i d cred i t to t he Navy f orwa rds who es t ab l i shed a c l ea r super i or i t y i n a l l phases o f t he game . Hand l i ng m i s t akcs , over exc i t emen t and i naccura t e k i ck i ng pr even t ed a comf or t ab l e v i c tory and , unt i l Ta f f 71omas ' s l a t e pena l t y Coa l , t hey had on l y a Geo f f Fab i an drop goa l t o pu t aga i ns t t wo pena l t y goa l s. Hope f u l l y t hey wi l l have l earnt t he l esson tha t i t i s po i n t s tha t coun t .

Bu l wa r k t eam i s t ops H. M . S . Bu l wa r k ' s t eam o f LPT Ph i l Boswe l l , LMEM Ray Ank i n and POPT Ne i l

Mon t gome r y won t he Po r t s mou t h Ar ea b i a t h l on cham p i onsh i ps he l d i n H . M . S , D ad l ast mon t h .

71k i n and Boswe l l we r e a l so p l aced second and th i rd i n t he i nd i v i dua l compe t i t i on. wh i ch was won by PMT Pa t Dun l eavy . Second t eam i n t he sw i m- run champ i onsh i ps was H. M . S . Teme r a i r e , r epr esen t ed by MEM Danny Boon ( f our t h overa l l ) . EM Dav i d Wake f i e l d and AB Russe l l S l ee . and t h i rd was H. M . S . Me r cury , r epr esen t ed by POPT Pe t e Ma r r , RO Dav i d Te r r y i . nd NA Bushe l ] . STANDARD Ove r a l l s t anda rd a t t he - ham p i onsh i ps was l owe r t han tha t ach i eved by t he men a t t he b i a t h l on champ i onsh i ps he l d i n Novembe r . bu t f or t he WRNS i t was a d i f f eren t s tory. The i r en t ry wen t up f rom seven i n Novemne r t o 24 th i s t i me ' and compe t i t i on was keen . H. M . S . Exce l l en t won t he l ad i es even t , w i t h H. M . S . He ron second and H. M . S . D r yad th i rd. l ac Top t hree i n t he i nd i v i dua l i ngs we r e Wr en Jack i c & t on M. S . Exce l l en t ) , LW r en Ang i c gHl a -mp (H . M . S . He ron ) and Wr en Anna A l mack (H . M . S . Daun t l ess) , who l ooks a ve ry prom i s i ng a th l e t e ,

C I V I L SERV I CE 1Ce i gh Tongue (H . M . S . Ne l son) s l i ) t tcd home t he or i l goa l o f t he ma t ch to g i ve t he v i c t ory i )vcr t he C i v i l Se rv i ce at V i c t ory S t ad i um. Th i s game saw t he re t urn t o a Navy s t r i p o f Du t chy Ho l l and ' now on course i n H. M . S . Teme ra i re. I t i s hoped he w i l l be ava i l ab l e f or t he rest of t he season . YOUTH W I N The Navy we r e i n ac t i on aga i ns t Devon i n t he Sou t h Wes t Coun t i es a t bo t h sen i or and C(Out S. )mr t il eve t i on l. RNFA You t h cha i rman L i eut . John Dobb i son a r r anged t he j un i or game i n H. M . S . Me r cur y at r i d was r ewa rded w i t h a f i ne 2- I w i n tha t mus t have i mpr essed t he sen i or se l ec tors resent . Devon scor es f i rst ' bu t NA R i ngrow (Yeov i l t on) equa l i zed j ust be f or e t he break , and Ap Hubb l e ( H . M . S . Daeda l us nodded i n t he w i nne r i n a second ha l f dom i na t ed by t he young Navy s i de . R i cha rd Reed (H . M . S . Me r cury ) came on as subs t i tut e aga i ns t t he Devon sen i or s i de a t V i c t ory S t ad i um and i n j ec t ed some l i fe , and a goa l , i nto a poor Navy pe r f ormance . Devon won 3- 1 . POMPEY MATCH The Navy ' s annua l f i x ture aga i ns t Pompey was p l ayed on a f ros t y p i t ch wh i ch f avour ed t he sure - f oo t ed. J i mmy Mc l l wr a i t h and Cohn Ga r wood scor ed t o g i ve Pompey a 2- O w i n , bu t Tommy Johnson t es t ed the i r goa l keepe r on a coup l e o f occas i ons . The Navy you t h s i de t rave l t o R. A . F . Uxb r i dge f or t he i r I n t e r-Serv i ce games aga i ns t t he Ar my on Ma r ch 9 and t he hos t s on t he f o l l ow i ng day

Sa i l i ng courses A rac i ng course for sa i l ors o f i n t e rmed i a t e and advanced ab i l i t y wi l l be he l d f rom Apr i l 2-6 a t t he Jo i n t Se rv i ce Sa i l i ng Cen t r e , Horne t . Anyone i n t eres t ed shou l d con t ac t L i eu t . Pe t e r Fors t er , t he Day Boa t Tr a i n i ng O f f i ce r ' Por t smou t h Command (Dockya rd ex t ens i on 41737) . And f or sa i l ors o f lnter Command s t anda rd t he r e i s a t eam rac i ng cour -se a t Horne t f rom May 10-12. App l i can t s shou l d con t ac t t he Navy sa i l i ng coach on i n H. M . S . Ne l son (ext . 23959 Dock r .sd

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