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Navy

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200 FLY TO All] FAR EAST SHIPS Storm trial for new seasick pill Navy doctors are hoping that H.M.S. Broadsword and H.M.S. Scylla run into a spot of rough weather in the next few weeks. But there is nothing personal about it the two ships have been “volunteercd" for a controlled test on a new anti-seasickness pill.

The new drug, called Cinnarizine. is already widely used —

by yachtsmcn. Under the trade name Stugeron, available at high street chemists for some time.

So

ular is Cinnarizine that po Roya Navy ships already

it has been

some

use

i‘.

instead of the standard issue "Pusscr's

Pill.“

Hlyoscine.

The roadsword Scylla trial will roducc a scientific comparison tween Cinnarizjne and Hyoscine.

Volunteers in both ships will be issued with tablets in a controlled "double blind" trial usin both drugs.

The identity of the pi s will be a secret, known only to the intemational phannaeeutical company which makes them, and to an unidentified the Institute of Naval third, party atAlverstoke, which will Medicine. conduct the trial.

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October

in midSi n gayxorc fresh exercises rom

and successful visits to Australia.

New Zealand and islands such as Java. Bali and New Guinea. there waiting to carry out any

scrvicing

needed were members of Fleet Maintenance Units from

Portsmouth. Devonport. Cha-

tham and Rosyth.

Their flight to Sin 2: re. airmade in two R.A.F. craft and coming busy spell for the F.M.U.s, is licvcd to be their biggest sortie yet to any one place.

V81

duringxa

flag of Flag Officer Second Flotilla (Rear-Admiral P. M. Stanford) and H.M. ships Are-

thusa and Arrow.

Fleunlon

by

The group is accompanied R.F.A.s Olmcda, Lyness. Blac Rover. and Fort Grange.

Reunion in Singapore came after the Norfolk and the Arrow had visited Djakana and the Arethusa had been to Bali.

Com letin the picture were 00 wives and girl more i an

an

efficient. economical method

providing abroad. Their

of

maintenance

Singapore is being used to give as many members of ships' companies as possible a break and it will allow the ships to move on as a group.

Local ship ard help is also used time in

when

nee

ed.

Many men, both from ships and F.M.U.s. were savouring the delights of bustlin colourful Singapore for the first time. ,

large-scale inter-shi sports programme was with the Deployment Dustbin at stake.

Now the ships. with over 25.000 miles on the deployment ‘clock. are pointing homewards.

They were leaving Singa re in late October and early ovember and three were aying brief visits to Penang be ore Joining the rest of the Group for exercises in the Indian Ocean.

Then they will head home. via Ashore.

arranged),

a

address it

prince

exped. o

of service. degrees of nausea. length side effects and individual

Primary

sweltering

Antarctica

com-

A Joint Services

aim of this

questionnaire is to find out just how many people do suffer from sea sickness in the Navy.

The trial is expected to be completed early in the New Year. and will take place while the Broadsword and the Scylla are on nonnal operational duties.

The Institute of Naval Medicine will also be interested in information from a shi motion recorder installed in H.M. Broadsword by the Admiralty Marine Technology Establishment.

O The Medical Research Council has advertised for a scientist to study what goes on in the brain during scasickncss. "Hie successful applicant will spend three years on research. based at the Institute of Naval Medicine.

Sembawang.

ODoptoymertt cotour picture.

Page 40. See also Page 19.

reveal individual reactions to seasickness. It will take into account

other factors.

The linking-up here of six Royal Navy warships and 200 men flown out from Britain to service them illustrates the Navy’s current way of operating world-wide.

Without big overseas friends who had flown to Sin-' H..\-1. ships Achilles. Falbases. the Navy maintains mouth and Dido. all fri ates, gapore from the UK. on packthis capacity by taking ser- were the first ships to hea into age tours for holiday reunions, The system of flying out .thc .\'ava| Basin at vice to the ships. marine cnginccrin and weapon Four days later they were fo When vessels of the Group lowed by the missile destroyer electrical men, familiar with Eight Deployment arrived in H.M.S. Norfolk. wearing the ships' equipment. is regarded as

Christmas.

prehensive questionnaire designed to remedies,

Singapore

the Mediteminean. in time for

QUES'l'l0NNA[R!-I Volunteers will fill in

From John Tucker in

Expedition

to the Antarctic has been mlled off because the ice patrol ship H.M.S. Endurance cannot take the art’. left Portsmouth on October 24 for her six-month deployment to Antarctic waters. But her schedule makes it impractical for her to provide transpon and su port uth to the members of the Georgia 197930 Much of the ship 5 work will Picture: tA(Phot) Kenn Stave be concentrated in the Falkland islands. roughly 900 miles from the British island of South Georgia. She will not have time it 5: gloom and landing in the short Antarctic summer p. tlltabout nthowatereol'thoMod.asaknoto1' to land the expedition members. spectators on the fllght dock studies the aetlvttloe In provide back—up and re-embark the chip’: dock below. them.

Tge Endurance

Expedition.

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Intrepid busy in the Med

seeds of seamen’: skills

NAVY NEWS. NOVEMBER W79

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for the Welsh! commissioning

in A distinctl Welsh flavour marked the Portsmouth oft e Royal Navy's latest Type 42. H.M.S. Car tff.

The ceremony on October 19 was attended by a civic party from

cagaital,

lav

and the Welsh representatives o the Royal e l oi Wales and 29 Maritime Squa ron R.A.F. Guest oi honour was lady Gilmour wife of Sir Ian ilmour.

Seal. He was inister Lord of State or Defence when Lady Gilmour launched the ship in February. I974.

knvty

And Brecon .

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Marathon Before the eommissionin

destroyer

was

rejoined by

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the

of_

her sailors who had undertaken a marathon row from the Tyne to

1'idy’s view

This Bill 11d cartoon presented “to the lads o H.M.S. Ambuscade" to mark his visit to the ship reflects the frigate‘s five weeks of “Perlsher running” In the Clyde taking part in a submarine commandin officers’ qualifying course. oredress the balance, we are told, the Ambuaeade is new spending two months In the West indies as Beislze guardahlpl —

ship’

Cardiff. While the was still at Swan Hunters’ Heb urn yard they set out alon rivers and wishes from canals, g the eomman tng officer. Capt.

Barty Wilson. to the Lord Mayor of Cardiff.

Bonus of the in was sponsorship money raised y the team for Welsh charities.

The Cardiff's immediate Lieut. John Field displays the huge Fibreglass reinforced predecessor. a light cruiser, saw was service in both world wars. She plastics ieeii presented to H.M.S. recon was commissioned in 1917 and when a party of four officers soon found herself in action at the and four senior rates visited the Battle of Heligoland. A year later Fibreglass Relnforcements she had the distinction of leading the German High Seas Fleet into plant at Wrexhain.

The affiliation between the the Firth of Forth to sun-ender.

At the outbreak of the Second new glass-reinforced plastics mine countermeasures vessel World War she became a gunnery and Fibreglass Ltd. is claimed ship in the C1 dc Areas, to be the first between a ship being roken up in l and a commercial lzstion.

Forerunner of a ATO fleet of Hunt-class llcllvs, the Brecon. now on connectors‘ sea trials. has a reinformd plastics hull and her interior is thermall Prizes were presented b the and acoustically Insulated Commander-in-Chief aval Home Command. Sir Richard fibreglass materials.

The second of the class. the Cla on. to the top mcchanicians Ledbury. is due to be launched in equalifyingcourse at H.M.S. Sultan. on December 5.

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prizes

GANGES FOR AUCTION Ganges. the Royal Navy‘_s former trainin school at Shotley, near Ipswich. will be put up for auction next month. 3%!!! for three years. the 150-acre property will have a reserve price of The site of H.M.S.

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BEAUTY,

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Oh, 'allol

Luton Airport? Nah, it's the Beeb’s place in Brunt an’ In ease or didn't sues, l’m Lorre ne Chase yer know, from that telly ad on the uvver aide. l’ve canto to ‘eve a butchers at this er um See 'Arrter wot Lleut.-Cdr. Nigel Word ‘as last flown all the way from Yeoviltonand lonlted dehn ‘ere just like t at so six million can 'eve in inter at It on Pebble ml! at no.

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They also chatted up

Rear-Admiral Ted Anson, who's one of the t breee (Flag Officer Nave Air command, I think 'e'e called) and 'ad a bit of to music from a Flo at Me nee band. Cau quite an ‘ow’: yer father up ‘are, lean tell yer but It's nice though, —

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Picture: PO(Phot) Stuart Wood

BOIICI f0

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H.M.S. Bacchantc

returwaters last

Cdr. Bond is back on the Navy's

with “Moonraker." the most expensive and ambitious 007 film ever made. screens

But it is not, awording to producer Albert Broccoli. the most incredible (unless the word is used to describe the multi-million dollar cost). “The premise of 'Moonraker' is not sciencefiction. it is science fact." declared Broccoli.

No effort was spared to recreate technical authenticity when star R0 er Moore was shot into space to save t e world: a 5fX).(XX)-dollarspace centre set was built in France while across the Channel in Pinewood Studios a special effects team was working for a total of 39 weeks.

Target area Nevertheless. all the out-of-this

still based solidly on the success ul Bond formula, stirred but not shaken by all the adgetry. M. Q and the long-suf ering Miss Moneypenny defy retirement‘. the inevitable. beautifulheroine Lois Chiles) is backed up by a bevy of nd-hungry lovelies; and the hatchet-man Richard "Jaws" Keil making his second Bond film chops his way through the cast like a frenzied cost-accountant trying to cut the film's wages bill.

Emphasis is on action rather than words. though the story's target area world

spendin

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Sultry All MacGraw starts with Dean-Paul Martin in ‘Players’. a love story set against a

tennis

background.

is still that defined b author Ian He-

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Yet more howlers extracted from the comments made in filling in forms S2640, the annual reports on Fl.N. and WRNS ratings, received by Drafty. Visual interpretations by Smiles .

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greparation

After several years of the restructuring of the ngineerin Branch took a major step forwar on September 1 with the introduction of new ratin 5' titles and the transfer of over 2, ratings from the WE to the ME sub branch. in General Service all transferred ratings

VOIUTIICCTS. HOWCVCT. ll"lCi'C WCYC TTIOYC than enough volunteers to change from WE to ME. Re reseniations from ratings disappointed wit the original selection. and from others who subse uently changed their minds. have enabled furt er exchanges to be made.

WCTC

Small percentage The overall result is that only_a very small percenta c of General Service ratings have not eventual y got their choice. in future. Chan es will only be considered under the norma branch change procedure with the exception of those Submarine ratings who were com lied to transfer to ME a ainsi their choice. ese ratings can re-ap y for branch change in accordance with D l(RN) 1051'/9 if they return to General Service.

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The followin table of achieved times ashore shows the lengt of time in months that a man can expect to remain ashore at present (it chan es from time to time) having spent 27 mont s‘ sea service in his ship. Refit time after the first 18 weeks does not count towards sea service.

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Drafting organization implementation of the Engineering Branch development has also meant rc-organization within the Naval Draftin Division. A Marine Engineering (Electrical) rafting desk is being

established within the WE drafting section to prove the new rosters. and it is hoped that this phase will be completed by the end of this The WE drafting section will by that time have been re-organized into two draftin desks in line with the two major divisions oft e new WE Sub Branch. in due course, when the dust has settled. the drafting of ME transferees will be integrated within the ME drafting section. but for the moment. all transferee drafting equiries will be dealt with by the WE drafting section.

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produced a well-run mess with plenty of spld

is a small number of mainl Currently there sub branc in the

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it is too early to say what effect the redistribution of sea billets due to the restructuring will have on sea shore ratios as everyone is not cross-cmployable in their new rate. The situation is further clouded by ships being paid off into the Standby Squadron. thereby reducing the sea re uirement. The overall effect however 5 ould be an improvement in sea I shore ratios.

And here's another change of

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year.

fime ashore

potential

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"wrong" ratings it is not intended to correct this early drafting action. Such men can

illcts. but

by

taking‘

expect I normal ERD. Consequently. it will be two

to

three

their correct sub branch ratings. but this minor _

inconvenience interests of drafting concerned.

stability

for the

men

Coventry

ends

for the

rising

sun

Ocean.

Coventry's Pan IV prothe tuning and setgramme ting to work of sensors an was completed in weapons mid-August. by which time she had undergone safety o rational training at Portlan and had been involved in 400 deck landings of a Lynx helicopter in The

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Lynx first of class trials.

Fourth 42 In February she visited Birkenhead where she was built. and in April received the Freedom of the City of Coventry.

She called on Brixham. Devon in July and made her first foreign visit in August to La Pallisc.

France. She was in Norwegian waters for ordnance ranging in September followed by a brief —

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Since she commissioned a year ago, H.M.S. Coventry has been involved in a hectic whirl of trials. work-up and visits. mainly in home waters. But next year she will head for new horizons In the spring she will join a -group de loyment to Japan, via ibraltar, the Mediterranean. Suez. the Arabian Gulf and the Indian

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visit to Scapa Flow for similar trials.

H.M.S. Coventry. under the command of Ca t. Christopher Bume. was the ourth Type 42 to commission. followed by

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NAVY NEWS.

Azores: OIIR hosts in '43

I read with interest the feature “Portu ucsc Play Mine Hosts" ( eptember).

There is. however. one point which requires clarification.

It was reported that the An ra

fishermen had not seen t e White Ensign for 82 cars. but if this is so the coul not have been lookin was on the staff of Rear-A miral Holt. SBNO Azores. in the force which landed at Angra from the Franconia on October 6, I 3.

‘Hie escort included the carrier Fcncer which certainly flew the White Ensign. as did other ships of the escort. The Fencer lay off Angra for about two weeks. so the fishermen had the opportunity to see the ensi n. moved The Naval H.Q. to an airfield where we wen: under canvas. A suitable tree was felled. trimmed and made into a mast from which we flew the White Ensign in the middle H. Wilof the naval cam .

troogihip

fitter

liams. (ex-CPOW l R). Cotting—

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ham. N. Humberside.

Signalman Regarding the report that not seen the Angra. Azores.had White Ensign for 82 years. I served in the Azores in 19-33-45.

With a special party. and as I was a leading si nalman. beside Rear-A miral Holt when he went ashore to negotiate at landing.

I served with him in the fort at Angra. and under the White Ensign. for six months in 1943. until sent up into the hills to G. S. build a radio station.

S. Wllyntan (Ex-Signals). Victory Barracks. Chalfont St Giles.

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It is strange that so many seem

compelled

denigrate

to

our

famous peo le. The recently published ook “Scott and Amundsen" by Roland Humford allc es that Capt. Scott. the leader 0 the l9ll-I2 Antarctic Expedition, was, to say the least,

incompetent.

Whett I first joined the Royal Navy well over 50 years ago. there were still plenty of men around who had known and served with Capt. Scott. The

of them was "Evans of the Broke" Rear-Admiral E. R. G. Evans.

I never once heard a disparaging remark about Capt.

Scott. All the men who went on his expedition were volunteers and those who couldn't go were most

notable

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broken-hearted.

Great hero Jack Tar has always been a very discernin character; it Scott had not cen a 100 per cent. leader in the eyes of the men he would never have had so many clamouring to follow him.

As a lieutenant. RearAdmiral Evans was secontl in command of the expedition. l was with him when he was Commodore of Chatham Barracks and he would get parties of men together (to say nothin of civilians during Navy and lecture them on the ex edition. He did not talk .1 out himself, but about the noble qualities. humanity anti outstanding character of Scott.

Any man who could command such lo ally and respect must worth have to be acclaimed as one o Britain's G. F. Seygreatest heroes. mour, Waltham Abbey. Essex.

Weeks

been

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Joining the El Zubian

The editorial comment (July issue) to the "Zubian" letter of Cdr. Woodhouse is in itself correct. but the commander's statement that the builders joined the ships seems to indicate that a shipbuilding firm did the job. It was actually done by the "owners" (the Admiralty) at H.M. Dockyard. Chatham.

The procedure was similar to that used in all the Navy yards in the large alterations to the T-class submarines, except that the latter had an extra mtdshi s section inserted to make t e boats longer.

H. C. Felton —

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And becauseof it, your financial problems are, probably,a bit out of the Ordinary, too.

You could find yourself

away from home for very long periods at very short notice. And when you are away you'll have slightly

PE'|'EREl GOES TO COLLEGE Sandpiper at Dartmouth to form the Britannia Royal Naval College's Navigational Training Squadron. A rededication service to mark the squadron‘s inauguration was held at Sandquay.

H..\-l.S. Peterel has

joined

H.M.S.

Before the service. both ships‘ com anies were inspected by the San piper's sponsor, Mrs. P, .\‘larrack. and later a cake was cut by the wives of the ships‘ commanding officers and the two yourlgest ratings. il..\’l.S. Pelerel arrived at Dartmouth after a four-month refit aml conversion at Rosylh. She has undergone L'XlL‘f'I\l\'C tllL'\~(lL‘L‘li eun\'t:t\iml\ and acquired an enclosed

APPOINTMENTS

Promotions to Three romotions to flag rank in anuary hm-C bu-n announced‘ '

Capt. D. C. Jenkin. commanding _officer of H.M.S. Hermcs, is to be promoted rear-admiral on January 7 and to Ca

I.

D. W. Brown.

com-

flag rank

Capt. J. S. Grove. commanding officer of l*l,M.S. Fi_sg.1rd.isto be promoted rear-admiral from January and to be Chief Staff Officer

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NAVY NEWS. NOVEMBER 1979

Apprentice to chief in iust eight years Itcantakeasiittleas eight years from the start of dhaiithelleutenantsinthelvt N t—

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Titty apprenticeship to CPO's

'11-“heese er?just two of the points made lnorytglaudivg-S’E.lr:gincerlnlzBranchareex-artiflcers. need for Tifiies and which has

with the Navy currently contending with a Tilly shor—-and a recruiting year of nearly 600 new-style campaign to recruit more volunteers to train as apprentices into artliicers (and to recruit trained artillcers ii posible) is aimed at adult audiences consisting oi those who advbe youth. Potential applicants will also be welcome at the presentations.

Raymond Baxter has recorded part oi the commentary, and serving presonnel give the other part. Seven hundred transparencies are used during the 40-minute presentation which tells oi the challenge oi change laced by the Tliiis as the next decade sees thefruition oi 21) years’ work to produce a Fleet to take the Navy into the 21st Century.

Most of them join as artiiicer apprentices, and the naval training to 'i‘.E.C. Diploma level is recognized by all of industry

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Engineering tutes. addition, they are taught naval specialized equipment and managerial 0

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skills to ill them for middle

management.

SANDWICH COURSE Outlined in the presentation is their trairling programme. which starts with a common basic year in H.M.S.

now

embarked on

a

tour of about 60 towns and cities.

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NEWS, NOVEMBER 1979

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Officers and men of 41 Commando Royal Marines are due back from Cypms this month after six months of peace-keeping duties for the United Nations. Duri that time they have their traditional green berets or the light blue of the

sjwfipForce. ed

Oneoftheirtaskshasbeentoride

"shotgun"

for local iarmers tending their crops in the fertile buffer zone, a strip of land that runs between Greek and Tu.rkish cease-lire lines.

50 successful has this o ration been. that many of the Royal nes now know more than a little about growing oranges, lemons. potatoes and green beans!

But life for the Royals has not been one long idyll in the orange groves.

Their peace-keepi task is one of the most difficult pol cing jobs in the world.

DUAL ROLE

May. 41 Commando has been fulfilling a dual role as British Battalion assi ned to the U.N. Force in Cyprus ( 'l\'FiCYP) and Reserve Battalion for the Eastern Sovereign Base Area at Dhekella.

The U..\i. element. 342 Royal Marines under Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Seccombe. commanding officer of -ti Commando. has been based at St David's Camp. four miles from .\licosia‘s international airport. Their responsibility has been the narrow strip of land l5 miles from north coast to south serving as the United Since

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Nations buiier

zone.

BUFFER ZONE The buifer wne ranges from open. arid grazing land to some of the most

fertile and prosperous citrus iarming land on the island.

Observation posts are situated alo the entire length oi this corridor peace. and it is patrolled daily.

The Dhekelia element. 297 Royal Marines under the command of Lieut.-Colonel Malcolm Cavan, has been responsible tor guarding the Aylos Nikolaos communications facility. manni the observation posts and monito movements to and from the y Turkish-controlled northern part of the island. These Marines retained their green berets.

Above Pictured with one of his elderly Greek charges in Kyrenla is out.

Alex [tanning R.N.. 41 Commando‘: Instructor officer. In his U.N. "hat" he was responsible lor aid in the sector.

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TEN WRENS Attached to 41 Commando are I2 Royal Navy personnel and a detachment oi ten Wre. Lleut. Alex Manning R.N.. 41 Commando's instructor and education officer. iound himseli with the interesting job oi ration (Economic) Officer for the .N. element.

Respomible for U.N. aid in the whole sector. Lieut. Manning was involved in welfare visits to Greeks in the Turkish north and to Turkish Cypriot: in the Greekcontroiled south.

Wren Julie Tooke was one oi four Wrens serving at St David's Cam As the education officer‘: assistant visited Royal Marines in the observation posts along the patrol track.

Such was her enthusiasmthat she soon had the Marines enrolling ior correspondence courses ranging from Russian to commercial art. .

FIRST MEDALS The Wrens were the first Servicewomen to serve with the .N. in Cyprus, and the first British Servicewomen to receive U.N. Cyprus

medals.

Officers and men of 41 Commando and the R.N. contingent were with the United Nations at a ceremony on mber 10. The Band of the R0 Commando Forces play do the irnpreslve sunset e. and cut.

Manning and Wren Christine iiackett were among the six chosen as representatives to receive the medal from Brigadier General J. A. Cotter.

Canadian Army. second in command of the U.N. Force in Cyprus.

rgellnted

amm

Lott HNE Stove Pickett and Lwron Julio Tooka load and Cross rations at the Red cross headquarters.

Nicosia. The were later G to Cypriots In Kyrr —

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Byagraves

Max and "hands" In action in HM asals nce from several hands. led by LS Jan Farrnlloe. during his song "You Need

Max stirs it up in intrepid .

[ntrepld’s Christmas pud a real treat. Max Bygraves visited the B.R.N.C. Dartmouth training ship at Gibraltar to tip in a gallon or two of the locally available “Power's Rum." H.M.S. should be

There was no she of volunteers to give Max a hand with the stirring of the pad, which has had to be closely guarded to preserve it for Christmas.

The intrepid visited Gibraltar on a training cruise of the Mediterranean with midshlpmen from Dartmouth embarked.

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to Portsmouth _

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There's fun

NAVY NEWS. NOVEMBER

1979

Mike springs trap on

TI-IE

gun-runner

P0 Mike Henon iotind himself in the middle oi a Kojak-style drama the night he was approached by a would-be gunman in a hotel bar in Jacksonville.Florida.

Unlike the television Supercop, however. Mike's "e isode" was real.

I ow serving at R.N. air station Yeovilton, Mike's dramatic moment took place in August when he visited Florida with 8i-1 Squadron. He and other members oi the squadron were accommodated ashore in a Jacksonvillehotel.

One nigh t in the bar he was approached by an American who asked him to get hold oi an automatic weapon. The man oliered to pay handsomely and said he would return the following night.

Fearless

immediately contacted the local police and agreed to take part in a trap to capture the gunrunner.

The iollowin night the man a peared, and Mike told him i ere was a weapon in the boot oi his hired car behind the hotel. The man parked nearby and. as arranged with the police. Mike Mike

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salvage saga

handed over the weapon and received a hundred dollar bill.

As he did so. the trap was sprung. The ielon lumped into his car. when he ‘'85 P|'0mP|lJ‘ arrested at gunpoint.

For his bravery and co-operation. Mike has ust received a letter oi commendation from the C lei oi Police. Orange Park. Florida.

Members of the \hlp'\ companv of H.M.S. Fearless who salvo ed the Greek frci hlcr At em: in November 976 may be wondering whtit happcncd to their salva e rnoncv. that it: Shi"s We (lit: told Agent is kcc ing up I c pressure. Two actors turning it into an unusually long saga an: (it) the subsequent stranding of the Athcne at Brindisi while under tow to Tricsic. and (h) the fact ill-'Iltl1t!I't' are about 250 dilicrcnt cargo owners involved.

Flying

Corsair g

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H.M.S. Anrow claims to be the first ship to use the new Engineering Branch titles. On September I. the day the titles came into force, the Arrow was at Tarawa in the Gilbert islands 11 hours ahead it!

Greenwich Mean Time. The ship’: Weapon En neering Start. the m in the airy (.’). have asked Navy News to record thls fact !or posterity.

Powren WTR(G) Carole Kirk came second in the annual NATO trottln Lett

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In the A nano lp romo. Naples. was theflrst year the race had been 0 ned to women. Carole. w o is serving in the Allied Naval Forces Southern Euro H.O. in Na lea. had fat ass preparat on time than the other contestants. but was only beaten by an Italian who has won the race three times in a row. race

P|CiI.Il’BI CPO(Plt0ll Les Watt.

HIGH-LEVELTRAINING AT LOW-LEVEL COST.

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Mr. P. Stevens where are you? if you still have the Arbuthnot Civil Service Trophy. the Motoring As.~'oci:ilion would like it back.

The aiion.-mentioned Mr. Stevens won the trophy at the C.S.M.A.'s I976 Services motorcycle triril for the best pcrformtincc b‘ at naval olficcr. Mr. C. . Bcvcnish.

Assistant Sccrcltiry.

C.S.M.A.. Britannia House.

Queens Road. Bri hton BN1 3WY (Brighton 2i92i) is trying to trace the trophy.

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Lieul. Scott Lidbetter is pictured in a Corsair A7 [at aircraft at Attack Squadron 174's Cecil Field base in Jacksonville.Florida. With him is instructor Pilot John Leenhouts. a member of the American squadron. Lieut. Lidbetter. whose last-ship was H.M.S. Ark Flo al, is the first Royal Navy pilot to fly the Corsair. He will be attac ed to the squadron for two years as a weapons instructor. returning at the end of his exchange duties to fly the Sea Harrier.

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Ni: have heard no official reaction to the news that U.S. Navy doctors have issued an "alert" on the dangers of ionic

u er '

O

I

water to

their pilots.

There is. apparently. cvidcncc that the qtilnlitt.‘ in tonic Wtllcr can upset e uilibrium and roducc nig t blindness. lurrcd vision and abnormal colour vision. U.S. Army ilots have been told not to y lot 24 hours after drinking a tonic beverage.

Unolficial Fleet Air Arm reaction is likcly to remain disat least tinctly scc tical until R.A. boiiiris have had a chance to repeal the Ameri-

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experiments.

A naval signal uullinin thc U.S. Arm‘ alert attracted the ootnotc: "Take your gin can

quicily

Royal Navy Flying Scholarship ollers young, men the highest standards ol'tr.iining, by civili.in ilying A

club instructors.

You'll be trained in light Jll'Cl’.ill likcthc l’ipcr.1ndthc Cessna 150 and after only 9 hours you'll be flyingsolo.

The course lasts about 4 weeks .ind lilLlULlL'S .i tot.t|ot‘3(ll1oursflying.

Only nominal clmrgcs are made for .lL'L()i1lll10tl.ill()l‘l. _

the Sea Cadet Corps..ipproved Sen Venture Scout Units. or pupils oi‘ certain i1.lUll(.ll colleges and n.tutic.il schools.

The Royal N.iv_v Special Flying Award is for young men. between lb and 23,.1t any school or university.

Ot‘coursc._vou'rc under no

oblig.ition to loin the Royal N.ivy.hut ilyou would like more inlorni.ition

write to this address.

Rtiydl N.iv.i| FlyingScliolarslnp Oiiiccr. The Department ot'N.iv.il

Ro_v.il Navy Flying Scliolarships Rccruiting.O|d Admimlty Building. are open to young, men in the C.C.F. Spring Gardens. White-h.ill. London (R.l\'..1nd Army Sections only), 9\'UlA 2Bl3..

ROYAL NAVYFLYING SCHOLARSHIPS

ncnt!"

And finally

(Able Dog) Rupert has been made a three-badger by Capt.

Geoffrey Dalton. Captain of H.M.S. Dryad. He has also been given pemiission to re-e a for nsion. Capt. Dalton IS pictured conduct badge after hearing Rupert avourable reports of Ru rt's general behaviour and attitude to service life front divislo oifiber. Lleut. Fred Wait.

Rupert ioined the Navy as a JD Junior Dog) and has spent his entire career at Fraser Gunnery ange. pan of the School at Maritime Operations. H.M.S. Dryad.

AD

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his thlrclgood

presenting

Service documents record that Rupert's tavourite oft-duty activities are sleeping and eating. For the rest oi the time he is to be lound on pemianent watch. assisting the quartermaster at Fraser's main gate.

On ceremonial occasions AD Rupert makes a fine figure in his number ones. escorted by LS Michael Duffy and other friends. includin Mrs. Mary Osbome. one of raser's civilian staff. who usually has a piece of nutty ready for In spite of advancing years and expanding waistline. Rupert never shlrks his duty. is always first on the scene tor fire exercises. and gives valuable ser.

vice in discouraging unauthorised visitors.

Overhead

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rain-soaked parade ground somewhere in the south oi England: “Can't you do something about this weather.

Father B. .?" Answer: “Sony. I'm with sales. not on

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management!"

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cdr. Ian Brooks (left) is the first Special Duties List ottlcer to become a Secretary to a Vice-Admiral. He was also the first S.D. officer to serve as Secratflry to 8 Rear-Adrnlral. Odr. Brooke takes up his new duties as secrete to Flag Officer Scotlan and Northern lreland in December. He is currentl Secretary to Rear-A mlral Kenneth Willis, Chief of Staff to the Commander In Chief Naval Home Command.

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--Big band success

ontour The R0 :11 Marines Band of the Flag fficcr Third Flotilla drew the crowds durin a tour of the Eastern United tates.

They left H.M.S. Hermes at Florida, for two we I-attended concerts in Atlanta, Gcor ia, followed by rehearsals at ztmpton, Virgifor a joint connia, to ccrt wit t e U.S. Continental Army Band.

PUBLIC CONCERT Next stop was Philadel hia to for of the First rigatc quadron uring their visit, and to fill public concert engagements. A lar c audience at the lnde en cnce hall included the ritish ConsulGeneral and local dignitaries.

After sightseeing. and Beating Retreat at Penn's Landing. the band returned to Hampton for a marchin display and the highlight a the tour— the joint concert before an audience of 3.000. Conducting was shared fivc ople. including the F0 Ban master. W02 R. D. Baker. and BSGT F. W. Bennett.

Mayport.

Watching the roast during an on-board barbecue are H.M.S. Hecate's cooks. CK Joe Inard. Lclta Jock Hannlng and Jan Skinner, and CK Steve Saul.

Hecate in the dark!

A survey task in the North Atlantic took H.M.S. Hecate into the clouds around the ocean came twice When the ship left Bristol for St John's. Newfoundland. she duri August when the ship visit St John's. Exped. teams was engulfed by log for seven were landed with the ob ect of days. And when she started her seeing as much of Ne oundwork in late Jul the surve land as possible. travelling up ost y conditions cont nued to 500 miles. or the best part of a month More on-board events, varied on two occasions by a including a villa e fete and touch of ice. barbecue, were he d before the in Gibraltar on During the long periods at Hecate arrived September 14 for an assisted sea several on-board entertainments were organized. maintenance period.

The ship continues her surincluding an Ascot Day and an “It's a Knockout" competi- vey work until tnld-December. when she is due to return to lion.

Devonport for leave.

Breaks from feeling her way .

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refiare

tsalay ships

A Soviet Krlvak-class ulded missile destroyer sees close to H.H.S. Homes in the Norwegian TO exerelea Ocean Sa ri early leat month. A algnlflcant Increase in Sea during the big intelligence gathering by Soviet ships and aircraft compared with last year was reported.

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P.¢i.lre: LA(Pi'idl Danny du Feu.

IC HERMES

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I-l.M.S. Hermes sailed in Portsmouth Harbour on October 10 after fourand-a-half months of in-

activity

in foreign A few da 5 later she sailed a ain or Sea Harrier tria s, and was due to return to Portsmouth on November 9 to catch up with summer and Christmas leave.

tense waters.

her time abroad. the Hermes took pan in five exercises and two Fleet trials. She also enjo ‘ed three-and-a-half weeks in a rt. Florida. and visited Norfol Virginia.

EXERCISES The Hermes sailed from Norfolk with Rear-Admiral P. G. M. Herbert. Flag Officer Third Flotilla. embarked in his NATO a pointment of Commander nti-Submarine Warfare Group Two. On passage to Oban. the Hermes exercised with U.S. and Canadian units as a work-up to the NATO exercise

During

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Entrants in the H.M.S. Hecate beard-growln com tltlon.

Ken Sou hem. ld Silk.

From left to right are ABa Jock POME Taft Price. Winner was LMA Jim Forbes and Southern.

Kanfi Itxige

Ocean Safari in the North Atlantic and Norwe ian Sea. During Ocean afari. the Hennes headed an ASW task group, and her Sea King helicopters of 814 and 824 Naval Air S uadrons and two Wessex V of 6 Squadron were in the air almost continuously. The Hermes may well have set a record for continuous hours at

the during 24-day period between caving

Lieut.-Cdr. Keith l-lindle, 814's

flying stations

Norfolk and arriving at Bergen.

From Bergen she sailed for Portsmouth, to be met at Spilhcad by 1.500 wives, children and friends for passage into the harbour.

Rear-Admiral Herbert 81-! S uadron with the clvin Hughes ECl‘ACtrophy.

rzresented

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commanding officer. received the trophy.

0 As reported in last month's Navy News. H.M.S. Hermes has been affected by a rcshuffled dockyard programme. Hundreds due to leave her on her return to Portsmouth will now be sailing on with her in the New Year.

of

men

WE, THE LIMBLESS LOOK TO YOU FOR HELP

We

come from

both world wars. We

come

from Kenya. Malaya. Aden. O/prus and from Ulster. From keeping the peace no less than from war we Iimbless look to you for help. .

‘New’

PO(Phot) Len Cobbett.

Londonderry

ready for trials role New-look H.M.S. Londonderry rccommissioned at Portsmouth on October 11. She has

The outline

,of the

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launched a_s

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And you can help. by helping our Association. BLESMA (the British Limbless Ex—Servioe Men's Association) looks after the limbless from all the Services. it helps. with advice and encouragement. to overcome the shock of losing arms. or legs or an eye. It tsees that red-tape does not stand in the way of the right entitlement to pension. And. for the severely handicapped and the elderly. it provides Residential Homes where they can live

H.M.S. Londonderry emerges from a tour-year refit In Portsmouth Harbour. She now has three masts, a distinction she shares with H.M.s. Victory and H.M.Y. Britannia.

PICTUNZ

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in peace and

a

dignity.

Donations and lntonialion: Major The Earl of Ancestor, KCVO. TD.

Midland Bank United.

60 Vlesl Stnlthfleltl.London. Etta 9|)!

British limitless Ex-Service Men's Association ‘GIVE TO THOSE WHO GAVE PLEASE’ —

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Prince

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an officer is also a prince. how should he be addressed? is now that Prince Andrew has ioined the Britannia Dartmouth. as a on a short career commission

When

given. flying duties.

It is the intention

'

midshipman (says the

statement) that the Prince's

naval career should be as normal as possible. He will be ca ing out the duties of serving in a any similar ntment.

During naval career he will be styled simply by his rank

followed by "The Prince

.

Official guidance Royal Naval

College.

(Supplementary List)

or

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OUCH BUT-.I7"S ALL IN A GOOD CAUSE. .

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Ooooh. it hurts! But those biis-

ters are all in s ood cause. Wren Heidi Skoiudek. euL J. Band and AB(MW) Smith stop for running lrs during a 45—mlie trek to re rase money tor the Clint Mayo Tmst. Lleut. Band. commanding officer of H.M.S. Soberton, all his

ship‘s

NIL"-D. iVL}VClVIDI:K 17/‘!

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HM gen

and two Wrens from broke walked from chatham to Hastings to raise money for young Clint. who was born with such severe hysical several handicaps that he will co

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"bionic" limbs as he grows. At 112.000 each. his limbs are expec-

.

ted to cost about £20,000.

The Soberton's walkers all completed the course, as did Wrens Skoludek and I ngrid Foster. who went along to give the men

much support.

some

appreciated moral

P-erure Wren ingnd Foster

Timothy's

treat

sponsored three-legged race around 21 bars does ‘not mean the will end up ess. as was prove b 13 teams from .M.S. Rooks who too’ part in this form of handicappcd pub-crawl around Gibraltar. In raised ne_ariy £900 to buy a fact. they for the blind. guide dog A

participants '

necessari l y ltlt-F

Each member had to drink a half pint of beer in every pub visited. but the risk of hangovers was lessened by having to eat a packet of crisps in t:ver_v bar.

hope now is to raise the balance of £1.-800 to buy the dog by holdin a charity disco and other events. When this is ac ieved. a Gibraltar travel finn have a reed to fly the blind person to the UK. to collect 1 e dog.

The

'7 D 23 were "on the ball" Ratings from H..\t.S. when a local golf club decided to help the Beaumont House Chest Clinic. The ratings dived in a pond on the eighth fairway of Elfordlcigh (Joli

Same

Course.

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Magic tor little Timoth Batitins of Plymouth. ictured here with LAC N Spear. was the day e was invited to visit H.M.S. Berwick's helicopter at Coypool. Plymouth. and then driven to the dock ard to see over the ship and given tea in the ardroom.

Timothy (6) was in the Floyal Navy Hospital's Plastic Surgery Ward at Stonehouse. undergoing surgery during Devonport Navy Days. He was so disappointed at missing Navy De that his father wrote to the R0 at Navy an his special —

treat

was

promptly la d

on.

at

Piympton.

golf balls.

near

CPO

the top at iandafl Cathedral to do over

some

Spackman and Stephen

Herrod.

P-crure Western Mail and Echo. Cerdiil

NOBODY BUT NAAFI COULD GIVE YOU TERMS LIKE THESE

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For her ship's company’s efforts in raising money for the Avon branch of the British Red Cross Society. H..\‘l.S. Beagle has received it certificate of commendation from the President of the British Red Cross Society.

The crew's efforts included an 80 mile run and a tug of war against the local police force.

El

Thanks to the Safety section of R.. air station Culdrose a dream has come true for

Etuiipmenl .

seven-year-old Tracey

Cock, of Cambornc.

a

victim of muscular dystrophy. To enable Tracev to get to the shops and the beach. PO James Daly has built her a papoosc. similar to one used for babies.

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Naafi provides a service ertclusivcly for the Forces. That is why you're bound to be better off buying through Naali whether it be a

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And Naafi can offer you so much more an lit’ deposit--tat-int: service. an easy payment plan for car insurance premiums, used car all specially geared to purchase facilities ensure a better deal for Service people. .-hi: Naafi about it to—day. You can't do better!

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pretty

-)6 Premature repatriation scheme

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What

rambles. weeds.

Llendait called in the experts of the R.N.Fi. Ftetin from H.M.S. Csmbria. I

by CPO Attenborough. uickl weeded the wet e wh le practising abselilng skills.

The cathedral now has a clean face and the Dean a hspp smile. thanks to abse lers seamen Mike Proctor, Mike Davies. Alan

MEMNU’) Scott. MEM(M)s McClimmonds.

Lamacraft. Frances. Oliver and Cairns. LMEM(M)

E

cleaning! The

business. until the Dean of

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small shrubs and trees from the hi h walls of the rsl could have been a cat tricky and expensive

Plymouth. recovered

AB Beecham.

D 3

sprinof

remove

sold them back to club members. and raised £80 towards the cost of an electronic bronchial dia nosis machine for the clinic. The drivers were EA(P) Gaskin. CMEM(M) Webb.

Jaspar and

Roy Attenborough

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rtawsvti: Should ships put up a

smokescreen?

News of marked and in some cases dramatic falls in the demand from sailors for Blue Liner cigarettes and pipe tobacco over the past few years ma cause little surprise to many in view of t e continuing health warning campaign.

Just as we were reporting these falls in our last edition, a chief serving at sea wrote giving vent to strongly-held feelings on having to live in a mess where the smoky atmosphere troubles him sorel as well as impregnating and bed ing with tobacco smells. clothing And this. he sa 5. despite the fact that more than half his do not smoke.

Behind his clean-air call the chief's views on this and other matters appear in Page 6 lies a hazy problem area. In civilian life smoking is now banned in many places and meetin s indeed having to pop out for a quick rag has become routine for some.

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Public and

private

With a naval mess there is the problem that. in the sense of being shared, it is public. yet it is also “home". sometimes for months at a time, for both smoking and non-smoking sailors living in a confined space. And home is where you do as you lease. isn't it?

So can it be possible or those who enjoy relaxing with a cigarette or pipe to exist amicably in close proximity to the ardent abstainers? With messes varying between ships. and the layout of sleeping and living spaces differing. the problem is no doubt more acutely felt in some ships than others.

Perha s some sensible compromises can (and have een?) worked out.

But there appears no easy solution and sadly the adage about not pleasing all of the people all of the time looks applicable.

Perhaps the real answer lies in the news item about the decline of Blue Liners and tobacco. If the demand for pro rietary brands also shows and maintains trend. the problem could dwindle into insignificance and might even eventually vanish into thin air.

"What's got up the

noses

of the non-smokers, I wonder?"

Banishing welfare old pack bogey that

groups. This has developed into several “good nei hbour" self-help projects which are a very use tit and important part of the scheme.

Also at the main or: areas. and within some of the larger estabishments. the Naval Community Organization is there to provide social and other resources such as pla roups. clinics. leisure activities. All of these a need for most of otir young families and the not-

Those concerned with the development and rogress of the Naval Personal and Service (NPFS) report that. despite the fact that it has been in operation for nearly three years, very few naval people seem to know much about it.

Family

Perhaps

in

this is no bad thin The task of a support service is to hand e the requirement with minimum fuss and publicity.

On the other hand, it would be a great pity if the average man or woman continues to be unaware of the changes that have taken place in this field and the expanded service that is available to all members of the naval lamliy.

Most are aware that when there is crisis or severe trouble at home. the Navy has an administrative system second to none in its ability to reunite the family.

However, the majorit_v of a naval family's requirements are not ones of crisis. the kind of situation reflected in the welfare image of the past. The greatest change I at has taken place durin the past few years is the expansion of the old amily Welfare Organisation to cater for it variety of possible needs within our lliI\’itl community and. indeed. for families wherever a sense

,

prick

they are. this IS based on the premise that whereas the Navy requires people to help lltt.'msel_vt:s' and —

business to run an extension of the Welfare State nevertheless it is :tw.'tre th.it families require some help. advice and attention is not in

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from time

to

periods when

movin

time. particularly in difficult

the

husband is

away

into it new environment,

or

they are

itionally. it is now recognized that many aspects of hel or support may be personal and Ad

private. and i there is no need for naval action or involvi:mi.‘nt, assistance can and should be

given

on a

confidential basis.

‘Good

neighbours’

From this has evolved the l-‘ainily Service Organization. with teams of naval social workers operating closelv with Wrens specifically trained for the task. They have been working in :i preventive role within the naval community at the various port areas. with the backing of ex erienced £1Lll'llllll.\ll'illl\‘t.‘ staff at the tnairi of ices (Nelson. Drake. Cochrane. Pembroke and .\'eptunc).

Apart from a professional obligation to work with colleagues in other agencies such as the Social Services. hospitals. health visitors and Probation Service on behalf of naval people.

they also act as a catalyst with voluntary wives‘

swear ear. usic

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The humour some find in seasickness is never shared by the sufferer. The Royal Navy, as we report in Page One, certainly takes the problem seriously enough to be trying hard to_ reduce the misery.

Those volunteers who swallow the bitter pill could make travel a far more pleasant ex rience for millions and increase the ef iciency of our Fleet into the bargain.

That most famous of all sufferers, Nelson, would have approved.

'oung!

.:iilors and Families Advice Bureau): have been -established for it long time now and provide valuable information on a range of nrtval and civilian matters. The "SAFABS." as they are called. help all members of the family to sort out :ind understand the mass of documentation and levislatioii which tends to cloud our lives these avs.

The i\':iv;il Housin Oigllllllitlltln is trying to the varied of well ovi:r half of naval satisfy families. This is almost an impossible task with it small staff when one considers the different needs. but progress is being made with plans which are being battled through the system.

The NHO believes that these plans will help to provide a sound domestic basis for the sailor at sea.

And. of_ course. the current Married Quarters Organi7:ition COI1llnllL'\ to provide its wellestiiblisited service.

nccss '

No intrusion Fundamentallv. this expanded task is geared to the concept of giving naval families what they

personal service. available to ever ‘one. but not intruding upon irivaey. it is avai able to men. women and Cllll(ll't:fl. officers and ratings. married and single peo le, and is based on a principle of iving a confi ential and deserve

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effective service w ich encompiisses all re uirements without a "welfare" tag. e workers throughout the service operate without use of rank or rate; some are civilians and some are Service personnel. but all operate in plain clothes and with a responsibilityto both the families and the .\':ivy.

They are establishing it formula which gives the man at sea the ltitotvledge that for his family at home there is available the best service and help which it is possible to get until he returns ashore.

And for those who might have lingering fears, they should accept that the only matters which are recorded are those which require naval administraitive action.

Private matters remain strictly private

this

Sick

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Miss United Kingdom. Carolyn seaward, struck a note of delight amon these no I Marines mualetana when nadt horattheopenlngo anew in Chatham. The men are at the oyal Marines School of Music.

atoyr:

honnrtlie praifl

personal.

Perhaps the old bogey of the welfare pack will soon begin to disappear. it is hoped that this developing Service will continue to be seen not as an artificial prop to the inadequate. but useful to the number of independent and stable people who know that help and advice at the ri ht time enables them to remain independent an stable.

1 E A ussit PYTHON sOW. W".

Snakes alive!

Sailors trom H.M.S. Dldo reall got to rips with Lorie P ne Koala sortie of the local inhabitants when they visit Sanctua near Brisbane, Australia. Besides koala bears. LWEMs gxatjx Deemon Wilson and Emyr Williams found other cuddly ,-. examples of native wi dlife, including this Australian python. and many other : 0 Below: They're a long way from home placed, too, as this signpost in Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary reminded sailors from H.M.S. Norfolk. They are (from left) LMEMs .

Burke and Snipe and MEAApp. Stevens.

0 The Koala Sanctuary visit offered welcome relief from a hectic schedule for sailors tekln part in the Group Eight Deployment to Australia. New~Zealan and the Far East. The other vessels in the group are H.M. ships Falmouth, Achilles, Arethusa and .

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Links with old ships Dunn their visits Down

Under.

.M.shipsNorfolk

and Arrow discovered links with their Second World War predecessors.

Among the visitors to the Norfolk in Sydney was Mr.

Ronald Piper. an aviatorin the old cruiser Norfolk. which saw action against the Bismarck and Schamhorst.

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seamanshlp»l_eraIlve¢ajn'_d

well and

ABOVE: Splicing wire at the Flo al Navy Seamanship choolat Portsmouth. .here AB(SEA) Bean is bein instructedinthe skill yCPO(SEA) Bill Vince. .

RIGHT: A class oi boatswain's yeomen get the knowledge oi sailmaking all sewn up instructed by one oi the tour remaining sailmakers in the Service. CPO(SEA) Martin Fletcher.

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IIISIIIP WAS flfllli?

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A maze of e uipment in the school's inner s ip where ratings learn many of the intricacies of

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and maintain natural and man-made oordage and wire ropes; to maintain and rig HAS and tow gear; and to work In canvas and PVC by hand and machine.

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chan a is this picture om HM. Broadsword taken at the changeover stage and reprasentln the badges old and new. n the left is Bob Dixon wearing his new CWE R) badge. Right is .

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regory wearing CFIEL. the earlier equivalent. T'he two men first met In 1966 when G relieved Bob at SRDE Chr stchurch. The sewed together in H.M.S. ent 1971-75 and again at Fraser gunnery range.

THE NEW RATES ex-Servicemen in particular often write to Navy News asking the meaning of abbreviations used for the countless ratings‘ titles of today‘s Navy.

In a technical world the list of titles is long and sometimes puzzling. especially for those who left the Services many years ago when things seemed a lot simpler.

A chance of title for nearlv 20.000 ratinos of the Branch came into effect from Septem r. Listed here are the old-style Engineering abbreviations. the new equivalents and what the initials represent (in a few cases titles are unchanged]: ARTlF|CEFl'MECHAN|ClANRATES Readers

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The aim in choosln new titles has been to reduce the va atlons but at the same time to reflect the job being done by the man (or woman). Thus in future there will be indication of the rate Fleet Chief, Petty Officer etc) the su branch (Weapon. Marine or Air Engineering) and whether the rating is an Artlflcer. a Mechanlclan or a Mechanic. for example Fleet Chief Marine Engineering Mechanlclan. Petty Officer Air Engineering Mechanic.

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with the exception of the MEA(H) the above artificer rates have equivalent Mechanician_(r_iot rates. The abbreviation for Mechanician

Mmanic) is

LOEM so LWEMlO)— Leading Weapon Engineering Mechanic tordnancot LCEM to LWEM(0) Leading Weapon Eng-neer-rig Mecriam; toidnancel to LWEM(Ri Lead-rig Weapon Engineering Median»:

Chief Artificers’Mechanicians and Artilicers Mechanicians 1st. 2nd or 3rd Class hold_ similar titles as Fleet Chief Artificer-' Mechanician. for example CMEA(M), MEA(P)l. WEA2. WEMN3.

Specialist Qualifications (S05) are not in titles but are shown on records.

The changes of ratings‘ titles shown are for General Service. Small variations in Specialist Qualifications occur for ratings serving in sub-

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Caprice paid oflln1974 and had been moored in the River Tamar to await her final journey to be broken up at Queensborough. tale of She pey.

She was ullt by Yarrows and launched in 1943, spending her wartime career escorting Atlantic and Arctic convoys.

After the war she was laid up in reserve at Pembroke Dock. but refitted In the late ‘Fifties.

The Ca rice went to Devonport in 971 as a seagolng training ship for the shore establishments H.M.S. Raleigh and I-i.M.S. Flsgard.

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Wreath-layingand remembrance services were honours which until recently did not include the memory of John William Trotter. master of the Leviathan line of battleship in the Battle of Trafalgar.

The resting place of this lorgotten sailor is St .\lary's churchyard. Galeshead. which until recently was marked by a damaged

John William Trotter and get in touch with Michael P. Ford. whose

headstone. ropped against a wall. recording t e date of his death to

be 1850.

The headstone. placed there over I25 years ago. went unnoticed until 1976. when Michael P. Ford. of North Tyneslde. wrote to Navy News drawing attention to its great naval interest and Its need to be

preserved.

Two years later when a branch of the Royal Naval Afioclalionwas formed at Gateshearl. a copy of Mr. Ford's letter was passed to shlpmates. who lost no time restoring the memory of a man who served both as master and commander in the Royal Navy in the late 18th and early 19th Centuries.

With the help of the Rev. David Hodginson. the Rural Dealt. shipmates aid to have the headstone clean and re-sited in the centre of a small lawn in the church ard They held a service at St ary's which concluded with a service around the headstone which they will continue to do every year on the annlversa of Trafalgar.

Shiptnates o Gateshead are now

anxious to trace descendants ol

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Mr. F. Chambers. Secreta of Gateahead branch. with the Rev. Davld Hodglnson ( ural Dean). at the headstone.

The tributes‘ in pour .

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“Wt: have lost a fine friend and gcntlcman in Lord Louis and what more can one sa that has not already been said in this respect." writes hipmatc W. Helps. chairman for all the shiprnatcs who have Hounslow branch. wholspcaks written to Navy News since the murder of Lord Mountbatten. £10 donation to Headquarters in From all parts of the country '

the tributes continue to pour in.

Runcorn combined Willi lhc Burma Sl'lf Association to hold aradc attended by at mcmon :l hundreds o shipmzttcs. many from No. itl Arczt.

Llattdudno hold the bi cst memorial parade "in its ncc of the woods since the 39-45 conflict." .\'cztrlv L000 attended the \t.‘l’\'lCt.‘ .'I.l lloly Trinity (‘hurch rcprcscnting thc R.N.A.. the Burma Star .»\s.soci:ition and practically every cx-Scrvicc ussocizttion in North Wales. l.incoln's tributc took the form of a thanksgiving service for the life and work of Lord Mountbatten with raycrs for his men of lhv: fztmtly and thr: Parachute Rc imcnt who died on the same zty.

Wallasey also held an —-

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Within hours of the announccmcnt of thc murdoe of Lord

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Christchurch recall with ratitude that it was a cheque rom rust

Lord Louis which helped them to start their branch many years

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Sid Platts. secretary of Le tester branch. pays tribute on behalf of shipmates to the sailors who took part in the funeral of Lord Mountbatten.

"On behalf of all ex-matclots who watched the proceedings. ma I say how well the lads fore aft of the Gun Carria c an carried out their duties. The rd. mate

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pay, records and computer establishment was believed to be the only Royal Navy stone fri ate without its own a local sculpfigurehea until tress was called in to shape things up.

Mrs. Mickie Gibbon. wife of Lieut.—Cdr. Ted Gibbon. reduced a The

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adorned the ninth H.M.S. entuiion. a Victorian battleship launched in 1844. When she was scrapped 26 years later the figurehead was preserved for posterity.

Six-month task The bearded figure was greatly admired by the Commodore of the present H.M.S. Centurion. Commodore Don Beadle. who enlisted the talents of Mrs. Gibbon for the sixmonth task of making the replica.

Gibboifs incline and rise of the Roman Centurion be an with sketches and clay models oft e original. After preparation her husband ainstalting the difficult task of mouldin and the replica in cement fort ue. casting Finished in authentic colours and mounted on oak from H .M.S. Victory, the work was finally unveiled at the establishment b Commodore Beadle with the Gib n family as guests of honour.

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Princess Anne showed that she intends to continue her close links with the frigate H.M.S. Amazon when she visited the ship in Plymouth Sound.

She toured the ship, visiti the CPOs‘ and junior rates‘ messes, and unched in the wardroom. She is pictured here being shown the intricacies of the helm by the commanding officer. Cdr. Bob Woodard.

The Princess launched the Amazon in 1971. attended the commissionin ceremony in 1974. and spent a day at sea in er the next year.

On her latest visit she was greeted at H.M.S. Drake by the Flag Officer Plymouth, Admiral Sir Peter Berger; the Commodore ol H.M.S. Drake. Commodore J. Carliil; and Cdr. Woodard.

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',”,,,A\\\\\\‘ LEAVING THE SERVICE AS A We need your QUALIFIED ENGINEER? electronics experlence CORNHILL INSURANCE GROUP have vacancies for

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If you're about to terminate your service career. no doubt you are currently evaluating

the various opportunities open

to you.

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Which company within that industry offers the best remtuteration for your own special

experience?

If you have a good electronics background. we think you could do well in the computer industry with Data General.

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Data General is a major company engaged in the design. manufacture and sale of small and medium sized computers and related products. Manufacturing is carried out in the USA but our marketing structure now spans all five continents. In the UK the company employs over 300 specialised staff located at London. Manchester. Birmingham. Bristol and Glasgow.

The computer industry is almost certainly this cenluryis leading area of dramatic growth. I he e.\‘pansion and success ol Data General has been incredibly rapid.

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user Analysts for Naval Digital Systems Our Operational Requirements Group has two vacancieswhich offer a challenging second career to Naval Officers.

The appointment may be based either at Bracknell or in the Portsmouth area.

The work involves the design of the operator aspects of new computer-based systems for su rlace ships. submarines and tactical and operations room trainers.

Ideal qualificationsare several years commissioned service. experience of rule.-writing or specifying operational staff requirements. and specialisation in one of the following: Submarines.

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This of work also calls for imagination. a capacity for detail and an abilityto write clearly and

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Salaries are reviewed annually. The Company operates a productivity bonus scheme. a contributory pension scheme and flexibleworking hours. Assistance with relocation expenses can be given.

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Most of the vacancies have good rent-free residential accommodation. Our best resident managers enjoy salary and bonuses in excess of £4,000 p.a. with

good holidays.

If you are over 35, married, with a good service career record contact us right now. E.V.T. courses can be arranged in conjunction with duty requirements.

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P01 4E2 with your services‘ training in the maintenanceof computer controlled systems very firmly under your belt. you could soon be fully operational as a Service Engineer with Measurex.

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Responsible for one or more of our many UK locations. you could be trouble shooting one day. providing additional customer training the next. The work will keep you on your toes. becausesince our entry in the UK Market in 1970. Measurex have become leaders in our field of digital computer based process control systems. Our parent company. located in Cupertino, California ("SiliconeVaIley").the heart of spaceage technology. ensures thatwe remain leaders. Originally, Measurex concentrated on increasing quality and production and reducing energy consumption in the Pulp and Paper industry. Nowadays. we're a well-known name in the Rubber. Plastics. Metals and Energy industries not only_ in this country but throughoutthe rest of the world.

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HERE’S GENUINE JOB SECURITY FOR YOU

Choosing the right career in Civvy Street can be a task. That's why it's

good

to know the terrific op open for you at Windscale

rtunities

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workin for British Nuclear Fuels Limite You'll have a secure job in one of Britain's most picturesque .

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ELECTRONIC AND AIRFFIAME ENGINE CRAFT OPPORTUNITIES

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It you have sewed a recognised apprenticeship or had equivalent H.M. Forces training and you are interested in skilled employment connected with the testing of military aircraft and equipment you are invited to write for details to:

The Personnel Alaneger (industrial) Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment.

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38

'Debs’shine Devon drizzle

in

Navy side

which included three "debutants" in the pack put up a creditable performance in atrocious weather before succumbing 0-10 to Devon. writes Mike Vernon.

A

With the wind and driving drizzle ti ainst them in the first half the .'avy. mostly on the retreat but doing well in the line‘outs. defended bravely and there was hope that. if thev prevented Devon from scoring before halftime. they could capitalize on wind advantage in the second half.

However. in the closing minutes of the half Devon punished two Navy infringements in kickablc positions with penalty goals and turned round six points to the

good.

RUGBY taining game,

in which no tries

scored until the last quarter when both sides scored two each. but POPT Peter Picrcy had the last word with a personal tally of 2] points from a Ir'. a conversion. and five goals.

Lieut.-Cdr. Peter Btrkett. too. not for the first time this season, executed an outside break or two. a ploy l thought had disappeared with the advent of coaching. were

penalty

l\1

NEAR MISS!-ZS The Navy had the better of the game in the third quarter but. despite several penalty nearmisses from Lieut. Geoff Fabian. making a re-appearance at fullback. and coming close to tries on number of occasions, were it unable to notch the vital points.

In the event it was Devon. from .i heel against the head at a set scrum on the Navy line. who scored the only try of the game and a very good one it was.

There was some good linekicking from Fabian. Second Lieutenant John Leigh who otherwise had one of his drezimier games and Lieut. Tansy Lea. again ski pering the side from scrum-hal and the latter could consider himself very unfortunate that the referee had his back to the action when Lea was blatantly "taken out" as he followed his own chip ahead from 15 yards out in front of the posts.

The forwards. among whom newcomer .\lid. Thompson (BRNC) created an excellent impression with a non-stop performance on the flank. kc I going well with CPO "Figgy" unn in the seat. but it was not a night for andling back play.

Heron put on the pressure

.

driving

OPTIMISTIC Despite the result. I remain

cautiously optimistic. particularly if the Bootnecks can be dissuaded from sending all their rugby players who are not already in Northern Ireland off to Norway in the New Year.

If their contribution on the Trafal at Day week-end to the lnter- ommand Colts tournament and to the Devon rt Services‘ side which oppose U.S. Portsmouth in the annual "derby" match is anythin to go by. they

'ing withdrawal from Navy are

already

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ghased !

After four years oyal Marines‘ domination. Portsmouth won the Colts tournament. with Naval Air Command in close contention. and the US Portsmouth pack. with Capt. Mike Bowles and Lieut. John Ackcrafter man re-ap aring injury an Lieut. Mike carcc

profitably,

largely gihady ving Lane har

ported CPO time. made a sure of a handsome victory by 25 points to eight.

Devonport contributed some exciting movements to an entera

unsu

Blckton event SNS Isobel Farris. a member of the R.N. hospital Pl mouth team. was second in the emble Plate event at the R.N. and KM. cham ionships held in equitation Bickton Arena. outh.

Other members of the team were SNS Margaret Kerr and SNN Maggie Smith.

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Kenealy and Co. sweep‘

ready to

the board POPT Tim

Kenealy Nelson), LPT Jim In)

st-l.Il.8. ”'l!£'o'3.‘l.'l1':w nd lWont .‘.';l'.'.'.Biathlon *'.."t'..l"s7"5'chairi§l.:."i: Shorborno Eppshl p a month. .

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They not only took top

honounaoatoaminthls sun-swept event, but also finished first. second and third In the Individual clngo. This

achievement them to take qual an in the national lo C hl In the on November 24ex

H.M.Y Britannia wrote a new line in the Navy Cup history book by becoming the first Ro al Yacht to reach the final since the senior competition started in 19 5, writes Jack Sheppard.

one

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Britannia was due to meet H.M.S. Heron in the final at R.N. air station Yeovilton on October 31.

In the first three rounds of the competition Britannia scored 19 goals and conceded st six. Nine of the Royal Yachts players in on to the score sheet. with C 0 Jim Dales -I) and LMEM Barlow and MEM anbienne (3) heading the list.

Just when it appeared that Britannia had met her equal in the '

semi-final

amgton oyal

Yachtsman in Victoria and Albert. never once led his side to a Navy Cup final.

Britannia reached the final by dis sing of H.M.S. Tartar 7-0.

H. .S. Nelson 6-2. H.M.S. Collingwood 6-4. and H.M.S. Cochrane 2—l.

H.M.S. Heron. the current champions. reached their fourth

Navy Cup

it twice

Nomads.

193:9‘ I Lieut. T ‘VI ik|Reed inskiv(vC1l‘Cl~'lM)and LPT retained ichard a

for a ball during his side's Floyal Yacht won 6-4.

as a

Pttzure: LA(Phot) Gordon Ford.

Navy Cup tie against

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Seahawk 4-3. H.M.S. Mohawk 4-0. CTCRM 5-I. H.M.S. Drake 3—l. and H.M.S. Pembroke 3-1.

No ship has won the competition since H.M.S. Ark Royal in i

WOODEN SPOON The Inter-Services tournament at Hayling Island resulted in the N.-iv retaining the wooden spoon.

As as so often happenedin the past. Navy foursomes lay let the side down. The Navy ost all four foursomes to the Army. who were let off the hook in two matches by injudicious shots to the last green. The Army also did better in the singles but the Navy achieved a nearly respectable score by winning the last three matches.

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AB Scott of I-l.H.Y. Britannia (dark strip) challe H.M.S. colllngwoocl.

a ers

on '.

(H.M.S. Aurora)

their places in the South West Counties team due to play the Western Lea ue at the Bournemouth A. .C. ground on November 31.

NEW ZEALAND The R0 at Navy has an interesting ink with the New Zealand Football Association. whose representative side has recently been touring Britain.

Back in I923 the association was presented by H.M.S. Chatham. a second class cruiser, with a re ii of the F.A. Challen e Cu is known as t e C atham trophy. awarded Cup. is every year to the winners of the New Zealand F.A.'s premier competition.

I would be interested to hear from anyone who served in H.M.S Chatham in 1923. They might also like to make themselves known to the Chairman of the N.Z.F.A., r. Charlie Dem -3,’.

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0 Licut-Cdr. Dennis Probce has been appointed Navy manager for the Service's challenge for the Inter-Service title. .

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SOUA SH! Royal Navy squash went into the Arctic Circle last monthwhen two signal officers met for _a communications conference in Bodoc. Norway. 40 miles inside the Arctic.

Lieut.-Cdr. Robin Bawtree (Staff of FOSM) and Lieut.-Cdr. Mike Benson (AFNORTH) just happened to have their squash gear with them. so made use of the nearby Norwegian Air Force base court during the The annual RNSRA cocktail party will be held during the tourthree-day conference. nament (Novembcr 9. I830) at Apart from one or two hazards.

Lympstone. Life members and such as a gallery juttin out into their ladies are welcome (cost the court, ball-sized ho es every £1.50 a head). three feet around the court. a broken racket and broken ball. a nonnal game was played and a 3-3 draw achieved.

TWO WINS Success in Navy squash during who wish to be October included wins in the oonsi ered for the Navy vetefirst two matches of the season rans squash team should contact Kent were beaten 3-2.

Lieut.-Cdr. Rum Sup-' .A.C. Club 5-0). and a notable victo for the Navy ply Officer, R.i .H. Has ar (tel.

Instructor Of icers team over 41323).

Officers and ratings over -10 on the Army and R.A.F. 20 are eligible for the Main event of the first half of the team. w ich will compete at the season is the Inter-Command first Inter-Service veterans championship at CTCRM tournament to be held at on November 9-10.

Lympstone R.A.F. Uitbridgc. on February It will be played for the first 20-21 in conjunction with the time on Lympstone's new courts. open and Under-25 events.

Calling all veterans

Sen-ingJ:icrsonnel

Hugh

February;

,

We were hel -d bya small band of caddies lc by FCPO Ken (RNDQ. whose kind

Ogden

ef orts

were muc

appreciated.

FOURSOMES The R.A.F. took the foursomes 3‘/2 to ‘/2. but the Navy halved the singles against them by four matches apiece. The Arm’ annihilated the R.A.F. to InterServices Champions yet again.

The golf was of an extremel' high standard but two Navy go fers did es -cially well. Brian Grant and ub-Lieut. Nick Gasson (Avenger) won both their singles. Brian winnin his b ‘large mar ins. LREM en aylor ( Devonport) showed great improvement during the tournament. winnin his single against the RAF. an halvin his foursome with LRO Stiles Ambuscade) as his partner. owcver. the overall result was a disappointment and we must hope for better things in 1980.

PLYMOUTH CHAMPION Pia *ed at Launceston. the PlyCommand championship mout was won by Brian Grant with an excellent score of 1-19 (75+7-t), Runners-u was CPO Dick Cattermole who fell away from his morning lead and returned I51 Third was Ken Taylor, 53 (78+75), who only lost the afternoon's best score due to Brian getting it birdie on the last little.

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESS Partnerin Bernard Gallagher in the Dun op Masters Pro-Am tournament. Navy golf President Rear-Admiral Duncan Lang came second in a strong field headed by Tony Jacltlin. He more than held his own with the professionals. getting two birdies and an eagle in a round that ended with a combined score on the difficult Wobum course of seven under par. His prize list sounded like one of television‘s give-away shows and we hope he has not been forced to lose his amateur status! '

they have won by beating H.M.S.

final

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The Navy fielded the same team as 1978 except that Lieut. Jim Grieve (Cambridge) played instead of Lieut. Malcolm Edmunds who was at sea in H.M.S. Hermes.

Jim partnered Lieut.-Cdr. Brian Grant (RNH Plymouth) and they laid the foundation of our Mug victo with a superb foursome meda score of 72. This was only two over par and with handicap adjustment put them 2'/: under

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Weekes.

The combined total of 219 was six shots better than any other competitor and our victory made up for our loss of the ma'or trophy in which we had been b‘ the eventful winners. the Cornis

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Hampshire. Rigger.

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Roger Hockey (Dryad). partnered b’ your correspondent in the absence of Lieut. Alan Bray (Dryad). overcame the odd wayward shot to score 75 (83-8).

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and

Navy golfers finished the season with a great win in the ornish Piskey Tournament at Newquay. This year they were knocked out in theԤl:condround but came back stron ly to win a consolation prize. the Piskey Mug. writes Jo n Last

AUWE Portland) and Lieut. Ian uill Daedalus) layed steadily for 7 ‘/2 (80—3':) and Lieut.

addition. they gielped ve up.andIn motivated by what

back mug

comes with a

Lieut.-Cdr. Richard Moore

H.M.S. Cochshe snatched a 2-1 victory. ranc.

And that after MEM Garry Schofield (H.M.S. Cochrane) had saved from a ‘nalty kick taken

by Britannia‘s O Paddy Byrne.

Although there are no current Navy players in the side. Dales, Byrne and Barlow have all had experience with the senior side, and they are backed up by a hard-working team that refuses to

be the biggest supporters club in the Navy.

The greatest of all Navy footballers. Ri er Coates. would be well please In spite of his many honours with England. South-

Piskey team

par.

against

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Nogby

(RNH) (73+78).

Athletics

trophies

awarded The

Wat

Navy. Army and R.A.F. sea

pierhead compete

sail from the of H.M.S. Drake to in the first inter-

Service sea angling competition. After 18 hours of fishing on the Eddystone Reefs the Fl.A.F. were declared the winners. with the Navy 14|b. behind and the Army in third place.

A challenge was originally thrown down by the Army. and readily taken up by the

Plymouth Command Angling Association. which secured the use of the Ft.N.)(.S. vessel Loyal

Chancellor.

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anglers

An end-of-season fishing trip to the river Piddle provided Lieut.Cdr. David Cram ton-Thomas.

H.M.S. 0sprey‘s eputy Base officer. with a cate a l4lb. sea trout. avid. a founder member of the R.N. and R.l\'. Angling Association. took the .'ish on an oran e-bodied fly after a one-hour using 33/alb. breaking strain line.

Supply

magnificent

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iattle

Sultan's win \

V.

chairman of R.N.A.C. (South). Cdr. M. F. 0‘Rei|l'. commanding officer of H.M. Temeraire. presented the trophies at the clubs six-monthly general meetin Trop ies awarded were: best 8(X)m. pcrfonncr. Lieut.-Cdr. D. Furneaux (H.M.S. Daedalus); best track rformance. LAM Jay Weeks ( .M.S. Daedalus); best field perfomiance. SEA Gavin Russell (H.M.S. Vernon); three-mile tro hy. CPOFT Keith Cawlcy (H. .S. Drake); most im roved athlete. LCEM Mike Sc oficld F.M.G. Portsmouth).

RELM (A Trevor Walhen (H.M.S. Dae alus) reported that the club had won two trophymeetings and finished runners-up in two others. Their final position of 17th in the Southern Lea ue Division I did not reflect the clu ‘s true strength. he said. new

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Pan II trainees from H.M.S. Sultan won the annual H.M.S. Sultan v. H.M.S. Centurion cross-

country championships.

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