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FRESH HDPES ON OR FRONT SINCE NEWS several months ago ol the delay until this summer of Phase Two of the planned redundancy programme for the Royal Navy, thought has focused on its new timing and on numbers involved.

Now, with the effects of the Slimtrain cutbacks coming through and the manning needs set by commitments like the continuing Falklands patrol, many are wondering if any redundancy call will be necessary at all this summer.

It is however understood that no final decision has been taken on the matter.

Any annoucement will be awaited with much interest in the Service.

Should there prove to be a further postponement of the Phase Two call. one possfliility is that it might be put back to the end of the year (the

original!

armed time at the

call).

Meanwhile, the Drafting

Phase

rce

organisation

is having to meet what is described as "a much. much longer sea bill than predicted." As explained in Draft)”: Corner page 4). he has tat on the had "to strip t shore bone and pick it clean “

Gapptng Net result oi the swing trim: shore to sea is extensive gripping ol billets ashore.

Manpower requirements and targets for the next ten: year: remain under closest scrutiny. with present commitments considerseeming) demandingthan were ably ceilings envisaged under the l98l»82

higher

plans.

A sign

0! the times is the message which has gone out making it plain that current demand: on manpower have

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GIRLS AMONG RN TRAINEES

NAVY NEWS, MAY 1983

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PALLISER. THE SHIP THAT DIDN'T A CHAPTER of mishaps In the last journey at the old frigate HMS Pallleer has earned her a reputation as the ship that “just didn't want to go."

The uncanny series of snags on

her tow from Portsmouth to Briton Ferry In South Wales delayed her arrival by weeks and at times left her breakers near to despair of ever getting her into the ecre ard.

Dean's Marine used the r own tug the Alnwlck to tow the Blackwoodclass frigate from Portsmouth in Febnua after a three-week delay caused bad weather. Even as the ship left harbour there was another hltch when a chain fouled her motionless pro ller.

Everyt ing went smoothly until. in —

duri break in ~»

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tilts Palllser moored in Plymouth Harbour her tortuous lest journey.

a

P-cture:MakeLamon.

But Grenville goes HMS Grenville, one of the last of Britain’: wartime [rigour to see unite with the Royal Navy, has been tawed to the breakers.

finally paid of] In April, 1974 and, until last Fcbruajj (4, ya: laid up In Pommom). Harbour. sin [3 tune as Rectum;-, mm: mm by uu octan tug Rugs She

Robust.

quietly

The Grenville ended her days as a navigational training ship, but had a dirtingulslled war record.

Completed in May, 19-13, all: was credited with sinking a U-boar and ramming an enemy MTB. She was outlived in operational service only by her sister-ship in the Type 15 range, HMS Undaunted. The Undaunted was expended as a target [or the Royal Navy’: first (in firing of an Exocet in 1975.

WANT TO on: the ill-fted pair rounded the Lizard only to run into fog in Swansea Bay. 'i'he Pallleer lost the tide and was moored for a week only a few miles from her destination.

Even as she was being towed up the River Neath to her last resting place she baulked and almost wrecked the breakers plans cornshe went aground on a falling tde.

the South West Approaches, the Alnwick and her charge encountered bad weather. For some reason which is still not completely clear to the breakers there was a problem with the tow. and the Alnwick went alongelde the frigate in an attempt to rectify the trouble. while the tug was in that position the frigate iurched In the heavy weather and crunched into the Ainwlcl('s radar antenna. Without radar the tug was forced to put into Plymouth where the old frigate was moored to a buoy.

And there she stayed for three weekaasthebreakeragrew more and more frustrated by difficulties in obtaining parts from Germany.

Finally the Alnwlck was able to but not without continue the tow incident, for as the ships left Plymouth the tug fouled thetow line and Hus Leeds Castle was called on to stand b should she be needed to cut the cab e.

When that problem W8! Iortfld 0|-ll

fiieteiy:

Just in time “She was listing and we had to pull her off quickly or she would have turned over." said Mr. Sidney Dean, of Dean's Marine. “We finally made it with only 20 mlnutea to spare.”

I-lls abiding memory of the Pallleer is that “she was one of these ships that lust dldn‘t went to go.”

HMS Pallleer entered service with the Royal Navy in 1951 and was re to the Reserve In the mid.

Seventies. Her final role was tlshery

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protection.

Princess in full View at

tea on we to the Gulf

Coflege

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RAMPS between the parade

ground

USS Kincaid and USS Decatur in the North Arabian Sea.

home waters in March for their fivc-month Gull deployment. Ports of call on the way included Port Said.

Suez. Djibouti and Bahrain, with the Ambuscadc making scparalc visits to Rhodes and Cochin. India. and the

Avenger

to

Augusta, Sicily.

While at Port Said a party from the Avenger visited Cairo and the a successful trip in which Sunday lunch we cn’oyed overlooked by the

Pyramids.

Sp

PUPPY

‘21 CLUB’ TWINS GO ON PATROL“ RIGHT: HMS live BELOW: Leaving

or

She was invited to name a puppy belonging to the Britannia Bcaglcs. He is new

learning

pictured recently oil Gibraltar.

lbrelter stern-tlret. HMS Ambuscade continues her voyage to take up Gulf patrol duties after an overnight stay at the Flock.

Pictures: Ll«(Phot) Danny du Foo.

given

a a

mayoral reception

bottle of champagne and the mayor prcscntcd silvcr cups to the ship's golf tcam alter their match Willi a local team.

The Ambuscadc's ncxt port of call was Cochin, when: there

was

day trips to a tea plantation at Munnar and an expedition by 40 of the ship's company to the Lake i’cry1ar Tiger Sanctuary.

0 Before the ships left. HMS Avenger had on "on your bike" message from Fowcy British but the pedalLegion Club ling orders were given In the nicest possible way with a gilt of three Raleigh sports bicycles for

were

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recreational use.

The club. in the Avcngcfs affiliated borough of Rcstormcl.

Cornwall. made the presentation to mark the lrigatc‘s service in the Falklands war. Each bicycle bears a small pinto inscribed with details of the gift.

answer

to

ottesmore

CHAMPAGNE attended

to

Metronome.

Also present at the Divisions were the Commanderin-Chicl Nat-al Home Commend. Admiral Sir Desmond Cassidi. and the Lord Lieutenant of Devon. Licut.-Col. the Earl of Mercy.

inx.

While in Rhodes everyone from the Ambuscadc who

of

Princess Anne rcccivcd the royal salute oi the parade on April I7. She presented the Ouccn‘s Sword to Sub-Licut.

Jonathan Hodgkins. nttcndcd :1 rcccption. look lunch at the college and planted a weeping silvcr birch in the grounds.

successful visits to ports on the way to join the Gulf patroi,~'HM ships Avenger and Ambuscade lost no time in getting down to work when they exercised with their tanker RFA Pcarlcaf and the American The two members of the Royal Navy's “21 Club" left

buildings

Britannia Royal Naval College Dartmouth gave spcclalors .1 better view of Lord High Admiral's Divisions than ever before.

AFTER making several

ships

and

renews A VISIT

by eight officers

link

of the new Hunt-class mine counter mcasurcs vcsscl HMS Cottcsmorc to a Lciccstcrshirc RAF station in late March stirred memories of a link formed during the Second World War. The thrcc-day visit to RA}? Cox. were entertained to lunch. tcsmorc by a party of eight led by After a service at Cottcsmorc the

comm

and

and i ng office r_

Licui.-Cdr. Jim Lnngrichc. renewed an association started in 1945 when the crew oi the lust ship of the name visited the base. then in the county of Ruiland,

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men

village church at which lessons were tcad by Licut.-Cdr. Langrichc and Gr0ul»CapL Terr)’ Carlton. RAF

station commander, the visitors. attended a reception given by Co!icsmorc Parish Council.

was

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The vcsscl. launched last year, is due for commissioning later this year, During their visit_ lhc naval guests saw Tornado opcruiions, visited the Coucsmorc Hum kcnncls and weekly meet, and tourcd the Ruddlcs brewery, when: they

Daedalus ‘ops HMS I).'u:dalu.~: were victors in the Pan ll intcr-cstublishlncnt “It's :1 Knockout" oonlcsl. T1": team Ol :\EM'i undcr training took on eight other establishments at threelegged rugby. a field gun run. crazy football and trolley diving.

NAVY NEWS, MAY 1983

Oz‘us’sJerseymaid...

LS(TS) McKay. WEM(O) MEM(M) Gales.

WHO SAYS that aubmarlners' Jerseys .? They certainly do have no appeal when worn by shapely Linda James. who slipped one on during her visit to the patrol submarine HMS Otus.

Linda. Maid of Honour to Jersey's Miss Battle of the Flowers. called on the Otue during the boat‘: highly successful stay in St Helier. As our other picture shows. Linda .

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didn't need to put much effort into coaxing smiles from the sailors below.

With her (lrom left) are MEM(M) Athertori.

Pumas

‘Gandhi’ goes out to

Warren and

Another visitor to the submarine was the Lieutenant Governor oi the island, General Sir Peter Whiteley. who presented the South Atlantic Medal to the boat's first lieutenant.

Lieut. Michael Washer.

Among those who showed the crew true Jersey hospitality were members of the local branch of the Submarine Old Comrades Association who spent many hours spinning tales from way back.

CPOtP'ioti

3

ships

\VlTHlN

days

of "Gandhi" gaining a British record of eight Oscars. Sir Richard

.-\tlenborough's epic tribute to

John Drriv

India's great leader was distributed to the Heel through the Royal Naval Film

( ‘orporation.

"We are particularly pleased to get ‘Gandhi’ so quickly. especially in view of the American Academy Awards." said the General Manager of the RNF('. Capt. S. D. llunslcy. “We are among the first people to olitnin lhmm

copies."

Sir Richard is known to be a good friend of the Royal Navy and starred in many films ponraying Service life in war and peace.

One of his earliest roles was as a young sailor in Noel Coward's film "In Which We Serve" made in the war years as .1 tribute to lnrd Mountb:ittcn‘s ship HMS

Kelly.

"Gandhi" is the crowning achicvenicnt of Sir Richard's career, scooping an octet of Oscars at llollywood including awards for best film, best director and best actor (Ben Kingsley).

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Full list of films on release to the Fleet is: Paul The Verdict (15) Newman, Charlotte Rnmpling.

Newman was one of Ben Kingley‘s rivals for an Oscar as a result of his line performance in this.

Directed by Sidney Lumct, it follows the tortuous attempts of an alcoholic lawyer to win one last big case against the might of a super-resourceful law firm. 20th (‘entury Fox. J31.

The Return of the Soldier (A) Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson.

Alan Bates. Beautifully photographed adaptation ol Dame Rcbccoa West's story about it First World War amnesia:-_ Further pain awaits him when he wmcs home to his upper-class wife (Julie Christie) and to his working-class former girl friend (Glenda Jackson). Nth Century Fox. J32.

Karl Party Party (15) Howman. Phoebe Nichols. One of those titles composed inexplicably of one word repeated. what’: wrong with “The Party"?

Too pedestrian perhaps for it like which is it comic account of a New Year's Eve thrash. 20th Century Fox. J33.

Sean Penn, Fast Times (X) Phoebe Catcs. Further instalment of the pain. perils and passion of American teenage life, detailing the awesome events in one academic year at Ridgcmount High School. Ull’. J34.

Airplane II The —

Boost for /n vincible'3 jets

ong-range erriers!

PILOTS of 801 Squadron cvolvcd new Sea Harrier tactics while HMS invincible was taking pan in a US Navy exercise off Puerto Rico.

The Squadron's Sea Harriers were fitted with air-to-air refuclling probes, the pilots then qualified in the “tanking" role, and the Royal Navy jets joined American F1-is in providing continuous combat air patrols throughout the excrcisc at long ranges.

“Plngs"

taken from tanker aircraft from the US carriers John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Fjscnhower and. operating with USN EC2 aircraft. the Sea Harriers found their targets.

The performance of thc Harriers was up to their usual high standard. with 801 Squadron were

The thin grey line LED

by

HMS Dumbarton Castle. seven other ships of the Fishery Protection Squadron make an impressive entrance to F-losyth Naval Base.

Five of the ships oi the

16-strong equadron were returning from Antwerp and three others joined them from patrol.

‘the travellers trom abroad were HM ships Dumbarton

Caatle, Jersey, Orkney.

Anglesey and Aiderney. They were loined by HM ships Wallterton. Soberton and

Guernsey.

notching up 56 confirmed “i:ills"during three days of flying.

During the exercise Vice-Admiral J. A. Lyons Jnr., commander of the USN's Second

Fleet. visited Rear-Admiral Robert Gerkcn

(Flag Officer Second Flotilla) and

Capt.

N. J. Hill-Norton, commanding officer of the Invincible,‘ on board the carrier.

Champagne

send-off

Earlier in the deployment. while the Infincihlc was at Barbados. Capt. Hill-Norton relieved Capt. Jeremy Black. who was sent off in champagne style atop .1 gun carriage.

Barbados government ministers and security chiefs spent a day at sea in the ship. which sailed into Bridgetown just in time to help Mr. Joe Taskcr celebrate his 84th

birthday.

Joe.

a

radio operator in the filth invincible

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in I914.

shiannd rib iris

W3.‘-‘given a

party and

of the presented with new First World War to replace his old set which is worn a

tour

out.

Plans‘ are under way to hold a reunion dinner of W05 and CPOs who served in HMS lnvincible during the Falklands war. if there is sufficient response. the dinner probably in the forth of a ladies‘ night will be held in the W03‘ and CPO.s' Mess of HMS Nelson on September 17 anniversary of the carrier's triumphant return.

Tickets are expected to cost £10-£15 a head. Anyone interested should contact CPOMA Jan Firth. RN Medical Staff School.

RN Hospital. Haslar. ext. 2295.

O Rolls-Royce Pegasus engines which power the Sea Harrier have logged more than 15.fl'Xl flying hours since entering wcrvicc with the Royal Navy in 1979.

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NAVY NEWS. MAY 1983

No. 330

First replenishment at can practice tor the three ships of tho Halolgh Inshore Squadron HMS Manly (loft). HMS Mttbrook (centre) and HMS Mentor. The vesuts share a —

crest

AMBLING ALONG at a few knots. three of the smallest ships in the Royal become familiar sights in the waters off Plymouth.

HM ships Manly. Mentor and Mflbrook started work last year as sea-going “classrooms" for new entry trainees at HMS Raleigh. and for many a raw recruit the busy little vessels provide the first taste of work in a

Dutch and Danish navies as well as the Royal Navy gaining possession of her. By the time the British finally recaptured her another Manly had entered service. so the older ship was renamed HMS Bold.

The third Manly was similar —

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Royal Navy ship.

HMS Manly. senior of the trio, was commissioned in March last year. followed by the Mentor in May and the Milbrook in June. Based at Plymouth. the Raleigh Inshore Squadron is led by Lieut.-Cdr. Brian Judd. commanding officer of the Manly. The Mentor and Mllbroolt are under the command of Lieuls. M. (‘ales and R. Norris respectively.

Ancestry The three new ships. built by Richard Dunston of Hessle, replace the inshore MCM craft used by Raleigh HM ships Dittishnm. Flintham and —

Aveley.

Appropriately

for Vessels of the same class. the "M5" have much in common when it comes to ancestry: the names of all three first appeared in Royal Navy service during the 18th Century and three destroyers bore their names during the First World War. The first HMS Manly appeared in I797. She was a l57-ton gun vessel built for coastal defence.

Renewal of conflict on the Continent in l803 resulted in a fresh programme of small-ship building which included the second Manly. a lStHon brig.

She joined blockading forces in the North Sea but in I806 was captured by the Dutch.

No fewer than five changes of _ownership followed, with the

ACTS AN FIGURES Displacement: 128

Length: 23 metres.

Beam: 6.-tm. Draught: 2.7m. Propulsion: Ono tons.

Mlrrlees-Blackstone diesel. Speed: 10 knots.

Range: 700 miles. her predecessor. while the fourth (1855-66) was a mortar vessel which took part in the destruction of the Russian lortress of Svaeborg during the Crimean War. On return to Portsmouth she was laid up and unimpiringly renamed Mortar Vessel Nu. ta.

By that time the filth Manly had been launched. a screw gunbont which was never commissioned. She was laid up after acceptance trials and scrapped in I863.

The next Manly appeared five years later and had a long life. serving for 44 years as an iron paddle tug. Soon after she went out 0! service. the seventh Manly was ordered under the l9l3-H torpedo boat destroyer programme.

One of three “speeials" of the M-class, she saw action against German destroyers and submarines. She screened shore bombardments and took part in the Zcebrugge raid on St George's Day. l9l8.

A predecessor of HMS Mentor. and a sister-ship of the First World War Manly. also to

Navy have

tool: part in the Zeebrugge action by screening monitors bombarding German batteries in the Ostend area.

Earlier in the war she was one of the three destroyers which fired torpedoes into the armoured cruiser Blucher during the Battle of the Dogger

Bank.

The

revived between l939 and 104-8 for a mincwrecping base at Storm)way in the Hebrides. name

was

Privateer Early Mentors were a 20-gun ship captured from the Ameri-

rebels in 1778 and burned by the Spanish off Florida three years later. a privateer also captured from the Americans and wrecked in 1783. and a brig hired by the Admiralty for the Revolutionary War. HMS Milbrook has only two l5U-ton it predecessors schooner built in 1797 and an Admiralty M-class destroyer commissioned in 1915.

Battle Honours: Manly Baltic I855. Belgian Coast I916-ll-l, Zeebrugge I918: Mentor Dogger Bank 1915.

Belgian Coast l9l5. Zeebruggc 1918; Milbrook Jutland 1916. can

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NAVY NEWS. MAY I983

HEY LOOK.

THAT'S ME!

CAPT. T. H. P. Wusou. of Lyrnlngton, Hunts. saw the picture ot the Second World War HMS Tartar In Navy News (December lsue). and

believedhewasthi.-lonelyn'ianIntheeyesottheahlp—themblcolflcer.At

that time be was a sub-lieutenant.

Navy News was able to put Capt. Wilson in touch with the photograpbers, Messrs. Wright and Logan of Portsmouth. and he has now written to say: "Many thanks. 1 now have a copy of the photograph and can eonflnn that the lone figure Is Sub-Lleut. Wilson.

The photograph was taken IS the dutnayer stalled Iron-i Portsmouth In April i939.

Tons of virtue IT WAS

a

delight

(March edition)

that

to a

Only rating

note

design

and development contract has been placed for a new class of single-role minehunter.

It is interesting to note that they will be the same size as the original Ton-class coastal mineswecpers. which have fulfilled such a useful position as not only minesweepers and miriehunters. but also as general workhorses.

I was always surprised that having produced in GR? version ol the ‘Rm-class. the mould was broken up and the bigger Huntelass roduoed. It now seems that t e virtues of a_vessel of about the Ton size have been As one who has served in and

commanded Ton-class vessels. admittedly for short riods, over several years, t is new venture is most satisfying and to J. L. Galpln be applauded. (commander RNR). Bedford.

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particularly

recognised.

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I WAS interested to read (April issue) about the men from HMS Leeds Castle visiting Chatham and seeing the locomotive named after their ship. But I believe I can go one better as I actually own one!

I purchased a I932-built 111: locomotive weighs in at certainly there can't be many saved Tartar in others who have a half share Zl tons and was built by the diesel locomotive from a Ian Smith, a railway loco.

Leeds firrri of Hudswell. preserved railwa for the ltimous skill E] Haslar.

MA. RN Clarke and in Hospital.

I932 as Compan in July princely sum of their works nuni er D577.

Gosport.

I980 and since then I and a I KNOW I wasn't the only one Named Mary. she spent all her civilian

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friend who purchased a half share in the machine soon after it arrived at its new home, the 1758 Middleton Railway in Leeds, have restored her to full working order.

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til (‘tit (‘urnptoii-lI;iIl'.\ book (.\l:ircIi cditiori) stirred a memory.

UHS2 \\.t\ not to survive Int more than '.i few weeks after the atrocity in the South Atlriritit In May. I94-l. she was dfl‘-‘Cl! aground at Btttltlétl’ Bella in Italian Somiililand.

I was abozird II.\lS Fishgiiziril, the cit-US coastguard critter dcspzitchcil to the scene. A~ I recall, the crew were h:ip;i:l_\ plziviiig football on the I\L‘.‘tL'l\ when the Fishguard arrived "Hie whole of the U852 cplsodc was recorded in “'Ihc Pclcus Trial", ii volume in the “Famous War Crimes" .\Cflt.‘.\ B. D. WaLson. Btfness. \\cst ——

Lothian

review

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gri:;it

interest in your

report (March ctlitiutl) about the sinking of HMS Ilrurcti.

'Il'ic llrtilcn was not hit by a bomb, but hiid her back broken by a very near miss of it stick of bombs dtiwri the stzirbutird side.

The ship's compiiny was tailtcii off by HMS Ilorcsis (in which I was serving) going alongside her forcctistlc. Elfltl wry few "llr;i1cn\“ even got

their IL'L‘l wet.

I-‘ivc days Inter it was our turn, .irid we were hit by two bonibx through the bridge. rcxulting in man)‘ casualties’, Near misses caused extensive damage tu inachiiiery and gun innum-

ings_ and our lrccboard was only about it four when we wciircd in Dover Ilrirbour.

S. C. Ilnrrimn. Durslc). Glos.

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l was sorry to read of the old Bran-n's sad end. Even before thc war the ship did a great job, being involved with the ItuIi.1n/\I‘b)‘5strtl:tt1 Will’. l’:ile.-«tine and the Jewish invasion, and the J. H. Spanish Civil Wait.

Williams (ex-(‘F.RA). Ch.'itIiiitti.

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My

lritc fatlicr. All Edward Richard Jones. RFR. was one of the gunnerx who downed one of the three aircraft which riitziekcd the Brazen. for which

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A GENUINE l‘)l7 Royal N:tv.'i| Air Scrstcc sciipliinr: hangar is still intact at il.\l.S Osprey. Portland. and will shortly be dtsmrintled and moved to the Fleet Air .-‘srm Museum at Ycnvtltun.

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Unfortunately

the exterior has been re-clad with corrugated asbestos sheeting. and the museum \-'~l\l‘lCS to restore it to the original state.

If any reader has copies of the plans. or photographs of it before it was altered, the museum would be very grateful to see them Once re-erected and restored, it is intended to display within the hangar aircraft of the first

Medal ceremony was ti real let-do I HAVE just got to put pen to paper before the pent»up frustration I am feeling explodes. The cause of these feelings is

ceremonies. formal and intermal Hopefully. incidents like that described here have been

low and far between.

D

his.

0 The system has been lo: commanding officers to make arrangements for me issue or presentation ol South Atlantic Medals as considered appro-

prtatoondltlsknownthetlarye numbers have been handed

it

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Cyril (Tally) Liverpool Bay. Jones. Bangor. Gwynedd.

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The article about HMS Brazen is not correct. The facts are that we sailed from Dover on a Friday the l3th (either October or November) I93‘) and found men bobbing about in the water. The skipper stopped engines and there was it

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issue

to the announcement

of the withdrawal. for cost reasons, of the .\'avy‘s Ingleficld

clips.

Before I retired a couple of years ago from our section of the largest chemical plant on Teesside, I was instrumental in the setting up of a flagstrtll, complete with spliced guy-wires.

Needing halyard blocks. I was

miss mass rescue.

The men were

survivors from U-80 which had struck a mine during the night. Rear-Admiral Dover gave us a tremendous rocket for stopping engines without investigations first.

There was an old German ruse to jettison debris (includiitg dutnmies) so that if it would-be rescuer stopped engines she became a sitting duck. for a

torpedo

The Brazen was. however. involved in the sinking of it

Vaagsfjord while escorting troopships to Norway. submarine in

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Nobby

Guisclcy.

Hunt Leeds.

El banter seeing the February issue of Navy News. may I offer this ode about the new flag AFTER

(ex-CYS).

stoning days

in the WM) crzi is very different. and indeed it certainly was not the established custom in 1952.

So when. by whom and how did this rite commence‘?

Neville Clmbell. Liss. Hunts.

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Hlpper and C1 Cyclamen REGARDING the letters (March edition) about the

action cruiser

against llipper

the German on Christmas

HMS Cyclamen was also involved.

Moreover the Hipper hit and damaged one of the troopships the convoy. the Empire in Trooper. HMS Cyclamen. in which I was serving. stayed with her and escorted her into Ponta Delgada where she was patched up. and then took her to GibralG. [-2. Collins. Hayes. tar.

Kent.

Day 1940.

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swtscls

/us! the twltvl," U1!

Hunting: cry.

"It says so in this DC].

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The lnglr/irld IS being changed As (rid: of flags are rearranged I-"tired-(yr clips are ltrrr. and so The twlvrl clip will have in go.‘ Clips, flag. with swivel or without

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This latest about

change has

"alley" brnrtrr

ones.

come

costing

ITIOFT.

I WRITE in reference

February

Bunting

At

lnglefleld [3 clips

near

he was awarded the DSM, presented by King George VI tit Buckingham Palace.

The Brazen was also involved in the attempted rescue in 1939 of the submarine Thetis. which went down during her first submerged builders‘ trials in

Glasgow

MAY I express my deepest gratitude: to those in the CPOI‘ Men of HMS Glasgow who tooli a little rose bowl to the Royal Hospital for Sick Children on my behalf.

It was in memory of I very lovely little boy who went to heaven last October. He‘: greatly missed. but I have heard from the hospital that be‘: much remembered.

Helen Altkert. Soutluea. llants.

way my husband received

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Editor.

Thanks to

expecting anything elaborate. but just a little more personal than the

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offered at it Mtddlesbrough ship Clll|n(llCl’\ some fibreglass clips swivel and non-swivel They proved to be quite suitable and strong. I was given to understand that they were also supplied to the Merchant Navy, C. W. Codner. Hartlepool.

Cleveland.

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was not

He was waiting in at queue outside the Naafi on board his present ship, when a person passed by and gave it to him. saying: "This has arrived in the post for you I don't think we have to do anything special. so you may as well have it."

My husband served with the spearhead group from Gibraltar until HMS Hermes took over.

His ship went through hell: his family the same. He lost mates and friends. more like brothers, in his ship.

Then he hiss his medal given to him this way. All I can sa is THANK YOU VERY MU H. He does not know I have written this.

“Proud Wife" (name and address supplied).

proud and pleasant

over at

the unfeeling. uncaring. way in which my husband received his South Atlantic Medal.

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CONTINENTAL PRICES on Talbot and Peugeot.

Harv shown old gun metal the door "Essential requirements" tr the game As curring ram is now tlir aim

hunting tossrrs everywhere The wind of rliangr is in the air.

For

Now in make this tale complete Who wants some old clips. going cheap” Mllte Williams. H MS Achilles —

GlbraIfar’s E] donation reader of Navy News. I am sorry there was no mention of the £b3.3lI Gibraltar donated towards the South Atlantic Fund. plus a voucher worth more than £l0.f)tI) for air flights and hotel accommodation fot Service men injured in the Falkland campaign to come here and com-alesoe.

George Russo. Gibraltar.

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Slice of Cl tradltlon NOWADAYS. when a warship commissions or recommis-ions. there is an elaborate ceremony which includes the ritual cutting of it cake.

This practice is generally described as being in the old tradition of the Royal Navy.

But when did this "old tradition" start” My recollection of commis-

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Srtilor in

epic tow praised

by C-in-C Dttvc (,'o'.ttc.s has received it (T-in-("5 (.‘om~ mcndation for lltt: way he tttcklcd his duties as a member of st towing party transferred from HMS Ajax to a cargo vessel adrift between Sri Litnliil and Malaya last June.

All

The tow ltxstcd live dtty.s and the towing party had to contend with inadequate gear and appalling living conditions.

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:_,r=c to Newcastle. Tho, ; olrcnt! was Immediately ; rtldtnnmud ‘Kerr.

Glamorgfl sails out

HMS Glamorgan. hit by an Exocet missile in the Falklands war with the loss of 13 lives. returned to sea on April 12 with her hclimpter hangar and galley rebuilt after almost nine months in Portsmouth Docltyttrd hands.

The County-class destroyer also has an updated weapon

system including close-range

equipped to carry a Lynx helicopter.

Her sister-ship. HMS Antrim. was rcdcdicaled 12 days before at Portsmouth (see Page 3l).

guns, and is

looks on Euryrtlus the bright side HMS EURYALUS. which returned to Dcvonport at

the end of April after taking part in Exercise Mediterranean. has had her fair share of sunshine during the past few months.

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Bcfurc crossing the Atluntir: to (iihrttltur for Spririgtrttirt. thc frigate had taken part in tho: (‘ztribtrain deployment to the West lndies and America. where B hanytin was held and First visit of the deployment the ship's‘ cricltct team was was to Jacksonville. Florida. in soundly beaten in it match compatriy with HMS Battlcttxe. watched by most of the i:alatnd'.s after which the ships cxerciscd population oi l.2(X). on the test range off Andrus lslttnd in the Bahamas. The TRlBU'l'E to “enhanced readiEuryztlus successfully fired an ness and numerous successes“ lltara missile. was paid to the Exercise Reade: The ship's short visit to St Thomas in the Virgin islands was rrtztrrcd by thc dcrtth of mugging victim SF./\(M) Terry Trowsdnlc. The lrigate then sailed on to a ten-day leave and maintenance period at Antigua.

365 beaches Wives and girl friends flew out to join their men. and the t.sl;tnd'!s 365 beaches wcrr: put to

good

use.

engineer railings spent cight day. working tit Nelson's Docltyztrd in linglisli A team of marinc

Harbour at tltc south end ul the island. A jetty was rcnosuttcd tor the first time since 1889. much painting was done, and moorings were checked.

Final call l:-elore the Euryalus turned for Gihrttltttr was it bricl visit to the island of Bztrbudzt,

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A CIVILIAN working for the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment look the victor ludontm title at the Royal Navy Chess Championships held this year at HMS Collirtgwood.

Winner Mr Arthur Brameld was also presented with the RN Post.-tl Chess Championship display. under contest for IS months.

Royal Navy Chess Champion was Cdr. Henry Farmer.

Ycovilton. and RN Quick-Play Champion Lieut.-Cdr. Launc Brttkensltirc. ol FOSM stuff.

The thrcc-day event. cancel» led last year because of the

Fttlklands war, was opened by the Captain of Collingwnod.

Capt. Anthony Wheatley.

combined battle group by the flag nfllcer ln command. Vlce Admlrttl Ace Lyons.

In I signal to all participants including HM ships Invincible. Bristol. Euryalus and Rhyl he complimented them on their hard work and enthusiastic

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prolesslonallsm.

On cornpletlort of the exercise.

which formed part at the Carlbtrnln deployment. Admiral

Lyons pr-aerated n commemorative plaque to the Royal Navy flag olllcer. Rear-Admiral Robert Gerlten. on the bridge of the British flagship HMS Invincible.

Another commendation has been awarded to CPO George Elrick of 772 Squadron for his work on the development. inslalltttinn and operational use of an inlra-red night viewing system used by naval helicopters during the Falklands war.

A specialist in electronics, CPO lilriclt took part in six

operational missions, including SAS and S88 sortics.

Mountbatten

showpiece

SYMB()l,S ml the natvztl career of Admiral of the Fleet liarl Moulttbattcrt of Burma. including HMS Kelly, are depicted on an engraved glass goblet which has gone on show to the public at

Broadlands, Rumscy.

The Mountbatten Memorial Guhlcl, cnmmissinncd in N78] from the artist llonoritt D. Marsh by Lord and lztdy Romscy. combines nanny of Lord Mountbttttt-n's interests and distinctions umctlcd on March 28 of tho: Mountbatten its part f-lrthibitiott ill the late F.arl's stately home in Hampshire by ht.s elder daughter. Countess Mottntbnttcn of Burma. mother of lnrd Rutnscy.

It

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Wrens‘ day of colour FOR the first time an all«W’RNS morning Colour party was on duty tit HMS ('alcdorti.'t to salute the visiting Director WRNS. Commztndatnt Patricia Swallow.

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called and cold winter it really was for the 1,730 men of HM ships Fearless, Hermes and Amazon who journeyed nearly 200 miles inside the Arctic Circle. was

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arrival in the Harslad area to pursue the maritime training phase of the exercise. while the Fearless stayed inshore to support 3 Commando Brigade on land.

The Fearless then spent 48 hours in Harstad harbour for a cold, but interesting. run ashore.

To take part in the exercise the Fearless had carried out a successful rate change from Dartmouth Training to Amphibious Ops in four hours after returning from the United

States and West indies.

Embarlted for the return trip from Norwa were four Lynx aircraft of 3 ommando Brigade Air Squadron and. as the squadron was re-equipped with the Lynx only last November. this was a "first" for Fearless.

Rigid Raiders of the RM Boats Squadron were also brought back.

Following her return to Portsmouth. the Fearless underwent an assisted maintenance period before heading north again in early May.

helicopters

to a

from RN air station Culdrose carried Royal French ferry stricken during the gates of early April.

Distress calls flooded in as high winds and heavy seas swept the Channel and Western Approaches for several days:

During

Easter the Culdrose Search and Rescue crew was scrambled eight times in conditions. appalling 0 A Russian sailor suffering from abdominal pains was airlifted from a Soviet bulk carrier by an SAR helicopter from HMS Daedalus.

C On April 11 the master of a 40,000-ton Panamanian bulk carrier was lifted from his burnin ship by a Sea King from cw Yorlobound HMS Hermes.

0 On the same day ratings stood by boats at Portland naval base when a Force 8 gale combined with a high tide threatened the town with flooding.

One man died and 70 peaple were affected by smoke when fire broke out in Britanny Ferries‘ Armorique on her way from Rosooff to Cork. Culdrose Sea Kings carried firefighters and medical aid to the ship 20 miles north of the Scilly isles.

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The ferry. with 700 passengers on board. put into Mount's Bay. Cornwall. where the smoke victims were treated at the West Cornwall Hospital before the ship continued.

Helicopters from Culdrose were also called out that weekend to search for missing divers, a

missing swimmer.

to rescue

five windsurfers in difficulties and to collect a pregnant —

Bravery award

A

SAR

Diver from Culdrose‘: 771 Squadron has been awarded the Royal

Humane Society’: Testimonial on Vellum for attempt-

ing

to

rescue a

doctor from

the yacht Ladybird last July.

POACMN Dave Wallace insisted on braving hazardous conditions to search the partially sunken craft lying close to shore in heavy weather of! St Ives.

Navy

Llllohammer

area

for two

months. And when not

gaged

onspent as

duty they much time as possible with the Marines while they were ski training. on

Barbara Fox and Ann Easter also sampled in night

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THESE tlvo lucky Wrens volunteered to accompany the Floyal Marines during training in Norway. From left they are: Wren WTFts Ann Easter (centurion), Barbara Fox (Lympatone), Josie Overlon (colllngwood), Jackie Garden (CINCNAVHOME) and Tracy Lloyd (3 Commando

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The Fearless wearing the broad pennant of the Commodore Amphibious Warfare (Commodore Peter Dingemans) and the Hermes together landed the men and equipment of 3 Commando Brigade on the northern beaches of a snowy, pine-covered peninsula near the tiny town of llarstad.

With Dutch support. the Commandos "fought" their way inland against prc-positioned Norwegian troops and American forces in the southern half of the peninsula.

The exercise provided for air and submarine attack against the force of ships as they crossed the North Sea and pushed up through the Norwegian “inner leads." narrow the Norwewaterways between gian mainland and the myriads of tiny offshore islands.

RAF Buccaneer aircraft from 12 Squadron "attacked" at low level. and Norwegian submarines and fast patrol boats launched mocl: attacks against COMAW's ships. which included the Amazon. three Norwegian warships and two Danish troop-carrying merehantmcn taken up from the Dana Corona and trade Dana Fortuna.

HM ships Hermes and Amazon and RFA Appleleai detached from the flagship on

Applelent replenishes HMS Fearless and HMS Hermes at The picture was taken irom the Hermes’: tllght deck

a

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Truro.

HMS Hermes's helicopter rescued South Korean Capt. Yu Jong Su of the 40.(l(X)-ton Bay Club after his 26 crew had taken to the liferafts. He returned to search in vain for a missing man and would only agree to be winched off after remaining on board for 15 hours.

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Meanwhile a second Sea King from the Hermes lowered one of the carrier's medical officers to the Dart Atlantica to treat the Bay Club's second engineer who had suffered burns.

Casualty evacuation from the

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whatever the link between baked beans and Ida rolls. they are just two random examples of the range at dry provisions kept in the “cage,” a lock-up section of the mum-purpose store sewing the smalloshlp fleet at Rosyth. catering Assistants Steve Luke and Troy Tempest are the human fork-lift trucks.

Pictures:

CPO(Phot) Michael Gilbert

RIGHT: Whafs cooking? in line with clvvy street

trends, the fast-tood counters In cochrene's canteen

popular with Rosyth's busy sailors. Steaks and omelettes are cooked to order “while-you-wait". For those with a little more time, lunch on this particular day included a choice of ten snacks and six main dishes from sweet-and-sour chicken wings to traditional roast beef. On the menu lor supper that evening were eleven dishes Including tenderloin en croute. scsmpl tartere. Chinese chicken legs, prawn too yung and haggls. are

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lighter items in the bulk store on Fioeytlfs waterfront. handled here with dexterity by Store Accountants Kev Walsh and Gary Weir.

Outboard motors tor Gemini dlnghles are typical of the heavier pieces of equipment stored on behall of

patched

refitting ships

on

order.

or

dis-

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BELOW: Life at the sharp (or should It be blunt?) end of the cochrene victualllng service. On board HMS Cattistock, cook Stuart Dailimore uses a sledgehemmer to crack a lamb chop supplied from the treezer in

Fenders for tenders are among the bulkier but

Rosyth's multi—purpoee

store.

BELOW: Oh no. not more bumti in a computer ego. there is still room tor manual paperwork and lnthecochraneofficewhereeervlce certttlcetee are kept up-to-date by hand e —

systemwhichhasstcodthetestoftimetorzoo yesrs—upto25Dsetsotdocumentsere processed every month. But the start. among them CPOWTR Bruce Jetfrey and Lwren Dyene Goodchlld. handle the in-trays with philosophical good humour.

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FALKLANDS ALLOWANCE TAKES A POUNDING...

Lodge

is £28, 000 winner!

THE RN and RM Children's Home, South Africa Lodge. Waterlooville. has benefited from a cheque for more than £28,000 as a result of a match company's

centenary appeal.

On behalf of the company. J. J. Masters, which makes Winners and Ship matches, Pompey Football Club captain Billy Raliert handed over the mmodore David cheque to Watts, of HMS Nelson. who is chairman of the home's management committee.

Children at the home were also pleased to meet other Portsmouth footballers. including Alan Biley. John McLaughlin and Mick Tait.

At Easter, gifts for the chitdren included egg from the HMS Dolphin W05‘ and CPOs‘ Mess. which has chosen to help the home this year.

THE WHYS and wherefores of allowances sometimes puzzle naval wives and have been known to raise the odd query among sailors too.

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Local overseas allowance is something which gives rise to misunderstanding on occasion. For instance, a wife wrote to us from Portsmouth in these terms: "Why. when our husbands go to the Falklands, do they only still gel £1 a day separation pay? lf they go anywhere else to ‘show the flag’ it seems they get full separation pay someone has got the priorities wrong."

An all-the-cuff reaction we received to that one was. "Wonder what her husband has told her and for what reason!" .

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The

who have completed the 30-day qualifying period for Separation Allowance, receive £1.70 a day. taxable. men at sea,

Service oil the Falklands attracts £1 a day Local Overseas Allowance, which is in addition to the Separation Allowance.

Other men may receive a higher rate of LOA in other parts oi the world. but this is because the cost of living is higher in these other countries.

LOA is designed to bring the power of the pound purchasing In a man's pocket up to the same value it has in the UK. "'I1terc is little to spend money on in the Falklands. so a higher rate than £1 a day is not justified." we were told.

So. whatever one's views on allowances as they stand and operate. perhaps that helps

Thanks for a son's life

but happy to meet dad for the tlrst tlmo: Daughter Cora says hello to dad. LS Paul Smith. when HMS uverpool returned to Plymouth from her that operational patrol. two months In the .

South Atlantic.

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THANKS to an "unknown" helicopter crew for their Illesavlng work in the Falklands a year ago comes In a letter from Peter and Valerie Russo. of Tllgate. Crowley, Sussex.

They say, “May we through Navy News express our deep gratitude to the helicopter crew

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Edltor: John Tucker Deputy Edltor: Chris Horrocks Aaaletant Edltoro: John Elllott. Joan Kelly Anton Hanney

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(editorial) 24228 (buslnoea).

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Bullneu manager: Min Maureen Brown

airlifted trom ship to shlp and then went to Norwleh Hospital for an operation. “He Is now on sick leave and Improving daily.My husband and I thank you all. we really appreciate the telephone calls and concern trom his oppoe. in tho Brllllanl.”

He

Fiesta time for SSA FA

was

Dolphin treble Dolphin Volunteer Cadet Corps. with members from HMS

sailors‘ families. won the Portsmouth Area Cadet League soccer trophy and the cup final.

They were emulating the cstab~ lishmr.-nt's First XI. who have won the United Services Division l trophy and the senior cup.

LAST YEAR ~l~l.fX)0 Service and ex-Service family problems were taken to the Soldiers‘.

Sailors’ and Airmcn's Families :\.\<ocialion. To continue such support. SSAFA relies on the kind of profit which is made by thc annual thrceocar draw. Last year it realised nearly £50,000.

This year Ford Personal Import Export. in conjuction ‘with Natocars of Bridgwatcr. are again providing llte top prizes tltree Ford Fiesta models.

Tickets are being distributed this month. Anyone wanting more details about the draw or general information about SSAFA should write to SSAFA. 27 Queen Anne's Gate. Westminster. London SW1.

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Helpina hands

A

curtay tor Princess Margaret when, at the

rededlcatlon ceremony for HMS lllustroue at Portsmouth. she was presented with flowers

by Suzannah Butler. daughter of FCMEA(H) Sam Butler.

0 See also page at

Hong Kong memories

WHO HAS memories of the Royal Naval Wives‘ Association in Hong Kong? Jane Herbert. who edits the association's Dragon magazine. writes to say that by accident it was discovered recently that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the association.

They would like to unearth as much information as possible

about it and to hear from lounders and former members.

The address to write to is 814, Bonham Towers. 38. Bonham Road. Mid Levels. Hong Kong.

Rowner gets advice service HMS NELSON Sailors‘ and Families‘ Advice Bureau is establishing an outpost at Gosport's Rowner naval estate once a week to provide an on-the-spot service for “customers." Each Thursday morning between 9 a.m. and midday a SAFAB staff member will be available at the Community Centre in Nimrod Drive to deal with inquiries.

HMS Nelson's SAFAB, based at Portsmouth and serving a wide area. has come a long way since it opened in 1977. Yet many serving personnel and their families still apparently do not know of its existence or, if they are aware. do not know what service is offered. Others thinlt that distribution of Factshects imponant and interesting as they are is the full extent of the service. ln"fact. SA!-‘A85 aim to be the Navy's equivalent of the Citizens‘ Advice Bureau And it is a confidential organisation in most cases there is no need to know people's names.

"We do not keep any records. floor of Swiftsure Block in HMS Please could you help me and in no way can an inquiry in finding my two brothers.

Nelson, and can be contacted by affect a I was born in Australia in a personal visit. letter or teleperson‘: —

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servinp Ne

career." says

spokesman.

a

son

SAFAB

"We can answer most of the problems which come our way. but it we cannot help we can usually refer you to someone else who may be able to assist."

The SAFAB is on the first

hone call to Portsmouth 51. extension 24152. or direct via GPO Portsmouth 832814.

In one recent i uiry dealt with by the Nelson AFAB. a young woman wrote a letter along the tollowing lines:

Sons of sea in Hermes .

ABOUT 40 echoolboye. aged between 12 and 17. eelled tor a eons-at-sea visit with HMS Hermes atthe start of the carrier‘: deployment to the United States.

Alter a buoy day of actlvltlea. Including a grandstand view of the shlp leaving harbour and the landing-on of tour Sea l-Ierrlere of rice squadron, the boys spent the n ht at sea in a moaedeclt. Next day they were flown o In sea Kings at 814 squadron to FIN air station Culdroce. when the visitors lined up for a group picture with thelr"dnd_s. 12-yeah-old Loatle steel couldn't make it he had become-unwell. spanding the nl ht ln the comfort of the sick bay before “llylng wtth his brother next :1ey. But he had the special picture on the left taken with hie tether. PO Bob Steel.

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Iplilnlf

1962. My parents and go! a divorce. y mother brought me back to the United Kingdom Iherr 196-5 and the two brothers remained in Australia with my father. Since beln in A'the United Kingdon t ere has been no contact between the two families.

Recently a friend who knew the two families all those years a o mentioned that one of t r brother: is now in the Royal Navy but she could not remember which one or even where he is serving. Please could you help in any way. even if to say that he is well?

SAFAB traced and contacted the brother and gave him his sister's addres. Hts Service details and whereabouts were NOT divulged to his sister but it is hoped he contacted her.

Another inquiry concerned a wile whose husband was at sea and who wished to visit her sick mother. She telephoned SAFAB to inquire about it travel warrant its there was no time for her to write to her husband to obtain one. SAFAB arranged for a signal to her husband‘s ship to verily that he had a warrant, and then obtained the warrant from HMS Nelson.

"50." say SAFAB. "il you have a problem. no matter how bi or small. why not give us a cat? Sometimes just talking to -

somebody helps and be good listeners."

we

try

to

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NAVY NEWS, MAY 1983

Old Mechs fade just

TIFFS &

MECHS

‘fir

OTHER oil

/\DVANCEMENT.TRAlNlNG

and TlTLE CHANGES Amrtirviuo STATEMENT nciintislfll.

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away... came

into force

on

April1i

ati

the individual's sub-branch

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leges‘ Expedition to icecap and mountain regions in Norway.

Exped. dates are expected to be: depart Newcastle August 3.

return Newcastle

“in other words. they still don't know whether their ertfflcera or their ellglblee ." .

W

(cpoMEA)_

The M“, we to, me pmsem mechanlcian third class where qualified as petty officer before mocha lclan course. will be probationary anilipetty o cer. This is to clarify his status mminmg

1°: ‘wold

on

reaching

eight years‘ seniority, are to be Interviewed by their divisional officers and their suitability for charga atiof at-imoer is to be

rwigweg if considered suitable. every enmuragement is to be given to their advancement. and they are to be reminded that if they do not pass the Fleet Board (or

dup“cau°n°°"’°m“?,‘;fi m°?y°L%°o?;=g:e°fg, '

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toactingsecondclassbylime alone.

Under the new regulations. and PO probaacting POMfJs_ MEAs will remain in that

fionary

rate until fully qualified. but their effective date of confimtalion as POMEA may be ante-dated.

Existing ME mechanician act-

ing second class were rated without POMEA on April 1 —

i

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loss

1

.

August

31.

Trainee members will be officers under training, including

for

example. leading weapon engineering artificer (LW .'petty officer marine engineering artlficer (POMEA). chief petty officer air engineering artificer (CPOAEA).

CPO artificers.

Norway exped.

VACANCIES for team leaders with ice and snow experience exist for NORPED 1983. the 26th annual Joint Services Col-

H

The old title of marine engineering rnechanlcian 1st class will now be chief petty officer marine engineering artifi-

ice are expected to follow Esso Petroleum in deciding to introduce single-driver deliveries. making it essential for vessels to make crews available to assist in bunltering operations.

Ships’ cfficers already indicate the correct bunker connection arid check that tanks can accommodate the delivered quantity safely. in future. this procedure win be tightened up. and Esso will require a signature for "safe operation" from a ship's officer prior to delivery.

Dcl (RN) 123 I 83

it

WITH the fading away of the 80-year-old title of mechanician. there is now an official follow-up statement amplifying some aspects of the changes announced last year to the titles. training and advancement of artificers and the then mechanicians.

New titles

Olllng ship

they're on

.

The rules of maintenance when

a

sailor is

given permission

to make his own financial

Lovely Linda

"Paint him

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Durham Coal Queen and ship's pin-up Mrs Linda Dent finds her hearings in HMS Brazen with a little help from her friends.

and Brazen saddles.

WHILE "red for danger" remains a warning in the Royal Navy. yellow is now another colour used to spell out caution.

An Admiralty announcement says that past practice for the identification of dangerous static and moving hazards In ships (for example

moving parts. transmitting serials. holes in deck) has

identity them by markings or notices.

Ringing of friendship tone

danger been to

Journey's end for eight cyclists from Brazen who raised £800 for the Save the children Fund.

After their rely ride from Plymouth to Durham they greeted the frigate when she arrived at Sunderland. On the right is the Brazen’: commanding officer. Capt. Norman Dlngemans.

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for

red

Current practice, however.

already partially implemented in most ships which have recently joined the Fleet. is to identify such hazards by yellow markings which is

notices. with black

lettering.

The use of red is now restricted to “stop” and "prohibition" markings. and for

fire-fighting equipment.

DCI (RN) 11283

fr Phat move THE Joint School of Photo-

graphy (JSOP) assumed responsibility for the training of RN personnel from April 1. taking over the task previously under-

LINKS of friendship were forged with ringing first visit to her affiliated county of Durham.

When her iivc-day social call ended on March 1. the sltip lcft llL'l' Sundcrlzind hcrtlt with in Durham hell on board, presented us it symbol of the new bond between ship and county.

‘l'iiimigli-itit

thc \l\|l lltt' lira/cn was invnlwii in ;i bus} s-ocuil progrtunnic which \li‘IflCtl with .1 cocktail party for till l0Cc'tl dlgfllliiflts.

Men from the frigate visited local scliools. Sci: Ctidcts and ii remand centre at Aycliffc.

'l‘hirt_v children were entertained :it ;i pirates‘ party on board and ii

group from Trouts Lane

success

when HMS Brazen made her

School for the llnndicaippcd tour::i.l the ship Team-. lrum lhc Brazen Pl£l_\‘L'(.l Duriuiin (‘uutny Cori\IKIhtll.'If)' in ;i two-day sports progriininic .'it the Police Sports Centre, Durham City. Events lllCllttlV.‘(l \(K‘CCf. rugby. liivckcy.

squash

imil

:i

swimming gala,

‘lhi: l<lr:i/r.-n‘x solc victory "iishurc" wax :lL'lllC\i't.'l.l in liockcy zigauiist the Wi‘(‘.s (3-4)). while tit \t.\'lrlll’lIlng MI-IM(M) McCloughlin won the l(l)m. freestyle and AB(!ZW) Pulling the 100m. breaststroke.

Outside the main programme, MEMNl(M) Bruin orgzutiscd ii

Alert Plymouth wins Pup trophy HMS PLYMOUTXI whose Wasp hcllcoplcr helped to cripple the Argentine submarine Santa Fe. has won the Sopvrith Pup Trophy for 1982.

Awarded by British Aerospace. the trophy is presented to the

ship whoscfltghtachlcvcsuidnntatalnsthchighcstdegncof operational readiness throughout a yur.

Apart from the A512 minlla attack on the submarine. the Plytnouth's Wasp carried out many anti-submarine patrols and flew special tomes ashore. When the ship was tilt by Argentine bombs the helicopter was damaged by cannon shells. but was soon repaired and back in action.

clay pigeon

xltoot.

While the \hip win lti::iding north. cight of her sailors set off iroin Plymouth on it miiiiithon Cycic ride to Durham. arriving in time to greet the Brazen and raising £6“) for the Save thi: (‘hililrcn Fund ()n lht: iiui day of the visit the .\hl]t'h company were treated to xi civic reception chaired by the .'tuth()rit)"\ \’icc—Ch:ilrman.Cilr. .i. McCallum. After an informal standlunch Cllr. McCaIium ing in for thc county chairman who had been tztkcn ill presented the hell to the Br:ucn's commanding officer.

Capt. Norman Dingcmans.

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SILVER MODEL The award,

silver model of the First World War Sopwlfh Pup aircraft. was presented to the frigate‘: commandingofficer.

Capt. M. C. Cole, by the Flag Officer Third I-‘lotllll. RearAdntirnl Derek Rcffcll on March 25.

Among those present for the night-dock presentation was the officer who commanded the flight from April to \'o\‘(-mber.

Licut.-Cdr. John Dnmfield. Licut.-Cdr. John Rock: was flight commander before that and Lieut.-Cdr. J. P. S. Grecnop look over in November. 11): senior nuintcnanccrating was AEA(L)l N. P. N. Pollard. in

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DCI (RN) J 130583

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Hooper prizes and

RO(T)

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PRlZE-WINNERS in the 1982 Ueut.-Cdr. Hooper Prize Competition were: 1. LMA M. H. Pickett: 2. Wren Wi'R(G) S. M. McLaughlin; 3. MEA App C. A.

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5'1? PO dates AMENDED dates are announced lor the petty officers‘ leadership course at HMS Royal Arthur during 1983. This is due to the reduction in the course length from five to four weeks.

DCI (RN) 108/8:!

ADULTSLOVE THEMALSO Spedflca!ydeslgnediorttiosoM1owuItsoittetringspsdal—btndlflerem.

Thesaferyaspoctotasofttoylsamostlrriportaiitconsidoration.

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<£rP$yOpS Wing THE School of Service intelligence (SSI). Ashiord. has now assumed responslbili for trainrations ing in Psychological (Psyops). Within the school

lhereisnowaPsyopsWingrun by the senior irstmctor Psyops.

One of the responsibilities oi Psyops is to advise Ministry of Defence central and single ser-

vice staffs on the development of policy and doctrine in the psychological aspects of mill-

lary operations.

Dcl

(RN)

J 113/83

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oumooo AN IRREVERENT but unique flag flown by the Royal Navy In the Falklands war has been presented to Hull Maritime Museum to commemorate the part played in the conflict by five

requisitioned trawlers.

The flag which proclaimed "Want anything shifted? Get STUFT" was worn by HMS

Cordelia.

of the five Hull trawlers which made up MCM 11 under the command of Lleut.-Cdr. Martyn Holloway.

Other Ships Taken Up from Trade in the squadron were the Farneila. Junelia, Northells and Plct. one

Our picture shows the flag being presented to the Lady Mayoress of Hull. Mrs Dora Woodforcl. by Lleut.-Cdr. Holloway on board his present command. HMS Biideston. He took the opportunity to hand over the flag personally during the ship‘: visit to the fishing port in March.

The "shifting" undertaken by the trawiers was the crossedecltlng of 5 Brigade from the OE2 to the Canberra and the Norfand at South

Georgia.

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NAVY NEWS. MAY I933

APPOINTMENTS

Port Admiral for FOSNI cap FOLLOWING a review of management structure in riaval bases. it has been decided that from Augitst 11 the F|agOflicer Scotland and Northern lrcland (currently Vice-Admiral R. R. Squires) will also carry out the duties of Port Admiral Rosyth. an appointment at present held by Rear-Admiral J. C.

Warsop.

The re-organisation will bring the naval structure in Scotland into line with that in the southern bases.

On leaving Rosyth. RearAdmiral \Varx'op will in Scp~ temhcr become Flag Officer and Port Admiral Portsmouth in succession to Vice-Admiral A. S. Tippel. whose promotion from rear-admiral took effect from April ll. Vice-Admiral Tippet is also Chief Naval Supply and Secretariat Officer.

Surg. Rear-Admiral R. J. W. Lambert is to be promoted

OBITIIAR

'

NAVY

Boyd Trophy tribute to Harrier men

THE superlative performance of the Royal Navy's Sea Harrier squadrons during the Falklands war has been recognised in the presentation of the Fleet Air Arm's premier award, the Boyd Trophy, to Sea Harrier pilot Cdr. Tim Gedge.

The trophy, a silver model oi a Swordiish aircraft, was presented to Cdr. G station Yeoviiton on March 23 by the Flag Officer Naval Air Command. Vice-Admiral Sir John

cdr. Tim

Gedge and his wile Monika with the Boyd Trophy.

Man

of

distinction

UEUT. David Weston has been awarded a prize from the institute nt tor a paper on industrial relations. While oi Industrial serving at Flosyth. David attended Lauder Technical College at Duniermline to study tor the institute'e management certificate. which he gained with distinction.

The FalklandsTie An officially approved crimplene tie with an attractive woven design based on the South Atlantic medal ribbon colours on a navy blue background, interspersed with the FalklandsIslands Crest. Price: ÂŁ6.95.

Availablefrom all branches, or by post from No. 1 Savile Row.

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NIAY 195.}

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NAVY NEWS. MAY I983

I8

‘About this

—

problem posed by generosity A

the way the South Atlanic Fund is operating. Although many people are deeply grateful for help given, some are quoted as

over

that, with such

a

vast

involved, there would be differences of view. Equal shares for all? Or help according sum

to need? Dispose of all the money imme-

diately?

Or wait to establish long-term needs? Cases can be put for all these courses and arguments advanced against.

One newspaper columnist has even sug-l gested it was a pity the fund was ever started not because help was begrudged but because it was invidious to single out the families of those killed in one British cause for vastly preferential treatment to those killed in another.

However, with the fund a fact of life, it has to administer and disperse the money to the best of its ability and judgment and already some £6 million has been distributed.

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Long-term

'

its operation has been defended by the Prime Minister, who said it was vital that the trustees “have regard for the long-term interests of those who have been disabled and wounded. Some of their needs may not emerge for a very long time.‘_‘ Associated with the Services for many years has been a range of charities and causes

help serving and ex-Service personnel and their dependants. The -Navy has funds well known to many which carry out a continuing programme of good work, often unsung. A period of recession, when people have had to dig deeper into their pockets. is not the easiest time for charities on which there are increasing demands.

While the South Atlantic Fund must see its worthy task through, nothing should be allowed to detract from the importance of the old-established funds-as they provide their help over a wide field.

Although firm mics exist for operation of the South Atlantic Fund. some people will have wondered if. in the long lemt. any way can be found to allow the great generosity of last year to benefit the old—estabiished funds in their task of helping the many deserving cases which come to them day by day. to

.

"Dartmoor Work

Experience" you've arranged for them, Chiei. !' .

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FOR MONTHS there have been rumblings

was

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Carry on cooking the Navy way

NEWSVIEW

dissatisfied.

The likelihood

er

l’USSERS' training is on the move. Partly it will find a new home in the khaki environs of Aldershot. Even there, it is still to be a case of Navy men being trained by Navy instructors. Moreover, they'll be serving under at White Ensign which will be flying.

For a quarter of a century officers and ratings

of Nm-‘s Supply :tnd Secretarial branch have trained in HMS Pembroke. ever since the RN Supply School moved from its home in HMS Ceres, Wethcrhy (Yorks). to open for l!I.i:slIit.‘,\S in Chatham on April 1, 1958.

But. with the intpentiing closure of Chttthzun. the pusscrs' school is to move, not to one new location. but two. in August the RN Cookery School which two years ago baked the cake for the wedding of the Prince of \V:t|cs and Lady Diana Spencer

jointly-usctl rlfUlL'.\\lUit.'Il facilities.

llvlcanwhilc. the rest of the Supply School officers, writers. stores accountants and —

will transfer to HMS Raleigh, also in‘Angust. And even the caterers and the cooks will do some time at Raleigh for naval ttpplicztlion training after their craft work zit Altlershot.

Though nostalgic about leaving their alrna mater in the Nora, the pussers are looking forward to the challenge of rnzsintztining their professionalism and identity in the highlycharged atmosphere of ti new-entry training establishment and in :m Anny setting. And. of course. all the “Wcsto.s" are cock-a-hoop about going "home". stewards

is

shop

with the Army School of Catering at Aldershot. About six months later. the RAF School of Catering also l'tIt)\'c.~. there. so implementing a ministerial directive to establish co-located tri-service t.'nulvt¢:l'_\’ training by 1984. to set

up

At Aidershol the RN cooks and caterers will continue to learn craft cookery skills from

dedicated RN instructors. The RN Cookery School will be an independent unit (albeit ll lender to HMS Raleigh) with its own accounmodrttion block and will fly the White —

Ensign.

For local administration it will come under the Army anti. with the RAF. will enjoy

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Courses cut

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and ft.‘L‘l'L'illlt)lliIl

Shortly before the move, the Supply School will be intplcntcnting a number of changes in the training spectrum as pztrt of the cuts in instructor \l£Iffllli]"K1f-Ctlby Siimlruin.

Details can be read In DC]: (RN) 35S’iiZ. -57/83 and illtlil-K3. but bricfl' courses for £ltl\'.'lllCL'f‘i1Cl1l to PO cook. l’ caterer. P0 stores accountant. leading slcwarti and leading writer arc to end in May, and be fCPlZlCL‘l.l by thrice-yearly fleet ex:tmination~;.

There will ;tl.\t) be :1 cut in the number of non-career PJT courses in pttssery for the "management" of surface tenders and .subIn:ttines. These will be undertaken primarily by Base Supply Officer Rnsylh and by Cttptnin Submarine Sea Training.

O See also Drt1lty‘s Comer page 4.

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One of the Royal Navy: most famous culinary traditions the cutting oi the commissioning cake. Cakes suclias this have been made by generations oi ratings trained at RN Cookery School.

HMS Pembroke. in this case the cake was baked for the nadodieatlon of HMS File on March 31 (390 report in Page 31).

It Is being cut by the commanding officer’: wife, Mrs. Dorothy Caughoy,and the ship’: youngest sailor. SEA Mark Waters.

P-eturo: Float Photograph-c Um. —

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COUNTDOWN TO CLOSURE wrrH the general closure programme at Chatham now well advanced, Medway Area of Naval Home Command will be subsumed by Flag Officer Portsmouth on September 30, when the flags oi‘ Flag Officer Medway and Port Admiral Chatham are hauled down.

Modway Subordinate sea Aron res-

ponsibilitieswill be assumed by Flag Officer Plymouth on that date.

The Naval Base will be finally

closed

on

March 31 next year. 437

years after the first building was erected for the support oi the Fleet at Chatham.

Milestones in the final closure programme include: MAY: Planned completion of HMS Churchill refit.

JUNE: Final Port Divisions in HMS Pembroke. Planned completion of HMS Hermione refit. All ship refitting and production work ceases.

SEPTEMBER: Flags of Officer Medway and Port Admiral chatham hauled down. Boat Retreat and coremonlal Sunset at Naval Base. ,

Modway Command dlseetabllshes.

Flag Officer Portsmouth assumes command oi the Modway land area.

DECEMBER TO FEBRUARY 1984: De-storing, do-equipping and build‘

ing closure continues.

MARCH 31. 1984: Naval Base (including HMS Pembroke) closes.

0 Agreement was reached for the iln-n of Cosalt (which otters a wide range of ropes and note) to operate the historic Hopery at Chatham from April this year. The Ropery had recently closed as part of the naval rundown there.

Flight

There was a tremendous lamlly welcome for the men of HMS Antrlm when the destroyer returned to Portsmouth at theand of her second s poll of South Atlantic duty Lost year the ship was involved In tho Falklands war. Her second 3 pelt down south had Involved tamlly soparatlons over Christmas.

Picture: PO(Pnot) Radar Thornpoon.

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cruiser

.a-‘‘

HMS ACHILLES renewed historic ties with the Falklands at the end of March when the ship's company attended a Sunday service in

Stanley Cathedral.

ensign of the previous Achilles, the cruiser which fought at the Battle of the River Plate. was unshipped from the cathedral wall and draped around the pulpit.

The

After the service. conducted jointly by local incurribent the Rev. Harry Bagnall and naval chaplain the Rev. Charles Howard. the ship's company chatted with parishioners over coffee and "stickies" provided by the ship's cooks.

ATLANTIC MEDALS Soon after arriving on station at the end of February the Achilles was vLsited by the Commander British Forces Falkland Islands. Major General David Thorne. who presented ll South Atlantic and two Long Service and Good Conduct medals to members of the ship's company.

Between operational patrols the Achilles has landed small parties at remote settlements in the West Falklands. and many generous farmhouse teas have been enjoyed after a day out watching seals. penguins and other wild life.

ACTIVE ON CUE! HMS ACTIVE literally pooled her resources to fill brief moments of leisure during her current deployment to the Falkland Islands.

The ship's P'l"l. LPT Bungy Williams. embarked a pool table and knockout

ship was

planning to run a competition while the was

in the South Atlantic.

The Active reports that players have to be quick when there is a swell running. and there are unconfinncd rumours that the Weapons Engineer Officer. Lieut.-Cdr. Mike Duffy. is working on a gyrostabilisation system to make it an all-weather table!

HMS COVEN'I'RY's cross of nails is back in the safekeeping of the city that presented it to the ship.

At a ceremony in Coventry Cathedral on March 18. the dcstoyer’s fonncr commanding officer. Capt. David Hart-Dyke, handed the cross to the Bishop of Coventry. the Rt. Rev. John Gibbs.

The cross was made of nails from timbers in the old. blitzed cathedral and presented by the city to HMS Coventry on her

SECOND TRIP This is the frigate's second trip to the Falklands. During the war she was involved in screening. escort and gunfire support operations and took part in the final bombardment of Port Stanley.

She arrived back at the Falklands in late February to relieve HMS Charybdis. having completed an intense work-up period on passage to the south and visited Casablanca in com pany with HM ships Penelope and Cardiff.

commissioning.

GLINTING It

board when the 42 destroyer was sunk by bombs off the Falklands. but recovered by Royal Navy divers when seen by chance. glinting in

Falkland cruisers TWO 22ft.

being

sailing cruisers

Returning the cross, Capt.

Hart-Dylre said: “It remained in the ship wherever she went and

are

One will be named after Lieut.-Cdr. Richard Banfield. killed in HMS Ardent. and the other will be called British Freedom. area.

was on

a corner.

built by Honnor Marine of Totnes for the recreation of servicemen in the Falklands.

The Drascornbe Drifters are being paid for by the Church of England Soldiers‘ Sailors‘ and Airmcn's Clubs and by the naval wives and people of the

Solent

,

cam, David Harpoyke and the Bishop ot Coventry with the cross of nulls recovered from the wreck of HMS Coventry. On display with It is a roll at honour of tho19 members of the ahlp's company who died.

it was always used as the focus for our church services. During the Falklands conflict all trophies were put away in a safe place but. at the request of a young sailor I let this cross remain where it was.

“It became a symbol of hope and survival to many of us at the time."

NAVY NEWS. MAY 1983

MCM‘l's old and new ships team up to mine menace fight Tl-IE INHIBITING effect that enemy minefields can have on warships and supply vessels was highlighted in the South Atlantic last year, and has given new impetus to the men and ships of the Royal Navy‘s mine countermeasures squadrons.

The paralysing effectiveness of the mine, both as an offensive and defensive weapon. and the fact that the Russians have vast stocks of them, has turned mine countermeasures by the Royal Navy into a growth industry. Large sums of money are being spent to ensure our island nation can counter any threat for enemy mines. numbers of mines were laid by the Argentine: around the Falkland Islands and had to be located and neutralised before Royal Navy and support ships could operate salely.

Part of the Navy's n:tinesweeping flotilla is the First Mine Countermeasures Squadron (MCM1) based at Rosyth. Made up of six Ton-class veterans and three "plastic" Hunts, MCMI is a blend of the Navy's newest and oldest ships.

One of the Hunts, HMS Cattistock. is the latest ship to become operational, while the Ton-class HMS Bildeston celebrated her 30th year last month and is one of the oldest operational ships in the Navy.

MCM1 has proved that old and new are compatible for mechane

minesweeping techniques although. as revealed in last month's Navy News, the six Tons

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are to

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form MCM3 in October

with the Hunts remaining in MCMI to be joined new vessels of the 12-ship class as they enter service.

MCM vessels sent to the South Atlantic included two Hunts. HM ships Ledbury and Brecon, which quickly demonstrated their abilities.

Wrecks In the middle of the Falklands

they rapidly completed a the variety of difficult tasks Brecon. for example. found the wreck of HMS Coventry and winter

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loaned the wreck of the Argentine vessel Carearuna in Falkland Sound.

The two Hunts also hunted and cleared an Argentine minefield previously swept by the Navy's converted trawler-rninesweepers.

The Lctlbury and the Brecon

explosive work in San Carlos Water, Fox Bay, Fort went on to

William and other locations.

Seven ships of MCM1 have just completed a testing five weeks

working together at

sea. with a

break at Ostend to train at the NATO minewarfare school based them. it is the only one of its kind in Euro and is used extensively by all estcrn European navies.

Operating from cubicles which simulate a ship's operations rooms, teams from MCMI carried out a thtce—day exercise during which their efforts were constantly plotted and monitored.

The seven which took part were

ships Cattistock. Lcdbury.

Bildeston, Sheraton, Brinton, Upton and Gavinton. As well as sweeping and hunting exercises.

HM

they

carried out gunnery drills, refuelled at sea from RI-‘A Black Rover. and took part in a defence exercise against sabotage attacks by enemy frogmen.

Ports of call included Whitehaven, Liverpool and Newcastle.

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Phoebe: meet their match!

SAILORS in HMS Phoebe met their match when pretty Lisa Merton accepted an invitation to meet the ship's company who had voted her their pin-up. events staged between the two D Cl Cl Nineteen-year-old Lisa. a Royal Naval hospitals. Eight hairdresser from Kent. stole A NEW tri-Service recruiting are contested each year. sports the lads‘ hearts when a the in office was opened and after the winter round of Hereward Arcade. Petersailor's wife sent them a soccer. squash. hockey. rugby.

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Present March on local of the borough. beauty picture and netball. all eight trophies the for ceremony performed by while the ship was on South are held by the Plymouth estabthe Eddie James was Mayor Atlantic patrol. lishment. The cycle of matches of Naval Director Recruiting.

Lisa was almost immediately starts again in the summer with Wallis.

Derek Capt. cricket and tennis. adopted and agreed to visit the El E Cl Phoebe on the ship's return to E] Cl C] AMONG new orders for hellPlymouth. She is pictured bcin PORTSMOUTH FMG‘s sixmpters is one for 11 Sea Kings swept off her feet by (from left LCA Sheasby. R0 Preston. some of them replacements man team won the South for the for Falklands losses MEM Belton. MEM Harrison.

Downs Trek. covering a total of AB Thomas and WTR Elliot.

53 miles to achieve a record Royal Navy. Further MOD orders are expected to lnclude El D score of 2.665 points. 500 clear E] of nearest rivals HMS CullingLynx helicopters.

The RNR Air Branch celewood. and third-placed HMS El E] E] brated its third anniversary on Nottingham. and dinner April 3 with a The adventure trek. designed STONEHOUSE whitewashed training weelc—cnd at RN air Haslar in the annual sporting

by Lieut.-Cdr. John Mmtworthy 7

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station Yeovilton. Role of the branch is to augment air crew in times of emergency. One Sea Harrier pilot was recalled to go south with HMS illustrious in the afgermath of the Falklands war.

‘clot: THE Bambara Flight Safety Shield (Section ll) has been 815 Squadron at RN air station Portland. The shore-based squadron parents all shipborne Lynx helicopters.

presented

to

Flying the flagpole A WESSEX helicopter of 707 Squadron from RN air station Yeovlltonprovided help from on high tor the village church ol‘ Glanvlllos Wootton. Dorset.

The figpole on the church tower had to be replaced and positioning —

it was the task of local man and Navy pilot Ueut. Mark‘ Salter. and Sgt. David Greet.

They were ably assisted on the ground by CPO Chris Flood, PO lan Brown. SNA Peter Smith. Mr. Roger Trevor (church warden) and Mr. Michael Miller one of the

boilrlngoru.

of HMS Vernon. takes place on the South Downs between Butser Hill and Clanfield in the west and Chalton anti Heyshotl Down in the east.

E1 D El PORTSMOUTH Field Gun Officer. Lieut. Tim Lawrence. received a cheque for £350 raised by HMS Excellent's Whaley Club to pay for the team's track suits.

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ROYAL MARINES Lieut.

Dick Potts has won HMS Centurion's first annual “Superstnr" title. The final included the 110m. hurdles. l.500m.. assault course, pistol shooting. gym tests and soccer skills.

Runner-up was LWTR Stevie Hampton. The £350 proceeds have been donated to the Mayor of Gosport's Appeal Fund.

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LIEUT. Simon Gilbert RN was a member of a team at Port Stanley who won the Cossor Trophy. awarded annually to the most efficient air traffic

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FOUR Royal Marines Commandos who lost limbs in the Falklands war were treated to two weeks of ski instruction in the USA. The holiday, courtesy

of the Britislt Limbless ExScrvicemen‘s Association and its American equivalent was for Lieut. Paul Allen. Cpl. Trevor Lee. Cpl. Bas Morgan and Mne. Marl: Curtis.

Three other Royal Marines who lost limbs were each prescntcd at Stonchousc Barracks.

Plymouth. with a Mini-Metro car. paid for by the South Atlantic Fund. They were Cpl. Alan Lee. Mne. Wayne McGregor and Mac. Danny

Mudge.

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DISCRIMINATION in bravery awards be(“'een officers and men should end‘ the Royal Nay“! A$0da_ tion conference will be told.

Cardiff branch will urge the Association to recommend to the Navy that "representations be made to HM the Queen for

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A WALL plaque in memory of Shipmate Syd Harrison, a

founder member of Eastbourne branch, has been unveiled by his widow at the town's Royal Naval Old Comrades Club.

Syd

branch .\ecrctar_v since its formation in I937 to his death three years ago. He was also involved with tile Sea Cadet Corps and combined ekServicetnen.

A service was conducted by the Rev. Hallan. branch chaplain. and a bouquet was presented to Mrs Harrison and her daughter, Mrs Harrison Beard. Eighty shipniates attended the unveiling.

Vice-president Don Marshall has been elected as chairman of Derby branch, with Shipmate Tom Smith as vice-chairman and Shipmatc Arnold Crosslcy as vice-president. secretary and treasurer. Shipmatc Norman Davies has been elected standard bearer and the Rev. Roy T. Radley padre. The branch extends a wami welcome to any RNA members visiting the city. was

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PLAIN SAILING FOR SULTANS AN IDEA which could become fashionable with other fund rziiscrs was introduced in HMS Sultan when uniformed personnel were permitted to turn up for duty one day in plain clothes.

Royal Navy rig paid £1 to charity with an extra Slip levied on men who wore earrings and on girls in leg warmers. The Those

more

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out

of

outlandish the clothes. the had to be paid.

Cdr. Allan Stcwr9.rt-Fitzroy. who inspired the idea, turned up in a trendy city suit complete with bowler and rolled umbrella. But others were lc» discitwo ratings dressed as Nora plined Batty of BBC TV‘s “Last of the Summer Wine," trainess attended class wrapped in bed sheets. and one petty officer went so far as to sport a colourful T-shirt ——

which ndvi.-.cd all to "Join the RAF." But it was all in it good caitiw and .i fun way of raising £500 in add to the £l5.fX[l accumulated for chttrity by HMS Sultzin in I982.

HELPING HANDS

the nttnic of the grime when Prt)_SPCK'll\'(‘ Dc-vonport Field Gunners xet out to raise funds for it local charity. Led hy Lieut. Daivid Pond. the field gun officer and (.‘l’Ol'T llenry Cotton, they ran the 1-1 miles from the George Hotel tit Roborough to HMS Drtiltc pulling a field gun and limher.

Their effort. completed in record time. raised over £l,(XKl for the Plyarid mouth hrzirich of (‘ystic l-‘ihrosis the ztpproval of Alan and Pearl J.'lfl'lC.\of

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NEVER has the great British ability to muddle through been more vigorously tested than it was during 12 days of June, 43 years ago. Aided and abetted by some

astounding good fortune,

than 338.000 Allied troops were snatched from certain death or capture to light another day. more

The confusion that surrounded one of the greatest rescue operations of all time is vividly caught in Walter Lord's "Tire Miracle of Dunkirk," published by Allen Lane (price

£8.95).

So quickly were British. French and Belgian troops rolled back by Hitler's panzcrs that critical days passed bclorc the Govcmmcnt and Chlcfs_ of Stall in London cvcn realised an evacuation was necessary.

When they did. it was almost too late. Then canto the miracle llitlcr ordered his tanks to stop when they had the entire British Expeditionary Force practically In their sights, poor visibility constantly thwarted Hermann Gocring‘s ferocious Stuka

destroyer 3 peeds towards Dunkirk. Mr. Lord describes it as a G-class vessel. the last ot which were crippled during the evacuation. but the im portal War Museum identities it as HMS Wakefui which was torpedoed later the whose picture It is some day May 29. 1940.

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“The Chemical Supplement to The Ship Captain's Medical Guide" published for the Department of Trade

by HMSO (price £5.95).

Primarily intended for Merchant Navy use. this booklet could not inconccivably come in handy on board warships. it catalogues thc frightening cifccts of a wide range of dangerous chemicals together with appropriate treatment should accidents occur.

“Teach Yourself Spelling“

Patrick Thornhili. published by Hoddcr and Stoughton (price £2.50). if you spell accomodation like that. or privilcdgc like so. this book is for you.

"A Brig of War“ by

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£7.95). Third novel in

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"Allies in a Turbulent World" by Frans A.l\l.

Ailing s-on Gcuszru. publishod by Lexington Books (price £ii-2.50). Frans \-on Gcusau. professor of law of international organisattions at Tilburg University. The Ncthcrluntls. cxplorcs the issucs underlying what he

the cslrangcmcnt of Europe and America. Ht: asserts that they are drilling from political unity and strength to divisivcrtcss and intpotcncc and clucidatcs thc choices that he says must be made if the alliance is to survive." sees as

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So little was understood about the nature oi the task that the Royal Navy at first assigned just four destroyers to the evacuation. As the crisis developed. so did the Navy's commitment. and in the final days oi Operation Dynamo an unbroken line oi warships. ferries. barges and the famous "Little Ships" stretched from Dunkirk to Dover.

More than 2-10 vessels were lost (including nine of the navy's

dcstroycrs.).

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dive-bombers. and for nine days the normally boisterous Channel was as

EXCITEMENT

despite a catalogue of misun<dr.-rstanding. mlscaiculation and But

en'or, Churchill's “miracle oi deliverance‘ happened.

By telling the story through the eye ol men who were there. Mr. Lord has produced a history book laced with the tension. drama and excitement of a novel.

It is it story of men like Capt.

William Tennant, RN. who calmly .

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HMS Fox enters Ponta Delgado In the Azores.

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WITHIN a few weeks of returning from a tour of the west coast of North America, HMY Britannia is destined to be back at sea again and to recross the Atlantic. The Royal Yacht, which returned from the Pacific on April 14, is due to sail from Portsmouth on May 21 for the Queen's state visit to Sweden.

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That will he followed by a tour of Canada's maritime provinces with the Prince and Princess of Wales

entharl-ted.

Two days after returning to Portsmouth the Britannia celebrated the 30th anniversary of lter launch at Clydebank. In those three decades she has steamed more than 7()0,()(lt) miles and visited more places titan any other Royal Navy vessel.

WI-II.(.‘0.\1E Her most recent tour. which began in February. took her via Barbados to Acapulco in Mt.-xitcu. where the Oueett anti Duke of Edinburgh embarked to continue their tour of Mexico and the United States.

After calls at three more Mexican ports the Royal Yacht. in company with HMS Diumede and Rl-‘A Blue Rover, entered San l)lt.‘gn to a tremendous welcome. She was escorted by

250 small boats while 3.il()(l invited guests were on the quay» side to greet the Queen.

Front tltere the Britannia steattied to Long Beach where the Queen rt:-entbarited. But three days of torrential rain disrupted the programmes of the royal couple and of their yacht as it headed up the western coast of North Atneriea in

heavy

seas.

The Queen flew on to San Francisco which the Britannia reached on March 4. That evening the Royal Yacht was the venue for the 31st wedding anniversary dinner of President and Mrs. Reagan.

Spending more time away from the Britannia than planned. the Otteen and the Dulce of Edinlmrgh finally reetnharkcd at Seattle for their three-day visit to British Colutnhiti.

The Britannia remained at Vancouver until March l3 before heading for home. via San Diego and Antigua.

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regulations.

The laws mme into force on March 9. the day the Islandelass fishery protection vessel ieft Aberdeen. 'I\:vo days later she found that the trawler Martino had an excessive catch of protected white fish on

board.

a

discovery which

resulted in a court appearance at Lerwick and a line of 51.950 for the master.

After the hearing the Lindisfarne went back on patrol only to return again to Lerwick on March 16. She had boarded and detained two Danish trnwlers at the same time. discovering that the Venus and Jette Kristine were both in breach of regulations.

LIFEBOAT At the subsequent hearing the masters were fined £4,350 and £7.30 respectively. In all cases

the-skippers pleaded guilty.

Sailing on March 18. the Lindisfame joined the Lerwiclc lifeboat ih helping a Scottish fishing yessel which had suffered engine failure 35 miles south of the Shetland.

MI-EA: Doggett and McKnight transferred by Sea Rider to the vessel and after clearing the blocked fuel system managed to get the engine started with the last shot of starting air. The vessel's name was Constant Hope.

Tons visit Thailand ships from the Royal Navy's Hong Kong Squadron completed a week's courtesy visit to Thailand in March. HM ships Beachampton and Yarnton called at Bangkok and the Gulf of Siam port of Satrahip.

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Claim, daughter of RAF Cpl. Joe Baizan and Richard, son of MAA

Vernon Bennett, were among the audience for the bandit concert at HMS

Rooks, Gibraltar. Showing

them the ropes are LCK Nik Brown and POCK Richard Yates (right).

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Dorset win the

the opening match of the Navy golf season in emphatic fashion by 11 matches to four, write: Brian Grant. In the very wintry conditions on the Downs of Dorset at Came Down Golf Club, the Dorsetteamsettled tothetaskwellandled in the morning foursomes 3% to 1'/2.

DORSET

of Lleut.-Cdr. foursomes The Malcolm Edmond: (Culdrose) and Lleut. lau Yuiil (Collituwoodl gave the Navy a good start with a fine three and two opening win. Playing

opening

wlthanewpartnerthisyeanflaicolrnprodoeed

with Ian such excellent golf that an early lead was held on to with applied ease.

The only other morning success wm a halved match by that old campaigner Cdr Paul Dulllvier (MOD). teaming up with a future star of Navy golf, l.Cpl Bill Parker (RM Air Squadron). They fought hard against an extremely dogged Dorset pair and could be considered unlucky not to have won.

skirmish

Brian

won

Schumachori

Keith Ferdinand

embley

double act AB Brian Schumachcr and MNE Keith Ferdinand return to familiar hunting ground at the Empire Pool, Wcmblcy, on May 6 for the national finals of the George Wimpcy ABA championships.

Schumachcr. the national middleweight champion in 1981, earned his crack at a second title

by virtue

of another devastating performance

at

the ABA scmi-finals at Preston on

April 13.

old adversary. Roger I-learn.

champion, was

a

past

unabieto holdontotheleadhe

had established. 11te short putt mined at the l7th proved his undoing and honours were shared.

There were successes. your correspondent is planed to report, none betterthanthat of Lieut.

Peter Woodlngs (Coliingwood) playing in his first "county" game. His happy demennour hid it dogged determination that carried him through toatwoandonewin.

What made his win so impressive was that he

gotthereruitoverthecurrc-ntCameDownGC scratch c on and course record holder.

Success that afternoon belonged to another emerging Navy golfer. P0 Peter Dariington (Culdrose): his win on the last green proved how weiihehsettlingtothepresureaoiâ&#x20AC;&#x153;flnal greenâ&#x20AC;? golf. it wouldberemlsnottonaentionaparticw iarly impressive appearance by yet another emerging Royal Marine golfer, Cpl liarnish Reid (Cotnaoclo Company). His first single: gamewenttothelastputtandheloshbuthls and determination angers well for the future. His happy and enjoyable approach to the game. like that of Peter Woodingfi. is not perhaps new, but It 3 certainly refreshing.

application

The Navy Open Charnplomhips are being held at the Menu Valley Golf and Country Club. near Southampton. on June 16-17. Those of handicap ten and below may apply, either through their Command Secretary or direct to me at HMS Excellent (ext. 5171).

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AWAY MISSED CHANCES

capping crown .

cost

the

magnificent soccer writes JtIt:lt_ Sheppard. a

Navy travelled to RAF Uxbridge on March 30 knowing that they had to beat their hosts by two clear goals to overhaul the Army. who had already The

beaten the ainnen and held the Navy to a 1-1 draw at Burnaby

Road. Portsmouth.

That two-goal target looked

Marine Alan Tumor (RM

well within the Navy's capabilities as they quickly took control, were faster to the ball and played some very attractive football.

Alas. the chances were not converted into goals a failing which the Navy were to regret.

OPEN GOAL Five minutes into the match LMEM(L) Kevin Maddock (Vernon) threaded his way through the RAF defence. rounded the goalkeeper. and from just one yard and in front of an open goal had the ball nipped off this me by a retreating defender.

Soon afterwards POPT Keith Baker (Nelson) had a golden opportunity fmm six yards but somehow managed to scoop the ball over the bar.

As frustration set in the Navy appeared to be missing the influence of skipper POFI‘ Tommy Johnson (Nelson), sidelined by injury in the Anny game. And it was the Royal Air Force. via a free kick from some distance out. who opened the

Poole) takes on the RAF pack with A8 Rod Joy (HMS Finwhale) cioae support. The Navy lost 4-8.

Nil return from favourites’ My Ptc1uo:t..A(Pt\et)0aonuo-en.

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FURTHER disappointment. after the last minute defeat by the Army three weeks previously. lay in store for the Navy team on Easter Saturday when. in a game of much endeavour and defensive courage but indifferent attacking skills, they lost to the RAF by a try to two penalty goals. writes Mike Vernon.

Once again early superiority me to acknowledge with grateful thanks the rich contribution provided a nil return in terms of wltich all those players. points for the Navy and. though alickadoos. foreign hosts. hope flickered briefly in the second half when Glyn Wtxxl chateau-owners, cuny shops the RAF game. in the Glamor(one against the Artny and two crashed over from Peter and so on have made to what I against the RAF). as opposed to Tomlin'.s pass. the simple congan Wanderers match, which regard ILS "quality of life." to six (four against the Army and the locals rated as just about the version was missed as were wish Bob Eawm a more tangitwo against the RAF) in N82. best they had seen on their several other kicltahle attempts ble reward for his dedication in all season. Credit here ground at goal. Tomlin getting closest 198-1. and to hope that In both seasons the results to John Ackerman in his first Lieiit.-Cdr. Roy Stokes. my in the first half when he hit the and could. should. probably season as Navy Coach who successor. will enjoy at least the post from long range. have gone the other way; the seems in have risen above his The Navy introduced Stan same good fortune. He's only records show, howci.-r:r_ that in small so be gentle with him!

Mellor at prop for his first cap prop forward origins! all four games the Navy As i bow out after ten eventAnd now I'll be getting back and young Marine Dick of total it three managed only lul, instructive and, above all. to the day job as ADNPTSand penalty goals and one converenjoyable years as Navy Rugby Secretary of the Sports Control sion and herein lies part of the it only remains for Board Secretary. lack of a reliexplanation able. specialist place kicker.

Last writes!

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column for Navy News.

Aatha aeaaon endahela bowing out aa secretary of the FINRU to concentrate on tile work for the Directorate of Naval Phyaleal Training and Sport and the Sports Control Board. Hla perceptive. witty and traquantly controveraial vlewa on rugby In general and Navy rugby in particular have been in thla much r

or

a

decade.

Whittington earned his more easily by coming on late in the game to replace injured fullback Doug l’owcll.

So for the scciintl year in succession the Navy. who this time after storming perform-

against

Oxford University. Civil Service and Leicester were installed as favourites by the national Press. ended tip with the wooden spoon. The margin in 1983 was three points

ances

OFF THE LINE The second half began with the Navy again attacking hard and winning a succcsion of comers. From one of these LPT Dutehy Holland (Excellent) had it goal-bound effort cleared off the line. and Maddock again outpaced the defence but was foiled by brave goalkeeping.

When the equaliser did come. it was a Curious affair. Cpl Ttv l.owc (42 Cdo) punched in a low corner kick. POl’l' fan Rees (Raleigh) dummied at the near post. and the ball ran into the net.

.

an

opportunity of

with the lnter-Service

season

in the end the Navy had to settle for a 1-1 draw. and the knowledge that several missed chances against the RAF and one simple mistake against the Army had let the lnter-Service trophy slip through their

fingers.

BALANCED But the failure to win the championship should be balanced against the squad‘: results over the entire season.

The Navy played 19 matches. winning ten. drawing eight and to Wiltshire. losing just one ‘they scored -12 goals and conceded only 15.

Leading goalsoorer was LPT Dutehy Holland with 12. followed by Kevin Maddock on nine. Maddock, inddentally. did well against Bournemouth in his second game for Pompey Reserves.

Tommy Johnson. Inn Rees.

POPT John Gwynn (Mercury) and PO Jimmy Nesbitt (Sultan) each got on to the seoreshect three times during the season.

JUBILEE CUP 0 HMS Heron. holders of the —

Navy Cup soccer trophy. meet Army unit champions SEME Bordon on May -1 at RN air station Yeoviltonin the Watncy Manns-sponsored Jubilee Cup competition.

Final match of the toumamcnt is between Heron and RAF Wyton at Wyton on May 11. Wyton were playing Bordon in the opener on April 27.

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enjoyed nearty

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scoring.

Royal Navy

FACTORS Another contributory by no means confined

Riding for a fall

factor,

the Navy. concerned poor ballhandling skills in attack, and particularly in the timing of passes and drawing of to

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opponents.

In my book "crash hall" and the "rolling maul" have a lot to answer for in the elimination of classic centre three quarter play from the modern game. and its consequent stultification as it

This was much in evidence in the mid~.se:ison contests and again :it (Lirdiff. ten days before

.

preparing 8rltaln'a challenge tor the America's Cup title

aunitner. He has been given a year off by the Navy

to take part In the chaile Barrie waa fifth In t e .

For all that they were likely to see of the ball in attack. all four wings on Easter Saturday might just as well have gone off to make up a four at golf or tennis.

entertainment.

.

POIIA Barrie Thomaa la a member of the Victory team

spectacle.

E.‘\'.l()YABl.F. lliiving got that off my chest, may I nevertheless say that l have seen some highly enjoyable games this seasoii. with the Royal Navy. whether in victory or defeat. contributing at least their fair share to the

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1981 work! Hornet champlonahlpa In Australia and la an experienced offshore aallor. He ia the Victory Syndicate‘: medical officer and la also In charge of phyaleal tttneaa training.

Crack shots Upright but not for long! WEA3 Gary Packer (colilngwood) and Lleut. Steve England (Greenwich) came to grief shortly after this —

picture

taken at the Inter-Service wild water champlonahlpa on the River Nlth near Sanquhar, north of Durtttrlea. Scotland. was

The Royal Air Force came out clear winners. but the Royal Navy did well to take second place ahead of the Army. Ueut.-Cdr. Clive Waghorn (Dartmouth) achieved the beat Individual poattion in the K1 claaa.

PtcturI:CapLL.i.DIviea.

RN air station Yr.-ovilton‘s annual .22 rifle competition was won by the Air Division of Flag Officer Nuvzil Air (‘omm;tnd's staff. There was intense competition from ‘N teams. and Air Division just kept out the Ground Dcfcticc Armourcrs to win by two points.

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LEADING PARROT Spike i:lon‘t befooled bythename.she'sabtrd-—— —

ishoplngtoliindheriielfiigoodblllet.

Because.

HMS Flsgard's Splclceriiell Division parrot, she is at present flying towiirfi eviction and needs some kind bird hinders to take her under their wing.

The blue-htonled Ainamn (pictured left) as

PILGRIMAGE r WARMTH AND TEARS AS RELATIVES mourning loved ones sailed away from the Falklands alter their pilgrimage of remembrance they sent back a nit-sage of deep appreciation from the llner Cunard Countess.

Thanking the islanders aircraft to Montevideo to join as the words of "Eternal Father and the Forces for a "tremendous reception and

warm

hospitiility.“ they "We are all deeply

added: ratelul.to the Falkland Government and to the sailors. Marines. soldiers and ainnen, and those of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and Merchant Marine tor the most unbelievable efforts made over our visit, without which no such pilgrimage to honour our loved ones could

islands

have been possible.

Farewell and God bless."

Over St!) relatives of those even

who died in the Falklands had flown in two British Airways

the Cunard Countexs which became their home during the pilgrimage. More than 2(ll of them were from naval families.

Among the ceremonies win a service on board the liner for the men who have no grave but the sea

A!» the destroyer HMS (‘ardiff and frigate HMS Active sailed past the Coiinies. each sailor stood to attention holding his cap, their white tops standing out against the grey background. Above. officers on the bridge saluted in memory of their fallen comrades.

Ellfllcl. during the memorial service. relatives clung together in mutual support and comfort

Strong in sate" rose

into the air and the L}I.\l Post was sounded Later wreaths were cast into the

wea.

locations where ships were sunk and. in all. hundreds of wreaths were laid on the South Atlantic, their tribute in

sight

oi the Coventry rncninrial. built on First Mountain. Pebble Island This cross