AUGUST 1985
top The Royal Navy team Involved In the record depth "d|vo" In Canada. Back row (from left) ABOVE
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Ls(D) Christopher Taylor, PO(D) Stephen Allan. AB(D)
Jonathon Buck and Ls(D) Desmond Fuller. Knoollng are
the two roaorvoa, Ls(D) Tod lilanglon and LS(D) Robln Rickard.
Four spend month in tes 2‘ camp/ex A QUARTET of Royal Navy men emerged in late July from a month's the deepest “dive” in a nearsimulated dive to a depth of 360 metres working environment yet undertaken by RN personnel. —
The trial. carried otit in Canada, is also regarded as an important breakthrough in commercial diving terms. few firms having experience at these depths. With Gasmizcr each breath is During the dive, pressure was Aim was to establish fully drawn back to the surface. increased over five days until it the safety of a wide variety of equipment for use in the Navy's new seabed operations vessel HMS Challenger and by the Norwegian oil company Norsk Hydro. But principally it was to check the operation of the Gasmizer breathing equipment which has been selected for eventual use in the Challenger.
.\:ivy\ Diving, Cdr.
A message from the
Superintendent
of
Alan Padwick. to the four men during the dive said “Your tenacity and hard work has already established that the equipment you are testing l.\ performing extremely well. This dive has re—established the Royal Navy among the world leaders in deep diving. It helps to ensure that HMS Challenger will have an effective diving
capability."
times thzit of atmospheric pressure. Later decomPYCVSIOH took place over 14 days Voice distortion made it almost impossible for the men to talk to each other, but a computer deciphered the sounds for those “on the surface." was
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Helium gas example
of :i system designed to recover the helium gas which forms part of the breathing mixture of the divers. This is essential for economic and logistic reasons fll extreme depths not only does each minute of oxy-helium breathing cost up to £3, but it the system is not used. and every breath is exhaled into the sea. the Challenger would be unable to store enough gas for more than a few days operation before needing replenishment.
Gasmizer is
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cleaned of carbon dioxide. replenished with fresh oxygen, and pumped back down to the
diver. Another important trial was llelitim exon diver heating tracts heat from the diver's body at a high rate. especially at great depths. The diver's body and the gas he breathes must be artificially heated, otherwise he would quickly die. Several diver heating systems were tried during the dive. While the divers were in the water-filled working iirezt. their body heat. heartbeat, skin temperature and general behaviour and appearance were
monitored. The special chamber complex used for the dive at the Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine in Toronto is formed by a series of pressure vessels. which the divers enter 0 Turn to back page
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WITH 1: target dtite of April 1 I987 now set for start of commercial m;tn.‘tgemenl tn the dockyzirds at Devonport rind Rt‘1\_\'lll, these yards and n;i\.il l7.«1si.'\ no-.i lAlCL’ :1 period of cliiiitgc to meet the (l£‘iltll|llL' I);-tenci: .\C.fL'lii!fi' Mr
Michael llL‘\L'lllllL‘ confitnied in Jul‘, that the Umeiiiittettt llihl dz-uiilctl to iiitplenient the (Ultl— iii-ciual m.iii.igentt-nt npti-in outlinul \('\L‘lHl “\llllll‘i‘s ago Hie N.i\_\ ll:-.irtl lk cuititnitted to the \lL‘\\ thiit l’.lCllL'2ll tnztri .IL'l'"lt‘lll clmiiges .l.'t‘ neulctl to inipiiive V-Iltl i-llicit'iic\ iillkl that ll|l\ will he lIt'\'. mt! rims: tiiiitklji .it'hie\t-it by ll‘llflV\lllL> I Turn to back page
TWO llna plcturoa ot two tlno anlpa which member: of the public will be able to no at close quarters durlng Portamouth and Plymouth Navy Daya over the Bank Hollday wookond August 24 to 28 Above la Devonport-based HMS Beaver. photographed by LA(Phot) Chrta North as aha aallod trom Gibraltar wlth hor Lynx holleoptor In close attendance. Algoclraa dlaappoara on the horizon.
AaNavyNowawaa golng toprouthaaouvorwu due to vlalt Llvorpool for an invasion at little Beavers. About 1.700 of these pre-Cub age youngsters were due
to go aboard.
the left la HMS Ari Royal on her acceptance voyage from the Tyne to her home port of Portsmouth. Moro pleturoa end stories about the now Ark appear In the centre pages. Navy Doya provlow Page 12.
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Rolls will clean SOME sailors will do anything to get their bends on s Rolls Royce even work through their lunch hour to wesh one. But the ratings seen on the left hed enother reason for getting their bends wet. As pert ol e volunteer teem ot Wrens end ratings at HMS Dryed. they wesh cers twice weelity at lunchtime to rslse funds tor the King George's Fund for Sellers. —
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Suez mine divers among IlRA\'I-‘RY honours, ranging from the Queen's (‘iallantry Medal to Adniiral's Commendation. have been awarded to a total of six officers and ratings Ihe ()(i.\I and the Queens (‘ommen~ dation were awarded respectisely to I-('Pt)iI)l Terence Settle and P()tl)i Raymond Rowlands who defused a presiously unknown type of Soyiet mine reuisered from the (iulf of Suez. Sui» geon Iieuts .\laIcoInt Scott and .-\|es (ioodwin receised the (’ommendation of the ('ommander—in—(‘hief Heel for their part in the I-alklands rescue operation. (‘I’()MI.-\ Daye (Tiapman has been awarded a (‘INCH I’!-‘.Ts ('ommenda<
IT'S not only ships that can wear the flag for Portsmouth Nevy Days. You too could be dressed overall In RN colours, for Navy News T-shlrts and sweatshirts will be on sale at the event.
The shirts are modelled here by
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promotions glrl for Meeklns Sports, our suppllers ol the garments. The qualityprlnted shlrts will be available during
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Vernon and HMS Dolphin has been laid to rest Alllcf 36 years.
twecn
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Since its origins in 10-38, the Bone lmx heeomc :1 tradition of the two estahlnhmcnts which lace each other across Portsmouth Harbour entrance. But Vnllh the closure of Vernon due next _\e:ir. the l:|\t ol the annual “Bone ol Contention" dlflnCY\ was held H! the mine vsurlgire school on June 20.
NOISE It all began when the poowar commanding officer of HMS Vernon (Capt. J. HughesHallct) objected to the nl)l\C made by .\Uhl"l'1£ll’lt‘lCf\ returning past his home late at night. on
their way to Dolphin \I4I Vernon‘s pierheud. He made them me the extreme perimeter of his exi;:h~ lishment. so qundruplirig the distance the) had to milk The commzmding ollicer of Dolphin was not umuxcd and the Bone ol (‘ontcntion um horn \\'hen (‘zipt Hughex-Hallct lelt. the officers of Dolphin presented at large and uns;nour_\ marrtmhone to Vernon ax ;i prize to he contended for each year hy »;i_\ of Ian} sports. This year the challenge was presented h_\ Cdr Ken Flindcll
wearing an old-otylo diving sun and flanked by omoon of the Long Mlno Countormoaauno and Chunneo Dtvlng Course, Cdr Kan Fllndolt roads the "Born of Contention" challenge to HMS Dolphin for the last time. RAN. Commander of HMS Vernon, and rcceixed hy (‘dr. Alistair Johnstnnc. Commander of
HMS
Dolphin.
(iuext ol
Richard Vernon, :i dcxccndnnt ol Admiral Vernon after whom the mine xchool wax named. honour
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Cobbras!
Bedouin tribute
HOT FL USH
II \\'.-\S with some interest that I rc.id tI)r;ifti. June issue) of the call for \0lllllIL't.'I\for seryite In 148 Battery from R()ls .irid now I.R()i('ii In my d.iy we were tclegrapliists. etc I was .i member of what was then called .i "(‘()llllR.-\." .ind we did .ill the irziining now incntioncd p.ii.icliuting. coriiiniiiido. .iiid. iii f.ict. .ill Special Ser\icc training We scrscd in every theatre of the Second \\'orld \\'.ir (iood luck to the new (‘()BllR:\s (i. I). Badihouse. Siafforil
I WAS very Interested to read Mr. W. H. Bradshaw's letter (June issue) referring to the tribute to “MS Bedouin. It was a lovely gesture to drop flowers at her resting place and In memory ol those lost.
Sl:'I’I.\'(r' :lii' plio.'ii_t;riipli (Jimr rum") of the urn fticilitiri iii Roiitli ri-niimfrd mr of the old liviiifi on flu’ i1ix‘k.\itli' Hi;-v t'UI‘I\I\It'tI of’ ii block of imfiiiifuiil t’imi;>iirtnirnri with it coniniumtl fluili iii flu‘ (inf. .'liii ffimiric Ilirougli nicli um’ Kriowini: Jiicls. tlii‘ Uhl'lUIA.S liiipptvin.’ .-‘I ht!” of fillIt‘I pope-r win pliirrii in rhr wtiirr um! Iii. ilir fliiniing niitii ptiiiirig tlirimgh the whole iyitrni with the obi,-ioiu corurqurrieri to the occupants. 6‘. Hot! (rx-Ll:'i\I). Lunglry. Brrki.
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roamsandlsrnostolransoon
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a
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syllabus.
Oossod Indian clubs are. of course, the badge ol the PT
memories ol the ship. both as she was being built. and when she was commissioned. tMrs.I Marlon Oldlng. Portsmouth. I have
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FRIEND and I are interested in the state of the MF..s branch in submarines. We have both been paissed A
Write to the Editor,
for our rate for a number of years. myself for P() and my oppo. for killick. [Each month we check the points roster in the Navy News and it does not seem to move.
Navy News, Barham Block, HAL?
Nelson, Portsmouth, Hanfs POI 3!-II-I. approved by commanding officers to fill temporary are
Inquiries provide little information and I wonder if vou can find out about any movement in
shortfalls in complement. while sumtantive advancements approved by HMS Centurion are made to a MOD authorised level. Over the past two years a total of ten form 8133 have been issued to the PO level and 29 to leading hand, But it IS envisaged that the recentlyapprovod premature releases will create more advancements In the short term.
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branch. As far as we know there haye been no Blls issued in the last IS months. but there tire quite .i few people rated-up acting local. which seems to be making int: roster. a farce of the “Stokes." Scot and. O In reply to this. Drafry tells us that local acting advancements
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Indian clubs still in business I AM writing to ask if the noble art of Indian club-swinging is now defunct in the Royal Navy’? I was taught to do this in I919 by .i very fine leading seaman who was later 2idmiral'.s coxswain to the late Admiral Sir Iidward Evans. Commanderin-(‘hief The Norc. Another who once held :i record was Able Seaman Covington. who served with me in HMS Repulsc in I929. Nonnan H. Porter. Hull. A 'orth llumbersidc. O Club-swinging. although E reduced, is not a
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1984. King George's Fund for Sailors (KGFS) was able. as a result ol the splendid etlorts of their voluntary supporters throughout the Country and the many In
other donations from naval sources, to distribute over £1 million to over 100 nautical charities. for example to the Royal Naval Included within this overall figure were grants Benevolent Trust (£145,559). The Royal Sailors Home Club, Portsmouth (£8,700). the Royal Sailors Rests (£4,000) and a total of £999.953 for the many other in or their dependents Homes. Trusts and Funds which support seafarers need. KGFS remains the central and the ONLY lund which covers ALL maritime charities. —
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I HOPE. tho: HMS I)r_\';Id !.'IIlf'|g\ who according to your report (July issue) walkcd ucst Itum St Bccs Head to Robin Hood'\ Bu) h.'Id u.Itr:r wings vuth thcm. SIIrcI_\ thcy should haw: u.'IILcd cm!’ It could bc that we had hcttcr nawgators dunng my turn: In the .\'.Ivy than uc ha\c today. I‘I()WC\CI. wcll don: lads in a good cuusc. II. Robinson (ct-sig), Windcrmcrc. Cumhnu. O A slight compass error has to be admirrod Editor.
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IN RIil‘I.\' to "\\’ondcrIng" (Junc cdtnon) I would like to m.Ikc It cII:.Ir that the .-\utomnhIIc .-\\\ocI;ItIon'\ Relay scrucc would moxt ccrt.IInI_\' proudc ;Ix\IxtIIncc to "AI! Smith" II he has to |c.Ivr: IIIx broken-down car and return to hts ship by train. In I.Ict we undcrtukc m.In_\‘ un;Iccomp.InIcd rccnvcrlcs Prnvidung “AI! Smith" had contacted us to arrange \uIt;IhIc means for the location of keys .Ind some Iorm of IdcntIIIc.ItIon (my ;In cm-clnpc addrcsscd to him) he could havc rushcd hack to hts ship xccurc In the knmhlcdgc that .-\.~\ RI.‘I.|_\' would haw: takcn hl\ xtnckcn vchtclc to Dlvid J Fllsrll. .In)' I'K m.'IIn|;Ind dC,\IIn£!Il()fl hc dcxtrcd .\I.In.Igcr. Public RCl;IIIOfl\_ Th: .-\IItomohIlc .-\x\ocI;ItInII
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THE PAST WHICH WE HOPE YOU WILL FEEL ABLE TO CONTINUE TO GIVE IN THE YEARS TO COME
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NAVY NE\\v'S. AUGUST 1985
Countess will unveil plaque
Osborne
at
the site of the old Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight, will be unveiled by the Countess Mountbatten of Burma on August 1-3. A memorial
on
Visitors to Osborne House had noticed that there was urtuall) no visible trace of the old college where so rriany naval officers received their earliest education before Dartmouth built. 50 a few surviving former cadets. with the encouragement of the Department oi the Environment which is responsible for Osborne House and its and the approval of grounds the Ministry of Defence. arranged to erect the plinth with an appropriate memorial plaque on the old college site. was
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SUBSCRIPTIONS Those surviving former cadets mshing to subscribe towards the cost of the plaque are invited to send a cheque. not exceeding £10. payable to the RNC Os-
bome Memorial Fund. do Sir George Bull BL. 11 Stone Buildings. Lincoln's Inn. London WCQA 3111. Former cadets wishing to attend the noon unveiling ceremony, which will be followed by refreshments at Osborne House. should write to Miss Green at Room C 11/ 20. Department of the Environment, 2 Marsham Street. London SW]. The late Earl of Mountbatten of Bunna. father of the Countcut, was a former Osborne cadet. a member of the Exmouth term of I913.
Book aids wor fund THE South Atlantic Fund has so far benefited by about £1,260 as a result of one of the few books on the Falklands war to be written and published in the French
language.
Author. retired Belgian naval officer Cdr Roger Planchard. decided to dedicate all the profits from "La Guerre du Bout du Monde" (War at the
Bottom of the world) to the Fund. And this summer he presented xi cheque for l(X).0(l) the first inBelgian frana stalment of the royalties to the British Ambassador in Bnissels. Sir Edward Jackson. The Ambassador was accompanied by Col. Tom Seccombe. who led one of the Royal Marines units in the war. and by the Naval and Air Attache. \vVini:-Cdr. Tonv Terrett.
Tower of
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provides an engineering service to ships of the Falklands task
group. The Diligence the veaul with the —
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HERALD'S EYE VIEW OF SPANISH INFERNO
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Honour Board HMS Glniiiorgiin I\ now displaying her ft|'.\l Battle Honour for the Falkltinds. crafted for her by woodcaryer Mr. Trevor Ellis, of Emsworth. Hampshire
A PILLAR oi amoke area across the Gibraltar airy
after an explosion on board two tankera diaeharglng acroaa the border In Spain.
Thla pieturo waa taken over the bowa oi HMS Herald when ahe vialted The Rock on route to another upon of duty in the South Atlantic. The aurvey veaoei left Britain in late May and la now on station. On her way down the west ooaat oi Airiea. the at-ilp'a company organiaed many evonta.
including a fishing competition won by MEIML) Buttone, who hooked a
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Two new ad mirals 'l"\\’() promotions to fltig rank liave been announced.
('.ipt .-\ntlion_\ \\‘he.itle_\ l\ to be promoted rear-admiral zind to be Flag Officer Portsmouth,
.N'av;il Base Commander Portsmouth and Head of Establishment of the Heel Maintenance .iiid Repair ()rg;ini\;itton from November 5. An lingineering \pCCldll\l. Capt. Wheailey has \€l'\cd as ;i frigate squadron weapons and electrical officer. and as execull\C officer of R.\' Engineering (‘ollege Manadon. His other appointments hate included naval attache in Brasilia. and from December I982 until May this year he commanded HMS
Collingssood. Capt. Frank (irenier promoted rear-admiral
is to be and to he Chief of Staff to Commander-in-Chief Nat-al
APPOIHVMIHTS Home (‘omniand from December I2. (‘apt Grenier commanded H.\l siibriiiirinc Ambush during the Indonesian confrontation in I905-hr: lle \\£I\ f|f\l lieutenant for the fl|'\l commission of HM submarine Resolution. litter commanded H.\l submarine Valiant and was Capt. Third Submarine Squadron W77-78 He commanded HMS l.l\l:l’p00l on building in 1981. later becoming (‘aplain of the Fleet on the staff of (‘l.\'CFLF.ET. Other aooo-«minors reoontry announooo (13.1
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Gaiatea reunion HMS (‘iAl.A'l'EA held it scii day reunion from Portland for members of the ship's company of the former cruiser Galatea. including sunivors of the sinking off Alexandria in l9-Sl.
NAVY NEWS. AUGUST I985
llRl'l'A.\'.\’l.-\surmountlng a tall plinth of Dartmoor granite forms the the newly completed l’alklantls war memorial. pictured here. lhe Inonurnent was ltnrshed In tIme for this year‘s rememhrartce serytce held on June 14 annIsersary ol the .-‘srtzenttne surrender
.\lemorIal on top ol lltll U\L‘llIuILIll}{ San (‘arlos \\'ater and l’alLland
lluntlreds oi Islanders Iotned ntenthers oi the arIIIed forces to lay then wreaths at the _“lt rnerhorral which l‘C.It\ the all the \lill‘\‘ .IIr narnes ol squadrons and tzrountl ttntts wlnth took part Ill tlIe tonllttt
days pre\Iousl_\ .\leml~ers ol the shIp's company ol ll,\l.\ .-\\enger attended the
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(‘Is ll (‘ommIssIoners_ .\l.I; ('-en Peter de la lltllxerc and .\'Ir Res Hunt
l.Ill|L'l. on May 3.‘. till meml‘t'ts ol the present Southlant lask l'nIt held .I setytte .It the
their money
centrepiece of
R()Y.-‘sl. Navy personnel In the Falkland lslands ha\'e in recent weeks helped to run up i;77t) for
Type 21 ('ampIto
Sound ()n that date
l‘3.‘~'Z HMS ,-‘sntelope was sunk. lIer sIsterslIIp ll.\lS .-\rdent hayrng been
destroyed
III
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Joggtng In sleet, snow and ram. a 14-strong relay team ol
two
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l)IlIgence sI>lll'\L'
were
I etIk..emIa l und lllwo Royal Nays satlors were also represented In .I tn.\er\Ice sI\-man team who ran lrom San (‘arlos to Port Stanley at the end ol .lune The relay marathon tool. ll hours and was run «Her two days. taktng In such places as (loose (Ereen. l-It/roy and lllull (‘osc
(larrtgan (es-ll.\lS Antelope). now
serye
III
:n
men
l(Il'.|!sC{~5:lllIlfll1l.‘l’l)fll1\ull|
by
(‘l’()\\‘l2»\ S J l'almer (elll.\lS Ardent) and .-\ll(.\l) S lloth
lrorn Rl".»\ completed a 33-rrnle ‘\ hours Ill rntnutes
R.\' .Ind Kl‘.-‘s
('aptaIn (’hrIstoplIer (‘raI_e. ('aptaIrI ol the fourth llI_LI.IlC \tIII.I.lroI'.. and hy read
9
ll.\lS
Asenger
The wreaths were donated hy the .-\rdent .-\ssoeIatIon and Deyonport llranch ol the Royal llnttsh lemon
RADIOS The team was expected to ram: 135!) to hIIy radtos and other eomlorts for pattcnts at
Stanley nIIlItar_\ hospttal.
.-\ll st\ Serstcemen are senIng at l's'elly‘s (larden oyerIookmg San (‘arlos \\'ater. and on eornpletton ol the run were greeted by .\la;.-(ien. Peter de la lhlltere. ('onInIander Hrtttsh Forces. and Mrs dc la llnlltere. matron of the
STANLEY ‘FIRST’ FOR BRAZEN
hospItal
There
nasal Inyo|ye— ment_ too. In the raIsIng of £73!) at a hnng-and-huy sale held by the Islanders at Stanley Town Hall The eyent. III and of Sir Galahad l.Ilc Boat was
Appeal Fund. was organrsed by .\lr\ Norma Edwards —
herself an Islander and wtle ol laeut.-(‘sir Roger F.dwards on the stall of HO nlllnlt Forces Falklands Islands
HMS llRA7.[‘..\' returned to Deyonport alter a break In Baltimore. L.'Sr‘s. on her way‘ home from a five-month Falklands duty‘ tour. Down South she had been the lust Type 22 to anchor Instde Port Stanley. taking adsantage of a recent sursey hy ll.\lS landurance She also \l\llL'Ll Mare harbour. the sea end ol the new airport complex at Mount l’leasant.
SOUTH G EORGIA
Just swell!
HMS Avenger plougha through the South Atlantic aweil aa ehe prepares to RAS with RFA Olwen. Her ship's company includes men from HMS Ardent and HMS Antelope which were eunk during the Falklands war. The picture was taken by 8.3.6. TV reporter Gavin Hewitt.
There
South and. much pratscti and was
a
sIsIt
to
(Sc--rgta erttllcssl_\ pholograpllcd lhough the Island Is. no one was dIsappornted lvy the realtty. reports
the Shellpri/ewinners .‘slotor Mileage .\larathon at Stlserstone The lrghtwetght three-wheeler cralt deselopetl at the estahhshment was runner-up III the Shell at
Sttper-Mileage Project. a special award lor student leains
lhe .\lIlt'.Ip.',L‘ .\laIathon |\ l-Ir yelttcles specially tlestgned lot In.I\ImII:II
petrol
-\ te.InI lrorII the llrumheat
llll‘, "N15 Drake. teatltetl the
In
NAVY NEWS IN BRIEF
hattle
seIII-':IIals ml the l‘L\‘ .\a.IlI
(‘arlsherg nattonal team chatnpnonshtp, lteld at
darts R.»\l'
Flu/c Norton l‘()(‘K lenny Spray‘ l('ls' .\l.IrtIn lrench and (‘Ks Stese lnard and .\lartIn law‘ competing .IgaInst etght other learns In the lIn.Il playUlls. Mull] £lHl l ongiey, headmIstress ol Rot-dean School. Inspetted sCl'L'llli|l‘ll.Il dI\IsIoIIs and tools the salute at the march past at H515‘ Vernon. the R.\ School of SearnanshIp. ,\lInewarlate and l)IyIng .\ close bond was formed between the two L‘sl.llVlt\lllllL‘lll\ wheII .\lrs
.\
Vernon
was
llrtgltton (’apt
eyacuatetl
school
III
to
the
I‘)-ll
.\lactlonald.
I-\ll\l.|ll
Re_eIon.I| tlperatrng (‘entrc (’lIannel. olltctally opened the \.-\l() lnteyzrated ('onInIIIrIIcatI.Ins 's'ystenI hutld
(‘ontroller
,llll'-L‘ I‘ lhe Itcys tcrttrc wIll enaltle lastet. and more more secure \lll‘sl‘s.tl‘lt' cHllllll|llll\.'.tllnlls llll'\'|l§'llt|lll the .\'.»\l() area ll‘._.‘
I‘.
l’itr|'u\ie
lltntng
a
oz:
\IsIt
ll.\lS Dulot l’oItsrnoII:h. to
phin. the lllsltop the Rtght Rey ’lIrtIoth_\ llaytn, stewed the newly decorated memonal chapel where .I Roll
Is
to
The run to llalttmore on the passage homc proved a huge success and some shIp's company members also made tnps to \\'a.shIngton and New York. Among a sertes ol JICKIV-'lllC\. the Wl-‘O. (‘dr. .\'Ick lltllter. Inspected an honour guard at Fort .\lellenry_ whtle more than 5.!!!) people went on board In lwn
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King heltcopters tIonI 846 Squadron at Yeostlton '.‘l'1|\l\lC\l a large part ol the .IIr nIohIlIty lor two 'I.-\ Regmtents ol laght (runs on the Ind lnlantry l)IyIsIon's l-serctse lour
t't|l\l.lll'IltI>ll
aIId the Sultan entry. d.I\e'I its .|lllll\L‘l tandnlate Janzte .')ll‘k‘ toyered tlIe eqtnsalent of 551 miles per gallon Ill a rneasured lCtl«tlltlL' test
(
ol Honour
Sea Skua .IIr»lt)»sufl;IL'l.' rntsstle has been added to the Fleet .-\Ir .-\rrn .\luseunI‘s Falkland Islands ,:\hIhItIon 'lhe weapon. of a type lust lured In anger durmg the Falklands war. was presented hy the makers. llrtttsh Aerospace l)ynamIcs. as a tnhure to the ollteers and men ol H15 Nasal /\Ir Squadron and the lltghts ol H.\l shtps (‘oyentry (rlasgovs. ,-\rdent. .-\ntelope and l’L't’tClupe .-\
ships.
Sultan 's super mileage .-\l’l’Rl-‘..\"l‘l('l~'.S lrom ll.\lS Sultan were arnong the
Museum missile
the shIp. Some people spcnt seyeral days cunnnmng the restoratton of (lrytnken church. a project started hy other RN
.-
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(The mnnagemenl reserve
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,\’,»\\’\' .\'l-\\'S, .-\l’(il'Sl 1955
1'l
Mombasa visit a
happy
interlude \Nll[i.N' HM shtps .\lanChcsand Andromeda ter returned to their hase ports of Portsmouth and Plymouth last month thctr shrps' cornp;inlC\ brought home vuth them happy memories of a 12-day Vlsll to Mombasa. Kenya. during therr shrmonth (Bull patrol. H1: tun shtps_ tn company Vcllh Rl-‘A Hmmhleleal. comluned the \I\Il ihtlh .4 self-
perrod hallv-:1) deployment
m.untenancc
through
the
of sns-es {less to .\lomh.1s.s for the \t\ll. hcnelrttng from the excellent luu.-\c.1s0n r.rtes offered h_s ltxul hotels Shtps' eonttmntes h.ul the A
party
chance to take a well-earned rest and see some of the countr)'s magntftcent sccnery and \AlldlllC Local h0\pllalII_\ was of the hxghest order. vuth large numhers ol sportrng events hetng held against local Clul"\ The .\1;mchestr:r'\ suu.ush lCdl‘ll
5—l) to :1 high-quality side lrom Mombasa Sports Club and the .\'_\ali (‘roll (‘luh ladies‘ team heat :1 comhnned ManchesterAndromeda team h_\ one match In 3 hard-(ought tussle The Manchester welcomed .1 turrets of ~.rsttors_ all ol V-\l’1nt1l were seeing .1 stretehetl lspe 42 _
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lot the trrst tune 'lsso speeml guests were the Duke and Duchess ot Manchester. reudent\ of Kenya. who were presented with an framed parnttng ol the shrp .tt the end of thetr vxstt Sudl). the Duke dtcd ol gs heart attack four weeks after the vmt As snell as \l'.I c‘.'ul¢'l\ and sea
llrttrsh
\\llu'\.
cnmmutttt)
was
c\p.‘rl.'1.tlL‘
much
tn
C\l-
.md tours shtp rnvanably ended wtth the guide being ln\‘Il¢d out for 3 lamil) meal and a look at Momhasa'.s dcnce
mghtlrfe. “firth both nzrnhxps refreshed and repannted. and Manchester
uctrve
Tyne
engme. the !.r~.L gr--up headed for the Seychelles for .m emoxuhle ll\L' days hclore an cstemletl ;1.IttUl tn the Gulf 01 Oman‘ On June 22 the patrol dunes were handed over to NM shtps l’xeter .nn.i (‘hurshdrs :n the Red Sea wth
.1
new
Ices and stickies on
lindisfurne’s rig l)L'Rl!\'(} .: fishery protectmn .rnd enetg} p.ttrol In the North Sea. HMS l.tndtsl;arne culled .tt the Shell-lisso ng Auk .-‘xlphn and utter Lll\CU\< stun xsrth the m;rn;tger. Ktrn St_\les_ :4 former lteuten:mtcornrmmtler. .rrr;tn_uetl .4 personnel eu‘lt;ar1ge \ut
l‘t't::.t
w""n:T..:‘H\ I r
tut \sll.ll
ss.rs
.v.;‘tl\
:..t..tetl
.t
.'lll‘
lhe yuurtg seamen, on loan from ll.\l\ l).'\.uf for se.t e\pe~ rxenee. were mien to the plat form by se.r::.!er and eu'h.mged
DEBBIE CHARMS FAITH Newly-crowned Mlae
Colllnqwood.
Wren Debble
Carnell, made a blg lmpreeelon when ahe
met
cabaret artlete and Impreealonlet Fetth Brown shortly after belng selected tor the tltle ln competttlon wlth ten other Wrens.
Debbte.
a
24-year-old
dental surgery unletant. was crowned by the Captain of HMS Colllngwood. Capt. Ned Pun/ls. after being selected for her charm, personallty and wlt.
wtth ltve members of Au}: Al-
phfs
L‘l'L‘u.
Whtle
phttnrm
shuutt .r:oun.l the t."l\i.llliIllUl"l before nsztttuz txtnteen to: tee er;-.~.:n .rntl slluhj. buns .\le'.mssh:lc_ wn l\\i|l\l tlxe l tndtsl.x:ne. the r:_,: :tl:.'l lttllfttl
se.u:\en mere
run
the shrp and yomed the shxp's e->:np.:nVs for horse ldilllg -illkl ttlfrn l .::l.v;.' .1: l\'.~ss'.‘: ll\( \\:Tl..m. l l l l l r-\.‘..'mr.-.i \: \T.t'-t'lt"».‘ llk"-\ '4l\ 3: I ll» 'llL sllll‘ l1l.' r-. '.t.'e\u'll \t\tl 1.» \.
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NAVY NI-_\\'S. .»\l'(}['Sl W5‘
Kelly
ll
custom
for Princess
IN .\ll-'.M()R\' nt .-\tlmir;tl of thc l-‘lcct liurl .\1ountb;nttcn of Burma. Pnnccss .»\nnc vnsitctl HMS .\tcrcur_\ on July h to inspect 200 truinccsz of Kelly Squadron us wcll us 25 mcmhcrs of the HMS Kclly Reunion Assucisttinn. lltc Kcll). thc dcstmycr cutnntuntlctl h_\ Lord .\1<vuntl».'ittcn «luring thc CH“, ,“_.u\ “f the gccund ‘. 1 \ \ ‘HM “ ; H‘ I‘ rLm""1b‘n‘d Ill the mic of the basic class .il thc .\'.t\j.‘s L'UlllnllllllC.l‘ lmns training csmhlishtncnt -
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ll;impslmc_
ill
lurd l.nun' pmcttcc pcrsunalls tn inspect thc Kclls \.]u.ulrnn, .1 ;ustnnt uvttttnucd .t!tt't his nlcnih l‘\ (kvunlcss .\lm;nth.lttt'n ant‘. ihc l'nn_r of \\'.Ilt‘s (in this I|(L‘.IslUll tt \§.ts l‘nn\t'\\ :\nnc who .urns'ctl at Metit
was
Banquet
at the
palace ().\'l‘
of
thc
titstuty_tnsl)ctl _L'.itl1ctittL's mt thc n.~.\.-.l sncml \..llCH(1§ll Inuit pl.lcc .ll llunptnn (‘nurt l'.Il.tLL' Hit Jun«.- :5 In (ulclvmlc thy Z‘th .lnm\crs;tr\ ut thc \\'lntL' I-nsrnn .-\ssuct.i— must
llllll
lht‘ l)uLt' at ltltnl\ut.;h \\.i\ put of honour .1! mt .:i:nu.ll r\ut.turt, sshtlv.‘ the R-\\.il \.ns was rcgvtrsvtttrtl iv) m.ln_\ ttlnnmls anti scnint (‘{ll\'Cl’\. intlmlmy, the l us: 80.: I and and l xtst \L‘.t lint! -lt'st;:tt.tlL‘ |.'\\lllllf.lI\ Sn Jvllli l-u'ltl.’mttsL' tnti Sir \\1l|i.tttt \l.t‘IL‘lL‘\ .'csp-J. tnclsl, (‘nmm.intlct-in-(inc! l-lcc! l'\\1lllll.l| \it .\'ichnl.ls lluntl. (‘tvrtttnllu «>1 thv: \.I\} t\’uc -\tlmxr.ll Sir l)ctcL Rclltlll, and no lcssct th.m -11! .«~tnm.in-lIn_.- l‘”ltL'.'\ t-l ships. ‘»lil‘lll.Illll'{\ .rml «'st.ul~I-.shnn'ttts l)|lltlL‘: \s.|s llrlil In list’ sq‘ .u.l'.r l‘.llhlllClllit{ hills, and tht‘ \.x!('tt'l's
Ant!
lllll\IL’l.lll\
unit’
;\'lliNl stvsllllllk'
l lllLt'l.lIlllllt'lllxnclutlctl tmmc l\\ thc R--\.il M.ttIttL's ll.mtl U.’ tltv l{.\l .\\hu-ul -vl .\1ll\l\ and .l nus: tn.mtnn_.' tluttt-~t1s!r.:!tu.': tn tin‘ Rn\.ul Nu.-.| l3tspI.l\ lc.m'. -\s thr tcam “Ill sh.-tzl-. txtluximtttlctl it ‘w\.ts thy llfsl .mt‘. East lIlllt' '.ht‘\ xx.-ulxl .np',\‘.lt \|1
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ltcltcuplcr oi thc ()uccn's l-‘light Shc \\.l\ mct l\_\ rhc lord l.n:utcn.int of ll.lm;\cur)
.I
stun-_
l 1cut«(‘uI Sn ]_|n|cs Xcnt: thy ('nntn1.nntlcr~xn ('htcl .\.«\.ll llumc (‘umm_.n.i_ .-\dnm.xl Sir PL‘lL‘i’ .\t.mlunt‘. and thv: L'Ull\lTLlHdln_|l utlxccr of H518 .\l«.-rcur}. (‘apt \‘~‘xlIi.:m ('h.uttcrtnn Dickson ilcr Rn).tl Highness .lttcndv.-d .I p.:r:idc oi the ship‘s cump.'In_\ .lnd told thcm that Jlthuugh .ul\.nnccs had ism.-n nutlc in turnnmmtxltiuns lt.‘(l1lliLlUL‘s_ thc lnmcs must ttcvcr hc lurgnttcn Rrslctttnr to .\1ctcur)'s pro posed clnsurc lv) thc end of thc ~
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ticc.ulv:. she s.utl that althuugh thcrc ucrc hxstnnc tics Mllh the site. II v..ls pcthnps mun: unpnr~ Lint that thc tnumng ts: C.ltflCtl nut .is clltutctttlx .L\ pnsstlllc
Shc paid tnlmtv: to thc high st.mtt.trtls .xt thc L'\l.Il‘li\lllltClll ‘
and
uvmpltnncntctl
thc sm.ut-
nl c\cr_\mtc nn p.tr.nlLThe l’ttncc\s tn-nit thv: \.ilUl(' .|l .a march past, which lllcllldttl the Kelly sctcmns. and later .iltv:ndL'd .n n:u:ptmn for ulttccrs and lhtlf ssncs and thc .-\ssoct.i~ Shc .llsu mct nun mcmlwts mcmhcrs at tho: ship's cnmpan). .\lcrcur_\ Cl\‘l|i.ln\ .it1dl.il'ntlICsnl both ncss
Princess Anne continues the custom set by her great-uncie. Lord Mountbatten the inspection at HMS Mercury's Kelly squadron. She had a smile and a word for R02 Daartt Psteman. flanked by JRO David Riches (left) and JRO Kevin Donald. —
for HM 8 Stirring day QUEEN Elizabeth the Queen Mother lent a hand in muing the commissloning cake for HMS Ark Royal when she made her first visit to HMS Raleigh. The cake mix. prepared by the Supply School at the
Torpoint training
establishment. was stirred by the Queen Mum. As the rum and brandy were poured in she said: “Oh. you must put in some more at that. Make it really strong." Her Majesty sniffed the mixture appreclatlvely and deciared it to be “excellent.” when completed. the cake will be in the shape oi the new carrier, will be 6tt. long and weigh 140-t50lb. The Queen Mother was welcomed to Raleigh on the last day of her tive-day tour of the South West. She was greeted by the commanding ottlcer ot the establishment.
Raleigh
Capt.
Brian Brown, and talk“! *0 "WHY 0' "'0 trainees on parade. including a group of WRNS recruits who had arrived only the evening betore. She met more WRNS trainees at Dsuntless Block and toured the Physical and Recreational Training Centre where she saw a display 01 gymnastics and survival training. Her visit ended with a wardroom reception. toilowed that evening by a reception on board the Royal Yacht HMY Britannia. Guests included the Commander-in-Chlet Naval Home Command. Admiral Sir Peter Staniord. and the new
Flag Ottlcer Plymouth,
Vice-Admiral Robert Gerken. O Encore tor Ark Royal pages 20 and 21; Cornish parade tor Queen Mum page 25. —
—
The Queen Mother mixes the ingredients for HMS Ark Royal's commissioning cake, helped by Lleut.-Cdr. George Chandler. Cdr. Andrew Slater and FCPOCK Davidson. add the brandy and rum. On the right is Rear-Admiral Paul Greening (Flag
Officer Royal Yachts).
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THE GREAT NAVY S N.-\\'\' N!-I\NS. .-\L'(iL'S'l' 1955
Ships galore at Plymouth.
TWO stars of Navy Days teamed up brlafly during Staff College Sea Days off Portsmouth thls summer. HMS Battloaxo (F89) wlll be appearing at Plymouth Navy Days. and HMS lnvlnclble wlll be lending her considerable voolght to the Portsmouth naval extravaganza.
Portsmouth shape and size ptihlic in .\':i\') l);i_\s and l’l_\'motith over the
SHIPS. suhntarines and aircraft of ever)
will he
.\l‘ln\\ to the cxtrtivagtinztis at Portsmouth bank liolid;i_\ .-\iigust 2-3. 25 and Zr».
.\'c;lrl_\
in the
hoping
on
-ll) \C\\Cl\ “Ill be two naval buses. to attract tem of
thousands of visitors for the benefit of Royal i\';i\) charities.
lliggcu
.inil ncucst \hlp on show viill he the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Ro_\.il. \\hlL'll “Ill! her sister \hlp. HMS lmincihlc, will he prouding .i fl1.|\\l\L‘ prcxcncc .it Portxniouth The siipporting east will iii« cludc tlir: .i\\;iiilt \hl[‘ HHS lnlrcpitl. the \ll.'\llIl_\Cl ll.\l.\ .\'cv\c.istli:. and it host of lug.|ll.,‘\.
mini:
COUnlL‘|'n"ll.'.|\llYC\
\cxsc|s and \UI\{‘) cr.ilt \\'l>‘,.\‘T ('()l'.\'TR\' l'\«u H|l(lC.|Y-p\l\o\k'l'L'll l‘lL'L‘l \|lhfn£Il'lf\C\, S\I\L‘lCl}:n and .\'p;irt.m. “Ill be this "hip: gum" in the West Country. uith the Lirgr: nII\\llC llll:.|lL‘\ llcau-r .lf1\l l3:ittli:.i\c. and the l_c.inder. .-\uror.i .inil .\'.ii.id prondini: suh\t.inti.il l\.ii;L-up Both \l.‘llllC\ will he feattiriiig .i \.iriet_\ of ewiling air and h.irboiir tli~pl.i\~. and l.i\cin.it-
ing \l;|llC I.'\h|hlllOl‘l\, Marching bands will be much in l.‘\lLlt‘nCl.‘ Sea Harriers and hcllC0plCf\ \Klll he gising spectators .i glimpse of their ticritil agility owr hoth n.i\til lV.I\L‘\, \v\l1IlL' l’l_\moulh will also boast the more \t.'ilc|) progress of it hot air balloon Special L'\L‘l1l\ to \A.llL'll out for are the RlI).|l Marines attaclting .i pri\.ite junk in the river at l‘l)mouth. and the [758 (‘onstellation e.innon firing (ll\pl.i_\ and RM l‘rci:l.ill l’;ir;ichutc tc.ini .it Portsmoiith
Portsmouth Ships
and submarines for lnVlf\ClDl8. Ark you to see -—
Royal. Intrepid. Newcastle.
Juno. Jupiter, Hermione. Fir-rwhale. Osiris. Bossington. Nurton. Gleaner.
Upper deck only Glasgow. Berwlck. Liverpool. Apollo. Achilles. Endurance. —
Scylla. Cardiff. Gloucester. Challenger.
Opening
times
—
1030 to
1730. Admission Adults £2. children and OAPS 21 (free souvenir programmes lirst 70.000). Pedestrians any gate. Cars 25 (by East Gate). coaches ‘:50 (by Unicorn —
Gate).
Plymouth Ships you to
and submarines lot see
—
Sovereign.
Spartan. Fife. Beaver.
Battleaxe. Naiad. Aurora. Leander. Bulldog. Fox. Fawn. RFA Green Rover and the Dutch survey vessel Mercuur. BroadUpper dear onry —
sword.
Cleopatra.
Opening
Boxer. Arrow, times
—
0930 to
1830 (ships open 1000). Admission Adults £2.50. children and OM’: £1. plus lree souvenir programme. Car parking free. —
Tlll-I WORLD Ship Society. will hi: selling .i range of special .\'.u-y l).I)\ covers at Plymouth. depicting HM \lll[‘\ File and Battlcaxc. Naval k‘ll.lHllC\ will benefit from the \.|l(.' ol the covers. Booking form\ and ;id\.incc informzition arc ;|\i'Illl£IblL‘ from Ray Marriott (\\'SS). Coggins. Station Road. l3ro.'uli:l_\st. l-Zxctcr. l)c\on IZXS ‘Al.
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on
the air thanks to Eddie lllli .\'.4\.\ll-. of l’.ddie (iriftiths may not sound familiar to the Royal .\'a\'_\. _\et a wall of his London office is covered with photographs of ships from which he has lCCL'l\'Ctl messages of thanks, lie is in charge of "l)iibbiii;.' .md l)esp.i:ch" .it the British l'nt(L‘\ llro.idc.istirig Senice llL'.ltlq\l.ll'lL‘l\. and .iri important part of his job is looking after the interests o.’ the Senior Serxice A few sears ago. Ill-'ll.\' felt that soiiicthiiig more could be done for ll.\l ships at sea .«\ccn.'diti_i:l_\, a pilot scheme \\.|\ ilC\l‘Cll for a few ships to lll~llS taped pro. recci\e graiiiiiies for reproduction on their own equipment. liuiiiig the l‘.ilhl.tllLl\ war, the iiiiport.iris‘c of the \IJl’\lL’C became imnicdi.itel_\ apparent, .irid output was at Ullcc itieruiscil Nun. e\L':\ ucck, _‘\ii ltollts of llbllfi output is despatehed in .|\ titan) RN \‘L’\sL‘l\ .tt1itiltd the world. Mill! request prograninies being \pCL'l.tll‘v re corded for iiidi\idii.il ships
Eddie Gritllths machines used to
FOLLOWING in fathers tootsteps is 20-year-old Wren (Radar) Helen Pope. who has completed her radar training in HMS Dryad. where her father. Lleutocdr. John Pope. is start ottlcer responsible for ratings’ training. Helen. who worked in a bank tor 18 months betore joining the WRNS last October. is now serving in HMS Warrior. Her brother Michael is in the Merchant Navy.
GETTING in trim tor a trip down south is POCA John (Dolly) Dalton oi HMS Herald. Aided by his wits Gill he practises the art or coitteur on his mother. Mrs Janet Duncan. One of John's lobe on board is that of ship's barber. His wife and mother visited HMS Herald during tamlliea day in Plymouth Sound before the survey ship left for Gibraltar on passage for South Atlantic duty.
Jenny Astbury. pre-
senter oi many of the Royal Navy‘s own radio
request programme.
adjusts one of provide HM ships
the cassette tape with British Forces
programmes.
Navy
New
No. 373 32nd year Editorial and business otllce: HMS Nelson Portsmouth
Telephones:
Portsmouth 822351 exts. 24194 and 24163 ext.
(editorial) 241226 (business)
GPO line: Portsmouth 826040 Editor: John Tucker Deputy Editor: Chris Horrocits Assistant Editors: John Elliott. Joan Kelly and Anton Hanney Business manager: Miss Maureen Brown
Queen at Gordon School AS
l’.-\'l'R().\'. the Queen.
.iccomp.iiiied by the Duke of lidinburgh. attended the centcnar_\ speech day of the (iordoti Boys’ School .it \\‘okuig on Jul} 5. 'l'lie school has .llV5.'l_\\ taken many boys from naval families
and has strong RN links The Queen inspected the wliool on parade and presented a new colour. .-\flI:fVo':Ifd\ she unveiled .I C()l‘nl'llk'flli)l'.lll\‘C
plaque
With the Duke she toured an academic Lll\pl1I_\‘. presented prizes and visited the chapel, and then viewed a pageant on the life of General (iordon. Among those who received the Queen and l)uke on their arrival at the school was the chairman of the governon, Rear-Admiral (I. K. T. \\'hcen.
Cdr. Meltechnie receives the Wives‘ Club cheque from Mrs. wright.
Gannet charity cashes in on wives’ sfall THE LADIES from the HMS Gannet Wives’ Club raised £100 tor Gannet's 1985 charity the Ex-Servlcemen's Mental Welfare Society from their stall at the Scottish international Air Show held at Prestwlck. Here they present the proceeds to Gannet‘s commanding otflcer. Cdr. lan Mcl(echnle. at a ceremony at the Dundonald Community centre. the cheque being handed over by club chairman Mrs. Cath Wright. There was another financial boost tor the —
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samecharttyaaaresuitotamonsterazlb cake produced by POCK Patterson and his team.
Besides
featuring
in a
“guess the
weight"
contest at the show. it was later handed over to Prestwicii Over 65—club to be used at a special event. An estimated 70.000 people attended the air show. which celebrated Preetwlcii alr-
port's 50th anniversary. HMS Gannet was closely involved In many facets. with personnel undertaking a varlety of duties. The Royal Navy was well represented with aircraft both ancient and modern in the flying. and the Royal Marines also tool: part in the show. Gannet activities were also demonstrated in the static displays.
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end of year FROM December 14, HMS Caledonia will cease to operate as a training establishment for MEA apprentices, the task having by then been transferred to HMS Sultan. Caledonia will
operate
as
a
cease to
separate
command. and become an annex to HMS Cochrane.
Accommodation. messes. galieys, dining halls and sporting facilities will be transferred to Cochrane. forming pen of the Fleet Accommodation Centre. The factory. workshops and
associated buildings will be transferred to the Managing Director. HM Dockyard. Rosyth. Certain other buildings have been earmarked for other iodger authorities. including the Ministry of Defence Police and the Northern Area Officer Sea Cadet Corps. Dcl (RN) 210
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Dinghy hosts sailing
Club (Army Sailng Association) is to host the 1995 Services singlehanded sailing NETLEY
ICELAND WARMS 1' LEEDS CASTLE (‘()l) WAR differences were forgotten when the fi.sher_\ protection vessel ll.\IS Leeds Castle was welcomed to Iceland in July. The ship btiilt tip what she describes as ";i first—cl.i.ss liiiisoii" with the lcelaridic (‘oast (itiard. and it large party of Icelandic govertimerit officials and British
l-‘.nibass_v personnel treatcd
to
it
forenoon
were
at sea.
In brilliant sunshine which lasted 2-! hours a day. the shtp‘s conipany indulged in pony trekking. cycle and bus tours. fishInpz. golf. svsininiing in the hot. volcanic pools. and flights in light aircraft over the hinterland Frotti Reykjavik the Leeds (‘astlc sailed south to undertake fisher) protectioti tasks iii the Irish Sea. ’lherc she was giiardship for the first Mans
Joint chapel dedicated FIRST shared chapel to be used by all three denominations in the Royal Navy has been dedieated in HMS Dryad. lhe chapel of St Peter and St Paul was dedicated by the ('hapl.iin of the Fleet. the \'en Noel Jones; the Principal Roman Catholic Chaplain. Monsignor Ronald Brown; and the Principal Church of Scotland and Free Church Chaplain. the Rev. ll’\'ll'1 Vincent. l)ryad‘s chaplain. the Rev. Reg Sweet. attended the service. as did HMS Nelson‘s Roman (‘atholic chaplain. the Rev. lan Hulse. and the officiating CSFC chaplain from Drayton Methodist Church. the Rev. Tony Shrimpton. 'lhe elegant. Georgian stylc chapel was originally part of the coach house in the stables block of Sotithwick House.
Thanks, sis l)l7RlN('i a short stay in Vigo. Northern Spain. the oceangoing survey ship HMS Hecate was visited by survivors of the Spanish fishing vessel ms’ Olympica. which was aided by the llecate's sister ship ll.\lS fleet: in April.
National Trawler Race before returning to the mainland for
lease in August. .-‘ss well as her visits to the lsle of Man and lceland. the Leeds (‘astlc has tiridcrtalteti trials of radio equipment. sleeping bags. a f'l'|llll.'Il’_\' camera and large fenders for use in harbours withoiit c.it;imar;ins She also embarked a member of the Nature Conservancy Council to help him in his research into ocean-goitig seabirds
summer
ADOPTION ln June the ship was among those represented when the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers officially adopted the Fishery Protection Squadron. The ceremony in London was conducted in the presence of the Company's Prime Warden (Viscount Levcrhulmc). the First Sea Lord (Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse) and the Captain
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ODIN KEEPS HER HEAD \\'lll-‘N H.\l submarine (Min sailed after her re» dedication eeremon) at l(os_\th .\';iv;il Base on June I‘> her ceremonial }.'iei;st:ifl. as .ill~\:l)'\, was firmly in
place.
lhe J.ickst.iii. in the shape of (Mink llL'.ltl, iA.is presented to the boat v..’icn she lirsl eonimis sioned its (‘apt M R (‘i win);lielil RN iretil )_ who had sersed in the previous H518 (Min before she was sunk by .in Italian destroyer in June 1044! lite Seeoiiil \\'orld \\‘.ir boat li.iil laridetl the iaekstali before .ind sailini: on ssat patrol siilvinariiiers being superstitious by n.itiire_ the present (Min will not s.Ill ssitlioui ii (‘apt \\’itigiield was guest of honour at the if."tlCklIL'.illt\I'1. \\lllL'll followed .i .‘~"—nionth refit at l{us_\th and m.ir'i.ed the in-giiiiiiiig of her iiith (Uli‘liHi\~ sion \ln(C being built in N02 She nim i’L']Uill\ the lhird Sui» marine
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on
.»\l'”l'l-'R completing her fourth iiliiltlf relit on time. ll.\l siibniarine Onslaught was re-dedicated at l)e\onport l)oei._\ard on June 35
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()lllLL'r l'l)ntoiiih. \':t'c.-\duur.il R \\’ l‘ (ieri.en.u.is priiit'ip.il guest. l.iititig the salute from .in eighi—man guard, and the uiiiiiii.iritliiig oliieer, lietit I) S H \'~'hite. read the toitiitiissmiiitig warrant Hie Ro_\.il Marines lland from ('l(‘ l}itl[V\lilf‘ir.' and .i contingent of Sea (‘adets from is tinslaiighl, Streathatn. jlllilttl the ship's eomp.in_\ and gtlcsis to ttiake the l‘{(.I\i\l[l iiieinorable .-\t the \Ulililll\\i0nIl1_LZ lea .Illt'Y\A.lY\l\_ Mrs Round-Turner. “ill” of (‘apt J l Turner, (’.ipl.iin Second Siibnmrirte \tiii.iilton. \Ul the take with \'I-:\ (lie. the soun_i:est inertiber of the ships cornp.iii}
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SlXTEEN-year-old Scott Herd’: naval career certainly got oft to a flying start. He was presented with his certificate oi acceptance by the Director of Naval Recruiting. Capt. Ian Sutherland. hlmaeft.
Navy gives
Heather's hooked LWREN Heather white
telly quiz
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(centre) found there wag no
JOHN SHOWS THE RIGHT SPIRIT .
NAVY PILOT Lieut. John Thomas has been awarded the Commando Medal after completing an All Arms Commando Course at the Commando Training Centre. Lympstone.
FIVE YEARS AGO Scott Herd of Methilhill,Fife. wrote to the Port Admiral at Rosyth asking it he could join the Royal Navy for a few days “to see what it's like." It was promptly arranged for young Scott (then 11 years old) to join the Fishery
Protection Squadron vessel HMS Bickington tor a day at
sea.
theendolthedayhewas presented. along with other souvenirs. an application card to give to the Recruiting Oftice At
when he turned 16.
Scott was as good as his word. and duly presented the
card as soon as he was old enough. His application was and his certificate successful of acceptance was presented to him by no less a person than the Director of Naval Recruiting, Capt. Ian Sutheland. at the RN and RM Careers Office. —
Dundee.
Scott. who iolned HMS
former MethilhillSea Cadet. in 1982 he piped the Queen aboard TS
Raleigh
on
July 22.
is a
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John
The model is for men of all ranks and rates who show to an
a
outstanding degree the qualities
Iberian!
or the Commando
chaplain The Rev Kenneth Roberts has received his official badge and book of prayers from Commodore Gerald Plumer on taking up his duties as
Officiating Chaplain to the British Serviw Community in H0 CINCIBERLANT
in
Portugal.
Spirit
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courage. determination. unsetfishness. leadership and cheertulness in adversity. John. who is with 845 Naval Air Squadron based at HMS Heron. received his medal from the commanding officer of the Commando Logistics Regiment. Royal Marines. Lieut.-Col. A. C. D. welch RAOC.
Ilev.
lorry
heads heme
Iefllngh: top
903 HMS Nottingham
reckons she had the most senior Above Water Warfare team in the Fleet during her recent tour of duty in the Gulf. The high-powered learn. how broken up by Drafty. was Lieut.-Cdrs. Chrla Silcock and Rob Farmer. Lieuts. Phil Hoilheed and Chris Pollard. CPOs Mick Pedder. Don Acton and Taft Owen. and P03 Jock Trouadaie and Jonah Jones.
US Navy chaplain Larry
Murphy will be sadly missed in HMS Raleigh. where he has been on since
WHILE he has been training to be a clearance diver SEA Stephen Vernon (above) has been wearing his family name on his cap! The diving school la. of couraa. in HMS Vernon.
Neptune
with
Jury 1983. After his time the Royal Navy. he is
and two children to his next assignment on USS Wainwright. based at Charleston. Thousands of trainees who came under Larry's ministry in Raleigh will remember h:r‘r‘. for his kindness {ind sense of tiumour
Serving couples
art
display
Our back page colour picture cl CK lan Jannaway and hi5 wife. Cheryl Jennaway. serving together in HMS Exeter has prodded LSA Glnge Saabrook of HMS Birmingham into putting pen to paper. He and his wife, Julia. .1 Wren Writer in the WRNR.
paintings and drawings to great variety of crafts Star
irom
exhibit was a 1-100 model or HMS Glasgow built by Lieut -Cdr David Graham RNR The exhibition was opened by
together on board his guided missile destroyer during the ship's pre-refit survey at served
Rosyth.
Lady Cunninghame-Graham. widow of Admiral Sir Angus
Cunninghame~Graham,
and president of the local RNLI branch which receives ten per cent oi the exhibition sales income.
service
returning with his wife. Susan.
on HMS Nopiunes ninth wardtoorn art exhibition, restricted to mombiirs and their faTT1l||0S_ .1tt'zic'.od 163 exhibits ranging .i
exchange
LEAVING THE SERVICE?
Lleut.-Cdr. David Graham RNR with his model ot HMS Cardiff which was the etar attraction In the HMS Neptune wardroorn art and craft exhibition.
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NEWSVIEW Yards set on course to
commercial go MANY issues remain to be resolved following the Government decision to go ahead with commercial management in Devonport and Rosyth dockyards. but a timetable of events from now until what is to be known as vesting Day in April 1987 has now been drawn up. The Navy view IS that there will be difficulties but that none is seen as insurmountable. While recognising there are risks inherent in the option chosen. it considers commercial management the right strategic
approach. It also believes the course chosen provides maximum benefits to the Navy because
ownership of strategic national retained.
challenge
assets will be contractors will have to face the
of periodic competition and it is considered the quickest route to the wmmercial disciplines sought. The core programme of work guaranteed to be retained by the yards will include all nuclear submarine work and the bulk of the warship load. —
Customer A
signal aspect
Organization
of the
new
system
will be
the clear separation required between customer and supplier, to be provided by a Naval Customer Organization under a Director General of Ship Retitting. His iob will be to obtain for the Navy the best deal for refit and other work. Acting as the Navy's agent between MOD and the new refitting organization, his tasks will include drawing up the future ship refit and repair programme; allocating work between dockyards and commercial shipyards: negotiating and managing contracts for the running of the yards and lor undertaking specific ship retits; and quality assurance. In drawing up this programme. DGSR is to take all interests into account. including those of ships‘ companies. So it now looks certain as it a programme leading to fundamental changes in the relit and repair organization is under way. Will refit lite alter greatly lor the sailor and his ship’? That is a poser many Jacks (and Jills) will be pondering and it is. of course. one which only time can really answer.
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anyone in for
being ‘Drunk on Board.‘
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club new Ratings’ rises from the old .-\B()l"l' 1,.sm guests were invited to ilii, opening ol the impressive new (‘liina Heel Club in llong Kong, which noss ranks among the finest clubs ;Ill}\\lls'fL' for the
Royal iN'av_v.
Every personal
RN rating
Hong Kong
received .i invitation to the opening. and among those present were the First Sea l.ord l.-\dmir.il Sir John Fieldhouse) and two former captainsin-charge. Hong Kong. 'llie ceremony. was performed by the (iovernor (Sir l€dward in
Yotidcl
The new club has nine floors of the tower block Fleet House which occupies .i fine \'ictori.i Island site that of the famous old (‘hin.i l-'Icet (‘lob Lnown to m.itelots of m.'in) -—
t‘,et1cr.Itlutts
Sauna, swimming l-licilities include two lesels of first—class hotel st.inil;ird .iccumniod:ition; the .-\n1CIil_\\I Rest.iur.iiit. and three bars, each with its own tlistinctise atmosphere. lhere are two function rooms the Meet Room. which is .i rtiulti-purpose part) room. .ind the .-‘suditorium_ which can act as disco. theatre or cinema. It has .i portable tiered seating system for use when the club presents e\i:nts like tr.'idition.il music hall. or concerts by ——
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intern.ition.ill)-Lnown performers. .-\n entire floor of the club
is
given
met
to
sports. .irid facilities include two squash courts, ten-pin bowling .IllC_\ .iiid pool room. ()n the same floor there is .i s.iun.i and. for residents‘ use only, .i swimniing pool In addition to the two floors of shops tr;iditionall_\ run b) the l'nited States .\'a\'} Contracting Departmerit. .i ladies‘ hairdresser, men's barber. gift shop, tailor, pliotographic equipment store. chemist and travel .igent are all based on the premises Mounted on the door of the .»'\meth_sst Restaurant is .'I crest beliesed to h.ise come from the famous HMS .-‘srnetli_vst.
Tradition maintained I-Iver) rating
the N:w_\' is automatic.ill_\ .i member of the (‘hina l-‘leet Club, and the manager is invariably a retired RN rating Present manager is Phil Baldwin. who has .seen through the club transition from its old building. via temporary location in the Sun Hung Kai centre. to the new lower block. In all this he was concerned to maintain the traditions of the club, the names of the rooms reflecting this. A bell has been cast from brass salvaged from the old club. and the original foundation stone was used for the new building. Although club facilities are now up-to-date and housed in modern premises the plan is that
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Hong Kong. built on the alto ot the old China Fleet Club and new housing the handsome
new
club
on
nine of its floors.
in
the atmosphere remains largel_\ .is it Owned by the ratings of the R.\'. the club
prini.iril_s by them.
was. is run
lite (‘hina Fleet Club (Royal .\'av_s) was founded in l934 near the arsenal and close to the present site of HMS Tamar. Work started on the new‘ building in 1982. Said the chairman of the trustees. Capt. (‘. VA’. (iotto (Captain-in~(.‘harge Hong Kong). "Despite the passage of time the club has not faltered from its primary t)h}CCll\C to provide a centre of rest and recreation for the men and women of the Royal Nasy and Ru_s';il Marines based in Hong Kong. This objective —
could
have been achieved without the strong support of the other Services and the club's .i.ssoei.itc membership. "The opening of the new club marks the culmination of over two years of long and often arduous work for the manager, Mr. I’. Baldwin, the deputy manager. .\fr. P lla)'w.ird. .ind the club staff. The success of their dedication and enthusiasm is apparent in these impressive new premises. “I would also like to record my appreciation of the benefits to the club which have accrued from the collatxiration on its development with Hong Kong Land (‘ii. Ltd." not
NAVY NEWS. AUGUST 19%
Return of the island
I9
/0 V9!’ Plymouth returned to Rosyth on July 18 after a four-month island-hopping deployment as West indies guardship. HMS
THERE'S a hint of the classical about this young lady on and that's highly board the frigate HMS Minerva appropriate. he the ship was named after the Roman goddess of wisdom. —
Luck of the draw Illl-Rl~ \A.ls gust one snag when .>\ll(Rl .\1.ittin llishop lie.inl th.il he li.ul won .I ness c.ir in .i r.ifllc on I‘\\.If\I ll.\l.\' I)l1VIIlL‘\ls‘ he c.in'l \Ill\L‘ The raffle was organised ulllll: the ship ss.is on her Suiithlant ilepl--snierit and the tlrass for ihe llk'\A I).itsun ('herr_s car tool. plaice at \\’ilimrigton. North (‘.irolin.i. on the \A.|_\ luck
When .\l.irtin recciscd the c.ir on the dockside .il Portsmouth. he decided to gise it to and to learn to his parents drnc as soon as possible” —~
only that. but the girl gracing the fo‘c'sle is a Not
Gillian Duftleld, a Weapons Analyst on the staff of Flag Officer Sea Training at Portland.
Wren
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Accompanied here by wemn) Jonathan Eastlow.
Gillian was among the Portland Base staff who were invited on board during a families sea day off the Dorset coast.
P-cture HMS Osovvy
lager.
BEER PRIZE
one
for each
day of the
r.
She also has two older LAEM brothers in the Navy Terry and HEM Peter. —
In June the ship was visited by another shapely lady Sun model Sarah Thorne who arrived on board to present CV Bill Short with 365 cans of
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Bill. who
won
the prize in
a
Sun newspaper competition. has now trsnsterred ashore to Devonport. But the Min-
will keep in touch with Sarah. who so impressed the sailors that they invited her to become the MInerva's ottlcial
erva
pin-up.
These interludes came as a welcome break tor the ship which this summer has been lnvoived in Exercise Locked Gate. On her way beck from that task she picked up a distress call from a 37-tt yacht 22 miles south of the Lizard. She was quickly on the scene and in rough weather
LMA Charles Meculioch was sent across in the seaboat to treat two crewmen. one sutterlng from a broken leg and the other from head wounds. He stayed on board the yacht until the Penlee lifeboat arrived with a doctor from Penzance. The lifeboat then escorted the yacht and her nine crew to Falmouth.
First Sea lord makes
a
nostalgic VISITS to one of the oldest and one of the newest of the Royal Navy's submarines have been made by the First Sea Lord. Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse. The Admiral attended a cocktail party on board the patrol submarine HMS
Olympus (commissioned I962) during her informal
visit to London in June. Earlier he had accompanied his wife on a visit to the nuclear fleet submarine HMS Trafalgar.
Lady Fieldhouse was principal guest at the 'I'rafalgar's commissioning in I983. The vessel has just undergone a sixmonth docking period at Devonport, where Lady Fieldhouse
members of the company and dockyard met
ship's personnel.
The visit
to
the
Olympus was
nostalgia for Sir John and Lady Fieldhousc. for the boat's commanding officer
one
of
(Lieut.-Cdr. John Tuckett) was
flag
lieutenant to the Admiral when pe was Flag Officer Submarines.
Celebrities boat's week-long stay in the Pool of London she welcomed on board a host of distinguished and famous visitors. A pany was held in the boat to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Olympus Optical Co. Ltd.. and guests included Lord Lichfield. Nick Mason of the rock group Pink Floyd and Rick Wakeman. Other visitors to the submarine included the Lord Mayor of London. Sir .»\l.'in Traill. and the Lord Mayor of Ip\\hts'Il. the boat's affiliated tovin. After leasing London the Olympus participated in a training period off Portland and torpedo firing trials.
During the
The frigate visited no fewer than 17 ports and anchorages, including locations in the USA. Bahamas. Bennuda. Belize and Caribbean islands. During trials off I’-Worida. the ship made more entries into Port Everglades in A week than she made into her home port of Rosyth during the previous year. Highlight of the deployment was a visit to Pensacola. Honda. where the city's .innual fiesta this year featured Britain. Officers and ratings took part in dances. regattas. displays and parades of which the frigate‘s commanding officer (Capt Peter Voute) became Grand Marshal.
DOMINICA Second phase of the deployment took the form of an island tour to help in the celebrations of the Queen's official birthday. Besides providing gun salutes and guards. the ship was heavily insolsed in community pro)CClS. including the building of a footbridge across a ravine in Dominica. In J.'im.iIL‘.i the (iosernor General and British High Commissioner were received by a Navy guard and a Jamaican Defence Force Band.
EXERCISE During a visit to Belize the Plymouth excereised with two coastal patrol craft of the Belizean Defence Force. And while anchored off Belize City the ship sent a team of engineers ashore to help fit out the new maritime HQ. while another group fitted satellite navigation equipment to the patrol craft.
Admiral Fieldhouse was in the Pool of London again on June 19 to attend a reception on board HMS Belfast. marking the launch of the book ‘'In lIarm's Way." Published by the Imperial War Museum. the book is a
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Britain's Coastal Forces during the Second World War. Coastal veterans present included Cdr Christ her Dreyer who commanded I02 during the Dunkirk evacuation. The craft. the only surviving. active motor torpedo boat of the I939-45 war, was moored alongside the Belfast for the occasion. Other guests included Lord Jellicoe. yachtsman Robin in
Knox-Johnston. Douglas Fairbanks. Jr. who met the
author while serving in the US Navy, and Karl Muller. a former E-boat flotilla leader whom Mr Hobday rescued after an action in the North Sea in 1944.
On her return the frigate held families day before beginning nine-month refit.
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hospitality
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AN ITEM in our July issue mentioned that colour prints of .1 painting of HM ships Plymouth. Bcrwick. Torquay and Londonderry on their Dartmouth training cruise to the West Indies last year was now available. 'I1iere was. unfortunately. a misunderstanding over the prints. which are not yet available. but anyone interested should contact Lieut.-Cdr. L. Moores. HMS Plymouth. BFPO Ships. London.
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l‘\-\Clll(il diplomat Sir James (‘able is well known for his "(iiinboat l)iploiii.iey" book and numerous other writings. He has now published ii dozen of his essays under the title ‘Diplomacy at Sea.’ asailable lroiii Macmillan (price £25). .-\lter the liumtliatiort of Suer l‘l5tv. llritain and l‘r.ince in went separate ways. lltitaiii into
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Subordinate "llritish resources would be better spre.id across the spectrum of limited. likely and winnable conflicts." he declares l’he lralklands war may seem .iri exception to the general principle of British military dependence. but the author points out that ll would neser liase happened if the defence of Ilritish interests had not been
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Jottings ONE of the latest at the growing library of books to have some connection with the Faiklande war wee. in tact. the first to be written. Moat oi the material wee lotted down three yeere before the Argentine invaalon. yet in April 1982 it became one of the moat important eerlee oi documente to be carried eouth by the Taek Force.
Compiled by yachting emhueiaat and Royal Harlnee major Ewen Southby-
that steered a Taiiyour.
it wee at the time the moat detailed atudy oi the Ialenda ahoree. When the major made known the existence at hie work to the Teak Force leadere. the charte and deecrlptlone were immediately claealiled and uaed to plan the Brttieh landinge. Now. llalor Southby-Tailyourâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;eFalkland ielande Shorea ia oii the eecret iiat and has been publlehed ior all to read. it wee compiled in 1978-9 while the malor wae in command oi the Royal Iaarinee detachment on the ielande, and it wee the irulta of a aerlea of fact-
course to
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Cbnflwence .-\l)l)Rl‘.SSli\'(i delegates at the I985 Royal Naval .-\s.soci:itioii Conference. the President. Vice-Admiral Sir lirnle Pope. urged branches to give more support to youth. particularly in areas of high unemployment. "Youth needs leadership .iiid encouragement. qualities not lacking in the Association members and inuch-needed today if the problems of youth are to be solved," he told members. He
of the work being done to help the young .iiid ]0l\lL‘\\ by some btanches_ but more support was needed it young people. iiiaiiy of whom felt rejected .ind defeated. were to regain their self-respect He urged branches to gise them eiicotir.igeiiieiit by oigaiiisiiig competitions on their behalf. by sponsoritig team and individual efforts and by helping in any w.iy they could. was
aware
Praise Admiral Pope paid tribute to Ills‘ support gtyen liy n)_|ny branches to Sea (‘adct units and praised lhe lc.id given by the .-\ssociation‘s Double Sescn (’ommittee. who organise many social events and .i nation.il tickers competition which h.i\c great appeal to young .ind iild Reterring to the growing li.iisoii between the Association and the Royal .\'a\y. he told delegates; "lltc strong links we are establishing with the Navy are due to ilie efforts made by the former (‘ornm.inderin-("hief Naval Home (‘oniiiiand. /\tlnIIl.Il Sir Desnioiid (lissidi. who both as Second Sea l.iird .ind (Vin-('. took a great interest in the .-\ssoci.itioii "
Publicity lle welcomed Admiral ('assidi's successor, .-\tlmir.il Sir l’eter Stanford. saying how pleased lie was tli.it .'\slfl‘|lf.Il Stanford had accepted the .»\ssoci.ition's irisitatiori to be their guest iif honour .it Reunion in the Royal Albert Ii.ill. on Ni-vi-nibei fso ('-iiiiiiieiiting on the Associalion's progress, Admiral Pope paid tribute to the efforts in the past year to publicise the work of the .-\ssociation. p.irticular|y .it the Royal Tournament and the London Boat Show. He told delegates that .i sideo film about the RNA would soon be
ready
for distribution He corigr.itul.ited all ttI\til\Ckl iii the recrtiiting effort and its results 2‘? new branches commissioned .ind 1,44»: new members recruited. giving .i total on .\Iarch t of -Hit) br.inchi:s and 44.4%) nienibers "\\'hileit is reasstiring to have regained our position in the numbers game. there is no room tor complacency." he said. He paid tribute to the late Sir John Lang. who retired as Secretary of the .-'\dniir.ilty in I961. Sir John had been a most active vice-president of the Association and was greatly missed. The memory of the late Shipmate llarr_v ('ammish. who ~—
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alongside.
The Queen Mum inspected her "guard of honour" and stopped to t.ilk to individual members as she passed along their ranks. Later the health of “this very gracious lady. who looked like in
sprightly 60-year-old“. was toasted :is shipmates gathered in the Royal British Legion Club to celebrate a very happy encounter.
Shipmates
I2 (Irish Area) are preparing a big welcome for all who .ittend the Wtili RNA conference in Belfast. The organisers led by Shipmate Ray (iaw. are busy of
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Over the
BRANCH NEWS minimise
accommodation and
travel costs. Chester branch presented a"Topper" sail training ship to their local Sea Cadet unit at the unit's open night. when a variety of activities undertaken by the cadets was demonstrated. ’lhe presentation was made on behalf of the branch by Shipm.ites Charlie Fay. (chairman) and Ron l-‘arr (secretary).
Croquet (Erect Ylrmouth branch. who dedicated their standard last month. hold their monthly meetings at the Red Herring public house in Havelock Road. at Zllli on the third Monday of each month. A charity croquet match in fancy dress between Dehbolc and Bodinln. played on the lawns of Capt. Mike llowctt‘s home at .-\ltarnun, near Launceston_ (‘ornwall raised a laugh. The teams used their cunning, expertise and ability to cheat to score points. but the obvious superiority of Bodmin won the
OIITIIAIY West Ham. v-on-president and
Birtionnoad. torrnor president
of Dundee have provided many treats for mentally retarded children in their adopted ward of the local hospital. At Easter. the children were presented with the seasonal chocolate eggs and a .60 cheque was handed over to the hospital. Members look forward to the opening of their new club in the mates
day
effort which helped raise £456 for the local church fund. Old Clce (Grluuby) have adopted the Jack Cornw-ell \'(‘ Ward of their local hospital as a —
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special charity. The ward provides C()flIIflU|l_\ care for ladies for whom shipmates provide birthday presents
and other treats. .-\n appeal has been made for photographs to decorate the walls of the ward. and if anyone has some to spare contact Shipmate Joan Clark. 9 York Place. Cleethorpes. S Humbersidc l).\'35 QLW. Friends of Shipmates l-‘red "S.indy" \\'ills of Poole were delighted when he was honoured in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. Sandy was made an MBI-Z. He is a member of an old Poole fishing family and retired two ycars ago after working on the Brownsea Island ferry for 20 years.
Go-ahead Doneaster has a new. young committee. and with their new headquarters now firmly established in the Sub Aqua Club. are attracting many new members their go ahead outlook not going unnoticed. They welcome visits by other branches. —
Shlprnato Stun Croelior.
past six years. ship-
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good start by presenting two folding beds to the (‘hildren‘s
Ward of Snadwell District Hospital to enable Mums to stay overnight. The club meets on the last Friday of the month at 8.45 pm. When Batteries played host to members of the Burma Star
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Little Rivers
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THREE new River-class vessels. HM ships Dovcy. Canon and Wavcncy. returned to the United Kingdom last month after a six-wcck deployment to Canada arranged to coincide with the 75th anniversary celebrations of the Royal Canadian Navy. More than 30 warships lrom a dozen different countries converged on Bediord Basin. Halifax. on June 28. including HMS Brilliant in company with her standing Naval Force Atlantic colleagues. and HMS Alacrity. HM submarine Scalion. and RFA Gold Rover. Licut the Prince Andrew.
accompanied by
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lialilax was the highltght so {at of her deployment with the NATO squadrtin it tollowed sunshine calls to Oporto in Portugal and Cadiz in Spain. [Exercise Locked Gate in the Straits til Gibraltar. .ind a short visit to Ptinta Delgado. 'lhrec rnenihers oi the l-orcc departed to ffjtilfl their tissn navies llTll"nC(ll£|lCl_\ before the 7Sth anniversary cclchrations “'HAl.i-IR RACE The week-long occasitin was dominated h_s tIl'1l'l|\l‘l\.'|f) celebrations. including sescral lunctions and the re-instatcment til the iiM(‘S I-'r.iscr Perpetual Challenge Trophy lor open whalcr racing First contestetl by the Royal Navy and the Rtiyal Canadian Navy in I938 and I03‘! (and won on both occasions by HMCS Fraser). the race was not resurncd alter the Second World War. To mark the assembly til warships at ilaliliu. the race was renamed the Fraser (‘up and is to he competed tor during the annual sisii oi Stanastorlant to ilalilax. llnitirtunatel). HMS iirilliant came a close second. so the RN has yet to win the trophy But the Brilliant did team up with HMS Alacrity to give the Royal Navy a decisive victory in the Albion (‘up sailing series. which is disputed whcncscr RN and R(‘N ships nit-ct Points are totalled up at the end of the year. Alter six hectic days in Malilax. the N:\l() squadron lclt lor I-Zxercistc Reader H5 hcitiri: making detached visits to coun|'he tries in the (‘arihhcan Brilliant visited Tortola in the British Virgin islands in mid-
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POOLED EFFORT RM
l-‘astne_s)
not
only winning
the Jtltlni hurdles. but breaking the championship record. (‘P() Terry Price ((‘ollingwood) took the bron/e medal with a personal best time. Alas. this deluge of points did not last, although there were
excellent the trail. more
performances
on
App Rupert \\:lli.irns t('olIingwood) w.is lllsl pipped on’
the litie by (ill internatioiial Kris .-\K.ll‘tl\l in the Zlltlni. recording a time of Cl Ksec \\ illiaiiis carne stortning through to take third pace in the llllrn and with Spencer was selected to represent (‘ombincd Scri-ices .it (‘rsstal Palace on August "
ll‘.C Nasy h.id little success in the field. and in other t.ices on the track our athletes could not tlhllsll the riiight of the other two Vcrsiics last esent of the iii-siiis :ii.itch did. howcset, pro» sidc .i marsellous firi.ile lhis w.is the -1 I ~$llirn relay. which the .\.isy squad in tini~.hed second in ‘min lfisec to better the R.\ tctord
for the “tens
Athletics
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.\l.\'lZ (iary Penhall opened with an excellent first leg to put the .N'as-y in the lead. P() [Errol Johnson (Sultan) ran a storming -17sec split time to hand oser to (‘pt Russ \\’illi.itns (~32 (‘doi who gase \\'inston Spencer the baton and .i run against Kris and what ;i b.ittle it .-\l..ibusi —
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Kris showed just why he is .in intern.ition.il. fast and experiettced enough to finish a second ahead .it the line The A.'.'njs tools ch.inipiorisliip honours, with the RA!’ second and the .\'.ii_s third (ilRl..'s’ I took some stick oset my lack of enthiisiasni for the girls in the RN championships, but what l had hoped for was .i response l certainly got one at Aldershot, where ll"l Angie ('ios‘sir's, l.(‘()A Sue l‘reern.in, l\\'teti Kathy Niiriliiig, ('\\'l'l' .Vu.il.i At'scjs_ (‘\\ren Shirles Robinson and tiie rest showed real grit Sue Freeman came second in the Islllm. missing the .\'.o._s record by it lsec c.ime second in the l'l*rn hurdles. and tan .l inagriificent ‘Ssec anchor leg
to
win
the -1
.-\l"l'l{R long sersice in the encouragement of sailing in the Royal .\'asy, the Bosun dinghy is being replaced by Lasers in sk'i'l.llll classes of ship. The l.iser is an internationally-
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Kathy Nurding (.-\S\\'l{i equalled the RN ltlim record to finish third in ll-tsec, Angie (ioskirl. took second place in the discus. while .\'uala Atiiey was outkiclscd on the last lap to finish second in the newly intro-
duced 3.tlIini The -3 \ 4lIIni squad of l \\il’l l.orna (tough, Sue l-rceman. \\'ren Pippa (‘ookc and l \\'reit \'iy Jenions Lnocked 11 seconds off the .\Iis_s record, and Shirley Robinson beat the .\'.is_s l..‘(lim record in finishing third in that race. She and Sue Freeiiitin were selected for (‘ombined
Kathy Atkey who.
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Selected tor the GB Service Rifle team are (back, left to right) CPO Phil Hobaon. PO Chris Prlvott and CPO Alan Ball. and (lront) MNE Stove Wheeler and Queen’: Modal wlnnor MNE Colin Humphrey: Picture LA (Phot)
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.\l.\'l{ (‘()l.l.\' ill" .\ll’llRl’.YS of 'lir.iining Reserve and Support Forces is for the second year in succession the champion shot of the Royal Navy‘ and Royal .‘slarines. writes Brian “'itl.s.
llaloy He won the ()ueen's Medal at the RN Small Arms Meeting at ilisley‘ from July 3 to 1-! by .i clear margin with an aggregate score of ‘Nil. 17 points ahead of l.("Pl David O‘(‘onnor. the run net
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\.isy golfers traditionally park their clubs in August and _r_i\ on holiday, so the nest
the calendar are not until September ‘lite Royal
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In The Senior Sersicc hosting this year's to
tournament
“.2 Team captain POWPT Judy Cottorill pours the bubbly while Powron Katrina Paton opens a aocond bottle to celebrate the WRNS auccoutul defence at their women’: Inter-Sorvlco volleyball title In I-ills Coillngwood on July 13. The experienced Wrona completely outplayed both Army and RAF women with excellent teamwork and aggressive play
Youngsters push Army
li()'l'll swimming and
polo competitions
at
estremely exciting meeting. the Army won the swimming by a mere four points and the .\'avy' won the water polo in an equally close finish. .\.i\y swimming coach (‘l’() .lim Storey w.is hard-pressed to
get all the
he needed, and was indebted to (‘apt ll T llrown, (‘aptain of Raleigh and swiriiniers
to limit
absolutely delighted
w.iter
the jlllllilf lnter-Services in HMS Raleigh hung in the balance until the final seconds. At the end of an
llumphreys
the coveted award for the first time last won
year.
CPO Alan Ball of .\'ava| Air Command won the Royal .\'.ivy's Service rifle championship and came fifth in the ()uccn's .\lcd.il ly ro champion Al-'..\f Shaun Sorriervillc was shootiiig for Air (‘onirn.ind. ()f the top 30 positions, the Royal Marines took its to the N;is'y‘s 12. Alan Ball also won the target rifle championship with an aggregate score of 2439‘, two points ahead of runner up CPO
pistol shooting.
.\.is_s lnter—('ommand inatchplay chzimpionships are .it the Royal (‘inque Ports. Deal. from Septernber 4 to r»_ followed by the lnter-Sersices .it Blair (Eowrie. l’erthshire_ on SeptemMore than "II golfers entered the Plymouth (‘ommand cham~ pionships .it l..iunceston, iticludmg many from ships Winner and (‘omm.ind champion was All Dase Hughes of ll.\1S Phoebe with rounds of "‘3 and "7 A learn competition held concurrently w.is won by ll.\l.\' Defiance
crew
Pt) Peter llobson (Portsmouth) won the pistol championship with 808 points. 29 clear of P0 Chris Privett (Plymouth). llobson also won the NRA bronze medal for Service
Gel!
is
.l
\\'right (Air).
Knight.
ber I.‘
of two, Bosun national championships take place in the \'olent under the auspices of the R.\.\’.-\ il'ortsmouth branch) on \cptctttlK'r 21 and Z2. quires The
COLIN IS TOP SHOT FOR SECOND EAR
l'lli .\.~\\'\".\‘ inaugiirai fisture against Brccon and Radnor turned out to be .i ycry pleasant one indeed. writes Roger
-
a
Bosun
the hillside! lhc Vasy lost narrowly. .:oing down ‘U: 1'‘: in the foiirsorrics, but dr.iwin_i: the singles < < (H) ('lise \'hinn and -\i‘p Jiiii lhotiipson ((‘-yllingwoodi won their niatih. while .\i.\l .\1.ir'i. llawden .iiid .\lusc Joe \'h.iip achiescd .i half .\a\.:i the singles were winners in ltawdi-ii, Nhinn. Sharp, lls".ll (‘dr .\l.ilcolin ldiiiiiiids .in.i lieut l ii.iii llardtn.in
in
replace
A welcome in It w.is io.".dii.tc.i oscr tlzc well tiiaiiiciiicd course .it (l.I\ls‘s. a h.lis_ p.iri>.l.ind golf club set amid l‘s'.Itlllfttl sccners the outskirts of llrccori on l sen the weather was perfect
Corps
Laser to
No one was sitting down as she battled past the Arm_s runner on the home straight to win by inches
as
the
final of the highest quality. Plate winners were RM liastncy. who heat off a tremendous challenge from a sis-man team of Royal Marines from the Fleet. Player of the tournament was .\l.\'F. Stuart Gibbs (RM Easineyi, and the trophy for the most promising newcomer was awarded to Musn. Keith Cordon (Heet RM). ing 41) (‘do
rel.iy
Sersices.
won
solleyball championships. heat-
IT HAS almost become customary that the Royal Navy athletics team finish third at the lnter-Services championships, this year staged at Aldershot. llowever. I can report that there were some truly exciting performances from some of our men and women. and full marks for enthusiasm. writes John Phillips. The match started on a high note for the .\'a\'y_ with .\l.\'l~‘ Winston Spencer (R.\1
POOLF.
chairman of Nay) l'nder-l‘! swimming, for his behindthe-scenes efforts to malse people .i\.iil.iblc In the end the swimming championship was decided on the final -5 \ 2 freestyle relay. with the .\'a\y needing second and third places to clinch the trophy. But it was not to be The second string finished fourth and the Army got home by the narrowest of margins ('P() Storey. howeyer. was
with the cfforts of his youngsters and was full of praise for their all-out efforts
Winners for the Nasy were \\intle. Jones. Hurst and Cooper. .iiid the J \ I medley
relay
te.iiii
llie senior lnter-Sersices gala takes place in HMS (‘oilingwood on August is and ‘,_ with the disiiig .it Sotitlitirnpton at Will on the nth final of the water polo is .it (‘ollingwood the following morning, followed by the swimttimg competition .it l~1lll
lit the best .\'as'_s water polo final for years. Nasal Air (‘ominand beat the Royal Marines "-0 ill the annual championships in ll.\fS (iollingwood. held .is N;is'y News was going to press lhc Royal .\l.irines did. howe\ct_ retain their swimming charnpionship by .I wide margin. while Air Scotland earned a narrow victozy in the women's lnter~('iroup competition, beating Portsmouth by }U\l \l\ points Full details will appear in the September edition of .\..|\'_\ News
l'eter‘s brother. CPO Phil llobson (l’ortsmouth) won the Royal .\'.is-y sub machine gun championship with 777, relegating L9.-\ Buck Taylor (Plymouth) to second place for another year. .\'a\';il Air Command won sesen of the 13 team competitions. plus the Herbert Smith (‘hallenge Trophy for the third year. Ply mouth and Portsmouth shared the other six trophies. with Plymouth retaining the lnter-(‘ommand Service rifle championship. Portsmouth winning the S.\‘l(i competition. and Air the Pistol Cup. The llouton Cup, which is open only to tyros under 25. .-\l":.\-f Andrew’ won by was llallett (Air). .\fiist Constslctll shot in all four championships and overall small arms champion for 1985 was (‘PO Alan Ball. (SB TEAM l"is’c out of the ten members of the Great Britain Scrvicc Rifle team .ire from the Royal .\‘a\-y and Royal Marines. They are t)ueen's Medal winner M.\'l-L Colin llumphrcys. MNE Steven \\’heeler_ CPOs Alan Ball and Phil llobsnn. and P0 ('hris Privett. the .\'as~_.'s best result in the lnter~Service competition at Bisley insolving the RN, Army. RAF. R.\l. TA and RNR was second in the L'nitcd Services SR Rifle Vlll competition. The .\'avy's other positions were third in the Service pistol and long range target rifle. and fourth in the sub machine gun and short range rifle
competitions
TWO outatanding navai modern pentathletaa are being toattothefloyalfla .WrenManayFtaherty Iettthe WRNS in June and C PT Neil Montgomery la going outside under the current radunda acheme. Mandy. wife or Navy pentathlete L Illclry Flaherty.
haabeenthetopserviceladypentathietetorthepaet live or aiir yeara. and has also represented the vyat croae-country running. swimming and athletlce. heta also a full international modem pentathlete. Nell. although htrnaeit an accomplished pertorrner. ta best known for his iaational and coaching skills.
org‘a.n
He Introduced many vy athletaa to the apart and rounded the current aucceaarul RN women‘: pentathton group. including Mandy Ftaherty.
Catching disease hard so to shake
THE STORY of the middle part of the Royal Navy‘s cricket season has been a chapter of dropped catches. run outs and failure to capitailise on good .s‘tart.s‘. writes Derek Oakley.
Minefield of a pitch blows Under-25 hopes
Against
Devon. howeser. who earlier in the week had given \\"arwickshire a good run
Trophy. right.
in the Nat West
everything came Although
in.iriy of the team had left their beds at 5.30 in the morning to gel to liistms. ne.ir liartistaple. the Nasy batted well .ifter losing .iii early wicket lillt.‘ two Royal .\f.irines lieutenants, .»\ustin Roberts .irid Robin
HoIlington_ put
on
7b
1-‘
in
minutes. with the latter smash-
ing 24 and 14 from
two consecu-
lise iiscts
He was eseritii.ill_s run out for IN, by \Alll(ll time .i tiiird Royal .\f.iririe, l.ieut (‘harlie llobsori. He and skipper es.“ in full flow
Crlekef
good one on this losely seaside ground ("arching was .ipp.irerit|_s difficult for both sides .irid the Nasy stiffered worst light nieditini pace bowling by l.\\'l'R .-\ndy (‘ollier .ind .-\l-.\f (’hris (‘amp bell contained the early batting .‘sfl{.‘sl Andy (‘hester flighted his slow left arm well in taking a
four catches went down as l)esori accelerated towards their target lloweser. a superb user from ("other when only ten were required from the last over. meant the Navy won -1- -Ill. but
runs.
Roya|Navy?3J~4(CNooeonTOrio'.
011.51
Rooevta26)
Q.AtI!Us3 Il.A ?2$——7(T Fame 55
ACheatevo—6oi RNn0f1DyOvI'sli Against l‘nited London
delayed start saw the Banks score slowly against a depleted attack Collier took }—55 and Campbell 2-62 Banks.
a
before the Banks declared at lH)—$ from 54 osers This left the Nasy 44 overs batting but no one was able to build an innings and the Navy struggled to 76-—7. leaving the match drawn. Umea London Bantu 1&5 oec
Cotter 3-55. C Carrooeil 2-62) New 76-7 Match drawn
(4
Royal
CIVIL SERVICE Put into hat on it dampish pitch at Bath. the Civil Service soon lost three wickets for 35 However Alan Burridge. formerly of Middleses, who had already scored a century against the Combined Services at -Arundel earlier this year. and Malcolm l)yer. put on 82 in under an hour
a most
encouraging season for the Royal Navy l'nder-25 side ended disappoiritirigly with two defeats in the Junior lnter-Seri-ices cricket tournanierit at BRNC Dartiiioiitli last riioiith Runs
were
rteser
easy
to
.isskw;ird wicket. and no siile batting second scored more th.iti 154) runs l'iifortiii‘..iii~ly for the N.i\y_ they l\\l\L' lost the toss and forfeited first use of the come
l.ieiit loiix l/lard added Ni iti tinder an hour from I‘ osers and .i firi.il suite of In .5 was
by eight
Wll.-\T HAS been
by
itll
art
slttf‘
the opening game the Army scored 225. by a long way the biggest tot.il of the ln
Once again catching was a Navy’ disease as the Civil Sersice piled on the pressure. With 15 overs left they were l~Sl———3 with Burridge powering his way to another century. A remarkable innings by neweomcr Miers of 81 not out from 2-5 balls. including 28 from Chestcr‘s final over. gave the Civil Service an impregnable
of 3-(B-7, the highest total for them since limited overs cricket came in 20 years ago The Navy could lll afford a run out in the fifth over. but Lieut. David Wells very slowly righted the boat. wickets tumbled steadily at the other end until he was sixth out at 106 for a dour 33. Tony lizard scored a bright 43. but the huge Civil Service total was never in yeopardy. Campbell hit a quick 22 including two enormous sixes. but the innings folded at 15-3 with five score
overs
remaining.
Cm: Service 300-7 (A
in. R
Mon 91 not out, c carruce-i 3-50) nayai Navy is! (A izrua 43, 0 won 33.
AC0-ev2aiCmtSeMcaiiuonoyi46 runs The following day ;it lmber Court found a strong British Police side. who included five batsmen with first class experience. called the tune for much of the day. Roberts took 43
Ali.\f Chris (‘ampbell picked tip fisc wickets and l..\fl":A .\le.\laster three. but their efforts came :o nothing .is the .\.isy were tournanient.
bowled out for llb
Nest day the .\.i\y bowled the Royal Air Force otit for l-3'1. .\fc.\l.ister taking three and l..\ll{\1 Andy (‘hcster four, then got shot out for ‘U the wicket became as more
spiteful
The RAF were the strongest of the three sides and also had the good fortune to bat first in both their games In the
oscrs
to
compile
a
patient -15.
but the middle order completely collapsed. and with three more run outs, the Navy succumbed to H3 off the final ball. C\\'E.‘sfN Kelson Brooks in his first match of the season bowled with considerable life. but two early dropped catches made the Navy pay dearly as opener Steer eventually carried his bat for 75. Collier was extremely economical. conceding only 27 runs from his 15 overs.
A slow outfield helped the cause and the Navy gradually ground the Police in. Superb
ground fielding was matched by the catching. the Police found later
to come
runs
knocked
not
and hard
by.
Brooks took three wickets and the Police needed only ten runs from the last seven overs. This was whittled down to five from two overs and the Navy were in with a chance. However with a lofted four the Police Just scraped home with eight balls left. F\oyaiNavyt&‘!iARooertaI5_REvans ta. A Manicure 4-27) Bo-nan Ponce 147-4 (M steer 75 rot out. It avoon
3-45) 8rIdiPoaoa-orioyaxmcteu The lntcr-Service matches
will he played on the Aldershot Officers Club ground. opening with the Army v. Navy match on Monday. August 12.
the soldiers for
user
fs.‘s'
.-‘sll three
te.i.'iis
prodiiccd
good bovilirig and lirilliarit fielding (skipper Kesiri Norsstiini held
.-\lR l*'()R(‘E
progessisely
they struggled to H-3 against the .-\irii_s. then
decider
on
to
six
of the
.\'.'isy's
Its" catches in the tour» nament). but tlie_\ ll.-sersetl .i rather better surf.ice on which to
perform
Anny
('98 (.~\;‘' L’-.-root‘ .0-"" I n.| 60 cu Cn"*:>bo 5 46 CO‘ C M-;M.is-in 3 -33i rm ‘I8 iS..:~‘. on; Simon L)<- 23 LMSM Away C505?!" 2’? -iei Air-~, -on Ly V15 r-ms RAF Y1‘) iCr~,a~.'m 4- 35 ‘.'- \'.|'.‘u' 3--Jii RN
N.-\\’\' .\'l-‘\\'S. Al'(il'ST 1085
Mi
British shadow Soviet armada
Clamp
1 ,181ft BELOW! through
lock which doubles as a bathroom. inside one chamber are four bunks and basic entertainment oi earphones lor radio and music. it is also possible to watch TV through the pressuretight windows during hours oi rest. "There are also games and books." said Cdr. Padwick. "but mostly we try to keep them
A LARGE-SCALE Soviet aea eiterciee in the Atlantic and North and Norwegian Seas in July. -
an
air
busy?"
Navy‘s team. specialised in saturation diving. consisted oi P()([)) Stephen Allan. LS(D) Christopher Taylor. l.S(D) Desmond Fuller. and AB(D) The
'nvolving many aircraft too. was shadowed by ehlpa from NATO navlee. including at Ieaat 17 aurtace ahipe and aubmarinea rrom the Royal Navy.
Jonathon Buck. The reserves who travelled to Canada and worked outside the chamber supporting the lour were iS(i)) Robin Rickard and l.S(i)) Ted
It la aatimated that about 100 Rueelan aurtace veeeeia and eubmerlnea were involved. with extra RN ahipa joining the ahadowing iorce as the exerclee built up.
Mangion. While
a
depth
(l.ltil lect) has
oi 360
metres sometimes been
exceeded in shore experiments and UCC8Si0l’l&lll_\' in the sea. the signilicance is that this was the deepest dive in a near-working
PILOT RESCUE when a Rueeian Forger jet went Intothe Norwegian see on approach to the carrier Kiev and he pilot eiected. an inflatable from HMS Newcaetie moved in to tree him from hia parachute harneee and canopy. Then the RN men aaalated him Into the
etropiorwinchinguptoasoviet helicopter. ontheKiev Laterthe pilot bridge to handc p in aalute. and there were other exchangee oi
L‘il\lit)t‘li‘llCni undertaken
e From front page
personnel.
by
The Toronto location makes use oi reciprocal research arrangements between the Royal Navy and the Canadian Armed Forces. The trial was also a new departure as it was organised by the Navy in close Cl)~0rKl'3ii0flwith Norsk Hydro. who also wished to prove similar equipment before undertaking dives to the bottom ol the Norwegian trench at a depth ol 360 metres in 1987. The trial originated with an approach to Cdr. Padwiick by Norsk Hydro. and the Saturation Diving System Projcct stall ol Director Under-
Weapons
water
took
at
Weymouih
up and have been coordinating the project. Working on it too has been the institute oi .\'aval Medicine. with scientists lrom the Admiralty Research Establishment Experimental Diving Unit in HMS Vernon and the ARE it
Physiological Laboratory
at
Alverstoke.
OPPOF? TUNE RETURN ll.\l subiii.iritic Opportiinc was returning to (iosport .11 the end .i! Jujs alter patrol duty in the South Atlantic. She had been away since March. operating with surlace ships On return passage there was .i \l\li to Las Ptilmas in the Canaries. Meanwhile. li.\l submarine Conqueror. while achieying lame in the Falklands conllict. has now‘ lelt Desonport lor wr:.ipons trials iollowing her l\»sii~_\C£il' reiit there
Ready lor the trial: AB(D) Jonathon Bucit. wearing lull diving equipment with Gaemizer recovery system.
pieaeantrlea.
DIVERS CLEAR MALTA WAR DEBRIS I
‘
,
There were many evolutions tor the Dartmouth training ehip HMS intrepid and the frigate HMS Nalad on paaaa e to Palma. Majorca. Here a T WEX is under way. with the Nalad ea towing
ship.
A i)()7.i-IN members ol the Royal
Navy-‘s Fleet Clearance
thanked by‘ the Prime Minister oi Malta when he met them in July near completion oi their arduous summer task helping to clear war debris from Grand Harbour. Valletta. Material removed has intually brought tishorc alter being raised by crane. cluded torpedoes. a large
Diving Team
were
bomb and the boiler oi the destroyer HMS Jersey‘. which was destroyed by mine in 19-31 at the harbour
cntraticc.
it was .i lirst return to Malta lor Royal .\'as_s men since the Sersice lelt the t\l.lilsi in W79 lhe t.isk was to work with local ilisers during dredging operations to allow large yessels to tt‘.i(ll it new grain silo The .\'asy divers coseted an ..n_-.. of 1.w_llll square metres dealing with obstructions and
ordnatice
Among
it
was
;i
IND-lh bomb which was reioscretl lrom .i wrcclscd .irtimiiiiition ship. taken out to sc.i .ind
ifiitiipcd
l-our torpedoes discoycred in their tubes were also rcmoscd .Iilsl duinped .-\iio'.hcr task \v\.i\ wiirkitig lot the lilting oi the lmilct oi li.\lS Jrrscy ]|l\'. :tis:t1c thc l‘rc.i'i.~ lhc boilc: w.is metiwater
Royal
Yacht celebration
llll (_Il l l'.\'. .ici.onip.itiii.-it by .llt’ l)iikc oi l-iliiihiirgli jiillltsi ‘ill past and pri~sc:i'. R.-y.iI
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HMS l‘sccllctit
ll‘.
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£2,250 A NEW
clamp
for
in plugging holes in ships‘ sides has brought a degree oi lame and iortune to the marine engineer oiiicer oi HMS Excter. Licut.-Cdr. Tim Emms. use
While serving in HMS Sultan llL' insented .1 clamp which reiolutionises the plugging of holes in the ship's side particularly in machinery spaces should the ship suller damage in action or by accident. The design has now been linalised and issue to the surface llcet oi the iimms clamp. as it is to be known. is expected shortly The dcyice has already been patented lor worldwide -—
—
|l\(.'
l.ieui -Cdr. Emms has been awarded £211!) lrom the Committee on Awards to inventors and £250 lrom the ilerbcrt Lott Trust Fund The insention consists ol a clamp. that grips ship's side lratiiework, welded to a box section which supports 4-in ‘-1 -I-in or ti-in control timber.
damage
6-in
REFIT PORTS 0 From front page oi commercial tion
nianangement. lillects on the Fleet alter 1057 are likely" to be lelt in the wider selection oi ports where rciits and repairs may’ ttikc place But it is emisagcd that .it the outset only‘ a ri:l.itivel_v small proportion ol non-gas turbine warships and submarines will. as now. be rciittcd in comnietciai yards. .-\ll nucle.ir submarine work and the bulk of the warship load will continue to be carried out .it Devonport and Rosyth. (‘onditions oi service oi ships‘ companies oi ships undergoing reiit and other work in commercial yards are being examined. The aim. the Fleet has been told. is to minimise adverse cllects and wherever possible compensate lor any’ degradation in quality oi lile oi ships‘ companies by increased separation. rcdticed base port time or general reduction in domestic .ind recreational iacilitics.
April 1 mainly"
NAVY AGENT
-—
The Fleet has also been told. "For ships in reiit any’ adverse eiiccts will be kept to a minimum by reducing reiit complements. Where-yer possible drudgery‘ oi rciitting will be reduced by‘ the contracting yard taking on many low skill tasks lor example welding sentries. chipping and painting These nieasutes will not worsen sea. shore r.itios and should improve
—
—-
jtlll s.itisl.'iction lo diuil with the "
new
coninicrcinlly-tti.in.igcd docky.irds .i .\'.is.il (‘usiomcr Organi-
be set up under .'I Director (iciic-r.il of Ship l(clitting He will act as the .\'.ii.'y's .i_i:etit between the .\i()i) .irid the new relitting organisatioii. lhc cctitr.il part oi the (‘ustonicr ()rg.inis.ition will be in .\l()l) Lontlon and probably ll.ith, but tl‘.ctc will also be strong reitioml .l7lsi l4>C.il cicmcnts wo:'i.iri_i' in close coo;\ct.itiiiti with (‘l.\'(‘l"i.l:l'.'l's icpri~seii:.itisi-s in the dockynrd ll.‘.‘s.ll Buses .iti.l Ill i'o::~riiotit.‘i ,\ic.it‘.\\hili-. .i.'inoiittcctticr‘.t ol the s'Ulllll’lt'.'.l.Ll .'ll.ill.l_sICi'llClli -xiii i~! si'tl‘.t.' 2,-Sill slL'sl\1\\!T sation is to
A SUMMER Mediterranean deployment lor HMS Nalad brought an unusual call when the frigate salted through the Aegean. the Dardanelies and the Boaphoroue Into the Black Sea for a live-day vlelt to the
Romanian port oi Constanta. it was the tlret visit to a Black Sea port by an RN ship for seven years and on entrance gun salutes were exchanged. Sallora wore uniform ashore but reporta say that local —
;‘.i.".y l(’l‘tl l llis V it: '77. who the lliit.int‘...i'«. .‘i\\'-\.lIll .».ii.! ~. 'lt\
in dealing with the wrecked ammunition ship the Navy disers were insolsed in digging beneath the bull to allow the placing oi lilting strops. The Iilt itself was due to take place in late July. The l2 men ll RN and were thanked at .i one RM reception by Dr (‘armelo Miisud iionnici. the Prime Minister Some ol the men are remaining zi less more weeks :is dredging work continues Leading the team during the latter part oi the oper.ition has been l.ieut Dase ()‘(‘onncll. -.s.t.‘i l"(‘l‘()(l)iscri ‘lcrry Settli.i\ second in command. l('i‘() Settle \s.is rccctttly .iw.iiilcd the Queen's (iallantry .\lcd.il lor his part in the recoscry ol a sophisticated, Soi.iet~built mine in the Gulf oi Suez (see Page 3)
idea wins
RN
prices
were
nothing
to write home
about. Earlier the Nalad had rendezvouaed N1 the ".'lcd. with HMS Intrepid. the DitFT|'1:t‘LlTh training ship, and many of her ‘.30 cadets tranaterred to the rrlgntra tor a day during which many
evolutions were carried out. Later the ships headed tor Palma. Majorca. for a long weekend. Another port oi call for the Naiad was the nation naval base of La Spezia. where the weather proved more akin to the North Sea in winter than the sunny Med. The ttalian Navy kindly provided transport, enabling over 100 or the ship's company to visit Plea and Florence. The Naiad had already undergone a three-week AMP in Gibraltar. where a sporting programme culminated In a Rock Race Involving more than 80 or the amp’: company. Divisions were Inspected by the Flag Ottlcer Gibraltar. Rear-Admlrel P.G.V. Dlngemens.
!t.:s -
l
n:.-ii
lrtiiiizlll protests
.t.'lt.'.ll‘.'..'lll.i."s<\;1;\srsl(omttiiins \s|l'ilnlli' f.'v.'s. '.."..' l't:“li: .‘\cs.‘IVlLili\ .i::l
the llefcntc ioiitmzttccs, l:.is-e .ll\i) -.t~:sc.: .';-.~:*..i‘.:t»:i~. -\\"t
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