198603 by Navy News

MARCH 1986

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W I TH f i rst se l ec t i on boa rds s i t t i ng i n May to choose men for the Navy ' s Second Open Engagemen t , many peop l e i nt eres t ed i n th i s new-s t y l e l onger career a re ponde r i ng t he chances of the i r names appea r i ng i n t he se l ec t i on s i gna l i n June . Ass i s t i ng t he Navy i n ca l cu l a t i ng t hose chances i s a comme r c i a l f i rm wh i ch has been mode l l i ng t he r equ i r emen t f or r a t i ngs up t o t en yea r s ahead , Th i s t akes i n t o accoun t t he bes t f or ecas t s wh i ch can be made on f u t ur e r a t es o f no t i ce -g i v i ng ' wh i ch i n t urn has a d i r ec t bea r i ng on t he p romo t i ons and advance men t s poss i b l e i n br anches . The f i gures w i l l be r e -wor ked each yea r as r equ i r emen t s become

c l ea r .

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show a t pr esen t i s t ha t o f t he 6 , 000 or so sen i or ra t i ngs due to ach i eve 22 yea rs r eckonab l e serv i ce be t ween Ju l y 1, 1986 and Decembe r 31 , 1990 , a t l eas t f i ve pe r cen t (Or 300) can expect t he i r names on t he s i gna l i i i June . Some men on " F i f th F i ves " w i l l f ea t ure as we l l . No t i ce -g i v i ng sta t i st i cs up to Ma r ch 31 th i s yea r (e f f ec t i ve t e rm i na l da t es i n Sep t embe r

W i ngs o f Pegasus

STR I K I NG p i c t u r e o f t he Navy ' s mu l t i - ro l e s t r i ke a i r c r a f t : I t was t aken t o ma r k t he l ogg i ng o f a t o t a l o f 28 , 000 f l y i ng hou r s by Ro l l s- Royce Pegasus Ma r k 104 en g i nes as powe r p l an t o f t he Br i t i sh Ae r ospace Sea Ha r r i e r . The p i c t u r e shows an a i r c r a f t f r om t he F l ee t A i r Ar m ' s 800 Squad r on , and was t aken by Ro l l s Royce pho t og r aphe r Pe t e r Sco t t .

1987) w i l l a f f ec t t he f i na l quo t a f i gures - tha t i s t he numbe r t he Navy can keep unde r t he man powe r ce i l i ng i n f or ce f or 1987-88. Look i ng a l i t t l e f a r t he r ahead , t he D i r ec t or a t e o f Nava l Man powe r and Tr a i n i ng says : " Men due to comp l e t e 22 yea rs i n 1989-90 or l a t er m i gh t r easonab l y expec t a t l eas t a 25 pe r cen t chance o f 20E , ac ross t he t hr ee or f our boa rds i nvo l ved , bu t no ou t r i gh t gua r an t ee i s o f f ered , . Chances w i l l gene r a l l y i mprove , yea r on yea r . Men due t o comp l e t e 22 yea rs be f or e 1989 can expec t s i m i l a r or poss i b l y be t t er chances t han ", -

t hose t hey wou l d have had f or a F i f t h F i ve . " One o f t he ques t i ons wh i ch has been pu t to t he Second Sea Lord ' s Pe r sonne l L i a i son Team dur i ng presen t a t i ons i n r ecen t mon t hs has been whe t he r quo t as f or br anches cou l d be pub l i shed each yea r be f or e boa rds . The of f i c i a l answe r to th i s po i n t i s no . " The Boa rd mus t be g i ven some f l ex i b i l i ty t o " t r ade " be t ween g roups o f cand i da t es , accord i ng t o qua l i t y and t o de f e r dec i s i ons by a yea r i n ma rg i na l cases . Th i s i s on l y fa i r , par t i cu l ar l y w i t h i n t he sma l l er ,

mo r e sens i t i ve br anches . " Ano t he r ques t i on i s whe t he r a " r ese r ve " l i st w i l l be pub l i shed. The rep l y he r e is : " A rese rve l i st is un l i ke l y , i n t he norma l course , as your group w i l l be e l i g i b l e aga i n , yea r by yea r , as i t p r og r esses t h r ough t he ' e l i g i b i l i ty ' zone (17-21 yea r s t i me ) . " The quo t a w i l l be app l i cab le t o t ha t par t i cu l ar group ( men due t o comp l e t e 22 yea rs dur i ng one ca l enda r yea r ) as i t progresses and a drop-ou t in 1986 wou l d c r ea t e an ex t r a Tu r n t o beck page

LATEST ad j us t men t s t o t he p r og r amme o f sh i ps l eav i ng and j o i n i ng t he Ac t i ve F l ee t i nvo l ve ea r l i e r - t han-p l anned depa r t ur e o f some o l de r vesse l s . A numbe r o f manpower i n t ens i ve sh i ps schedu l ed t o go a t va ry i ng t i mes dur i ng t he nex t f our yea rs a re now t o l eave th i s year . Bu t t he r e a re no p l ans t o depa r t f rom t he po l i cy o f ma in t a i n i ng an escor t F l ee t o f des t roye rs and f r i ga t es a round t he 50 ma r k , i t was s t a t ed . I n rep l y t o a Commons ques t i on , i t was sa i d tha t on pr esen t p l ans t he sh i ps to be w i t hdr awn i n 1986 are : The des t roye r HMS G l amorgan , t he f r i ga t es HM sh i ps Leande r , Ga l a t ea and Ya rmou t h ; t he survey vesse l HMS Hydr a ; t wo subma r i nes ,

HM sh i ps Orpheus and Obe ron ; and s i x Ton- c l ass m i nesweepe r s . These a r e HM sh i ps B i l des t on , B i ck i ng t on , A i f r i s t on , Hodges t on , S t ubb i ng t on and Wa l ke r t on. Some o f t hese vesse l s wou l d , howeve r , con t i nue to be ava i l ab l e on s t andby s t a tus , whe r e t hey wou l d be dec l a r ed t o NATO . Po i n t i ng t o t h i s yea r ' s ad j us t men t s as w i t hdr awa l o f l owe r- capab i l i t y o l de r sh i ps (a l l a re 20 yea rs o l d or mor e ) as new sh i ps j o i n t he F l ee t , MOD says t hey f o l l ow f rom a rou t i ne scru t i ny o f manag i ng t he f o r wa rd p rog r amme t o ge t bes t va l ue f rom ava i l ab l e r esour ces and manpowe r . DRAFT I NG

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A t HMS Cen t u r i on t he dra f t i ng i mp l i ca t i ons o f t h i s yea r ' s p l anned ad j us t men t s a r e st i l l i n ea r l y s t ages o f cons i de r a t i on . Wh i l e t he assump t i on i s tha t men w i l l be r e l eased f or dra f t i ng , t he r e i s a t th i s s t age no c l ea r i nd i ca t i on o f t he exac t numbe r s becom i ng ava i l ab l e , nor o f t he prec i se da t es i n vo l ved . I n t he answe r t o a second Commons ques t i on , i t was s t a t ed tha t pr esen t p l ans f or 1987 i nc l ude w i t hdr awa l o f t wo subma r i nes , HM sh i ps Wa l rus and Sea l i on , RFA Engad i ne (he l i cop t e r suppor t sh i p) and RFA S i r Ca r adoc ( l og i s t i c l and i ng sh i p) . BR I TANN I A REF I T " Re f i t i n a comme r c i a l ya rd i s now be i ng p l anned f or HMY Br i t ann i a. To a l l ow t he Roya l Yach t t o con t i nue i n serv i ce f or a t l eas t ano t he r 10 years , t he Gove rnmen t i s cons i de r i ng i n v i t i ng comme r c i a l t ende rs l a t er th i s yea r f or a re f i t i n 1987 . The wor k has been brough t f orwa rd f or ope ra t i ona l reasons , t he Commons we r e to l d , and cou l d no t be ca r r i ed ou t a t t he Yach t ' s Por t smou t h base por t w i t hou t d i s rup t i ng p l anned wor k on wa rsh i ps t he re.

NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986

Cu l drose t akes ( i cy) p l unge f or Pau l ' s f und I

MEMBERS o f t he du t y wa t ch a t RN a i r s t a t i on Cu i d r ose on Box i ng Day we r e p r ess - ganged i n t o t ak i ng a b r ac i ng f ancy d r ess d i p a t Chu r ch Cove t o r a i se money f or AB( D ) Pau l Sho r t en , who was pa r a l ysed f r om t he wa i s t down i n an acc i den t l as t yea r . The sw i mme r s , coe r ced by t he Rev . S i mon S t ephens ( wea r i ng dog co l l a r , cen t r e ) made £750 t o en ab l e Pau l ' s home t o be adap t ed . MARATHON D I VE Ano t he r £630 was r a i sed f or Pau l by LS ( D ) Bungy Edwa r ds and AB ( D ) s Tom Devaney , Jess Wa k e f i e l d and D i gge r D i gweed o f HMS Ve r non , who comp l e t ed a ma r a t hon d i ve i n f r eez i ng Ho r sea Lake . They l a t e r wa r med up w i t h a mug o f Ve r non g rog . So f a r , mo r e t han £2 , 200 has been r a i sed f or t he Pau l Sho r t en f und , Cu i d r ose d i ve r s con t r i bu t ed t o t ha t t o t a l by mak i ng £281 on a sponso r ed pub c r aw l . Pau l i s mak i ng p r og r ess a t S t oke Mandev l l l e Hosp f t a i ,

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HELP THEM PUT SNOWCY BACK ON H I S FEET! SA I LORS f r om Po r t smou t h go i ng out of t he i r way t o he l p i n f ac t , Sco t l and .

some

a r ea es t ab l i shmen t s a r e ex - CPO Snowy C l i ngham t hem a r e go i ng a l l t he way t o

Wou l d - be sponsors can con Snowy was t rag i ca l l y t ac t t he f i e l d gunne r s on Por t s pa r a l ysed f r om t he wa i s t mou t h Nava l Base ex t . 25814 . doWn i n Ju l y 1983 when ' he Ano t he r boos t f or t he Snowy and co l l ec t ed £850 t o f e l l 40 f t , i n Po r t smou t h TRA I NEE Roya l Navy C l i ngham appea l was com i ng Nava l Base f r om HMS Br i sp i l o t s l ea rn i ng t o f l y a t buy a t e l ev i s i on and f rom t he Go rdon Ar ms pub a t o t he r equ i pmen t f o r RAF L i n t on - on - Ouse , t o l a f t e r a p i ece o f equ i pFa r eham ' whe r e a 24-hour da r t s Yo r ksh i r e , pu l l ed a Fo r d Ho l l ybank Schoo l f o r men t sha t tered , ma r a t hon was t ak i ng p l ace on d i sab l ed ch i l d r en a t F i es t a t h r ee t i mes r ound The i n t en t i on i s t o send Februa r y 22-23 t o ra i se money . t he cen t r e o f Ha r r oga t e Hudde r s f i e l d . Snowy and h i s w i f e t o Ame r i ca f o r h i m t o be f i t t ed w i t h a pa i r o f compu t e r -ope r a t ed wa l k i ng a i ds . The Ame r i can i nven t i on s t i mu l a t es t he l eg musc l es w i t h e l ec t ron i c i mpu l ses . S i x men f rom HMS Do l ph i n ' suppor t ed by f our dr i vers ' a r e se t t i ng ou t f rom Fas l ane on Ma r ch 1 t o wa l k a l l t he way back t o Gospor t , They hope t o p i ck up sponsorsh i p money on t he road dur i ng t he i r " Wa l k o f L i f e " ' ar r i v i ng back i n Do l ph i n on Ma r ch 25 . They hope t o i nvo l ve t op pop group D i r e St ra i t s ' who have a h i t r ecord ca l l ed " Wa l k o f Li fe. " The wa l ke rs w i l l be s l eep i ng i n a mob i l e home ' Swan Na t i ona l a re prov i d i ng a back up veh i c l e ' and t he Do l ph i n We l f a r e Fund and RN Subma r i ne Museum have a l r eady prom i sed £250 be t ween t hem . CPO Pe t e L i gh t ow l e r ( HMS Do l ph i n ex t . 41116) wou l d l i ke t o hea r f rom po t en t i a l sponsors . A l so do i ng the i r t h i ng f or Snowy C l i ngham a r e t en men f rom HMS Teme r a i r e and t he Por t smou t h F i e l d Gun Cr ew , Bo t h t eams have en t e r ed t he Po r t smou t h ha l f ma r a t hon on Ma r ch 9 w i t h fund - ra i s i ng ve ry much on the i r m i nds. 'M e $, ' e 1A gunne r s w. 11 run t he 13-m i l e course w i t h a gun POPT Bi l l Bam f o r d came up w i t h t he br i gh t i dea o f a sponso r ed cyc l e and l i mbe r i n t ow ' wh i l e t he Eu r ya l us r i de I nco rpo r a t i ng a r ace aga i ns t HMS Eu r ya l us f r om Po r t smou t h t o c l ubsw i nge r s w i l l be rac i ng in P l ymou t h - and was promp t l y vo l un t ee r ed as a r i der . An honour ab l e whee l cha i rs. A l r eady t he gund r aw was dec l a r ed a f t e r a grue l l i ng 19 - hou r r i de , and t he £200 ne rs have been prom i sed £300 p r oceeds a r e p i c t u r ed above be i ng p r esen t ed by B i l l and Cap t . John by Spa r Groce rs ' to be d i v i ded we i ghs Tr l nde r , command i ng o f f i ce r o f HMS Eu r ya l us , t o S i s t e r Ma r ga r e t

baby cheque

be t ween Snowy and t he Lo r d Mayo r o f Po r t smou t h ' s Appea l .

i n a t £200 !

Hun t o f t he Spec i a l P l ymou t h .

Ca r e Baby

Un i t a t F r eedom F i e l ds Hosp i t a l ,

RFA D i l i gence , home o f Nava l Par ty 2010 i n t he

South Atlantic, the surprisedLeuand District Plymouth kaemia Fund with a £1,000 donation in January. back cheque wasAndybrought McDonald byandTheCMEM(M) handed overin HMS at the PDLF's annual dance Drake's Senior Rates' Mess, Since Fund the charity Leuadopting kaemia as their two years ago, the constantly

chang i ng membe r s o f NP 2010 aboa rd t he D i l i gence have ra i sed £2 ' 794 , -Even t s con t r i bu t i ng t o t he l a t est cheque i nc l uded a po sor ed s l i n . by Bosun Ron Ken nedy ' CPOWEA John Krurn i ns ' CPOCK Len Wade and Second S t ewa rds A l ex Mc I n t y r e and S t eve Per r i n ' a char i t y n i gh t on t he a f t e r we l l deck ' and a sponsor ed head- shave by SG1 Ma r i o Per r i n .

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D i l i gence ra i ses a surpr i se . f 1 , 000

CPO B i l l Ca r r o f HMS f l y i ng Fox , Br i s to l D i v i s i on I RNR has pr esen t ed a cheque f i : )r £ i 230 t o t he Br i t i sh Ins t i tut e f or Br a i n I n j ur ed Ch i l dr en - br i ng i ng t o nea r l y £3 ' 000 t he amoun t o f money he has ra i sed f or good

money was handed ove r to New l ands Ch i l dr en ' s Home ' Hu l l ' by t he sh i p ' s command i ng of f i cer ' Cdr . G . Rhys - Jones . D 0 0 HMS She rwood , t he RNR commun i ca t i ons t ra i n i ng un i t at No t t i ngham ' organ i sed a var i e t y o f even t s ' r ang i ng f rom ra f f l es t o m i n i -ma r a t hons ' t o make money f or t he No t t i ngham Hosp i t a l ' s Scanne r Appea l . The sh i p ' s company r a i sed £1 ' 100 i n memo r y o f Th i rd O f f i ce r Chr i s t i ne Wr i gh t ' a membe r o f t he un i t who d i ed l ast yea r f rom cance r , 0 0 LI

H i s l a t es t con t r i bu t i on was ea rned t he ha rd way , by cornp l e t i ng t he New Yo r k ma r a t hon i n Oc t obe r . B i l l ' who spen t 22 yea rs i n t he Roya l Navy ' was suppor t ed by t he Sen i or Ra t es ' Mess a t F l y i ng Fox. He has run severa l ma r a t hons i n t he pas t to ra i se money f or mu l t i p l e sc l eros i s suf f erers. o 0 0 Four snooke r bu f f s se rv i ng i n HMS St V i ncen t i ndu l ged t hem- , se l ves i n the i r hobby t o such an ex t en t tha t t hey ra i sed mo r e t han 500 t o buy t e l ev i s i on se t s f or t he Gr ea t O r mond St ree t Ch i l dren ' s Hosp i t a l . LS Je f f W i I I s ' LS St eve Las t , SA Ke i t h Mounsey and LCK Wa l l y Wa l den po t t ed away f or 24 hours ' encour aged t hrough , the n i gh t by membe r s o f t he sh i p ' s company. The Jun i or Ra t i ngs ' Mess a l so made a

Band t eamed up w i t h t he band o f t he Hampsh i r e Cons t abu l a ry f or t wo pr e -Chr i s t mas conce r t s . The i r comb i ned e f f or t s produced £215 f or t he Co l l i ngwood Cha r i t i es Ches t . 0 0 0 Tr a i nees f r om Revenge Squadron ' HMS Ra l e i gh , pr esen t ed a cheque f or £250 to Beck l ey Un i t f or hand i capped ch i l dren a t Sco t t Hosp i t a l ' P l ymou t h. The squadron sends t wo o f i ts membe r s to t he un i t eve r y weekend t o he l p s t a f f l ook a f t e r t he ch i l dren . Revenge Squadron t ra i nees a l so ra i sed £200 t owa rds a numbe r o f Chr i s t mas hampe r s g i ven by HMS Ra l e i gh ' s sh i p ' s company t o t he Torpo i n t Pens i oners ' Vo i ce C l ub and Phys i ca l t y Hand i capped and Ab l e Bod i ed C l ub . 0 0 LI

causes ,

con t i i bu t i on .

One o f t he mos t unusua l and spec t acu l a r - pr esen t a t i ons of a cheque was accomp l i shed i n S t okes Bay ' Gospor t ' i n January ' when Sea r ch and Rescue F l i ght Commande r L i eu t . Pe t e r Bowden f rom HMS Daeda l us was w i nched down t o a rescue boa t be l ong i ng to t he Gospor t and Fa r eham I nshor e Rescue Se rv i ce. Desp i t e nea r ga l e f or ce w i nds ' he sa f e l y de l i ve r ed a cheque f or £200 wh i ch w i l l be used t o repa i r t he t en-year -o l d rescue boa t . The g i f t o f money came f rom t he F l ee t A i r A r m Of f i cers ' Assoc i a t i on. E] o 0 Seven membe r s of t he sh i p ' s company o f HMS Leande r cyc l ed f rom Hu l l t o Yo r k and back to ra i se £378 f or t he Sa i l ors ' Ch i l dren ' s Soc i e t y , The

HMS Co l l i ngwood Vo l un t ee r

Fou r men f r om HM subma -

r i f l e Chur ch i l l , l ed by the i r command i ng of f i cer ' Cdr . Je f f Ta l l ' v i s i t ed t he i r a f f i l i a t ed London borough o f Redbr i dge ' f orme r cons t i t uency o f S i r W i ns t on Church i l l ' and handed over a cheque f or £1 ' 000 t o t he Gu i de Dogs f or t he B l i nd Assoc i a t i on. A Labr ador named W i ns t on w i l l become t he eyes o f a b l i nd pe r son i n t he borough , The sh i p ' s company a l so prov i ded presen t s f or 30 ch i l dr en a t a l oca l f am i l y day cent re . 0 A ch i l dr en ' s va r i e t y show group ca l l ed t he Ta l en t a i r es have dona t ed t he £1 , 085 proceeds f rom t he i r Chr i s t mas show i n HMS Dr ake ' s t hea t re to t he Roya l Navy f und wh i ch pays f or hand i capped ch i l dren t o go on p i l gr i mage t o 1Lourdes at Eas t e r .

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7 ' n i t > I Sohcx I G ma I r t Sp i ke !he Par ro t ge t s he r f l y i ng Or t hr e f ror HMS Co l I i nc j wood , c f j r . Jch , LMVY' 69. The d l h r g r d pn ' c ' t l now t l ng c fof . b y GPO A l er t G i er td i nnThg , ' pr !aor t t re f r , d ' , ' d7 t f I p i otur .

SP I KE THE TERROR IS PUT TO FL I GHT ANOTHER Navy pa r ro t has vaca t ed i t s pe r ch . Soon a f t e r news t ha t HMS Peacock ' s pe t cocka t oo , AB Pa r ro t F l oyd , had t aken a f a t a l p l unge i n t o Hong Kong ha rbou r , comes wo r d t ha t HMS Co l l i ngwood ' s i l l - behaved pa r ro t Sp i ke has been d i sm i ssed f r om t he Se r v i ce . Lead i ng Pa r ro t Sp i ke ( Se r v i ce No . 00000112 ) b l o t t ed he r copybook once t oo o f t en by i ndu l g i ng i n he r f avou r i t e bad hab i t - f l y i ng o f f t he hand l e and a t t ack i ng any sa i l or who had a Sco t t i sh accen t o r f a i r ha i r . I t a l l became t oo much f or t he Navy , and Sp i ke was hau l ed be f o r e t he Commande r ' s t ab l e t o answe r f or he r s i ns . The r e she was i n acco r dance w i t h Queen ' s d i scha r ged Regu l a t i ons f or t he Roya l Navy Ar t i c l e 0876 8a (unsu i t ab i l i t y o f t empe r amen t ) . Howeve r , Sp i ke had he r f ans - as Co i l i ng wood f ound t o i t s chag r i n . Many l e t t e r s o f comp l a i n t we r e r ece i ved by t he Fa r eham

es t ab l i shmen t , seve r a l o f t hem a l l eg i ng r ac i s t and sex i es t mo t i ves ove r t he sack i ng ! Co l l l ngwood d i d , neve r t he l ess , ensu r e t ha t Sp i ke ' s nes t was f ea t he r ed f or he r r e t i r emen t : she i s be i ng l ooked a f t e r by he r hand l e r , CPO A l an G l end l nn l ng , a t h i s Po r t smou t h home .

SP I KERNELL D I V I S I ON Sp i ke j o i ned t he Navy i n 1980 and was a t f i rs t t hough t t o be ma l e when she began he r ca r ee r a t HMS F i sga rd , t he new en t r y a r t i f i ce r t r a i n i ng es t ab l i shmen t a t To rpo i n t , Co rnwa l l . She se r ved as a masco t t o Sp i ke rne l l D i v i s i on , a f t e r wh i ch she was named . When F i sga r d c l osed i n 1983 she was t r ans f e r r ed t o Co l l i ngwood . As Sp i ke ' s span o f se r v i ce was end i ng t he Hong Kong pa t ro l vesse l HMS Peacock was t r y i ng t o r ec ru i t a pa r ro t t o r ep l ace F l oyd , whose f l y i ng l eap i n t o e t e rn i t y was r epo r t ed i n

t he Janua r y ed i t i on o f Navy News . A t a ce r emon i a l pa r ade , a t empo r a r y s t and - i n was p r ov i ded by t he co l ony ' s Ocean Pa r k and Ac t i ng O r d i na r y Pa r r o t McCaw soon es t ab l i shed a f i rm g r i p on t r a i nee pa r ro t hand l e r CPO Ch r i s Waspe .

McCaw passed h i s t es t w i t h f l y i ng co l ou r s , f ound t he occas i on a r ea l sc r eech and l e f t h i s ma r k on seve r a l un i f o r ms . I t was w i t h r e l uc t ance t ha t he was r e t u rned t o Ocean Pa r k by t he sh i p ' s company who a r e s t i l l sea r ch i ng f or a pe r manen t masco t .

Yemen r escue i s Hydr a ' s gr and f i na l e

Wo t t on to join Sea Cade t s HMS Wo t t on ' unt i l recen t l y the sh i p o f London RNR D i v i s i on , has been repr i eved f rom t he br eake rs t o become t he headqua r t e r s o f Woo l w i ch Sea Cade t un i t .

EVACUAT I ON of re fugees f rom Sou t h Yemen seems l i ke l y to have been the l ast ma j or even t i n the career of HMS Hydra , The 20-year -o l d ocean-go i ng survey sh i p wh i ch t ook of f a mu l t i -na t i ona l group of re fugees f rom A l -Ghayda r , 500 m i l es east of Aden , is due for d i sposa l i n Apr i l , She was r e t urn i ng t o Br i t a i n on Februa r y 27 a f t er v i s i ts to Ha i f a ' Cre t e , Tun i s and G i bra l t a r as we l l as he r

hosp i t a l sh i p i n t he Fa l k l ands Wa r , may be bough t by a f or e i gn navy , as seve ra l count r i es a r e r epor t ed t o be i nt er es t ed i n t he 2 , 700- t on vesse l .

f rom t he Hyd r a had brough t on boa rd a l l t he r e f ugees - Euro peans , Or i en t a l s and Sou t h A- i ner i cans .

Re f ugees check i n on boa rd HMS Hydr a . Pe r sona l de t a i l s a r e r ecorded by MAA D. J. Townsend a t a t empo r a r y " o f f i ce " on t he Ea r l i e r i n he r I nd i an Ocean ope r a t i ons f l i ght deck . a t eam o f seven dep l oymen t , Yemen . f rom t he c l i mbed Moun t sh i p Nego t i a t i ons i e u t . -Cdr . Woodv i ne o f the a f t e r t he l aunch had r epor t ed was t aken t o The dec i s i on L Kenya ' s t h i rd h i ghes t peak dur Newcas t l e r eached t he 17 , 899- f t eng i ne f a i l ure . When t he Roya l o f f e r t he Hyd r a f or sa l e i n l i ght Dur i ng he r ca ree r she has t he v i s i t to i ng Hyd r a ' s e i on Peak . Yach t p i cked up t he men , she mo r e t han once pl o f manpowe r N ce i l i ngs and t he l ayed ro l es i n Mombasa . " Fo l l ow i ng he r me r cy m i sd i sas t er re l i e f and evacua t i on r eques t ed he l i cop t e r evacua t i on en t ry o f t he new coas t a l sur vey s i on Led by L i eu t . -Cdr . Jones , t he t o Aden , t he Roya l Yach t f or one o f t hem who appea r ed vesse l HMS Roebuck . i nc l ud i ng Eas t Pak i s t an (1970) , was aga i n i nvo l ved i n a rescue t o be su f f e r i ng f rom a pe r f or a pa r t y r eached t he 16 , 355- f t Bu i l t by Brooke Ma r i ne a t Rod r i gues (1972) and I r an Po i n t Lenana , and a mon t h when she p i cked up t he twot ed u l cer . Lowes t o f t , t he 1 , 400- t on Roe (1979) . She was ca l l ed i n t o he l p l a t er a membe r o f t he t eam man c r ew o f a l aunch i n t roub l e A f t e r t he i nc i den t , t he Br i t w i t h t he Sou t h Yemen evacubuck i s cons i de r ab l y l arger t han AB ( SR ) M. Fa r r a r was of f Queens l and . ann i a ca l l ed a t Ca i rns f or sup a t i on wh i l e ope r a t i ng o f f Eas t t he coas t a l sur vey vesse l s o f t he i nv i t ed t o j o i n HMS Newcas t l e ' s HMY Br i t ann i a was a l er t ed Af r i ca . p l i es be f or e con t i nu i ng t o New Bu l l dog c l ass and w i l l be f i t t ed Zea l and f or t he Queen ' s v i s i t . A t f i rst , t he m i l i t ary powe r s exped t o t he moun t a i n . He and by t he au thor i t i es i n Canbe r r a w i t h t he l a t es t e l ec t ron i c survey i n A I -Ghayda r r e f used pe rm i s i ng equ i pmen t l i nked t o a s i on f or t he sh i p t o ca r ry ou t he r powe r f u l compu t e r sys t em . m i ss i on , bu t a f t er nego t i a t i ons She i s due t o be handed ove r he r command i ng of f i cer , Cdr . t o t he Navy a t Devonpor t i n t he Cha r l es He ron - Wa t son , secur ed summe r and i s expec t ed t o t he agr eemen t o f t he author i t i es beg i n ope r a t i ona l wor k nex t ashor e f or h i m to proceed. yea r . W i t h i n a f ew hour s f our boa t s The Hydr a , wh i ch se rved as a , of f

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N I NE L I VES FOR FAVR HMS Beave r has em ba r ked on he r N i ne l i ves , The sh i p has 8wop~ he r r o l e I n t he Second to F r i ga t e Squad r on become l eade r o f t he N i n t h ' wh i ch w i l l I nc l ude a l l " s t r e t ched " Type 22 vesse l s A t p r sen t t he squad r on I s composed on l y o f HM sh i ps Besve r and t soxe r ' bu l t hey w i l l be I o i n . d I t e r t h i s ys r by HMS Br ave . B i r t h o f t he N i n t h came i n S t ockho l m when Cap t . John Lang , Cs i p t a i n o f t he Somr i d Squad r on , handed ove r t he t o Cap t . No r man D i ngemane , Cap t a i n o f t he N i nth,

Beaver

A l t he t i me t he sh i p was engaged i n a success f u l v i e i l t t o t he Swed i sh cap i ta l , t he f i ve . -day s t ay i nc l ud i ng t he usua l spo r t i ng and soc i a l even t s as we l l as t ou r s o f t he 17 t h - Cen t u r y w t i mh i p Wasa . The Beave r was o l eo t r ea t ed t o a v I s i t by " San t a Luc i a " a Swed i sh seasons ! cus t om i n wh i ch t he ' l ady " I n ques t i on v ; a i t f avou r ed hom*e . She 1 : accompan i ed by l a rge num berb i o f ch i l d r en who s i ng seasona l songs wh i l e I n p r ocess i on t h r ough t he houo ( o r sh i p ) . It is r ega r ded as a spec i a l hon

our to be se l ec t ed for t he commony ,

No t wo ways abou t I t ' I t ' s t he N i n t h f or HMS Bssv . r f r om now on , Cap t . No r man D i ngemena w i t h h i s No , 9 f or t he f r i ga t e ' s f unne l r . p l ac , s C*p t , John Lang ' m 2 as Cm sh I p g i ves b i r t h t o a new ~o r on .

The Wo t t on , surv i vor o f a c l ass o f 118 wooden -hu l l ed m i ne coun t e rmeasur es vesse l s , was comm i ss i oned i n 1957 . I n t he l a t e 1970s and ea r l y 1980s she se rved i n t he F i she ry Pro t ec t i on Squadron . She became an RNR sh i p i n 1981 . As one o l d vesse l i s r epr i eved ano t he r , HMS Ave l ey , i s head i ng f or f i na l d i sposa l . The Ave l ey , l ast o f t he Ley- c l ass i nshor e m i nesweepe r s , has been d i sp l aced by t he Wo t t on as Woo l w i ch Sea Cade t HQ . She w i l l be p l aced on t he d i sposa l l ist a t Por t smou t h . HMS Ave l ey was comm i s s i oned i n 1953 and se rved t he Roya l Navy unt i l 1982 when she was t rans f e r red t o t he cade t s . Howeve r , t he expand i ng un i t now requ i re a l arger vesse l .

He ron ' s busy f l ock THREE Sea He r on C l a i rcra f t based a t RN a i r s t a t i on Yeov i l t on - co i nc i den t a l l y named HMS He ron - v i s i t ed 110 a i r f i e l ds t hroughou t Br i t a i n and Eu r ope du r i ng 1985 , t ranspor t i ng 4 , 177 passenge rs . The a i rcra f t o f He ron F l i ght , t he commun i ca t i ons squadron , a re mor e t han 25 yea rs o l d and a re used ma i n l y f or V I P t r ans por t a t i on and t he suppor t o f o t he r Yeov i l t on- based squadrons. Las t yea r t hey ope r a t ed t o F r ance , Ge r many , Ho l l and , Denma r k , No rway , I t a l y ' Spa i n , Sw i t ze r l and , Por t uga l and Be l g i um . They we r e a l so i nvo l ved i n p i l ot t ra i n i ng and o i l r i g and subma r i ne exerc i ses . He ron F l i ght a l so ope r a t es a Sea He ron C4 ' n i cknamed t he Adm i r a l ' s Ba rge , wh i ch i s unde r t he con t ro l o f F l ag O f f i ce r Nava l A i r Command. The r e a re no i mmed i a t e p l ans to rep l ace t he ve t e r an a i rcra f t ' wh i ch a re expec t ed t o be i n use unt i l t he m i d 1990s.

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Push i ng t he desks

THE Supp l y Br anch i s now en t e r i ng an e r a o f acu t e sho r t ages , t he l i ke o f wh i ch we have no t seen f or some t i me - i f eve r . The S & S Br anches a r e in be i ng t r i mmed back , common w i t h a l l o t he r sup po r t b r anches and , t o ma i n t a i n sa t i s f ac t or y sea / sho r e r a t i os f or t he men , some o f t he WRNS b r anches a r e to t ake a hav i ng d i sp r opo r t i ona t e sha r e o f t he r educ t i ons . The ma l e b r anches t oo , w i l l see t he i r sho r e b i l l e t s cons i de r ab l y r educ i ng , and even t hen , t he r e w i l l be many b i l l e t s gapped i n t he i mmed i a t e f u t ur e . The W r i t e r s and Cook b r anches w i l l be ove r 100 unde r bo r ne by Oc t obe r 1986 , w i t h t he SAs no t f a r

AMONG t he many phone ca l l s r ece i ved eve r y day by Med i ca l Dr a f t y , t hr ee pa r t i cu l a r t op i cs a r e r a i sed w i t h mono t onous r egu l a r i t y sea t i me , l oca l f or e i gn se r v i ce and b i l l e t s f or ma l e QARNNS ra t i ngs . Th i s ar t i c l e i s an i dea l oppo r tun i t y t o show j us t wha t t he s i tua t i on i s i n t hese t hr ee a reas and t o o f f e r a l t erna t i ves wh i ch Med i ca l Br anch ra t i ngs may w i sh t o cons i der .

beh i nd . The S t ewa r ds be abou t 60 shor t .

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So when w i l l we ge t back t o fu l l s t r eng t h? I t i s d i f f i cu l t t o say , as t he demand f or a sha r e o f t he rec ru i t i ng cake exceeds t he prov i s i on t ha t can be made . Rec ru i t s a r e se l ec t ed f or t he b r anches expec t ed t o have t he g r ea t es t shor t age i n t he f u t ure , and t he r e a r e many b r anches above t he S & S i n t he peck i ng orde r . Dr a f t y i s a t pr esen t re qu i r ed t o g i ve pr i or i t y t o f i l l b i l l e t s i n sh i ps , f ron t l i ne squad r ons , LFS , NATO ab r oad and ope r a t i ona l sho r e un i t s. Th i s l eaves t he

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bu r den o f gaps t o be ca r r i ed sho r e by t he ma j o r es t ab l i shmen t s . So when t hose o f you a t sea need an u r gen t r e p l acemen t , p l ease r emem be r t he BSOs who bea r t he b r un t o f t he sho r t ages . Add t o t ha t t he ex t r a comm i t men t s , ( gua rds , s t r ee t l i n i ng , Navy Days , C l ockwo r k and so on ) and we a r e d r i v i ng ha r d t hose f ew who r un t he shop asho r e . MOD I s i nc r eas i ng r ec r u i t i ng t a r ge t s , ad j us t i ng pr i or i t i es , and may i n t r o duce some r educed mann i ng s t anda r ds a t sea . Bu t i t a l l t akes t i me .

t oge t he r F r om Ap r i l 1 t he Cooks D r a f t i ng Desk and t he Ca t e r e r s D r a f t i ng Desk w i l l comb i ne i n l i ne w i t h t he ama l gama t i on o f t hese t wo b r anches . I t i s env i saged t ha t t he cu r r en t Cook and Ca t e r e r advancemen t ros t e r s w i l l con t i nue sepa r a t e l y f o r some t i me . I t i s d i f f i cu l t t o f o r ecas t when an ama l ga ma t i on i s l i ke l y ; howeve r , i t i s i n t he i n t e r es t o f a l l

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-YOU MAY TABLES GO- r0SEAOWEDAY . 1 /

Sea t i me The f o l l ow i ng i s t he numbe r of sea j obs ava i l ab l e w i t h , i n bracke t s , t he cur r en t bea r i ng i n each ra t e : CPOMA - 6 (64) ; POMA 34 ' i nc l ud i ng t hree den t a l (132) ; LMA - 37 , i nc l ud i ng seven den t a l (191) ; MA - l l ' i nc l ud i ng f our den t a l (204) ; MT4 ( P) - 2 (4) . F r om t hese f i gures i t can be seen tha t f or t he Ab l e Ra t e t he chances o f a sh i p a r e s l i m ' and f or t he l ucky f ew who do ge t t o sea the i r t our w i l l be l i m i t ed t o 12 mon t hs t o g i ve o t he rs a chance , For t una t e l y t he re i s a so l u t i on f or t hose o f you who a r e champ i ng a t t he b i t f or a change - how abou t vo l un t ee r i ng f or Subma r i nes or Commandos? You can be qu i e t sure your l i fe w i l l neve r be qu i t e t he same aga i n! I f you a r e i nt eres t ed ' a

C240 w i l l s t ar t t he ba l l ro l l i ng. Those o f you pre f er r i ng to s t ay Gene r a l Se rv i ce bu t st i l l wa i t i ng to broaden your ho r i zons m i gh t t h i nk o f ga i n i ng an add i t i ona l ADQUAL . Den t a l or aud i o qua l i f i ca t i ons a r e examp l es - t he courses a r e run regu l ar l y and no t par t i cu l ar l y l ong or a rduous .

For e i gn Se r v i ce Any budd i ng l i ngu i s t s w i l l be i n t eres t ed i n know i ng t he cu r ren t LFS b i l l ets , Mos t of t hese b i l l e t s a re ve ry popu l a r and on t he who l e i t has been poss i b l e t o f i l l t hem t o eve ryone ' s sa t i s f ac t i on ' bu t t he numbe r o f vo l un-

t eers i s now dropp i ng ' espec i a l l y i n t he DSA / DHYG br anch : Ge r many - one P0 HYG / LWRN F I YG , Hong Kong - one CPOMA ; one POMA ; one LWRN HYG , I t a l y - one POMA ; one LWRN HYG. Por t uga l - one CPOMA ; one PORGN , D i ego Ga r c i a - t wo LMAS . G i br a l t a r - one CPOMA ; t wo POMAs ' n i ne LMAs ; f our MAs ; one MT ( H I ) ; t wo MT ( R ) s ; one MT ( P ) ; t wo MT ( L ) s ; t wo LWRN DSAs ; t hr ee WRN DSAs ; one LWRN HYG; one POWRN DSA; one CPORGN ; one PORGN ; t hr ee LRGNs ; seven LEN ( G ) s; one EN (G ) ,

As can be seen , t he l i st i s no t a l ong one ' bu t even so ea r l y ou t - o f - t u rn vo l un t ee r s a r e occas i ona l l y requ i red . I f you a r e pr epa r ed t o move a t l ess t han t he f i ve mon t hs norma l dra f t i ng no t i ce te l l Dr a f t y when you pu t i n your C240 - i t shou l d make a l l t he d i f f erence t o ge t t i ng t he p l ace o f your cho i ce . I f you a re no t ava i l ab l e i m med i a t e l y you cou l d st i l l be cons i de r ed a t a l a t er da t e .

QARNNS S i nce t he Un i f i ca t i on o f t he Nur s i ng Se rv i ce moun t i ng con ce rn has been expr essed by t he ma l e QARNNS ove r t he l ack o f b i l l e t s ou t s i de t he t wo ma j or

t he r e . . ?

hosp i t a l s , Th i s p rob l em has been r ecogn i sed and i s cur ren t l y be i ng i nves t i ga t ed ' bu t aga i n t he re a r e a l t erna t i ves tha t , i f pursued ' cou l d o f f e r t he ma l e grea t e r i nt eres t and scope . Have you t hough t o f Occupa t i ona l Hea l t h? Th i s i s a f i e l d o f grow i ng i mpor t ance and cou l d prov i de t he oppor t un i t y f or you t o wo r k by yourse l f , and be respons i b l e t o an es t ab l i shmen t f or t he we l l -be i ng o f a l l pe r son ne l a t wor k . Have you cons i de r ed wor k i ng w i t h compu t e rs , now a pa r t o f norma l of f i ce f urn i t ur e? An ADP ap t i t ude t est can eas . i l y be a r r anged f or you , w l t h no ob l i ga t i on f or you t o proceed i f you f i nd compu t i ng i s no t your cup o f t ea. Have a d i scuss i on w i t h your D i v i s i ona l O f f i ce r and shou l d such an i dea appea l ' send a C240 t o Dra f t y . For t hose i n t he Nu r s i ng Se rv i ce who wea r b l ack s t ock !ngs and f r i l l i es* a l l t he f o r ego i ng app l i es equa l l y we l l t o you ' w i t h t he added bonus t ha t i f you become a r eg i s t e r ed men t a l nurse you w i l l be un i que i n t he Serv i ce , * Sor ry chaps , f r i l l i es a re no t wha t you t h i nk t hey are ' t hey a r e t he l acy cu f f s f ema l e nurses wea r when t hey ro l l the i r s l eeves up!

THE S & S need mo r e vo l un t ee r s for : " ADP - Any b r anch may app l y ( ma l e o r f ema l e ) " Fa l k l ands - WRNS now se r ve t he r e ' wr i t e r s on l y a t pr esen t . A 0240 o r DPC w i l l i den t i f y you as a vo l un t ee r .

se r v i ng Ca t e r e r s t o pass t he POE f o r POCA a t t he ea r l i es t oppo r t un i t y t o r ese r ve t he i r r i gh t f o r advancemen t t o t ha t r a t e . Those CAs who have no t ye t passed t he PE f or LCA shou l d a t t emp t t o do so be f o r e Decembe r 31 1986 as a f t e r t h i s da t e on pass i ng t he PE t hey w i l l j o i n t he ros t e r f or LCK and t he r e f o r e ne t be e l i g i b l e t o be con s i de r ed for t he CA spec i a l i sa t i on un t i l qua l i f i ed unde r t he new se l ec t i on p r ocedu r e . So ge t t o i t a l l you young CAs and s t a r t now a t pass i ng f or LCA ( t he r e a r e ove r 50 o f you who have ye t t o pass t h i s exam ; as you have a l l now se r ved f or ove r t wo yea r s , I t ' s abou t t i me you passed t h i s hurd l e ) .

Ca t e r i ng f or gaps CONTRACT ca t e r i ng i s c l ea r l y go i ng t o a f f ec t d r a f t i ng p r e f e r ences and sea / sho r e r a t i os . Tha t sa i d , as a l l suppo r t b r anches a r e f ac i ng r educed numbe r s , t he l oss o f sho r e b i l l e t s w i l l no t have a d r ama t i c e f f ec t . As many o f you w i l l know , many b i l l e t s a r e a l r eady gapped asho r e , and con t r ac t ca t e r i ng w i l l he l p t o r educe t he wo r k l oad on t hose who a r e s t rugg l i ng t o keep a se r v i ce go i ng w i t h i nsu f f i c i en t s t a f f .

ARE YOU ON TH I S WANTED L I ST? CALL I NG WEs and MEs t he ongo i ng and s l i gh t l y i nc r eased subma r i ne manpowe r r equ i r e men t s canno t a l ways be me t by ex - Pa r t 2 t r a i nees . F r om t i me t o t i me , mo r e expe r i enced Gene r a l Se r v i ce r a t i ngs a r e r equ i r ed t o se r ve i n t he Subma r i ne Se r v i ce . Cu r r en t l y , D r a f t y i s l ook i ng f or vo l un t ee r s i n t he f o l l ow i ng ca t ego r i es : CPOMEA ( ML ) w i t h s t eam UWC ; CPO and POWEA ( AD / CEW / WD / OC ) ; POMEA ( ML & EL ) ; LMEA ( ML & EL ) ; LMEM ( M & L ) ; MEM ( M & L) . App l i can t s w i t h a t l eas t f i ve yea r s o f t he i r cu r r en t en -

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gagemen t t o se r ve shou l d comp l e t e a C241 t o r eco r d t he i r w i l l i ngness t o se r ve i n subma r i nes .

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I t 's bus i ness as usua l for S i r Tr i s t ram

RFA S i r Tr i s t r am i s once mo r e unde r t he command o f Cap t . G. R. G r een who won t he D i s t i ngu i shed Se r v i ce Cr oss as t he sh i p ' s command i ng o f f i ce r du r i ng t he Fa l k l ands campa i gn . He r r e t urn t o ope r a t i ona l se r v i ce began when she ass i s t ed i n t he dep l oymen t o f t r oops t o No r way f or t he i r annua l t h r ee - mon t h spe l l o f Ar c t i c wa r f a r e t r a i n i ng . She was back i n Devonpo r t i n Feb r ua r y f or f l y i ng t r i a l s , and l a t e r

t ha t mon t h dep l oyed t o No r way aga i n t o t ake pa r t i n Exe r c i se Ancho r Exp r ess , She I s due t o r e t urn t o he r Ma r chwood bass i n m i d - Ma r ch .

The S i r Tr i s t r am was bu i l t a t t he Tyne sh i pya r d o f Haw t ho r n Les l i e and comp l e t ed i n 1967 . O r de r ed by t he M i n i s t r y o f T r anspo r t on beha l f o f t he Ar my , t he s i x sh i ps o f t he " Round Tab l e " c l ass we r e or i g i na l l y managed by t he Br i t i sh I nd i a S t eam Nav i ga t i on Company . Howeve r , i n t he ea r l y 1970s t hey

we r e t r ans f e r r ed t o t he RFA and a l l s i x we r e i nvo l ved i n t he Fa l k l ands campa i gn . On l y t he S i r Pe r c i va l e and t he S i r Ge r a i n t we r e r e l a t i ve l y unsca t hed , The S i r Ga l ahad was des t r oyed , t he S i r Tr i s t r am heav i l y damaged , t he S i r Lance l o t p i e r ced by a bomb , and t he S i r Bed i ve r e h i t by ano t he r wh i ch f o r t una t e l y bounced I n t o t he sea . Te r med l and i ng sh i ps l og i s t i c ( LSLs ) t he vesse l s a r e mu l t i - pu r pose ca r r i e r s f o r t r oops and heavy veh i c l es . Bow and s t e rn doo r s g i ve

t hem a ro l l -on , ro l l -o f f capab i l i t y , wh i l e t he add i t i on o f deck - t o - deck r amps enab l es a f u l l l oad o f veh i c l es t o be d i semba r ked on t o t he beach . LSLs can a l so ca r r y t wo 120- f t pon t oon r a f t s w i t h ou t boa r d eng i nes and wh i ch can be used as veh i c l e f e r r i es o r as a causeway t o t he sho r e . Each sh i p has t he capac i t y t o t r anspo r t a max i mum o f 534 t roops , 16 t anks , 34 m i xed veh i c l es and 30 t ons o f ammun i t i on - a l l o f wh i ch can be va r i ed i n quan t i t y t o su i t r equ i r emen t s .

Re t urn o f t he Phoen i x WHEN RFA S i r Tr i s t r am was bombed dur i ng t he Fa l k l ands Wa r t he l and i ng sh i p ' s use f u l ca r ee r seemed t o be ove r . He r s i st er -sh i p , RFA S i r Ga l ahad , was so devas t a t ed by t he Argen t i ne a t t ack a t F i t z roy tha t she was t owed away and scut t l ed , I t seemed as i f t he S i r Tr i st r am ' t oo ' wou l d have t o be wr i t t en of f . Even t he pres t i g i ous " Jane ' s F i gh t i ng Sh i ps " de l e t ed he r name i n t he ma i n en t r i es o f t he 1982-83 ed i t i on and re f e r red t o he r i n a f oo t no t e as " h i t and abandoned o f f t he Fa l k l ands I s l and ' 8 June 1982 . " Bu t rumour s o f he r i mpend i ng dea t h we r e pr ema t ur e . Af t i ~r a spe l l as a f l oa t i ng ba r i ack b l ock o f f Por t St an l ey ' t he S i r Tr i s t r am was saved by a r ema r kab l e r ecove ry and r econ s t ruc t i on p rog r amme wh i ch has made he r no t j us t as good as new ' bu t be t t e r t han eve r . The ge rm o f t he i dea f or t he sh i p ' s r e t urn f rom t he ashes was cu l t i va t ed i n 1983 when a dec i s i on was made to bu i l d an a r t i f i c i a l ha r bou r i n Por t St an l ey ,

P i ggy-back Pre- f abr i ca t ed sec t i ons we r e ca r r i ed sou t h on heavy- l i f t sh i ps , one o f wh i ch was t he Dan L i f t er . She had no r e t urn ca rgo ' and t he owne r s o f f e r ed to ca r ry any su i t ab l e ca rgo away f rom t he i s l ands a t a r educed ra t e . Eyes a l i gh t ed on t he S i r Tr i s t r dm. She wou l d be t he su i t ab l e ca rgo. The ba t t l e -scar red hu l k was l i f t ed c l ea r o f t he wa t e r and secur ed f or t he 8 , 000 - m i l e p i ggy-back voyage home . He r r e t urn sa f e l y accom p l i shed ' t r ans f orma t i on o f t he vesse l began a t Tyne Sh i pr epa i r e r s ' d r ydock a t Wa l l send . Mos t d r ama t i c f ea t u r e o f t he rebu i l d was r e p l acemen t o f t he a l um i n i um supe rs t ruc t ure w i t h st ee l ' com pensa t i on f or t he ex t ra we i gh t be i ng prov i ded by a new m i d sh i ps sec t i on wh i ch i nc r eased buoyancy . The 120- t on sec t i on

l eng t hened t he sh i p by 29f t ' and t he ma j o r surge ry was accompushed by cut t i ng t he vesse l in t wo. The bow was t hen f l oa t ed ou t o f t he dock ' t he m i dsh i ps sec t i on f l oa t ed i n - f o l l owed by t he bow sec t i on . Once i n p l ace a l l t hr ee sec t i ons we r e a t t ached .

New t echno l ogy I n t e rna l l y ' t he Tr i s t r am ' s commun i ca t i ons comp l ex has been en l a rged and f i t t ed ou t w i t h t he mos t mode rn equ i p men t ava i l ab l e . An e l ec t ron i cs ma i n t enance r oom has a l so been prov i ded ' and t hough t has been g i ven to t he f u t ure by p l ann i ng t he who l e l ayou t o f t he comp l ex i n such a way as t o ease any f ur t he r re f i t . Sa t e l l i t e commun i ca t i ons and nav i ga t i on equ i pmen t has been i n t roduced and he l i cop t e r con t ro l f ac i l i t i es have been ex panded and upda t ed by t he f i t t i ng o f he l i cop t e r con t ro l rada r . Th r ee r ada r and sa t e l l i t e

FACTSS AND F I GURES in D i sp l acemen t : excess o f 5 , 700 t ons f u l l y l oaded . Leng t h : 409 f t . Beam : 58 f t . D r augh t : 13 f t . A r ma men t : Two 40 / 60mm Bo f o r s guns . P r opu l s i on : Two M i r r l ees d i ese l eng i nes d r i v i ng t wo sha f t s p r oduc i ng 9 , 400 bhp ; bow t h r us t e r . Speed : 17 kno t s . Range : 8 , 000 m i l es a t 15 kno t s . Comp l emen t : 69 .

aer i a l s a r e moun t ed on t he ma i nmas t wh i ch has t aken on a goa l mou t h- l i ke appea r ance , The veh i c l e deck doub l es as a f l i gh t deck ' w i t h t he capab i l i t y o f l and i ng l a rge Ch i nook he l i cop t e r s . A cen t r a l f l yco has been es t ab l i shed i n t he br i dge sec t i on t o dea l w i t h t he f o rwa rd and a f t e r l and i ng a r eas ' wh i l e c l osed c i rcu i t TV has been p r o v i ded t o mon i t o r bo t h decks . F i rs t -o f - c l ass f l y i ng t r i a l s we r e ca r r i ed ou t success f u l l y i n Decembe r and p r oved t he p r ac t i ca f i t y o f t he changed shape o f t he a f t e r f l i gh t deck . F i r e f i gh t i ng i mp r ovemen t s i n c l ude t wo au t oma t i c f oam guns wh i ch ove r l ook t he decks ' and prov i s i on be l ow o f a gas f l ood i ng sys t em .

Accommoda t i on Accommoda t i on and amen i t i es have a l so been i mproved : t he pub l i c rooms have been r edes i gned t o open-p l an ' and t he dorm i t or i es have been mod i f i ed t o comp l y w i t h up t o - da t e passenge r sh i p regu l a t i ons. Troops ' ca f e t er i a has been rebu i l t t o a mo r e i n f orma l s t an da rd and i s r em i n i scen t o f t he s t y l e o f mode r n roads i de res t auran t s. Ma i n eng i nes have been re t a i ned ' bu t t hey a r e now managed by means o f a new e l ec t ron i c pneuma t i c con t ro l sys t em . Thus t he S i r Tr i s t r am has shed t he scars o f he r Fa l k l ands ordea l . Howeve r ' he r pa r t i n tha t wa r canno t - and w i l l no t - be f orgo t t en , Two days be f or e t he comp l e t i on o f he r r econs t ruc t i on she was p r e sen t ed w i t h he r Ba t t l e Honou r " Sou t h At l an t i c 1982 " ' one o f t he l ast RFAs t o r ece i ve such an awa rd .

POSTCARDS i n t he Sh i ps o f t he Roya l Navy se r i es a r e ob t a i nab l e f r om Navy News ' HMS Ne l son , Po r t smou t h P01 3HH a t 20p each ( m i n i mum o r de r ÂŁ1) i nc l ud i ng pos t age and pack i ng (Z2 pe r dozen ) on r ece i p t o f s t amps , pos t a l o r de r s or cheques . A s t and i ng o r de r f or t he supp i y o f each ca r d on pub l i ca t i on (12 I ssues ) can be a r r anged on r ece i p t o f pos t a l o r de r o r cheque f or ÂŁ4 . 50 .

In add i t i on t o t he day t oday advan t ages o f shopp i ng a t Naa f i , t he re ' s a gr ea t dea l t he Naa f i cus t ome r can coun t on , so don ' t hes i t a t e t o ask your Naa f i shop manage r f or de t a i l s o f t he many se rv i ces ava i l ab l e . He w i l l be p l eased t o g i ve you wr i t t en de t a i l s o f a l l f i nance fac i l i t i es . The r s a l ways a gr ea t dea l a t

Naa f LONDON S . E . 11 50X

NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986

WHEN t he ca r e f u l l y cons i de r ed dec i s i on was t aken to i ncrease the pr i ce of Navy News to 20p ' we we r e fa i r l y con f i dent f rom pas t exper i ence tha t i t wou l d be accept ed by mos t readers - bu t prepa red ourse l ves for any ensu i ng sa l es re s i stance , Howeve r ' by t he t i me we came t o pr epa r e t he l e t t e rs pages f or th i s i ssue ' we had r ece i ved on l y one l e t t e r o f gen t l e comp l a i n t - f rom a l i eu t enan t - commande r se r v i ng i n t he M i n i s t ry o f De f ence i n - London . Commen t i ng on t he f ron t page announcemen t abou t t he p r i ce r i se i n ou r Janua r y ed i t i on ' he wr i t es : " Wh i l e I f u l l y suppor t eve r y f ac t and sen t i men t i n t he s t a t emen t o f i nt ent ' I none t he l ess canno t re s i st t he t emp t a t i on to say tha t my eyebrows f l u t t ered when I r ead i t , I canno t reca l l i n my shor t l i f espan any F l ee t St ree t ed i t i on r i s i ng by 100 pe r cen t ove rn i gh t . " So much f or i n f l a t i on- l i nked r i ses ,

Even a t 2Op i t w i l l st i l l be exceed i ng l y good va l ue . . . " I s i nce re l y hope ' t hough ' t ha t my w i f e w i l l st i l l be ab l e t o s t a t e tha t i t i s t he on l y pape r t ha t she can r ead w i t hou t ge t t i ng coa l -b l ack hands and smudges on he r f ace , How do you do i t?" Commend i ng us f or ou r " f or t hr i gh t " announcemen t ' M r Mau r i ce K , T i t he r ' o f

Ches t e r f i e l d ' wr i t es ' " Too o f t en ' pr i ce r i ses a r e t ucked away ashamed l y on an i ns i de page . As a subsc r i be r o f f a i r l y - and a l ong s t and i ng pen s i one r - I wou l d reassure you tha t ' a t 2Op ' t he ' News ' wi l l

cont i nue to be exce l l ent va l ue ' a un i que pub l i cat i on of i mmense va l ue to the Serv i ce. "

A l e t t e r f rom Edenbr i dge Br anch o f t he Roya l Nava l Asso -

W r i t e t o Navy News , Ba r ham B l ock ,

c i a t i on i nc l uded t he commen t : " Keep up t he good wo r k w i t h your pape r , We a l l agr ee t ha t i t ' s st i l l exce l l en t va l ue a t 20p a copy and we a r e gra t e fu l you con t i nue t o ho l d down cos t s ' wh i ch mus t be qu i t e a f ea t i n th i s day and age. " Seve r a l cor r esponden t s ad m i t t ed to neve r hav i ng se rved i n t he Roya l Navy o r Roya l Ma r i nes - a l t hough r eade rs o f

Navy News need no such qua l i f i ca t i on! F r om Gr avesend ' Ken t ' M r W , L , A. Chea r y ( " no t an ex nava l pe r son " ) i n f orm i ng us t ha t h i s copy o f Navy News i s a l so en j oyed by h i s co l l eagues a t Nor t h f l ee t Ambu l ance St a t i on ' adds : " I am grea t l y surpr i sed tha t you have no t pu t up t he pr i ce o f your pape r be f or e ' as I have no t f ound a be t t e r - read i ng

HMS Ne l son , Po r t smou t h P01 3HH .

pape r t ha t i s so i n t eres t i ng i n I t i s we l l pu t eve r y way " . t oge t he r . Jun i or Gunne r Jerv i s ' who wr i t es f rom Gamecock Ba r racks ' Br amco t e ' Wa r ks ' t o add h i s suppor t f or t he i nc rease ' t e l l s us he f a i l ed t he nava l en t r ance t es t and had t o se t t l e for t he Jun i or Leade r s Reg i men t ' Roya l P~~ l l e ry ' wh i l e t he ea r l y amb i t i on o f M r F , Horne ' o f No t t i ngham ' t o j o i n t he Roya l Navy was t hwa r t ed by sub- s t anda rd eyes i gh t , " I l i ke t o t h i nk tha t I am nea r t o my hear t ' s des i re by hav i ng Navy News " ' wr i t es M r Horne , " O f course 2Op i s no t toe , much . I ' d pay 50p and st i l l t h i nk i t was a ba rga i n , "

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" Howeve r ' be i ng a membe r o f a cap t i ve aud i ence ' I w i l l j ust have t o t ake ou t an ex t r a mor t gage t o enab l e me t o con t i nue t o r ead abou t t he Se rv i ce i n a mos t en j oyab l e manne r , " A f t e r t ha t ben i gn broads i de ' and re f ra i n i ng f rom t he urge t o organ i se a wh i p - round f or our . s t r apped bu t l oya l r eade r ' i t a l mos t makes us b l ush w i t h emba r r assmen t i n quo t i ng f rom a f ew mo r e l e t t ers r ece i ved on t he sub j ec t , Ex - subma r i ne coxswa i n M r Les Thorpe ' o f Te l f ord ' Sh r op sh i re , wr i t es : " Ra t he r t han any ' Shame on you! ' i n hor r i f i ed t ones ' I wou l d ra t he r say I have wonde r ed how you kep t t he pr i ce down t o l Op f or so l ong .

DUE TO i l l - cons i de red changes be i ng made r e t ro spec t i ve l y , ma t ure and we l l respec t ed l ead i ng ra t es now f i nd t hemse l ves i n an unenv i ab l e pos i t i on , Hav i ng passed t he i r PPE f or pe t t y of f i cer ' and a f t e r t wo yea rs ga i ned advancemen t on t he i r ros t er be i ng j udged on me r i t po i nt s ' t hey now see a ve ry rea l threa t o f be i ng t aken o f f t he ros t er and r educed t o sca l e " B " s t a tus , Th i s wou l d i ncur a l oss o f pay

o f ÂŁ1 , 49 pe r day ' i f t hey have no t passed t he new POE f or pe t t y of f i cer by Ma r ch 1986 , Pe t t y o f f i cers r a t ed by B13 see t he prospec t o f be i ng d i sra t ed t o sca l e " B " l ead i ng ra t e ' su f f er i ng a l oss o f pay o f ÂŁ3 , 83 pe r day , Bo t h g roups a r e f u r t he r pena l i zed by l os i ng a l l progr ess ga i ned i n t he i r advancemen t on t he ros t ers ' on l y be i ng r e in s t a t ed a t t he bo t t om o f tha t ros t e r on pass i ng t he PQE , The POE has been i n t r o duced t o r ep l ace t he PPE f or

WE ' LL BE WA I T I NG FOR SH I P TO- COME IN .

pe t t y of f i cer , and wha t f or t he mechan i ca l t r ade was a f our mon t h cour se o f f orma l t ra i n i ng l ead i ng t o t he f i na l exam i na t i on . Howeve r t he POE i s a do i t -yourse l f exam i na t i on ' w i t h no f orma l t ra i n i ng g i ven and ve ry l i t t l e gu i dance o f f ered , The ava i l ab i l i t y o f r e f e r ence books i s unab l e t o mee t t he ever i nc reas i ng demand , The POE i s caus i ng ma j o r prob l ems f or ros t e r l ead i ng ra t es ' who now see a rea l threa t to the i r l i ve l i hood and tha t o f t he i r f am i l i es , Sur e l y i t wou l d se r ve t he Navy and t he pe rsonne l f ar be t t e r t o r ev i ew th i s unaccept ab l e s i tua t i on as a ma t t e r o f u rgency . - G , N , E l l i o t t ( CCAEA) ' RNAS Cu l drose .

Shou l t on ' s c l a i m 0 t o f ame I WAS sor ry t o r ead (Janua ry ) t ha t ano t he r Ton C l ass was l eav i ng Por t smou t h f or t he l ast t i me as t he K i rk l i s t on pa i d of f , I mus t ' howeve r ' d i spu t e t he c l a i m t ha t t he K i rk l i s t on was t he F l ee t ' s f i rst m i nehun t e r , The same c l a i m was made i n Janua r y 1980 abou t HMS Shou l t on , Hav i ng se rved i n bo t h sh i ps I wou l d l i ke t o have i t con f i rmed tha t ' a l t hough t he Shou l t on was used as a t r i a l s sh i p dur i ng he r l a t er years ' she was t he f i rst sweepe r t o be conve r t ed to m i nchun t e r ' seve r a l yea r s be f or e t he K i rk l i s ton . - M. J , E l w i n ( CPOWEA ) ' Por t smou t h . " Apo l og i es t o t he Shou l t on and cong r a t u l a t i ons t o CPOWEA E l w i n for h i s av i d r eade rsh i p o f Navy hbws , in

Meda l que r y answe r ed REGARD I NG t he que r y (Decembe r ) abou t t he Ne l son meda l w i t h t he i nsc r i p t i on BFSS ' t hese we r e i ssued i n 1905 by t he Br i t i sh and For e i gn Sa i l ors Soc i e t y ' and made f rom some surp l us coppe r shea t h i ng a f t e r dr y-dock repa i rs t o t he V i c t ory sh i p , The soc i e t y p roduced t he meda l s and t rays t o ma r k t he Tr a f a l ga r cen t ena ry , - W , G. Burbage , Por t smou t h ,

I N THE m i dd l e o f l as t yea r you k i nd l y pub l i shed a l e t t e r f or me , appea l i ng f or r em i n i scences f r om r e t i r ed Roya l Navy and Roya l I nd i an Navy pe r sonne l on t he sub j ec t o f Bombay Nava l Dockya r d . I was s t agge r ed by t he s i ze and wa r m t h o f t he r esponse , and t he d i ve r s i t y o f expe r i ences cove r ed I n l e t t e r s sen t t o me f r om t he l eng t h and b r ead t h o f t he Un i t ed K i ngdom . Those l e t t e r s I passed on t o t he Bombay Nava l Dockya r d Ann i ve r sa r y o rgan i se r s , and I shou l d l i ke now t o l e t peop l e know t ha t a sma l l numbe r o f se l ec t ed exce r p t s f r om t hose l e t t e r s was pub l i shed i n t he I nd i an Exp r ess o f Sunday - so some o l d Janua r y 5 t he sh i pma t es made f oo t l i gh t s . I nev i t ab l y on l y a f ew cou l d be i nc l uded , bu t I shou l d l i ke t o t hank pub l i c l y a l l t hose who r esponded and who con t r i bu t ed s i gn i f i can t l y t o s t r eng t hen i ng t he bends be t ween G r ea t Br i t a i n and I nd i a . - Ma r t i n Howa r d (Cap t a i n ' RN ) Nava l Adv i se r t o t he Br i t i sh H i gh Comm i ss i on ' New De l h i ,

How to make a i sabi l i " ; ty c l a i m d2

FURTHER t o Cap t a i n D , Bead l e ' s exce l l en t l e t t er ( Janua r y ) , i t i s wo r t h r emembe r i ng t ha t , wh i l e i t i s no t poss i b l e t o sue t he M i n i s t r y o f De f ence as quo t ed i n t he l e t t er by " V i c t i m , " i t i s st i l l poss i b l e , no ma t t e r how l ong i t i s s i nce t he t i me o f - se rv i ce , f or an ex - se r v i ce man or woman t o l odge a c l a i m w i t h t he Depa r t men t o f Hea l t h and Soc i a l Secur i t y i n r espec t o f any d i sab l emen t or a i l men t be l i eved t o be caused by se rv i ce . Wha t many ex-serv i ce peop l e no apprec i a t e i s t ha t the Ed i tor . Happ i ness 0 nme n t depa r t men t r espon s i b l e f or wa r and serv i ce a t t r i bu t ab l e pens i ons i s t he DHSS ' t he FOUR YEARS ago i n t he D r agon ' s dog he i r t o t he O l d M i n i s t ry o f " Reun i ons " co l umn of Navy 0 Jack Pens i ons . News an o l d sh i pma t e se t ou t t o I f a c l a i m i s re j ec t ed ' an f orm an annua l r eun i on f or t he EX - CPO W t r W. H Cooke i nd i v i dua l can t ake h i s case t o s l oop HMS Me rma i d , wro t e (Decembe r ) on t he sub t he qu i t e i ndependen t Pens i ons Thank f u l l y I rep l i ed ' and we j ec t o f wha t happened t o Jack , sha l l be ho l d i ng our f i f th ge t Appea l Tr i buna l appo i n t ed by HMS Dr agon ' s dog. t he j ud i c i ary . t oge t he r th i s Ju l y i n HMS Ne l I a l so se rved t he who l e o f tha t The Roya l Br i t i sh Leg i on ' or son , My w i f e and I l ook f orwa rd comm i ss i on i n t he Dr agon , and t he RBL Sco t l and ' w i l l a l ways so much t o t hese da t es , cou l d poss i b l y be r emembe r ed ass i st i n pursu i ng a c i a i m ' and I fe l t I mus t l e t you know as coxswa i n o f t he b l ue c l a i man t does no t have t o be abou t t he success and happ i ness and-wh i t e mo t or -boa t known as a membe r . t ha t Navy News can br i ng t o i ts I have pe rsona l reco l l ec t i on " Lady o f t he F l ee t . " r eade r s , Any o t he r ex When we l e f t f or home , Jack a of case o f asbes tos i s ( as c i t ed Me r ma i ds i n t e r es t ed i n t he was l e f t on t he br eakwa t e r a t i n " V i c t i m ' s l e t t er ) be i ng suc r eun i on can con t ac t me . - Bi l l Be rmuda , because i f brough t cess fu l ' and a pens i on awa rded . (G i nge r ) Wh i t e ( ex-Te l ) ' 9 - J . D. Hawa r d (L i eu t . -Cdr . home i t wou l d have mean t s i x H i gh f i e l d Cr escen t ' Wednes mon t hs i n f or h i m. re td) ' on , e t i me -f i e i d ' Wo l vg~rhamp t on ' , Wes t --- --- quar~ i pt i ne pens i ons o f f i ce r o f t he RBL ' Sco t l and . Maybe some o t he r sh i p on M i d l ands ,

Ren t a ca r th i s weekend f rom Swan Na t i ona l and we ' l l for a ca r to co l l ec t you a t no ex t ra cost . a r r ange d o go We a l so of f er . . . v e r " Spec i a l nava l ra t es f rom F r i day to Monday . " Ins t ant Cred i t * " A w i de r ange o f l a t es t mode l cars . Tha t ' s wha t we ca l l f l ee t serv i ce . Por t smou t h Te l . 752505 Te l . 20877 P l ymou t ht hSWAN e Fa r eham Te l . 237012 NAT I ON WeymouSe t hTe l . r v i c e beyvnd&edr i nngsea t (Upwey ) 2399 *As -- - k for deta i l s , Sub j ec t to sta tus , L i cenced Cd i t brokers.

t he s t a t i on a t tha t t i me (1935) adop t ed Jack , as he was on l y happy i n t he company o f ma t e l o t s . - Cha r l es J Mon i es ( ex- CPO G I ) ' No ; t hw i ch , Chesh i r e . REFERENCE t he l e t t ers abou t HMS Dr agon ' s dog Jack , I se rved i n t he sh i p on he r l ast comm i ss i on on t he Ame r i can and Wes t I nd i es St a t i on ' pay i ng of f a t Cha t ham on May 28 ' 1937 , When t he sh i p was i n K i ngs t on ' Jama i ca ' Jack d i ed on boa rd and was g i ven a rea l sa i l or ' s funera l ' sewn up i n canvas , we i gh t ed down ' and bur i ed a t sea i n t he m i dd l e of K i ngs t on ha rbour , - R. W , Evans , ( ex- co l se rg t ' RM ) ' Gr ea t She l f ord ' Cambs .

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i nt eres t ed t o r ead LACCMEA ( L ) A . J . D i xon ' s l e t t er (Decembe r ) rega rd i ng t he s t a tus of t he cha rge ch i e f , I have a l ways be l i eved tha t th i s prob l em st ar t ed w i th the i nt roduc t i on of f l eet ch i e fs in 1971 , wh i ch put the ra te of ch i e f t i f f or mech in a sta te of l i mbo , and d i d not exac t l y he l p the f i rst c l ass ra t es e i ther . Dur i ng my serv i ce career i t was though t tha t a way round th i s prob l em wou l d be to rev i se t he way i n wh i ch a CPO qua l i f i ed for f l ee t ch i e f . Why not have t wo c l asses of war ran t of f i cer l i ke the Roya l Mar i nes , Roya l A i r Force , and Army , w i th al l the cand i da t es t ak i ng a PPE s i mi l ar to charge ch i efs . Educa t i ona l qua l i f i ca t i ons wou l d rema i n the same , a l t hough cons i dera t i on shou l d be g i ven to the sk i l l ed t echn i ca l ra t es whose courses t ake t hem to ONC s t andards wh i ch surpass " 0 " l eve l s . A l l success fu l cand i da t es wou l d be ra t ed W02 , and in t i me advance to WO l on mer i t . Th i s sys t em wou l d enhance the prof ess i ona l , status of a l l war ran t of f i cers , and prov i de a fa i rer sys t em wh i ch shou l d be respec t ed by a l l concerned , espec i a l l y i f there was a cor r e rev i s i on of pay and spond i ng V . A . W . A l l en ( ex pens i ons . CMEMN (L ) ) , Cha t ham .

' No need ' f or f l new r a t e MT1 (PD) ' Der r i ck (February) regards the Cha rge Ch i e f t i t le as " i nappropr i a t e " and sugges t s i t shou l d be changed to war ran t of f i cer 2nd c l ass . As a Gene ra l Serv i ce , non t echn i ca l ch i e f who has had to be a " ch i e f i n charge o f ch i e f s " I can see no need for the Navy to i nt roduce ye t ano ther l eve l in the sen i or ra tes command s t ruc ture ' resu l t i ng in a fur ther s t ep down i n the peck i ng order for a l l concerned! Th i s is no t the v i ew of some one who be l i eves he wou l d " d i p out " i f a W02 rank was i n t ro duced i nto the Serv i ce as the OPS Br anch has no need for an ext ra war ran t of f i cer l eve l . Ch i e f s i n my branch have , for a l ong t i me , managed to run l arge depar tmen t s on sh i ps and ashore w i thout the need for ext ra badges or st a tus to show tha t are the man i n charge - Rthey , Gough (CPO(OPs ) (H) ) HMS Dryad . " Wou l d -be cha rge ch i e f s ' t ake no t e - page 14

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EQU I VALENT 3. I f we are " a l l of one company , " wha t is the Genera l Serv i ce equ i va l ent to the ACC wh i ch ent i t l es the Sca l e (B) CPO ar t i f i cer to Sca l e (A) pay? 4. I f we are "a l l of one company , " why are WE CPO ar t i f i cers sent on a CCWEAs ' course when cons i dered su i tab l e for promo t i on i nst ad of t ak i ng a charge ch i e f exam i na t i on? 5. Is a propor t i on of Subma r i ne pay not awa rded for the added respons i b i l i ty of of f i cers and ra t i ngs serv i ng i n HM submar i nes? 6. S i nce BR 1950 does not d i scr i m i na t e be t ween mechan i cs

THE CREST o f t he Second Wor l d Wa r A l ge r i ne c l ass m i nesweepe r HMS Se r ene seems t o have been " n i cked . " The co l our f u l pr i n t o f 135 sh i p badges ' pub l i shed f or t he RN and RM Ca r ee rs Se rv i ce , i nc l udes " HMS

Phoebe , " t he cres t of t he sh i p por t ray i ng a moon- l i ke f ace ove r a wavy sea . Sure l y t wo sh i ps canno t have t he same crest . - E . Drummond ' Hon , Secre t ary , HMS Se r ene Assoc i a t i on .

and ar t i f i cers , wha t is t he equ i va l ent qua l i f i ca t i on for the Sca l e (B) mechan i c t o be e l ig ib l e for Sca l e (A) pay?

7. I f i t i s no t accep t ab l e " t o upgr ade SMR b i l l e t s t o cha rge ch i e f AEA , " why has HMS Endu r ance a l ways car r i ed a CCAEA f or t wo Wasps when t he Type 22 f r i ga t e , w i t h t wo (mor e soph i s t i ca t ed) Lynx a i r cra f t , i s on l y b i l l e t ed f or a CPOAEA? I do no t have an axe t o gr i nd as I a l r eady possess an ACC bu t I f ee l t ha t my ACC qua l i f i ca t i on has been ser i ous l y de va l ued by DC I RN 343/85 . And

how l ong wi l l i t be be fore a F l i ght Cha rge Cer t i f i ca t e is i nt roduced to supp l emen t the ACC when i t is d i scovered tha t not al l CPOAEAs possess the " necessa ry persona l qua l i t i es and t echn i ca l ab i l i ty" to car ry

ou t t he dut i es o f a Sma l l Sh i p ' s - I . K. W i ckens . F l i ght SMR? CPOAEA ( R ) ( ACC ) . Yeov i l t on . " The MOD r ep l y to th i s one rea f f i rms t ha t t he "a l l o f one company " pr i nc i p l e app l i es

spec i f i ca l l y t o pay , wh i ch i n t he case o f a r t i f i ce rs means t hey a l l

r ece i ve pay based on one pay band . The r e was neve r any i nt en-

t i on t o app l y t h i s pr i nc i p l e t o m i no r va r i a t i ons i n advance men t l p r omo t i on r equ i r emen t s wh i ch ex i s t be t ween b r anches , so i t was a " fut i l e exe r c i se " t o d r aw such compa r i sons . D i sc r e t i on i s l e f t t o t he man powe r manage r s o f each b r anch t o t a i l or t he de t a i l s o f t he i r advancemen t l p r omo t i on

t o t he c l a i m t ha t pay i nc l udes an

Subma r i ne pay i s pa i d so l e l y f or r ec ru i t i ng and r e t en t i on pu rposes . " Th i s t o rpedoes you r co r r esponden t ' s a t t emp t ed use o f t he Subma -

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I SERVED aboa r d HMS Pun j ab f rom 1939 t o 1942 , and as " can t een boa t " I c l a i m tha t we we r e t he f i rst des t roye r to do t he 100 ' 000 m i l es - f i rst out , l ast i n ' mon t h a f t er mo j i i th. N. Brown (ex-Rsea ) ' P l ymou t h .

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at the bo t t om o f the Ind i an 0~ . When t he sh i p was s i nk i ng on Apr i ' l 5' 1942 , I t hough t abou t t he ens i gn , and saw I t In I ts cab i ne t , bu t th i s cho i ce was thio ens i gn or my l i fe .

. l oco t he pape r I had wr i t t en t o t he Pr i ncess of Wass i n f orm i ng he r o f t he l os t om t gn ' and su~ t i ng t ha t as t he Duchess o f Cornwa l l sh . m I gh t bc i ab4. t o l r i &P l r* t he pr esen t -day l ad l es a t Cornwa l l t o make a s i m i l a r ges t ur e t o t he i r p r odecos sor e ' and o rganI s . an ens i gn f or t he n i ew HMS Cornwa l l , - Pe t e r Nob l e-Mack i e , 1~h .

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Thompson ( Janua r y ) abou t t he m i ss i ng s i l k ens i gn o f HMS Comw i m i l , I can ta i l h i m tha t i t i i st i l l In i ts g l ass caec ' t v t th t he sh i p '

Re f e r ence t he " Red numbe r , mys t e ry " (Decembe r ) , I am a f ra i d t ha t L. Sa l es wi l l no t f i nd h i s Hun t c l ass L 100 as un i que as he th i nks . I se rved i n t he Hun t c l ass des t roye r HMS Mend i p , L60 , j o i n i ng he r on Nor t h Sea dut i es based a t Shee rness , t hrough t he S i c i l y , Sa l e rno and No rmandy l and i n i , s t o he r nsv i n , , o f f i n

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A Fo rm 2022 i s wha t I need To con t ac t someone who ' l l t ake heed , Th i s un i f orm mus t change t oday To keep tha t scru f f y l ook away . - RO ( T ) Sha rpe , HMS Scy l l a .

Dur i ng t he who l e of tha t t i me t he pennan t numbe r was pa i n t ed i n red. I n add i t i on , unt i l a f t er t he l and i ngs a t Sa l e rno, she had a r ed band round t he f unne l as Cap t a i n D 21s t Dest roye r F l ot i l l a l eader .

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r i f l e pay ana l ogy t o j us t i f y " r espons i b l i t y pay f or SMRS . Ques t i on 6 i s cons i de r ed con f us i ng " as BR 1950 mos t ce r t a i n l y d i f f e r en t i a t es be t ween mechan i cs and a r t i f i ce r s ( a r t i c l es 1011 and 101~) , How eve r , i t i s ag r eed t ha t BR 1950 l i nks t he awa r d o f Sca l e A pay f or bo t h a r t i f i ce rs and mecha n i cs t o an i nc r ease i n t he l eve l o f a r a t i ng ' s sk i l l i n a g i ven pe r i od o f t i me f o l l ow i ng advancemen t / p r omodon . " Th i s does no t deba r t he manpc i we r manage r s i n a pa r t i cu l a r b r anch f rom r equ i r i ng t ang i b l e ev i dence o f t h i s i nc r ease i n sk i l l . " I n answe r t o Ques t i on 7 , bo t h

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Wa r m- up for Inv i nc i b l e and M i ne r va WH I LE BR I TA I N sh i vered i n the wors t of the w i nt er wea ther , the car r i er HMS Inv i nc i b l e and her escor t HMS M i ne rva we re bask i ng i n the sun of the Car i bbean , The sh i ps ' ope ra t i ng as Da r t mou t h Tr a i n i ng Squadron ' v i s i t ed por t s i n t he

Wes t I nd i es - t he I nv i n c i b l e ca l l i ng a t Ba rbados and t he M i ne r va a t St Luc i a ,

Las t t ra i n f rom Pr i ddy ' s Ha rd WEAR I NG a pay i ng - o f f pennan t and a commemo r a t i ve p l aque , t he l as t t r a i n was r un f r om Pr i ddy ' s Ha r d t o E l son , t wo s i t es i n t he RN A r mamen t Depo t , Gospo r t . The or i g i na l RNAD has , a f t e r 215 yea r s ' se r v i ce , ceased t o ex i s t as an exp l os i ves es t ab l i shmen t , a l t hough i t w i l l con t i nue as a depo t f or some t i me . A r egu l a r f ea t u r e o f Gospo r t l i f e ove r 80 yea r s has been t he da i l y ammun i t i on t r a i n r unn i ng be t ween Pr i ddy ' s Ha r d and E l son / F r a t e r / Bedenham . W i t h a l l exp l os i ves wo r k be i ng p rog r ess i ve l y t r ans f e r r ed t o t he l a t t e r s i t es , t he need f or t he t r a i n has f i na l l y l apam , Gues t s r ode as passenge r s on t he f i na l j ou rney .

' ne f r i ga t e v i s i t ed Cas t r i es whe r e t he sh i p ' s company t ook advan t age o f t he l ove l y beaches , sa i l i ng fac i l i t i es and d i v i ng - a l l i n g l or i ous wea t he r . Foo t ba l l , rugby and squash we r e p l ayed ( and mos t l y l os t ! ) aga i ns t i s l and t eams .

Pa r t y A pa r t i cu l a r l y wor t hwh i l e even t was a pa r t y f or 30 unde r pr i v i l eged ch i l dren be t ween t he ages o f seven and t en. A l t hough . , , they came f rom a v i l l age no t f ar f rom Cas t r i es - St Luc i a ' s cap i t a l - many had neve r been t o t he c i ty be f or e , and even f ewe r had v i s i t ed a sh i p . The ch i l dren , a r med w i t h swords and ha t s , surpr i sed a gang o f " p i ra t es " on t he uppe r deck and ove rpowe r ed t hem , f orc i ng t hem be l ow t o se rve f ood and dr i nk . Be f or e t hey l e f t , t he du t y o f f i cer t hanked t he ch i l dren f or sav i ng h i s sh i p and made t he p i ra t es hand ove r t he i r boo t y o f swee t s as a r ewa rd .

THESE days t he Roya l Navy ' s encoun t e r s w i t h i t s Ar gen t i ne coun t e r pa r t s a r e happ i l y no t as hos t i l e as t hey once we r e . . . When HMS Au r o r a me t a new Ar gen t i ne subma r i ne bu i l t i n Wes t Ge r many , t he on l y shoo t i ng wh i ch t ook p l ace was o f pho t g r aphs ( one o f wh i ch appea r s he r e ) . The encoun t e r t ook p l ace o f f Emden a f t e r t he depa r t u r e o f t he subma r i ne San Juan , wh i ch was spo t t ed by t he Au r o r a ' s Wasp he l i cop t e r i n poo r wea t he r . RFA Go l d Hove r was i n company w i t h t he f r i ga t e .

I New F l ee t Suppor t D i rec tor CAPT . C . L . WOOD is to be promo t ed r ea r - adm i r a l and t o be D i r ec t or Gene r a l F l ee t Suppor t (Po l i cy and Serv i ces) f rom Apr i l 15. O t he r appo i n t men t s recen t l y announced i nc l uded : Cap t . A . P . Woodhead , comma r i d . Augus t 12 .

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i . D . G . Ga r ne t t . Ac t i ve i n Cap t . F4 command Ju l y 22 and as Cap t . Sep t embe r 11 . M. Cap t . D . Je f f r eys . Eu r ya l us command as Cap t . F l . June 9 . Cap t . 1 . H . P i rn i e . mand . Augus t 5 .

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TO MARK t he 130 t h ann i ve rsa ry o f t he f i rst V i c tor i a Cross , t he F l ee t A i r Ar m Museum i s i ssu i ng a spec i a l f i rs t -day cove r f ea tur i ng the l ast nava l VC w i nne rs ' L i eu t , -Cdr . I an F r ase r and LS James Magenn i s . Mr . Magenn i s , U l ster ' s on l y VC for the Second Wor l d Wa r , d i ed i n February . He was aged 66 and l i ved at Ha l i f ax . He l ef t the Navy in 1949 .

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DECOMM I SS I ON Ou r p i c t u r e shows Ma j o r Gene r a l Cr ab t r ee t a l k i ng t o Cp l , F . J . Ga i nes o f t he RE D i v i ng Es t ab l i shmen t . HMS Ve r non moved f r om hu l ks i n Po r t smou t h ha r bou r t o i t s p r esen t s i t e i n 1923 . I t decomm i ss i ons on Ma r ch 31 , a l t hough t r a i n i ng w i l l con t i nue on pa r t o f t he p r esen t s i t e unde r t he adm i n i s t r a t i on o f t he Commodo r e , HMS Ne l son .

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Sa f e t y i n numbe r s f or Doub l e Cross SOUTHAMPTON yach t sman Ha r r y M i t che l l was soon i n sa f e hands a f t e r h i s yach t Doub l e Cross s t a r t ed t ak i ng i n wa t e r 21 m i l es sou t h wes t o f t he L i za rd i n a s t rong ga l e . A Wessex V he l i cop t e r f rom 771 Nava l A i r Squadron ' t he Sea r ch and Rescue F l i ght based a t RN a i r s t a t i on Cu l drose ' was sc r amb l ed t o t he yach t ' s r epor t ed pos i t i on and f ound he r a f t er a sea r ch o f t he a rea . LACMN ( D ) I an Penha l i gon was l owe r ed on t o t he Doub l e Cross , a f orme r Adm i r a l ' s Cup racer , f o l l owed by a pump wh i ch was used t o ba l e ou t t he yach t . A second Wessex was a l so sen t t o t he scene . Va r i ous sh i pp i ng answe r ed Mr . M i t che l l ' s may day d i s t ress ca l l ' i nc l ud i ng my At l an t i c Song and t he cab l e sh i p A l e r t ' who we r e nea rby unt i l HMS Up t on and t he Pen l ee l i f eboa t announced t hey we r e on t he i r way t o t he scene . The Up t on pu t men on boa rd t o shor e up a bu l khead and keep t he yach t a f l oa t wh i l e she was t owed i n t o Fa l mou t h by t he F i she ry Pro t ec t i on Squadron sh i p .

He l i cop t e r s r escue 195 LAST YEAR Roya l Navy SAR he l i copt ers f l ew 272 me r cy m i ss i ons ' rescu i ng 195 peop l e and recove r i ng 30 bod i es . Cu i drose made 101 ca l l out s , r escued 91 peop l e and r ecove r ed 29 bod i es ; Lee on-So l en t f l ew 126 m i ss i ons , rescu i ng 78 peop l e ; Pr es t w i ck r escued 20 peop l e dur i ng 37 m i ss t ' ons; . Por t l and f l ew one SAR m i ss i on; and o t he r RN he l o rescues tot a l l ed seven peop l e and one body f rom seven ca l l outs .

HELP i s c l ose a t hand f or yach t sman Ha r r y M i t che l l o f f t he L i za rd as HMS Up t on and a Wessex he l i cop t e r f r om 771 Nava l A i r Squad r on , RN a i r s t a t i on Cu i d r ose , come t o h i s r escue .

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HMS DOLPH I N ' S new Fe r ran t i Ac t i on I n f orma t i on Organ i za t i on ( A l O ) and f i re con t ro l subma r i ne t ra i ner i s t o be opened on Apr i l 17 by Ar med ' For ces M i n i s t e r Mr . John St an l ey. The sys t em emu l a t es a subma r i ne ' s ope ra t i ona l compu t e r and has been i n use s i nce Janua ry.

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The At t acker i s t he c i ty ' s " fu l l - t i me " sh i p , be i ng a t t ached t o G l asgow and St ra thc l yde Un i vers i t i es Roya l Nava l Un i t . St uden t s can j o i n t he un i t as honor a ry m i dsh i pmen w i t h no compu l s i on to j o i n t he Se rv i ce l ater . Dur i ng the i r three yea rs t hey a re pa i d as m i dsh i pmen for days spen t a t sea , w i th an ob l i ga tory three sea weekends a yea r and a fur ther 14 con t i nuous days of sea t ra i n i ng annua l l y . Two n i ne . -day Eas t e r cru i ses to t he Wes t e rn I s l es th i s yea r w i l l be fo l l owed i n t he summe r by a s i x -week v i s i t t o Ho l l and , Ge rmany , Denma r k and Norway i n company w i t h URNU vesse l s f rom Abe rdeen , L i verpoo l , Sou t hamp t on and London

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On Janua r y 16 t he f i na l pa r ade was he l d i n Ra l e i gh ' w i t h Second O f f i ce r Ju l i a Whe t t on i n a t t endance . Dur i ng he r 40 pr ev i ous pay pa r ades as Supp l y O f f i ce r (Cash) she had handed ou t £1 , 609 ' 383 . BANK ACCOUNTS I n t he o l d days a sa i l or ' s wages we r e pa i d on t o h i s cap ' wh i ch he had f i rst p l aced on t he pay t ab l e. Ra t i ngs a t Ra l e i gh have kep t the i r caps on the i r heads because paymen t has been made on l y i n no t es. Now t hey w i l l have to open bank accoun t s .

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' GET ON Lor . . fAL WA I T I NG L I ST G . S. Buss tha t surp l us qua r t e rs cou l d be made ava i l ab l e t o nava l f am i l i es , t o ren t or l ease , be f or e be i ng 4eased t o a l oca l counc i l . When to l d abou t t he i dea , ma r r i ed qua r t e r s s t a f f men t i oned some prac t i ca l prob l ems , bu t i t i s i nt eres t i ng to hea r t he v i ews o f Counc i l l or Tom , cha i rman o f P l ymou t h Counc i l ' s Hous i ng Comm i t t ee . He wr i t es : " I re fut e t he s t a t e men t tha t t he l eas i ng o f qua r t e rs to Gospor t Counc i l l ooks l i ke l y t o r ema i n an excep t i on. " P l ymou t h C i t y Counc i l has a l ong and happy r e l a t i onsh i p w i t h nava l and a rmy qua r t e rs sta f f . My Hous i ng Depa r t men t s t a f f mee t t hem regu l ar l y , he l p i ng w i t h adv i ce t o p r e re t i remen t groups ' and t he sad and a l l - t oo - commonp l ace co ord i na t i on o f ac t i on on t he r ehous i ng o f f am i l i es ' i nc l ud i ng abandoned w i ves w i t h ch i l dren .

' I nco r r ec t ' " Las t yea r a l one we ' t ook on boa rd ' ( i f an ex - a i rman may be excused t he nava l express i on w i t hou t be i ng kee l -hau l ed) mo r e t han 50 i n t he l a t t er ca t egory , and a s i m i l a r numbe r o f f am i l i es . " P l ymou t h has l eased spa r e qua r t e rs f rom t he M i n i s t ry o f De f ence f or some yea rs now. I t i s t he r e f or e qu i t e i ncor rec t t o

sugges t tha t Gospor t ' s s i tua t i on i s somehow un i que . " Prov i d i ng t he r e i s adequa t e l i a i son and a mu t ua l app r ec i a t i on o f need ' I f or one see no r eason why t he prac t i ce shou l d no t con t i nue .

T i me awa r ds " May I conc l ude w i t h a pe r sona l p l ea f or eve r yone i n t he Navy or Roya l Ma r i nes t o con s i de r reg i s t er i ng t hemse l ves on a l oca l au t hor i t y hous i ng wa i t i ng l i st so tha t the i r i nt eres t i n mun i c i pa l hous i ng - i f so des i red - can be r ecorded and t he r e f or e accumu l a t e t i me awa rds unde r t he va r i ous po i n t s sys t ems i n use. " P l ymou t h p i cks up mor e t han 100 Se rv i ce f am i l i es pe r annum unde r t he Hous i ng Home l ess Pe rsons Ac t p rov i s i ons. Tha t i nev i t ab l y promp t s cr i t i c i sm f rom t hose pa t i en t l y wa i t i ng on t he l i st f or the i r pr e f e r r ed op t i on on c i ty hous i ng , and p l aces s t ress on our hous i ng s t ra t eg i es . " P l ymou t h be i ng P l ymou t h , I and my co l l eagues cons i de r i t an ob l i ga t i on we happ i l y accep t , because o f our comm i t men t t o t he Se rv i ce. " Bu t a l i t t l e mor e f ores i gh t i n pe rsona l pe rcep t i ons o f hous i ng need wou l d r educe our com m i t men t and he l p o t he rs . "

Es t ab l i sh i ng a wo r k i ng WHEN AEA / A T i m Ru t he r f o r d j o i ned 772 Squad r on a t RN a i r s t a t i on Po r t l and , no t on l y d i d he have b i g s i s t e r , WAEM ( M ) Caz , wo r k i ng on t he squad r on t o con t end w i t h , bu t a l so b i g bro t he r , POAEM ( M ) And r ew ' no t t oo f a r away on 702 Squad r on . A l l t h r ee a r e se r v i ng i n HMS Osp r ey on a i r c r a f t ma i n t enance du t i es . And r ew supe r v i ses ma i n t enance on t he Lynx he l i cop t e r s bes i des ca r r y i ng ou t i n- f l i gh t se r v i c i ng p r ocedu r es . Ca z and T i m bo t h wo r k on Wessex V he l i cop t e r s . T i m i s a t Osp r ey as pa r t o f h i s f i e l d t r a i n i ng . I n t he p i c t ur e , B i g Br o t he r And r ew ( cen t r e ) wa t ches Ca z and T i m pu t t i ng spanne r s i n t he wo r ks .

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SULTAN W I VES RA I SE £7 , 500 CHAR I TABLE e f f or t s by membe r s o f Su l t an W i ves C l ub a t Gospo r t have r a i sed ove r £1 ' 500 i n t he pas t yea r - much o f wh i ch has he l ped t o buy much - needed co t mon i t or s f or t he a r ea . Cash f or

co t mon i t ors was B r ave cade t s handed over to Gospor t Hea l th PENGU I N B l ack / Wh i t e 14 " h i gh £15. 00 af ter t wo 1985 events, Author i ty HMS DOLPH I N Vo l unt eer and a fur ther sum was expected Cade t Corps membe rs Gav i n PENGU I N B l ack / Wh i t e 12 " h i gh £11. 00 to be dona t ed to the Dav i es and Andr ew Hodge SAMMY SEAL Wh i t e or S i l ve r Be i ge 27 " l ong author i ty £16 , 50 a s a resu l t of more act ivi t ies . have rece i ved courage awards MANY MORE CUDDL I ES AVA I LABLE The even t s have i nc l uded for the i r de termi na t i on to con Pr i ces and order f orms ava i l ab l e upon reques t Pr i ces i nc l ude P. P . + VAT p l oughman ' s l unches ' a br ing t i nue w i th cade t act ivi t i es af ter V I SA AND ACCESS CARDS ACCEPTED and buy sa l e and a barbecue . ser i ous acc idents. Capt . M. H. P l ease make cheque or P-0 , payab l e to : A cake stal l at l ast year 's Evere t t ' command i ng of f i cer of " Joy ' s Roses and Toys , " F l an i i i ngo , St Sampson , Gue rnsey , C. 1 . Su l t an Summe r Show made Do l ph i n , made the presen ta Te l ephone (0481) 46708 9 a . m , - 3 p. m . over £300 for nava l char i t ies. t i ons at uni t di v i s ions.

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" One ques t i on answe r ed i n Navy News cou l d he l p many o t he r peop l e w i t h a s i m i l ar prob l em ' and u l t i ma t e l y save a l ot o f t i me and -wor k. " I n rep l y t he Ed i t or wr i t es : F i rs t of a l l i t mus t come as a surpr i se t o hea r ' a f t er yea rs o f of f i c i a l reassurance ' tha t a f am i l y que r y cou l d a t t rac t a f ee l i ng o f soc i a l s t i gma or we l f a r e t ag , or f ea r o f re t r i bu t i on t o husbands . D i smay or ca l am i t y can happen t o any f am i l y ' ra t i ng or of f i cer ' and Navy News can vouch f or t r i bu t es pa i d t o t he Nava l Pe rsona l and Fam i l y Se rv i ce f or t he sym pa t hy and prac t i ca l he l p wh i ch has been g i ven. The we l f a r e peop l e ( a l t hough We l f a r e w i t h a cap i t a l W i s a word no t encour aged

AND j us t t o p r ove t ha t b r o t he r and s i s t e r s wo r k i ng i n t he same l oca t i on a r e no t t ha t unusua l , Lead i ng W r en Wr i t e r ( Pay ) Va l De r by and Weapon Eng i nee r i ng Mechan i c ( O r dnance ) Cohn De r by a r e p i c t u r ed a t HMS D r yad whe r e Va l (24) i s r espons i b l e f or o f f i ce r s ' pay accoun t s and 22 - yea r - o l d Cohn wo r ks i n t he e l ec t r i ca l wo r kshops . Jus t f or t he r eco rd ' Va l i s no t I n t he hab i t o f hand i ng he r b ro t he r bunches o f t anne r s - i t j us t added i n t e r es t t o t he p i c t ur e !

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DR STEWART ' s thes i s a roused t he ange r of M r T i m Co l e , desc r i b i ng h i mse l f as " Jo l l y Jack o f yes t e rday " , Wr i t i ng f rom h i s home i n G i l l l ngham he denounced t he padr e ' s re f e rence to t he roman t i c o l d- t i me i mage o f t he sa i l or " emp t y o f gr ey ma t t e r and fu l l o f r um and bu l l . " D i spu t i ng these: " d i spa r ag i ng " r ema r ks , Mr , Co l e commen t s t ha t t he i mprovemen ts brough t abou t t oday we r e due ma i n l y t o t he " cons t an t and pers i s t ent appea l s t o t he Adm i r a l t y " ove r t he yea rs ,

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t housands ROSYTH , w i t h i ts g row i ng nava l popu l a t i on , now has t he Un i t ed K i ngdom ' s f i rs t a l l - i n -one nava l f am i l i es cen t r e . I t was opened on Janua r y 21 by Lady Dundona l d i n t he f orme r Dockya rd Appr en t i ces Hos t e l i n Cas t l e Road ' Rosy t h ' and w i l l se rve up t o 2 ' 000 nava l f am i l i es i n t he a rea . The f i rs t Nava l Fam i l i es Cen t r e i n t he UK t o house a l l t he f unc t i ons o f t he Ar ea Pe r sona l and Fam i l y Se rv i ce unde r one roo f , t he 33- yehr -o l d bu i l di ng was spec i a l l y mod i f i ed a t a cos t o f ÂŁ200 , 000 .

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agenc i es vo l un t ee r s who a r e ac t i ve i n t he commun i t y . By t h i s app r oach Fam i l y Se r v i ce wo r ke r s w i l l be be t t e r p l aced t o suppo r t and encou r age

Exce l l en t I t i s pa r t o f t he deve l opmen t o f t he f ac i l i t i es o f HMS Coch rane ' t he Rosy t h Nava l Base Accommoda t i on Un i t . Coch ---.r ane i s t he f am i l y name o f t he Ea r l s o f Dundona l d. Two p l aygroups a l r eady mee t Boa rd. I n ove r a l l cha rge o f t he on t he ground f i obr ' wh i ch ' w i t h On t he f i rst f l oor a re t he Cen t r e i s M r Dav i d Jameson ' i ts l arge d i v i dab l e room ' k i t chen adm i n i s t r a t i ve of f i ces of t he Ar ea O f f i ce r NPFS , Rosy t h ' f or and o t he r sma l l e r rooms ' i s NPFS ' i nc l ud i ng t hose f or t he t he pas t f our years , who sa i d : devo t ed t o commun i t y ma r r i ed qua r t e rs st a f f ' Fam i l i es " Th i s w i l l g i ve us an exce l l en t ac t i v i t i es . Adv i ce Bu r eau ' and soc i a l i s cen t r e Th f or t he cons t an t l y A l so housed downs t a i rs i s a wor ke rs . t o nava l hea l t h cen t re 2 ' 000 used by t he corn chang i ng 1 ' 500 " Rosy t h ' s new suppo r t f am i l i es now l i v i ng a round mun i t y phys i c i ans and hea l t h Rosy t h , "

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How to keep 60 ch i l dren amused for three hours EXC I T I NG und i es be i ng i n sho r t supp l y " I have r ecen t l y begun wo r k i ng w i t h ch i l d r en a f t e r t he Second Wo r l d Wa r , many exot i c aged 9 t o 14 a t a c l ub . Keep i ng t hem amused f or t h r ee hou r s a t a t i me I s d i f f i cu l t , as you can ga r men t s we r e p r oduced f r om t he s i l k of i ma g i n e . ex - f o r ces pa r achu t es . " A t a one - even i ng cou r se a t ano t he r c l ub I I t I s un l i ke l y nowadays t ha t f l i ms i es wou l d was I n t r oduced t o t he pa r achu t e . Wha t a have t o be c r i ea t ed f r om such ma t e r i a l , but f an t as t i c p i ece o f So ve r sa t i l e , t he r e i s a need f or a pa r achu t e - one a t l east . " As many as 60 ch i l d r en can be con t ro l l ed , Ca r o l Upwa r d , o f 41 The R i d i ngs , Ga t combe ye t amused , r ound a pa r achu t e , so I f anyone Pa r k , Po r t smou t h P02 OUE , wr i t es : has an o l d one t hey no l onge r need , I wou l d be " As t he w i f e o f an ex - MEA I know t he power ve r y gr a t e f u l . " t o rn t ha t wou l d be no p r ob l em , i w i l l r epa i r o f Navy News and I am hop i ngf t ha t ( we b l ush ) I one o f you r many r eade r s may be ab l e t o he l p I t , and be p r epa r ed t o co l l ec t I f I t ' s no t RAF Me . Loss l emou t h ! " -

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Lady Dundona l d opened t he new Nava l Fam i l i es cen t r e a t Rosy t h , pa r t o f t he ex t ens i on o f f ac i l i t i es o f HMS Coch r ane , she was soon asked t o j o i n t he f un o f some t h r ee - yea r - o l ds i n one o f t he ve r y ac t i ve Ra i nbow P l ayg r oups .

naval fami l ies to help themselves byother setting up and activigroups ties. the Famiwi llyl Hopeful ly,workers Service become as wel asl known and estate acceptable and officers, communi ty and befamiInl iesa position to wel l before help a cr isis Prevent si tuationionis develops. better than cure. suppo r t

e r v i cu fami l iesthe does notseameanor that men at removed from thei r fami l ies take a back seat, we are service told. TheIs conf i dentlal avai lable to them.equal ly Capt . Oglesby's will families, not longbe experience lost to Service asheistaking upapost wiSailors', th theandSoldiers' Ai rmen's, Fam i l i es Assoc i a t i on .

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RNR t o prov i de d i ve rs AS PART o f i t s gene r a l i nc r ease i n s t r eng t h ' t he Roya l Nava l Rese r ve i s now t o have a D i v i ng Br anch , t o fu l f i l a l so an add i t i ona l wa r comm i t men t . The br anch wi l l be r equ i r ed t o prov i de d i ve rs capab l e o f t hr ee ro l es ' name l y tha t of sh i p ' s d i ve r (SD) ' por t d i ve r (PD) , and c l ea r ance d i ve r (CD) , The SD wi l l be capab l e o f a l l t asks cur ren t l y pe r f ormed by a Roya l Navy sh i p ' s d i ver ' and t he PD capab l e o f a l l t asks cur ren t l y pe r f ormed by t he RN D i ve r sub-br anch. The PD wi l l be a fu l l y t ra i ned SD who has r ece i ved add i t i ona l t ra i n i ng t o a l l ow h i m t o ca r ry ou t sur veys o f por t s and anchor ages i nc l ud i ng t he recogn i t i on bu t no t d i sposa l o f exp l os i ve ordnance dev i ces , The r e wi l l st i l l be a r equ i r e men t f or pe r sonne l i n o t he r br anches to ga i n t he SD addi t i ona l qua l i f i ca t i ons f or se rv i ce i n t ende rs , These pe r sonne l wi l l r ema i n i n the i r pa r en t br anch ' bu t the i r d i v i ng t ra i n i ng wi l l be adm i n i s t e r ed by t he D i v i ng Br anch . The br anch wi l l be es t ab l i shed on May 1, 1986 , and r ec ru i t men t wi l l beg i n on tha t da t e . Rec ru i t men t may be by new en t ry or s i deways ent ry . DC I (RN ) 9 / 86

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f or cha r ge ch i e f weapon eng i nee r i ng a r t i f i ce r w i l l f i nd t ha t t he

r ecen t l y - announced r ev i sed p r ocedu r e f o r advancemen t has now been amended. An o f f i c i a l s t a t emen t ex p l a i ns t ha t ch i e f WEAs e l i g i b l e by sen i or i t y w i l l be se l ec t ed by a boa rd t o a t t end t he cha rge ch i e f qua l i f y i ng cou r se on t he bas i s o f annua l r epor t s on f o r ms S264C. The boa rd w i l l s i t annua l l y i n Oc t obe r t o se l ec t a numbe r o f cand i da t es based on t he mann i ng r equ i r emen t s and t he t r a i n i ng p l aces ava i l ab l e . As i s cus t oma r y i n a se l ec t i on p rocess , success f u l

r a t i ngs w i l l have t he oppo r t un i t y o f r e f us i ng advance men t , and w i l l con t i nue t o se r ve as ch i e f , bu t r e f usa l o f advancemen t w i l l no t be a d i squa l i f i ca t i on f rom t he l oca l ac t i ng CCWEA ra t e .

Qua l i f y i ng cou r se Ch i e f s se l ec t ed by t he boa rd w i l l be dr a f t ed t o t he qua l i f y i ng cour se , and t h i s w i l l norma l l y happen i n t he yea r f o l l ow i ng se l ec t i on . Any se l ec t ed ch i e f who has l ess t han 18 mon t hs t o se r ve on comp l e t i on o f t he cou r se w i l l be r equ i r ed t o s i gn on t o comp l e t e r e t urn o f se rv i ce . Ch i e f s se r v i ng on t he 20E engagemen t who have l ess

t han t hr ee yea r s t o se r ve t o comp l e t e 32 yea r s o f se r v i ce on Decembe r 31 o f t he yea r i n wh i ch t he boa rd s i t s w i l l no t be e l i g i b l e f or se l ec t i on . " The qua l i f y i ng cour se " ' says t he announcemen t , " has been r edes i gned spec i f i ca l l y t o mee t t he s t r i ngen t demands on t he prospec t i ve cha rge ch i e f i n t he a r eas o f t echn i ca l ab i l i t y and sys t ems eng i nee r i ng managemen t . " The cou r se a t t r ac t s t he awa r d o f t he na t i ona l Ex am i na t i ons Boa r d f or Supe r v i sor y S t ud i es a t d i p l oma l eve l . I f a ch i e f f a i l s t o mee t t he s t anda rd on t he cou r se he w i l l con t i nue t o se r ve as ch i e f

and w i l l have t he op t i on o f l eav i ng t he Se r v i ce on t he da t e on wh i ch t he pr ev i ous engagemen t wou l d have exp i r ed.

Fo r se l ec t i on I t i s po i n t ed ou t t ha t whe r e t he new r egu l a t i ons r emove t he r equ i r emen t t o r epor t on ch i e f s t o HMS Co l I i ngwood , r epor t s may st i l l be r equ i r ed by HMS Cen t ur i on f or 20E se l ec t i on . Pr ospec t i ve cand i da t es shou l d s t udy t he i n t e r i m a r r angemen t s ' and t he fu l l de t a i l s o f t he r ev i sed advancemen t ru l es . DC I ( RN ) 12 / 86

THE SCHEME

f or cu t t i ng sh i p comp l emen t s dur i ng re f i ts ' announced i n 1985 , i s t o have i t s f i rs t t r i a l t h i s yea r w i t h t he r es t or a t i ve re f i t o f HMS A l ac r i t y a t Devonpo r t , The norma l ref i t comp l emen t measur es for t he ca r e , pro t ec f or a sh i p o f th i s s i ze wou l d be t i on and secur i t y of t he sh i p , abou t 100 ( i nc l ud i ng of f i cers) , i nc l ud i ng f i re preven t i on , dur i ng bu t i n t he case o f t he A l acr i t y t he pe r i od i n dockya rd hands. t he numbe r wi l l be dras t i ca l l y I t i s expec t ed tha t an of f i ce r r educed f or a s i gn i f i cant pe r i od wi l l be appo i n t ed t o t he s t a f f of o f t he ref i t . t he Commande r - i n -Ch i e f F l ee t Th i s means tha t t he ma j or i t y t o obse r ve t he conduc t o f t he o f t he sh i p ' s s t a f f ref i t t asks wi l l ref i t t r i a l ' and he l p i n reso l v i ng be t rans f e r red t o t he dockya rd adm i n i s t ra t i ve prob i ems . A ro l l i ng p r og r amme to author i t y. An announcemen t re f ers t o i mp l emen t t he po l i cy of r educi~ t he c i , n f ref i t corn PL l eme r i t s i s be i ng deve l oped . Sub j ec t t o expe r i ence ga i ned w i t h t he A l acr i t y , f ur t he r t r i a l s a r e expec t ed t o t ake p l ace . DC] (RN ) 2 / 86

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send for our bu l k orde r co l our P cal ease t a l ogue and pr i ce l i st for an

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THE 1986 I n t e rna t i ona l A i r Show wi l l t ake p l ace a t t he Army A i r Co rps Cen t r e ' M i dd l e Wa l l op ' t hroughou t t he week Ju l y 7 to 13 . Pub l i c days a r e on t he 12 t h and 13th , ( Announcemen t da t ed Jan 10 ,

1986 )

* Sa l vage SALVAGE se rv i ces by HMS K i rk l i s t on t o t he t r i ma r an Cha r l es He i ds i eck , on Novem be r 3-4 , 1984 ' have resu l t ed i n an awa rd wh i ch i s now r eady f or d i s t r i but i on . ( Announcemen t da t i bd Jan 10 , 1986 )

The r e ' s a mor a l -nere WELFARE counse l l i ng i s one o f t he i mpor t an t t asks for sen i or ra t es and o f f i cers i n t he Roya l Navy , and t hose i nvo l ved a r e e l i g i b l e t o app l y for cour ses e i t he r as beg i nne r s or t o i mprove the i r know l edge , The cour ses a r e among a w i de va r i e t y ava i l ab l e a t Ampo r t House ( the RAF Chap l a i ns ' Schoo l ) , Andove r ' Han t s , One cour se in " mor a l and we l f a r e l eade rsh i p " i s pa r t i cu l ar l y su i t ed t o po t en t i a l l ead i ng ra t es , bu t t he r e a r e a l so s t ud i es in Chr i s t i an f ounda t i on , chur ch mus i c ' and for l ay r eade rs ' RN chap l a i ns , and doc t ors , Cou r ses f or Roman Ca t ho l i c pe r sonne l have been a r r anged t o t ake p l ace a t t he Por t smou t h D i ocesan Pas t or a l Cen t r e , Pa r k P l ace , W i ckham ' Fa r eham , Han t s , DC] (RN ) 4 / 86

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ALL THE Se rv i ces a r e e l i g i b l e t o book accommoda t i on a t Norweg i an Lodge i n t he hea r t o f t he Ca i rngorms , seven m i l es f rom Av i emor e ' bu t f i rst p r e f e r ence goes t o t he Army . The a r ea o f f ers a w i de r ange o f summe r and w i n t e r spor t s , An of f i c i a l announcemen t ex p l a i ns t he book i ng a r r ange men t s . DC I (JS) 6 / 86

" He ' s j us t done one o f t hem Chu r ch cour ses ! "

4 LOWER - PA I D pe r sonne l I n t he Roya l Navy who a r e ma r r i ed and have ch i l dr en cou l d qua l i f y f o r t he r ece i p t o f Fam i l y I ncome Supp l emen t . Fo r I ns t ance , i n a f am i l y whe r e t he r e i s one ch i l d aged e i gh t and one aged 14 . F1S may be payab l e i f t he t o t a l week l y i ncome I s l ess t han £110 , wh i ch i s ca l cu l a t ed as £86 , p l us £11. 50 f or t he younge r ch i l d and £12. 50 f or t he o l de r one , " To t a l " i ncome I s

de f i ned as t he t o t a l g ross I ncome o f husband and w i f e , exc l ud i ng ch i l d bene f i t , ch i l dr en ' s I ncome , boa r d i ng / day schoo l a l l owance , l oca l ove r seas a l l owance , k i t upkeep a l l owance , ove r seas r ent a l l owance and r en t and r a t es r eba t e , Whe r e a f am i l y proceeds ove r seas , o r Is ove r seas , spec i a l ru l es app l y . Rev i sed qua l i f y i ng i ncome l eve l s came I n to ope r a t i on l as t Novembe r . DC] ( JS)8 / 86

D I SBANDMENT of t he Roya l A i r For ce Ma r i ne Br anch wi l l resu l t i n t he Roya l Navy t ak i ng ove r some o f t he t asks. Unde r r a t i ona l i za t i on a r r angemen t s , t he D i rec t ora t e o f Ma r i ne Se rv i ces (Nava l ) wi l l prov i de ma r i ne se r v i ces a t Pemb r oke Dock f or RAF Br awdy , a t Fa l mou t h for RAF S t Mawgan and t he Sea K i ng Tra i n i ng Un i t ' and a t Po r t s mou t h for RAF Benson . Whe r e no t prov i ded by cra f t of DMS( N ) ' t asks wi l l be unde r t aken by con t rac t or -ope r a t ed RAF vesse l s. RAF cra f t wi l l be based a t P l ymou t h , G r ea t Ya rmou t h ' I nve rgordon and Ho l yhead us i ng ex i s t i ng Se r v i ce suppor t f ac i l i t i es a t a l l l oca t i ons o t he r t han Gr ea t Ya rmou t h whe r e t he con t rac t or i s r equ i r ed t o prov i de h i s own fac i l i t i es , RAF ma r i ne cra f t ' unde r t he r a t i ona l i za t i on scheme ' w i l l unde r t ake t a rge t t ow i ng f or HMS Camb r i dge gunne r y range , DC I (JS) 4 / 85

* Less mo r se DECL I N I NG m i l i t a ry use o f mo r se has been no t ed i n a r ev i ew i nves t i ga t i ng t he future r equ i r emen t s o f t he Roya l Navy f or t he r ecep t i on and t r ans m i ss i on o f aud i o mor se . As a resu l t o f t he t ra i n i ng e f for t needed t o mee t ex i s t i ng ope r a t i ona l s t anda rds ' i t has been dec i ded tha t t hese s t an da rds shou l d be amended. An announcemen t se t s ou t t he new de t a i l s , DC] (RN ) 29 / 86

SMOKE CURTA I N CHOSEN I N THE l i ght of expe r i ence in t he Fa l k l ands , t empor a r y cur t a i ns we r e i n t roduced i n HM sh i ps a t ma i n wa t er t i gh t door s and t o sub-d i v i de l ong passages , to enab l e smoke bounda r i es to be ma i n t a i ned in t he even t o f d i s tor t i on a t t he doorways or f or t he passage o f pe r sonne l . Subma r i nes have s i m i l a r smoke cur t a i n a i r r angemen t s.

An of f i c i a l announcemen t says tha t f o l l ow i ng t r i a l s w i t h va r i ous ma t er i a l s , Co l umbus 300 f l ame r e t a rdan t v i scose / acry l a t f abr i c has been se l ec t ed as t he mos t su i t ab l e , Ex i s t i ng cur t a i ns wi l l become unse rv i ceab l e ,

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Lou j a i ne in the Roya l t han 1 ' 000 men , and t he burn He l l y-Aa " ' a r em i nde r of the , Ocean Rac i ng C l ub ' s Ca r i bbean She t l ands ' V i k i ng past . i ng o f a " l ongsh i p. " Race f rom Las Pa l mas to the i r A t Le rw i ck , t he I s l and-c l ass La t e r , t he men f rom t he Dur i ng t hr ee-day stay' An t i gua , He was ass i s t ed by the vesse l t ook pa r t i n t he midt he sh i p ' s company w i t nessed a She t l and r e t i r ed t o seve r a l sh i p ' s nav i ga t or ' L i eu t . Sp i ke w i n t e r f es t i va l o f ---Upt o r ch l i gh t process i on o f more " ha l l s " i n Le rw i ck t o con t i nue Hughes. t he rous i ng ce l ebra t i ons . t ook t he comb i ned They On t he f o l l ow i ng n i gh t t he C l ass 1 and 2 t rophy i n the Gu i ze r Jar l ( Head V i k i ng) pa i d race ' and on the i r ar r i va l 18-day + a r e t urn ca l l on t he sh i p w i t h 40 Le t t , 4k1S L~ Cas t l e er , t he boa t ~~ and r es t ed a t t he m i l l i ona i re ' s parat ak i ng a bee t l Ing o f h i s men - who we r e a l l we l l f ror r , a w i n t r y Fo r ce 10 ( and r~slng) . d i se t he An t i guan St James en t e r t a i n e d. C l ub by cour t esy o f Br i t i sh Ea r l i e r i n dep l oymen t - and Pe t e r de en t r epr eneur Sava ry . dur i ng a br i e f resp i t e f rom a t ro+ c i ous wea t he r - t he She t l and HMS A l de rney has now re a r res t ed a Du t ch vesse l wh i ch sumed he r f i shery pro t ec t i on was success fu l l y prosecu t ed f or du t i es a f t er he r f i rst re f i t . She j w i t h unde rs i ze ne t s i n i i ng eme r ged f rom t hef Rosy t h -s h + t he Nor t h Sea. Syncro l i f t l a t er t han expec t ed , The pa t ro l vesse l a l so v i s i t ed wh i ch a l l owed membe r s o f the Sunde r l and , B l y t h , No r t h sh i p ' s company t o fu l f i l a var i e t y o f o t he r ro l es , f rom Sh i e l d s , Hu l l and K i r kwa l l i n he l p i ng ou t o t he r sh i ps w i t h pe rsonne l t h e Or kneys . shor t ages - t o t he t ransa t l ant i c race . ROLE of an " enemy " sh i p was She hod ach i eved a success f u l The b r anch was con t i nu i ng a l i a i son prosecu t i on o f a Du t ch f i sh i ng vesse l w i t h t he F i she r y Pro t ec t i on Squad g i ven t o HMS Leeds Cas t l e c l ur wh i ch had con t r avened EEC mgu l aron , a l i nk wh i ch was f i rs t es t ab l i shed I ng Exe r c i se Wes t e rn Chance t i ons , and w i t h ~sh i p* have 6~ ho l d I n t he Sou t h - Weh-a,If dur i ng t he Second Wo r l d Wa r . SHARP- EYED r eade r s wi l l I nvo l ved In t he sea r ch f or t he wreckFORMER Roya l Navy f r i ga t e Du r i ng t he i r v i b i t ' t he assoc i a t i on have no t i ced tha t t he p i c t ure of App r oaches I n Februa r y . HMS Ta r t a r r ecomm i ss i ons a t age o f an RAF To rnado a i rcra f t which membe r s t our ed t he Leeds Cas t l e HMS Scy l l a ' s he l i cop t e r on h d c r ashed o f f F ! ambo r ough Read . Woo l s t on , Sou t hamp t on , on and HMS Gue rnsey , end we r e g i ver i a i t was one o f ta he a j a r dep l oymen ts Page 15 o f l ast mon t h ' s Navy Apr i l 3 as t he I ndones i an wa r I n a busy on t he sh i ps ' onshor e r e s e w i n t e r n season f or t t he a Af t e r l eave t t he Leeds i on News f eap Cas t l e ca l i ec i t ur ed he r Lynx no t a ' t a s k s . sh i p Kr i Hasanudd i n . She has V$~ , She was on a t f or br i e f as i n f i she ry pa t ro l Davonpor t a ma i n t enance s t a t ed t he Wasp capt ion. been r e f i t t ed by Vospe r ove r Chr e f i s t mas end o t he New r wh i ch she e The Wasp i nB du t y pe r i od , was hos t t o Eas t e r l eave , be dur i ng t he Leeds ques t i on Thornyc ro f t . Yea r , r e t s C a re t ard membe r sl o f B i r m i ngham e i i due t o v i s i t An t we rp w i th urn i ng t o Rosy t h f or t b r anch o f i l l es ' and it l onged t o HMS Ach Two o t he r Tr i ba l -c l ass f r i gi cave I n ea r l y Janua ry . t he RN Pa t ro l Se r v i ce Assm~n , HMS StubWngton , won t he t rophy f or t he best a t es , Zu l u and Gur kha , have t u r ned-ou t he l i cop t e r a t the been handed ove r to t he a l r e a d y Fa l k l ands He l i mee t 85 . I ndones i an Navy . yach t

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The new i t em is part icular ly su i t ab l e f or a i rborne and seabo r ne nav i ga t i ona l opera t i ons .

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t he de t a i l ed i ns t ruc t i ons seem l ess f orm i dab l e ' t hough qu i t e a l ot o f ve rb i age i s r equ i r ed for an exp l ana t i on o f t he va r i ous func t i ons . The obso l escenF t i t em i s t o con t i nue i n se r v i ce un t i l de f ec t i ve. DC1 (JS) 14 / 86

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NAMES a r e announced o f t he resu l t s o f t he 1985 se l ec t i on bea rds f or ch i e f pe t t y o f f i cer / ch i e f med i ca l t echn i c i an and ch i e f commun i ca t i ons t echn i c i an .

the i r cho i ce , r unn e r - up w i l l be o f f e red a w i t h f i e l d gun Tr a i n i ng yea r ' s membe r sh i p . equ i pmen t may no t s t ar t be fore The con t es t ' to be known as

daugh t e r s may l i ke t o ge t de ta i l s o f Chr i s t ' s Hosp i t a l , Ho r sham , wh i ch i s now co - educa t i ona l for 620 boys and 200 g i r l s. Beg i nn i ng w i t h t he r en t ry of o ch i l dren i n Sep t embe r 1986 , e l i g i b i l i ty f or en t ry has been ex t ended t o i nc l ude r a t i ng f am i l i es as we l l as of f i cers . Pa r en t s ' cont r i but i on t o f ees i s accord i ng t o an i ncome sca l e . The addr ess f or fur ther i n f o r ma t i on i s : The C l erk , Chr i s t ' s Hosp i t a l , 26 G r ea t Towe r - St ree t , London EC3R 5AL. ( Announcemen t da t e Jan. 31 , 1986) .

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The se l ec t i ons a r e i n t ended to mee t t he expec t ed vacanc ' i es ar i s i ng i n t he promo t i on yea r s t ar t i ng Janua r y 1 , 1986 . Shou l d t he r e be a shor t f a l l , th i s wi l l be me t by br i ng i ng I MPROVED t ra i n i ng i s p r om f orwa rd i n May ' 1986 , t he i sed by t he i nt roduc t i on of a e r ese rve Th se l ec t i ons , ma i n t a i ne rs e l ec t ron i cs cour se Al l t he success f u l cand i da t es f or pe t t y of f i cer ma r i ne eng i n wi l l be promo t ed by Decembe r ee r i ng mechan i cs (L) . 31 , 1986 . The course , o f f i ve weeks DC] (RN ) 21 / 86 dur a t i on , wi l l beg i n w i t h t he spr i ng t e rm 1986 a t HMS Co l l i ngwood . VOLUNTEERS a r e i nv i t ed for The a i m i s t o supp l emen t t he t he 1986 F i e l d Gun Compe t i t i on e l ec t ron i cs t ra i n i ng g i ven dur i ng t he LMEM ( L ) qua l i f y i ng cour se t ak i ng p l ace a t t he Roya l Tour namen t f rom Wednesday , Ju l y t o enab l e a pe t t y of f i cer t o 9 t o Sa t urday , Ju l y 26 . unde r t ake pre- j o i n i ng t r a i n i ng w i t h con f i dence , and t he r eby Ra t i ngs se rv i ng sea (home ) or shor e se rv i ce ( excep t new a f ford a gr ea t e r measu r e o f

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awa r ds we r e p r esen t ed by A i r Ch i e f Ma r sha l S i r Thomas Kennedy . He f i n i shed as t op s t uden t ' w i nn i ng t he G r ound Schoo l Trophy ; t he Bu l l dog Trophy f or t he bes t Bu l l dog i ns t ruc tor p i l ot ;

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t he Bu l l dog Cup f or t he bes t l ow- l eve l ae roba t i cs p i l ot ; and t he Cen t r a l F l y i ng Schoo l Tr ophy f or t he bes t s t uden t ove r a l l on a l l cou r ses ,

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RAF TOPCL I FFE Pe t r i s now i ns t ruc t i ng a t t he RN E l emen t a r y F l y i ng Tr a i n i ng Schoo l a t RAF Topc l i f f e , Yor ks ,

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d i d an i nst ructors ' course on Hawks , He won t he Hawk Trophy for t he bes t i nst ruc tor p i lot on tha t a i rcraf t and the Fo l l and Trophy for the bes t l ow-

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FERRANT1 eng i nee r s p r e sen t ed L i eu t , -Cdr . Br i an Shoo t e r , HMS Cambr i dge Pr o j ec t s Of f i cer , w i t h a 50 t h b i r t h day cake shaped l i ke a bas i c f i re con t ro l t ra i ner ' on t he same day t ha t t he f i rst o f t hr ee BFCT con t a i ne rs a r r i ved a t Wembu r y Po i n t by road , Br i an has been i nvo l ved s i nce 1983 in t he pro j ec t tha t con t i nues t he mode rn i sa t i on o f Camb r i dge to d i g i t a l gunne r y t ra i n i ng equ i pmen t .

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I F YOU eve r need t o ge t t wo new mo t o r ca r s i n t o t he London Unde rground , you cou l d a l ways ask t he Roya l Navy t o prov i de some f i e l d gunne r s t o he l p . The t wo F l ee t A i r A r m t eams d i d j us t t ha t on - Janua r y 15 when t hey ca r r i ed a coup l e o f Vauxha l l Be l me r i t s f rom Ox f o rd S t r ee t i n t o t he Bond S t r ee t s t a t i on book i ng o f f i ce . Reason f o r t h i s s l i gh t l y eccen t r i c behav i our was t o he l p I n t he l aunch o f t he new Vauxha l l s

and to s i gna l t he s t ar t of t he

gunne r s ' i n t ens i ve t r a i n i ng season f or t h i s yea r ' s Roya l Tou rnamen t . -

A L I FE - S I ZE por t ra i t o f t he Pr i me M i n i s t e r and he r Se r v i ce adv i se r s a t t he t i me o f t he Fa l k l ands wa r was unve i l ed by Adm i r a l o f t he F l ee t S i r John F i e l dhouse , Ch i e f o f t he De f ence St a f f , a t t he Nor t hwood headqua r t e r s o f t he Commande r - i n-Ch i e f F l ee t on Janua r y 27 . The 1Of t , by 6f t , 6 i n , pa i n t i ng by i nt erna t i ona l ar t i st Br enda Bur y shows Mr s Tha t che r a t a br i e f i ng i n HMS War r i or , f rom whe r e t he 1982 campa i gn was d i rec t ed . W i t h he r i n t he pa i n t i ng a r e Adm i r a l F i e l dhouse , who was Commande r - i n-Ch i e f F l ee t a t t he t i me ; t he Ch i e f o f Sta f f , V i ce -Adm i r a l Dav i d Ha l l i f ax ; t he F l ag O f f i ce r Subma r i nes , Rear Adm i r a l Pe t e r He rbe r t ; t he A i r O f f i ce r Command i ng ' A i r Ma r sha l S i r John Cur t i ss ; t he Commande r Land For ces ' Ma j , -Gen , Je r emy Moor e ; and L i eu t . -Gen . S i r R i cha rd Tran t ' who ac t ed as Land Depu t y a t Nor t hwood a f t er Gen , Moor e ' s depa r t ur e for t he Sou t h At l ant i c . The i dea f or t he pa i n t i ng or i g i na t ed t wo yea r s prev i ous l y w i t h Cap t , Ch r i s t ophe r Chambe r i en ' whose daugh t e r s sa t f or M i ss Bury when he was se rv i ng on t he s t a f f o f t he Sup r eme A l l i ed Commande r At l ant i c i n t he Un i t ed St a t es , He i s now t he Que en ' s Ha rbourmas t e r i n Por t smou t h .

Deg r ee o f success L i eut . -Cdr , Chr i s Ja rv i s , who l ef t t he Navy i n Novembe r ' has r ece i ved h i s l aw degr ee f rom Pr i ncess Anne ' Chance l l or o f London Un i vers i t y ' a t t he A l be r t Ha l l , H i s l ast appo i n t men t in a nava l ca r ee r spann i ng 26 yea r s was w i t h t he P l ann i ng Sta f f a t Moun t W i se ' P l ymou t h . He i s now wor k i ng f or a f i rm o f -- . . c i tors i n St Budeaux ,

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SURGEON CDR . E l i zabe t h Hodges i s t ru l y a f l y i ng doc t or . To he r many o t he r qua l i f i ca t i ons she has added t ha t o f p i l ot a f t e r comp l e t i ng a seven - week Bu l l dog f l y i ng cour se a t RAF L i n t on -on Ouse Nor t h Yor ksh i r e Sh e was t he f i rst woman in the Roya l Ca r ee r r n gr an t ed Co m i s s i on and has recen t l y become t he f i rst l ady doc tor t

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+ Lea rn i ng t o f l y a Bu l l dog a t RAF L i n t on - on-Ouse and wea r i ng t he i ns i gn i a o f he r new r ank ( above l e f t ) i s Su r geon Cdr . Hodges .

ma nd e r - on even t wh i ch c a u s e d some anx i e t y on t he un i f orm f ront , The r e was no " brass hat ' in ex i s t ence to go w i th he r promo t ion, so one had to be des i gned and made be fore she t ook up he r appo i n t men t as Med i ca l Of f i cer - i n-Charge of the Cent ra l Ai r Med i ca l Boa rd and the Ai r Med i ca l Schoo l a t Sea f i e l d Park , Surgeon Cdr , Hodges has spec i a l i sed in av i a t i on med i c i ne ' and dec i ded to l earn to f l y so tha t she cou l d exper i ence for herse l f some of t he st ra i ns and s t resses to wh i ch a i rcrew are Geo f f r ey ( above ) and sub j ec t ed , He l en (be l ow) Dav i es No t tha t she was unf ami l i a r ach i eved a f am i l y doub l e w i th l i fe in t he ai r ' hav i ng l ogged a t BRNC Da r t mou t h on a round 100 hours in a l l Roya l Decembe r 19 when t hey Navy a i rcraf t excep t the Sea gr adua t ed a t t he same Har r i er . Many of those hours pass i ng ou t pa rade . The have been spent on dut y in bro ther and s i s t er j o i ned

t he co l l ege on t he same day i n May l as t yopar , Geo f f r ey , a gr adua t e i n geog r aphy a t S t Cu t h be r t ' s ham , j o i ns HMS Heca t e f or t hr ee mon t hs wh i l e He l en has s t a r t ed a Jun i o r Supp l y O f f i ce rs Cour se .

L i t t l e Sh i ps sa l u t e Yac l i BROADCASTER Raymond Bax t e r , honor a r y adm i r t he Assoc i a t i on o f Dunk i r k L i t t l e Sh i ps , a C I NCFLEET t o send t he F l ag O f f i ce r Roya l Ya Rea r -Adm i r a l John Gam i e r , t he f o l l ow i ng s i gna l : " Dunk i r k L i t t l e Sh i ps sa l u t e your Ba l sac r epe t he i r Dynamo . Ru l e Br i t ann i a . " ( Ba l sac was codename f or t he Aden evacua t i on) . Rea r -Adm i r a l Gam i e r r ep l i ed: " P l ease pass g r a t hanks t o Raymond Bax t e r f or h i s k i nd message w has been ve r y much appr ec i a t ed by a l l RN ! pe r sonne l o f f Aden . "

Sea r ch anc l Rescue ope r a t i ng f rom HMS Daeda l us . The daugh t e r of a now re t i red GP ' Su r geon Cdr . Hodges j o i ned

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Un i vers i t y and t he London Hosp i ta l , He r i n t eres t i n av i a t i on med i c i ne . began dur i ng he r f i rs t appo i n t men t a t RN a i r s t a t i on Yeov i l t on.

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C I V I L I ANS Dave Pr i ce and Ray Tha t che r cou l dn ' t a f ford t o c i et A t eam o f ch i e f commun i cathe i r w i r es c rossed when t hey t i on s yeoman f rom HMS Me rr ep l aced t he ma i n pa t ch i ng cury gave an exce l l en t account pane l i n t he Commun i ca t i ons BR I AN PURNELL o f t hemse l ves in G r anada TeleCe n t r e a t For t Sou t hw i ck . v i s i on ' s " Busman ' s Ho l i day " f our -day v i s i t to Copenhagen as They made ove r 15 , 000 con n e quc i z show , w i nnt i ng the i r f i rst i gues ton s o f t he Roya l Du t ch st o comp l e t e mo r e t han round ma t ch be f or e be i ng nar170 c i rcu i ts , a t ask wh i ch t ook Navy , On the i r second appea r ance t hem nea r l y 1 ' 000 man hours. row l y e l i m i na t ed on their s e c ond appea r ance on Februt hey we r e bea t en i nto second Bu t Dave and Ray comp l e t ed a r y 25. p l ace by t hr ee m i n i ng surt he pro j ec t w i t h a m i n i mum of 0 CCYs Dav i d Nut t a l l , Dav i d veyors , Dav i d Turne r i s st i l l in d i s r up t i on to t he Commcen , Turne r and M i ke G l end i nn i ng HMS Me r cury ' Dav i d Nut t a l i is wh i ch hand l es a l l t he s i gna l + now i n HMS G l amorgan , and t r a f f i c i n and ou t o f romped home on Februa r y 18 a t eam o f educat ional M i k e i s on t he s t a f f o f HMS Commande r - i n- Ch i e f Nava l ag a i ns t 0 " Home Command ' s h i l l , - top psycho l og i s t s and a t eam of F l y i ng Fox , Br i s t o l D i v i s i on 0 a RNR ,r l i brar i ans , The i r pr i ze was a h e a dqu t e r s ove r l ook i ng Por t smou t h . F i na l cu t was ce r emon i ous l y c a r r i e d ou t by Second O f f i ce r Ch r i s Pou l t er . -, Da ve and Ray a r e on t he 0 0 s t a f f o f t he Base Se r v i ces 0 Manage r , Por t smou t h .

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L i eut , -Cdr , Br i an Purne l l ' S pro f ess i ona l i sm i n t he f i e l d o f ca t e r i ng and ca t e r i ng manage ' . . . . men t has been r ecogn i sed by :L. t h e Ho t e l Ca t e r i ng and Inst i tu t i ona l Managemen t Assoc i a t ' i on ( HC1MA) by t he awa rd o f a c e r t i f i c a t e o f membe r sh i p . Br i an wo r ks in t he M i n i s t ry o f D e f e n c e as t he Roya l Navy ' s adv i se r on sh i p ga l l ey des i gn and ca t e r i ng equ i pmen t , He 0 > j o i ned t he Navy as a cook i n 1959 and was comm i ss i oned i n 1975 . Me r cur y ' s " Busmen " a r e ( f rom l e f t t o r i ght ) M i ke G i end i nn i ng , Dav i d Nu t t a l l and Dav i d Turner . ..

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ave Pr i ce ( l ef t ) , Second O f f i ce r a t che r make t he u t t e r and R_ f i na l cu t ay a t COmmcen on t he ma i n Pa t ch i ng Pane l For t Sou t hw i ck. P i c t ur ea PO ( Pho t ) M i ck mac McBa r ron .

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G Ă&#x2020;hu~r i tl "7 to beg i n a t home MARVELLOUSLY gene rous a t he l p i ng " ou t s ; de " good causes of eve r y k i nd ' sa i l ors - i t i s some t i mes c l a i med - a r e no t a l ways so qu i ck of f t he ma r k a t a i d i ng the i r own char i t i es , i s t he r e no t a s t rong case for char i t y beg i nn i ng a t home? Howeve r ' in th i s ed i t i on we repor t t wo sh i n i ng examp l es whe r e m i gh t y e f for t s a re now unde r way to he l p f orme r sh i pma t es who we r e i nvo l ved in t rag i c acc i den t s , Many peop l e . a re p l eased to be ab l e to t ake par t in cash ra i s i ng ac t i v i t i es wh i ch ' apa r t f rom t he f i nanc i a l ob j ec t i ve ' prov i de t he chance to expr ess t hose genu i ne f ee l i ngs of comr adesh i p wh i ch i n t he Se rv i ce can run so deep , In t he case o f ex - CPO Snowy C l i ngham ' pa r a l ysed f rom t he wa i s t down i n an acc i den t a t Por t smou t h nava l base in 1983 , seve ra l groups who have l earnt o f h i s pr ed i camen t a re t ak i ng par t i n even t s t o ra i se cash t owa rds spec i a l equ i pmen t , S i m i l ar l y , i n t he case of AB Pau l Shor t en , pa r a l ysed f rom t he wa i s t down in an acc i den t l ast yea r , a se r i es o f even t s by d i f f erent groups has been he l d t o ra i se money t owa rds wor k to adap t h i s home . Al l wi l l w i sh t he e f for t s i nvo l ved eve r y poss i b l e success ,

Na t i ona l campa i gn

W i t hou t commen t i ng on t hese as i nd i v i dua l cases , by co i nc i dence we repor t t hem a t a t i me wh i ch has j us t seen t he l aunch of a na t i ona l campa i gn on t he i mp l i ca t i ons o f Sec t i on Ten o f t he 1947 Crown Proceed i ngs Ac t , Th i s prom i ses t o pr esen t a forc i b l y - argued case i n Pa r l i amen t and e l sewhe r e ma i n t a i n i ng t he r e i s an i n j us t i ce i n tha t Se rv i ce pe rsonne l canno t sue for compensa t i on in neg l i gence cases because of Crown i mmun i t y , In th i s ' i t i s c l a i med t hey f i nd t hemse l ves a t d i sadvan t age compa r ed w i t h o t he r groups . The campa i gne r s say tha t wha t t hey a r e t a l k i ng abou t a r e no t wa r r i sks - accep t ed as , par t o f t he Se r v i ceman ' s lot - bu t o f how i n some peace t i me acc i den t c i r cums t ances ' du r i ng t ra i n i ng for i ns t ance ' subs t ant i a l sums of compensa t i on wh i ch a re a poss i b i l i t y for c i v i l i ans a re den i ed t he Se r v i ceman . The campa i gn wi l l pe rhaps br i ng to t he a t t ent i on of Se rv i ce pe rsonne l some t h i ng to wh i ch t hey had prev i ous l y g i ven l i t t l e t hough t , They wi l l be i nt eres t ed in wha t i s sa i d on a l l s i des as t hey no t e any progr ess i t makes .

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MORE THAN 100 Navy f i re f i ght ers and sa l vage spec i a l i s t s we r e i n t he f or e f ron t o f a ma r a t hon ope r a t i on t o t ack l e a b l aze on boa rd a L i byan f r e i gh t e r and t o pro t ec t Por t l and Ha r bou r f r om se r i ous po l l u t i on , The f i re on boa rd the 7 , 000- t on Ebn Mag i d r aged f or days and was on l y brough t unde r con t ro l when she was beached and progress i ve l y f l ooded , On Februa r y 10 - t wo weeks a f t er t he f i re had s t ar t ed - t he vesse l was re f l oa t ed , moo r ed t o a Navy buoy , and handed back t o he r mas t e r , Dorse t F i re Serv i ce bore the brunt of the hazardous and d i f f i cu l t f i re f i ght i ng opera t i on and membe r s o f the br i gade we re rema i n i ng on boa rd to ensur e tha t t he r e was no re - i gn i t i on . I t was t hough t l i ke l y tha t t he sh i p wou l d be t owed away ' a l t hough he r des t i na t i on was st i l l be i ng nego t i a t ed as Navy News wen t t o press . A t one t i me dur i ng t he eme rgency , t he Mag i d was ab l aze a l mos t f rom s t em t o s t e rn wh i l e Roya l Ma r i t i me Aux i l i a ry vesse l s a l ongs i de he r we r e used as p l a t f o r ms f or t he c i v i l i an and Navy Um f l o t e r s ,

The opera t i on ' unde r the overa l l cont ro l of the Ch i e f Adm i ra l t y Sa l vage Of f i cer ' i nvo l ved f i re cont ro l t eams f rom HMS Ospr ey and Roya l Navy vesse l s i nc l ud i ng I - IM sh i ps Al acr i ty ' Argonau t ' Ed i nburgh ' Eurya l us and Ga l a t ea .

Chem i ca l s The rma l i mag i ng came ras - wh i ch can de t ec t the sea t of a f i re - we re cont r i but ed by Ospr ey and by some of the sh i ps ' t eams and proved i nva l uab l e dur i ng the opera t i on . F i rst phase of the eme rgency began on Janua ry 28 when the f re i ght er sent out a d i st ress s i gna l wh i l e 21 mi l es south-wes t of Por t l and . F i re had broken out in a cargo of an i ma l f eed cake i n one o f he r ho l ds am i dsh i ps . She was a l so car ry i ng seve ra l t housand ga l l ons o f chem i ca l s - e t hano l and bu t ano l - as we l l as veh i c l es and 13- t on con t a i ne rs on he r uppe r deck .

The s t re t ched Type 42 des t royer HMS Manches t e r and t he Ge r man f r i ga t e N i edersachsen , work i ng -up of f Por t l and , es cor . ted the Mag i d to an anchorage i n the harbour . Af t er exper t assessment ' the Mag i d was brough t a l ongs i de the nava l base to enab l e

C i v i l i an and nava l f i re t eams ba t t l e to cont ro l t he b l aze on boa rd t he L i byan f re i ght er Ebn Mag l d a l ongs i de Por t l and nava l base . Meanwh i l e , docks i de c r anes l i f t ca rgo f rom t he sh i p ' s uppe r deck . In t he f or eground i s HMS A l acr i t y wh i ch con t r i bu t ed t o t he Navy ' f l re f l ght l ng t eams . Dorse t F i re Serv i ce to t ack l e the f l ames . C i v i l i an emp l yees of the base ' backed up by nava l personne l ' wor ked a l l tha t n i ght and

t hroughou t t he f o l l ow i ng day t o un l oad ca rgo i nc l ud i ng d rums o f chem i ca l s .

The F i re Br i gade and nava l f i re t eams wor ked in re l ays in dense smoke and i nt ense hea t to cont a i n the b l aze ' wh i ch never the l ess worsened on the even i ng of January 29 a f ter an exp l os i on in one of the ho l ds .

D i v i ng t eam By t he f o l l ow i ng morn i ng t he f i re had f l ared ou t of con t ro l and t he vesse l was moved away f rom t he base by RMAS tugs ' and beached ha l f a m i l e f rom t he Causeway . F i re f i ght i ng con t i nued w i t h t eams ope r a t i ng f rom t he RMAS t ug Ro l l i cke r and t he sa l vage vesse l K i nbr ace unde r t he d i r ec t i on o f Adm i r a l t y sa l vage of f i cers . Con t ro l was re ga i ned by l a t e a f t e rnoon a f t er t he ho l ds had been f l ooded.

The Dog- c l ass RMAS t ugs Basse t ' Sheepdog and A l sa t i an we r e a l so i nvo l ved i n t he ope r a t i on ' as was t he RMAS Por t D i v i ng Un i t wh i ch checked f or damage t o t he Mag i d ' s hu l l a f t er she had been beached . Gr ea t ca re had t o be t aken dur i ng t he ope r a t i on t o f l ood t he ho l ds. Too much wa t e r wou l d have l ed t o t he br eak- up o f t he beached f re i ght er , so wa t e r was l e t i n t o one ho l d ' t hen pumped ou t i nto t he nex t , and so on . The sa l vage t eams a l so had t o ensur e tha t no pu l l u t i on occur r ed w i t h i n t he ha rbour whose vu l ne rab l e a reas i nc l ude a sa l mon f i shery and coas t a l l e i sure resources. C l ose con t ac t was ma i n t a i ned t hroughou t t he eme rgency w i t h conce rned organ i sa t i ons , i nc l ud i ng t he Wessex Wa t e r Au t hor i t y and t he M i n i s t ry o f Ag r i cu l ture , F i she r i es and Food . " I t was a supe rb comb i ned ope r a t i on ' ha l l ma r ked by t he h i gh degr ee o f l i a i son and co-ope r a t i on be t ween t he Se rv i ce and o t he r agenc i es i nvo l ved , " sa i d a Roya l Navy spokesman.

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Tr ophy , 1985 - ' Ba r r and S t r oud HMS po i n t s ) ; 2 , (18 Va l i an t 1 , HMS (16) . sp l end S i ng l e sho t i nd i v i dua l C l asses : 2 , HMS d; - 1 , HMS sp l end i HMS Va l i an t . Commen o r ac l e ; - 1 , HMS opossum ; S t e r eo pa i r s commend : 2 , HMS Sw l f t su r e ; sweep pano S t e r ee oce l o t . S HMS a l l an t ; 2 , HM HMS - HMS r ama V ' , nded Com i r m .... oppo r t une ; Gene r a l Pho t o t). Revenge - (Por 2 , HMS 1 , HMS Va l I an t ; - HMS Reso g r aphY Onyx ; commen l u t i on (por t ) .

ture - A f i ne l i ne - ove r l ap pSi iceve , R i gh t Cr u i se r Russ i an nuc l ea r 01 t he by a RN 1::--: : pho t Dg r ophed subma r i ne . F l ee t powe r ed on t he - HMS Ac t i ve Be l ow end o f a p r ac t i ce of r ece i v i ng O f f t he i s l e ... t o rpe t10 a t t ack o r ac l e t ook subma r i ne HM Ar rE i n " : t he pho t og r aphs .

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ON DECEMBER 13, 1915 , HM Subma r i ne E l i ra i sed her per i scope above the sw i f t -mov i ng wa t ers of the Bosphorus and t ook a pho t ograph of Cons t ant i nop l e Ha rbour . I t was mu r ky and s l i ght l y o f f -cent re -

bu t accur a t e enough t o show t he ma i n

f ea tures o f t he enemy Tur k ' s de f ences ,

And f r om t h i s , p robab l y t he t i ona l pe r i scope p i c t ur e , t he r e w i de r ange o f pho t ogr aph i c pr ac t i sed by t he Roya l Navy

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Pe r i scope pho t ogr aphy has a numbe r o f app l i ca t i ons . I t i s a use f u l a i d t o nav i ga t i on and has been emp l oyed t o gr ea t e f f ec t f or propa ganda purposes dur i ng bo t h Wo r l d Wa r s . Bu t i t i s t he ope ra t i ona l ro l e i n r econna i ssance and i nt e l l i gence ga t he r i ng t ha t t akes pr i or i t y i n t he annua l Pe r i scope pho t ogr aphy compe t i t i on , t he resu l t s o f wh i ch we r e recen t l y announced . The cove t ed Ba r r and S t roud Trophy f or t he bes t overa l l pe r c f ormance was won by HMS Va l i an t ' a nuc l ea r powe r ed F l ee t subma r i ne based a t Fas l ane on t he C l yde . Pe r i scope pho t ogr aphs aren ' t pe r f ec t Pa t r i ck L i ch f i e l d probab l y wou l dn ' t t h i nk much

of them' anyway . I t is di f f i cul t to overcome the prob l ems of f i l ter ing an i mage through 30f t . of stee l tube c r ammed w i th l enses and pr i sms ,

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w i t h t he v i ew i ng op t i c bu f f e t ed by t he waves a f ew i nches above t he sur f ace On t he o t he r hand ' t he came r aman down be l ow i s no t Pi cture . LA(Phot ) Hashmukh Aml i wa l a i n t e res t ed i n pre t t y p i c tures , He wan t s i n f orma t i on - and he wou l d ra t he r h i s enem i es d i d no t know he was ge t t i ng i t . Fo r pe r i scope p i c tures t o be any use ' t hey mus t be t aken i n secre t . Each o f t he Roya l Navy ' s subma r i nes i n se rv i ce has a pho t ogr aph i c of f i cer and a t l eas t one ass i s t ant . F i rs t o f t he compe t i t i on ' s ca t egor i es i s t he s i ng l e shot . A l l

ALG I ERS HONOURS ARROW GRAVES HMS ARROW ' S sh i p ' s company pa i u L I I UUe a i me gr aves o f o l d Ar rows dur i ng a d i p l oma t i c and sa l es v i s i t t o A l g i ers , They l a i d wr ea t hs and sa id pr aye rs a t t he gr aves o f n i ne membe r s o f t he pr ev i ous - HMS Ar row ' k i l l ed when the i r sh i p was bad l y damaged as a ca rgo sh i p she was ass i s t i ng exp l oded a l ongs i de he r i n A l g i e rs ha rbour dur i ng t he Second Wo r l d Wa r . The gr aves i n t he De l y I Br ah i m and E l A l i a ceme t e r i es are

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I l l us t r i ous wa t chkeepe r THE Janua r y i t em abou t HMS I l l us t r i ous and he r bosun , L i eu t Cdr . Dav i d Je f f ree , shou l d have exp l a i ned tha t he has ca r r i ed ou t 1 ' 000 hour s wa t chkeep i ng wh i l e on boa rd t he car r i er dur i ng t he l ast t wo yea rs or so .

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t i me . POAEA J. M. Morgan-Hosey . vas the f i rs t

r ec i p i en t . I t w i l l be awa r ded each yea r t o t he s t uden t show i ng mos t app l i ca t i on and endeavou r on t he a i r eng i nee r i ng a r t i f i ce r qua l i f y i ng cou r se . i n ou r p i c t ur e , Mr s . Ma r gue r i t e Megson p r esen t s t he awa r d t o P0 Mo r gan - Hosey , who i s accompan i ed by h i s w i f e . Mr s . Megaon ' s son , Mr . N i ge i Megson , and t he p r esen t command i ng o f f i ce r o f HMS

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Daeda i us , Cap t . Roge r Moy l an - Jones , we r e among t hose who a t t ended t he ce r emony . Cap t . Megson j o i ned Daeda i us as a boy i n 1946 and 37 yea r s l a t e r r e t u rned t o command t he es t ab l i shmen t a f t e r a ca r ee r as an a i r eng i nee r i ng o f f i ce r .

the p i c tures are t aken on h i gh

powe r magn i f i ca t i on o f 6X or 7X - or t he equ i va l en t o f a t e l epho t o l ens . Fo r " s t e r eo pa i rs " t wo sho t s o f t he t arge t a r e t aken f rom d i f f erent pos i t i ons and when v i ewed t hrough s t e reo g l asses g i ve a 3D e f f ec t wh i ch p i cks ou t f a r mo r e de t a i l t han a norma l , t wo-d i mens i ona l shot , An ex t ens i on o f th i s i s t he " s t e r eo sweep panor ama . " The pe r i scope i s swung t hrough an a r c and 14 p i c tures a r e snapped o f f i n success i on ' l a t er t o be ove r l apped and j o i ned toge ther . The cap t a i n o f t he subma r i ne w i l l no t wan t to expose h i s pe r i scope f or t oo l ong and t he sweep shou l d t ake l ess t han a m i nu t e .

Commando Th i s t echn i que is used for photograph i ng coast l ines - and

obv i ous l y t he s t e reo e f f ec t is use f u l when p l ann i ng commando - s t y l e l and i ngs , Bu t t o ob t a i n th i s he w i l l have t o go t h rough t he who l e process aga i n. On a sma l l e r sca i e ' l i ne ove r l ap p i c tures can be t aken on t he move t o ge t a c l ose -up v i ew o f an enemy sh i p . Some o f t he resu l t s o f t he compe t i t i on a r e c l ass i f i ed . Those t ha t a re r e l eased f o r pub l i ca t i on st i l l re f l ec t t he cont i nued i mprovemen t o f t he ar t o f pe r i scope pho t ogr aphy - 70 yea rs on f rom t ha t f i rst e f for t by El l ,

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I F YOU ' RE g i ven a coup l e o f hundr ed m i l l i on pounds ' wor t h a f t er , such as a Roya l Navy subma r i ne , i t i s par t o f t he Cap t a i n see tha t you know exac t l y wha t you ' re do i ng. Ye t i n t he h i gh ly " Subma r i ne , " CSST d i d no t ge t a men t i on - and was no t pan wor k has a wor l d-w i de reput a t i on . Subma r i ne rs , pe rhaps mor e r----. - -

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ABOVE : Ou t f or a duck The c r ew o f t he 0 - c l ass d i ese l powe r ed subma r i ne HMS Ons l augh t p r ac t i se t he i r man ove r boa r d , ca l m wea t he r rou t i ne .

t han any o t he r seamen , need t o be t r a i ned t o an abso l u t e peak of e f f i c i ency , I n a subma r i ne anyone can save - or s i nk - t he boa t and a l l he r c r ew , You r e ly t o t a l l y on t he man s t and i ng next t o you, Today t he sa f e t y s t anda rds and smoo t h ope ra t i ona l capab i l i t y o f t he Roya l Navy Subma r i ne Command a re t he envy o f mos t o f t he wor l d ' s subma r i ne na t i ons . Bu t be f or e CSST came i nto be i ng i n 1973 t he c l ockwo r k was ' we l l , a b i t rus t y i n p l aces . I n t he l a t e 1960s and ea r l y 1970s a numbe r o f n i gg l i ng i nc i den t s occur r ed tha t added up t o sugges t t ha t a l l was no t we l l w i t h t he subma r i ne wor k - up sys t em . So CSST was se t up as an organ i sa t i on w i t h i ts base

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Ca t a l ys t " I t was a case o f ' He r e t hey come sha rp i n t ake o f brea t h ' t ry t o sm i l e he r e ' s CSST aga i n " " r eca l l s L i eu t . -Cdr . Russ Came ron ' cur r en t l y S15 f f -Supp l y O f f i ce r and respons i b l e f or sa f e t y ha rbour t ra i n i ng . Bu t i n r ecen t yea rs t he r e has been a b i g change i n a t t i tudes on bo t h s i des. " We t ry t o ac t as a ca t a l ys t ' t o g i ve adv i ce ' t o he l p . The r e a re l ot s o f ways o f do i ng t h i ngs and so l ong as t hey r each t he same end - t o ach i eve t he s t anda rds t he F l ag O f f i ce r Subma r i nes demands - we can a f f ord t o be f l ex i b l e . And now t he subma r i ne command i ng o f f i ce rs t hemse l ves a re ask i ng us t o come

a l ong and gi ve them a hand , " When a submar i ne emerges f rom a ref i t ' or any extended per i od a longside, old habi ts have to be re- l earned unt i l they become second na ture aga in. At sea' the qua l i f i ed " r ider " f rom CSST wi l l take things easy at f i rst ' but by the end of a week ' s t ra ining he wi l l be bowl i ng ha l f a dozen fast ba l ls at a t ime. The capta in in the cont rol room wi l l have to suf fer a lot of f r iendly adv i ce . . . D i sas t e r s

" You ' ve go t t oo much pe r i scope ra i sed . . . Why i s your w i re l ess mas t up? " . . . Have you f i n i shed t ransm i t t i ng? " - - and a l l t he t i me he has to keep an eye on t he ope ra t i ona l s i de ' t he t ask wh i ch h i s subma r i ne i s supposed t o be ca r ry i ng ou t . Fo r exe rc i se -purposes a l l sor t s o f d i sas t ers and d i s t rac t i ons have been s i mu l a t ed - and when you ' r e wo r r i ed abou t a he l l -br ew o f hydr au l i c and h i gh-pressure a i r burs t s and assor t ed f i res and f l oods i t i s a l l t oo easy t o forge t when t he l ast nav i ga t i ona l f i x was made . The man f r om CSST has no t f orgo t t en ' t hough . . . " On Day One peop l e come ou t o f re f i t sound i ng l i ke a s t amped i ng he rd o f b i son " ' sa i d t he s t a f f execu t i ve of f i cer .

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" For t wo yea rs t hey ' ve been used t o c l omp i ng up and down t en f l i ght s o f st a i rs i n t he re f i t ya rd and t hey do t he same when t hey ge t t o sea tha t ' s wha t i t 's a l l abou t ' ge t t i ng t o be i ng back a t sea peo. p l e used aga i n ' t h i nk i ng ope r a t i ona l l y and t h i nk i ng sa f e t y . " Cav i t a t i on ' t he no i se made by a boa t ' s prope l l er ' s passage t hrough t he wa t e r , can be a prob l em a t h i gh speeds . And i t shou l d be second na t ur e t o ask pe rm i ss i on to pump b i l ges - or you ' r e go i ng t o g i ve t he Cap t a i n a nas t y surpr i se i f he happens t o be l ook i ng t hrough t he pe r i scope . . .

by J i m A l l away On the engineer ing side, things were obv ious l y much easi er in the pre-nuc l ear age . Now there is a w i den i ng range of submar i ne c l asses to get used to. Cdr . Chr i s Hi l l ' Commande r Eng ineer ing' sa id: " O f necess i t y peop l e wi l l have to chop and change f rom one boa t to another and the many di f ferent classes therefore pro-

duce a l a rge se l f - t ra i n i ng l oad ' as we st i l l have to keep up t o a h i gh abso l u t e s t anda rd on t he CSST " sta f f . When t he sea t i me i s added t o t he con t i nua l round o f v i s i ts t o dockya rds and re f i t groups ' mos t CSST peop l e w i l l spend as much and some t i mes even mor e t i me away f rom home t han t he ave r age subma r i ne r who is se rv i ng i n a boa t . I t a l l amoun t s t o a pre t t y st i f f sen t ence o f sepa r a t i on f rom home and hea r t h . L t Pau l Jupp ' t he DV , [EO ' r eckons he spends 21-22 days away each mon t h. CSST w i l l a l so he l p sha rpen up a sh i p ' s company tha t has become a b i t rus t y a f t e r a l ong ma i n t enance pe r i od by ass i s t i ng w i t h Con t i nua t i on Sea Tr a i n i ng (COST) . Th i s may be wa r f a r e or sa f e ty or i en t a t ed and may be i n i t i a t ed a t t he r eques t o f subma r i ne or squadron .

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Spec i a l work -ups may a l so be car r i ed pu t for i nd i v i dua l opera t i ons or for ex t reme cond i t i ons ' such as opera t i ng i n the t rop i cs or in po l ar reg i ons . Commande r CSST ' Cdr . Jona t han Cooke , l i kes to th i nk they de l i ver a good produc t : " To ach i eve th i s we mus t do a ma j or par t of the wor k -up i n deep wa t er and th i s i nev i tab l y i nvo l ves spend i ng cons i de r ab l e per i ods cont i nuous l y on board . " Because we ' re go i ng out i nto the areas whe r e submar i nes m i gh t be opera t i ng for rea l - and i t t akes a day ' s passage to ge t i nto deep wa t er f rom Fas l ane - our s t andard per i od a t sea is t en days , wh i ch is comp l e t e l y d i f f erent f rom the t ype of t ra i n i ng g i ven by FOST to sur f ace sh i ps . " L i v i ng for tha t amoun t o f t i me on a sh i p - and a pre t t y conf i ned one at tha t - means you rea l l y ge t t o know how everyone ' s ge t t i ng a l ong . " The CSST sta f f a l so requ i re crews to unde rgo tests of the i r a l er tness s i mu l a t ed i nt ruder a t t acks on ber thed or moor ed submar i nes wh i ch are known unde r the co l l ec t i ve t e rm of " Exerc i se Awkwa rd . " O t he r prob l ems wh i ch a re dr eamed up i nc l ude those wh i ch are not norma l l y f aced by a subma r i ne crew ' but wh i ch cou l d c rop up . . .

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ABOVE : N i gh t d r ama as CSST s t ages a ma j o r ha r bou r f i re exe r c i se a t F~ne , H i gh dens i t y f oam i * used t o comba t t he subma r i ne ' s dead l i es t enemy ; Je t s o f wa t e r cou l d upse t t he boa t ' s de l i ca t e t r i m w i t h undes i r ab l e r esu f t L

Hu r r i cane " For one subma r i ne we st ar t ed of f w i th a d i saster exerc i se " ' sa i d CSST ' s Coxswa i n ' CPO Robe r t Fu l ton . " We sent a s i gna l say i ng th i s i s l and had been s t ruck by a hur r i cane and the p l ace was devas t a t ed and then we pu t a f ew l ads in a boa t and l anded t hem in a wooded area near here and to l d t hem to ge t on w i th i t . " The re we re a dozen casua l t i es s t rewn abou t and they had to t rea t t hem , f eed t hem and bu i l d a d i n i ng ha l l ' l at r i nes and a ga l l ey out of dus tb i ns and b i ts of p l anks ' me t a l and br i cks . " Don ' t l augh - i t sounds a b i t l i ke Boy Scout s but hur r i canes do happen and i f the Roya l Navy is a t hand we p i t ch in and he l p - and the Roya l Navy m i gh t we l l be a submar i ne . "

LEFT : Whe t he r f a t homs deep o r h i gh and dr y , subma i l ne r a mus t be r eady f or any t h i ng . He r e , du r i ng a r e l i e f exe r c i se , t hey a r e r nu i r i ed t o bu i l d cook i ng f ac i l i t i es ou t o f o l d dua t b i ns on an i s l and i n t he C l yde es t ua r y . Th i e t r a i n i ng cou l d come i n handy i f t he i r boa t i s on t o b r i ng eme r gency r i ed i e f t o a commun i t y h i t by some na t u r a l d i sas t e r such as a hu r r i cane .

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Med i ca l ca r e Rea l househo l d -Vpe acc i dent s on boa rd are surpr i s i ng l y rare . The re are a f ew med i ca l prob l ems to wa t ch ou t for in submar i nes and CSST ' s own qua l i f i ed staf f have an i mpor t ant ro l e i n mon i t or i ng and keep i ng t hem unde r cont ro l . Po l ar i s subma r i nes car ry a doc tor on each pa t ro l and so do nuc l ea r i nes on an powe r ed f l ee t submar ex t ended cru i se - but norma l l y there is on l y one sen i or and one j un i or ra t i ng in the med i ca l t eam and these a l so have wa t chkeep i ng dut i es . " We cons t ant l y mon i t or rad i a t i on l eve l s and th i s is very t ed i ous because no th i ng is ever reg i s t ered - the reac tor sh i e l d i ng i s very e f f ec t i ve , " says WO Bob Evans . " Bu t we a l so have to keep an eye on the a t mosphe re a t se t per i ods dur i ng the day to make sure there ' s p l ent y of oxygen and no bu i l d-up of

carbon monox i de or ca rbon d i ox i de . " The r e are a l ot o f tox i c ma t er i a l s we are no t a l l owed to car ry - and noth i ng i n aeroso l cans because norma l l y the prope l l ant is a F r eon gas . A l t hough tha t i n i tse l f i s not dangerous ' i f i t passes ove r a hot p i ece of mach i ne ry i t can break down i nto some ra ther nas t y by-produc t s . " Af t ershave is no t a l l owed e i ther - i t 's a l coho l based and the vapour can a l so break down and cause t roub l e . In a sur f ace sh i p i t wou l dn ' t ma t t er bu t we have a c l osed env i r onmen t and even sma l l amoun t s can bu i l d up to unaccept ab l e l eve l s . " Hyg i ene i n a submar i ne m i gh t have seemed a l aughab l e i dea a f ew years ago when i t was a case o f "d i ese l w i th every th i ng . " The adven t o f t he nuc l ear subma r i ne w i th i ts un l i m i t ed

supp l i es of f resh wa t e r cha i nged a l l tha t . I n fact ' subma r i ne rs probab l y en j oy as good a s t andard of hea l th as the i r sur f ace Navy count erpar t s up i n the f resh a i r - ha rd t hough i t is to be l i eve . St andards o f adm i ss i on are st r i cter for the Subma r i ne Serv i ce and anyone who fa l l s be l ow par i s l i ab l e to be d i scharged f rom subma r i nes as med i ca l l y unf i t . I t i s no t on l y s t am i na tha t is requ i red of CSST staf f ' howeve r . A l l o f t hem t end to be the bes t there is i n the i r chosen areas of spec i a l i sa t i on and th i s l eve l o f exper t i se has p rob ab l y done mor e than any th i ng e l se to ea rn t he out f i t i ts wor l d-w i de reput a t i on . One or t wo o t he r subma r i ne na t i ons have now ac tua l l y mode l l ed

the i r own t ra i n i ng on ours . In the t i me of the cur rent C-SST ' Capt . M i ke Boyce , tha t t ra i n i ng has f i na l l y become tota l l y sea-or i ent a t ed . " Th i s i nc l udes our respons i b i l i ty for the Subma r i ne Command courses - a par t of wh i ch is known as the Per i sher - and a l so for a l l weapon sys t em cer t i f i cat i ons , an annua l r e qu i remen t for every subma r i ne to ensure tha t i t is compe t en t i n the use of i ts weapon sys t ems . " In a l l areas the wor k l oad p i l es on - but nowhe r e mor e re l ent l ess l y than at the " sharp end " of CSST ' s have to opera t i ons . They keep a c l ose eye on weapon hand l i ng these days - pot ent i a l l y a weak area s i nce the abo l i t i on of the Torpedo Ins t ruc t ors as a spec i a l i sa t i on a f ew years ago .

In the war f are sec t i on the schedu l e is so hec t i c tha t the t eam rare l y mee t as a group . L i eu t . -Cdr . T i m McC l emen t ' s staf f t end t o spend much of the i r t i me at sea put t i ng a subma r i ne t hrough every s i ng l e op era t i on and exerc i se i t i s l i ab l e to be ass i gned . A typ i ca l scenar i o for a nuke i nvo l ves the boa t i n f i ght i ng i ts way out of the C l yde aga i ns t a i r and sur f ace compe t i t i on ; i nt ercept i ng ' t ra i l i ng and a t t ack i ng an " Or ange " subma r i ne i n deep wa t er ; and then f i ght i ng i ts way back i nto con f i ned wa t ers unde r cont i nu i ng a t t ack f rom he l i copt ers ' mar i t i me pa t ro l a i rcra f t and f r i gates . "Success fu l " enemy a t t acks are fo l l owed by ac t i on damage dr i l ls' l a id on w i t h smoke gene ra t ors and thunder f i ashes for rea l i sm' in wh i ch the subma r i ne mus t cont i nue to f ight wh i l e var i ous sys t ems are deemed to be ou t of ac t i on . A t the end of the test i ng ' a l l -sk i l ls exam ' both CSST staf f and sh i p ' s company are exhaus t ed - bu t sa t i s f i ed in the know l edge tha t ano ther boa t is fu l l y opera t i ona l and ready for any t ask tha t m i ght be g i ven her .

NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986

AT YOUR LE I SURE 1

Rob f l i es V k i t e i n p l ay f es t i va l

AMONG the w i de range of p l ays s t aged dur i ng Ma r ch for the Roya l Nava l Thea t r e Fest i va l is a " home -grown " wor k by L i eut . Rob Hayden of HMS Ne l son . L i eut , Hayden i s au t hor and d i rec tor o f " The K i t e " f or h i s es t ab l i shmen t , f o l l ow i ng - the i r success l ast yea r i n

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the another Nore Command winning with of his Cup "Interview plays, Suspended,"

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He wro t e h i s f i rst fu l l - l engt h d r ama a t t he age o f 18 and has been wr i t i ng p l ays f or t he RN Thea t r e Fes t i va l s i nce 1982 . I n t ha t yea r h i s wor k " The Show " ' f or HMS Ra l e i gh ' t ook t he ad j ud i ca t or ' s spec i a l awa rd .

A GL I MPSE o f how t h i ngs used t o be I n Ch i na i s sha r ed by t hese t h r ee r a t i ngs d r essed as 19 t h Cen t ur y Roya l Ma r i nes and by t wo women o f t he Ch i nese Red Army , The r a r e e r t ook p l ace on t he f i l m se t o f " Te ' Pan ' pe r t o f wh i ch wan a i o t a t Zhuhs l I n t he

Obsess i on " The K i t e " i s se t i n t he m i d1950s and dur i ng t he F i rs t

Wor l d Wa r ' and dea l s w i th an

o l d , b l i nded ex-so l d i er who is obsessed by h i s expe r i ences as an obse rve r i n a manned box k i t e i n 1916 . Ac t i on sw i t ches be t ween t he t wo pe r i ods , and t he 1916 scenes necess i t a t e beams be i ng cons t ruc t ed above t he s t age t o suppor t t he k i t e . The o t he r 18 produc t i ons in th i s year ' s f est i va l r ange f rom En i d B l y t on t o Chr i s t ophe r Ma r l owe . Two es t ab l i shmen t s - RNH S t onehouse and HMS Ra l e i gh - compe t e i n Reg i on B w i t h t he same p l ay , Arno l d R i d l ey ' s v i n t age comedy " The Ghos t Tr a i n. " Two produc t i ons dea l w i t h

answe r ed t he ca l l t o p l ay t he i r coun t e rpa r t s o f mo re t han a cen t ur y be i fors . Among t he Navy men whe ' t ook pa r t -wor e ( f rom l e f t In t he p i c t u r e ) AS Pe t e~. K i ema r i , POWTR Edd i e No t t i ngham and LWTR De r ek B i rd .

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Peop l es Re i pub l i c o f Ch i na ,

and j us t ac ross t he wa t e r f rom Hong Kong .

Pr oduce r Ra f ee l l a de Laur en t l i s asked f or " ex t r a " he l p f rom t he Br i t i sh a r med f or ces i n t , " Cr own Co l ony , w i t h t he resu l t t ha t nea r l y 100 o f f -du t y Se r v i cemen t he sub j ec t o f Joan o f Ar c - . Shaw ' s " S t Joan " s t aged by HMS Ospr ey and ' f rom t he o t he r s i de o f t he Channe l ' Jean Anou i l h ' s " The La r k " produced by HMS Co l l i ngwood. One o f t he mos t amb i t i ous o f f e r i ngs comes f rom HMS

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D r ake who have chosen no f ewe r t han f our shor t p l ays. Ad j ud i ca t or f or Reg i on A is An t hony Crush ' Depu t y D i r ect or o f t he Br i t i sh Thea t r e Asso c i a t i on; and f or Reg i on B ,1 f reel ance d i rec t or Ann Stut f i e l d . Fu l l l ist o f compe t i ng es t ab-

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- "The Ghost Train" by Arnold Jacobs, "The Wages of Sin" by And r ew Sachs , " The Cageb i rds " by David Campton, and "The 15-Minute Ham l e t " by Tom S t oppa rd (Ma r ch RNAS Yeov i l l on - " The L i nden 11) . Tree" J. B. Priestley (March 12). by HMS Daeda l us - " Whose L i f e is i t R i d l ey (Ma r ch 10) . HMS Dr ake " The Monkey ' s Paw " by W . W .

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l i shmen t s ' p l ays and ad j ud i ca t i on pe r f ormances : Reg i on A (Por t smouth) : HMS Su l t an - " Ent er a F ree Man " by Tom S t oppa rd (Ma rch 5) . HMS - " The Lark " Co l l i ngwood by Jean Anou i l h (Ma rch 6) . C I NCNAVHOME - " Hobson ' s Cho i ce " by Ha ro ld (Ma r ch 9) . HMS Me r cury Br - i ghouse " The St one Gues t " by A l exande r Pushk i n (Ma rch 11) . HMS Do l ph i n - " Two and Two Make Sex " by R i chard Har r i s and Les l i e Da rbon (Ma rch 12) . HMS Daeda i us " Whose L i fe i s it Anyway? " by Br i an C l a rke (Ma rch 13). HMS Ne l son The K i te " by Rob Hayden (Ma rch 14). HMS War r i or - "At f i e " by Bi l l Nor ton (Ma rch 17) . HMS Cen tur i on

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d i ' , f i 3rencea: so l d i e rs wa r e d r e i i ~ as sa i l ors , sa i l ors p l ayed so l d i e r s , o f f i ce rs we r e r educed t o t he r anks , c r i d pr i va t e* a r i d re i t i ngs sudden l y became o f f i cors . Bu t a l l p l ayed oppos i t e suc~- , d i e l i gh t f u l *. e r a as Jan i ne Tu rne r and Joan Chan .

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I mpe r i a l Wa r Museum on Ma r ch 6 . The dr aw i ngs ' wh i ch cons t i t o t e one o f t he mos t i mpo r t an t and mov i ng r eco r ds o f t he Second Wo r l d Wa r ' a r e by ar t i s t Rona l d Sea r l e ' who was a young so l d i e r when t aken pr i sone r by t he Japanese a t t he f a l l o f S i ngapo r e i n 1942 . Seven t y o f t he 400 p i c t ur es t ha t M r Sea r i e pr esen t ed t o t he museum i n 1984 w i l l be on v i ew i n a ma j o r exh i b i t i on en t i t l ed " To The Kwa i - and Back . " The i l l us t ra t i ons w i l l a l so appea r i n a book o f t he same name , due t o be pub l i shed by t he museum i n assoc i a t i on w i t h Co l l i ns on Ma r ch 3 (pr i ce £15) .

FRANKY AND JENNY IN A BEAUT I F I ED OLD HORROR L I GHTN I NG f l ashes i l l um i na t e mu l t i - co l ou r ed t es t t ubes and r e t or t s bubb l i ng w i t h mys t e r i ous concoc t i ons . . . a hunchback w i nches a t w i t ch i ng body down f r om t he r a f t e rs . Whe r e e l se bu t Ba r on F r ankens t e i n ' s l abo r a t o r y? The b i g sw i t ch i n The Br i de i s t ha t t he usua l l y d i sas t e r p rone Ba ron ac t ua l l y comes up w i t h a success f u l endproduc t - no l ess a pe r son t han Jenn i f e r Bea l s - l ook ] r i g go r geous and a vas t i mp r ovemen t on Bo r i s Ka r l o f f l u r ch i ng abou t w i t h a bo l t t h r ough h i s neck . The f i l m , one o f seven r e l eased on 16mm by t he RNFC t h i s mon t h , pu l l s o f f seve r a l mo r e va r i a t i ons on t he o l d t heme . The f o r emos t mode r n ho r ror me r chan t i s p r obab l y S t ephen K i ng , and Ca t ' s Eye con t a i ns t h r ee o f h i s s t or i es , a l l l i nked by a l ong - su f f e r i ng puss ; t he f i rs t t a l e sugges t s a g r i m way t o s t op smok i ng , t he second shows a sad i s t i c gamb l e r ge t t i ng h i s come uppance and t he l as t has t he ca t do i ng ba t t l e w i t h an ev i l t ro l l t ha t l i ves i n a l i t t l e g i r l ' s bed r oom we l l .

SHER I FF CLEESE Fan t as y o f ano t he r k i nd i n Red Son l a , s t a r r i ng A . Schwa r z enegge r back i n Conan - l and and Br i g i t t e N I e l sen whose ch i n mus t be t he mos t asse r t i ve i n mov i e h i s t or y . The We - s t e rn con t i nues t o r ev i ve , and t he l ong , cha r ac t e r - packed S i l ve r ada i s a b r i sk compend i um o f scenes and s i t ua t i ons f am i l i a r f r om a t housand p r edecesso r s . Ac t ua l l y , i t doesn ' t have I nd i ans a t t ack i ng t he wagon t r a i n , a l t hough John C l eese gues t s t a r s as a l i mey she r i f f , The Ho l e ro f t Covenan t i s a convo l u t ed t a l e o f doub l e dea l i ng , t r i p l e c r oss i ng and quad r up l e b l u f f , as va r i ous cha r ac t e r s i nc l ud i ng M i chae l Ca i ne - v i e f or an o l d Naz i i nhe r i t ance , Con f us i on o f t he com i c k i nd i s r i f e i n Despe r a t e l y wh i ch Seek i ng Susan , f ea t u r es a c l ass i c m i s t aken i den t i t y p l o t . The p r esence o f a punk i sh - l ook i ng Madonna , heav i l y emphas i sed i n t he f i l m ' s adve r t i s i ng , may have m i s l ed some aud i ences ( i n

" ' IL

SC I REEN SCENE by Bob Bake r f ac t , I t made m i l l i ons ) , bu t t he p i c t u r e i s ac t ua l l y as so l i d and t r ad i t i ona l as a v i n t age ' Judy Ho l l i day f a r ce . Go i ng on pas t r eac t i ons , Woody A l l en d i v i des aud i ences down t he m i dd l e . Bo t h ph i l es and phobes shou l d m i nd ou t f or Pu rp l e Rose o f Ca i r o because , a l t hough Woody doesn ' t ac t I n t he f i l m , he d i d wr i t e and d i r ec t i t and h i s s t y l e i s unm i s t ake ab l e . " L i s t en , I ' m deep and , p r ob ab l y comp l i ca t ed , " says t he i nsecu r e young man t r y i ng t o i mp r ess h i s g i r l . I f t ha t l i ne t i ck l es you t he f i l m w i l l un doub t ed l y do i i kew l èe .

STRONG STUFF A l l en I s up f or an Osca r f o r " Pu r p l e Rose , " wh i l e l as t yea r ' s b i g w i nne r Amadeus i s now r e l eased on v i deo . The f i l m i s deep and p r obab l y comp l i ca t ed , and anyone ave r se t o Moza r t shou l d be awa r e t ha t t he f i l m ge t s t h r ough an aw f u l l o t o f h i s mus i c . Bu t t he cen t r a l d r ama t i c con f l i c t i s s t r ong s t u f f . Apa r t f r om Moza r t , t he RNFC a l so has . t he Muppe t s . Pr esen t l y hav i ng a r ev i va l on t e l ev i s i on , t he i r l as t b i g sc r een f ea t u r e was The Muppe t s Take Manha i t sn , wh i ch i s now ou t on t apk~ , Th i s one f i na l l y sees f rog ano p i g un i t ed i n ma t r i mony ,

NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986 D r a ma

Boo k s

D i sp l a y s

NEW . PERSPEC TI VE ON THE SAS TO MANY m i nds t he r e is' pe rhaps ' some t h i ng a l i t t l e uncom f o r t ab l e abou t t he c r ea t i on and emp l oymen t o f such t i t an i um-ha rd wa r r i or s as t hose i n t he SAS, The so l d i ers o f t he Spec i a l A i r Se rv i ce a r e t ra i ned t o use a l l t he nas t y me t hods a t hand to qu i ck l y and e f f ec t i ve l y sea l t he f a t e o f t hose who have even nas t i er i n t en t i ons t owa rds Br i t a i n and i ts c i t i zens . Tha t a t l eas t may be t he popu l a r concep t i on ' and e l i c i ts op i n i ons wh i ch

span t he gamu t o f r esponses f rom he ro wo r sh i p a t one end o f t he sca l e t o condemna t i on a t t he o t he r . Necessa r y sec r ecy t ha t sur rounds t he f or ce t ends t o f eed t he m i sconcep t i ons , among t he mos t pr eva l en t o f wh i ch seems t o be t ha t t he SAS mus t have some t h i ng t o do w i t h eve r y coun t er - t er ror i s t ope r a t i on f rom Sou t h Ar magh t o Cyprus . The t ru t h o f t he ma t t e r ' or a t l eas t as much as can be to l d ' i s pr esen t ed i n SAS Ope ra t i ons , a h i s t ory o f t he Reg i men t by James D. Ladd .

W i t h i n i ts pages t he r eade r w i l l f i nd pr ec i ous l i t t l e specu l a t i on ' t he au t hor d i sm i ss i ng such guess-wor k as foo l i sh and prone t o i naccuracy . Ye t t he vo l ume prov i des a f asc i na t i ng i ns i ght i n t o th i s mos t shrouded o f Br i t a i n ' s m i l i t ary e l i tes . Wh i l e on l y ded i ca t i ng a f ew pages t o t he I r an i an Embassy s i ege , and a shor t chap t e r t o t he Fa l k l ands Wa r ' t he au t hor st r i ps away t he Ba l ac l avas t o . br i ng us an i mage o f t he SAS man wh i ch has mo r e pe r spec t i ve t han t ha t v i ew o f a co l d hunt er -k i l l er

wh i ch has some t i mes dom i na t ed pe r cep t i ons o f t he Reg i men t . " I n ma t t e r s o f l i f e and dea t h " ' he wr i t es " ' t he SAS i s t he on l y Reg i men t i n h i s t or y wh i ch can c l a i m w i t h j us t i f i ab l e pr i de t o have saved or de l i ve r ed i n t o t he wo r l d mo r e bab i es t han t he numbe r o f enem i es i t has k i l l ed ' f or t he med i ca l se r v i ces i t has p rov i ded i n r emo t e r eg i ons o f t he wo r l d f a r ou t we i gh t he ex t en t o f i t s l e t ha l f i r epowe r . " " SAS Ope r a t i ons " i s pub l i shed by Robe r t Ha l e ' pr i ce £12 . 95 .

B l i t z 01M Br i t a i n ' s wa i me mor a l e

T i t an i c f i ght for surv i va l A V I V I D , f i r s t -hand accoun t of the T i t an i c has been re -pub l i shed mor e t han 80 yea r s a f t e r i t . f i rst appeared ,

T i t an i c - A Surv i vor ' s St ory i s r ega rded as t he mos t de t a i l ed and accur a t e con t empor a r y na r ra t i ve o f tha t n i gh t t o r emem be r . I t s au t hor , Co l . Ar ch i ba l d Gr ac i e ' was ac tua l l y dr agged unde r wa t e r as t he l i ner sank and on l y t h r ough a supe rhumnan e f for t managed t o sw i m t o t he sur f ace . Howeve r ' he neve r fu l l y re cove r ed f rom h i s ordea l and d i ed i n Decembe r 1912 ' a f t er s t rugg l i ng t o comp l e t e h i s s t ory wh i ch appea r ed i n t he f o l l ow i ng yea r . " T i t an i c - A Surv i vor ' s S t or y " i s pub l i shed i n pape r back by A l an Su t t on o f G l ouces t e r and NC Pr ess L t d o f Toron t o (pr i ce £6 . 95) .

S t anda r d h i s t or y COLOURFUL h i s tory o f F l ags a t Sea i s g i ven an au thor i t a t i ve a i r i ng i n a so f t back book o f tha t t i t l e by T i mo t hy W i l son . The wo r k con t a i ns much ma t e r i a l wh i ch has no t pr ev i ous l y been pub l i shed and p r o v i des a de t a i l ed gu i de t o a comp l ex sub j ec t . " F l ags a t Sea " i s pub l i shed by HMSO f or t he Na t i ona l Ma r i t i me Museum , pr i ce £7 . 95.

I N THE da r k spr i ng o f 1941 , t he peop l e o f P l ymou t h l a i d c l a i m to one o f t he gr i mmes t d i s t i nc t i ons o f t he Second Wor l d Wa r , The i r c i t y was , t hey sa i d , t he mos t b l i t zed i n Br i t a i n.

and o t he rs l i ke i t we r e sec re t ed A t t ha t t i me i t was a c l a i m wh i ch was ha rd t o r e f u t e , away i n t he vau l t s o f V' rh i t eha l l . Church i l l , when he v i s i t ed t he The nava l por t had come c i ty wep t a t see i ng t he devas t a unde r sus t a i ned a t t ack , t he t i on ; and a l t hough he knew t he c i t y had been r azed ' t hou t ruth , wr i t es M r Wh i t i ng , he sands we r e dead o r i n j ur ed ' to l d t he c i t i zens : " You r homes and ha l f t he popu l a t i on had a r e l ow bu t your sp i r i ts a re f a l l en v i c t i m t o t he bombs or h i gh . " had f l ed . P l ymou t h ' s agony i s among Despe r a t i on t he s tor i es o f des t ruc t i on s t a rk l y and v i v i d l y re - to l d i n Br i t a i n S i m i l a r damage t o mor a l e was Unde r F i r e - The Bomb i ng o j expe r i enced e l sewhe r e PROBLEMS encoun t e r ed Br i t a i n ' s C i t i es , 1940-45. i nc l ud i ng Po r t smou t h whe r e Mass Obse r va t i on f ound tha t i n a l i gh t i ng f r om a Wa l r us Con t r a r y to our co l l ec t i ve me i o r y o f t he B l i t z , au t hor " l oo t i ng and wan t on des t ruc t i on seap l ane a r e demon have r eached a l a rm i ng p r opor Cha r l es Wh i t i ng po i n t s t o ev i s t r a t ed g r aph i ca l l y i n t h i s dence - suppr essed unt i l l ong t i ons . . . Th i s seems ano t he r scene cap t u r ed a t RN a i r a f t er t he wa r - tha t t he a t t acks i l l us t ra t i on o f t he l ack o f com " A l l pr i ces i i nc l . VAT , du t y & sh i pp i t ng s t a t i on Sandbanks , Poo l e , on our c i t i es d i d succeed i n mun i t y sp i r i t . The e f f ec t on i n May 1942 . A i s bad and t he re i s a wa t ch for a l l occas i ons. Wea r th i s wa t ch to sea , to c i v i l i an mor a l e seve r e l y damag i ng I t i s among 120 b l ack and mor a l e . gene r a l f ee l i ng of despe r a t i on. " . work , to p l ay , to sw i m or to d i ve! wh i t e pho t og r aphs i n t he Howeve r , i t was t he r e tha t A spec i a l Fusser ' s Rum promot i ona l of fer , th i s t ru l y t he on l y V i c t or i a Cross o f t he ., newsp r i n t maga z i ne Sea Loo t i ng B l i t z was won when LS Jack W i ngs wh i ch ce l eb r a t es -. un i que Fusser ' s Navy wa t ch , an out s t and i ng va l ue I n P l ymou t h , f or i ns t ance , a l mos t 80 yea r s o f Roya l Man t l e ' mann i ng a porn-porn i n on l and , a t sea or underwa t er , Powe r ed by a sophis Nava l f l y i ng . peop l e fe l t b i t t er and d i sp i r i t ed , HMS Foy l ebank , kep t on f i r i ng t i cated, u l t ra accura t e quar t z crysta l ana l og movemen t , wr i t es M r Wh i t i ng. 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The cryst a l is m i nera l g l ass wh i ch means tha t i t wi l l neve r I t I nc l udes t he r eco l l ec t i ons Among t he of f i c i a l repor t s o f ' We won ' t he Gove rnmen t agency en t i t l edc o f such ment as f o r me r F l e ee t s r a l i . Other f ea tures i nc l ude a rot a t i ng e l apsed t i me beze l and a " Mass Obse r va t i on " we r e t hese A i r A r m o f f i ce r L i eu t . Br uce D i sp i r i t ed or no t ' t he c i v i l i ans da t e d i sp l ay. came t hrough. 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FoR PussER ' s

NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986

' BEAUT I FUL ' HAWK I NS

Tromso grave 'we l l t ended ' ( F r om Rea r -Adm i r a l 0. B. Ba t hurs t , D i r ec t or -Gene r a l o f Nava l Manpowe r and Tr a i n i ng)

I TH I NK I can a l l ay t he conce rn o f Mr , Shaw ove r t he Tromso Wa r Gr aves ( Februa ry) , I n June , 1984 , as F l ag O f f i ce r Second F l ot i l l a , I v i s i t ed Tromso i n HMS G l amorgan and dur i ng tha t v i s i t we he l d a shor t memor i a l serv i ce i n tha t pa r t o f the l oca l ceme t e r y ma i n t a i ned by t he Commonwea l t h Wa r Gr aves Comm i ss i on , I was accompan i ed by V i ce -Adm i ra l Sku l e Storhe i l l , of the Roya l Norweg i an Navy ' who had commanded the des t royer Stord at the Ba t t l e of Nor t h Cape . He had shown par t i cu l ar i nterest i n th i s memor i a l serv i ce because he was a c l ose f r i end of the a i rcrew f rom HMS Devonsh i re and knew Nava l A i rman W . H . H i l l ' who is bur i ed i n the ceme t ery . Mr . Shaw can rest assured tha t th i s grave i s no t on l y l ooked a f ter i mmacu l a t e l y but a l so tha t v i s i t ing sh i ps ' com pan i es do r emembe r a l l those who d i ed i n the Tromso area I T WAS puz z l i ng i n t he dur i ng the Second Wor l d W ar . - Ben Ba thurs t (Rear -Adm i ra l ) f ea t u r e " I n t o ac t i on w i t h o f the t wo c rews was ent i re l y on t he Med i cs " ( Janua r y ) t o M i n i s t ry of De f ence ' London . Br i t i sh l ines down to de f au l t ers r ead t he cap t i on ' wh i l e " Rea r - Adm i r a l Ba t hu r s t and a f i ne brass band , and the LMA Ta f t Ba r l ow p r e enc l osed t wo pho t ogr aphs , one Ch i nese sa i l ors (ma i n l y f rom the o f wh i ch i s r eproduced he r e , pa r es t o g i ve cove r i ng nor th of the coun t ry) we r e f i re . " t he o t he r show i ng pa r t o f t he When I was a Second memo r i a l se rv i ce , A l e t t e r popu l ar ashore i n Devonpor t for the i r good behav i our , Wo r l d Wa r s i ck bay t i f f y , sha r i ng Mr . Shaw ' s conce rn I a l ways unde r s t ood t ha t was r ece i ved f rom Ex -PO(A) mak i ng many f r i ends . Tha t was i n 1948. Pho t Mr . R. E. Rackham ' o f p r ov i ded we d i d no t Howeve r , some mon t hs l ater , Br i sto l , a messma t e and f r i end ca r r y o r use f i r ea rms , there we re repor t s tha t the and d i sp l ayed ou r Red o f Nava l A i rman Hi l l . Auror a had been bombed and Cr oss a r m badges , we we r e p r o t ec t ed by t he put out of ac t i on at Shangha i , Fa t e o f and tha t the c r ew of the Mend i p Geneva Conven t i on o f had deser t ed . 1864 I f cap t u r ed . LI ] Renown Has obse r vance o f t he Presumab l y the Ch i nese gun ners men t i oned by Bi l l Ke l l y REFERR I NG to the cor r e Conven t i on f a l l en i n t o - K . Mor r i s ( ex (Decembe r ) we re Commun i s t s spondence abou t t he l i ght neg l ec t ? i nto whose hands the o l d sh i p cru i ser Aurora , the l ast serv i ce LSBA ) , Le i gh , Lancs . had fa l l en. of the bat t l e-cru i ser Renown " A s i m i l a r l e t t e r was I was the supp l y of f i cer of the was as t ra i n i ng sh i p for the r ece i ved f r om Ex - SBA Renown w i th the sad t ask of Ch i nese Na t i ona l i s t crews sent Mr . Jack F l e t che r , o f her of f and de-stor i ng . to t ake over her and the Hun t pay - Ai ng Tewkesbu r y , G l os . . M . Messenge r ( l i eut . -cdr . c l ass des t royer Mend i p . RN , re td. ) , London SW 10. The t ra i n i ng and organ i za t i on

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Nava l A i rman H i l l ' s g r ave a t Tromso .

Long - d i s t ance r unne r s ON THE sub j ec t of m i l eage , and i n re f erence to the l et ter f rom J i m Wa t k i ns (Decembe r ) I too was serv i ng w i th the 17th Des t royer F lot i l l a ( HMS On s l aught ) when we we r e cred i t ed w i th be i ng the f i rst f lot i l l a to s t eam a mi l l i on m i l es (1943) . Ye t the book Des t royer Wa r , by A . D . D i v i ne , says tha t th i s f ea t had been accomp l i shed by the n i ne sh i ps of the 8th DF t wo years prev i ous l y ' the f i na l 900 m i l es of tha t mi l l i on go i ng to HMS F i redrake . - K . Powe r , M i dd l e ton , Manches t er .

Smash i ng t i me i n S i r i us OFTEN in Navy News we read of c l a i ms for records of d i f ferent sh i ps , pas t and present , but may I make a c l a i m on beha l f of one of my o l d sh i ps , name l y the Second Wor l d Wa r cru i ser and Pompey ' s adop t ed sh i p , HMS Si r ius . She ho l ds , I th i nk , the record for the on l y sh i p wh i ch was never dry -docked f rom the t i me she was l aunched in Sep t embe r 1940 unt i l the , day she was scrapped (Oc tober 1956) - a tot a l o f 16 years w i thout a bo t t om scrape! Inc i denta l l y , when we we re br i ng i ng the S i r i us back f rom G i bra l t ar to the UK to reduce her to reserve , i t was dec i ded to

wi l l be i n London on Apr i l 26, 1986. The secre t ary is Capt a i n W . T . Knox , 15 B l ess i ngton C l ose , London SE13 . On many occas i ons as many as t en of the sh i p ' s company have j o i ned us , and as my d i nners are end i ng there i s a move to f orm a Hawk i ns Asso c i at i on . - G . A . F rench ( Cap ta i n , RN ) , Beam i ns t er , Dorse t . I T WAS amaz i ng to see so much i nterest aroused about a sh i p tha t was i n comm i ss i on on the Ch i na St a t i on 63 years ago , My f a ther was another who served i n HMS Hawk i ns i n the ear l y twent i es ' but a l as he was lost in M2 some years l ater . I have nume rous photographs of the sh i p ' s company t aken in Japan and Shangha i ' and i f any of Dad ' s o l d sh i pma t es who served in the Hawk i ns wou l d l i ke to j og the i r memor i es ' I wou l d g l ad l y ar range for t hem to see t hem . - S. E , Es t cour t , London N7 .

I WAS par t i cu l ar l y i nt erest ed in your " Hawk i ns Remembe r ed " l et ters (December ) . She was a beaut i fu l sh i p. I have pho tographs of he r - i n 1929 when my w i f e ' s father , then Rea r -Adm i r a l M , Bes t ' f l ew h i s f l ag in her as CS2 , and in my own per i od o f wa r t i me command 1942-43 . She was u l t i ma t e l y one of the bomba rd i ng force (7.5in. guns) at the Normandy l and i ngs , and ended her days as a t arge t for exper i ment a l weapons . She was bu i l t or i g i na l l y i n 1918 for wor k in the Ba l t i c . I have had an annua l reun i on of the of f i cers every year for 39 years , and the 40th and f ina l

f i re a l ast ful l ca l i bre broads i de w i th the t en 5.25 i n. guns . I t was mos t i mpress i ve , espec i a l l y the resu l tant damage : 90 pe r cent of the crockery broken , a l l l ight bu l bs smashed , and t he capt a i n ' s day cab i n wr ecked . - N . W . (Ger ry) Ge rha rd , B i rm i ngham .

Ne l l i e was L l l l happy , t oo REGARD I NG the ar t i c l e about " Lucky Ne l l i e " (Decembe r ) , I served as an i nst ruc tor aboa rd HMS Ne l son f rom 1946 to 1948 and she was cer ta i n l y a happy sh i p. I had the honour of be i ng the l ast seaman P0 to l eave her be fore we turned her ove r to t he bomb i ng pa r t y o f f Inverke i th i ng . - J. T. R i d i ng , No t t i ngham .

Pa r r ama t t a E sur v i vor s A QUEST I ON was asked about sur v i vor s f r om HMAS Par rama t t a in a l et ter f rom Mr . Ken Ho l de r (Sept ember ) . O f the comp l emen t of 162 on boa rd when she sank in the Med i t er ranean in 1941 , on l y 24 surv i ved . O f these , 21 we r e p i cked up by sh i ps and three swam ashore be t ween Tobruk and Bard i a and we re rescued by the 8th Army . - Dav i d M . St ra t ton ' Gwynnev i l l e 2500 , New South Wa l es , Aust ra l i a .

REFERR I NG t o " Hawk i ns Remembe r ed " dur i ng a v i s i t to Kure ' Japan ' w i th HMS G l ory , I saw the Japanese cru i ser Yakumo l y i ng at anchor there . I was to l d at the t i me tha t she was an o l d 1910 c l ass " L i on " Br i t i sh sh i p ' and a coa l bume r . Cou l d th i s be the same sh i p re f er red to by Dr . C l ay ton and L i eut . -Cdr . John Mabe r? - Pa t Dav i es ( ex -AM(0) ) , Te l ford ' Shropsh i re .

Sh i p was i n d i sgu i se I N AN exce l l ent i l l ust rated book ent i t l ed U-Boa t s in the At l ant i c there are t wo pho t o graphs of a t anker re fue l l i ng a group of U-boa t s six mon t hs be f ore t he Un i t ed St a t es en t ered the Second Wor l d Wa r . One of t he pho t ogr aphs shows a t anker w i th neut ra l i dent i f i ca t i on marks , and the capt i on sugges t s tha t the " USS Pra i r i e " was an Ame r i can sh i p. Fur thermore , i t states tha t four Ame r i can t ankers we r e wa i t i ng in the At l ant i c to re fue l the B i smarck . I am gra t e fu l to Commande r F . U . Kup f e rschm i d t , nava l a t t ache to the embassy o f the Federa l Repub l i c of Ge rmany in London , for est ab l i sh i ng tha t the " USS Pra i r i e " was in fact t he Ge rman supp l y t anke r Nordma r k , d i sgu i sed as the Pr a i r i e . - H . M . I rw i n ( l i eut . -cdr . RNVR , re t d . ) , Newcas t l e -Upon-Tyne .

JERSEY : ONE MAN ' S

- NAVY NEWS SWEA~Iw%* ' #1%~H IRT

I WAS ve ry i nt eres t ed to r ead Mr . Jack Co l e ' s l e t t er (Janua ry) " on " How Je rsey caugh t i t , I n Apr i l 1941 I was serv i ng aboa rd HMS Jersey when she was f i t t ed w i t h ex t ra an t i a i rcra f t a rmamen t at Fa l mou th , pr i or to sa i l i ng for the Med i t e r ranean the fo l l ow i ng day . I was sent for by the Capt a i n to be to l d my parent s had been k i l l ed by a l and m i ne exp l os i on at Havan t , and was grant ed seven days " compass i ona t e " to go home and bury them ' and a l so a t t end to my brother and three s i sters who had been i n j ured and we re in var i ous hosp i ta l s . GR I M DUTY

When my seven days had exp i red I repor t ed to HMS V i c t ory ba r racks (as i t was SWEATSH I RTS (Adu l t s on l y) £9 ( sma l l , med i um ' l a rge , and ex t r a l a rge ) then) ' and g i ven a j ob as ma i n ga t e messenger . ALSO AVA I LABLE NAVY NEWS T - SH I RTS Tha t same week I f ound myse l f escor t i ng to the r egu l a t Adu l t s ' T - SH I RTS £4 (Sma l l ' med i um ' l a rge ' and ex t r a l a rge ) i ng of f i ce re l at i ves who we r e i nqu i r i ng the f a te of husbands , Ch i l dren ' s T - SH I RTS £3 ( S i zes 26 ' 28 ' 30 and 32 i n . ) sons and swee thear t s who had been my sh i pma t es j ust a f ew * P l ease s t a t e s i zes r equ i r ed * days be fore . - Ron (Pompey ) Pr i ces i nc l ude UK pos t age and su r f ace ma i l W i l l s (ex- l dg/ sea) ' Sturm i ns t er VV I I V Newt on ' Dorse t . Supp l i es f rom : Bus i ness Manage r , Navy News , HMS Ne l son , Po r t smou t h P01 3HH

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MY reco l l ec t i on is somewha t d i f f erent f rom tha t of your

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cor responden t Jack Co l e . My own memor y is tha t the Ke l l y had ent ered harbour ' bu t the Jersey , second in l ine ahead , sank i n the swep t channe l c l ose to the ent rance to Gr and Ha r bour ' thereby prevent i ng the K i p l i ng and Kashm i r f rom go i ng in. Inc i dent a l l y I have of t en wonde r ed i f there we r e any surv i vors of the Ke l l y and Kashm i r (a f ter the l ater event s of f Cre t e) l i v i ng i n the Swansea area . I have never me t any . BIN Rober t s , Swansea .

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Huns t an t on I 01 I i S Eas t kng l i a f l ee t had a memo r ab l e day on boa rd . The v i s i tors we r e g i ven a con duc t ed t our o f t he sh i p f o l l owed by r e f r eshmen t s i n t he P0s ' and CP0s ' Mess . They t hank t he sh i p f or t he we l come ' and t hank P0 Ga l br i e t h and WO R i cha rds f or prov i d i ng a gu i ded t our o f t he sh i p , The r e was a good t urn ou t f or t he annua l S t ock t on - on-Tees d i nne r dance ' a t t ended by sh i pma t es f rom as f a r a f i e l d as B l e t ch l ey . The br anch en t e r t a i ned membe r s o f Hudde rs f i e l d t o a games day ' a t rophy p r e sen t ed by Du r ham f or dar t s ' dom i noes , cr i b and a qu i z be i ng won by S t ock t on , Br anch pr es i den t ' Rear Adm i r a l John Be l l and Mr s , Be l l ' accompan i ed by L i eu t Cdr . J i m Trave rs ' t he new v i ce pres i den t ' a t t ended Gr avesend annua l d i nne r . The br anch w i l l ce l ebr a t e t he i r go l den j ub i l ee on Augus t 9 and p l an l ots o f en t e r t a i nmen t i n t he f i e l d ad j o i n i ng the i r c l ub , Sh i pma t es o f Ha r t l epoo l , as membe r s o f t he F r i ends o f HMS Wa r r i or , a r e proud o f t he p r o gr ess t ha t has been ach i eved i n res tor i ng t he NaVy ' s i ron - c l ad be sor ry t o see t he They gr and o l d l ady depa r t t o Po r t s mou t h. Hav i ng en j oyed success i n he l p i ng t o t race o l d sh i pma t es ' C l ee t horpes now p l an t o ex t end t he f ac i l i ty by se t t i ng up a nava l r esea r ch sec t i on. To he l p w i t h th i s ven t ur e t hey wou l d apprec i a t e i f r eun i on and assoc i a t i on sec re t a r i es wou l d

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L i eu t . -Cdr , Geo rge Cro f t who d i ed on Decembe r 31 , He had se r ved unde r 19 adm i r a l s dur i ng h i s 42 yea rs i n t he Navy . She f f i e l d p l an t o ded i ca t e t he i r s t anda rd on May 4 ' t hanks t o t he gene ros i t y o f Wh i t br ead Exchange Br ewe r y ' wh i ch p r o v i ded t he money to buy t he s t anda rd and accessor i es , WREATH - LAY I NG The se rv i ce o f ded i ca t i on ' wh i ch w i l l be comb i ned w i t h a memor i a l and wr ea t h - l ay i ng ce r emony i n memo r y o f HMS She f f i e l d , l os t i n t he Fa l k l ands Wa r , w i l l be he l d i n She f f i e l d Ca t hedr a l a t 1500 , A bu f f e t r ecep t i on be he l d a f t er t he serv i ce , Sh i pma t es o f Edenb r i dge t hank t hose who suppor t ed t he i r cha r i t y dr i ves i n t he pas t yea r , The e f for t he l ped t o ra i se a tot a l o f £712 t owa rds t he Cen t r a l Cha r i t i es Fund ' t he RN and RM Ch i l dren ' s Home a t Wa t e r l oo v i l l e ' and l oca l char i t i es ,

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= GEORGE Cr oss ho l de r Sh i pma t e Wa l t e r James ( J i mmy ) Ovenden d i ed a t h i s home i n Tunb r i dge We l l s , Ken t on Decembe r 27 . Mr Ovenden , a membe r o f Roya l Tunb r i dge We l l s br anch , was aged 69 . He se r ved f or 22 yea r s i n t he Roya l Navy and dur i ng ' t he Second Wo r l d Wa r was bombed t hr ee t i mes wh i l e se r v i ng as a pe t t y o f f i ce r I n subma r i nes . Sh i pma t e Tom Mu l l i gan , Br i d l i ngton , Decembe r 27 . Sh i pma t e B i l l Ma r sden , Bdd l i ngton , Janua ry 1. Sh i pma t e P i tney ' Wake f i e i d , Decembe r 4 . Sh i pma t e V i c tor C, Bar r i gan ' founder membe r and secre t ary , Wa rdng t on. Sh i pma t e Jess i e Har r i s ' o l dest membe r , He l son , Decembe r 6 , aged 94 .

Sh i pma t e T. Dempsey ' f orme r sec r e t a r y Mo r ecambe and Heysham , Janua ry 6 . Sh i pma t e E , Bu t t er f l o l d ' Mor ecambe and Heypham , Janu a ry 6. Sh i pma t e L i eut , -Cdr . George Cro f t ' o l des t membe r , Yeov i l , Decembe r 31 , aged 93 . Sh i pma t e Ke i t h Gordon , B l ackpoo l and Fy l de , Janua ry 11 , aged 53 . Sh i pma t e H , W i l l i ams ' O l dham , aged 59 . Sh i pma t e G . ( Tommy ) Chee t ham ' O l dham , aged 64 . Sh i pma t e Jacky Wa t e r s , Gravesend , Decembe r 1, aged 55 . Sh i pma t e F r ed Osborne ' Pur by , Decembe r 20 , aged 62 , former soc i a l secre t ary , t reasurer , cha i rman and v i ce -pres i dent Roya l Br i t i sh Leg i on , Why t e l ea f . Sh i pma t e Ar t hur Rob i nson ' Sk i pton and Di st r i ct , Janua ry 9 . Sh i pma t e Jack Ga ra t on ' sec re , tary, M i d-Ant r i m, Decembe r 16 , aged 57 .

Sh i pma t e Bi l l Sm i t h ' ex -RM , St He l ens , Janua ry 9 , aged 64 . Sh i pma t e Er i c H i gson ' Burn l ey and Pend l e , Janua ry 13 , aged 61 . Sh i pma t e John Wa l t on Ar thur ' Janua ry 12 , Burn l ey and Pend l e , aged 88 . Sh i pma t e J i m Cl i f ford ' Poo l e , . Janua ry 3 , aged 60 . Sh i pma t e W i l l i am J, Har t ' Here ford Ci ty , Janua ry 2, aged 86 . Sh i pma t e G l yn Jones , Dees i de , January , aged 58 . Sh i pma t e George W i l k i nson , Stock ton -on-Tees , Decembe r 29 , aged 64 . Sh i pma t e Ha r r y F , Trot t er ' S t ock t on -on-Tees , Janua ry 7, aged 67 . Sh i pma t e Hugh " Jack " Ca t hay Crocker , founder membe r A l de r shot and Fa rnham branches , ex Naa f i and membe r of HMS Ba rham Surv i vors ' Assoc i a t i on , Janua ry 29 , aged 65 . Sh i pma t e Thomas " Po l l y " Perk i ns ' pres i dent Ci ty of London , Janua ry 19 , aged 79 .

Fo r ove r 150 th i yea r s Soc i e t y has been he l p i ng th i Ch i l dr en o f Br i t i sh Seame l l e f t i n need o r phaned or P l ease he l p t he Soc i e t y t i suppo r t t he 400 boys and g i r l : i n t he i r cha rge . Whe r eve r poss i b l e ' f i nanc i s suppo r t i s g i ven t o w i dow : t h roughou t t he coun t r y so t he may keep t he i r ch i l dr en a home . Res i den t i a l homes ii va r i ous pa r t s f or l one l y age sea f a r e r s o r t he i r w i dows , Dona t i ons g l ad l y r ece i ved .

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l ove l y g r ounds , t he f i ne 17 t h Cen t u r y house o f f e r s a wa r m and f r i end l y a t mosphe r e . Modem t each i ng b l ock o f f e r s f ac i l i t i es f or sma l l c l asses w i t h i nd i v i dua l t u i t i on and use o f compu t e r s , a r t r oom and sc i ence l abor a t or y . TU I T I ON SCHOLARSH I PS AVA I LABLE Esco r t ed t r ave l t o London and Hea t h r ow Fu r t he r i n f o r ma t i on and I l l us t r a t ed p r ospec t us ava i l ab l e f r om t he Headm i s t r ess . Te l ephone R i ngwood 2856 / 3197

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Exce l l en t O - Leve l and CSE r esu l t s . Sma l l tutor i a l g r oups ava i l ab l e f or A-Leve l s , Sec r e t a r i a l cou r ses ' prov i s i on f or D r ama ' Mus i c and Danc i ng . The Schoo l i s se t i n beau t i f u l g r ounds and prov i des oppor t un i t y f or games ' sw i mm i ng and a t h l e t i cs , G i r l s w i t h pa r en t s ove r seas we l come . Week l y boa rd i ng poss i b l e f or ch i l dr en f rom RNAS Cu l d rose . 10% r educ t i on i n f ees f or ch i l dr en o f Se r v i ce pe r sonne l . Prospec t us f r om t he Headmas t e r , I an Ha l f ord , M . A .

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cont ro l l ed. Al l visi tors are surpr i sed and de l i ghted by the a tmosphere . Vi s i t ing parents are i nt roduced di rect ly to the ch i ldren and lef t to speak wi th them a l one in re l evant age groups . They are encouraged to contact ex i st ing parents ( the schoo l ma i n l y f rom parent - to-parent contact ) . We expec t to succeed wi t l i ch i ldren ~hoowsm i ; t not be expec ted to set t l e eas i l y i nto board i ng . " MODERATE , I NCLUS I VE FEES : Serv i ces (e l aundry) andmos t act ivi t ies are f ree - not ext ras . Ha l f - term residen-ce- i -s-Wee' . l .n-e-e7e-a. Al l obv i ous l y f i rst-class va iue , parents soon come to rea l i se wha t a star t in l i fe can be ac i i ievec i by a good i ndependent schoo l .

Founded 1898

I .A . P . S . boa rd i ng and Day Schoo l f or Boys and G i r l s aged 7- 13 yea rs , conduc t ed by t he s i s t e rs o f Me r cy , ass i s t ed by a fu l l y qua l i f i ed Ma l e and Fema l e st a f f . Pup i l s a r e pr epa r ed f or Common En t r ance and Scho l a r sh i p Leve l En t r ance t o Pub l i c Schoo l s . Fam i l y a t mosphe r e , exce l l en t academ i c r ecord , mus i c , ar t , compu t e r s t ud i es and good r ecord i n a l l spor t i ng acdv f t i es. Or ches t r a l Mus i c and D r ama a r e a l so a ve r y s t rong f ea t ure o f t he Schoo l . The Schoo l has i ts own Chape l , and hea t ed ou t door sw i mm i ng poo l . No of f i c i a l Ha l f Te rm . Pup i l s a r e escor t ed t o a l l ma i n St a t i ons and A i rpc i r t s. A l so Pr e-pr ep and Nu r se r y Sec t i on aged 4- 7 yea r s. - Scho l a r sh i ps , Bur sa r i es.

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pa r en t s i n f i nd i ng t he r i gh t schoo l f or t he i r ch i l d , and eve r y yea r we he l p hund r eds o f pa r en t s by o f f e r i ng adv i ce and sugges t i ng su i t ab l e schoo l s , Ou r adv i ce i s comp r ehens i ve and en t i re l y f ree , based on ove r a hund r ed yea r s o f c l ose i nvo l vemen t w i t h t he i ndependen t sec tor ,

The Co l l ege i s s i t ua t ed i n a h i s t or i c r es i dence se t i n 150 ac r es o f pa r k l and and p l ay i ng f i e l ds i n t he scen i c Eng l i sh- We l sh bo r de r coun t r y. W i t h i n 11 / 2 hou r s t r ave l f rom B i r m i ngham and Manches t e r a i rpor t s . A coach t r ave l s t o and f r om London , v i a Lu t on A i rpor t , a t t he beg i nn i ng and end o f each t e rm . Esco r t s a r r anged i f r equ i r ed .

I f you need he l p ' t e l ephone or wr i t e t o us , w i t h as much i n f orma t i on as poss i b l e abou t you r ch i l d and t he t ype o f schoo l you r equ i r e ,

JUN I OR SCHOOL : Age 7- 12 yea r s One g i r l s ' and one boys ' House . Pup i l s a r e g i ven a t ho r ough g r ound i ng i n l anguage and nume r acy sk i l l s SEN I OR SCHOOL : Age 13 - 18 yea r s One g i r l s ' House t wo Houses . One S i x t h Fo r m House. Tu t or i a l sys t em Pup i l s a r e o f f e r ed cou r ses acco rd i ng t o t he i r ab i l i t i es , a i m i ng f or success i n GCE 0- and A- l eve l s ( GCSE i n 1988 ) and un i ve rs i t y en t r ance .

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Bus i e r by t he mon t h I T I S a l l go a t James Lane House i n T i pne r Road , Po r t smou t h , t he " wo r k shop " o f t he Roya l Nava l Benevo l en t Trus t . Changes t o t he Supp l en i en t ary Bene f i t regu l a t i ons ' cu t backs i n a r eas a f f ec t i ng educa t i on and soc i a l wor k ' and i n f l a t i on have a l l consp i r ed t o i n c r ease t he Gr an t s Comm i t t ee ' s wor k l oad . TEN MONTHS I n t he f i rst t en mon t hs o f t he cur r en t f i nanc i a l yea r t he com m i t t ee has made 3 , 404 gran t s t o t he nava l commun i t y , compa r ed w i t h 2 ' 859 i n t he who l e o f 1978-1979 . I t i s i nt eres t i ng t o no t e t ha t t he RNBT ' s compass i on s t re t ches w i de and f ar . Las t yea r t he Gr an t s Comm i t t ee he l ped 91 ove r seas cases ' cove r i ng New f ound l and ' Canada ' Aus t ra l i a , Ma l t a ' Sou t h Af r i ca ' G i bra l t a r , Spa i n and Sr i Lanka .

Jacqu i ' s fore i gn venture VENTURE Scou t Jacqu i Russe l l has been awa rded an Exp l or e r Ce r t i f i ca t e f or he r wo r k on an exped i t i on t o Norway , As r epor t ed i n ou r Sep t embe r ed i t i on , t he Roya l Nava l Benevo l en t Tr us t he l ped 18- yea r -o l d Jacqu i ' daugh t e r o f a f orme r pe t t y of f i cer ' w i t h a gr an t o f £240 t owa rds t he cos t o f t he exped i t i on .

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E] D dec i ded on by t he comm i t t ee and HMS Wa r r i or , t he V i c t or i an ra t i f i ed by t he Trus t ees , was as i ronc l ad wa rsh i p , i s expec t ed t o fo l l ows: re t urn t o he r f orme r home por t o f Gene r a l nava l cha r i t i es: K i ng Por t smou t h to Apr i l 1987 . She i s George ' s Fund f or Sa i l ors , £50 , 400; be i ng res t ored a t Ha r t l epoo l . Roya l Nava l Benevo l en t Trus t , £50 , 400; F l ee t Amen i t i es Fund, E] 11 E] £48 , 300 ; WRNS Benevo l en t Trus t , RNEC Manadon p l ayed hos t t o 750 £4 , 200 ; F l ee t A i r A r m Benevo l en t Ge r man sa i l ors when t he des t roye r Trus t s , £4 , 200 ; Roya l Ma r i nes Benevo FGS Sch l esw i g-Ho l s t e i n , t he f r i ga t es l ent Funds , £4 , 200 ; Second Sea Lord , Br emen and Augsburg ' and t he sup £100 . por t sh i p Cobu rg v i s i t ed P l ymou t h CL I FFHANGER i s t he name o f t h i s w i nn i ng p i c t ur e o f a Roya l Navy he l i cop t e r F l ee t and Commands : Cap t a i n o f the ove r a weekend . F l ee t , £8 , 400 ; C I NC Nava l Home ope r a t i ng nea r t he wh i t e c l i f f s o f Dor se t . Unde r t ha t t i t l e i t won t he new Ma r i t i me Command , £3 , 150 ; FONAC , £12 , 150; Books Cup f or LA( Pho t ) M i chae l M i t che l l , now o f HMS Rooke , i n t he Navy ' s FOST , £2 , 000 ; FOSN I , £2 , 500 ; FO Twe l ve cub scou t s f rom Locke r l ey , Pe r eg r i ne T r ophy pho t og r aph i c compe t i t i on. The new t r ophy i s f or t he bes t nea r Romsey , Hampsh i r e , v i s i t ed HMS 500; FO Por t smou t h , P l ymou t h , £11 ,p i c t u r e o f Se r v i ce sh i ps or a i r c r a f t no t a l r eady awa r ded a pr i ze . £8 , 500 . Sou t hamp t on to pr esen t t he sh i p w i t h a decora t i ve be l l rope made by t he i r n E] E a s s i s t a n t l eade r ' Mr . Rod Wa l ke r . I n been s J I M subma d r i ne Torbay has i re t urn , t hec cubs we r e pro esen t ed w i t h a ' Commandan t Pa t r i c i a Swa l l ow r ead i ng rooms , sun decks ' a resor t o f i l o f t he e n i ch now ' s p l ay a r ea and a Navy Torbay, phod t og r aphr sh i p wh adop t edc by t heh rece i ved a s i gned pr i n t o f Br i t ann i a Devon. The of f i c i a l assoc i a t i on wi th museum . Lord Tre f ga rne ' M i n i s t e r o f State hangs i n t he i r headqua r t e rs . Roya l Nava l Co l l ege , Da r t mou t h , dur t he Roya l Navy ' s f our t h Trafa lgar-c l ass f or De f ence Suppor t ' v i s i t ed t he Royal C] 11 i ng he r l ast of f i c i a l v i s i t t o t he co l l ege subma r i ne con t i nues t he a rea ' s st rong Nava l Aux i l i a ry Se rv i ce a t Sou than i pas D i r ec t or WRNS . Fo r me r Roya l Navy pa t ro l cra f t Fer ran t i i s t o supp l y £1 . 5m wor t h of l i nks w i t h t he Sen i or Serv i ce . ton , He me t many membe r s o f t he Wo l v e r t on has been bough t by Hong r ep l acemen t compu t e r fac i l i t i es t o the RNXS and t our ed t he un i t ' s new f ast E B r i Kongt i Mr . s Pe t e r Sh i u ,h Unde rwa t e r Tr i a l s and Eva l uThe p i c ture ' by l oca l ar t i st John en t r epr eneur pa t r o l boa t ' XSV Examp l e . When Lo t h i an Reg i ona l Counci l who proposes t o conve r t he r i n t o a a t i on Cen t r e ( BUTEC) a t t he Ky l e of G i l l o ' was f rom a l l WRNS sta f f and 13 E] 13 en t e r t a i ned Lo some o f t he sh i p 'c h c l ub w i t h t wo l res t aurant s s' a h . s coms t uden t s a t Da r t mou t h. f l oa t i ng a

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The Su l t an of Oman ' s Navy i s expand i ng fast , par t i cu l ar l y w i th the accept ance i nto serv i ce over the nex t t wo years , of a l arge new suppor t comp l ex compr i s i ng a Dockya rd and Ma i n t enance Base , Stores and Armamen t Depot s , Bar racks and a new Tra i n i ng Cent re . Af t er tha t wi l l come our Four th Prov i nce C l ass Fas t At t ack Craf t . We need h i gh ca l i bre Of f i cers and Wa r r an t Of f i cers who wi l l make a rea l cont r i but i on to our deve l opment . Cur rent l y we are seek i ng :

L i eut enant s (GL / SL / SD) (X) Pre f erab l y qua l i f i ed as FWO . WO ' s and CPO ' s (seamen , mi ss i l e and radar sub specs) par t i cu l ar l y w i th good i nst ruc t i ona l exper i ence .

L i eut enant s (SD) (E) (ME) as Mechan i ca l Workshops Of f i cers L i eut enant s (S[ , /SD) (E) (WE) a l l sub spec i a l i sa t i ons w i th sur f ace sh i p and FMG exper i ence . L i eut enant s (SD) (E) (H) as hu l l workshop and a f l oat suppor t un i t Of f i cers . L i eut enant s (ME / WE) exper i enced i n QA procedures to Br i t i sh de f ence s t andard 05-21. WO and CPO ' s Ar t i f i cers (or apprent i ce t ra i ned Dockya rd c i v i l i an equ i va l ent s) to ac t as D i ese l Overhau l and Tes t Ce l l Shop SupeMsor . Mach i ne Shop Superv i sor . Me t a l Work i ng & P i pe Shop Superv i sor .

Woodwor k and Boa t Repa i r Shop Superv i sor . Ma r i ne E l ect r i ca l Repa i r Shop Superv i sor . Hydrau l i cs Ma i n t enance & Repa i r Shop Superv i sor . Qua l i ty Assurance Inspec tor . Weapons Ordnance Ma i n t enance Inst ructor . Cra f t Inst ruc tors and Inst ruc tors for Mar i ne and Weapons E l ec t r i ca l Eng i neer i ng Mechan i cs Courses .

L i eut enant s (SD) (5) to wor k i n base supp l y organ i sa t i on . L i eut enant s (SD) (W) to ac t as Personne l Adn~n i s t ra tors . WO ' s and CPO ' s Stores Accoun t an t s for base supp l y organ i sa t i on .

I f you th i nk tha t SON cou l d t ake over whe r e the RN l eaves of f , and you wan t to know mor e about oppor tun i t i es in Oman , p l ease r i ng N i ne t t e Mant l e , on 01-408 1010 (quot i ng ref ONN / 21) or wr i t e to he r at ABA Interna t i ona l , 17-19 Maddox St reet , London W1R OEY. (Agy) .

Wr i t ers for Dra f t i ng and Records Of f i ces .

L i eut enant s to ac t as Ma ths / Phys i cs Teachers , pre f erab l y w i th TEFL as we l l . Roya l Ma r i nes WO or SNCO (Qua l i f i ed Arm 1) as sma l l Arms Ma i n t enance

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SULTAN OF OMAN ' S NAVY

NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986

NAVY NEWS READER SERV I CES . CK Hobbs , HMS Wa r r i o r , No r t hwood . W i l l swop f o r any P l ymou t h sh i p go i ng on G l oba l I f no t , any sh i p on t he dep l oymen t . de~ r mn t . LMA V- G , Sea r l e , HMS Seahawk , ex t 2472 , d r a f t ed D i ego Ga r c i a , May . W i l l swop f or any Po f t mu i t i o r P l ymou t h sh i p . STD S , R , Ha l e , HMS Au r o r a , Devonpo r i , no t dep l oy i ng . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h sh i p . LSTD 8 , P l nde r , 826 Squad r on C F l i gh t , RN a i r s t a t i on Cu i d r ose , ex t . 2123 , un t i l Sep t . Wi l l swop f or any sea o r sho r e b i l l e t , Sccy i l and . 3LS Mess , HMS LCA A . G r eenway ' Juno , d r a f t ed HMS Do l ph i n . May . W i l l swop f or e i t he r HMS D r yad o r HMS Me r cu r y . LSTD S l e i gh t , 3E Mess , HMS Apo l l o . W i l l Rosy t h sh i p noWil t depkmng . swop f or any swop . RO1 ( 1 ) Fogan , Commcen Mess , HMS Beave r , dep l oy i ng -Apr i l . W i i i swop f o r any P l ymou t h sh i p no t dep l oy i ng . Any t h i ng cons i de r ed . H , Boyd , 820 HAS , HMS LSTD A . Seahawk ( ADP ho l de r ) , ex t 2124 o r 2123 . f o r any London a r ea dr a f t , W i l l swop p r e f e r ab l y No r t hwood . RO1 ( 1 ) K - C r osby , RNAS Po r t l and MSO , t e l . 0305 - 820311 , ex t 2474 , d r a f t ed HMS No t i i ngham , June , dep l oy i ng ea r l y Sep t . W i l l cons i de r any sh i p no t dep l oy i ng , p r e f e r ab l y go i ng i n t o ma j o r re f f t . AB ( MW ) A , 1, Sm I t h , HMS Ke l l i ng t on , r e f i t t i ng Rosy t h . W i l l swop f or any Po r t s mou t h o r P l ymou t h sh i p . SA G , Moonan , 3EZ Mess , HMS Cha r ybd i s , d r a f t ed HMS Nep t une , May . W i l l f or Po r t smou t h sho r e base . swop any SA S . W . Yenda l l , 3M5 Mess , HMS Ar i adne , dep l oy i ng May un t i l end o f Sep t . W i l l swop , p r e f e r ab l y f o r a sh i p a l ongs i de . AB ( S ) l ng l l s , 5D2 ~ , HMS I l l us t r i ous .

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swop f or any Po r t smou t h sh i p no t dep l oy i ng . STD I an Fox , HMS No t t i ngham ( 18 mon t hs ) r e f i t t i ng Po r t smou t h un t i l m i d - Aph i . W i l l swop f o r any P l ymou t h sh i p , p r e f e r ab l y no t ~ I oy l i ng . CPOMEA ( M ) B. R. McKenna , C I NCFLEET , ex t 23076 , j o i ned Jan . f or 18 rnon t hs . W i l l swop f o r any o t he r Po r t smou t h a r ea es t ab l i sh rnen t . CK T , A . Fu l l e r ( Sca l e A) , 6T4 Mess , HMS Ar k Roya l , dep l oy i ng June . W i l l swop f or Cu l d r ose squad r on , o r any P l ymou t h sh i p no t dep l oy i r i g . W r en ( RP ) Ca r t e r , ATC , HMS OsPr eY , Po r t l and , ex t 2406 . W i l l swop f or any dr a f t , Camb r i dgesh i r e a r ea o r Londo i ~ . - Te l . We y mou t h 774179 ( even i ngs ) . LRO ( G ) Me i l l , 3D Mess , HMS No t t i ngham , Ma y D e v onp r t , r e f i t t i ng un t i l Apr i l . dep l oy i ng Sep t . W ' i i l swop f or any Po r t smou t h Leande r - c l ass f r i ga t e . McLean , 6G1 Mess , HMS Ar k R01 ( T ) Roya l . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h Type 42 or be l ow , no t dep l oy i ng . Any t h i ng cons i de r ed . W r enSTD A . Jones , do Wa r d r oom , HMS Ra l e i gh , ' ex t . 271 , d r a f t ed HMS Seahawk , May . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h a r ea dr a f t . 3 Mess , HMS RO i f t ) J , E . Jenk I ns , A l ac r i t y , d r a f t ed HMS Br i s t o l , May . W i l l swop f o r any P l ymou t h f r i ga t e . LW r en QA S . R I l ey , WRNS Qua r i e r s , HMS Ve r non , ex t . 247 - 79 , d r a f t ed HMS Seahawk , Apr i l . W i l l swop f or any Por t s - , mou t h o r London d r a f t , bu t any t h i ng cons i de r ed . AB ( M ) McD l a r m l d , HMS Br ave , P l ymou t h . W i l l swop f o r any Rosy t h sh i p . LWRO Madd l son , HMS D r yad , ex i 427 , d r a f t ed P l y rnou t h , May . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h a r ea dr a f t .

CK A . Sawye r , Ma i n Ga l l ey , HMS He r on , Yeov i l . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h sho r e base w i t h no t l ess t han 14 mon t hs t o se r ve a t t ha t base .

home wa t e r s . W i l l swop f or P l ymou t h sh i p , any cons i de r ed . AB ( M ) K . L . Ph i pps , HMS Jup i t e r . W i l l swop f or any P l ymou t h sh i p dep l oy i ng . CP0AEA ( F1 ) P , E . Hodgaon , HMS Coch r ane , ex t 4373 , F0F3 , DAER . W i l l swop w i t h CPO o r POAEA o r f or any second - l i ne Po r t l and o r Yeov i l t on dra f t . STD M . Co t e , C I NCNAVHOME , O l d Nava l Po r t smou t h , ex t . 23853 , d r a f t ed Academy HMS A~h i l l es , May . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h sh i p no t dep l oy i ng . LSTD Sm i t h , c l o Wa r d r oom , HMS New cas t l e , o r t e l . Gospo r t 585571 , d r a f t ed HMS He r on , Apr i l , t o r e l i eve POSTD . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h / Gospo r t sho r e base . Thom i son , HMS D r yad , ex i . LM I ERR I L ) 427 , d r a f t ed HMS Du l ve r t on , Rosy i h , May . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h sh i p . MEARM ) 1 C . R . Wha r r i e ( Sca l e A) , sh i ps ' De f i anoe , d r a f t ed HMS husband r y , HMS M i ne r va , June . W i l l swop f or any Type 22 , o r

6G3 Mess , HMS Ar k RO1CT ) B r own , Roya l - W i l l swop f or Rosy t h sh i p , Type 42 , bu t any t h i ng cons i de r ed . R01 ( T ) Wood , 31) Moss , HMS No t i i ng ham , dep l oy i ng Oc t . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t t i sh i p no t dep l oy i ng , any t h i ng cons i de r ed . STD N . Russe l l , 3E Mess , HMS Apo l l o , Po r t smou t h . W i l l swop f or any P l ymou t h sh i p no t dep l oy i ng o r i n r e f d . SA T , Fow l e r , S t o r es O f f i ce , HMS He r mes ( sho r e ) DED Devonpo r t , Ma r ch t o Oc t . W i l l swop f ~r any Po r t smou t h sho r e base . LMEM ( L ) H I gg I ns , HTS , HMS Su l t an Po r t s rnou t t i Nava l BaseArethusa, ex t . 22862 , d ; ~ i~HMS i ; f or any Po r i smou t h sh i p . AB ( M ) A , Robe r t s ' FDH Pa r t y , HMS Fea r l ess , d r a f t ed HMS Abd i e l , Rosy i h , Ju t y . W i l l swop f o r any Po r t smou t h sh i p no t dep l oy i ng , con t ac t Po r t smou t h t e l . 754928 a f t e r 1630 . WEM ( O ) G r ey , HMS Juno , d r a f t ed HMS Nep t une , May 13 , ove r s i x rnon t hs . W i l l swop f or any sh i p o r sho r ebase a t Po r t smou i h , Devonpo r t o r Po r t l and . POWEM ( O ) B i l aby , POs ' Mess , HMS Jup i t e r , d r a f t ed Rosy t h FEC May 27 f or 18 mon t hs W i l l cons i de r any sho r e dr~a f t . POCk R , Dav I dson , POs ' Mess ' HMS Jup i t e r d r a f t ed HMS Ganne t Apr i l 2 , 1 f o r 18 r wn t h~ . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h sho r e es t ab l i shmen t . Te l . Po r t smou t h 661011 .

Devonpo r t gas sh i p . ALCK Pa r ks , 3E2 Mess , HMS Cha r ybd i s , d r a f t ed HMS f or ove r 12 Osp r ey , May , mo r r t hs . W i l l swop f o r Devonpo r t sho r e base o r Leande r - c l ass sh i p . Fo l ( T ) D , M . Wh i t e , Comn i cen , BFF1 , NP1242 BFPO 6% , d r a f t ed HMS Ach i l l es , Ju l y , de~ l oy i ng . W i l l swop f o r any Devonpo r t sh i p , dep l oy i ng o r no t . LRO ( G ) Kenea l l y , MHQ Moun t W i se , d r a f t ed HMS Fox , Rpsy t h , May , c r ew ro t a t i on t r i a l s f or t wo yea r s ( 4 weeks on 2 weeks o f f sys t em) . W i l l cons i de r any P l ymou t h sh i p . STD John Coppe r , r / o Wa r d r oom , HMS Ar i hur , d r a f t ed HMS Na i ad , June Roya l ( Devonpo r t ) . W i l l swop f or a Po r t smou t h

AB ( MW ) M . Cock r am , Rosy i h FEC , Regu l a t i ng O f f i ce , ex t 2147 , d r a f t ed HMS Abd i e l , Rosy t h , June . W i l l swop f or any dr a f t . ALS ( S ) T . Bead l e , 3P Mess , HMS Exe t e r ,

sh i p . R01 ( G ) Hox l ey , 5 Mess , HMS Phoebe , r e f i t t i ng Devonpo r t , May . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h o r P l ymou t h sh i p dep l oy i ng .

I t 's j us t one examp l e o f our s t rong l i nks w i t h membe r s o f t he a rmed forces a t a l l l eve l s , For as l i t t l e as £20 a mon t h you can star t i nves t i ng w i t h us - gu i ded by our t eam o f adv i sers who rea l l y unde rs t and t he needs o f serv i ce peop l e and the i r f ami l i es . Ou r r ange o f f i nanc i a l p l ans is second to none , and we norma l l y i nsure serv i ce a i rc rew w i t h t he m i n i mum o f fuss and w i t hou t ex t ra f l y i ng pr em i um.

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LW r on J . Pu r v i s , HMS Ne l son ( Ve r non S i t e ) , d r a f t ed HMS He r on , May 1 . W i l l swop f or any l ead i ng s t ewa r d ' s b i l l e t . R01 ( G ) T r yne r , 31 . Mess , HMS Na i ad , dep l oy i ng . W i l l cons i de r any sh i p no t dep l oy i ng ove r Augus t . POSA O l i ve , NATEC Too l Con t ro l , t e l . 550143 ex t . 4086 , d r a f t ed HMS Coch r ane , May . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t t i o r P l ymou t h sh i p o r wou l d cons i de r Fa l k l ands . A / STD Robe r t s , 1 Mess , HMS Boxe r , P l ymou t h ( t r i a l s a t Po r t smou t h ) . W i l l swop f or any sh i p dep l oy i ng , excep i Fa l k l ands . MEM ( L ) l A , Sm i t h , ( Sca l e B , f u l l AMC ) HMS Campo r down , RNR Tay , dr a f t ed HM9

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Ca r o l yn (25) , 5 f t . 7 i n . , I psw i ch . Ka r en (23) , Sou t ha r np t on . Ho l d l (25) , 5 f t . 7 i n . , Machen , Gwen t . Sue (20) , Sf t . 4 i n . , S t a i nes , Mddx . Lo r r a i ne (30) , 5 f t . 8 i n . , Eas t bou r ne . Ch r i s t i ne (37) , 5 f t . 8 i n . , Br i s t o l . Ju l l e (18) , 5 f t . g i n . , Manches t e r . Sa l l i (21) , 5 f t . 6 i n . , Wes t Ge r many . Joy (50) , 5 f t . , P l ymou t h , Devon . Pau l l ne (21) , Sf t . 2 i n . , Ches t e r f i e l d . Lync l a (42) , 5 f t . 8 i n . , She f f i e l d . , Shone (19) , Sf t . 5 i n . , Ha r r oga t e . Rache f (18) , Sf t . 4 i n . , Wh i psnade , Beds . Sha r on (20) , Mo t i on Mowb r ay , Le i cs . Sue (42) , 5 f t . 6 i n . , Sou t h Ben f l ee t , Essex . Ch r i s t i ne (28) , 5 f t . l i n . , Rochda l e . Pau l l ne (28) , L i ve rpoo l . Jane (19) , 5 f t . 3 i n . , She f f i e l d . Jayne (19) , 5f t . 6 i n . , Cambe r l ey , Su r r ey . Ma r i na (18) , 5 f t . 3 i n . , Ke i gh l ey , Yo r ks . Wendy (17) , Le i ces t e r . Sue (26) , Sf t . 4 i n . , Br i s t o l . Joanna (18) , Ho l yhead , Ar i g l esey . Ha ze l (28) , Bou r nemou t h , Do r se t .

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dep l oy i ng . LWELRO ) sex t on , HMS A l ac r i t y , d r a f t ed ERA He i s t on , Cu l d r ose , May . W i l l swop f or t e l ( even i ngs ) any P l ymou t h sho r e base , P l ymou t h ~40 . CA J . S , N i cho l l , c l o F I NDC1s , Po r t s~ Nava l Base ex t . 25491 , d r a f t ed HMS He r mes , Apr i l , s i x r r i on t hs , DED Devonpo r t . Any i h i ng oons i de r ed . W r onSTD A . Ma r r , HMS Ra l e i gh , ex t . 271 , d r a f t ed HMS Seahawk , May . W i l l swop f or any P l ymou t h sho r e base .

Suz z i nne (17) , Sf t . 7 i n . , Le i ces i e r . Me t (18) , Arbo r y , I s l e o f Man . Ju l l a (17) , 5 f t . 2 i n . , S t c>ckpor i . Ca r o l (39) , 5 f t . l l i n . , Sunde r l and . Ang l e (27) , 5 f t . 7 i n . , G i br a l t a r . Eve l yn (37) , Sf t . 3 i n . , Rochda l e , Lancs . Ke r r i n (23) , Me l bou r ne , Aus t r a l i a . Sund r i (20) , 5f t . 5 i n . , G i br a f t a r . Sand r a (31) , Sf t . -2 i n . , Rochda l e , Lancs . And r ea (17) , Sf t . 5 i n . , Sou t hamp t on . De t k i i s (18) , Sou t h Ha r r ow , Mddx .

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AB ( M ) B r own , HMS Hu r wo r t h , Rosy t h . W i l l swop f or P l ymou t h sho r e base , o r sh i p i n l ong re f f t . AB ( M ) Heywood , L / A f t Mess , HMS She r a t on , Rosy t h . W i l l cons i de r any sh i p no t

Jayne (21) , 5 f t . 6 i n . , Hu l l . Jo (22) , Sf t . 5 i n . , Ha t f i e l d , He r i ~ Pau i l ne (35) , 5 f t . 4 i n . , Ga t eshead . Ca r o l e (23) , Ryde , I s l e o f W i gh t . Ma r l on (35) , Rochda l e , Lancs . Ma r ga r e t (21) , Me i boume , Aus t r a l i a . And r ea (21) , Banbu r y , Oxon . Janneene (16) , Penk r i dge , S t a f f s . G i l l (21) , S t r ea t ham , London . , She l l s (36) , Sf t . 8 i n . , Gospo r t , Han t s . Wendy (22) , 5f t . 2 i n . , Ho l yheo i d , Gwynedd . A l l son (19) , 5f t . 2 i n . , Ches t e r f i e l d , De r by . S l ob t i an (18) , S t r okes t own , N . I . Ka r en (16) , Wh i t by , N . Yo r ks . B r ands (17) , Hun t l y , Abe r deensh i r e . A r m (40) , S t ud l ey , Wa r w i cksh i r e . She l l ey (26) , Me l bou r ne , Akus t r a l i a . Pame l a (17) , 5 f t . 4 i n . , She f f i e l d . Ca r o l (39) , 5 f t . 7 i n . , Wes t ga t e - on - Sea . Sha r on (27) , Po t t e r s Ba r , He r t s . D i ana ( 45) ; Sf t . l i n . , Yeov i l , Some r se t . Jane (42) , Sf t . l i n . , Yeov i l , Some r se t . G i l l i an (36) , Sf t . 3 i n . , Du r ham . Debb l e (20) , 5 f t . 7 i n . , P l y r r i ou t h . Jack l e (27) , 5 f t . S i n . , B i l l e r i cay , Essex . Wench (24) , Sf t . 4 i n . , Weyb r i dge , Su r r ey . S t e l l a (26) , G r i msby . Wendy (24) , 5f t . , Rec i d i sh , Chesh i r e . L i z (18) , 5f t . 10 i n . , Eas t Mo l esey , Su r r ey . D i ane (18) , Sf t . g i n . , Doncas i e r . L so (1 g) , Sf t . 8 i n . , Lead s L : nde (21) , 5 f t . 2 i n . , M i l t on l eyn Jean (42) , 5f t . 2 i n . , Skewon , W . G l a . . Ango l a (25) , 5f t . , Che f t enham , G l os . Susan (22) , 5 f t . 5 i n . , I psw i ch . L i sa (18) , Po r t l and , Do r se t . Ca r o l i na (29) , 5f t . 7 i n . , Co i ne , Lancs . Pau l e t t e (17) , 5 f t . S i n . , Pa r , CLornwa l l . Pa t r i c i a (28) , LondonC Wendy (22) , 5 f t . 6 i n . , Manches t e r . Ma r ga r e t (46) , Newa r k , No t t s . Ann - Ma r l e (16) , No t t i ngham . Joanne (18) , H i t ch i n , He r t s . Jayne (18) , Wo r s l ey , Manches t e r . Ma r i a (16) , Mexbo r ough , Yo r ks . Be r n l e (20) , B l ackpoo l , Lancs . Ju l l a (20) , 5f t . 6 i n . , Sw i ndon , W i f t s . Sand r a (21) , 5 f t . 2 i n . , Cha t ha r n , Ken t . B r enda (28) , Ga t eshead . a Ju l i e (27) , Sf t . S i n . , G r i msby . Sue (18) , E l l esme r e Por t . Ma r i a (20) , Sf t . 3 i n . , Cha t ham , Ken t . He l en (23) , 5 f t . 7 i n . , B i r m i ngham . I r acey (16) , 5 f t . l i n . , Fa l mou t h . T i na , ( 32 ) , Sf t . 6 i n . , B i r m i ngham . Pame l a (18) , New r y , Go . Down . Anne t t e (21) , Ma i ds t one , Ken t . M i che l l e (17) , 5 f t . S i n . , Hackney , London . Den i es (18) , Ma i ds t one , Ken t . Ju l i c (18) , Sf t . 4 i n . , Rom f o r d , Essex . S t ephsn l e (39) , P l ymou t h , Devon . Saman t ha (16) , Cu l l omp t on , Devon . Ch r i s t i ne (39) , Bo r eham Wood , He r i s . He l en (16) , 5 f t . 5 i n . , Sou t ha r np t on . Jay (29) , S t r a t f ord , London . L I nda (18) , 5 f t . 8 i n . , S t oke - on - Tr en t . Sh I r l ey (25) , 5 f t . 6 i n . , Po r t smou t h . Susan (36) , Sf t . 7 i n . , P l y rnou t h . Sa r ah (18) , Sf t . 3 i n . , S t oke - on - Tr en t . Joan (31) , Andove r , Han t s . Cyn t h i a (36) , Sf t . 8 i n . , F i f e , Sco t l and . Sue (22) , 5 f t . 4 i n . , No r w i ch , Nor f o l k . Den i es (27) , 5 f t . 3 i n . , Po r t smou t h . Te r esa (30) , 5f t . 8 i n . , P l ymou t h . Sand r a (33) , 5 f t . 8 i n . , Le i ces i e r . F i ona (20) , Sf t . 4 i n . , Ed i nbu r gh . Jane (37) , 5 f t . 6 i n . , Eas t Ham , London . Pa t (48) , 5 f t . 2 i n . , Emswo r i h , Han t s . (36) , 5 f t . 4 i n . , Newcasde - on - Tyne . 2Dane 1son (28) , Br ackne l l , Be r ks .

O r kney , May . W i l l swop f or any Rosy l t i Type 42 o r f r i ga t e . LW r en STD Qu l ck f a l l , Po r t smou t h Nava l Base ex i . 22800 , d r a f t ed RNAS Cu l d r ose , Apr i l 21 . W i l l cons i de r any swop . LSTD Pen r ose , HMS He r on ( Yeov i l t on ) ex t . 6191 , d r a f t ed HMS C l eopa t r a , June . W i l l swop f or any Po r i s r nou t h sh i p . AB ( M ) Roy ' sh i p ' s d i ve r , Dunke r , HMS Ne l son ( Ve r non ) . W i l l swop f or Devonpo r t sho r e base o r sh i p no t dep l oy i ng . Con t ac t Po r t smou t h Nava l Base ex t . 24010 o r HMS Oseda l us ex i . 4271 . WTR Lyons , SC / Re l ease O f f i ce , HMS Ne l son ex i 24265 . W i l l swop f or any t h i ng . LCK Mu r k l n , 3 Mess , HMS L i ve rpoo l , R~h - based . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h sh i p . OK Woo l l ey , 3 Moss , HMS L i ve rpoo l , R~h - based . W i l l swop f or any P l ymou t h o r Po r t smou t t i sh i *p dep l oy i ng o r no t . CK P . M , Roche , 3E Mess , HMS Apo l l o . W i l l swop f or any f r i ga t e o r Type 42 dep l oy i ng t h i s yea r .

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' D ' Wa t ch , Fo r t RO1 ( G ) S . J . Sou t hw i ck , ex t 305 , d r a f t ed HMS Apo l l o , Po r t smou t h . W i l l swop f or any P l ymou t h sh i p , dep l oy i ng o r no t . AB ( M ) M. J. Roche , HMS Nep t une MACCO ex i . 343 , d r a f t ed HMS Ed i nbu r gh ( Rosy t h ) , May . W i l l swop f or any Po r t smou t h sh i p .

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Shoo t i ng s t ars make . i t f i ve Good resu l t s i n c r ow BY THE t i me th i s co l umn i s pr i n t ed t he Int er -Serv i ce hockey champ i onsh i ps w i l l have been he l d and we w i l l know whe t he r t he Roya l Navy Unde r 21s re t a i ned the i r j un i or t i t l e and whe t he r t he good run o f resu l t s ach i eved by t he sen i ors i n t he New Yea r have been c l i maxed by the i r f i rst t i t l e s i nce 1980 ' wr i t es Br i an Lup t on , Look i ng a t the i r resu l ts , i t wou l d appear tha t the j unnors are a l i t t le weake r than usua l - a l though the annua l M i d l ands tour wi l l g i ve the new managemen t t eam of CPO Wayne Sh i r l ey (manage r , HMS Co l l i ngwood) and Cp l A l an Wh i t e (coach ' HMS Centur i on) the chance to wh i p the squad i nto shape . St i f fest bu i l d-up f i xture was a day in the Wes t Coun t ry when the t eam p l ayed Wes t Schoo l s in the morn i ng and Some rse t U-21s in the a f t e r noon . The resu l ts we r e 10 - 0 and 7 - 0 de f ea ts . OXFORD Ox f ord Un i vers i t y we r e the f i rst to suf f er as the sen i or t eam made i ts ma rk . LWEM Ter ry Sp i nks (Cochrane ) and AEM Paddy Mo f f a t (Heron) ' 2 ' scored i n the 3 - i de f ea t of the students . Nex t day Br i t i sh Po l i ce we re on the rece i v i ng end of a 3 - 0 bea t i ng . Th i s t i me a brace of goa l s

FOR THE f i f th consecu t i ve yea r t he WRNS re t a i ned t he Women ' s In t er -Serv i ce sma i l bor e r i f l e champ i onsh i ps , he l d a t t he snowbound WRAC t ra i n i ng cen t re a t Gu i l d f ord , Cons i s t ent shoot i ng f rom the WRNS t eam ' who have won the Sma i i be r e t i t l e 19 t i mes in the pas t 29 years ' made a score of 1 , 916 out f o r ge t r i f l e of a poss i b l e 2 ' 000 . The WRAF we r e second w i th 1 ' 915 and the WRAC t ook th i rd p l ace w i th l ar l y p l eased to l eave on a 1 ' 901. w i nn i ng st reak . He r pos i t i on The Newcombe Trophy was w i l l be f i l l ed by Sue Craddock . won by the capt a i n of the t eam , The WRNS reserve t eam ' Second O f f i ce r Ca t hy de t erm i ned no t to be l ef t out , Wa t t e r son ( B i r m i ngham a l so won the i r event . Tak i ng Careers Of f i ce) and the WRNS par t we re Wr en Caro l e Wa t son Meda l was present ed to P0 ( HMS Ra l e i gh) and Wr en Wr en Sue Craddock , a te l eD i ane R i gga l l ( RM Dea l ) ' who bo t h scored 189 Out of a pos phon i s t on secondmen t to SHAI PE . s i b l e 200. Wr en R i gga l l t ook the Ca thy ' who has been secrespor t up j ust a year ago and Wr en Wa t son was se l ec t ed as tary and capta i i i for four years ' and regre t t ab l y l eaves the Ser the Young Spor t swoman o f v i ce i n the summe r ' was par t i cu1985 .

HARD WORK PAYS OFF W I NS over London Un i vers i t y (12-7) and Br i ghton Sh i verers (10- -6) rewa rded the ha rd wor k tha t the sma l l RN wa t e r po l o squad has been put t i ng i n unde r new coach CCMEA Te r ry Ho l de r (Cu l drose) . St rength of the squad has been sapped by the absence of key p l ayers ' i nc l ud i ng the Roya l Ma r i nes cont i ngent , Consequen t l y ' the dep l e t ed Navy t eam d i d very we l l to f in i sh th i rd l ast mon t h beh i nd Roy t on and the RAF i n the annua l Coven t r y i nv i t a t i on

Wa t e r po l o t ournamen t i nvo l v i ng the top t en c l ubs in the count ry . F i ve Navy p l ayers - LPT M i cky F l aher t y (Heron) ' L i eut . Rob Hea t l y RM (C- rC) ' Sub L i eut . Ph i l Wa l t e r (Manadon) ' V . I EA Ga r y Br i ck l ey (Co l l i ng wood) and POMEM I an Ma i r (Su l t an) - have been i nc l uded in the Comb i ned Serv i ces squad to t ake par t i n t he NATO se r v i ces t ou rnamen t a t Foun t a i nb l eu ' F r ance f rom Ma r ch 17 to 22.

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i I okey f rom CPOMEA G r aeme Ma t he r (Su l t an) and one f rom Sub-L i eu t . Robe r t Logan (Daeda l us) d i d the t r i ck . On the fo l l ow i ng Sunday , Sussex t ook the l ead through a pena l t y st roke , on l y for Ter ry Sp i nks to equa l i se i n a s i mi l ar way . Tha t ' s how the score rema i ned unt i l Sussex ne t t ed w i th t wo m i nu t es to go f rom a deba t ab l e pena l t y corner . CAMBR I DGE Nex t game a l so resu l t ed i n a de f ea t ' by t wo goa l s to n i l at t he hands o f Cambr i dge Un i vers i ty . Inc i denta l l y , on the same day the RAF we re t ak i ng 65 m i nu t es to break down the Ox f ord de f ences be fore run n i ng i n t wo goa l s . S i nce then bo t h the W i l t sh i re and London Un i vers i t y games have been casua l t i es of the wea ther , The sen i ors we r e w i nd i ng

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up the i r prepara t i ons for the Int er -Serv i ce t ournamen t w i th f i xtures aga i ns t Hampsh i r e and the C i v i l Serv i ce e i ther s i de of a weekend in Chesh i re when the Army and the Roya l Navy each p l ay Bowden and Brook l ands . LOSERS A check on l ast season ' s resu l ts revea l s tha t the Navy lost 0 - 8 to Ox ford , 0 - 7 to Br i t i sh Po l i ce , 0 - 5 to Sussex and 1 - 4 to Cambr i dge . So con f i dence is espec i a l l y h i gh , as l ast year the sen i ors wen t on to bea t the RAF 2 - O and on l y l ost 0 - i to the Army . In the M i d i Sh i ps Cup ' HMS Are t husa had a com for t ab l e 5- -0 w i n ove r HM subma r i ne Scep t r e when CMEM Casey Fe rnandez ' WEM George For eman ' SEA N i ck Car t er ' AB Hec Hoy l e and WEM Ped Ba t h scored . In the l oca l P l ymou t h Ar ea cup ' t hey themse l ves we r e bea t en 5 - 0 by BRNC Da r t mou t h in an 11-goa l ma t ch!

C r ookham Ho r se Tr i a l s ; A t h l e t i cs , CS V ECCU ( RAF Ha f t on ) , 9 - Ta r ge t r i f l e : RNTRC v Wandswo r t h RC ( B l e l ey ) , 10 - Hockey :

RN ( W ) v C i v i l Se r v i ce ( Po r t smou t h ) , 12 - Rugby : RN v Roundhay ( Leeds ) . 15 Hockey : RNWHA V Co r nwa l l ( P l ymou t h ) . 15 - 16 Sa i l i ng : RN I ARMY / RAF / C i v i l Se r v i ce ( V i c t o r y T r ophy ) ( U l t i e t on ) .

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19 - Foo t ba l l : RN v A r my ( A l de r sho t ) , 15 - 16 - Ne t ba l i : RNWNA V Me t r opo l i t an Po l i ce ( HMS Do l ph i n ) , 17 - I ndoo r hockey : RNWHA V W i n ches t e r ( Eas t l e i gh ) . 12 - 14 Hockey : RNW I n t e r - Se r v i ce Champ i onsh i ps ( Po r t smou t h ) , 19 RN v Wes t e r n Sw i mm i ng : Coun t i es ( HMS He r on ) , 22 - Rugbya RN v RAF ( Tw i ckenham ) ; Foo t ba l l : CS You t h v Eng l i sh Schoo l s ( Wa r w i cksh i r e ) ; Cyc l i ng : H i l l y t i me t r i a l ( Showbu r y ) ,

For mo r e t han 50 yea r s , A i rwor k L i m i t ed has p r ov i ded t echn i ca l suppo r t and t r a i n i ng se r v i ces f or t he Br i t i sh and ove r seas f gove rnmen t s , i n t e rna t i ona l organ i sa t i ons , sc i en t i f i c bod i es , pr i va t e i ndus t ry , c i v i l av i a t i on and . m i l i t a ry and nava l au t hor i t i es . The A i rwor k L i m i t ed wo r k f o r ce is app rox i ma t e l y 3 , 000 and cons i s t s p r edom i nan t l y o f ex -Se r v i ce

ROYAL NAVY ve t e r ans showed the way at the I n t e r Serv i ce squash champ i onsh i ps at Lee -on-So l en t Lawn Tenn i s and Squash C l ub , de f ea t i ng the RAF 4 - 1 and the Army 3 - 2 in a mos t thr i l l ing encount er . Cdr . Rob i n Baw t r ee won both h i s games as f i rst st r ing' and L i eut . -Cdr . M i ke Benson a l so won both h i s games . Cdr , Ph i l Poo l won aga i nst the RAF , as d i d Cdr . M i ke Sauvage and L i eut . Br i an G i bbs . O t he rs i n the squad we r e L i eut . -Cdr . N i ck A l ves and Br i an Donnach i c . A weakened Unde r 25 t eam lost 5 - O to the RAF but t ook

Squash t he Ar my despera t e l y c l ose be fore go i ng down 2-3 . On the f ina l day the Army turned ove r the much- f anc i ed RAF 3-2 . I t was so c l ose to be i ng a t hree way t ie . Ar my dom i na t i on o f the sen i or event cont i nues i nto i ts 13 t h year ' but a l l cred i t to L i eut . Bi l l Johnson and t he f i ght i ng sp i r i t of h i s t eam ' wh i ch cont es t ed every ma t ch w i th con s i derab l e courage and ou t s t and i ng spor t smansh i p . F i na l pos i t i ons we r e : U - 25 - 1 , A r my ; 2 , RAF ; 3 , RN . Sen i o r - 1 , A r my ; 2 , RAF ; 3 , RN . Ve t e r ans - 1 , RN ; 2 , Ar my ; 3 , RAF .

22 - 23 - Tenn i s : I n t e r - Se r v i me B ( RAF Ha l t on ) . 23 Cyc l i ng : Med . gea r t i me t r i a l ( Shawbu r y ) ; Ta r ge t r i f l e : RNTRC v Manydown ( B i a l ey ) , 25 - Foo t ba l l : CS You t h V PA Co l t s ( A l de r sho t ) , 26 - Foo t ba l l : RN V RAF ( Ponamou t h ) . 28 - 29 - Mode r n Pen t a t h i ona Na t i ona l ( Cr ys t a l P l ace ) . 29 Mode r n Pen t a t h i ona Reg i ona i l t r i a t h l on ( She r bo r ne ) . 29 - 30 - Tenn i sa ' B ' t eam champ i on sh i ps ( RAP Ha l t on ) . 28 - 31 I s l ande r s Fes t i va l Hockey :

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NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986

Ar my made t o ba t t l e f or c rown THE ARMY re t a i ned t he Int er -Serv i ce t eam box i ng champ i onsh i p by bea t i ng t he Roya l Navy s i x bou t s to four a t A l de rsho t on Februa r y 6. Fo r much o f t he even i ng , howeve r , t hey l ooked l i ke l os i ng the i r t i t l e or , a t bes t , hav i ng to sha r e t he spo i l s , W i t h t he Ar my con f i Box i ng dent l y expec t ed to sweep the Navy as i de a f ter hamme r i ng the Roya l A i r Force 10~-0 ' i t was the l ads i n da rk b l ue punch f rom FUS Er ro l Ho l der , a cont es t the Army had to w i n . who t ook eve r yone by MNE Ph i l N i cho l son at l i gh t surpr i se , neve r So f i erce l y d i d the " l i t t l e" men f ight , tha t the Navy l ed 4 - i a t one st age , and the Army we re star i ng de f ea t in the f ace . Bu t in the bes t t rad i t i ons of thi s marve l l ous annua l conf ront a t i on they came s torm i ng back to w i n the next f i ve bouts . The Navy ' s f i rst f i ve we re magn i f i cen t , and out s t and i ng among t hem was MNE Dave Robb . He shrugged as i de l ast season ' s de f ea t s by DVR Ne i l Haddock to outpo i nt the Army and Wa l es l i ghtwe i ght w i th a t ex t -book d i sp l ay of l ong- range box i ng . CK Dave Pope ( ban t am we i ght ) a l so won in the mos t i mpress i ve f ash i on , knock i ng ou t the c l assy LCp I Ke i t h How l e t t f i ve seconds be fore the end of the f i rst round . How l e t t s topped mov i ng j ust tw i ce ' and tha t was l ong enough for Pope . On the f i rst occas i on he a l mos t cut How l e t t in ha l f w i th a l ef t hook to the body .

Bob Thompson THE DEATH o f L i eu t . -Cdr . A . R . V . Thompson MBE RN ( r e t d ) has r obbed Roya l and Navy Navy spo r t , box i ng i n pa r t i cu l a r , o f one o f i t s mos t comm i t t ed en t hus i as t s . Bob Thompson d i ed on Feb r ua r y 11 a t t he age o f 59 . He r e t i r ed i n May 1976 bu t con t i nued un t i l r ecen t l y t o adm i n i s t e r box i ng and o t he r spo r t s i n t he Navy . H i s ded i ca t i on t o t he RN of Box i ng Assoc i a t i on , wh i ch he was sec r e t a r y and t n i i asur e r ' was r ewa r ded du r i ng t he l a t e Seven t i es and ea r l y E i gh t i es by one o f t he mos t success f u l pe r i ods i n nava l box i ng h i s t or y . A memo r i a l ma t ch f or Bob w i l l be he l d i n S t Ann ' s Chu r ch , Po r t smou t h Nava l Base ' a t 1130 on Ma r ch 24 .

The Army boy bea t the count and count er -a t t acked brave l y . Bu t Pope ' s nex t l e f t hook caught h i m f l ush on the ch i n. End of cont est . Roya l Ma r i nes Cohn Day ( f ea t he rwe i gh t ) and Pe t e r Wa i gh t s ( l i ght -we l t er ) bo t h l ooked r i ng rusty but won be cause they s i mp l y wou l d not ent er t a i n the thought of de f ea t . Ne i ther moved or punched w i th any cr i spness , but made sure of the i r dec i s i ons by non- s t op aggress i on. AB( M ) Tony Mar t i n lost the open i ng f l ywe i ght cont est to the accomp l i shed SPR John McLean , but boxed as we l l as he has ever done i n a Navy vest . A l t hough McLean deserved l y won a unan i mous po i n t s dec i s i on , he was cons i derab l y mor e bru i sed and pressur i sed t han Ma r t i n at the f ina l be l l . New Navy we l t erwe i ght MNE Kar l Jones was s topped in the f i rst round by a crush i ng body

m i dd l ewe i gh t s t opped chas i ng RFN Tony Ve l i nor ' but had no rea l de f ence aga i ns t Ve l i nor ' s supe rb coun t e r punch i ng . I f the f ina l resu l t turned on one cont est , i t was probab l y the m i dd l ewe i ght bout be t ween SA Andy Chambe r s and new r e cru i t PTE Nnamd i Samue l s , a London ABA f ina l i st l ast year . Chambe rs , desp i t e a pub l i c wa rn i ng for ho l d i ng , cons i s t ent l y out scored Samue l s and was mor e aggress i ve . Bu t the j udges awa rded the cont est unan i mous l y to Samue l s . L i gh t -heavywe i gh t MNE St eve Herye t cou l d not l i f t h i s pace suf f i c i ent l y to bea t the med i oc re FUS Danny Coy l e , and LMEM ( M ) M i ck Ford d i d we l l to surv i ve h i s heavywe i gh t debu t aga i nst the form i dab l e Cp l Hor ace M i l es .

rU . . t spo r t VETERAN cyc l i s t CMEA ( M ) M i ke Me r chan t has been vo t ed w i nne r o f t he p r es t i g i ous NATO t he Roya l T r ophy Navy ' s Spo r t sman o f t he Yea r awa r d by mem be r s o f t he RN and RM Spo r t s Con t r o l Boa r d . Ma r chan t , i nd i v i dua l w i nne r o f 14 I n t e r - Se r v i ce even t s and i nsp i r a t i on o f t he success f u l Navy cyc l i ng t eam , na r r ow l y i n t e r na t i ona l p i pped a t h l e t e L i eu t . Ch r i s Rob i son , Go l f e r L i eu t - Cd r . Ma l co l m Edmunds was t h i rd . The Spo r t s Con t r o l Boa r d Cup f or t he t eam o f t he yea r wen t f o r t he second t i me i n t h r ee yea r s t o t he RM f r ee f a l l pa r a chu t i s t s , who se t new Br i t i sh and Eu r opean day and n i gh t s t ack r eco rds '

equa l l ed t he wo r l d s t ack r eco r d o f 23 pa r achu t i s t s , and won a canopy - f u l l o f meda l s a t t he na t i ona l r e l a t i ve wo r k champ i on sh i ps . The Navy cyc l i s t s we r e second ' and t he RN Women ' s sma l i bo r e r i f l e t eam and t he Nava l A i r Command r i g l e t eam we r e j o i n t t h i rd .

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PROUD momen t f or SEA Quen t on Sh i I l i n f o r d ( HMS Do l ph i n ) as he r ece i ves h i s t r ophy f r om Hen r y Coope r a f t e r w i nn i ng t he NABC l i gh t we i gh t t i t l e a t t he G r osveno r House Ho t e l . P i c t u r ea M i ke

Chr i s speeds to 6 t h t i t l e L I EUT . Ch r i s Rob i son won t he RN c r oss coun t r y champ i onsh i ps a t HMS Ra l e i gh on Feb r ua r y 7 by t h r ee seconds f r om L i eu t . Te r r y Osbo r ne , and i n do i ng so bea t t he r eco r d f i ve Navy t i t l es ach i eved by L i eu t . -Cdr . Danny McFadzean . Fou r i nches o f snow f e l l i n b l i z za rd cond i t i ons be f o r e t he r aces , and t he s t a r t was made i n a l mos t wh i t e - ou t cond i t i ons . A ve t e r an r ace was he l d f or t he f i rs t t i me and won by P l ymou t h . I nd i v i dua l w i nne r was CCPO Wadd i ngham (A i r ) , f o l l owed by L i eu t . -Cdr . Guy ( P l ymou t h ) . W r en Ga l e ( Po r t smou t h ) was t he f i rs t W r en home , ga i n i ng r evenge ove r POPT G r ace who had bea t en he r i n t he Po r t s mou t h Command champ i onsh i ps . Po r t s mou t h r e t a i ned t he WRNS t rophy . I nd i v i dua l w i nne r o f t he j un i or r ace was M i d . Tangye ( BRNC ) , t wo m i nu t es ahead o f JMNE Boo t h ( CTC) . The Roya l Ma r i nes t ook t he t eam t i t l e . Nava l A i r Command won t he sen i o r t eam t rophy ' w i t h P l y mou t h squee z i ng Po r t smou t h ou t o f second p l ace .

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F r eeze t r i ms f i x t ur e 1015t FROZEN p i t ches have pu t pa i d to t wo o f the Roya l Navy ' s ou t i ngs as t hey pr epa r ed for the S t ewa r t Wr i gh t son ma t ch aga i ns t the Ar my a t Tw i ckenham on Ma r ch 8 and t he RAF encoun t e r on Ma r ch 22 . On l y the game aga i nst Le i ces t er at We l f ord Road on Februa ry 26 rema i ned for the se l ec tor to do h i s stuf f . The f i xtures aga i nst G l amorgan Wande r e rs and the Ci v i l Serv i ce we r e both v i c t i ms of the b i g f reeze , so the l ast t i me the Navy we re in ac t i on was aga i nst Ox f ord Un i vers i t y at Burnaby Road on Februa ry 5. THREE TR I ES Tha t encoun t er ended i n a 14-16 de f ea t for the Sen i or Serv i ce , desp i t e the fact tha t they scored three t r i es to one . G l yn Wood , Bar ry Howa r t h and Andy Ke l l e t t a l l crossed the l ine , one of wh i ch Ge r ry Pr i ce conver t ed , but had no answe r to the boo t of s tudent f l y-ha l f Ash l ey Johnson . He k i cked three pena l t i es and a drop goa l and scored a t ry . At the end of January the Navy made al l the runn i ng in de f ea t i ng Cambr i dge Un i vers i t y 13 - 6 at Gr ange Road .

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AFTER bea t i ng Cornwa l l 1 - 0 i n the i r open i ng Sou t h Wes t Coun t i es champ i on sh i p ma t ch ' t he Roya l Navy socce r t eam we r e l i tera l l y f rozen ou t by G l ouces t e r sh i re on a p i t ch tha t wou l d i n par t s have made a good i ce r i nk ' wr i t e Jack Sheppa rd . The ma t ch , at Burnaby Road , Por t smou th ' was i n doub t unt i l the l ast rn i nutes ' bu t good wor k by the ground staf f a l l owed the re f eree to g i ve the go-ahead . A back -pass by Budge Roge rs was i nt ercept ed by G l ouces t er C i t y st r i ker Norman Be l l a f ter j ust three m i nu t es to g i ve the v i s i tors a l ead they he l d desp i t e the mos t i nt ense nava l pressure . S t eve Johnson (Dr yad)

HMS BR I STOL de f ea t ed HMS G l amorgan by 14 po i nt s to s i x to w i n t he 1986 Max i -Sh i ps rugby f ina l , the on l y F l ee t com pe t i t i on to be conc l uded so far . G l amorgan we re ahead by t wo pena l t i es to a dropped goa l at the i nt erva l , but Br i s to l s t ormed i nto the l ead w i th second ha l f t r i es by WEM Tony S t evenson and LPT I van Torpey . F i na l i sts in the Max i footba l l compe t i t i on are the G l amorgan and HMS Ar k Roya l , who are hop i ng to mee t at Por t smou t h in Apr i l . The Max i hockey has reached semi - f i na l s st age , w i t h HMS Int rep i d (3-2 w i nners over the Br i sto l ) due to p l ay the G l am organ and HMS I l l us t r i ous dr awn aga i nst s i ster car r i er Ar k Roya l . M i d i and M i n i compe t i t i ons are not so advanced . HM sh i ps Al acr i ty , York , Juno , Ed i n burgh and Ro t hesay are st i l l in the M i d i rugby , and Ar i adne , Eurya l us , Rothesay , Ya rmou t h , Ed i nburgh , Manches t e r , Phoebe , Ga l a t ea and Br azen are l ef t in the soccer .

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RN 7, RAF 3 THREE i mpress i ve debut s h i gh l i ght ed the Roya l Navy ' s 7 - 3 w i n ove r the Roya l A i r Force in HMS Ne l son on February 20, a l l f ea tur i ng youngs t ers who have much to of fer Navy box i ng in the future . SEA Da l e Rand l e (Do l ph i n) ea rned a ma j or i t y po i nt s dec i s i on at f l ywe i ght , WEM Tony Wes t wood (Coh l i ngwood) won we l l at l i ght -m i dd l ewe i ght , and SEA Quen t i n Sh i l l i ngford (Do l ph i n) ' a l though bea t en on po i nt s by Int er -Serv i ces l i gh t we i ght ve t eran St eve Snagg , revea l ed an abundan t ta l ent . Add to tha t ano ther com mand i ng per f ormance by MNE Dave Robb (Comacch i o Coy) ' sure l y the mos t i mproved boxe r in a l l three Serv i ces ; a much mor e comm i t t ed MNE St eve He rye t (40 Cdo) at l i gh t heavywe i gh t ; and i ns i de the -d i s t ance w i ns for MNEs Cohn Day (Cen t ur i on) and Pe t er Wa i gh t s ( RM P l ymouth) . CK Dave Pope (Cu l drose) was g i ven a wa l kove r at ban t amwe i ght , SA Andy Chambe r s (Ve rnon) l ost on po i nt s a t m i dd l ewe i ght , and heavywe i ght LMEM ( M ) M i ck Ford (Boxer ) was s topped in the th i rd.

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b l ast ed ove r the bar , and John R i ch ( CTCRM) f i red in a shot tha t r ebounded of f the G l ouces tersh i re goa l keeper ' s f ace . LPT F red P i cker i ng (War r i or ) scored the on l y goa l of the game aga i nst Cornwa l l a f ter an exce l l ent cross f rom Andy Gr ace (Has l ar ) . Back in goa l for the Navy was f orme r Scot t i sh Foo t ba l l League and Comb i ned Se r v i ces ' keeper Tony M i k l i nsk i , who was a regu l ar membe r of the Navy s i de unt i l h i s appo i n t men t to the Roya l Ma r i nes t ook h i m of f to Norway dur i ng the hear t o f each season . He soon showed he has not lost h i s t ouch by sav i ng a pena l ty . On the same day ' the RN

You t h t eam dr ew 2 - 2 w i th Cornwa l l You t h . Cons i s t ent goa l -scorer John R i ch was on t arge t aga i nst the C i v i l Serv i ce a t Ch i sw i ck in pour i ng ra i n and h i gh w i nds . The ma t ch ended in a 1 - 1 dr aw a l though the Navy had the i r chances t o c l i nch i t in the second ha l f . SEN I OR DEBUT

Manage r L i eut . -Cdr . Chr i s Br ady brough t i n You t h t eam p l aye r WEM McKane ( An dromeda ) for h i s sen i or debut , and gave App Da i sy Adams (Su l t an) a th i rd out i ng in goa l . R i ch was on the scoreshee t for Comb i ned Serv i ces i n the i r 2 - 1 v i c t ory ove r Lough borough Un i vers i t y , a ma t ch made poss i b l e by the i r a l l wea t he r p i tch. Games aga i nst

the Footba l l Assoc i a t i on and A l dershot Town we re f rozen of f . A l so i nvo l ved aga i nst Lough borough we r e MNE Sh i ner Wr i gh t ( CTCRM ) , Cp l T i v Lowe ( RM Poo l e) , LPT Ma r k W i l l i ams (Nep tune ) and LPT Mac McCa r t hy (Do l ph i n) . As Navy News was go i ng to press , the Navy was p l ay i ng W i l t sh i re a t Sw i ndon and Some r se t at Taun t on . The M i t er -Serv i ces ma t ches are on Ma r ch 19 aga i nst the Army (A l dershot , 1430 k i ck-of f ) , and Ma r ch 26 aga i ns t the RAF (Burnaby Road ' 1930) . On Ma r ch 1 RN You t h p l ay Army You t h at Burnaby Road (1100) , and on Ma r ch 4 Com b i ned Serv i ces t ake on the F rench Armed Forces a t A l de r shot (1930) .

HMS ARROW won the s i x a-s i de soccer and hockey com pe t i t i ons a t t he f i rst spor t s O l ymp i ad he l d by the s i x sh i ps ' compan i es of the 4th Fr i ga t e Squadron at the Br i ck f i e l ds , P l ymou th . HMS A l acr i t y won a surpr i se v i c tory in the rugby sevens , wh i l e HMS Amazon came second i n a l l three spor ts . HMS Ambuscade was away at sea for the day but managed to l and a 14-st rong t eam to t ake par t . I t is hoped to ho l d the " 21 C l ub Games " on a regu l ar bas i s f or t he Devonpor t - based Amazon - c l ass f r i gates o f t he squadron . HMS Avenge r i naugura t ed a new 21 C l ub " Jogger of the Wa l k " t rophy by comp l e t i ng a 100-mi l e re l ay in awfu l wea t he r a t the Br i ck f i e l ds in l 0hrs 55mm 53sec . Fastest of the 100 j og gers , who each ran four l aps , was CPOMEA John Gour l ay w i th a t i me of 5m i n . 18sec .

Bobbe r s h i t by ava l anche t hr ea t THREAT o f an ava l anche caused by except i ona l l y bad wea t he r brough t about the can ce l l at i on of the Int er -Serv i ces bobs l e i gh champ i onsh i p a t Cerv i n i a i n Nor t he rn I ta l y . Bu t the Navy squad d i d ge t in t en days of va l uab l e t ra i n i ng be fore the wea t he r broke , and th i s shou l d s t and t hem in good s t ead f or nex t yea r ' s compe t i t i on . In fact , Navy r i ders managed to w i n tw i ce as many t roph i es as the Army and the RAF com b i ned - thanks to the l oca l tour i st board! They awa rded cups for the mos t ent er t a i n i ng and courageous per f ormances to L i eut . Chr i s Bar rows ' LMEA Jan Ot t erson and LMA St eve R i ch i e . L i eut . Pe t er Mason won the pr i ze for the bes t nov i ce dr i ver . Ath l e t es i nt eres t ed i n j o i n i ng the squad nex t yea r shou l d cont ac t L i eut . Mason on HMS Su l t an ext . 2680 . I t is st ressed tha t very s t rong nerves and an except i ona l l eve l o f phys i ca l f i tness are essent i a l in prospec t i ve squad membe rs .

A i r Command swee rwo boa r d NAVAL A I R COMMAND sk i e r s dom i na t ed t he RN champ i on sh i ps a t S t Johann i n t he Aus t r i an Ty ro l , w i nn i ng t he i nd i v i dua l , Command , sh i ps ' r ace and es t ab l i shmen t t i t l es , and comp l e t e l y sha t t e r i ng t he ho l d t ha t t he Roya l Ma r i nes have had on t h i s even t f or t he

N i ck Gr i f f i n f o r med t he Nava l A i r Command t eam , and w i t h L i eu t . -Cdr . Pe t e r Legge a l so t ook HMS Daeda l us t o v i c t o r y i n t he es t ab l i shmen t G i an t S l a l om . RNEC Manadon we r e second .

pas t 13 yea r s . L i eu t . N i ck B r ewe r ( DeMa l us ) won t he ove r a l l I nd i v i dua l t rophy , wh i l e M i d . Tom W i l son ( BRNC ) t ook t he D i v i s i on 1 I nd i v i dua l honou r s , and L i eu t . John Toon ( Daeda l us ) t he D i v i s i on 11 t i t l e . Br ewe r , Toon and LAEM

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sh i ps ' G i an t S l a l om w i t h 820 NAS ( Cu l d r ose ) second . 819 we r e r ep r esen t ed by L i eu t . Pe t e r He r r i dge , AEM R i cha r d A l l an and L i eu t . -Cdr . James Rapp . POW r en Lo r r a i ne Tw i ne t he women ' s won

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Af t e r t he G i an t S l a l om t he Ar my l ad i es we r e l ead i ng t he RAF ' f o l l owed by t he Roya l Navy . Cap t . Cadd i ck ( WRAC ) qu i ck l y es t ab l i shed a command i ng l ead ' pur sued by Cp l . S t ephan i e Rob i nson (RA. F ) .

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LW r en Va l Hodgk i nson was t he f as t es t Navy sk i er ' f i n i sh i ng i n f i f th p l ace ' w i t h t eam cap t a i n POW r en Lor r a i ne Tw i ne i n e i ghth . LW r en Ca ro l St rong ' w i t h ve ry l i t t l e expe r i ence on sk i s ' d i d ex t r eme l y we l l t o comp l e t e t he t wo runs . The Spec i a l S l a l om was a l so dom i na t ed by Ca ro l yn Cadd i ck . Lor r a i ne Tw i ne pu t i n t wo exce l l en t t i mes t o f i n i sh f i f th , f o l l owed by Va l Hodgk i nson i n 11 t h p l ace .

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f r om t he cond i t i ons t ha t r anged Th e sub l i me t o t he nea r l y r i d i cu l ous , t he Br i t i sh Se r v i ces i n t e r na t i ona l sk i champ i onsh i ps t ook p l ace i n to Cou r mayeu r , I t a l y , f r om Feb r ua r y f

Once aga i n t he even t was sponso r ed by H i l l Samue l I nves t men t Se r v i ces , whose gene rous suppo r t has he l ped cons i de r ab l y t o r a i se t he s t a t us o f t he mee t i ng. I t was t he R- a l Na 's t u rn t o hos t t he champ i onsh i ps ,

teams fromthForef ivceBriecoun-tandi s h tr iEies ghtcompeted: I toape,li an USArmArmy.Ai;y Royal Westin EurGerman (USForAlpcieArmy ni )in;Navy;Europe tlorsaThetl iani tsNavyDefbrienceghteamtesFtoandrunfcste.aorrtt,huenatMNEAus-e ly Marti who was anoviunablmotceesoshowed a c iidentevnejr,ureanddtnheinMacrae, r-cycl e t o s k i . Howpromi se. THE SQUAD great Brewer (HMS Daedalus, team The squad was: L i eu t . N i ck

cap t a i n) , LA1MM ) N I CK Gr i f f i n (Daeda l us ) , Cap t . R i cha rd Made l ey (42 Cdo ) , MNEs B i l l y Hun t e r (45 Cdo ) , T i m Sa i e t (45 Cdo ) , LCp1 G r aeme Go l i gh t l y ( 40 Cdo ) , L i eu t . Rando l ph Church i l l (A l de rney ) and M i d Tom W i l son ( BRNC I Un i ve r s i ty o f Ken t ) . The I t a l i an A l p i n i se t up a command i ng l ead on t he f i rst day o f t he G i an t S l a l om runs , w i t h t he Ge r man Ar my second , f o l l owed by t he Ar my and RAF ( sepa r a t ed by l ess t han ha l f a second - and th i s a f t e r f our membe r s o f each t eam had sk i ed t wo sepa ra t e courses! ) . A t th i s s t age t he Navy we r e l y i ng s i x th beh i nd t he US Ar my i n Europe . R i cha rd Made l ey d i d bes t o f t he Navy t eam t o f i n i sh 15th . The wea t he r d i d no t i mprove f or t he Spec i a l S l a l om and v i s i b i l i t y was s t i l l ex t r eme l y var i ab l e . Once aga i n t he RN t eam f i n i shed t he day i n s i x th n1ce w i t h Tom W i l son (16th ' pu t t i ng i n t he bes t RN t i me . LOST SK I The r ace was en l i vened by an

A l p i n i who l ost a sk i on t he bo t t om ha l f o f t he course and comp l e t ed h i s run on one l eg i n a t i me tha t pu t many o f h i s t wo- l egged opponen t s to shame . A f t e r m i xed-v i s i b i l i t y f or t he t wo t ra i n i ng days t he morn i ng o f t he Downh i l l r ace was pe r f ec t and Cou rmayeu r cou l d , f or t he f i rst t i me , be seen i n a l l i ts - ove r spec t acu l a r beau t y shadowed as i t i s by Mon t e B i anco . The r ace was won by Wa l t e r Ho l z l e r ( Ge rman Army ) , an ex -

Roya l Navy A l p i ne sk i t eam a t Cou r mayeu r . F r om l e f t t o r i gh t a r e MNE

F i na l comb i ned resu l t s con t a i ned no rea l surpr i ses , t he Ar my w i nn i ng w i t h t he RAP second and t he Roya l Navy t h i rd. Ca ro l yn Cadd i ck won t he i nd i v i dua l t i t l e f or t he f i f th consecu t i ve yea r ' w i t h An i t i Bu r ns ( WRAC ' second and C ' n I LCn I S t ephan i e Rob i nson th i rd.

T i m Sa l e t , LAEM ( M ) N i ck Gr i f f i n , LCp l G r aeme Go l i gh t l y , MNE B i l l y Hunt er , L i eu t . Rando l ph Church i l l , L i eu t . N i ck Br ewe r , Cap t R i cha rd Made l ey and M i d Tony W i l son , Made l ey , I n t he t eam f or t he e i gh t h t i me , won t he t rophy t he bes t Navy ' sk i e r .

P i c ture by George Koh i g .

MAR I NES SL I P ( / f ands k i s c o s t t h em t h e t i t l e . I n di f i c u l t c o n d i t i o n s second i n whi c h ai r from 3 ofd itchtehsekRoyaliInntgecrhchampi -oiSMariecrevinofcoesenshiwaxevdeepanrstand. attat sZwihkeiseArmysieln ,theBaandUK lNorceogstWRONG t e mper a t u r e s r a nged de g r e es Ct o + t h e won 2mi n . 1 9 . 4 9sec. v ari a , 8' Army f i n a l y by 45 Commando won wi t h a maxii m pr e s si v el y mum sc o r e i n t h e Pat r o l Race, 1Elxcellead ofentMNELeat had shooti n g hel p ed Cpl . Tony s h ooti n g Mi l i t a r y [AMnatia eLeod' and al o won t h e 10k 42 Cdo andMNEAndrew Nash t a ke cr o ssc o unt r y r e l a y . were f o urt h out of t h e42 s t a r t e r s i n t h e10k 4mi n . 24. 6 0see. over t h e i n t h e Army r andMcLeod . onal eandl ay iuntrstryl'eg norof mtallhe yIntethre- Army eig10khth biout(4a2thofCdo)lon26spriiwonnnttheevtehpnaet,t rUKowil rtahnaticeMNEJohn SMarierButvioncnales'es i.n2st0ktrh.oengerbi1a5tkh.elovnecr,nt,oss-theacofwrong choi ce of wax Spotswood (45 Cdo)sixth andLeat (42 Cdo)ninth . Tha t champagne f ee l i ng . . . 1.

Lo r r a i ne Tw i ne f ed t he Navy i n s i x th p l ace , f o l l owed by Va l Hodgk i nson (n i nth) ' Th i rd O f f i ce r He l en Mann i ng (11th) , Wr en Jane t Mor l ey (12t h) and LW r en Jane Bush (13th) .

Cres ' l i t a men make hu l t c ) ry . THE Roya l Navy t eam swep t t o v i c t or y a t t he I n t e r Se r v i ces Cr es t a champ i on sh i ps a t S t Mor i t z , Sw i t ze r l and on Janua r y 29 i n t rue Sen i or Se r v i ce s t y l e , The i r ove r a l l t eam scor e 680. 96 seconds made h i s t ory as t he f as t es t eve r - by nea r l y f i ve seconds , Led by L i eu t . St eve Tro t t e r ( HMS Ar k Roya l ) , t he t eam l ooked po i sed f or success th i s season a f t e r prom i s i ng resu l t s l ast yea r f rom a squad tha t was v i r tua l l y br and new on l y t hree yea rs ago. I n t he bu i l d-up t o t he champ i onsh i ps , L i eu t . -Cdr . Rob i n Ta t am (Thunde r e r ) won t he Ha r j es Ca r t i e r S i l ver Ch i p Race and LACMN Ed Nuzum ( t eam coach , 810 NAS , Seahawk ) came f ou r t h i n t he Bea t r i ce Ca r t wr i gh t Cup - bo t h - hand i cap races open to a l l Cr es t a r i ders-

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The r e i s no doub t how t he Roya l Navy c r es t a t eam p l anned t o ce l eb r a t e t he i r I n t e r - Se r v i ces v i c t o r y a t S t Mo r i t z ! F r om l e f t t o r i gh t a r e Rob i n Ta t am , Rob And r ews , Andy Je f f r ey ' S t eve Tro t t e r , Ed Nuzum and G r aham A i nge .

Wo r l d Cup race r whose i n j ur i es l ast yea r f or ced h i m ou t of tha t l eve l o f rac i ng , f or t he t i me be i ng a t l east . The Navy t eam pu t i n some exce l l en t t i mes w i t h Tom W i l son f i n i sh i ng l l t h ove r a l l ( and t h i rd o f t he Br i t i sh) . The t eam came f our t h i n t he Downh i l l , sandw i ched by t he Ar my and RAF . F i na l comb i ned resu l t s we r e no t unexpec t ed . The A l p i n i won t he W i l l i ams & G l yn Open Cha l l enge Cup f or t he Cornb i ned Team even t f or t he e i gh t h

t i me s i nce 1972 , and t he Open I nd i v i dua l Trophy was , no t csur pr i s i ng l y , won by ' Wor l d Cup ' Ho l z l e r . The Br i t i sh I n t e r -Se rv i ce Sk i Champ i onsh i p Cup was won by t he Ar my f rom t he RAF w i t h t he Navy th i rd and LCp I Sco t t Dobson (Army ) t ook t he i nd i v i dua l t rophy f or t he f our t h consecu t i ve year . R i cha rd Made l ey , i n t he t eam f or t he e i gh t h t i me , was awa rded t he Navy Sk i & Moun -

t a i nee r i ng C l ub Cup f or t he best comb i ned Navy sk i er ' and Cp l . Cr a i g Bonn i ng t on ( RAF ) won t he H i l l Samue l P l a t e f or t he bes t newcome r t o t he compe t i t i on . O t he r ove ra l l RN p l ac i ngs we r e : Torn W i l son 17t h , B i l l y Hun t e r 19t h , N i ck Gr i f f i n 23rd , and Rando l ph Chur ch i l l 27t h . I n add i t i on t o a l l t he t roph i es , Moe t & Chandon k i nd l y made sure tha t t he r e we r e p l en t y of l i qu i d pr i zes , as we l l as hos t i ng a champagne r-ecep t i on ea r l y in t he week .

Only

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nov i ce i n t he squad , Sub- L i eu t . T i m Da t han (Thunde r e r ) , progr essed ve r y we l l i ndeed desp i t e an i n j ur ed f i nger , and proved to be t he f as t es t Se rv i ce t eam nov i ce th i s season . MNE G r aham A i nge ( RM Poo l e) , ' a nov i ce on l y t wo yea rs ago , made a spec t acu l a r i mp rovemen t i n h i s t i mes t o produce cons i s t en t r i des o f 57 seconds f or t he champ i onsh i ps .

Both he and Lieut .-Cdr . Rob Andrews (Thunderer) , who achieved low 57s, had knocked

ove r t wo seconds o f f the i r p r e v i ous bes t t i mes . L i eut , Andy Je f f r ey ( a t t ached to I Reg t , Ar my A i r Co rps f l y i ng he l i cop t ers i n Ge rmany ) a l so r eached

only

t he 57 second ma r k i n his second season on t he Cr es t a i ce. Un f or t una t e l y , shor t l y a f t e r ach i ev i ng th i s l eve l he su f f ered a had fa l l , i n j ur i ng h i s r i gh t foot and shou l de r . A l t hough he cou l d ha rd l y move h i s r i gh t a r m he con t i nued t o r i de suf f i c i ent l y we l l t o p r o v i de ve ry -use fu l suppor t f or t he tea i i n on t he day o f t he I n t e r Serv i ces race , w i t h t i mes o f 58 and 59 seconds . TEAM ' S DEPTH I n t he champ i onsh i ps , t he dep t h o f s t reng t h i n t he t eam shone t hrough. Nuzum was t he f as t es t Navy r i de r , com i ng second i n t he i nd i v i dua l p l ac i ngs w i t h r i des o f 55 seconds , Tro t t e r came t h i rd w i t h r i des i n t he 55 and 56 seconds br acke t and And r ews and A i nge came s i x t h and n i n t h respec t i ve l y , Je f f rey was p l aced 11t h and Ta t am , who was su f f e r i ng f rom a r m i n j ur i es , st i l l managed t o come 12t h desp i t e r i d i ng i n an ex t r aord i na ry f ash i on to be ab l e t o nego t i a t e t he Cr es t a w i t h t wo v i r t ua l l y use l ess a rms . They bea t a f a r mo r e expe r i enced RAF t eam by nea r l y e i gh t seconds and a s t rong Ar my squad by 25 seconds . The RAF by t he way , had the i r f as t es t eve r t eam , and had produced t he t h i rd f as t es t eve r t eam scor e i n the i r de f ea t . The Navy t eam wou l d l i ke t o t hank a l l t hose who dona t ed f unds t owa rds t he i r - expenses . They a r e much -needed and mos t apprec i a t ed. Anyone i nt eres t ed i n j o i n i ng t he squad as a nov i ce nex t yea r shou l d wr i t e t o L i eu t . S. T r ot t er , HMS Ar k Roya l , BFPO Sh i ps .

NAVY NEWS ' MARCH 1986

Rosy t h suppo r t cen t r e opened

A NEW des t royer suppor t bu i l d i ng has been opened at Rosy t h Nava l Base to p r o v i de fac i l i t i es for sh i ps and men who use the recen t l y comp l e t ed t i da l ber th. Named Exmou t h Bu i l d i ng , a f t er the Navy ' s f i rst expe r i men ta l gas - turb i ned sh i p (wh i ch was based a t Rosy th) , i t cont a i ns workshops , stores , of f i ces and amen i t y rooms . F i na l phase of deve l opmen t o f the ber th i ng area t o mee t des t royers ' requ i remen t s i n vo l ves prov i d i ng shore-sh i p se r v i ces such as e l ect r i ca l powe r and ch i l l ed wa t er . Th i s work , now unde r way , is due to be comp l e t ed towards the end of the year . FOUR SH I PS The new bu i l d i ng , opened in Februa ry by the F l ag Of f i cer Scot l and and Nor t he rn I re l and ( V i ce - Adm i r a l Geo r ge Va l l i ngs) ' wi l l prov i de suppor t fac i l i t i es for the four Type 42 des t royers now based at Rosy t h - HM sh i ps York , Ed i r i burgh , G l asgow and L i verpoo l . In add i t i on to wor kshops and s tore rooms on the t ground f l oor , t he re a re t wo l arge amen i t y rooms for F l ee t Ma i n t enance Group personne l on the uppe r f l oor , t oge t he r w i t h of f i ces for the staf f of the Ch i e f Sta f f Of f i cer (Eng i neer i ng) to FOSN I . The bu i l d i ng a l so has a con f erence room to serve the F l ee t Eng i neer i ng Cent re , and f ac i l i t i es for v i s i t ing Squadron En g i neer i ng staf fs .

FOLLOW I NG t he success o f t he Navy ' s 1985 p r ema t u r e r e l ease scheme , ano t he r s i m i l a r l i m i t ed scheme i s now unde r way , t h i s t i me i nvo l v i ng up t o 200 RN and WRNS r a t i ngs .

numbe r s

wou l d no t r emedy t he ove r bea r i ng as mo r e " f i ne t un i ng " t akes p l ace t o ach i eve t he man powe r m i x o f t he r i gh t sk i l l s and t r a i n i ng t o mee t t he p l anned ope r a t i ona l t ask .

Vo l un t ee r s a r e be i ng sough t among ch i e f s , POs and l ead i ng hands i n RN ca t ego r i es p ro j ec t ed t o be ove r bo r ne i n 1987 ; a l so among a numbe r o f WRNS ca t ego r i es . G r oups i nvo l ved a r e t hose whe r e , i t i s ca l cu l a t ed , na t u r a l was t age o f

The scheme i s , howeve r , en t i r e l y vo l un t a r y and t he r e w i l l be no compu l so r y r edundanc i es . F i nan c i a l t e r ms o f f e r ed a r e s i m i l a r t o t he scheme announced i n 1985 when 400 vo l un t ee r s we r e sough t . These t e r ms i nc l ude a cap i t a l ( t ax f r ee )

paymen t se r ve .

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App l i ca t i ons f r om r a t i ngs shou l d be made by l a t e Ma r ch ' and t he r esu l t s o f a se l ec t i on boa r d w i l l be announced by May 1 . No gua r an t ee o f r e l ease da t e be f o r e Ma r ch 30 ' 1987 , can be g i ven . App l i ca t i ons a r e i nv i t ed f r om t he f o l l ow i ng ca t ego r i es o f Gene r a l Se r v i ce / FAA r a t i ngs who wou l d comp l e t e 22 yea r s ' r eckonab l e se r v i ce be t ween t he da t es shown :

CPO ( OPSXS ) and CMEM ( M )0 , oc tt 111988 988- M Maar ch ch 31 1992 . WEM ( RR ), C CMT MT an and d LAELRR ) , LS ( M ) , LS ( S ) , LWEM MT I , Apr i l 1 1989 - Ma r ch 31 1997 997. PO ( S ) AND POMELRM ) , Apr ir il 1 1989 98 -- Ma rrch Ch 3 311 1995 CPOWEA ' POWEA AND CP CPOMEA 0MEA,' Ma A i l' I 1 Apr 1993 - Ma r ch 31 1997 . WRNS ca t ego r i es i nvo l ved a r e :

CWRENMT , POWRENMT , CWRENPHOT , POWRENPHOT , CWRENAEM ( M ) , and POWRENAEM ( M ) , whose cu r r en t engagemen t exp i r es on o r a f t e r Oc i obe r 1 1988 . LWRENMT , LWRENAEM ( M ) , WRENMT , and WRENAEM ( M ) , who w i l l comp l e t e a m i n i mum o f f ou r yea r s r eckonab l e se r v i ce by Apr i l 1 1986 . I t shou l d be no t ed t ha t WEA ( OC ) , MEA ( H ) , Subma r i ne Se r v i ce , and Pass i ve Sona r - qua l i f i ed OPS ( S )

r a t i ngs a r e no t

F1* a i i es d a y. , Roya l s t y l e h e

Le f t : Pr i nce W i l l i am , accompan i ed by Pr i ncess D i ana , f i nds f asc i na t i on i n a ',[ t e l escope w i t h a game o f spy " on boa r d t he Br azen . They v i s i t ed many compa r t men t s on boa r d , and t he Pr i nce pa r t i cu l a r l y en j oyed t he b r i dge and t he a i rcra f t ,

Ve r non ' s l as t pub l i c even t

I T PROVED an espec i a l l y Roya l occas i on when HMS Br azen made her three-day v i s i t to the Thames i n February . Among t hose we l comed on boa rd we r e the Queen , Duke of Ed i nburgh ' Pr i nce and Pr i ncess of Wa l es and Pr i nce W i l l i am.

Dur i ng the f r i gate ' s busy stay , wh i ch fo l l owed a three -day visi t to Go t henburg , the Queen and Duke spent mor e than four hours on board . others and the i r f ami l i es we re They me t many membe r s of sh i p ' s company , wh i l e present ed to the Queen on the museum sh i p HMS Be l f as t nearby . The younges t membe r of the sh i p ' s company , JS(M) St ephen R i chards , present ed a copy of the sh i p ' s crest - made in brass and moun t ed on wood - to the Queen . I t had been made by CPOMEA Pau l Lee . L i eut . Pr i nce Andr ew , t he sh i p ' s he l i copt er p i lot , is due to l eave the Br azen i n Ma r ch to j o i n the L i eut enant s ' Course at RN Co l l ege Gr eenw i ch f rom Apr i l to June , and th i s was the l ast oppor tun i t y for the Roya l Fam i l y to mee t those who have served w i th h i m .

Pa r t y

HMS VERNON ' the Por t s mou t h m i newar f are , d i v i ng and seamansh i p t ra i n i ng e t ab l i shmen t , wi l l s t age i ts l ast pub l i c even t on Thur s day Ma r ch 6, when t he RM Band of C I NCNAVHOME Bea t s Re t rea t on i ts ma i n p l ay i ng f i e ld . The event , star t i ng at 8 p . m . (ga t es open 7 . 30) , w i l l be i l l um i na t ed by some o f t he Second Wor l d Wa r search l i ghts wh i ch f ea tured in the Ve rnon Ta t toos f rom 1974-84. Sa l ut i ng of f i cer wi l l be the capt a i n of Ve r non ( Cap t . Dav i d Husband) . HMS Ve rnon decomm i ss i ons on Ma r ch 31, bu t t ra i n i ng wi l l cont i nue on par t of the Ve rnon s i te unde r the adm i n i s t ra t i on of the Commodor e , HMS Ne l son . " See a l so page 8.

i nc l uded i n t he schemne .

The Queen mee t s f am i l i es and sa i l or s on boa r d t he Be l f as t , accompan i ed by Pr i nce And r ew and by t he Br azen ' s command i ng o f f i ce r (Cap t . R i cha r d Cobbo l d ) .

On the second day of the v i s i t the Pr i ncess of Wa l es and Pr i nce W i l l i am we r e shown round the sh i p by Pr i nce Andr ew , and in the even i ng the Pr i ncess r e t urned w i t h t he Pr i nce of Wa l es for a pr i va te par ty . O t he r v i s i tors i nc l uded the Lord Mayor of London , the Mayor and Mayor ess of Sou t h wa rk , Mr . and Mrs . Franc i s Pym , and s i x Membe r s of the Houses of Par l i ament . Dur i ng the London v i s i t membe r s of the sh i p ' s company we re ab l e to visi t such d i verse p l aces as Buck i ngham Pa l ace , the Houses of Par l i ament , the Te r ry Wogan Show and the Thames Bar r i er . They a l so managed to f i t in rugby , hockey and footba l l ma t ches aga i nst l oca l t eams . La t er the Brazen l ef t to j o i n in NATO exerc i ses in the Nor t h Sea and Channe l .

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THE NAVY i s now j us t a yea r away f r om t r ans f e r t o i t s mode r n pay ro l l sys t em . I nvo l v i ng cen t r a l i sed de t e r m i na t i on and i ssue o f pay by t he compu t e r a t HMS Cen t u r i on , t he new sys t em i s p l anned t o s t a r t f r om Ma r ch 1 1987 . As Cen t u r i on pu t s i t , " On t ha t da t e , t he who l e Navy w i l l be t r ans f e r r ed t o t he new sys t em on t he B i g Bang app r oach . " A r ange o f i n f o rma t i on i s p l anned i nc l ud i ng a f i l m ' now be i ng p r epa r ed , and pamph l e t s . La t e r t he r e w i l l be a F l ee t - w i de t r i a l r unn i ng t he new sys t em ( a l t hough no t l i ve ) a l ongs i de t he cu r r en t one . Unde r t he new sys t em - i nvo l v i ng a f undamen t a l change f or t he Pay O f f i ce wr i t e r - t he dec i s i on on t he pay amoun t N

w i l l be made by compu t e r p r ocess us i ng l a t es t i n f o rma t i on he l d a t Cen t u r i on , The pay s t a t emen t w i l l be sen t d i r ec t t o " cus t ome r s " i n s i mp l i f i ed f o r ma t be f o r e t he end o f t he mon t h t o wh i ch i t r e l a t es . Says Cen t u r i on , " The Pay O f f i ce wr i t e r w i l l s t i l l be t he r e t o he l p r eso l ve any que r i es o r p r ob l ems you may have . You r pay w i l l depend on t he accu r acy and speed o f i n f o rma t i on r each i ng t he compu t e r , and t he emphas i s mo r e t han eve r w i l l be on pass i ng t h i s i n f o rma t i on qu i ck l y . " I f i t i s r ece i ved t oo l a t e f or t he mon t h l y pay run , and as a r esu l t you a r e unde r pa i d , a supp l emen t a r y pay r un w i l l t ake p l ace ea r l y i n t he f o l l ow i ng mon t h t o c r ed i t you r accoun t , and you w i l l be sen t ano t he r pay s t a t emen t . "

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space in 1987 for the same peop l e . " The case for a reserve l ist for ' last shot ' ba t ches , is, how ever , a va l i d one . Bu t i t wi l l not be a pub l i shed l ist - i f one is crea t ed i t wi l l be dr awn upon as and whe r e necessary . " Two other po i nt s have been made c l ear , tha t no reasons w i l l be g i ven for non-se l ec t i on , and tha t j un i or ra tes are not e l ig ib l e . Ano t he r ques t i on be i ng asked is : " I f se l ec t ed , when do I t ransfer , and i f I then wan t to l eave the RN , how soon can I do so?" The MOD ' s answe r on th i s is: " Trans f e r to the 20E , a f ter se l ec t i on , wi l l be by S61 to a g i ven dead l i ne , e f fec t i ve on comp l e t i on of the form . You

Ne l son . Po r t smou t h . and p r i n t ed by Po r t smou t h A Sunde r l and Newspape r s p l c .

l 1 t e News Cen t r e .

wi l l oar any other Re t urn of Serv i ce comm i t men t ) be e l i g i b l e to g i ve 18 mon t hs not i ce at any t i me . You wi l l , f rom s i gn i ng the S61 , sur render any r i ght you may have had to l eave a t the end of your prev i ous engage men t , at l ess than 18 mon t hs not i ce . " At the t i me of the 20E an nouncemen t l ast year i t was made c l ear there wou l d be i nev i t ab l y some e f f ec t on promo t i on , and MOD say they s t and f i rm l y by the three-year f i gure t hen men t i oned f or de l ays in promo t i on to CPO . " The ca t egor i es a l ready bad l y h i t in the wake of the 1981 De f ence Rev i ew are not we l l p l aced to t ake ano ther heavy b l ow . The pr i nc i p l e is c l ear H i l sea .

Po r l smĂ u t h P02 9SX .

the Navy a i ms to ach i eve a be t t er dea l for i ts best men . " When t he f i rst boa rds convene i n l ate May to dea l w i th the new 32-year Ac t i ve Serv i ce 20E , they wi l l be con s i der i ng a l l r ecommended WOs and e l i g i b l e sen i or rates . These are CC / CPO ar t i f i cers and CPO I PO non-ar t i f i cers w i th 17 or mor e years ' reckonab l e serv i ce and one year ' s sen i or i ty as a sen i or ra te - ac t i ng or con f i rmed - be fore Janua ry 1986 and whose cur rent Ac t i ve Serv i ce engagemen t exp i res on or a f t er Ju l y 1, 1986 . The f i rst boards w i l l a l so cove r a t rans i t i ona l s i tua t i on w i th the end i ng of the F i f th / S i xth F i ve se l ec t i ons , and there wi l l be a DC I cover i ng any spec i a l cons i dera t i ons in th i s respec t .