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0 The Queen's ships were at sea... HMY Britannia. escorted by Type 42 destroyer HMS Birmingham. sails past HMS Ark Royal IV at the Silver JubileeReview: beyondArk are HMS Hennes, Fearless and Tiger The international Fleet Review tit Spithead on 'l‘ue.-iday June 23 2005 is it celebration not of the cataclysmic clash at 'l'raf.'1lgar on October 31 200 years ago, of the men and wonieii of the seal past and present. And it is ii. reminder to all this island nation of ours that ll1rv-‘es only because of the sea lanes which mt Rm.“ _\;m.\. and

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the globe are descending on the Solent. plus 1.2011 school children spread liberally among the assembled lleet to experience a memorable occasion. Watching on the shores of Souths-ea. (iosport. Lee-on-theSolerit.\X'arsiish. Hamble. the :~ubof Southampton. Ryde and urhs (.owesot‘. the l:~‘|eotW'ight.wi|lhe an lflimuwd _-3c;U'un0 pcuplu .-\nd :1 global audience of mil— lions. More than 000 journalists and LJrl‘lt.r.lf!1Lfl lrom dedic.itLd_ ll:ll.l‘lIL'1ll magazines to the giants hroad 'a.~tin L will all h‘‘ in atten across

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her namesake destroyer which will form part ot’:i six-ship rapid steam past of l-Endurance as the Review draws lo ‘.1 close. The review is merely the ctirtaiii-raiser to six days of events which will pay ltomitge to maritime veterans. celebrate naval teelinology. and provide it window on the nautical world to thousands who . lake [ht Sm rm gmmcdl in the ‘global village‘ of the Internet. teleconimunications and

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O A colourful souvenir: An elaborate guide to the anchorages and ships attending the Queen's Coronation Review in 1953

The review at Spithead on July It) I914 was the apotheosis of eight centuries of llritish \':iva| might which began with lidward III off to do battle with the French and ended with :1 Fleet expected

nionitrch has wilnessetl greater changes in the intikc-tip of ti Fleet than Victoria. who through the decades saw the days of ‘hearts of oak‘ pass. rcplttccd h_\ iroitelatls and ttltiniaitely the prc-drc;id-

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Seas Fleet. Long before I-Idwtird III

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tered l.()(l(lvesse|s in the Solent in June I3-Iti. ships had used the natural anchorage of Spithczid. from the Romans to Alfred the (ireat. But it was nut really until the ism and Nth centuries that the review truly took on the form of a

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‘touri.~.t.s‘ down from the cat ital. The l.\’5ll.s witnessed a urry of reviews: ill.(llltI men and 254 vcs~

sels mustered for Victoria in the Solettt iti I85!» The steani—powercd \'csst:ls sailed up and down “puffing like locomotive en_i:incs". while gun‘

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trail to tiltettd. so it was left to her son the future Iidward VII to rcvicvt four lines of British warships. each five miles in length. Despite the mtissctl ranks of thc rc-dretttlnouglits. it was the small iirhitiizi and her fC\'t'Ilull(\IIIII’_\' engines which stole the show, Yet within it decade every vessel ;trr:t_vcd for Victoria would he ohsolctc. Il_v the time I-Ldward VII and MP5 reviewed the Fleet at Spithcad in July I90‘). dre:ttlnoti_ghts. battlecruisers and suhniiirines were the order of the day. Aircntlt appeared for the first tim-- in ltll‘ tone took off front was

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defences. The defending soldiers didn't shoot back. Their commander. alanned that he would have to pay for any ammunition. ordered the troops to hand back their cartridges! Victoria witnessed at least one review from her home on the Isle of Wight. Osborne House in [896 to honour :1 Visiting Chinese

under the water submarines made mock attacks on l3illllL'Slll;‘\

By now RN ships were flying the White Ensign; the standards of the Red White and Blue squadrons

the first aircraft carrier was festooned, and destroyers and mineswecpers formed the backbone of the 20!.) ships in the Solent. Eleven years later, George V presided over his final review to celebrate his Silver Jubilee. The Mediterranean. Home

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Just ten battleships lined up for their monarch on July 26 I924.

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the mainbract" sigtial would not be sent by II.“ the Queen until she tlcptirtetl the following day. \"li;ttcvcr. ttftcr those hours on the L':ISllll.'.. it was Iltttsl vvelcontc." Mr \'\"illco.\: recalled. Aittl the baby? Slc;‘l'tt:ti Willcox tried out as 81 _i:o:ilkecpcr for Sotitliampton in the ltlolls: unfortunately. he didn‘t make the grade attd became ‘.1 schoolteacl'i— er instead. Fast forwartl to 1977. and what .'\'ti1.'_v .\ rm hr-.tndetl “unkind weather" greeted the Queen once

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'l"hc "33 review \\"il\ the last hurrah of the battleships. Indeed lltcrc can he lcw liner tlenionstr:ttions oftlie pussiiig of the big gun warships than the gutltcring on lune 13 that year. The sole Lll't:;ILltlt\Ll[.‘.lt|llying the \\'-'hite I-Ensign indeed the sole battleship was HMS Vtinguard. Britain's last battleship. lrtstead.ltsecmedfrig.1tesdominated the review there were H in all of the lit: vessels taking part in proceedings. Given the escort ships‘ crucial role in the I930l04‘5 contlagration. it was fitting that they should enjoy (I d:i_v in the limelight. With HMY Britannia still being built and her predecessor Victoria and Albert but a hulk, it was left -

despatch vessel HMS Surprise

(C-in-C Mediterranean used her as his yacht!) to carry the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh up and down the lines. Also attending in large numbers were the Silent Service; 28

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Leslie Willcox sailed in submarine HMS Sanguine from Malta, accompanied by Sentinel and Sea Devil, plus depot ship HMS Forth. The boats took a battering crossing the Bay of Biscay. before arriving at HMS Dolphin, ready to take part in the review. As Sanguine led out 26 submarines around the Isle of Wight, around the Needles and into Southampton Water, where the liner SS United States was waiting, a telegram arrived for the young submariner: “Another boy for the Willcox team, let's hope

this one is the goalkeeper.“ lieslic Vvillcox asked for leave, but with the review imminent and Sanguine due to sail back to Malta on the seventeenth, the best he got lrom the Captain Submarines in HMS I-‘orth was a word of congratulations. june I5 itself was a particularly blustery day; so blustery, in fact,

that a safety wire was rigged from the conning tower to the jack staff and the subrnarincrs secured themselves to it. "On completion the Coxswain issued an extra wt of rum at

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chilly. blustery June day.

Britannia steamed up and down 15 miles of vessels l-ill of them, manned by 30,tlIl(l sailors from the nations of the world.'l'hc -

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sailed at a leisurely eight knots as she made her circuit. followed by the then new Type -12 destroyer HMS Birmingham. “'Ihe smart appearance of the ships and their companies and the precision of the flypast were in the finest traditions of the sea." the delighted monarch signalled. before giving the order for the Fleet. led by flagship IIMS Ark

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and Reserve Fleets mustered at Spithead. while the Fleet Air Arm roared overhead. Despite the changes since the King came to the throne :1 quarter of :1 century earlier, the scene remained magical. as Boy Seaman Tom (Iropp in the ‘mighty Hood‘ observed : "W'hal 2 wonderful sight it was when warships of all the Navies in the world stretched out along the length of the Solent." Two years later. the ships of His .\laiesty's Navy were summoned again. but this time for George VI to celebrate his (Ioronation. The growing importance of the aircraft carrier was demonstrated b_v the appearance of five flat-tops; :1 mere

battleships gathered

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Italy. Spain was war and Japan and China were loggerheads.

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[Empire warships on display in the Soleni that May. o-l would not survive the armageddon ut'\V'or|d

\\'.';ir II. .\'o review in terms oi" scale or importance compares with the Ltllllitffinfl of the invasion lleet in early lune I0-l-l. prior to setting vii for N-iritittntlx‘. llilhcrto. most revteiivs had been grand public events. trum-

0 Pride of the Merchant Fleet: Queen Elizabeth 2 passes Leander-class frigate HMNZS Canterbury at the Silver Jubilee Review in 1977

peted around the world, drawing huge crowds. provoking souvenir postcards and supplements. Lines of 800 ships. landing craft. destroyers. minesweepers and capital ships were arrayed in the Solent, stretching from Hurst Castle to i~'oreland as (ieorge VI inspected men about to embark upon the ‘great crusade‘. It was a review not publicised for obvious security reasons.

After the 1953 review (see trppostte), it was another 24 years before a trite Fleet Review was staged. (NATO celebrated its 20th anniversary in 1969 with a

bl-ship review.)

In 1977. visitors to the Solent were promised ‘seven miles of warships and other vessels‘ for what would be the final review of the 20th

Century.

Then it was HMS Ark Royal which led the RN contingent .-\rk Royal IV. that is, the last of the Senior Service's conventional aircraft carriers. Joining her in the Fleet's traditional anchorage were 170 vessels. including the largest. BI"s ‘supertaiiker‘ Respect can incredible —

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277.748 tons) and the sole survivor of the Coronation Review, the diving vessel Reclaim.

Gone in 1977 were the ‘big gun‘ warships. In their place, guided missile destroyers and nuclear submarines. Purists shook their heads. Where were the sleek lines of the dreadnoughts bristling with l5in

guns?

The navies of the world had evolved: the Fleet Review had evolved with them. And if the ships of I97? were less numerous and smaller than the leviathans of old. their firepower had increased manifold.

if a nation's military standing in l9l-t was judged in terms of dreadnoughts, in 1077 the ballistic missile submarine was the gold standard. To the public. as Fleet Review historian Patrick Ransome-Wallis he witnessed every review from 1035 to I97? observed. “there is no finer specttictle a review —

provides unique opportunity to see. to study and to photograph a

the ships". A review is much more than a gathering of Naval might: at times there's been an element ol sabre rattling, at others a chance to make a

political point. In 1855

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PICTURE the scene: 145 of His Majesty's ships at anchor in the Solent; the vanguard of the Interwar Royal Navy. centers HMS Hermes and Glorious. the mighty Hood. new cruisers Newcastle and Southampton... seemingly endless lines of ships hoisting the White Ensign. The pride of Nazi Germany. thepocketbeb tleship Admiral Grat Spee. the pride of the Third Republic. Dunkerique. America's veteran dreadnought New York. and a flurry oi warships from the nations of the world Argentina. Finland. Sweden. the Soviet Union, Japan.

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lieutenant commander. one Thomas Woodroolte asthelrofticialcommentator.

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with war with Russia and in l”l-l with imminent conllict against (‘ieriiiativ loomthe Meet was HL1i‘nl1lt\lti.,'I.l ing in archetypal LlL'r‘lttlnSiI“:lll<‘l‘i\ iii” '_eunhoat diplontticff. -'l'he_v prevented neither war. however., In in E7 the .\'a'/.is made a point ofsending brand-new ‘pocket battleship‘ Admiral (‘ir:tl‘ Spec to celebrate the re-birth oi‘ the German Fleet. and the Soviets flexed their muscles in I933 by sending new cruiser Sverdlov. Absences. too. can be political; the [Eastern Bloc was notably not represented at the Queen's Silver Jubilee Review very much a Commonwealth and .\'.-\'l‘() affair with the (Iold War at its height. This year many ofthose nations once dominated by the Hammer and Sickle are represented in force by their hulls ofsteel. Anti what otihe point of 2005's International Fleet Review? :\ celebration of the age of .\'elson. yes, but more a celebration of the sea and its role in Britain's past. present and future. More than two decades ago Admiral Sir Henry Leach (Iommander-in-(Ihief Fleet at the time of the 1077 review bemoanetl the lack oi" understanding of the sea and its central role in shaping life in Britain. “We are :in island race dependent on trade llir our li\'iti_e,. "3 per cent of which iiioves by sea." he wrote. “.\lticli oi the limit and csseiitial raw materials neces~'.ir_\' liir our Nul‘\'l‘.':Il have to he

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HMAS ANMC (Australia)' BNS WESTDIEP (Belgium) HMCS MONTREAL

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The ship is on a world tour Northern Trident 2005 having left Albany in western Australia in March. Destinations so far have included Goa. Malta. Germany, the Gallipoli peninsula tor moving 90th anniversary commemorations, and Cape Tralalgar. The latter saw a fresh battle. a tug-otwar contest on the frigate‘s flight deck as her company competed for the ‘prestigious‘ HMS Anzac You're Very Ordinary Shield. The six days at the Fleet Review and subsequent festival are reward for a demanding time in UK waters for the Australians. Anzac arrives in the Solent fresh from Neptune Warrior (the new name for the Joint Maritime Course run in Scottish -

(Netherlands)‘

—

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(Uruguay)'

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(USA)'

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Korea)‘

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waters).

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to working with the Royal Navy the commando units of both nations work side—by—side frequently on operations and exercises. Similar to the RFA's new Bay class IWIIICTI used Rotterdam as a model) this

stranger

HMAS Anzac

(France)'

—

by HMS Illustrious. the 3.600—ton frigate ioined 'Mustardian' forces invading the territories of Brownia and Cyanica. Not surprisingly. the Brownians and Cyanicans weren't too happy about this Led

and sent last attack boats. yet skis and aircraft to hinder the Mustardian assault. If that wasn't enough, Anzac had to clear submarines from the invasion route. Back to Portsmouth, and the ship's company. including chaplain Murray Lund, and band are taking part in the Drumhead Ceremony on Southsea Common on June 29. The band. drawn from the 174-strong ship's company. will also be perlonning daily at the festival The ship herself is one of six selected by Fleet Review planners to take part in the last ‘steam past’ of HMS Endurance once the survey ship home to the Queen for the day has completed her inspection of the miles of ships. Upon leaving UK waters. there's still another month or so away from home for the Anlipodeans before they return to HMAS Stirling in August. —

—

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, '

16.000-tonne warship IS designed to carry a complete marine battalion 600 troops into battle. either by helicopter —

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Rotterdam relief ship.

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N.-'\VY NEWS l~l,I{l-.'l'Rl£VlliW S()UVl{NlR SUPPLl‘.MliNT. JULY 2005

Take 170 ships, 300 yachts and the Queen... Add a dash of magic H

HERE are umpteen foreseen ditficulties in organising the greatest Naval gathering in three decades.

Security. Anchorages. Liberty boats. Timing the flypasts. Allowing the Isle of Wight ferries to continue running. And explaining the

nuances

of It's

Knockout

the Russians. All in a day's work or rather two ycarS' work for Commander Richard Govan. in charge of the International Fleet Review. In an office adorned with an anchorage plan from the 1953 Review, a_report from Wellington's

—-

campaign in the Iberian Peninsula, and a small Union I-lag branded

‘I306 20t)‘i‘. the officer and his team are directiitg the movements of I72 warships, merchantmen

ships, all converging on the l"li:et's traditional anchorage to be reviewed by the Queen. To the layperson, a review of ships iiiiiy seem :1 simple affair. Just ‘park’ 100 or so ships for a few days in the Sole-nt_ If only. 'l1iere are language barriers to overcome {such that the Armed Forces have been scoured for interpreters to assist as liaison ollicers for visiting ships Korean being the hardest vacancy to fill). 'l1ierc .trc logistical difficulties to cope with. 'I"went_v—l'ive thousand sailors are descending on the Solent; many will be granted leave or liberty. A fleet of 40 small vessels will run between and tall

tin.

aiicnorcu

ships and

Isle ut

Wight ferry. serving as a hub or floating ‘bus station‘. to get the

sailors ashore.

There

issues

huge navigational

are to sort out.

The Solent is

immensely

vastbusy ly differing depths. The lines of ships will reach almost its for as Southampton Water. And there are crucial security

stretch of water. with

issues

be tackled. The world has changed fundamentally since September II 2001.

These

are

just

some

of the

problems tossed into the Fleet Review melting pot for the team which includes the Queen's —

Harbour Master and the Fleet navigational officets to sort out heliiire Tuesday June 23. “It is a huge challenge I didn’t realise how difficult it was going to be iust to get everything together," said Cdr Gavan. And there is the uncontrollable. The British weather. It managed to dullen proceedings in I953 and I977. So what will happen if it rains in 2005? “People are going to get wet." Ask a stupiti ‘The sad thing is that it will not be quite the same spectacle the Queen will still be able to see the ships and the sailors and vice urrxa. The real problem with bad weather is that it will slow all the proceedings down." —

—

The first ships were arriving for the Review as early as a week before; HMS Invincible stayed out in the Solcnt to welcome each vessel with a gun salute. Different nations run their navies differently of course. The RN plans deployments two and three years in advance in some instances. On the other hand, some nations only asked to take part in the June 28 Review as late as

the opening months of 2005. They were not turned away.

“We have every continent apart from represented Antarctica. That's 35 nations. plus us. more than any other review." said Cdr Govan. —

the Queen is somethingspecial a lot of people will find that a great honour." “To be reviewed

by —

He continued: “The Royal Navy travels around the world more than most navies. enjoying the hospitality of other nations.

“This is our chance to repay that hospitality and I know a lot of the messes are going to be very generous in hosting visitors.“ Every foreign ship will have a ‘buddy’ RN ship. whose iob it will be to look after the visitors and their crew during their stay in

Continued from page

UK waters. A series of is

events

sporting and fun being laid on to keep

the visiting Navies entertained hence It’: a Krwcilmut. More traditional sporting fare includes a mini Olympiad, football and dragon boat racing. “We want this to be a very memorable day. but we also want to ensure that sailors have fun,“ Cdr Gov—

stressed.

Thai fun clement extends to the Review itself. It is a much less formal event than previously, a much more inclusive. a much more dynamic afiair, “a 2lst Century Review". Certainly much less formal than the Queen’s first Review in I953 which the future officer watched from his pram as he was pushed along Southsca seafront. (Cdr Govan is not the only reminder of the Coronation Review involved in 2005; the Italian training ship Amerigo Vespucci attended in 1953 she returns to the Solent '52 years on.) And in those five decades the world has changed. The Navy has changed. Expectations have —

changed. Tall ships

are

included, 1,200

school children will be spread liberally around the gathered vesscls (RN and merchantmen), six vessels HM Ships Cumberland. Gloucester, Westminster and Grafton, HMAS Anzac and HMCS Montreal will stage 2! fast ‘steam past‘. “The idea is to bring the Solent to life, A fast sail past. tall ships sailing past, Ellen MacArthur‘s yacht B&Q, torpedo boat MTB 102, 300 yachts and private craft. It should be slightly less ‘rigid' than previous reviews,” the Fleet Review organiser explained. But you ignore history at your peril. “One of the first things I did was get out the operational orders from the 1977 review," the commander added. “And once the Naval Historical Branch moved to Portsmouth. I looked over their records for —

details of guest lists, any problems

encountered at previous reviews." Among the final checks will be a meeting with the captain who organised the 1977 Review to see if anything has been overlooked. “At night I wonder if we've got enough liberty boats for all the visiting ships," the officer confessed, although iudging from the hefty planning book which serves as the guide for organising the review, pretty much every contingency has been borne in mind. Indeed one aid not available to previous planners has been the ‘virtual re-

\«jgfitll |‘ ‘ 3‘si§~,if

view‘; computer experts

Collingwood have programmed the entire Review fleet into the bridge simulator (even down to the steam past) to ensure the event runs smoothly. Computers have proved a godat HMS

planners

Fleet Headquarters, to whom has fallen the onerous task of squeezing I72 vessels into the Solcnt on one aftemtxin in June. Wlien Lt Cdr Adam EgclandJensen arrived on Whale Island as the Fleet Surface Navigational Officer I2 months ago, his predecessor left the first draft of the Review anchorage for him; so ships were pencilled in. Nineteen drafts litter and with the aid of the RN’s WECDIS computer charting system, the definitive version of the plan. No.20, is finished. “I’ve always cnioyed navigation, but this has been a long year,” Lt Cdr Egeland-Jensen said. send

the

“Challenging. but enjoyable." That ‘long year‘ has not been helped by the fact that planning

the Review has been juggled with the pressing needs of navigational issues afiecting the surface fleet. Still, on the plus side the officer does get to spend the day on the ‘royal yacht‘ (icebrealter HMS Endurance) not relaxing, however, but overseeing the movements of the groups of ships taking part in the various sail pasts which bring dynamism to the Review. There’s no rest too for (‘.dr ——

0 One ship Cdr Richam‘ Govan doesn't have to wony about... The Fleet Review organiser poses in the shadow of HMS Wctory Govan on the day itself. He’s further away from the action,

however, overseeing proceedings from Semaphore lower not it bad vantage point.

why

Tuesday afternoon for the Royal Navy's showpiece event of 2005? why not a weekend or bank holiday? But

Organisers weighed

up a team of factors: the need for good weather. ships‘ programmes, ensuring the ‘exam season‘ was over for school children and students, the Queen's diary, and not least tides in the Solent on one

afternoon. Which is why

Tuesday June entered in the history

'38 will be htuvks ;t.~ ilic

llI"~l

Revimv -if the

2lst Century. Will it be the last? It will as a serving sailor for Cdr Richard Govan. After 35 years in the Navy, the 2005 Review will be the officer's swansong. Not .1 bad epitaph. then? “You could call it my farewell parry." Cdr Govan added. “Everyone who takes part in a Review probably thinks: ‘This is

going

be the last one‘. So for that reason it should be a memorable and historic event." to

The height Ill elegance \\L'llll.l’. :iiile—iipott—milc of Waittlesliip grey in the Solent will lie the draw for many \’l'.~3iltlt‘.\’, few vessels mzttclt the grace iind panache of the tall ~lllp\ which are titking port in iL'\[l\'lllC> en HltL\'.\'t'.

l~'iitingl_v present ir;iuiin_i.: ship

l.\ Italy‘-a sail .

.\ velcrutt of the I‘i"i5 (Ioronation Review. Vespucci resembles the <.:re.-ii hearts ofoak this year ol"l‘ra— l;il_i:-.ir 300 celebrates. littill for the Regina .\l'.trin:1 today the .\l.'trinit .\liltl»re in '.""stl—’sl mid lTl'.It.lk‘ zit" \lL‘t.'l. not oiil-L. Ycspttu: .i..i\ tlesigttcd to wooden llIlll]lt' the ~.-.;tr~.ltIps ol".t century earlier. \V'ttlt :1 distinctive _\ \lk'fIl gnllcrv :l,I'ILl her blue}: and white livery. the 351)-metre vessel \l'Il\lllkl blend in with l|.\lS Victory. ivhicli she will be herllicd close to. I ‘

.//l

Nearly 7’) _\'t.';lr.\ after entering '~t.'I'\'lL.‘t.‘. the shift is used by the Italians as a training \‘cs.~.i:l for up to I50 sailors ezich summer. Alniost as old its lt;tly'.~ Anterigo Vcsptlcci is the US (Ioast (iu:trd's

Clipper. the ship I.\ iiwttcd l'S state til" .\ri:tr_\'l:!t‘itl and

is sent

development

region

by the

around the lfnited States and beyontl to promote tourism and economic

in the

and her nitmesitke port. Alter a troubled beginning. Serhiirqtie similarly :1 ll'lIll'lll‘u.' bia's has trained military ship for cadets. She began life as Al lrainitlp. vesoflicers almost without interrupsel for the KI’lL'}1\l'I1«tIflllC.but made tion for nearly bll years. only it few Cruises for her German The ship was built by the masters heliire war descended Germans for the then Yugoslavia l“-.ut'opc. upon in the early '30s. llaving lost the llllll-45 con\ll'hen the Axis powers overIlagr:ition. (‘iermany forfeited run the countr_v in IU-II, she was Horst Wessel named after a Nazi seized by the Italians as it training of as streetlighter part post—tv:1r ship for the Regina Marina and reptiizitions. promptly renamed Mztrco Polo. Since then, the US Coztst \‘('hen Italy dropped otit of Guard has used the ship extenthe war in September 1043. the sively in home and foreign Germans seized the vessel but illwaters, accommodating up treated her. By the wttr's end. the In 180 cadets at any one ship was being used as Ll pontoon time aside from her typiin Venice and was in a poor state. cal complement of 05. Returned her home port of Topsail schooner 'l‘iv;it. Jadninto was restored and I0-"I9 has been used once (pictured) is a rep- since more as a training vessel. lica of an I312 And despite echoing an earBal I i more lier age, India's sail training ship was only laid down less than {I decade ago. Visitors to the International I-'estiv:il of this Sea niiiy notice similarities with the British Il’:1Il’lt.‘l‘ Lord Nelson not surprising as the two ships were tlesigiicti by the same tc:1nt.'lEtr;JnginI l}T|It,‘Llll_\’ takes to cadets plus ‘H pL'rI‘IlllI1L‘l.'1l .

’

crew on

any

one

vovaitc.

USS John F Kennedy than 80,000 tonnes, ‘Big John‘ is the largest warship due to attend the lntemational Fleet Review. Packing upwards of 60 fixed-wing aircraft including F14 Tomcats and FA18 Hornets. plus hall a dozen helicopters. JFK is one of 12 flat-tops (Kennedy and sister Kitty Hawk are the only non-nuclear ones) operated by the US Navy. Big John was laid down within 12 months of the presidents death and has spent the bulk of her active career in the Middle East and Mediterranean. She earned her battle spurs in the first

Gulf conflict. launching nearly 3,000 sorties against Saddam Hussein's forces. and returned to the region a decade later to hound Al Qaeda and Taleban forces in Afghanistan. Which is all very impressive. but what you really want to know is how much her 4.600strong ship's company eat every day. A lot. to be precise: 9.700 eggs. 980 galIons yes. gallons of milk. and 800 loaves —

—

ol bread. Not content with eating a lot. the sailors cost a lot the ship's payroll is 589m annually —

(around £50m).

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THE INTERNATIONAL Fleet Review is ‘merely’ the curtainraiser to six days of events on the Solent celebrating our ties with the sea.

20 craft on the water; the British force is called upon at ’.’.l5pm each day to rout insurgents.on :1 Fictitious west African island. As well its Swift Strike. eontli:tt displitvs will he run four times diiily in ;i

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‘mini war’ of the dock-

staged at the north—west tip yard (near HMS Illustrious). Operation Swift Strike involves 100 Royal Marine Commandos. half a dozen fix:-d—wing aircraft. eight helicopters and

balanced between formal ceremony and eommemoratitm and allout fun and entertainment as the week t'L‘2lClIL‘S its climax. Sotithseii (‘.nmtnon plziys host on \¥’etltiesd:iy June 20 to the Drunihead (Ieretnony. :1 iiiemorial to till those who have made the ultiititite stieriliee tin the Seveti Seitrs in the defence til" freedoiii. .-‘irnund ‘t."i0tl people are attending the niornint: t.‘L't'L‘tt'Ititt\' in an '.iiiipliithetitre \["L‘L'l£lll_\' liuilt in the shztdow ot l’ortsnioutli N'.i\':tl W-':ir .\letnort;il. Nut-ul veterziiis tram .lLTtt«.~. the (Ttttiiiittttiwetiltli are ttuests til‘ honour :it the llrttmlientl. toiized lw seliooltltiltlren. .l iI|Il—-«tint:-e Kllllll lilltl tntiiier \\'LlT cur’ respoittlettt K-.tte .\'\l1t.'. lnrtlies tii.ttie lrtvni '.ltt‘ l‘l'll\‘« .lll\l topper ol ll.\l.\ \'iLttvr‘. will lie txtriitletl £lltlllL‘\lklL' l,tttIt1 \t_'lL'l'.ll‘l\. Sui (f.ttiets. the RU_\';ll .\l.ll'll'lk‘\ liztntl (1ll\l xerviiie R.\' persotitiel who will l;Il<L' part in the loriniil cereittoiiy ll.\L'll. The llruinheittl rt.-:ielies its clim:t.\' with :i \Lill pust lw it Royzil .\';tv§' ttircrzilit eurrier. tit which point orgainisers predict "not .i dry eve in the ltottse". .‘\l0l’ll.'.HlLlL‘ the pitriitle ground is 1| veter:itis' LCHIYL‘ for .\;Illl‘f.\ past to niect up with old eonirtides. get in touch with ussoeiittions and generally relax with friends. Aliltottgli the Drutnhegid itself is 3 ticket only iilliiir zind full up. the centre is not and will be open throughout June .28 ziiitl 3‘). With the Druiiihezid over. attention switches in HM \':i\':ilBase Portsninutli for the ltitertiaitiomtl l"esti\';tl ol’ the Sea. ‘.1 l'ottr»d:t_v eelebruttoii of all things tlttirlr time t'rotn itiit-_ltt}' men n‘ wzir to tiny plL'{I\lIl'L' L'r:il't. sh;int_\' singers and the l-Zvettts

d:til_\' ‘dynamic tlisplziy."

specialllv-constructed iirenti. An even larger revtett ll'l1lI'l the event l‘L‘ll‘i_t: witnessed l\\' tlte Queen will he \lA|_L!L'tl in (Ih:tin'l'est House. ’l'lie building has been lttttitletl over

Il;ILlllL".llmodellers for the duration ot the lestivul. tllulix lroni ;lL't't\s\ liurope will he tf:~pl:i\ttie their lT‘lll‘.l;llUrL’ ereatttins. plus t'.!t\l".llIl;l\ and :i it-o_rI»:i:ie reerezttion wt" .1 -.;iterlrotit on the .\Ie.trVe l-our \l;lL'.L’\'.it1tll\\t‘ '.-it .!'L‘l‘i.l\ .tre "L‘ltlL! "omit tor ttitisttut. L'.'l.'lll‘.:l1L"lll. i'.iitti~ _Z‘L'rl<\rllllll'.‘ .tt‘. L'\.lL'Lll\ .”.'tl‘.tlL' t»: !lltl‘~lL' {rum s.t'.s.-i to -.::.tntie~ l‘..'I\'L‘ iieen lmtilictl -one '~t;tuL' ‘.\:.l '11:: tictltt.‘;Itt:tl tti wings ot the xeit troni ;icross the glohe). "Hie displity :ll'L'n1I.\ will be home to reerezitiotis of the R.\."s lepettdriry field tllm rim. perforiittttiees hy the Ro_\';|l Mttrtties and other hands. plus miltt-.tr_\' and g‘_y'n1I‘lll!allL' tlisplnys. l-"or younger visitors, Britain's only touring theatre ship is liertlting tn recreate the story of Notilfs Ark. Numerous street entertainers. will he wandering through the Narttl Base. and there are plenty of stands ofiering face painting and traditional-style Punch and judy entertainment. The .\'u:'\' .\'ert'.t team will he on hztttd throughout the weekend to ztnswer your \]LlL'SllIln.\ about the paper and try to persuade _\'oti to l’t‘l,l_\' some tifnur merchandise. \Vi'e ltiive stalls in .‘\nehor lane in the Historic Doekytird and at .\'<irthWest \X'ul| in the s'h;tdow of HMS Illustrious. It‘

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tug crew during a dynamic display men and women who ply their [r;ltle\ on

the world's oee;itis. .\l:in_\' of the ships taking part in the Fleet Review iitztke the short journey into the doekyiird for the testivitl. and :Il‘L' open to visitors tltrouitltout the event. The RN presence will he led by airer-.il‘t e:trrier HMS Illustrious and one 'l't'pt: .2! trigtite will he etxiitiguretl for disabled visitors.

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Belles!

Navy Blue

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Navy Blue

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HMS Duke ol Yotlt

Navy Blue

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H299

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