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No. 5 OCTOBER 1954

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THE RESERVE FLEET I

TIlE ROYAL NAVY has from car! est maintained ships in reserve with the object of being able to replace ships of the seagoing fleet which require repairs or long refits. and of having spare ships ready to be manned by the Naval Reserves-Royal Fleet Reserve. Roal Naval Reserve. and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve--ss ho would lie called up on

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When the war with and Japan caine to an end in 1945, the Royal Na'. v ssas six times its pre-war sue, and as the release I1rosrmme progressed. the majority of the ships in commission had to he paid-oil until the peace-tulle seagoing fleet was reduced to the si/c we could afford to ma ii with our post-war Navy. Those ships which were worn out or for various reasons would not he required in a future sstr were scrapped, but this left over 3t)() ships ;ill(] major landing craft to he placed in reserve-the bulk of them being destroyers and frigates. ,hips bound to he badly needed for on vo\ a tid a nil -sri bnia rifle duties in :lily. future struggle.

The t.msk 01 keeping these to be commisships read sioned in the shortest possible time has ohviou sI :ill iiiip..)rt;ince second to none in the Naval Service mud s'. hue the mmLlmL-ers mud rmtmnc mm hose task it is lie tile excteriients and changes ol scene that their opposite 1111111 hers in the seagoing fleets enjoy. thi ha'. e (lie satisfaction (11 knowine. ss mirk is that their essential to the Na'. a tid that the power of the N.m v to cx pa rd in the earls of a depends on how t lie V are fulfilling the trust that is placed iii them.

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ment and carrying out trials, and subsequentlv preservitig those destined for reserve is mill part of the Reserve Fleet's

the are dehumidified and economic- task. The old It.O.A.C. lh itig-ltoat a ll looked a 11cr h ci'. ilia ii shipbui Id- ltase oti Southampton Water was corning finns. 1 Irese slips are dehumidified missioned as H.M.S. I): ligence for this mind so the mirlimiutit oh work required is purpose, while a section of H. sI .S. small, and this redeplo riterit scheme has resulted alre.md in savings of

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ExmoR Rev. W. J. E. Trcgcnna-Piw,it. O.B.E.. R.N..

Royal Naval Barracks. Portsmouth ic!.: Portsmouth 74371 (list. 2913)

NAVAL CLUBS . . . 4 The First Permanent N.A.A.F.I. Club

EIGHT YEARS ago the present Queen, then Princess Elizabeth, opened the Portsmouth N.A.A.F.I. Club, which is located at Government House Site.

Cambridge Junction. It was tt-c flrst in a chain of permanent N.A.AFJ. Clubs planned for Service centres in Great Britain.

Portsmouth was picked as the home VICE-ADMIRAL J. W. M. EATON of the first permanent N.A.A.F.I. Club C.B., DS.O., D.S.C. because the need for a Services' social centre was particularly acute. The blitz "READY AYE Ready" has been the had played havoc with existing off-duty. motto of the Royal Navy, since its but earliest days. This saying would be a meaningless phrase were it not for the reserves of trained manpower, ships and material which enable the Active Fleet to expand rapidly into the large naval force required to protect our sea

Message from Flag Officer Comnwnding Reserve Fleet

orchestra or a talented solo instrunicii talist to present t period of quiet enter tainment during the deadest part of tit day. He has the hacking of the mixe Civilian and Services Club Committee The restaurant, which has an eflicicn self-service cafeteria, produces somi 3,000 meals a week at prices avcragini between Is, &I. and 2s, 6d. The men t

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The Commander-in-Chief Admiral Sir George E. Greasy G.C.B., C.B.E., D.S.O., M.V.O.

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The Reserve Fleet therefore has been a vital factor in the Navy's preparedness to fulfil its traditional role as the country's first line of defence, since the very beginning. Successive major wars have shown clearly how important it is for the Navy to maintain in reserve

ships of all types, which can be commissioned

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shortly after the outbreak of hostilities.

Today the Active Fleet has the backing of some 300 ships in maintained reserve. They vary in type from battleships to small inshore minesweepers and are berthed at ports all over Great Britain. in Northern Ireland and at bases abroad.

Since the last war, the shortage of manpower has led us to develop new techniques in the maintenance of our ships in leserve. Some of these techniques, for which officers and men are specially trained, are illustrated in this edition of NAVY Ntws, Ships to which these techniques have been applied are berthed in commercial ports, where they are maintained by civilian labour with naval technical assistance. This disposition of the Fleet provides employment for any surplus labour in the port areas and in addition ensures some degree of dispersal of its units, in the event of heavy air attacks at the out-

break of war.

Finally the task of maintaining ships in a proper state of reserve has never been easy. It is certainly no easier today owing to the technical complexity of the modern warship. The efficient maintenance of the Reserve Fleet of the present day calls for a high degree of technical knowledge, unremitting zeal and a great capacity for hard work.

EDITORIAL

EVERY NEWSPAPER is launched in the hope that it will attain a degree of permanency. It is, however, in the fourth and fifth months that it usually encounters real criticism, a slowing down of its initial impetus, and a falling away of its supporters. If it can survive the five months, it is reasonably safe to suppose that the newspaper will

he established permanently.

NAVY Nisvs, sponsored by a few enthusiasts. has endeavoured to present to the Navy every item of news truthfully. and without partiality. Judging from the many fetters that we have received, that policy has been endorsed fully by our readers and contributors.

Enough copy pours in to fill two issues for every one published. Sales have increased each month, and our circulation is now greater than we ever

thought possible.

We are grateful to the welfare committees of H.M.S. Vanguard and Perseus. who, as a mark of their appreciation. have generously given us gifts of ÂŁ20 and ÂŁ10.

So - greatly encouraged by the tremendous response of all in the Command-we present yet another issue, confident that NAVY NEws is here to stay.

amenities for ratings and Wrens, and in 1946, when Portsmouth still contained a heavy Services population, the fine new Club, with its restaurant, tavern, lounges, games room, ballroom, barber's shop, shower baths and W.V.S. Information Bureau, formed a Forces' social centre that was without equal in the land.

In post-war years the reduction in the strength of Navy personnel in and around Portsmouth has brought about a gradual change in the function of the Club. It is no longer a casual calling place for the sailor with a few hours to spare, but a real Service Club with regular members and an atmosphere of good fellowship and comfort. The social side has increased enormously and is still growing. The nightly dances and the fortnightly gala nights have strained the ballroom capacity to its limits, and work has now begun on alterations that will nearly double the floor area.

Mr. Sayers, the urbane Club manager, has already organised, with considerable success, Sunday afternoon musical sessions, providing a small

culinary line. Egg and chips, sausage and chips, steak and chips, with the usual variations, still form the bulk of the orders.

The games room, equipped with two full-sized billiards tables and a tabletennis table, is seldom, if ever, unoccupied and there is often a waiting list.

These comfortable lounges and the reading and writing room are havens of rest for many a tired sailor or Wren.

Visit them - at any time during the Club's opening hours-from 10 a.m. to 10.30 p.m.-and you will find a Scattering of sailors, or soldiers, certainly one or two Wrens and Wracs and pos-

sibly an airman or two taking their case in the deep armchairs or sitting at a

writing table.

When Queen Elizabeth opened the Portsmouth Club she described it as a Club of which every member might well be proud. Her Majesty added: "In a traditional Service centre such as Portsmouth the N.A.A.F.I. Club is assured of a long, busy and useful life.

It will remain a permanent feature of this great city."

R. D. McB.

COASTAL FORCES WAR MEMORIAL

ON FRIDAY, September Il, at 3 p.m. during a brief spell of fine weather with only a few gusts of wind which in no way marred the ceremony, the Coastal Forces War Memorial was unveiled by Mrs. Catherine Hichens, widow of Licut.-Cdr. R. F, Hichens. l).S.O. and bar. D.S.C. and bar. R.N.V.R., and dedicated by the Venerable Archdeacon F. N. Chamberlain. Chaplain of the Fleet, assisted by the Rev. Owen Roebuck. Chaplain of the Church of Scotland and Free Churches, in the presence of the C.-in-C., Portsmouth. and many relations and old members of Coastal Forces.

The service was short and simple. and the whole atmosphere, one could feel, was intimate and homely. Many people remarked afterwards how well this reflected the spirit of Coastal Forces. Everyone really joined in, heart as well as voice, in the familiar hymns and simple prayers.

The memorial was then unveiled by Mrs. Hichens, after :t short speech which is worth reporting in full. She said: "My sons and I are deeply conscious of the honour that is being paid to my husband's memory, in asking me to unveil this memorial to all the dead of the Coastal Forces. Eleven years ago our Captain came to tell me of my husband's death after an action in which, though contact with the enemy had been broken oil and victor achieved, my husband had been hit by a stray shell and others in the cockpit wounded. He said to me: 'You wont believe me now. hut time is a great healer.' Today I realise how true his words were. Now, because sufficient time has elapsed we can forget the dumb pain we all suffered: the vacuum into which we all put our minds he-

COMMANI)ER-IN-CIIll;F'S MESSAGE

10 COMMAND

On my arrival at Portsmouth I send my good wishes to all hands in my new command. I shall look forward to seeing you all in your own ships and establishments in the near future.

Nearly Time Expired?

Then make the most of your training join the

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND NAVY You get your R.N. rating and full pay on leaving the U.K. Pay is high. Family allowance for each child is 10/. a week from date of arrival in New Zealand, Your family travel out free!

cause we couldn't bear our happier First engagement 6 years. Good superannuation or gratuity. memories. We can remember our men; remember 'the little ships' in which they went to sea; remember their courIMMEDIATE VACANCIES FOR: age and endurance; their gaiety: even their failings; we can remember Seamen Able Seamen Leading proudly and happily all they had to Signalmen Telegraphists give us and their country. We must remember, too, those who gave, not Engine Room Artificers Leading Stoker Mechanics their lives, but their limbs; they, and Stoker Mechanics Electrical Artificers theirs may well have suffered more. I would like to finish with a slightly Radio Electrical Artificers Electricians' Mates, 1st Class altered quotation of my husband's own Radio Radio Electricians' Electricians' Mates, words to describe his feelings after Leading Mates 1st Class attending the funeral of some of his own men killed in a similar action: Ordnance Artificers Shipwright Artificers 'We fight on. Our loved ones are at Stores Assistants Stewards peace.'

The "Last Post" was sounded by six Mechanicians Leading Cooks (S) boy buglers from H.M.S. St. Vincent.

The memorial was then dedicated by If you are under 40 and will soon be released from the R.N. the Chaplain of the Fleet and the APPLY NOW "Reveille" sounded and a wreath laid

by Mrs. Hiehens.

Complete coupon and post in unsealed envelope with lid. stamp At the conclusion of the service wreaths were laid by Cdr. Campbell-Smith, R.C.N.. on behalf of -.

To: Royal New Zealand Navy Headquarters ofileers in Canada and WashCdr. Gunderscn.

R.Nor,N..

Dept. NN, The Adelphi, London, W.C.2 ington: by two wreaths on behalf of the offiPlease send details and application form to: cers and men of the Royal Norand Danish Navies: by Licut.wegian Name ............................................................................................

Cdr. Schreuder. R.N.N.. on behalf of the officers and men of the Royal Address ...................................................................................................

Netherlands Navy: by Sandy Edwards "In memory of my friends in Coastal "; Forces, especially 'Hitch' and by Mrs. Snook. "In grateful memory.

Fleet Mail Officer, Portland, 1942-43."

R.N. Rating and S.Q .....................................................................

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Perhaps the whole atmosphere was best shown h' the four sailors resting on their arms reversed at each corner typifying the simple prayerfulness yet dignity of the occasion.

Expected date of RN. discharge ...................................................

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PORTSMOUTH NAVY NEWS

October, 1954

A.F.Os. of Interest

Have YOU a personal problem?

ASK JOHN ENGLISH

He Married an American Some years ago, when in a ship which visited the States, I married an American girl. After returning to the United Kingdom, 1 arranged for her to conic over here. She came, but didn't like Scotland and without any warning she returned to the U.S.A. I have now received papers about a divorce which she has started in Virginia. If she succeeds, will I he free to marry someone else?

Answer: Unfortunately, any (/i%'OrCe which your wife obtains in Virginia iii!! not be valid in Scotland, and I am afraid that if you married again you would be guilty of bigamy.

I gather you are a Scotsman and therefore if .Scotland is .Your permanent home ou are domiciled there. According to Scottish law. only the country where tit(, hushand is domiciled has jurisdiction in divorce, The o,,I advice I can give you is if your wife ,narru's (i(.'(iill, her t)l(irriaรงt' would be and if the bigamous, marriage is c(,nsi(,nfluited. her conduct you have evidence adulterous. If of this. you can divorce her on grounds of adultery.

On tit(, other hand, if your wife does not marry again. you should endeavour to get her to rejoin you, as the Courts require you to make an i(lort to adhere to your wife.

I an, of the opinion that the Scottish Courts ttould regard the attempt of your wife to obtain a divorce in Virginia as am, act of desertion.

Scot-tish Is lie the heir?

My father died 12 months ago. I am the eldest son and always thought that the eldest son was the heir by the law, and so entitled to succeed to the father's property. Mv mother is dead. but I have four brothers and sisters and my father did not leave a will. My brothers and sisters refuse to let me have the insurance monies, National Savings certificates and furniture which my father left. What is the position, please?

Answer: I am not at all surprised l'y the attitude adopted by your brothers and sisters. There is no such thing as an heir by the late on intestacy in these modern times. 4.s your father did not leave a will, he died intestate and his estate is divided equally bet it'c'Cn you and your brothers and sisters. If your

fathers property exceeded ยฃ100, you should visit it solicitor and ask him to take imp Letters of Administration, without which neither you nor your brothers and sisters will he able to deal teigh the estate.

Admiralty liking Scheme Could you tell me why my husband cannot be eligible for the Admiralty Hiring Scheme, just because he is under 2!, when he can go to sea and war and get killed before he is 21? My husband was at Greenwich Naval School from the age of II to IS. then entered the Boy Seaman Branch. He has signed on for 12 years' continuous service, and hopes to do 22 years. but this age limit does not encourage him.

You see it also applies to his going abroad-I am not allowed to go with him until I am 21.

Is this age limit necessary, when it does not apply to the Air Force?

Answer:

Please don't think me tIn.cy,npat/u'tw, but the fairest answer I can give you is that these about eligibility for hirings and free passages abroad had been worked out (111(1 publicit. announced before your and so your husband 1?ll1.st hare known of thlemmi when he decided that the two of you could afford to get

rules

wedding.

,,tarried.

I well know how disappointing for young ,narried people is anything tthich prevents them having as much tune as possible toget/u'r, hut I an sure it ca,,,lot be long before your husband reaches the age of 21 and you can benefit from,, the ,nany concessions which the Admiralty has announced since the war. Don't forget the officers' wives have to trait until their husbands are much older before they can benefit schemnes! from,, There is oil(. sniall point which You have misunderstood. Your own age has no effect upon eligibility for a free passage abroad: it is your age that ,natters.

I haven't been (11,11' to get any official information about the R.A.F., but / /111(1 it di/hicult to believe that it's dsfJcrem,t in that Service trot,, the Navy.

Before finishing my answer to you. may I add how glad I am to hear that your husband hopes to do 22 years in the Service. You keep his ambitions up and get iii,,, to advance hi:miself, for there's plenty of scope for him to make jolly good future for you both.

these

husband's

New Pay Procedure A.F.O. 1763/54 announced the introduction of a full-scale trial throughout the Fleet, of certain modifications to (lie present naval pas accounting sys(en), to start on October 1, 1954. This A.F.O. gives accounting directions, the effect of which upon the rating will he primarily that he will receive at the beginning of each quarter a single sheet showing particulars of his pay during the previous quarter, or if lie joined during the quarter from the date of his joining the ship. This trial is the first stage in an endeavour to reduce delay in a man's pay documents accompanying him when on draft, and to associate personnel more closely with particulars of their own accounts. Certain other small changes to introduce a uniform system of fortnightly payment for ratings are also projected; details may he expected later.

Pyjamas A.F.O 2181/54 extended the free issue of two suits of pyjamas to all naval ratings and Royal Marines: it was previously restricted to those who joined on and after July, 1951.

Royal Malayan Navy A.F.O. 2182/54 notified that certain

C.P.O. ratings (seaman. E.R.A.. writer and steward branches) were invited to volunteer for service as instructors with the Royal Malayan Navy.

A.F.O. 2184154 printed a list of ratings required for loan to the Royal Navy after completion 0! a RN. engagement, with rates of pay and conditions of service.

Malayan

prisoners of war in Japanese hands.

Those likely to be concerned should study this A.F.O., which has been reprinted for notice-hoards.

Botany A.1'.O. 2255/54 invited naval officers and ratings to help in collecting from out-of-the-way parts of the world plants which may, after due experiment and trial, prove suitable for introduction to English gardens. The request is made by the Royal Horticultural Society, Wislev, Ripley, Woking. Surrey, who describe ill the A.F.O. (lie best way to collect and send seeds., etc.

N.A.A,F.I.

A.F.O. 2316/54 reported the 82nd meeting of the Headquarters Naval Canteen Committee, held on July 23, 1954. the minutes of which have been distributed to ships' companies' noticehoards.

New-Type Hammock

A.F.O. 2402/54 described the introduction of a new type of hammock capable of use for sleeping in with a camp bed. This new type of hammock, and the mattress to go with it, will he longer than the present hammock and will he fitted with two canvas tunnels to take the camp bed metal fittings when required. The longer mattress will also he suitable for rise in the portable bed hunks which are being fitted in certain ships such as Hermes class and Victoriotis on modernisation. The existing pattern of camp bed will eventually hecomeobsolete and will he replaced by a set of metal fittings comprising framework for a bed.

No change is involved to the existing arrangements for the provision of bedding for use with bedsteads in shore establishments and in ships in which fixed berths or hunks are fitted. It will be some time before the new-type and mattress are universally available, and certain interim arrange-

F4ucatiort A.F.O. 2183/54 drew attention to the importance and value of passing Education Test Part I to all ratings, but especially those in the seaman and stoker branches.

A.F.O. 2319/54 gave particulars of certain new courses connected with automobile engineering and electrical ments will he necessary. In order to engineering which have been intro- gain user experience of the articles of duced into the Forces' Correspondence modified design pending their general Scheme. introduction, it is intended to

ham-mock provide the new hammocks. etc., in two or

3 A.F.O, is that ratings will be issued on loan one pillow and two pillow covers which will he returned when they leave (lie ship.

General Service Commissions -Leave Arrangements A.F.O. 2458/54: This A.F.O. sets out the details of the policy regarding leave scales whilst serving on a General Service Commission, It is intended. in general, that the existing leave scales should continue.

The proposals, briefly. are that if proceeding overseas and no leave has been taken for more than 28 days men will he granted. as far as is possible, seven days' advanced General Service Commission leave prior to commissioning, or proceeding overseas if United Kingdoiss service makes up the first part of a General Service Commission, This seven days will be deducted from the entitlement of 54 (lays' leave due during a General Service Commission. Two thirds of this leave, i.e., 36 days. will be granted within (lie commission. For example. whilst within the Home Fleet 14 days' seasonal leave at Christmas and summer. plus three days at Easter. On return from overseas service a minimum of It) days, if proceeding direct to ship's bionic port.

This Fleet Order has been reprinted for notice-hoards and merits study by officers and men.

SHOOTING OF NEW FILM EX PORTSMOUTH

APPROVAL HAS been given for the granting of naval facilities at Portsmouth and Portland to the film in company, Ealing Studios Ltd., connections with their film, "The Ship that Died of Shame," based on the short story by Nicholas Monsarrat.

Final Reminder -Rear-Lighting

reflectors are now

three Rear compulsory Civil Service, etc., Competitions selected ships commissioning or re- on all vehicles, including niotor-cycles, A.F.O. 2186154 announced oppor- commissioning during the present year. as from October I, 1954. Have you tunities for officers and men to com- Not the least interesting feature of this had them fitted yet? pete at an open competition for at least 60 appointments as officers of Customs and Excise in the Customs and Excise Department. Examinations will be held on December 1 and 2. 1954.

A.F.O. 2328/54 referred to the Civil Service Commission competitions for clerical classes (General and Departmental) of the Home Civil Service and Grade 6 parts in Branch "B" of the in these circumstances, only to find Foreign Service. Closing date for the that the car in front not turning at receipt of completed application forms all, but only pulling out to pass some- is October 21. 1954.

Motoring Notes

AS A I,ROI:FSSIONAI. motorist who earns his bread and butter in the motor trade, and who unfortunately has a daily journey of 20 miles each way to his work, usually in a hurry, your motoring correspondent has ample his fellow opportunity to criticise motorists and, incidentally, himself. as is inevitable, he makes an when, occasional mistake. Although not a speed merchant, he is nevertheless not in the habit of wasting time on the road, and like many fast drivers, is irritated fairly easily by repeated baulking. It is rather interesting, therefore, to study the reasons for some of this baulking, some of ss Is ieh are all too obvious.

Hand Wagging I lie most iii i tail ii e person on the road in lily, opinion S the careful driver -often iii a sina II 10 lip. car-keeping on - the open a steadyo 30-35 mph. t road and conscientiously signalling his every intention. Like most fast drivers, I alwas s react the same and mutter to myself inwardly: ''For l'ete's sake stop wagging your hand and gel oil with your driving." Ihe latest example I met very recently when I came up behind an old Minx. I was repeatedly unable to get through owing to the charming driver holding to the centre of the road, but after a while became somewhat amused. few moments on absolutely every occasion that she cars, overtook cyclists. stationary pedestrians. animals, and so on, a ss hand hite-gloved appeared dainty near the top of the driver's door poking closed window. No out of :ill doubt she thought she was driving inspecca hi y. although ill fact not one of her signals 5% as necessary since the cireunsstances v. crc obvious.

The ''turning right'' signal with the right arm extended horizontally is a Its rita in signal %C1.5 frequently use a ppa rent lv is to indicate that one i pulling out to overtake. which can be quite a snare for the diver in the rear. I have tic'q lien t I y beet iii isl ed by this signal, especially when it has beer) gi sen approaching a right-hand turning. Like many drivers I usually pull into the left to pass on the inside

Hillman

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thing.

May I make a plea to all naval motorists-please stop wagging your right hand unless you really have got something to signal about. Don't keep giving a "turn right" signal when you are only overtaking the vehicle in front --and, last but not least, get on with your driving and keep both hands on the wheel.

Servicing There is no doubt that regular a n d lubrication. greasing general either in your own garage or the service station, pays large dividends in prolonging the life of a car. There are. however, a few points which are sometimes overlooked, even in the best service stations, and I suggest that it is worth while checking before taking your car away that the following points have in fact been attended to: (a) Brake master cylinder topped up. (hi) Distributor governor lubricated. (c) Fan greased where appropriate. (d) bearings lubricated.

These are not necessarily points which are automatically attended to. and should not only be stipulated it due for attention, but should also be checked before taking the car away.

Dynamo

Suitcases A.1'.O. 2245/54 reminded ratings that only the correct Service pattern and size suitcases could be allowed so as to fit into stowage racks provided in ships. Suitcases of oilier than the correct pattern cannot he suitably stowed in kit lockers which contain a compartment for this purpose or in the standard racks where provided in ships. They are consequently difficult to secure. cause undue congestion in the living spaces, arid constitute a possible source of danger in the event of damage to the ship.

Royal Marines A.F.O. 2336/54 gave the welcome news that the gold-braided cloths tunics as previously worn by senior N.C.Os. of the Royal Marine Band Service are to he reintroduced for wear by these ranks on ceremonial occasions in place of the yellow-braided cloth tunics worn at present,

Widows' Pensions A.I'.O. 2193/54 adjusted some anoriialmes in widows' pensions. When details of (lie Forces' Family Pensions Scheme were promulgated in A.F.O, 842/53 it was stated that pensions would riot be payable in conjunction Car-Polishing For those motorists who believe in with awards by the Ministry of Penwax polishing their cars and stick to sions and National Insurance in reinto wardroom and club popularity? Reqi:t'sthรง P/y,nout/i's Simoniz despite the hard labour in' spect of death due to service.

It hiss, however, now been decided volved. 1 have recently discovered a cornpany-.--with pink, tonic, vermouth, squash or just plain very useful powder which definitely that widoss . and children of officers cuts dost is the amount of elbow grease and ratings who (lie after August. 1950, water! Plymouth, the Navy's own gin, is right back to prerequired. The stuff is called "Pow' who are eligible for an "attributable" derii," and I can vouch for its effici- pension may he awarded, if otherwise war perfection. R.P.C. at the R.N.V.R. Club or any good bar, ency. It is not readily obtainable but eligible under the Forces' Family Penif anyone cares to drop rue a line C,"k) sions School. :111 "ordinary" Pension with a order N.svv Nmws. supplement in nesncct of the officer's postal or rating's service on a scale laid down for Ss. Rd.. I will bc quite prepared to obtain it for them. in the A. F.O. All the awards will he made automatically ss'ihnut application by the Dates to Remember widows GIN The International Motor Car Show Japanese Assets October 20 to October Fan's Court.

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Visit of Rite ('oztininsider-in-Chief, Portsmouth, to tl.%I.S. Mercury.

'I Ill: (i)M NIANI)F R - IN - CHIEF, S i r Portsrtto u th, Admiral J, ti hn I'(le!sen, G.C.V.O.. G.(.R.. ( .ftE., paid a faresvcll visit to H.M.S. Mercury on Friday. September 10. lie took the ilute at a parade of the ship's cornpanv. sshieh included three W.R.N.S. Divisions, and afterssards gave an address.

Errattmni to the September Edition of this Paper

Higher Education Test. First sentence. Substitute: "The next examination "ill he held in October, 1954.'

Handicrafts

Tennis Court-Duchess of Kent Barracks The hard tennis court recently constructed in the l)uchcss of Kent Barracks is now complete. 1 his ss ork has been made possible h i very generoils grant from file Ntillield Trust for II. NI. Forces of the C ro ii.

A letter of thanks from representatives of the Service has been 'ent to Lord Nit ffield.

An inscribed plaque is to he erected it the entrance to the court as a Ierrnanent record of this gift.

W.R.N.S. Bcnc olent Trust A collection ssas taken on Septemer 2 throughout the W.R.N.S. Unit at the Royal Marines Barracks.

The sum realised to t3 3,,. 6d., ss hich was forssarded to the lIon. Secretary, for the Portsmouth ( ontmand.

Fast-vies'. amounted

Scottish Country Dancing I he autumn session commenced on Monday. August 30. under the superisron of Sub-Lieut. IS) B. I. I).

1/41 ranach, R.N. The dance is held on NI onda vs in the recreation room, )iehess of Kent Barracks. The room is spacious and corn forta hI holds SC to 100 energetic (lancers.

An invitation has been extended to the RN. personnel in Victoria Barack s to at (end every week.

The main object is to combine the reaching of new (lances 5% ith the pleasure of a social evening. Our gratitude is expressed through the medium of this col urn n to Sub- I. ieu t. St ra nach for ill his help.

Music Circle The first of a series of gramophone record recitals, chosen by Coder (Ed II. A. Nishett. took place on Thursday. September 9. ('oder Nishett ha kindly consented to assist with the 'election of the programmes until Christmas.

Guests were invited from Victoria Barracks. The numbers attending far exceeded those expected. It is hoped that this is indicative of a gentiine interest in classical music. time to time those attending \% ill he given the opportunity of choosing their own programmes.

Coffee is served during the interval by the Wrens. The help given with the washing-up by the guests has been very, much appreciated.

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Classes are field in the Duchess of Kent Barracks three afternoons and three evenings a week. the past month many stool fratires have been fitted with woven sea grass seats. For most this is a first is attempt. T h e process straightforssard but hard on the hands. The results so far have proved well worth the ellort and attractive in design.

Leatherss ork is becoming increasingly popular. A variety of shopping bags, handbags, wallets, purses and the fashionable bucket hag can be seen in the process of being made.

Wren Wilkinson is able to tat, and has made several pretty, mats. She has expressed her willingness to shosv anyone interested the basic stitches.

Dainty yet strong edges can he made for table mats, handkerchiefs and lingerie. All that is needed is a shuttle and crochet hook, and, of course, patience.

Iss o small looms are weaving available for anyone who mould like to weave a scarf. A beginner svould need to be prepared to spend a maxilit urn of eight hours on a first scarf.

Iland-s oven scarves, with knitted mittens or gloves to match, in bright colours, make a most acceptable Christmas present for both young children and the more fashion-conscious adults.

A handicraft exhibition is being arranged to take place towards the end of November when the work of the W.R.N.S. in the Portsmouth ('ourmand will he displayed.

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W.R.N.S. Officers Third Officer P. A. Newton has relieved Second Officer R. S. I. as Command W.R.N.S. Gregory Sports Officer. Third Officer M. A. .'\damson has joined additional.

Chief Petty Officers and Petty. Officers Attention is d r a w n to A.F.O. 2192/54, which states that Chiefs and confirmed Petty Officers are to provide theniselves with a No. I Dress. When certified by their Divisional Officers to be in possession of this dress the ratings concerned are to he credited with a gratuity of £6 to cover the excess cost of the initial provision of a cloth suit as compared with the cost of a serge suit at Fleet Issuing Prices.

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October,

Farewell to Lady Edelsten

THE FRIENDLY face and warming snide of Lady. Fdelsten will he known to thousands (it, the Navy's officers and men' as well as to great numbers of local citizens after the two ears during which she has lived .itnongst its whilst Admiral Sir John Edelsten has held the ll(irt%ni(ititil Command e: Sir john ('Cillie lie left l'ortstnouth, received remarkable expressions of regard and affection, and there can he no doubt that these were due to the cheerful and conscienious way ill which lie has fulfilled ,his futictions as ('omrnandcr-in-Chief and the great personal interest lie has shown ti the great variety of naval activities under his adnr itt ist rat ion.

Lady Edelsteir. no less than the Admiral, has devoted herself with the same qualities of a warm and human interest to the many welfare and social activities of the port and (if the Cornmaird. It is these activities whiclr bring real and practical help to the man in treed and to his family, and tires' ill their turn rely on the active and vigor(ills support which they have received from Admiralty House.

Anyone associated with the Royal Naval and Royal Marine Children's Home. the Royal Naval and Royal Marine Maternity Honre, the Services . -' House. the Drop-in Club and the .. , ... .

Royal Naval Friendly. Union of Sailors' Wives will speak with of Lady. Edehsten's concern for their advancement and well-being. '' Site has for sottre time run a flirtnigirtly sewing party (it the Southsea - . ' branch of the Royal Naval I'rucndly .Union of Sailors' Wives in Adtriiraltv Ho use and is far front content With looking on. but takes a full part il - .'+.

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- . ' -- ... ........ stress. He own remarkable artistic flair and instinctive good taste have lent Trust and Mrs. activities brought pleasure and benefit to every- for Dame Agnes ('urrey's Weston's Sailors' body. Site also attend the ttrotithlv Rest and the accommodation which afternoon meetings 01 the Royal Naval she has organised for sailors' families I'ricndly Union of Sailors Wives in . have also received Lady Edelstens ir.itton Road, entering fully. into the support. In the organisation of spirit of proceedings. days. (lances and dress parades for The success of the Drop-in ('tub and flag the King George V Fund, a substantial its free and informal atmosphere are share of the work has been undertaken known to have been a source of

by Lady Edelsten personally. and durpleasure to her, and she has taken an ing flag days she has always been equally great and active interest in the active herself, supervising the organicaUnder Five Club. where the welfare. of tiotr at the headquarters tent on the the children makes the best contrihu- Hard. lion to help their mothers.

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PARADE OF FASHION An administrative course for proba- ON THE 17th of last tniontir a parade of fashion was presented at the Savoy tionary Third Officers 'ias held in the Duchess of Kent Barracks from Mon- l3allrootn. Soutirsea, by Messrs. Handless, of Southsea. This show, under day. September 6 to IS, inclusive. the patronage of Lady Edeisteti, was

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in aid of King George's Fund for Sailors, U) which the entire proceeds were devoted. ' Packed audiences .it hotlr sinowings were absorbed ill the latest trends of colour and design. Amongtire Fabrics, woollens predominated. with wonderlul examples of tweed. This scents to lend itself particularly to the peacock blue, deep red and rich green 01 stained- glass windows. models had the dropped Many waistline, with the interest carried round tin the hack, often to a swiirging panel. Hats were described as cornfortable, head - hugging and Cas'i' to wear. One charming dress was in grey tweed, beautifully cut to show a cherry. stripe tin the pleated skirt. W particularly liked the colour contrast of light-tan hat and emerald gloves worn with a grey ensemble.

I he lace evening gowns evoked the most applause. Silk. ierse. u\ emerald green, was draped in agrecian style to nrake one of the most incxpcirsusc and becoming dinner gowirs.

rub in pure olive oil, niosing the scalp about with our fingers. Use a good apIss, shampoo and finish with a lemon rinse. or trs' one of the colour rinses they're tun, and can high-light our hair quite surprisingly.

RECIPE HAVE YOU favourite supper dish'!

We iirvite vIru to send us the recipe. and lifter a prize to the value i1 lOs ôd. Address your entries: "Recipe. ' Woman's Page Editor, Portsmouth Nays' News RN. Barracks. Portsmou'th We welcome letters at any time, SO if you'd like to air your views in print write to us about topics connected with dress, food, children. etc.

ROYAL NAVAL FRIENDLY UNION OF SAILORS' WIVES HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN is Patron of the R.N.F.U.S.W., which was formed 61 sears ago to protrrotc friendship among all naval avid Royal Marine wives, it) encourage and orsocial. recreational and ingain ise strtjctiinal activities for wives in to assist the official welfare ports. organisations n any was possible, anti to give practical help wlnere needed.

There are 14 branches at present, most of whom meet monthly for tea. with some sort of frietttil' activits BEAUTY TREATMENT such as a beetle drive, brains trust, CHI LI)REN ARE back at school hritrg-and-buv sale or air outitig. Mans again and housewives have been busy friendships have been formed h house and geircra liv t ids in,' i ing at these parties, and iii uch I (inch imeet-cleaning up. What about spending a little time tress and boredom overcome by taking in yourself now? If you earl get a a ii active part in helping at I merit friend to share the session, so much especially for wives whose ir(ishaitds the better are away front home at sea or on Although we certainly were not foreign service. blessed with much sunshine this sumAnnual subscriptions (it' 2s, 6d. front inter, most of us scented to acquire a officers' wives and is. from till other tan, which has now faded into a members are to help towards the rather sickly yellow. It's surprising working expense.,; of the tinion. what can he achieved by lentotr juice Information regarding the meetings judiciously, applied to the neck where of the four Portsmouth branches can the tan obstinately refuses to fade. In- he obtained front the honorary secredulge in a face mask, and while its taries North End. Mrs. Hussev, 45a drying, rest with two pads of witch hazel over the eyes. ']'rim away any Road.

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Treat your hair to an oil balm. Be- Williams. 46 Lowcay Road, Souttitsea, -. oui wash it, part the strands and (Phone : 31926,)

are ittr portaant in Z1 socie lv where we all need to depend oil each other. She will probably take as for granted her attitude towards them. but it is important that nobody else should do o. are done with unselfishness s'I'licy which should he a model to all in the midst of a busy, life, where there are unceasing demands in the assistance to her husband of his duties and in the day-to-day conduct of a hone as busy and hospitable as Admiralty House, Portsmouth.

We would wish her, with the Commander-in-Chief, every good fortune and every happiness in the rest so richly earned on retirement.

Southsea, --- Mrs. Robertson-MacDonald, 21 Clarence Road. Southsca.

(Phone : 318393 and Farehant. -- Mrs. Gosport lhotnras," Grayshott." Anglesey Road, Alverstokc. (Phone : 8796.) hI.MS. VERNON BRANCH Wednesday, October 6. -- Sewing meeting in Wardroom Annexe, H.M.S. Vernon, 2 to 4.30 p.m.

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Sewing meeting. to make articles for sale of work urn November 8. ill Wardroom Annexe, H.M.S. Vernomr, 2 to 4.30 p. lit.

Wednesday. October 27. -- H.M.S. Vernon Branch, Royal Nasal Friendly Union Sailors' Wives' monthly meeting, brains (rust 0 r g an s ed by I./Cdr. Jessup. in Wardroom Annexe, H.M.S. Vcrtnon, 2.15 to 4.15 p.m.

Wives of oflieers and rating,; who are serving or have ever served ill H.M.S. Vermnon very welcome.

SOUTHSEA BRANCH AFTER THE annual recess during the holiday mnionth of August. the Southsea Branch of tire R.N.F.U.S.W. returned with renewed rigour to their meeting oil September 13. which took (lie form of a beetle drive.

On show at this meeting was a present lot* lads Ldehsten. l or sshich members subscribed in appreciation of tier help and uls ice to the branch.

There was also a present for Mrs. john smith from the members in recognition of tier work as secretary during the past year.

Several members are going to the annual ntreet ing of th e general R.N.F.U.S.W. ill London our September 29, and there is a varied and interesting progra - ía uric ahead for tine winter months. lb is include,,, a sale f work inn November. a Christmas party arid outings to London and Brighton tin December. and a dance ill January. 'lire next nrrectitrg will he at Iorresters' liall (ill Monday. October 11. at 2.15 p.m., when there will be a talk on "01(1 Portsmouth- by Mr. J. R. Sturgcss. Any wives who wish to joint will he welconre to conic to the triedhg. and. of course, applications for inlorniation or membership can he made at any time to the Hon. Secretars. R.N.F.U.S.W.. co CommanderPortsmouth.

PORTS5I()UTh NAVY NEWS

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Letters to the Editor

rhrow. The respect and affection in SIR.-Many thanks for your letter stating that you would he glad to re- which I hold that organ would cerunIv prevent my submitting it to such ceive my copy for the next issue of the i fearsome indignity. I shall continue NAVY Ntws. o hope that a hi rca nfl or a policeman I have alre.tdv made two attempts vill always he at hand should a relcto send copy to you, but as there has 'ant emergency arise. been nothing in the Ni \VS. I can only assume that it has gone adrift on its Ship's Libraries way to 11K. Still, they say third time lucky, so I hope that this one will reach That being the only possible among you. ny stock, I turned to the ships libraAs an introduction I would like to ks. Here, again, my dear sir. I am say that H.M.S. Chaplet is attached oth to criticise. The hooks in these to the 1st OS. Mediterranean Fleet as ibranies are nsv intimate friends. Thes a minelaver coin destroyer. and I nd I have lurked together. modestly might add that we are considered the 'etining from the too public gaze at crack ship of the 1st l).S. for H.M.S. Rounds. Let me mention, then, only a Comet's benefit). ew recent arrivals I have enjoyed.

We have just acquitted ourselves [here are additions which I have not very nobly in the combined Cruiser enjoyed, hut, since the library is our and Fleet Regatta, which took place library, I shall defend to the death the at Argostoli. We finished sixth in the right of Some of our hooks to he nausecombined ships and second in the iting. Thu. Sage (if (ama/os, a satisfysmall ships, with H.M.S. Surprise rig translation from the French of beating its by one point for first place. louis Niarchal (Dent. 12s, 6d.). is a was the drawback.

The weather only .1st-moving tale of lawlessness, the but I think all in all everyone had a rapacity of feudal landowners and the good time. ruthlessness of professional killers in Just at the present we are anchored Brazil some 80 sears ago. Invisible at Arishina Gulf. which is nearly as Red. by Maude Parker (Hodder and barren as the famous loch Ewe about itoughton. lOs. 6d.). is a quickly readwhich every seagoing sailor knows. ible spy story, with a typical. topical Still, we are looking forward to better American approach to Communist things on the next stage of our summer ictuvities. too, is Black Topical, cruise. ,Iri,'usr. in which are compared the Sto'Mech. A. W. Lee lives and times of two young Nigerians 7 Mess. who come by very different routes to do G.I'.O.. London. this country. The hook is informed, P.S.- Could you please let me know with realistic sympathy for those on allowed the wrong side of the colour bar; the just how much space we are in the Ni ws. coloured nsan is not always a paragon, A Roman writer- -I shall 51k, hazard the guess that it was I .ivv, in our more learned order that one of readers may luxuriate in the simple. uncomplicated joy of telling me that I am wrong - -once remarked "Sensper ex Africa res nova," or, in our modern Anglo-American tongue. "Got anything It is because I fear the imminence of that question from you, my dear Editor. that I write this letter. I .et me at once that I have nothing new.

My Africa is dry arid barren. The bookseller shrugs his shoulder, the publisher is in his counting house counting tip the money he made on his Spring publications and dreaming of the tnone he hopes to make when the Autumn lists are out and the television -

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but we who condemn the attitude of a Dr. Malan may see that our own easy liberalism, which is not so nation-wide as some would have us believe, holds dangers for the immature or partl

civilised mind. The author is Mercedes Mackay. and the hook is published h I'utnam at 12s. 6d.

Hut I go on too long. I would not weary you, nor must I he thought to overstate nsy, case. For ,,our next issue, if you will have me. I shall return dutifully to the fold. For the present. I lutist relnaiji.

Book Reviewer Portsmouth.

THIS MONTH there is really escelheist news, for the building of both officers' and ratings' houses has started.

These are the first two sites, but it will not he long before a start is made at some of the other sites.

The r:itings' site is the larger and is at Paulsgrove, on the lower slopes of PortsuJown Hill rather to the west of Fort Southwick. The first phase is the of 114 three-bcdroomed building houses: latci there will probably also he 60 twui-bed roonsed flats erected at the north-casterii end of the estate.

With luck and good weather it may well he that the first house will he ready shortly after Faster. If that is so, it will he a leather in the cap of our civil engineers, for it is likely to he the first house completed its the present programme, which includes a number of other ports.

The site is a ple:isztnt one with fine views over Portsmouth Harbour. I'ontchester Castle is prominent in the foreBehind are the slopes of ground.

I'ortsdown Hill. which will make a happy and sate playground for children, and are hikeR to remain an open space. The ground is higher than any in Portsmouth proper, and it should he a good healthy spot for families.

There are shops close by and it is not far into the shopping centre of Portchester. Buses are also reasonably close to hand. Everything-schools. shops, transport and even a pub-is within easy reach.

The officers' site is in High-street.

Old Portsmouth. and 20 houses or flats will he erected on the ground formerly occupied by the George Hotel, which had many naval connections. Amongst other things. the George was visited by Admiral Lord Nelson before lie embarked in Victors the Battle of Trafalgar, and a stone coniniemonzuting this event will be incorporated in the new building. It is in an area which was popular with naval officers until much of it was destroyed by enemy action. It will he a particularly attractive spot for those officers who are not lucky enough to possess a car and who want to he near their job in the Dockyard or one of the establishments near by.

It is hoped, before very long, to announce a start at Gosport. 'I his will be the ratings' estate at Fort Brockhurst on the land between Military Road and Cambridge Road.

SIR.-It is with regret that I learn of the fire on hoard the M..S. Kron Princessa Ingrid through your Command News columns, May I point out that this ship is not Dutch as stated. hut aries have tired of their toys.

Danish. being the sister ship of the YOU were kind enough to suggest that I might like to purchase some Krois Prins Frederik, and owned by United Steamship Comhooks for reviess in this month's issue. the I received your suggestion. I hope, pany. I have a great regard for these vessels, having made the crossing betiianfully without flinching. I told myself that our intention was good. I tween Harwich and Eshjerg (Denmark) remembered that editors are tenacious in both of (hem, and enjoyed to the men. pu rsu ng unto the 30th and 40th full the excellence of their accommoissues those upon whom they have dation, comfort, food and service. It once laid their yoke. BLit no argument. may be remembered that the Knots no sympathy for your virgin acres of Prins Fredenik caught fire, burned out colu inn, no forbearance of yours in and capsized in Harwich some time the past nor even m' hopes of con- ago, but happily both ships are now tinuing free copies in the future could operating normally.

I.R.A.3 C. J. Cook deaden in me the pain, the shame of your suggestion. Res iewers. my dear 11.IMX. 703939, Iditor, never bits. books. That is the ('.P.Os.' Mess, one met hod of acqu is lion which our H.M.S. Wakeful, code will not allow. Alter all, one canc/Li F.M.O..

G.C. not decently criticise a writer when one has contributed to that writer's livelihood. Buy a iii:lii's book and you enter into a relationship with Is ni.

You have taken possession of a part of Iii us. uoti stand up t or him when others attack lii in. 1 he fellow lives in your house, he is one of the family. Only H.M.S. WARRIOR, the Royal Navy's when he is a meie lodger from book- aircraft carrier, which has been ternseller or publisher can you send him porartly released from d cit i e s i n about his business. arid tell him and Korean waters to assist in the evacuaeveryone what you think of him in the (ion of refugees from North to South knowledge that soil still never have to Vietnam. is carrying 1,455 people in its first "lift" from Haiphong to Saigon. live s it Ii Is is unspoken reproaches.

A message received in I.ondon There is. however. a loophole: or rather. there are two loopholes. One from the ship describes the evacuation can, in desperation, take up those as follows: "iwo French L.C.Ts. from Haihooks which in richer months one laid aside to await the review which in all phsong brought the refugees to H.M.S. probability would never come; or one Warrior anchored at the Passe Henrican trot round the library pecking at ette. Two-thirds of them were women the remnants which have escaped the and children. They carried their own predatory eye (if the hook-napper. heavy and cumbersome luggage which, who steals away, all the innocent new more often than not, included the hooks to his dreadful den. whence all kitchen stove, and were quite unde(erred by the intermittent heavy rain too often they fail ever to emerge.

The survey of ill,., stock of past non- which fell during the three hours of the starters revealed a dreary little hand embarkation.

"After being dusted fore and aft with of watchers on the threshold. There is, for example. the gentleman who would l).I).T, and searched for hand grenhave me Teach Myself Judo (Eric ades and other weapons, the refugees I)ominy, published fly English Univer- quickly established themselves on their sities Press at 6s.). This is a hearty rush mats in the hangar. They seemed book, reminiscent of Major It loodnok delighted with the wash place built It is competently done, as are most of under the after lift, and small boys reits brethren in the series, and if one nmained indefinitely under the showers, "Two mcztls a day are given, mainly can learn Judo from a book, this is no doubt as good a guide as any. For one of rice and fish, or meat, which is non-Judist. however. the book held no cooked in the ship's galley and sent up message. I began at randoimi. as one to the distribution point in the hangar does with a text-hook, and found via the bomb lift. Few know the useanmyself confronted with the Stomach ill,-. of 'queue.' hut after the first day

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A VERY commitment and ratings from List II of the Rosa I important undertaken he the Reserve Fleet arid Naval Volunteer Reserve. During their one which is not generally appreciated. first week, they are kittech-up and told is time training of officers and ratings time "h.zuws of the Navy.''' I hue Royal from the Sea Cadet Corps. Royal Naval Reserves are then drafted to the Naval Reserve and Home Royal Naval Training. Squadron for a Volunteer Reserve ill short courses in week's further training. The Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves remain on seamanship. lit (lie Flagship Group, with oflices board for their second week's tr:uiisiimtt and lecture roonmis on hoard H.M.S. in scam:unshuip.

I )ido, is the training staff. consisting of , All these officers and ratings lsesidcs ' one I ieutenaiit-cornmzjnder. two Spending their holiday sets pleasantly su one senior commissioned boat- , it hi the Fleet are very enthusiastic and swain and five chief petty officers. and keen to learn. officer Petty instructors. During itic summer months (here is zu large ill-

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the only difficulty experienced was to ensure the correct consistency of rice. about which the were inclined to he fussy.

"The majority, of refugees appear to he tobacco planters from outlying villages in the Delta area, and very soon large quantities of finely shredded hull-strength tobacco were laid out to dry, on deck. A few men and women are blind: many women arc pregnant; ansong the children there are obvious cases of undernourishment as well as eye and skin diseases.

"Four Catholic priests accompanied the refugees on hoard and at 7 a.m. there is a daily celebration of Mass in the centre of the hangar, which is well attended. The flight deck of the aircraft carrier looks and sounds just like any school playgnmnd. except that the children are Vietnamese and very ragged.

"At the fore end of the refugees enclosure, grown-ups. sonic with tins babies in their arms, watch the ship's company playing deck hockey, oi listen to performances by the ship's volunteer hand, interspersed with re corded music.

---The passage to Saigon takes three nights. We are confident that the refu gees will leave us in better shape and than in stouter heart when (lscs ,,ised.''

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Lovers oil wild life would have enjoyed the views of grouse, golden plover and red deer. The summit was reached in three and zt half hours. All views made agreed that the the climb well worth while.

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AT THE end of World War If, the Royal Navy possessed a vast fleet conIJ IL G E I-I. 11. S. of vessels of all lvnes. scciallv DILIGENCEsisting designed for the different tasks required .. h.,, UI ,. .1 t. A in war time. Some were huge and H.M.S. DILIGENCE, at Hythe, on like the battleship and the western bank of Southampton out again in a condition needing to be complicated aircraft carrier; others were small and Water, was commissioned on March 3, brought ill a SCCOn$Itn1.T1ir holds xpendable like the minor landing d nor tired, but (for want 1953, as a base at which all new coneera ft. struction and converted minesweepers of gratings and opening their hatches `111; 1 .i r-. " ..i _ could he equipped and tested, and then and scuttles), suffered to heat and able either commissioned or held in im- moulder, till I have with my, own hands manned them returned to factory, mediate reserve.

To date, over 50 coastal and inshore minesweepers have been brought to H the from shipyards all round the coasts by Diligence ferry crews. At the base, nanesweeping. gunners', radio, radar and compass equipment has been installed and a full series of trials carried 0(11; detects and deficiencies made good, stores, ammunition aiid fuel cm harked, and the ships then commisioned for service or placed in a state of preservation.

New ships have been delivered to the Harwich and Roc ih minesweeping squadrons, to H.M.S. Vernon, and to six of the 12 R.N.V.R. Divisions--these last are each getting a coastal minesweeper in place of their motor minesweepers. and this should greatly, enhance ther efficiency h' enabling them to train and exercise in the modern ships which they would be required to man in an emergency.

toadstools in e plough or office. It might be needed P gathered most considerable of growing them, as bigthits again in a hurry. lists. / as were ifl

many ships possible kept "Some not once hrcamed or heeled in commission, to continue - traininiz since their building. but exposed in men who guard our shores in pac a. hot weather to the sun, broiling in their time; but '!1t of the remainder'? buttocks and elsewhere for want of majority? They lie like ghost slaps in cooling with water (according to the our many ports, all enormous Reserve practices of our own, as well as all From the top of Portsdown Hill, a foreign nations), grind view can he had of the long "Port ropes also wanting wherewith lines of these ghost ships as they lie to open their ports, for airing them in moored, in neat rows in 1-areham dry weather, and scuppers upon their (reek and at Fountain Lake. Viceeundecks in wet, to prevent the sinking Admiral J. \V. Eaton, (.13., 1).S.O.. of rain through their shrunken seams 1).S.C.. flies his flag in II.M.S. (leointo their holds and among their tim- p:itra, which with H.M.S. Dido forms hers, the I Ia gship Group, moored iii the ' up ,,_.r reaches of Portsmouth harbour.

"From which, and like omisother sions, it could not but fall out (as 'ilie Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, indeed it did), that some of these un- Portsmouth. ('apt, J. S. M. Richardss itli his staff and fortunate ships were a lread become son I) S 0 R.N. two cruisers rotten . wo hundred and fifty ship's company live in the -turitius and Liverpool moored at years later, the same conditions ohtaiii lake close to the berth of the but modern methods of preservation Fountain Yacht Britannia. Theirs is the Operationals Frst are surmounting the dThcultics. An ex- Royal task of ensuring that the ships in R.N.V.R. eoastals are the current top periment is now being carried out at reserve at Portsmouth will he ready II the to see whether it is at with the practicable priorit ships Diligence, if ever the are needed. As the ships IS all-wood inshore minesweepers now to package a craft overall -literally to in which they live ma- he brought forcoming out of the yards and destined put it in .t hag-and the first results ward to commission and others take for service with the N.A:F.o. navies this technique are sufficiently promi- their place, the name of H _\1.S. to merit cautious optimism about under the United States Off-shore Prois given to the Reserve Fleet. the future of the wooden ships in lerophoii curement Programme.

Portsmouth. reserve.

When all these operational ships have A sub-division of the Portsmouth Reserve Fleet, consisting of 12 frigates, been completed. then the emphasis of the work at }I the skill shift entirely Sport is in reserve at Gibraltar, Of these II arrived and are berthed to the reserve role.

In her first season in the New Forest have already The problems of keeping wooden Football League ILM.S. Diligence alongside the I)etched Mole. The twelfth ship is expected to he towed ships free from rot, worm and other finished in second place. The current evils are formidable in 1681 Samuel season has started with a win over the out shortly.

Pep s wrote. "the omission of the powerful Esso team at Fawlev; a Preservation necessary and ordinary cautions used rugger ground is being laid out: rifle Now, to keep these ships in firstfor the preserving of new-built ships. shooting, badminton, cricket and sailtrim is a task made Divers of them appearing not to have ing all flourish during their respective class fighting idable due to the complicated and been graved nor brought into dock seasons, with reasonable success for a varied equipments designed by our s:nce they, were launched. brand new establishment. scientists and installed during the war.

A special technique has been developed by those whose task it is to preserve these ships. and men from all branches of the Navy are drafted to the Reserve Fleet where they are taught these methods of preservation.

Normally, when a ship enters the reserve, her ship's company carry, out the initial preservation of hull and machinery, with assistance and guidance from the Reserve Fleet Stall, but some ships, which have undergone refit or modernisation by the Royal Yards, have to he preserved entirely

by Reserve Fleet personnel, or by a contractor, supervised by private Reserve Fleet staff. hull The of the ship calls for special treatment, the initial preparation of chipping, scraping and wire scrubbing all metal surfaces is a task not tinA career Hit/i interest and distinct Possibilities is ofiered to familiar to most sailors, and all will agree that it is a trying and monosuitably qualified R.N. personnel k'avuig the Service. Working tonous one, but unless this work is conditions are excellent and rates of pay above the average. done with thoroughness and care the time and paint is wasted, for the enemy Inzinedsate requirements are for: -"rust"---will appear all too quickly.

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By this means, only the part of the ship exposed to the weather needs constant care, and here a special scheme of painting is used to give prolonged protection.

clean the fuel tanks of a destroyer in three days or so while only using seven senior ratings and eleven junior ratings. the saving to the Service is in the region of 870,000 man-hours annually.

Oil fuel tanks to he cleaned are first pumped out to the extent of their fitted suctions. They arc then saturated with steam to lower the viscosity, of the Tank-cleaning Vessels residue, sometimes of the consistency One of the greatest contributions to of asphalt, so that it can easily be the efficiency with which ships prepare gulfcd in the airstream of the suction for reserve is the organisation for hoses, the velocity of which is supplied cleaning out the oil fuel tanks after h' two large vacuum pumps installed they have been emptied of oil. The old in the T.C.V. method of cleaning the tanks by the This done, the tanks are washed use of rags soaked in a solvent is for- down with a detergent supplied tunately past, the work now being done through small hoses from a storage by a small fleet of tank cleaning tank in the F.C'.V. The pump for this vessels. system builds up the detergent presThe Royal Navy's hank cleaning sure to 140 lb. per sq. in. and a heat fleet consists of R.F.A. Bardscy, H.M. exchanger in the same system heats it Coil and Switha.

These to Ships Caldy, 130° F. Four suction hoses and four ships were converted from Isles class detergent hoses can he used at the same trawlers, the first, Coil, being com- time, one of each to a tank. One pleted in 1950. Caldy, Coil and Switha stoker mechanic mans each hose. The are attached to the home dockyard airstrcam which engulfs tile residue, ports of Chatham, Portsmouth and or sludge, and used detergent gives Devonport respectively; Bardscy is the tank operators an adequate supply stationed at Malta. The first three are of fresh air. thus overcoming the peril administered by the senior officers of of "oxygen lack" and heat exhaustion. the Reserve Fleet at their respective The suction hoses discharge into noris overall control of all four heing vacuum tanks in the suction line and exercised by the Flag Officer Corn- when full, can be isolated in turn and manding Reserve Fleet. run down into a sludge tank. A sucOnly Coil and Switha have been tion is taken from this tank and disin home for the last operational ports charged to a separator and this in turn year, Caldy being comparatively new. discharges the detergent to its storage Despite the fact that both ships have tank for re-use. 'rite oil remaining, flow been refitted during this period they purified sufficiently for use, is dishave between them visited some 70 charged the separator to the by ships at different ports, cleaned about l'.C.V.'s fuel tanks. This oil is used 550 oil fuel tanks and 60 bilges. They in the T.C.V.'s furnace, the boiler of have recovered approximately 2.500 which provides steam for the operation tons of fuel oil and used themselves of tank cleaning installation and for 500 tons, a saving of nearly £14,000 her main machinery. Thus these ships for fuel alone. Since these vessels can are self-supporting for fuel and indeed

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spares are mustered and deficiencies demanded.

Armament Without efficient armament a warship would be like a toothless dog with a bone. Putting the armament of a ship into reserve involves a lot more than merely covering everything with those beautiful silver plastic covers which have become such a common sight in all our naval ports.

Omi arrival at the port at which the ship is to prepare for reserve, a prcIi ni ina r y inspection of tile arminent is made and the report on this in speetion. in conjunction with the ship's own report. determines initially the likely, reserve class of the ship.

A few days later a team of experts descend upon the ship and go through the equipment of the ship, by test and by observation. svith a fine tooth-comb so that even the most minor defects. e.g.. missing split pins. are not overlooked. Any, major defect discovered is enough to cause the ship's class in the reserve to be affected. The list of defects discovered, and the results (1 f the tests, are classified and all small defects are scheduled to be made good by the ship's stall during the period of preparation for the reserve. All large detects are listed to he included in the defect list for the ship's next refit.

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Engineermg This leaves the engine room departmerit a clear field to get on with the important task of preserving the engines and machinery, If machinery i5 not operated, it quickly deteriorates and the ideal would be to operate all the machinery every day. This is ohviously impossible, so a compromise is made.

All running machinery is taken to pieces and all moving parts thoroughly cleaned and coated with a preservative oil, to prevent rust from forming.

After reassembly, the machine is moved by hand, or wherever possible by power, once a week to make sure that no rust has formed. A stillness in operation would indicate this at once, "Standing" machinery, like boilers, condensers and evaporators. etc., arc first thoroughly cleaned and then preserved by the use of a special cornpound or oil depending on the equipment concerned, Pipe systems need different treatmerit,. one cannot get at the insides to scrape and preserve. hut in this case valves are thoroughly cleaned and the system is drained and kept empty, Ships arc refitted at regular intervals, when all the little defects, which have been carefully noted as ships arc inspected, are put right. Trials arc carried out after refit, and the machinery again preserved. Thus ships are constantly being brought out of reserve, refitted and brought up to date with new equipment and then put hack into reserve. This "turning round" of ships ensures that the Reserve Fleet as a whole is kept in the required state of modernisation and as ready replacemerits for the Fleet when required.

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The true test of this treatment is that many pieces of equipment have been examined after several years under package and have been found to have suffered little or no deterioration.

-and, further, these pieces of equipment ship's side for rust behind the lagging have been fully operational in a matter of hours.

'I lie inure delicate fire control equipElectrical skilled ment is mustered by There is an axiom amongst all who ordnance and electrical highly, ratings. special dcal with elcctrics which says "If dcc- tests are applied at regular intervals trical equipment is to he kept in firstand the whole system constantly, tuned class condition you must use it." to fighting pitch, It is the of the electrical

job departmerit of the Reserve Fleet to devise ways and means of preserving all types of electrical apparatus so that even after long periods, perhaps 'cars. of idleness full efficiency can be restored in a very limited time.

Our biggest enemy, as is well known. is "Humidity" and every effort is made by scaling and using "Silica-Gel" drying compound to prevent detcrioration. In some ships each individual piece of equipment is wrapped in weather-proof material, small bags of Silica-Gel being placed inside.

Other ships are dynamically dehumidified. This means that the inside of the ship is hermetically scaled and by a careful system of pipes air is drawn out of every compartment, passed through a special drying machine and then pumped back into the ship when it is dry. This causes the relative humidity to fall to a percentage where deterioration of dcctrical equipment, and deterioration of the hull, is negligible. Trained stall take constant readings of the relevant humidity in each compartment, and in some cases a small drying machine may he placed in a space which proves difficult to maintain at the required levels of dryness. Ships so protected from dampness rcmain'uncorroded for an indefinite period., Radio presents its own peculiar problems and whenever possible such equipment is run at frequent intervals.

When a ship is destined for reserve the electrical equipment is surveyed and a comprehensive defect list made out, and all major items are corrected before the ship is accepted, stores and

Desiccating a mounting with bags of Silica-Gel. 'lime man sli() the package has to be protected against toxic fumes

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KoonKote Packaging The advent soon after World War II of the "cocooning" method to preserve upper-deck equipment has ensured that equipment thus treated may he left for a considerable number of years with no attention except for periodical inspection to ensure that the "cocoon' envelope is intact.

The process is a simple one. It is achieved "tailoring"mosquito by netting to the machinery being packaged, and scaling it to a prepared surface on the deck around the equipment, Plastic composition is then sprayed on evenly, using a spray gun and pressure pot, until a thickness of about .004 in. has been applied. During a perspex this part of the window is fitted in in the envelope, in order that readings from a hygrometer. which is hung inside the package later. may be observed. All sources of ingress of air such as cable glands, voicepipes and drains arc also sealed. An opening is then made in the package. and a of quantity predetermined desiccant (a dr ing agent) inserted, a board is hung inside opposite the windows, carrying the hygrometer and other recording indicators.

The envelope is then scaled by a patch and is ovcrsprayed by plastic.

Coats of "Insulmastic" (a bitumen compound) are then applied, and finally a finishing coat of aluminium rellectant.

Although rite process is a simple one, considerable skill is required in applying the plastic, and it is quite an art to "tailor" the netting to the mounting (allowance has to he made for shrinkage, etc.). All this comes with practice, however, and alter a few weeks the average rating becomes a skilful operator.

The ideal aimed at is 30 per cent. relative humidity, which is considerably below that at which corrosion and deterioration of metals take place, 'Ibis may not be achieved with the first desiccation as so nnich depends on the weather experienced whilst the actual job is being progressed. Again. although the plastic is quite robust and will stand normal wear and tear, it is easily damaged by careless hand mm ng of wires and buIk stores. etc.

To deal with damaged packages, redesiccation. etc.. the Reserve Flee( packaging parts' maintains a repair self-contained with its own unit, equipped launch, which can deal with all except the largest repair jobs.

Stores This packaging process is quite a cost iv one. but when the 111a 11 -hours saved in normal maintenance are considered. the initial cost becomes really worth while.

7 Each ship when she is operating at sea must be self-contained and have on board all the stores which she may need for a period of months. The stores organisation in any ship is therefore a complex one. Here in the Reserve Fleet team of trained stores rathigs work tinder the direction of the supply officers and check, list, and stow all the stores in each ship.

Obviously such stores as food and certain perishable goods arc not placed in ships in reserve, but even so, more than 7,000 items from pin-sized screws to the anchor and cables must be carefully checked and placed in their correct stowage ready for the day when the ship may have to steam away. The system must be such that the men on joining the ship on commissioning will have no difficulty in finding any one of these many items. Rapid supply of spare parts plays an important part in the ship's fighting efficiency; for example, a small valve in a radio set may fail in action, and a vital part of the ship's equipment be put out of commission until the spare can be supplied and fitted.

phon has dwindled. but even so, the Reserve Fleet plays its full part in the Command sporting events. Training presents a problem, for our playing fields are on the Gosport side at Hardway. However, H.M.S. Excellent, our very good neighbours, allow us every reasonable facility for games by tnakmng available their rugger, soccer and cricket pitches. We feel very attached to "Whaley."

In all, a very full season's sport has been had during the past year, no fewer than 52 soccer matches being played in Divisions I and II of the Command

League. Rugby. cricket and hockey also had their share, whilst the small band of .303 and .22 rifle shots held their own against the rest of the Command in the league events and in the Command Meeting.

Probably the most satisfying result during the past twelve months has been our water-polo team's success.

Starting from scratch at the beginning of the season it fought its way to second place in ---W Division (if the Command I.cague, and is now promoted to "A" Division for next season.

Annual events which receive a good Use of Water Transport support include a regatta, sports day.

Like most enterprises, transport and the entry of a team in the autumn plays a large part in the efficient run- Command cross-country, ruins. ning of the Reserve Fleet. Our slumps There have been individual honour,;. lie in widely scattered berths, and too, shared by the Reserve Fleet, for much time is lost despite an efficient we had in the Comrepresentatives water transport system. A boat pool. mand and the Navy, in water-polo. manned by civilian employees, is ad- SW in tiling and tennis. ministered by the Senior Officer, Reserve Fleet, The pool consists of a Conclusion number of NI,F.V,'s and harbour Those of you who have walked launches together with some special round the Reserve Fleet ships during craft carrying portable generators and Navy Days will have ,cell how spick air compressors, which arc in constant and span they are inside, and how demand by those who maintain the everything is readt' for.the ship's comship in reserve. In all, some SO civilians pany to march on hoard and turn a are employed in running this important "ghost ship" into a real live thing. service and assisting in the maintenMany are the hands which have ance and repairs of the engines and contributed towards this final achmes cboats. A small staff of naval personnel inent but all those officers and men work with the boat pool tinder the svho have served in the Reserve fleet general direction of the boat officer, know that the work, often dull and and it is very gratifying to feel that the monotonous, has been well worth routine of this little fleet of ships ruins while. B working hard and so smoothly that one's time can be hard we feel that we have an efficient taken accurately by the arrival and and happy Fleet. , , departure of these sturdy little craft.

Our motto, not yet latmnised. is: "We may bend but never break," Spo As the redeployment programme An article on Training in the has advanced, the number of officers Group, Reserve Fleet, appears and men employed in H.M.S. Bcllcroon page 5,

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fix 1949. when 1,;itiLes returned home, lie ssas an R.i'.3 (ii), and (ho' lie went straight to Wildfire at Sheet ness, where lie ssac trained as R,I'.2. lie played uigb for Sheerness. once again Forsaking athletics comapart from running crosspletely country for N ore ('ow ma id.

From there lie ss ent to the Ulster as leading Sea nian Isaacs. Boss' Instructor. He did his (raining between cruises and succeeded in wi un iii g (lie Scotland awl

Northern Coniniand half-mile ill 1949 in two minutes dead.

I-Ic went to I )r ad ill 1950 as a petty officer. taking tit R .1'. I 's course, in the saille ear he became the Navy.

I Ia IF- N file Champion. Two ears in H.,\1 .S. Cygnet ill the %1c(literriiiie;tti en Fleet stopped his training tirelv, and it was not until 1953, when lie to Dryad as a ii instructor, that it started again. Cross - country running absorbed his time in the winter ob 1953-54.

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R,N.lt : Command Boxing, \o\ ices' leauii Event for the Samuel I rophv.

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Sussex F.-., at Pitt Street.

Oxford this year he created a 13-14.-RN. novices' hosing at R.N.B. uuew Navy half-mile record of I mill. I .

Portsmouth Film Society, new 56,2 sec. Joe lsaacs was, and is, confiseason lickets. 10 ssecks for l5s., dent iii his own abilities in a quietly from The Secretary. Portsmouth likegood-humoured and inherently I-iluui Society. 65 Stanley Road, wife, an exable way. His Anne.

Portsmouth. 7.3(1 p.m. : "So ihis is has no about (lie Wren. complaint Jolls - ood" "Great Britain. I925" --- from time Joe spends training, which is per"la Keriiesse I-Ienoique" an not sluice she is flap,; surprising 1936. athlete herself and still holds the ' H.\I.S. Mercury, iit 2(XX), Combined Services 80 metres hurdles : 20. aries So:uic(uuiies Sung, by Peter Rae record, Prod iuc(ions. l'.O. Isaacs starts his Boatswain's Course iii Dryad in September and Sse 20-23. .Sou(Iisea Shakespearian Actors wish him every success. present "Auitony arid Cleopatra." a( St. Peter's Hall, Souiiers Road, Sotu (Ii sea,

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PLANS ARE well under was or the kiKing's 'theatre. Soii thsea, 5 p.m. branch annual dinner, which is due 24.,it Cncert, guest conductor.

Basil to he held on November i.

C ,iincron, our members. who has been t 't leader, will be playing for dancing 34t 3 p.m. I-I.R.H. The Duchess afterwards, of Gloucester opens the B.I.F S.M.A. ' Our new Padre, the Rev. J. C honie on Eastern Parade.

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One of the members of our hrauili who served ill Coastal Forces duriiui (lie war, went to H.%1 .S. Hornet for the unveiling arid dedication of ill, hi.oil Scptcmbe: - Coastal Force 17, He reported that thus was a iliosi impressive event, and came hack lull of praise for the general organisation

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THE MOST important item of enter- taking part are "The Seagulls" ((lie tuinnient news for October deals with chief and petty officers) and their the Royal Navy's debut at Wemblcy, opponents, "The Birds" (well named, As given in last month's NLwS, H.NI.S. say some. the junior ratings). With Phoenix has been selected to take part only, 30 minutes at our disposal. the in the El Alaniein reunion at the full game cannot he played. Therefore Fiiipire Pool. Friday, Octo- the game will carry on from some ten her 22nd. is tile annual get' iii in utes before (lie cud is expected to together of the Eighth Army and Field' be reached. The cup is an old-fash' NI arsha I NI on tgomery, ioned brass pot complete with aspiI .ast year this reunion took place distri.

The names of the distinguished at the Empress Hall, Earl's (ourt. w It c ii guests have yet to be announced but it l)evonport presented "Up is known that Sir Winstoii Churchill Spirits.'' a light-hearted pageant depict' will be the guest of honour, 1 lie reins the issue of ni ni through the ages. union will he presided over by Field'I lit,; was the first time the Navy had NI anshial Viscount NI ontgomery of been asked to participate in the clebrations, Alaiiuein , '[he programme opens at This year Phoenix %kill. with the aid 7 p.m. with a trumpet display followed of the s ol unteer hands of H.M.S. ('(if- b the Guards massed band. l hen (lie I ingwood and H. N I .S. A ni el - present pa geaut of Ala me iii, in which (he (lid "(irziuid tikkers." Except for (lie four tunes and old scenes are recalled. Now standard-bearers, bands and players come the speeches from the guests of will be iii cost time : hula-hula girls, honour, followed b a l',i, display by Chinaiiieii. I'inkv-the full-sited dc' the R.A.F. The Royal Navy next Red Indians.

Zulus, boat' appear with "Grand Ukkers," whilst pliant swains' mates (armed with cat-o'-nine the massed hands (if the Royal Marines tails). a total of about 2(X) from the completes the formal programme.

Portsmouth The show over, (lie informal side 'I lie game will he pla ved on a hoard starts. At 2 10(1, 2 I bars open and danesome 3,000 square feet, with humans ing begin,;. Altogether it should he acting as counter,;. '[he stage space is long reiiieniheied by those fortunate 2(X) x Xl) ft. With the aid of lluores' enough to he chosen for (lie Royal cent lighting, the show will open with Navy's contribution.

The show is written and produced by Piniky coming into the arena with I if i Marlene (who is to act as umpire) I.ieut.-Commander F. H, N, Shute. mounted on its back, 'the two teams RN.

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CONTINUOUS PATROLLING ol the harbour area and the creeks up Por(chicster way, particularly in silent hours, might he considered by most as a Pretty, dull job. One of the duties of the vessels* stall attached to the Naval Armament Depot, Priddy*s Hard, is this patrolling of lighters and vessels which are lied up, I ann informed, however. that the job is b no means dull. and recently the Commodore Superintendent was pleased to commend the crew of one of the patrol boats -' N.A.V, Sten -- for (heir activities.

A ppa rent lv it is a matter of cotu rse for the crew of this boat to keep a watching brief over all amateur and other aclisnueii who ,cent to make a habit of sail uig their craft ill it c~tiisiic(i itli their ere"% gyrating position. arouuid ill the water.

Such an incident occurred (ill the afternoon of August 29. when Sten sighted a sailing yacht o%erturning in Portchiester Lake. 'I lies also spied that the crew Comprised two young ladies. and niitur,ill they sped to the scene; it was just as well, as one of tile soling ladies was a Perhaps it was appropriate that the ,iclit's ii,illid wTi, its 'lit.

Meauiwhiile, another craft, the Ki(t wake, arrived on the scene, but ".its unable to make way; yet another appeared, belonging to the Old Ports-

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Steii conimmediately tacted ill Admiralty Constabulary boat, which ((ark care of the Sailing Club's yacht. while Steui towed 'lipit to it buoy, hauled her on to an even keel, ptiiiipei.I her out and then took lipit and Kilt wake in tow. Having brought the two yachts iii. N. A,V. Sten continued on her iiiouiotoulons patrol. when almost at once she came across a young lad iii diflietulties iii a sniall punt oft H. NI .S. Dolphin. ('(liii nn isera (in5 with the boy's misfortune--- lie had a broken paddle-the crew took the boat in (ow against a strong ebb tide arid deposited (lie boat and (lie youngster safely ashore. '[here is no truth in the statement that Sten is delegated to patrol the S. A .S.O. when he is out sailing in the Depot boat 'rite crew of NAy. Steui comprises: A, R. Williams. Coxswain. A. McI.eod.

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NORTH SEA.-Butterfly migration (which covers euioruiious distances on tit the Anierican continent) remains tin pellet rated mystery in almost all its details. We do not know even where the journeys began. and specialists grow hot over the question. whether the Milkweed, that rare arrival on our western coast, could have flown the Atlantic. The one thing we do know is lessons. Courses are that the Whites, like the Y-Nlotlis and your reading 1(1. metals' division at sometime,; Painted Ladies, arid given at Birmingham.

Clouded Yellows. fly iii their thousands across the North Sea on Channel front An angler clean- the Continent. Wiry (hey come and ACQUI (ITALY). what purpose is served are queries ing a carp he caught here found inside it a signet ring his friend lost two years that defy even conjecture from the iiiost learned and iurgeuiisitis of students. ago, " * * " S $ LONDON. -Burst pipes may become NORWAY. - -Miss Sheila Van I)amm a thing of the past in future flats and of Britain, who won the ladies' pnite, houses.

A new non- said that she used orange juice to cool light-weight, metallic pipe for cold water supplies the engine of her Sun Iue;i iii -[al hot for is now available for use on building the fast ISO miles of tile international sites. Said ;i London clerk of works Viking rally ill Norway. " * S ---This pipe is a thermoplastic tubing.

It resists corrosion and erosion. It is GERMANY. -- A Canadian infantry resilient and so is immune to unit in Gerniany has cut accidents its vehicles from a 13 niioni(li involving frost,-INDIA.-India's population rose by to six-it punishes careless drivers by four million to 376,750,000 during the assigning thcuii as valets to the regi' niiental goat mascot. past ear.

BRITAIN.- -A free-enterprise firm Aurwork ltd. -has won the biggest single trooping contract ever placed by the Air Ministry, It is estimated to he worth at least ÂŁ1,250,000 a year. For two and a half years it will fly 7.000 troops a sear in each direction between Britain and Singapore. It will use I lermes IV.-\ airliners, which are fitted

I.E F l)S.- lou r ill 10 deittlis occur ill the dark, tight in II) accidents happen on roads with a speed limit and lighting. And this, said a Leeds lighting expert. not oui I y indicates the need fox. street lighting where none exists. hut is a reflection oil the general standard of lighting and (lie lamentable delzi on replacing out-of-date installations.

COMMAND NEWS VICTORIA BARRACKS

The Commander-in-Chief's Farewell Visit to Victoria Barracks ON TUESDAY, September 7. New Intries in the Royal Nass' some of th ens had only. joined the (Lay. before svre inspected by Admiral Sir John Ldclsten, (i.C.l3.. G.C.V.O., C.H.E., who was paying his farewell visit to Victoria Barracks before relinquishing his Command.

In his speech, he said that although he had lots of stripes on his arms and rows of medals, he "its going to tell the New Entries %% hat he had learnt in cars' service. He advised them to remember three things during their Service careers.

They, should gain a sense of pride in the Navy, the finest Service in the world, and in their ships and they. should learn tradition, ss hi ich 5500 uld subconsciously help them in times of difficulty and the should cultivate a complete mutual understanding between officers and men.

The Commander-in-Chief had just taken the salute at an impressive march past of the ship's company and classes under training, led by a guard of honour composed entirely of New Entries who had been in the Royal Navy only a few weeks.

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sided two crews for the Shanklin Club in the 14-ft. dinghy race, which resulted in a win for the Commodore, Dr. Howe Wood, President of the came Committee. second.

Regatta with Licut. Lance crewing for him. and Electrician Lowrie, third. Well done!

In the evening we landed a 'Native Raiding resplendent in eoir skirts, to assist in raising funds for achieved in local charities, This the no uncertain manner b' raiding nearby. villages and frightening the inhabitants to part with their loose change.

There was a brilliant firework display later in the evening. l hen most of our ship's company made their way to the dance on Shank fin Pier, and from midnight onward everything seemed to go ha wire! However, we are told we had a good tinse!

Party."

On Thursday, August 26. the gods were good and the weather was line.

We were able to carry out on the pier our "Crossing the Line" ceremony, which was televised and enjoyed h a large number of holiday-makers and residents. Those of its who took part were a little apprehensive as to the result, but when "lanky'' (the Court Doctor) and A.B. Simmonds (Court 13a rher I started the ball rolling, we

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anniversary of the Allied landing in the South of France (the reason for our visit), and after the French L.S,'I'.

Laita had landed a standard-hearing party on the sandy beach, there was a march past in which the Royal Navy contingent, as usual, put up an excellent show, and, according to the American Admiral there, we were the best contingent on parade.

Most of its were able to visit such as Cannes, Nice and St. places Maxime, but the had weather conditions in England seemed to have strayed rather far south, and our hopes of wallowing in the warns waters of the Mediterranean were rather damped by what, by Malta standards, were Arctic conditions of the sea. However, it was surprising how many of us just lay on the beach and admired the most attractive scenery.

Our in the French proficiency language improved fast as the days went by. and we found that we even understood ourselves after a few glasses of wine. However, we were without this aid when it came to reading a signal in French saving (we thought) that heating the "Retreat" was cancelled owing to the weather.

So none went to watch, Actually it was the "gash barge" that had been cancelled. Otherwise it was a splendid week, and we returned happy but "francless" to sunnier climates, where soon we are due to have our regatta, Then. to the joy. of all natives, a long period in dock!

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Gambia. where we again won by 9 goals to I, This ended a highly successful water-polo season, and sve also achieved the distinction of winning both cups two years running, this is the first time such a thing has occurred.

In the Polar Bear, 5; hich is a mile group race, our tears of three (lid much to help the shore establishments win the cup. our team comprising S.A. Webb, Mne, (irossland and Signalman Douglas, P.O. Telegraphist Davies, our star cricket player, has been selected to play for the Navy team, sI v last item for this time is still in the field of sport. Our underwater swimnsing club, although still its its infancy, is coming along very well and we have a team who go underwater fishing with, at the moment, very little result.

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H.M.S. DUCHESS

Soon after join ills a recom ti i oiling service was held on the foi v'castle for the whole ship's company, taken by the Rev, J, Arnist rong, from H.M.S. Vanguard, Alter this (apt, (ioodwiti greeted the tsewcomers and told the ship's company what he knew of the future and what he expected of them in the future.

On September It) Duchess sailed from Portsmouth for Malt it for about nine in on t Its on a general rat 5cr; ice Consfisi',siots.

II.M.S. sIII:FFILIJ) H.M.S. .SHEI:FIEI.D. of flagship Vice-Admiral J. F, Stevens, ('H., C.B.F., ('otnmander-in-( hief America and West Station. was visited informally recently at New York by Their Royal Highnesses The Duchess of Kent and Princess Alexandria.

The Duchess of Kent sahked through ranks 01 the ship's company and inspected a Royal Marines guard; and all officers were presented to her and to the Princess, The Royal visitors posed for a group photograph with the ship's Company. on the forecastle.

In the wardroom the Ditches,; of Kent. who I a till cited H.M.S. She fficl d ill August. 1936. saw t portrait of herself which was damaged 1w shell splinters in the action in which the Gerissan battleship Bismarck was sunk in May, 1941, the Duchess and Princess Alexandra had luticis on board with Admiral H.M.S. Sheffield is payitsg official visit,, to American ports. She heaves York on New September 22 for Philadelphia, where she will pay, a sixday visit. She will return to her base at Bernsuda on October I

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ON AUGUST 26 the old crew of H.M.S. Duchess gave a grand payingoff hall in Kimballs Ballroom. Southsea, by kind permission of Capt. I), G. Goodwin, I).S.C., RN.. who was himself there :amongst over 5(X) other guests. The whole evening was an unqualified success, with an excellent bullet, supper and dancing to the music of Roy Richards and his May1'air Orchestra. 'I he pri,'es were given asvav by Mrs. l.ees'Spalding, who was afterwards prccnted with a magnificent nouquet 01 flowers.

On August 31 the ship officially paid off and recommissioned. At 1100 hrs. the old commission. with the exception of those who had volunteered (and been accepted) to reconinsission, fell in oil the jetty. After an address by (';apt. Goodwin, in which he paid ILM.S. GAMBIA tribute to their efforts during the last State Visit of The Emperor two years and read a signal from of Abyssinia Admiral ('uthhert which finished up "Strive for Duchess standard wherever ON HIS way to pity* it state %i,it it) you go." they marched out of Unicorn Great Britain next itt on t It. His Majesty led by the Band of the Royal The Emperor of Abyssinia will embark Marine ('onsnsand. its Her cruiser Cianshia Majesty's I he new crew fell its its the Royal (('apt. W. Es'ershted. l).S.O.. R.N.) at Naval Barracks at 1330 hrs., and after Malta on October 8. and is expected to tlse Commodore of the Barracks, arrive at Portsmouth early on 'l'hurs('nsdre. C'. I.. Ci. Evans. ('.B,E,, l).S,O.. day, morning. October 14, l).S.('., RN.. had taken the salute, The Gambia will he escorted front the marched on to the Dockyard. Malta to Portsmouth by Her Majesty's 'I heir baggage had been put aboard in destroyers Constance (('dr. P. J. Morthe forenoon by those recommission- gan. D.S.C.. R.N.). and Charity (Cdr, ing, and so the new crew could walk G. J. Kirkby, D,S.('. and two bars, aboard straight to their mess decks.

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AS THIS is the first letter from Royal Naval Barracks, (amarata, I think description is called for. Now, although we are classified as a Royal Naval barracks, do not, those of you who I have not been to Malta, get the idea that we are anything like the barracks in Portsmouth. We are simply a transit establishment containing at the most 4(X) United Kingdom and Maltese ratings, about 85 of whom live on hoard.

We are also is in5 quarters for the staffs of Headquarters Allied Forces, Mediterranean and the North Atlantic The Commander-in-Chief lea., tn Victoria Barracks Treaty Organisation. so one takes it as quite natural to hump into American.

After three cheers, led by the Cap- soon settled down and, in fact, en- Greek. French. Italian and Turkish tain of Victoria Barracks, the New joyed it as much as our audience. naval personnel about the establishI Entries lined the roadway as the Com- Probably the luckiest of the partici- ment, We also have the R,A.F. Police mander-in-Chief drove slowly out of pants were the younger members of and clerks, and until quite recently an the crew, who, after getting a good Army the barracks. from the "Hears" a ducking ("The rdIntclaim to being unique Buffer," Jack Dusts', Electrician establishment is that we are the only Sea Cadet Camp at Victoria Barracks and Leading Seaman Trott), were "ship" in Malta. and nsayhe in the A very, successful Sea Cadet camp thrown to the tender mercies of the Royal Navy. to have 53 different pity, has been held in Victoria Barracks mermaids, who deserve a special men- lists on our ledger%. 'File establishment from July 24 to September II. Each tion for the splendid show they put week 30 cadets from units throughout on. '[hey were chorus girls from the Street, Valetta, within a few seconds' the country have joined the camp for current show, and to them a big walk of Strait Street, consequently we The chances are thatt you suffer many jokes on that count. For their annual training. It is not re- thanks. and as a holiday but as a the benefit of the everyone thirsty, will be, for there has been a garded nserely Unfortunately, more or less insnecessary part in the balanced training mediately after the show we had to is thirsty in Malta. it is possible to bars within a two-minute walk of s Sea Cadet, It) change hack into the rig and make pass phenomenal number of orders in any direction from the nsain were re- hasty farewells, The activities mainly since we first announced the creational, with a certain amount of Our last view of Shanklin was amid entrance, The Supply Officer. Lieut.-Cdr. (S) elementary seamanship, and in ad- the noise of hooters and rockets. I return of this splendid serge. is the only first-class dition many visits of local interest think we were all a little sorry to J. Fcarnside-I.unn. cricket umpire on the island and is were made. leave, consequently its great dentand with the J.R,M. These youngsters, whose ages were G6 is only obtainable from Army and R.A.F, (Dominion and between 14 years and 14 years 9 as well as with the Navy.

Colonial) their months, thoroughly Bernards and will wear better, enjoyed Our greatest activity is water sport; A.S.R.M. NEWS visit to Victoria Barracks, and both this may scent strange for a shore SEPTEMBER I, an advance establishment. but look smarter andprovide a officers and ship's company assisted ON nevertheless e in making their stay a happy one. party of 35 ranks under Major P. H, C. turn out sonic very good teams in that warmer uniform thanany l'eek - R.M.. left Fort Cumberland for direction. The backbone of our waterthe new Amphibious School site at L. Cornteam consisted of /Wtr, polo other serge.

Poole. As mentioned previously, this mills (goalkeeper). Yeoman Crowe. site is where H.M.S. Turtle operated S. A. Webb (hacks).

Telegraphist I1.MS. HEI)INCHAM CASTLE during the war on Ham Common. hleattic. Leading Signalman Robinson.

Place your order for a G6 WE ARRIVED at Shanklin on TuesThe work of preparing the camp is Yeoman Dow (forwards), and C.P.O, 24, and comAugust day morning, and The and it is Goddard half (centre captain). menced our two-day period as guard progressing satisfactorily Heavy Serge Uniform today the will storing shortly team was constantly changing due to expected ship for Shanklin Regatta, Our first commence, but the above drafting requirements. and prove for yourself that day was spent preparing the ship for At Portsmouth a successful para- is a lair average of our players, v I s it o r s. but unfortunately had The team was rather fortunate in THERE IS NO SERGE LIKE G6. weather made the ferrying of visitors chute exercise in the sea off the made a water-polo having ready to and from the ship rather unsafe so Eastney boat-slip was carried out on loaned to them by Mr. Ralph we were unable to receive them, and August 3!. This is the exercise oil pitch of St. Rocco Swimming Pool, our expectation of putting on a "Cross- which the Special Boat personnel dv l)owling.

I'his, combined with his excellent their routine and ill additioi jumps, ing the Line" ceremony and being coaching. helped a great deal in the televised (what is it about Hedingham on this occasion an inflatable dinghy Victories that were to follow. Our first was dropped.

Castle that makes film and television round of games was in the Group III producers want us so much'!) had to September saw most of the Specia I Shore Establishments League. " he postponed.

Boat personnel engaged in Exercisi Ifl1this thi5S leagne I t games fl LS 1, ;1.

Later in the day we were able to "Morning Mist," NAVAL AND CIVILIAN TAILORS AND OUTFITTERS of sshich our teatts won 9. lost I, Withgrant leave. and we are left in no out making any excuses for the team. I doubt that those of the ship's comshould like to say that on the day that we lost to H.M.S. Falcon. we were pany who did go ashore had a wonII.M.S. WRANGLER ir'n Telephone 4403 derful time, The hospitality enjosed out two new members in the of bits by its is something we will never for- THE HIGH-LIGHT August team. and they had never played toOther B,nches et CHATHAM. DEVONPORT get. There were theatre shows, dances, been a very enjoyable visit to St. gether before. Our most outstanding tile Cote I)'Aiur of successes were against H.M.S. Platen- WEYMOUTH, FALMOUTH. MILFORD HAVEN, in fact everything we could wish for, Raphael. on There was a NEWCASTLE.under-LYME. DEAL. SKEGNESS laid on for us. We certainly made our France. large assembly icia, where we won by, II goals to I, WETHERBY, LONDONDERRY GRIMSBY. of ships ill the beautiful hay. including and H.M.S. Ricasoli. whom we beat Pennant in Shank lin, ROSYTH, DUN HELENSBURGH, ROTHESAY. an 19 to 2.

On Wednesday, August 25, visitors the Frcitcla battleship Riclselicu.

INVERGORDON. GIBRALTAR, FERMLINE, and three destroyers.

I,atcr in the season we won the were allowed on hoard and a large American cruiser SUEMA & VALETTA (MALTA), LOSSIEMOIJTH, Telephone 880 and Forth, the of flying flag Flag Fleet Water-Polo Mediterranean Cup. ANTHORN number took advantage of this. We ABBOTSINCH. ARBROATH, Officer Flotillas, Mediterranean, and In the first round we drew a bye, in KETE, HELSTON, BAWDY, EGLINTON. put on a tug-of-war on Shank un Members or the I,N.T.A. the seutsi-finals we played CORSHAM. & WORTHY DOWN sands. Seamen i', Stokers and Miscel- Whirlwind.

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Malta. ((. the following day, the -.------------------------------Squadrons kit Itranicote on Septcmher 3. returning on September 16 alter completing their annual training. As before stated. these are the longest flights that these two squadrons have made to date.

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guard would sally forth to the fields I. C. L. COOK, A.B., PISSX beating "Retreat' as a warning that 871380, II.M.S. Comus, Died it was time for all peasants to leave September 15, 1954. the fields for the safety of the walled B. Sea. P/SSX town or village. It was the custom for I)onaghy, AIL. 857199, II.M.S. Vanguard, died all to gather in the square to sing a hymn and lower the standard. It is September 19, 1954. from this ancient custom that we derive the ceremony of our elaborate .c DjStj1/4,t(, III WIIIIIjItrace ""'t" . ........... .................. ....................

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We carried 20 C.C.F. cadets of diiGliding After much planning and hard work ferent schools during our time in Scota Gliding Club has been formed at land, and whalers were sent ashore with them and the ship's company on Bramcote, and the committee under every possible occasion. The whalers went up and down like yo-yos on - elastic "hands to strings, and the dinner" seemed to he almost always coupled with "clear the lower deck.

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-: -1 local fishermen did us very well. ' The wardroom looked after the fishermen. The fishermen gave the canteen manager fish. The canteen manager then sold the fish to the wardroom at 3d. apiece!

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H.M.S. ST. ANGELO THE "FORT," as many who have passed through Grand Harbour. Malta, will know, is a historic reminder of a grand and glorious chapter of Maltese history, when the Knights of the Order of St. John ruled, and successfully withstood the might of Turkish aggression. More- recently 63 direct hits by German bombs failed to destroy it. a tribute to the skill of those medieval architects, Today. Fort St. Angelo plays all equally important role in the naval sphere. It proudly wears the flag of the Flag Officer Malta. and is the house depot of the Malta Port Division, dealing in this respect with all Maltese recruiting, drafting and advancement.

More recently St. Angelo has also heconic responsible for selecting and entering limited numbers of suitable Maltese youths on United Kingdom Continuous Service engagements, these keen lads being passed on to H.M.S. Ganges after "kitting up" and some initial training.

On May 3 this year the Malta Port Division were accorded the great honour of providing the royal guard for the arrival of Her Majesty The a credit to Queen. and proved to h H.M.S. St. Angelo and the Malta Port Division.

In the sporting world. St. Angelo also has a proud record. Out. H am i I ton ('up crews brought in their whalers first and second throughout the past season. We also retained the Johnson ('ill) for the sixth year in succession. the tea in the gruelling relay race around Grand Harbour ill a record time of 20 minutes 36 seconds.

Or eross'country, runners finished a comfortable first in race earlier this year. In the Inter-Establishments Athletics amid Aquatic Sports we had hard luck, losing both by one point, and our waterpolo team finished second in the bible to Royal Naval Barracks. Cam aratzu. the eventual Fleet champions.

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'Derr%. gave its the opportunity (if a practice for (lie farewell Squadron to the parade (omniancjcr-in'('hief. The sudden departure of the chief bosun's mate its the middle of the exercise was said to have had nothing to do with his "prettY quiet" run ashore the night before.

However all went tremendously well on the day, when it poured with rain and the parade was held in the gymnasium of the Royal Naval barracks, an unrehearsed wet-weather routine being brought into force.

At Kete, the W.R.N.S. challenged us to hockey and a dance. We won both -principally with the studs in our nools. inc hockey was a walkover and the dance a pushover.

Since getting hack to Portsmouth we have taken 120 officers of the Army Stall Course over to Cherbourg to view the battlefields of France. We were staggered to learn that we were detailed to bring them back three days later, for they had taken enough luggage to last them three weeks.

You have heard about the Marie Cclestc-the ship that was found hanging around the '08gm without a soul on hoard? Well, a strange thing happened off the coast of Southern England the other day. A frigate was sighted driftfrom ing aimlessly to anchorage anchorage in a ceaseless voyage, and on being boarded all that could be found were bundles of draft notes where the crew went, where the ship was going or where she came from no one knows. All we do know is that just decipherable on the rusty side could he seen a name that looked like Rcdpole.

Can anyone throw any light on this story? What was the Rcdpole. Where did the sailors go without having time to stow their gear? What was the significance of all the draft notes'! How did she manage to keep steaming?

Possibly an "ancient mariner" ill the barracks might cast his mind hack to the dim distant past when he was himself actively engaged. and let us know the answer to this latest mystery of the seas?

II.M.S. REI)POLE WE SEEM to have clone very well out of our qualifying navigators this summer. As usual, we cruised in the Western Isles, but in fine weather. nobly entertained by the natives. We met the 'i'ohermory Spanish galleon salvage team and laid some buoys for them; now we are waiting to smack in

October. ÂŁ954 H.MS. STARLING HERE WE are again. After a rather wet summer leave, we are back once more cleaving the blue waters of the Solent. Ironically enough, the first week after leave was gloriously warm and sunny, and on a few occasions "hands to bathe" was piped. We even filled our port sponson with water and so earned the unique title of being the only warship in the British Navy with a built-in swimming pool. The weather, however, soon degenerated into something more typically English. and we were glad that we had "made hay whilst the sun shone."

Since then we have entertained class upon class of sea cadets. They were tended with fatherly care by A.B. Vardy. and they left its with a much more nautical outlook on life.

The ship's company have been roused into almost unbelievable enthusiasm with the advent of the soccer season, and we have provided a fair proportion of the Squadron's soccer, rugby and hockey teams. We are now trying to organise sonic fixtures for our own teams. Lieut. Stark, our navigator, has been chosen to take part in the United Services hockey trials. and l.eppard has been selected to play for the United Services 1st XV rugby against London Irish on September 18.

Two weeks ago we took part in a seaward defence exercise, near Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. As night fell we settled down to watch a film, only to be roughly disturbed by two fast boats patrol its with bombarding potatoes. In our surprise we were able to launch only a very feeble counteroffensive. but we seek consolation in the fact that they probably, had to do without Sunday dinner for their pains.

The exercise was designed to test the defences of Portsmouth against attack from the sea. All would-be assailants seemed to be checked quite effectively and the experience was quite valuable.

Next week we shall he cruising down to the West Country again, with a navigational course, so let's hope the prediction of a late summer materialises.

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SUBMARINE Ott) COMRADES ASSOCIATION MORE THAN 300 ex-submariners attended the annual reunion held at Fort Blockhouse on Saturday, Septeniher 18. They came from all parts of the United Kingdom, Branches represented were London, Plymouth, Deal, Medway Towns, North Eastern, West Riding, Portsmouth and East Anglia, The old comrades were met on the parade ground by Flag Officer.

(Rear-Admiral Ci. B, H. Fawkes), the Commanding Officer of H.M.S. Dolphin, and Captain of the Fifth Submarine Squadron (Capt. F. F, Pizcy) and the Commander of H.M.S. Dolphin (Cdr, P. Ci. Sharpe).

Two distinguished veterans present svere Admiral Somerville (life president of the Portsmouth Branch) and Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Raw. former Flag Officer Submarines .and recently Fourth Sea Lord on the Hoard of Admiralty. [)tiring the afternoon the visitors visited submarines berthed at Fort Blockhouse, saw films of naval interest and visited the new 100 ft. escape tower where they, saw instructors demonstrating the latest escape techniques. They also visited the memorial chapel of St. Ambrose, where the Old Comrades Association Standard was laid tip after an impressive ceremony.

In the evening the ex-submariners assembled for dinner when they were welcomed by Capt. Pizey and heard a review of the year's events by Admiral Fawkes, The toastmaster was Mr. Irwin Chapman (secretary of the Portsmouth Branch), who made most of the local arrangements. Mr. 0, Moth proposed a toast to "Absent Friends," and Mr. W, S. Sadlier expressed thanks to H.M.S. Dolphin on behalf of the visitors.

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U.S.A.," was shown.

The service consisted of three hymns, a lesson read by Capt. 1, R. Saul. D.S.C., R.N.. and prayers and the picture.

The picture tells the story of the conversion of an American oilmagnate to Christ through the Graham Mission to Houston, U.S.A. Six hundred Service and civilian men and women were present-as many as the hangar could hold. It was a splendid evening and with the Captain's consent it was decided to have one or two similar mission services during the coming months. 'file next one is on Thursday, October 7, at 7.30 p.m., again in the Siskin concert hangar. This time it is to be a sound recording of a full evening meeting at Harringay of the Greater London Crusade.

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Classes are pouring through the instruction rooms as never before. Life is being made easier for them as modern accommodation conies into being. For a small ship's company of 140-odd, the entrants for the sporting programme are most unusual. Inter-Part soccer, entrants, 10 teams; Inter-Part hockey, 9 teams; two soccer and hockey elevens. whilst a rugger side is rapidly into coming being.

Maybe all this enthusiasm is because of our new pet-"Pinkv," the pink dcpliant, now living in the Main Fire School. Even the ship's cats seem to be bitten by the spirit-anyone who would like a nice black and white kitten, or kittens, please ring our sports oflice-Portsmouth 74661. They will oblige.

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ONCE MORE the noise of lathes, Tons of luck to the cast with the drilling-machines, files, hammers and elethat sec many pink hopes they other metal torturing devices assault phants on the night of Friday, October th c cars of the inhabitants of the Flat22, at Wembley, London. house Road district. The M.T. & R.E. The Bird arc back from leave! Bright-eyed mechanicians-to-be dart with tender care around their shining machinery H.MS. BOXER and the whole establishment hums ON SEPTEMBER 1, H.M.S. Boxer with activity. entered No. 14 Beauty Parlour for her Seriously, however, the winter term annual face-lift and prettying up. Con- is now in full swing and we wish our sequently, we are now enmeshed by departed "D" Term "happy ships and scaffolding, cables and compressed-air fair winds." The new "A" Term have pipes, daubed in red lead and silverine. settled down and are already shaping deafened by windy hammers and very well. blinded by oxv-acctykne burners. Our Cricket has faded imperceptibly ---doe,- resplendent in a set of new, away and recreation classes are now ith football hoots slung over shiny brass buttons, keeps an anxious leaving eye on the casualty list which is kept their shoulders. It is a little too early down only by deft footwork in avoid- to forecast a good or had season, hut ing the undergrowth of cunningly if it has anything to do with enthusiasm, we shall have a good one. placed rubber pipes.

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Whether they were on duty explaining the, technical points of places like the Aircraft Directing Room. or merely helping young ladies-and others-sip and down ladders, they all did their job very well, which is not an idle statement for it is hacked up by a letter of (unsolicited) sent to appreciation Capt. Brown by a visitor. Like the testimonials advertised by makers of washing powders, the original letter may be seen at our office any time, if we can remember where it is filed.

On Monday. September 13. H.M.S. Boxer gave a dance at Kimbell's ballSouthsea, in hon ou r of room.

H.N.M.S. Soemba, the Dutch counterpart of H.M.S. Boxer. Their visit returns our trip to Holland in July, where H.N.M.S. Soemha acted as host ship to its. Now it is our turn to play host and the dance was a main feature of our arrangements.

With summer leave in August and a refit in September, our sea time these past two months has been nil. Nevertheless. good use has been made of the enforced time in harbour-out of working hours, of course.

The next scoop from H.M.S. Boxer's reporter will be in the November issue, but right now I am fighting a losing battle with the windy hammers. I can't concentrate.

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In the Barracks First of June Fete the M.T. & R.E. provided a mechanical wonder in the shape of a bombing range in which model aircraft controlled by th customer released bombs on the fleet below. This was highly popular with the younger visitors.

On September 3. a very successful dance was held in Kimbell's ball-room by the M.T. & R.E., and a good time was had by all.

We hid welcome to Cdr. (E) R. H. P. Elvin. A.M.t.Mech.E., RN., and wish Cdr. (F) C. C. M. Bluett, R.N., a happy commission in the Mediterranean. The latter was last seen accompanied by all the officers of the M.T. & R.E. in a barracks' bus and dressed in somewhat disreputable plain clothes, heading north out of Portsmouth! No prize is for his offered guessing probable destination on that occasion.

H,M.Y. BRITANNIA ONCE AGAIN we greet readers after another short tour of royal duty which took us over to Montreal.

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"growlers" are large bits which break off the iceberg and rub against the latter, causing a growling noise.

We 'met our escort, H.M.C.S. Micmac. off Belle Isle, at the entrance to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and she stayed with us throughout our tour until relieved by the cruiser H.M.C.S. Quebec near Goose Bay. Mention of Canada usually brings to mind a picture of wide open spaces, but of course it has its big cities too, and Montreal, our first port of call, is the largest.

It is a "wide open city" as they say, and is full of life throughout the day and night. The taverns bear no resemblance to our pubs, inasmuch as you would not consider taking your wife or girl-friend into one. Would-be dipsomaniacs have every opportunity to achieve their object because the taverns stay open most of the night.

The best places for a night out were the night clubs of which there were quite a number. hut they were too expensive for most of its.

Our Royal Canadian Navy friends at Donnacona made its very welcome incidentally, and the chief and P.Os. held a very good "At l ionic." to which visiting U.S. and Argentinians and ourselves were invited.

At least 60 of its will remember for a long time our visit to Molsorn's brewery (in Montreal). We toured the Brewery (one of the largest in Canada) for about 20 minutes and then spent about two hours sampling the product. We were informed subseq sic ii II v that we had qua lfed a greater amount per head than any previous party- -it worked out at approximate! a gallon per head.

Our next stop was at Quebec. which sse had passed (.it rotet(. to Montreal.

I l.Nt.S. Sheffield was at Quebec when we arrived but left early next day.

Quebec contrasted strongly sv i t h Montreal and compared roughly with he latter as Oxford does to Liverpool.

Our berth sits beneath the imposing Chateau Frontenac. where the Quebec Conference was held. It is true to say.

I think, that Quebec is Canada's most historic city and full of interest to the tourist. Bus tours were arranged for us and we came away with a far better idea of the problems facing General Wolfe prior to the battle against Montcalm on the heights of Abraham.

Unfortunately, we had had weather throughout our stay and we were led to understand that there had been little real summer weather thus far.

Quebec, like Montreal, and for that matter most other places east of Montreal, is predominantly Frenchspeaking and the language difficulty was a slight problem. The biggest problem, however, was a financial one.

Our next and final stop was at Goose Bay. and we were really up in the backwoods there, although the whine of jet engines overhead did strike a contradictory note. The whole area is in process of development and has a "boom town" atmosphere about it. Quite a township has been created out of the wilderness and it includes a school, married quarters and the usual canteens. Although our stay was brief we were soon on chummy terms with the Service men ashore and we probably provided at least a few of them with the best laugh they had enjoyed for some time when we played the local ace softball team. Our knowledge of the game was scant to say the least and we undoubtedly broke every rule in the hook. However. thanks to our hockey and cricket background, we managed to smite "home runs" with ease, and in fact we FURNISIIEI) FLAT with u,c of telephone and garage: 4 rn-i. Kt 'seek in cluusivc: no children."St. Anne's," Southampton Road (main). I'aitlsgrisse. Coshant.

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In all fairness to our opponents, however, it must be admitted that the result would probably have been quite different had they not loaned its a pitcher and catcher and interpreted the rules so generously for us.

At this stage, mention must be made of the hand, which royal yacht entertained hundreds of spectators at all our ports of call by carrying out the beating of "Retreat" ceremony.

There can be no doubt that the folks who witnessed the ceremony were much impressed by what they saw. The band also entertained large crowds from. the handstand adjoining the Chateau Frontenac at Quebec. and enjoyed an enthusiastic reception.

It was at Goose Bay that H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh embarked for the passage home after a very full programme. The weather was very bad for the first half of our passage, which was particularly unfortunate because no doubt His Royal Highness had been looking forward to a restful trip after his energetic tour. We finally arrived at Aberdeen where His Royal Highness received a great ovation from wailing crowds before departing to join Her Majesty The Queen at Balmoral.

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BED.sirris(;.h000M with use of kitchen and h.ithrousn,: 31)',. Kr smcek.-5 (utatgking-road. hot I s moitt Ii. BED AND BREAKFAST. lOs, 6d.; board rest' derice thy. (nt, Tier day; reduction for periods; very comfortable: well recommended.- -Mr and Mrs. S. (t. I'ctton. 25 St. Ronan's Road. South,ca. i'tiu'ne 3t770t.

10 Lii F, in the country. 21 miles fronu Southwick. small (itrnishcd bedroom. suit lath; esery conscnicncc; ntssderatc tcritus.---i'honc llanuh'tcdon 25.

10 LI; r. ti- I us nisbicd rusis its, use of kitchen and hatburousnt: t,o chutldten.-224 t)csonshirc Avenue. Suiiuthyca.

TO LEE, (uurnushed ground-floor flat, sell-ofltauned, in Souuthsea; linen and cutlery if required.

Phone Itavant 1(00.

FULL BOARD in residential part of Guusport: reasonable lcuuuus. with special reductions, for children under 12 ycars.-20 Ashbiurlisn Road.

Stoke, Bay. Alcerstokc. Phone Gosport 80,20.

1'W() burnished rooms, aas and lutlut incl,usivc: 35s, tier week-; any evening.--315 Fassccut Road. .SOuulhsr;i.

FuRNISIII:h) accommodation. board residence, ticasonatsie terms: garage space available: suitable for I'a$.istan naval personnel; house cu-in. venienuty situated lusr hsuus rututes.-- Mrs. V. V. Anderson. 53 West Street, I'ortchesucr.

TWO comfortable furnished bedrooms and sittinit-riluint to let: reasonable terms: can be viested at any time. -- Mrs. M. tluricy, 17 flcatricc Road. Susiihsea.

TWO FURNISHED 10005,1,5 to let: compietcy redecorated; sharunui kitchen auwl5 bathroom; rca. sonabtc tetn'. -- Sirs. L, Mitehcncr. 24 MetricS Road. North Und. [0 LET. two partly (nut is shed rooms or (or-flushed hed'si(ting'russsuu, in Ruisslands Castle. livery consideration given to suitable tenants.-Mrs. 'alden. 70 Whichers Gate Road. Row. lands Castle,

Spot1ihton Howe Group The Cookery School is at present in "deep mourning' for some reason and the instructors are garbed in sackcloth and ashes. But they should he proud of their pupils abroad in Warrior. During the period engaged in evacuating Vietnamese they did very well indeed and soon appreciated the way, in which their guests liked their rice cooked.

Last month saw the exodus of the Stationery Store from the Dental Block to "C" Block, where service continues . without the traditional "Under New Management" notice,

The Pas' Offices are a hubbub of excitement as the new quarter begins with the introduction of the loose-leaf ledger account system. At the end of each quarter from now on every man will he presented with his paw statement. The idea is a good one and should enlighten many. These stateme.its should he kept in the man's S43A for six months, after which he may frame it or do whatever he wishes with it, N.B.-The "Spotlight" will next he on brohisher Group (Engine Room Branch).

D, G. B. SITUATIONS VACANT A.C. COSSOR ITt), ieuuuiue marine radar service engineers and invite applications from ennasal radar n,aur',te,rance stall; suuutabtc men still he given ttaiainc (with pay). 'Ihe service departnrent is based in London but, in addition, there are sacautcic', in some, tsf the principal United Kinisdustil twirls Salary after training, 134)0 tier anniuni- -Apply the Manager, Equipment Seesiding Department. AC. C,,-or htd., Canterbury (,rove. West Nuirstussxt. London. S.h.i.27, SECURITY GUARDS urgently required owing tit espansiun (if bsuusine,s. Es.Scrviee men. aged 3S.5t for nugiut work. Applicant., must be lit and reside in London area. Good pay. (ice uniform. penstuin, we! hare; fidelity husnd.-Write rising parluciulars pas( cmplcsymenl to Box 14.

TRADE DO) YOU DESIRE 1101SF OWNI,RS'1IIP-5 Why pay cvcevsis-e rent' llusuuse purcha,c with endowment ansitranoc with reduced premiums by naval allusin,cnt ensures security for the I uutnurc. --Write for hill particulars ss uthus,ut ,ststi.

Ration to S V. Nuirris, "Gwcnhyn," hls-echstoisuj As enuue, 'ate, Isv lIe, I lants.

FOR SALE AUSTIN A40. l9l, 28.1100 miles: one owner: -£475.

Luctut'C'dr. narrow. 0. Garden Street.

Chatham. I'biuine 40(3.

30 cc. I).l7 muslssr'eyclc; ((sO; bargain.

--.tRiI;l., Apply Norman Fox Ltd.. 1'ctc~ticid.

BEAUTIFUL BUNGALOW oicilooking Fur/.c Creek. SlIlt. lounge pluus 121R. dutuing'rutssnt; 4 be drumoniv. 2 bathrooms. dctightbuut kitchen: tnmsu.tern laundry %% ill, Bendix. rebriuicratusr. u,uskcr. central healing. ciustheu stusrace. loft. uariuue. greenhouse, water susliener, suinhlinds. etc.: tune garden: £5,95h). - Details, L. I', Worgcr, Sanctuary. hfmsshm floc.

5,110W Siamese and Persian studs available. end kittens ,usuualty for "1c.-''Scyenusakn." Cow-plaits, Itants.

M010RIS (I, two-door. 1938. black:good £l25.-Phone Wtist Metsit 295. con-dition;

opt) 12

PORTSMO(TII NAVY NEWS

Oclober. 19.04

".porty" wicket. After being soundly I tween two aspects of the game. have b beaten by Maiden Newton, honour been carried out by a number of was restored in the pot-gane dis- people, but in most cases individually.

CLISlOfl' in the skittle-alley of- the Several ships possess sets of weights.

"White Lion.-The Inter-Part Cricket and sniII groups of enthusiasts have ]"HE I:FII:c1' 01 Tiii; GENERAL future matches. With our "inclined" Shield Wa won this year. after two got together to indulge in the sport.

A weight-lifting club was formed in the advantage or visit- previous unsuccessful efforts. by the SERVICE ( OllI'!ON ON pitch we h chief puts otuiccrs and petty officers.

H.M.S. COIIInt.WOOd ihout t year ago.

SPORT IN TIRE 110.11E FLEET ing tt.. tn this rainy weather in know I )I weather, combining with the and is now flourishing with a memberthe direction of the tide for the UNTIL " THE General Service " " orn- ing poor surface 01 our tennis courts, ship of some 30 to 40. At present mcrnkick-off.

IflI'.'II)I1 I' in swing the traditional damped the enthusiasm of many of our hers are concentrating on body buildSwimming sports conipetitions are 'OuId h. I)rohn, s Five matches in in but efforts in. hunt. in idi. to form unct ihlishm.d Hdn The areit it ILt.t ' and, I::i. ;It & all were played. two against Bryanston a competitive weight-lilting team to . .1 C I which hone' will one he WoWood. we ammmc o file 0 day even then. " pattern our n in football ground. continue-,, School toasters, Osprey losing 4-S: take on sonic of the local lifters. who are 'personnel make L to odefeats. l-'mnd 5-6 interested cmn"join onof the local . .. i.. i working partiesin the middle 01 1 cruise or perhaps lie defeat the St mIft)rdlilr Rc,.i gymnasiums, the best -known being water-wing,'. fleit sports sca.on " and. conversely, ships issued with flippers a saved its from a win- liob Woolgers. at Southsea and Lave in the middle of i competition.

ICSS season. ('him Ii my information is desired ohco,nng Event i_rn ill the Home Our golfer., so tar have yet to reach Inst. : Faced with this pro Walton. R.N'and Leading October L -The Admiral C in I kt It has been im.u. ' mr to ri. dLLIuon Both m itchm. to date have Si. mm in Bell. of H.M.S. C ollmn.sood ! Reserves inS. Pt.4 t dis I II. n " the sports organisation and in resulted in draw's. 2--2 against the would he pleased to help. and they resulted .Licit a i1mnImer as to allow for the vmrIi ('oure. and 3-3 against Port- would like to hear from any cnthu00. movements and the different classes land and Caine Down. The Baker Golf iztsts in the Service. f ships c\peClallV considering the roce I wIs and it i Trophy COMItINIl) SERVICES . A.A.A. iikcl absence of heavy ship for sonic lidt have 'hi tiiiistid by the end tinme to COIfl(.

THE NAVY athletes made their last of the year. The annual OspreyVernon In " time future. therefore. two levels mppeirtzce 01 the season when thc match sva. cancelled. and with the CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING for 'sport are being adopted: formed part of the Combined Services winter port upon us there seems little IN MOST ships and establishments versus the A.A.A. at Hull on : possibility of the Li I Inter - Ship or " Group). being playc the number of officers and men interIbis year. the 1-leet i divided into September 11. ested in cross-country runniniz is Their performances were as t oflm's :1 hc adscr scatticr pros ided the generally sers small and for maims "Liflits. i.e.. existing squadrons Lilihu i t and and other ships or groups 01 c t with in S msidm. ailing exciting Weight. First: Sgt. years tli onls opportunity that tiles' "

A

`full

-o

tear

(mu where

sh ip'. of* the sa inc approximate strength. and I h) I leer where the imnmm field having prL%ImIsl I hci r o n i ntc r-'h i p competitions engaS c.mch other in a knockform tit C()Xfl cl i t,0 n . . " I (iLncr i I Is SP ikunt. preference Sv.11 h;_ m ::_Ii ( II;::.I.;. I I ritonttf ' s .(if \ I: hi 1 I ii I I Lntr:; ills rossd Iout 1s1L Lb i. m.i tL Iit. . i. \ .1 itt" ( (I. i tt K " opport(IiiIts ot m niLdIc I hit in itch ' ill i"t tic mni.sscmJ sslicn LlrLimnstanm.cs In .

It pt)s uht . . mrc pori 0Iimp Litions rui'. .isi'. .mnd open olL.tn!s..L I)fl .1 onl to unim. pi.si.nt .11 tlm tout 01 OiL ,_ ' upctutlon Al mm to give tInIt .oTflc (I I rc.t S oic: In '.po rts ' occedi ngs a Hoiu I- lcd ( ent ra I Sports ( oianattee ti i h4.cn tolluLd stut.Ii . to luLL! to tt _ cud ol . tcli ( rum . ssith pHi t h o1;cct ol p I.m n ii in g t et I si t es on a h tu I%_iL IhIL 10 ill 101 thL totlos% IflL ( rmui'.c 'sliikt it m I iht to coscr IlK 5' liok i iuu )t '.pOi t um.tm% lth. dtii tnt '.

I St. ir tim s mlnlikL 1% to ta. ur os in

(inter-Unit).

Lieut.

fixture

.ticcc.t iii caon.

10 Altogether ratings pas.cd the qualification for I1CtiilsI11ifl .Slid-week races provided,' 151 It. I I in. the ill tin Ii)tI.l 001 01 I ' itiiit Javelin. -Second: Vimilt tin Cpl 0P1cY \"()n eight first, 12 ccond and 166 ft. 6 ill, I) third lice'. 1 Ii: return of the ilomnc - - Third: So b- 1 cut ' Ct I r.i uI ng Squadron and ii i ngh ie Ii t I i ion 5 it ill. . of H.\I .S. Oee;iii pros dcii a scriou }:(LFourth I S (loser.

Limg Jump.

I , iIlimc 0. rcs s i'. s II icpLcnId tht. W no th R t_ ill i in r tms I om 000 \! fri s I ourtli I R I \t ho it Sw .. I i tim Si s R Coks \Ioorh id mm 4S sc R N R i a lir! ui:I o ( i,tiI II(IF?Z?Zt r t rst A A ' ILotmuL fh most mntmc tin. st.nt of ttii. l7h It 7 in (n.cord) se:Ison wa own O,pre sailing St S is t duc tO l is. th rL. itt t br i trophs .ntcd bs C mpt Scrv:ce in October. He s ill h .mdR (',.

I. s1 Itallour.

I).S.( RN. mnIssLd I hrou.h tlm ot th 1lo1L kmndia. . .

I his is itso tlm . to IS I r idron th.

Second op1rttiiIt% li.i.t tinmn. SqLI tircell to tlluck Itk.ssic I rimning Squ-iditn mud the Second due to live the Service in Oc!oI'.r. Suhni.irine Sqm!ttlron In lcndintz their uIl hc rcnLmnhLJc(t hs g ins is (tm ho it IlL ItS. it 'I\ h ik or thrt.i. a it cr a t ii v.m I a nd fi 1st -C Li ss C s I I Ii Ia vs ella bled '.oinc 4( ) he! in.unen to , . i . take sa von t umcctings. p.m t. 1 he I roplm i Lilt i LhhtIru It \ I hi. I it _ LsLIIt IlL wason 0I II t. tIIIt.L rice for t h Port I a i1l Sa ii ii g I roph v ' RI' I I I I I1 I dls i t ionu. I ) s thu. uhsLn rp. tlt I t A( Still' ( Rot I' 01 ItliLT Ita. FIor1L I t I i uiuuum ' \I id t ii. ii ill ti I lO\l I I I I _i k t Squid rob uiticulon on tl m. turn i it udcidLl I)5iIih:1 ml .. Lflh. ti t uturu. in.

Dim-us.

second:

Sgt.

Sas id mc.

were given for tak ing part ill their own pa rticiil.i r sport was .m cob iit il piiiship twice a season. with posiblc Selection for omnn1 md and Sirs iii. it they. "'re good enough.

Ill 19-16 (or tIcrcahout. a hand of en t h ti'ia t sot together ;and decided to forum a club in the l'orhmnouth Corn, itl ti\turL'. it tinst ith S it rd m titlici 5tj '. iu mnI L151114n m.lubs I s i. r th it tim ss tb i hrc ik titit nm. , Irt of tlim. ss ir i. irs thi. s mium. club Ii kpt t,oint, md m.ontmnu to pro " s'i(le lirst-clm s ficiti .I( r " ifl5 m i_cr

chain-

Training during the week is rather an individual et!ort. and in various ships and ctabIimcnts have to get togettr .im'ng themselves. and fix LIP what they to duties. etc. This winter. ho;cvcr. it I' the intention to have indoor training it the Royal Naval School of' 11. and R.T.. tinder the direction of C.P.O. Johnson. who has recently attended the Loughborough College coaching course. and this training i'. available br track and field event athletes. as well as long-distance men. It is not suflicient to corne out in April or liday expect toru ' l°) ird in It) seconds. nor throw a javelin 180 the man who trains for 52 weeks Of the year is the one who stands most chance of getting his Navy colour'. in (lie Inter-Services champion champion-

members

can-according

feet:

'liip.

C. A. S.

MODERN PENTATHLON

FOR lF1l tirt tiic the Royal Navy are entering a tcan in the National Pentathlon (h4mpiollslmips. to be held AldrsIimt Iroimi September 28 to October 2. l ROyzIl Marines are the expert,,, it this. mud although- this i. ii the Ro al s have iiiilganitcd with the to form the Royal Naval Royal Pentathlon As'ciition. I the rules II IlL t. 11115 have to he entered in the National C ha in tionli i ps. 'file I ii.Iisid Li11 Royal Navy crc held it( 1A.('.. I .yin pPi onh i sti)HC. lkvon. in July. s hen Sergt.

Rct. R \I sson mud I iut i P I I krbrt)()k It \t s is si.çond ml IIIi'LIIi 1K iflit,ht Ii IS hi. itch Ri_cs h id s'.

1K ctiiiipttiI in thi. runnint. As It i. hi. n.h titid front so d ink. o\Il11_ to i 'trilhi1c(l ICOJOIl ,\chilIc. 5%lilch hm iiI(l tO rLst hclori_ the N ition ii hee two. and l.icut. (hIII)m)i1tmIs \ldrich R \l . i ikm_ up thi. Ro ml . ' Irini tt. On I hL Ros ml N iss t mn 01 I cmli (1) Jirrold R N A S lord: l.icut.(1) l)otimmn.

R.A.l..

Ssrst ii mod Sub I ItiI Fl mrdin, thi. lat tcr imo undergoing cou rses at l'ortsTtfhth RI I RUt ti t Crc t.h Ohornm.

SSLII I ist i. ir hi.i.n is uI a hic I lie tauus s%Oluld Irive been i II u1huhi1 I LL it C14JI to thL l'urplu.

Navy

Chain-Out

to Imoit mt.c ( .rournR nirLqmlcnt imp I)LuI u. thu. ti nlu.r squ uh c mnic ti , I . I 1K OtulL.;. md thc u. ina.n l3 o PTtmulI 1 I II . ml St t t t ti.I till HIn%Lsr in Au,ut tl lumir thc I u I t slicn tilL I kct is to tulhucnt lusn ik ot u_us C' %% pi (tLu(d slui corin ol th m n th Ii I tt m u hoIc FIosm si it is Ltt1cr hopm.d i1 111(1 )t\L oflt.' r ssnhilm. kcLnr mnciubr p uuntLd out thc court i.0\ I thi. in tin ctun;)tlti()ns md to it r. iIiii lou ita. ra.s ison t tu. itLil b 4 rm!n ihos. ill to r ru(, thc P tOts of Iii t I it it.tlOfl took p1 ic on \Iond is The champion, l&it htit on mu kim Oi \i diiru in iii I kt shcn ssc nLI in tilL torni of in thL su. 15(111 1 h ur sum. i dii' 'pt11hLr I I ir th. C uuuhmni.d tituii.s \r i ii. in touxo u,n.nm Suit. I cut ir cis t ç y s t in i ii ( riuusu Liii. i.nt ,\mituiun t)mirmnt_ pr u in Liii. It. id sslmi.n il itlii.td 1i. tiiitiI ki. P titiun I part t roTn I nter-I aii u1itches and the inc ri ii mm t.

I heir toes %,iIi 0il cli i ps fru.nd Iv Ii xt urcs %s hen ii.C! . O%% Ti S t 0 thI. IlOIlI %scCk FIiro ilio it t h ss i ii tr in on ths iI i sisitun,. I ri.in oit'. in ithli.tii. ini.t.t r ii in ink. m tu. in scd I run in lot r I' irt Ii. i Lii. i.IiI duthi. iltui. ri.s. Ii t s uhilu isn Ii to ih. Dorsi.t ult, luLl nouu.s boxuiit, i.oinps.tition md u knock &uut ()I.4. ' r oin ttlIi n I. ii I. to hi. st mt d it lns.i Lordon md i. n ru_p .

(Iihralt.ir rcspcti%ctv. I t had also been rcscntcd in thc mid-weck I ntcr-Scrviccs . I hopcd to arrange a cro's-countrv race s Iicrc tu' .eagtie. hopc improve on . lzit \caiiui. when we liiiislicd in thc and a csei-j-idc rugh competition . . , .. " u r to he hii t this docs not ni's a seventIi ;oi tion. Nosv Itmi I 00 r ground " : I}1C I V() sh I coin pan% foot h:ill is in c!uuaIss'n t.i r I 10cr- P.i ru Ii \ture,. pm .mcticabk - tCaI.. ciicticd (P.O. l.cin .arc and tLIIImiflg. sc it to cc better icuI k. '.c\t s%cek we . . . settling doss Fi well. a tlitigIi SO Lir ont Iay the tIrt Il.I.S. lER( ( RY t)flL Wii i. recordcd. 1 lucre k av er round of tIi is Cup ag.uinst Cotact % .LIpp0rt ers chih s it h a iucu her- I i uigwood.

Succr : L nited Scrviccs ( Portland) demand I)IS..A I'P()INI I N( I 53 shuii tiI" 05cr I (X).

AF l1 R I hc scrvIcCs on Sa turda s ol a nu At the ti uc of to thc rbcr soing press eI soil . t ii iii cs i rc I iiok i ng u p ( a pa rt . of ° iifl is tOp of thi. tntm.r l)is i 01 OtIL Iioi.ki.s p1 is i Ospri. s lu i.uiLii Si. I I !11 tlii. S.i. ithcr shich Ii is s!Oflal lO()thiII aiI looks like . ture.. :mi c PI;is cd niid-svcek. I he shortl.caguc atrc.ids c:iuscd .i uiumhcr iii Inter-Part ri.L. I iidi... thL i I r i ui i n. it-i. ol LI 0110 (I I ifli. 10 h_ I poni. d i nil Iurn..U thi. st tS I ut. Ihi. ri. i tuill ti\iLiiL Ii I hut iu itchi.s in. h. 1st \V rutbs us shossunt. Lr 1 ..runds into qu mmuu:s) \Vu. ii isu. Ii id hi. iFIL or tIiLu.d ssuth I hu.s.Lis Oi.u. in in u.ncout i_iui, si irt to tIm. su. isOn mud prouhisi. md sson ill. lirst nu ui_h ol iii Sm.m.ond Ii iinint. Squ idion md Su.m.ond in L nutu.mJ Si.:s iu.u.s l)is simm I ibm. si_or. Si, ison ii, ilflst R N 13 19 9 The shi ps hockey teain st;u ned oIl Suhmimi'mne Squ;idrm'n and we have so Ia. i5 tour matches pta sed and four u.flii.rcd I or tilt. N 1St ( up unsiitutu.d 0 5 iLitirS i. mmmi i I) u.d i in itm.h. won ss Ink in Unitu.d Su..i '. i_u.s wu. II s mitt i this sear.

I .C I )i vi5ion ifi it 5 iii J two I US. and i&1 t lie tnt t- I) i : p1 Rmiggem prospeet s are b righter thi there is a close struggle for Ii rst pta eu.ss on mud iiii et o i Sear atid a regular team should he As at ss as 5. di Ilicul ties are being between t lie ollice rs and the Pet t . l5a Ia H without too in uch retia nec \ pe riemiced with the constant changes oflice rs.

Inter-Establishment sporting acti - being placi.i upon support from of personnel in an establishment suet: lull mmd ss.u.k onl thturm. m this iiid with lull ti mlnmn i_I mss tli.s ru. ilt m.t undm.r ss is nu.t month schedules, these allow very little and cross-countrs running aiid hiiim list has beet: arranged in order to lice is in ins p1 msu.:s i p0 smIth. br Lnitu.d will si lit ii Drs id o; tom u. ii Ii ki k oIls Howcsm.i Strs icu.

I'oril uttW I hi. list mncludcs I)rs id Ii is sis m.ntriu.s for thu. I'ort liopu. to how coiisidu..i mbli. imp: OSi. ga lies Witii local sIt ups miI(I squad ions tue in liver I ast year. part icutait y in mUon t Ii Coin ma nd Novices ch.i m ,ind uteu r-hs Arms and R..\ .1. tin is, sit ips.

I )ivision I. Mercury also belongs to the Waterloos iIl and District league. 'Ihis conlinues ii) he a goou.t testing ground for WEICIII-I.IVflNG IN TIlE II.1S. OSPREY sonic ol our untried players, and results it .............t_m'e ROYAL NAVY I 1.' ni ni i;rs -.nn iii I r11. .u. ttsmmk in this league have '.o fir proved quite for its wet. windy and 'sEI(mH I III I IN(i to the mliiremembered i.'ncomiri - 'inc- . generally wintry characteristics. rhcsc, initiated, this word conjures up the Hocke of massive individuals in in general. had an adverse effect on picture With pIent of keen players in Mu.-r- sports. hut in some, particularly sail- . Ieopard'skin tights pondcnoustv hcavi ng enormOtis weights overhead. locury, we are look ins forward to a gocid ing. they provided ma ii u.xeii ing and day it:us pictu ic COLt I d not he further sea son - a rid especially to the Inter- ant using incidents.

In cricket a large number of the Iroin the t ruth.

Establishment Knock-Out. A 3- 0 win In the last few ears weight lifting in our Ii rst iu:a teli was a good boost to in atd:es were p1 as ed aga ilist surroundmor,iIt.- for the start of the scason. ing villages and local siti ps ani] squad - has become a St ramI med sport a rolls. The over-all results--won seven, the misc oi weights has become a rccog' Rugby lost eight and drew one--is a slight utised form ol training in the whole We have managed to get together a improvement on the pru.-viomis season. sporiing sphere. The A.A.A. has issued :eain, and at I bough lacking in the limier Osprey had the distimictiom: of dismis- schedules of training for all forms of tech it iques. I.mck nothing in ahilit y to sing R.A. F. K ingstead Ion 14 rims athletics, amid many of the world's continue striving. We lost the lirsi (Steward Erskinc 7 Ion 8). but laten in foremost sp&mrtsnieit now make use of the season were themselves i.lismissu.'d weighis. match of thc season 20- -6. hut with hs the Yeomen of Ahbotsl'ury for I . Ii: the Ros ml Navy weight lifting and more eperiec:ce and tactics it is hoped to rcdmici_ i_i'm: mdci ibl', (his m mr,in in on wh mt.' c in h st hi. dm,sm.ribm.d is a wc_.ht tr i:nul. to diitu.rm.nti ute hi,

run os Lr t K coilutrs or on tI'ol ()I It,lfl.i II k. no%n .15 tIme I' ortsraouth ( ioU Ros ml ]s.i ml mud Ros" "it \tirii (r t ( I Club time none Ii '. nos I I l to Ros ml N is ml Athkti C lub(Soutlm) c ill,! ig i lv t lzm t ii s hoii ml mric fixed by cornian(l linmits hut tInt its tLIl)LJ h dr msum Ii uii in n is ml thu hi,.n s lroii I ord in ttic m. ist y I i . ,\ Itull ttur list tom th prL I j_ s. (),1I ('Ii. S ittiid i Ii . _ r uiiti i i I i i a t t uuit Il th H mn(l .s r ii I room Su.x Ih

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