NAVY NEWS AUGUST 1968
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''.C:».' I free tens andeompetitions helped Displays. demonstmtioiis. a band. trips round the harbour. First Submarine Squadron held I to ensure an interesting day when l!.M.S. Dolphin and the
by Service
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families’ day at Fort Bloclihouse. The pictures give an indication of the excitement among the young visitors to sample the
artists
“gadgetry” available for their amusement.
Naval interest has shown a considerable increase in recent years in the Armed Forces Art Society. whose I963 exhibition of painting and sculpture is to be opened at the Chenil Gallery. Chelsea. on September 10 (private View day) by Sir Charles Wheeler. Public viewing is from September [I to 20 (excluding
Mosque at a naval base
Probably the only one in existence within the bounds of a Royal Navy establishment. the "Masjid Naval Base. Singapura" (the Naval Base Mosque. Singa-
pore). was ollicially opened by the Commodore Superintendent of Singapore Dockyard. Com-
Sunday. September 15).
modore F. C. W. Lawson. on June 8. The Dockyard Amenities Fund made a grant of 7.000 Sin apore dollars towards the bu’ ding: the remainder of the cost of some 3l.000 dollars was raised by contributions from Asian members of the Naval Police force. Inspector S. A. Shah. who was the driving force behind the venture. said that although _the olice were largely responsible getting the mos ue built. all
At the last exhibition Sir William Russell Flint. an R.N.V.R. lieutenant in the First World
War. exhibited for the first time of the and_ accepted membership society. Norman Wilkinson is an honorary member and RearAdmiral John Moore is a vicechairman and regular exhibitor. Others who have shown their work in recent years include Admiral Sir Charles Madden. Vice-
Aubrey Mansergh. Rear~Admiral Stokes and Capt. Fisher (the present Naval Judge
Admiral Sir
iior
musliiris would,
Advocate who sold two of his pictures at the I967 exhibition).
welcome.
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New ice patrol ship brings a touch of colon
The Royal Navy's
ice patrol ship. replacing H.M.S. Protector. was named H.M.S. Endurance on June 28 at Belfast by the Hon. Alexandra Shackleton. grand-daughter of the famous explorer. Sir Ernest Shackleton. who sailed in an earlier Endurance for the Antarctic 54 years ago. Previously the Anita Dan. H.M.S. Endurance has been
‘
new
converted
at
Harland
and
Wolfts for her special job. The ship has a displacement of some 3.600 tons with a length of 305 feet and a draught of I6 ft. 6 in. Maximum speed is I4} knots.
She is fitted to_ carry_and operate two Whirlwind helicopters and has a light gun armament.
The total complement. which includes a small Royal Marine iletaclimcnt. IS I3 officers and
106 men. and accommodation is allowed for I2 scientists. An unusual feature is that the hull is painted red for easy identification in the icnparticularly from the air. Her upperworlcs and funnel are the traditional white and buff of the naval surveying fleet. Another feature is that the ship can be controlled from the crow's nest. so as to give her officers the farthest views of channels through the ice. Sir Ernest's Endurance. named after his family motto. “By en-
conquer." was trapped by ice in the Wcddel Sea in I915 and finally crushed durance
we
and sunk. The explorer and his crew travelled by open boat to Elephant lsland. from where he made his epic voyage in one of Endurance‘s boats. the James Caird. to South Georgia. After an incredible crossing of that island on foot the party was able to organise help for the men still stranded on Elephant lsland. not one of whom was lost. H.M.S. Endurance has three boats which are named after the boats of Sir Ernest's vessellames Caird. Stancomb Wills and Dudley Doclter. The new ice patrol ship is expected to sail for the Antarctic latcr this year. She will normally be deployed in the Antartic. returning each year to the United Kingdom for maintenancc and leave. Endiirance is conimanded by
Capt. Peter Buchanan.
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