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big welcome has been given by stibmariners and their families to the announcement that Devonport is to be developed as an operational base for the support of nuclear-powered Fleet vessels.
Work on next .-‘\pril's Pay Code is going ahead fast. The rating's Job F.valuation exercise and judging are complete. while that for the WRNS and submariners is well underway. The consultants are now l'\Usy getting comparable pay data for over 700 jobs in industry so that the links in the Pay (‘ode can be
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Most submariners are from south of the Border and service at the new base will be an ztttracttvc ttlternattvc to Fasl:int.'. the Clyde submarine headquarters for Polaris‘. Fleet. and Patrol craft. The new base at Devonport. to be carried out there. which will be additional to the The Dcvonporl development alri.-ady-announced intention to might appear to raise doubts provide nuclear refitting facilities about the future of the subthere as the need grows, is so marine headquarters at ll..\1.S. positioned as to form an impor- Dolphin in Portsmouth Harbour. tant slr'att‘t:iL‘ "second gum" in There is insufficient depth of the Royal Navy's underwater water at Dolphin for llll.‘ giant pu\t.L'l'. nuclear-propelled Polaris and Docking aml refitting facilities Fleet submarines. and no new for nuclear-pusverr:d submarinr:s conventional Patrol submarines ztlrcatly esists at Rosyth and are building or on order for the ('l1ath.im. .md the floating dock Royal Nas_\'. at l-’asl.ine enables "servicing" However. the Oberon class boats are being moderni/ed. gis-
THE “RISING : sun" AT : SINGAPORE
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of the 2,350-ton . . Iflagehlp Tcruzukl and. I three 1.7m-ton escorts. I I As well as ehlpe' com-I
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totalling 1.100.‘
170 ensign!.there . embarked for tralnlng. . I the I Taruzukl lo Below. ' econ Onlarlng the naval I with the "Hlslng . Sun" fluttering. I were
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determined. F.\'aluation of officers is iIl\l\ up to time. The next
major task for the Navy Department is translating these links into a comprchensise Pay (‘ode for the .\'av}'. .-\t the
life e.\pectanc_\‘ sscll into the ‘eighties, and it is highly unlikely that thereafter the N.'t\'y's only underwater fleet will consist of four Polaris and eight or so Fleet submarines. It would be reasonable to assume that planners are now actively engaged on ;I new fami|_v of smaller submarines. as evenlttal rcpl:tcemi.'nts for the "0" class. a
Dolphin secure Quite apart from the thoughts on maintaining a balanced submarine branch. the capital investment
accommodation and training facilities at Dolphin is so vast as to remove any fears of phasing out in the foreseeable future. on
Training capability at Dolphin
is for submariners of all kinds. and the elaborate equipment includes the superb escape lower.
time.
the many other aspects of Service conditions touched nn in the Prices and Incomes Board report are being re-examined so that new rules can be got out in good time before nest April. THE "X" FACTOR But esen for those in Whitehall. it is now a case of "wait and see" since until the pay rates are worked out and the final rules for charges for quartsame
barracks, food. etc.. are known. the sin: of the rise must
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‘No guarantee’ for question of the Royal Navy's tot has been raised in
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the House of Commons. Mr. John Riggs-Davison (.\l.P. for Chigwell) asked the Defence Secretary for an assur-
"that those ranks and ratings of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines who wish to do so will continue to draw the
ance
traditional rum ration."
Under—Sei:rctary for Defence (Navy). Dr. David Owen. said in a written reply: "I The
give
the assurance you ask for. The question of the abolition of rum is. however. not issue. lt has been a new discussed over many years." cannot
be guess work. And the N.B.P.l. have still to tell the .\linistry of Defence what they think the “X" factor should be. Though the answers remain unknown as yet. the Navy Department has issued a Naval News Summary and an instructional film on the pay review to try to explain to the Fleet what is being done on their behalf.
The support .\‘laid-stone was
ship
ll.l\l.S. towed from Portsmouth to Belfast as an accommodation ship during the Northern Ireland "troubles."
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