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gpe ed-up No.

209, 18th YEAR, NOVEMBER, 1971

and

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PRINCIPAL: it E BROVi.’NtN'G N4 0 T A.D.l R fit C ln‘.triii'tr‘.r 35 TELEPHONE ROAD SOUTHSEA. HANT8

Naval Association.

Published First Thursday of the Month

for

worms Ttrtiiiil/RE" *::'i::'“v‘

Junior Marine Engineering Mechanic Peter Bage (tetti. ageo t6_ the youngest rating aboard H.M 8 Blake. photographed with Cook Ian Reid, aged 22. when their ship was on a visit to

San Francisco The signpost indicates what street in the world

is

claimed to be the crookedest

(See also page 19)

OP lnce

i"IL]I?Tlf]’I{'l”I}flf}iII .' if ‘..l'.'=I‘.

goes

afloat

Having completed his training ;it Britzinniai Ro_s;i| .\';is':il College. l)‘drllTl0tl[li. the Prince of Wales will earl) this

be speeded up as zi result of the (iovi.-rnment’s decision to order two new destroyers. four frigzites. and it number of small \'cs_sL‘l.s and support craft.

Anniiiineing this £70m. proThe news i.lestrot.ers isould bi: gramme otcr the next three '|)pe J3. and the frigtites. lspe years.

Royal .N':i\‘)'.s modernization will

Csirrington

Lord

(Defence fieeretzirsi told the

Conintons that the grovting Sosiet .\;is_\ ltlttl ti high proportion of nevi ships. and it Wits important that we. too. should lt:t\L‘ neii ships coming into s<.‘Y\lt.‘t.' especi;ill_t i:si:orts with their \llttl untistibmtirine role.

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Against London‘s skys- I:

flcrsper baclicioth. H.M.S. . nflettast terms a picture of: . :navat might as she is drown tinal uinto position at her : ' oorin s 'ust above Tower

rgrtdgegn ihe Thames.

5 cruiser ever.

guided-missile

.

-

symbol

:Navy and all thatthissea power 5 :has meant to country a thousand years.‘ : :tor .

('h;irli:s should gain

_ot‘

F;tt:ln'. hiitl

been

postcil

i

cl)

ii

\\ltlL' rzinge makings u

'.h.it he ssill complete A full i.‘tlI'11[I'|I\stt‘l‘l in the Norfolk. which is to ]t)|l't the miiltt-n;ition.‘il ‘standing N';is.il l-urge -\tl.intie in Jul). nest _\e;ir uni

New ‘nuke’ is ninth

THEY FOUND ‘A NEEDLE IN A HA YSTACK’

ll.\l ‘S

the

On October IX. Prince (‘harles and its’ other toting oiTieers took part in the College passing-out p£tt'iILlt.'. \\lll'i .~\dmir;il Sir Horace lzns. (‘ommtindcr-in—('hiel ntntil Home (iinimiinil. tulsing the s.'i|ttte at the t'l'lilft‘hptist The ;trr;ingements ill'L‘ that the Prince still }till'I H..\I S Norfolk .it (iibr;ilt;ir on Vosember 4. l"L‘forL' the dL‘strtiH.‘t sutls on the follow ing morning for e\eri;isi:s lhe intention is that Prince

Writers in the national press describe the (internment decision us the biggest nzisiil shipl‘|lllltlln[.‘. programme for ltt.'ttl'l_\ 30 )L'£tI\. t.'\llI'TlitlIl'lgthat about Lilli jobs is ill be ereaited. lhe '\LlmtfIIll\ are eontident th.it the tlL'\\ ships still prmide no manning dillictillies. but in .in\ \'.t\C it is not i:\pi:¢li.'\l ll’l.ll the L'\L'l'llllLtlsite all the Meet \\tll be sigtiitimntls .itli:cted.

presents from the family for Steward l);i\'id Quzirtermain. in

sea-

destroyer

H..\l.S_ .\lorfo||s.

Il. Other sessels in the new programme vtould include replenishment ships. smzill fleet tankers. sitlviige vessels. port ausiliari eruft. tind iln Ul‘l(.l9r\\‘:llt.‘l'research ii.-ssel l'hi: orders had been planned for later _\i.‘:irs sind will miss be brought formird. lhey. will not iitlect othi:r RN projects such :is the through-i_lei.'k cruiser lheri: .ire ;i|re:id_\ on order for the Rt'|\'.Il -'s".i\_\ fotii l_\pC -1'.‘ iii.-stroiers ;ind fotir lspe 31

: The largest u built for the Royal Navy. the : :8eItast now becomes one . not the capital's tourist: :attractions as well as a matof pride to all who have : :ter served. at the success of . =etiorts to preserve the ship : \‘i‘hen \lr's. Rtindtill. of :as the last remaining exam- . \\'orcestershirv.'. pie of a big gun cruiser. \toitrport. : to . : Handing over theMr.ship telephonetl the Director of Peter Belfast Trust.

Nzisiil Sersiee (‘onditions in : :the ot Kirk. Under-Secretary .\linistr_i of Defence in :State for the Navy. said: .: the of her. l;iti: October. she sounded :"We have a vision ier_\ \\Ol'flCI.l. in the heart of : :here Londgn t e -\ parcel ssith Ilst birthdzii ol all that as a .

month take up his lirst going appointment in

lrigiites.

BELFAST ‘HOIV|E'

Sp

Price:

modern fleet The

PORTSMOUTH 2909

the |"tL‘\tUlis esenini; but. l"‘\ mist.iLe. hiltl been goen normul llllilllll po-.t.i_ui: ( otilil ll be found and sent h_\ .iir to Hong Kong in time for \tess.ird ()ii.'irIern‘t;in’s contingof-age on Nm ember ‘’ \ t.il| order But the sm;ill n.i\.il stuff and the WR:\(’ girls in the

l'ort'i:s l’osl;il

l)L'Pt|l .it

‘Will Hill -\ full-se.ile \\L'fl..' not dziiinted se;iri:h sins started. the parcel \s;is found. .intl sent bi till ll.ipp\ birthd.i\ l);isid' lliis is otil\ one i:\.imple oi the per-.on.il tnlCtL‘sl l.|lsL‘l‘i in ships" m.ii| l"\ the \li|l llill sI.itl l'est other postal ot_i:;itti/.itions could

have tr:icl»;ed down one parcel .tfl‘lt‘|"l).'j thotiszinds lnt'itli:itt.ill\. readers may not knoii lll.il the l-orees l'nsl;tl In-pot iinl-. h.iiidles rit.iil _L't\tl"l).’. to ships \l.iti' tt‘ltittlIn_L‘ to the l’ K is ilc.ilt \\illl untirels l‘\ the L'I\il post .iilmitiistr;itioti. so if .i letter home to mttm is ileltitcil. don't blame the .\riiii'

-\riothet new ship h.is jU|l'IL'\l the llect xsith the commissioning .11 llutrov. irtliirtiess on October lb of the tittule.tr-poucivil subni.irine H \l \ ( t\llY.t_i:L'\\Il\ '\flL'l tiirther tri.ils_ shi: isill Join the lliird \Liiltiii:iriiit- \qti.Itl' run. b;isi:d .it l'.lsl.l|'lL‘ lhi: iiftli l'lL'L'l siibn‘t.irzni.' for the Rot.il \.is\_ the ( iiiir.i_t;eotis ls Thu.‘ nlttlh "tttlltc." \lllL't' lltL‘rc are .tlso lottr l’ol.tris-.irmeil sessels_ sshich ll.I\C been in st-rsii.'i.' for some |ll"l'lL'

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l)r'.ifty will try‘

to

...I THOUGHT

give

the draft of your choice proyided it is within the rules. Howeyer. should it happen that you are less than fully satisfied with the words and music oti your latest Form ("_’(l3 there is no harm in trying to exchange with someone else w ho might prefer your draft to his own.

YOU MEANT...

you

—

interested should write to the applicants direct.

K \ \{e\-\.ut \HtUJ\3I I0.‘ Men, if \f \ li-cl!.'.ine Drafted to H NI 5 Ion.£ondeiry_ \‘oyz-inbei _‘1 “ill excl-..tn for short establishment or Rnulh .my sed ship

started trickle drafting that all ships land consequently all preferences) feature in each monthly drafting bill. so giving us a chance to match things where possince we

ing both men concerned are agreeable. they are not due for sea service.

sible

However, there will always

possible

where it is not

to meet il

drafts

another. this does not usually present any problems. Prosid—

both are acceptable to their new respective commanding officers. then an exchange of drafts is likely to

begiventhe

preference

een

light.

When dea ing with requests for exchanges of men serving in ships, it is necessary to consider many more details. What effect. if any. will it have on the individuals concemed.‘ Are both ships likely to stay in commission to enable both men to complete their normal tour of duty" at sea’? Will one

and people sometimes change their minds.

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How they‘re considered Requests for exchange of

drafts fall into many categories If we use a few of the simpler ones‘ and go through them in some detail. you will then see how exchanges may be made and why in some circumstances they cannot be allowed In the case of a man wishing to exchange drafts with another of the same fillingand St). from one shore billet to

party

dodge a foreign leg" Will

they continue to have the opportunity. to exercise their SQ rating“ Are the ships‘ base ports likely to change‘? Will be due for advancement in the near future‘? iso

either

man

causing oyercrowding of the shipsl.

in one

All these. and many more. are the details that have to be considered before a decision can he reached. lf it is finally established that no ill effect will be felt by the men concerned. and they are acceptable to each captain. then approval for an exchange is likely to be given.

From see to shore service Next we come to the situation when it man applies to exchange from sea to shore service.

Since one of the objects of fair drafting is to share sea

equitably as possible. it highly unlikely that .'IPPfU\iIl would be gisen to a request to come ashore by cscliatigc. service

R.N. Uniform Serge Suits

£12.98

as is

Then: are two main reasons for this. Firs‘. a man coming ashore ear? would haye earned little _iort service time before being back at the top of the roster :ind off to sea again lly being almost continually on the move he would cause turbtilcticc to the ship he leases. the shore establishmerit he joins and to himself.

Secondly. if there is a yolthe iinleer to go to sea early man with whom the reluctant mariner wishes to eychange it is fairer to let him go as it replacement for the mart at the

R EADV TO WEAR

Admiralty quality Surge

exchange

to

ow

of the (‘ontintiotis ('ommission that it has been possible to iiiatch sea preferences with drafts in good numbers. follow these All who articles will know that sea ilrafts come fair and square off the top of the roster. But it is

some cases

at £17.80

The best value obtainable Inspection invited without obligation

——

We carry stocks of all

Uniform Tropical Wear at

following ratings are anxito eychange drafts. Anyone

ous

prcfcrcncc areas ashore. But it is only since the in,troduction

be

SWAP DRAUGHTS.5’

The

for some years now we hast: been reasonably good at sending men to their first

only

SOIVIE VVHO SEEK SVVOPS

—

Personal

next not w

while their

date due for sea and ]ll\l the lucky one man —

ho wanted the exchange.

The decision Is yours Having decided you wish to exchange drafts. apply as soon as you can.- Drafty will always consider draft exchanges on a B-45 drafting preference request if he sees it before yoti have actually joined your new ship or establishment. This is the stirest way of gaining success.

How to go about it" The rules are giy en in HR I4 but the

following is a summary.

gate 8. R.

line

your

Pepper-vll. \H:MlIA.\l( I H \I S Viill exchange for any Portsmouth-fused \hi or estahlnhmrnt P. Smith. l.l-..\liAirI lO. Polgtnc Ck-ye. lroun famborne. Cornwall lking ni drafted to small shin flight late I9"? or early N‘? starting January. ll)‘: Will exchange lot home snore nose or unit to t uldrose for Sea King front line squildrxm I). E.

Andromeda

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rnid late W”:

Crllrhlmu. .\rff.\rll 3K Men. H \l S" \ndromei.la Drafted to H H S Hampshire. \oy l‘ Rent at Portsmouth Will exchange for ship in refit at Deyonport or Deyonport based ship. preferably Leander clan or L A R. Connor. .*\8tL-"Wit H M S Norton —

commanding

Ihased at Port Ed rt Ondrafl for 36 it-an Interested in any s up going foreign 5. Hum. P0 f-‘('1 H M S Leopard Starting long refit P0fl\lhoulh Will exchange for Plymouth-based ship or shore C\lll"ll\hfl1Cl1l

in

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.\lore than 1.000 Royal Marine (‘ommandos embarked in H..\l. ships Hulwark and Fearless spe.'irhe.ided Britain"-. contribution to NATO exercise Deep l-iurrow "l in the eastern \lcditerr:tnc:tn in ()Cf(1[‘\Cl’ (lther ltritish ships participating were H.\l. ships Vorfoll-t .ind ('.i\;ilii:r .ind Rl.-\.s lidcrcach and Retainer. and the British units were commanded by ( ommodore R W Halliday flying his flag in the l-iearless.

For the exercise. the .\i.-\ l 0 fiecl. ys hich included l'..‘i.. Turkish. (ircek and Italian ships. gathered at \'oud.i Hay. (tete. and the l’i:;irless cmbarlxeil lllll l'.‘;. \l;t:ines to be landed during the exercise.

_for

ship

olficer. who will haye to satisfy himself that his ship is not likely to be seen otf.

Finally. if you cannot fix up an exchange. put in a new Drafting Preference Card in the "Personal Facts" column say the billet you are in is not the one of your choice. It will scrye as it reminder to the Drafting Officer when you are due for your next moye. and. is ho knows. it could be better luck nest time.

Deep Furrou)

Tholnpxon. lttilcli USU, ll \l '5 l)r\1Il't[\\rt lose! in months: Will

tommisstomrtg at that time C. R. Vforllale. INA RMSQ Depot.

RM Dy-al Being drafted to HHS" Andromeda in l-cl:-ruary Will exchange for -|".\ share ruse ork hatham-faxed xhip P. Holder. NR ll .\l S Fochrnrw Rein; dulled to H \-I S Nubian ILRP at Roxythi “Ill exchange for any establishment in Pornrriouth area

another ship or shore billet is by far the best method. If you have no contact you may be successful by placing a notice in this paper. or in the supplement to local orders. ()nce you have made a contact. if you are both agreeable to exchange. then slap in your requests to your respective commanding officers.

Once you haye joined your new ship. then any request for an exchange of drafts must go

through

.it

\lfI1ll.If draft to Roxyth area exchange ‘If H R L ochranc prclcrrcdior l-aylanc I). Goruerull. RI-\ll H \l ‘i lulu Home w.xter\ and long refit .ll Rosyth Will exchange for any ship going to the far fast J. ll. E-um. l Mir Ruse Pay (Mice.

H \I 5 Osprey l)n draft to H .\l \' Nrl lt‘.oy.al_ .\f.trch I0’? Will exchange for any Portsmouth or Plymouth-hosed -.m.ill

with

contact

R. N. l la-rm-nty. R()."i(iI H \I ‘i Ieoparu Port~nyot.th oyer \l\ l'l'Ix|nll’t\t “ill

l‘\y.."..|l'I§‘f for liesonp-on-bases! s-ea-going fri-

someone in

top of the roster. This will benefit all men of the category

by putting oil for a

-at

Plymouth Deyonarea (B. Sheppard. All it’: Hut

Excellent

(in

draft

to

cu, H st s

HHS

Apollo

t[)eyonport-based: Will exchange Porlsrnoulb-fused ship or snore fuse

Kendall. AB RP xI.u J\!i'/U Hexx H \l 5 \rli Royal Wishextiiexcluinge with

scottish slit.-re base

C. II. Sxvtt. OEMI. J2 Mi.-as, H M S "over six months" Will land exclnnae for draft anywhere in

Excellent In

.

in Med.

After an opposed transit of the Aegean. Royal \larincs from the Btilwarlx and Fearless and l.'.S. .\larines landed in lurkish Thrace to assist Turkish forces. .-\mong those attending the land demonstration was the first $e.t l.ord (Admiral Sit‘ Nlichael Pollocki, who later yisited the Fearless, Norfolk and Htilwarlrt.

UN Cttmplction of

.

\'-lll"| other ships

the exercise the Fearless sailed for an o 't';itional visit to Istanbul.

later in October llr carrying

were

c'ii.ist

of

‘Spain.

otit

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in

sh and Spanish Witrships 'xerci'xe of! the mi.-ih “cg

competitive prices

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for

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Valdez is (‘aiming Burt lancaster.

Susan (‘larlsn It's the story of a lawman who presents the shooting of a negro suspected of murder. With plenty of action in a straightfonyard story. this is excellent fare for Western fans. l.'nited Artists. No 9l|.

On the Bi.i.se.s' Reg. Varney Stephen l.ev~i.s. Michael Robbins. The film is a simple and successful extension of the TV series in which bus driyer and con ductor continue their ninnintz "war" ol annoyance with their inspector. It's" farcical comedy I ill amuse most audiences .-\nglo»li.‘\tl. No. 912.

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Her throne was 3 cannon. but Miss United Kingdom didn't seem to mind when she was unofficially crowned queen of H.M.S. Collingwoods annual fair in September by JEM Trevor Hill "

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You can't pUssil"l) ha\c the problems that l hase." asserted ('pl. John t'J("i (‘riiicltshank RM, the popular DJ for H.\l.S. lntrepid'.s Radio Free Intrepid." when he interyieued \|i3i\ the hy "

of

When the weather is rough and the ship rolls. the swinging arm of the turntable runs amok producing the most dreadful noises Hut yse'ye leamed our lesson. and during calm periods we are beginning to tape programmes in adyance so that we can fall back on these when we hit high "

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John. from Stirlingshire. Scot» land. has been running Radio l‘l'L't.' Intrepid for just under a Hesidcs relaying rcyear hroadciisis of BB(' material. the netysork produces its own programmes. including inter-mess

qllll!C\

After touring Radio Hong Kong atudios during a Hong Kong visit by H.M.S. In trepid. $1. John Crulckahank was Interviewed. Then he turned the tables on his Interviewers for Radio Free In trepld at whose oontrola he Ia pictured (above) presenting his own brand of breakfaat apecla."

Picture‘ P05 L King "

ment

I

meat irlolenoelnthe lm "Darker nhnber" need Walter seiner and J Reeves by and directed by nobert Clause.

SEAS SLIP HIS DISCS!

When ‘J(“ comes on the air each morning at 6.45. his record request programme includes dedications from home. because the assault ship's monthly news sheet ins ite.s relatiyes to send requests.

action. with a spice of mystery. makes the film a good robust piece of entertain-

land‘repaI;’to!I.f:ngIe, 05810!

Kendall, nrhoplaya I WWI! CDIIUM UP

ColIi%

team

—

‘note debatable darriaol la

her way to the United Kingdom final, travelled from Fare-ham station aboard a coach and four to open the wood fair which raised an estimated £1. for King George '5 Fund for Sailors.

"

Darker than Amber Rod Taylor.

Suzy Kendall. An unusually tough and hard boiled crime story‘. "Hie continual

—

England title on

Insight magazine Radio Hong Kong.

alnout the \\ ho indulges in phy sical yioleiice to others jlhl for pleasure. But he loyes his mother. and is a benefactor to charity‘ Anglo-F,.\1l No. ‘:09.

"

{of Plumstead. London).

Miss U.K. (Miss Marilyn Ward). who was Miss Southsea in 1970 and held the Miss

“

some“ hat \tClUll\ story leader of a protection racket

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ahsorhing. lt's a

So the fifth. bringing yet another highly successftil TV comedy shows to the cinema screen. comes as a considerable dose of light relief. ()n the Buses gises Stan. Jack. ()|iye.

Arthur. and all the other members of that popular and gormless creys the chance to show. again. their own hilarious sieys of life in and around the bus “

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millionaire. The film contains plenty of tough action with fleeting romantic interest. (‘ineina International ( orporation tl’niw.-rsali. .\o_ 908.

Villain Richard Burton. lan \lcShane. Nigel Dayenport. A tense L‘\t.‘f'L‘l*-L‘ in yilliiiny. mth :1 fiayoiir of reality. that most audiences will tind

Western.

OIfIOKCO-IOCOOOCOCOC¥iI‘=O<fi0-130C’,

‘Crowned’

('umpan_y of Killers Ray \ti|land. \'an Johnson. Susan ()liyer .-\ crime drama of a husiness man who. threatened uith hankruptcy, arranges with an assassination organization to eli»

Three of the fiye films‘ in the list tell stories of crime and y iolence. and the fourth is a pretty" tough

which looms large in the latest list of tilms issued to the Meet by the Royal Nasal Film ( orporatioii. and brings to your screens that muchacclaiiiicd performance by Richard Burton in the title role of the film. "\'il|ain." yyaye

Off 9 I O :9

Here’s the list

wave

Watch otit for a motley gang of decidedly" ungodly characters uho are setting out to sea on the crest of a crime way e. They should be easily recognirahlc since they include a particularly y illainous yillain and an equally" ttitscrtipiilous company" of killers, But. to he more precise. this is a celluloid crime

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Continuing our series on base part plans and ships‘ future employment. Navy News this month takes a closer look at Irigates and publishes planned base ports and programme outlines over the next three years (September 1971-September 1974):

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ACHILLES. Devonport East otSuez i‘ Home East ofSuez AJAX Devonport Commissions April. 1973 itentative). Home 7‘ Eastofsuez ANDROMEDA.Devonpor1 Home Eastot Suez Home ARETHUSA_ Ponsmouth (Devonport from June. 1973) East of »

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Sue.‘ Home APOLLO. Devonport Commissions April, 1972 (tentative) Easlol Suez ‘Horne Hqirrie AFIGONAUT. Devonport East otSuez Home Westlndies.

ARIADNE. Devonport COITII'I'IISSIOn5 December. 1972. Home / East of Suez AURORA. Chatham. Home / STANAVFORLANT 7 Home.

BACCHANTE. Portsmouth [Chatham from May. 1972) HOT"?

West irid.es Home CHARYBDIS. Portsmouth Home East of Suez .' Home CLEOPATRA. Devonport East of Suez Home DANAE Devonport East oISuez vHome "WeSlIndIES. DIDO. Chatham ioevonport from December. 1973). Home DIOMEDE. Chatham Home ‘East of Suez Home.

EURYALUS. Devonport Home GALATEA, Portsmouth (Devonport from October. 19711 ComHome missions eariy 197-: HERMIONE. Portsmouth Home East of Suez .’ Home JUNO. Chatham Home Eastotsuez -* Home JUPITER. Devonport Home East of Suez Home.

LEANDER. Devonport Commissions September. 1972 (tentaiivei Home East oI'Suez MINERVA. Chatham East of Suez .' Home .’ West Indies I Home NAIAD, Portsmouth ioevonport from January, 1973). Home -’ East of Suez Home PENELOPE Devonport Home Sea Service PHOEBE. Chatham west Indies «' Home 1 East of Suez Home SCYi_*._A Devonoort East of Suez Home East of Suez.

SIRIUS. Portsmouth (Devonport from February 1. 1972) East of Suez Home Westlndies vHome 8ERWICK.Por1smouth Westtndies Home. i

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CHICHESTER. Commissions at RosythJuIy, 1972 Home i East of Suez Local Foreign Service LINCOLN. Chatham Home East of Suez Home SALISBURY. Devonport Home East ofSuez PUMA. Devonport iPortsmouth February. 1972) Home 5 East of Suez.

AMAZON.Portsmouth Home.

RAPID Rosyth Home Sea Service.

CAPRICE. Devonport Home Sea Service.

CAVALIER,Chatham Home EASTBOURNE. Devonport iRosyth end of 1972 change of task) Home Sea Service.

SCARBOROUGH. Devonport. Home Sea Service.

TOROUAY, Portsmouth on commissioning April. 1972 (tenta« tive). Home Sea Service.

TENBY. Devonport Home Sea Service UNDAUNTED. Portsmouth Home Sea Service.

DUNDAS.Chatham Home Sea Service EXMOUTH. Chatham Home Sea Service.

HAFIDY, Chatham Home Sea Service.

GRENVILLE. Portsmouth. Home Sea Service.

MATAPAN. Portsmouth. Home Sea Service. Commissions October. 1972(tentativei ULSTER. Portsmouth. Home Sea Service KEPPEL. Flosyth. Home Sea Service PALLISER. Portsmouth. Home Sea Service The following base port change has recently been approved" FIFE from Chatham to Portsmouth

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RHYL. Devonport Commissions March, 1972 Home .' East of Suez I Home ROTHESAY_ Portsmouth Home East of Suez I Home.

WHITBY. Portsmouth Commissions November. 1971. Home East oI Suez it Home YARMOUTH, Rosyth. Home East of Suez 7 Home.

ASHANTI. Portsmouth Home West Indies I Home ESKIMO. Chatham. Commissions February. 1973 {tentative} Home /West Indies.

GURKHA. Ftosyth. East otsuez /Home /West Indies /Home.

MOHAWK. Devonpon on commissioning Commissions April.

1972 Home 'EastoISuez ‘Home.

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before heirig transferred to and ieii.irtieil t hiiiigking.

In I L'l‘Il|.lI\. ll!-W. the ( htingking deserted the Nationalists for ( onimiinisi ( hina. and the neu month. after three dats of bombing attacks. she was stink at Ilirliitao ‘so ended the esentful life of a cruiser which had enhanced the alread_\ long and distingui.shed -\iirora tradition in the Ro_\al \.i\ _\ .a tradition now held l‘\ the Ie.inder—cl;iss anti-stihmartne frigate w hich toda_\ hears the name

famous ‘family’

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There l'Iil\I.‘ been nine H..'\I.S. .-\uroras in the Royal .\'a\y and only one has heen lost to enemy. action. lwo were captured from the French lincluding the first which was registered as H..\l.S. Aurora in June. l'N5i and one was lost oil the ( ape of —

(iood

Hope with all

hands

on

her tirst xotage.

A dramatic picture to stir memories of the eighth H.M.S. Aurora.

Silver famed the Phantom."

I.-\I \('III\(§ LINK lhe present .-\tirora. built by John llrown ik ("o it l‘u\lt'l‘.IIllsll td was launched on \o\ ember 33. l‘N»_‘.. l‘\ lad\ le l;inu_ wife of the then \ ice-\dinir'.il ‘iii \Iichael I e Iantr. who was to become the I itst \'ea I oid. and. later. -\dmiral of the l lee! lhe laiiiicliing itself recalled that farrioiis action of Noxeiriher ‘I. l‘N|. after which.‘ -|l"l Agnew had written in his report “I also wish to hring to tour notice the riarnr: of ms gunner) officer. I ieut. lhe ('apt;iin was recommend\licliael I e I aim ing iiiiinediate promotion for an otitstiindingofiicer who. .is the ship's ls-ok was later to recount. was aw aided the Distiiiguished Ser't1ce( ross and mentrotted Ill dispatches w hilc with the cruiser \\lllIlI.'IlI e I .iiiti died in \o\entI‘er last tear

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_sIIl\lV(3I.I(£II‘I‘ loilai s H .\l s \iiroraist.iridard displacement I ‘W ioiisi carries the latest .lt'llI'\lIl‘fI'I.tIlllL'equipment. two 4 ‘-inch radar directed and ;iiiIomatic.rl!\ tired grins. a “asp .intr~siihmatrne helicopter and .i complement of I‘ officers and 3-1‘ ratings last ( lirrstmas she was in Hong Kong. hating sailed for the I .it last the pre\ tolls .lttl_\ \riiid her pi'ogr.iintne of lleira Patrol. e\ercises. inspections. gtiardship duties and foreign stsils. nieiiihers of her ship's company will prol'-al'~l_\ long reirierrils.-r those three hectic .laniiar_\ ila_\s during ultlsll the) installed electricit) in a small tillage in

lloiig I-(orig colon_\

lhe protect included installing generator. ox erheail poles. .rnd lighting and points in the ‘-hl|r~‘h1 sc liool shops and .ll"(\lll 2‘ houses tlrher ll'lCtI1<‘Iitl‘lC e\per:eiices iticltided recapturing .i herd of wild cattle. and atrix trig at \lanil;i for .i fotrr-ila\ \ isil w hen riots were in progress \' \'l ()—II()l VI) lhe t l'lillhi|I'I1'l‘il\L‘\l-\iirora’s ]UllTtIL‘} home in Ha} took her to \lahe in the Se_\chelles. .\Ioml\.is.i. \l.iiiritiiis_ Simonstown and Liihraltar. since then she h.is been at (‘hatham for an assisted maintenance period. and iii the Portland area for trials and weapons practice the ship‘s "agenda" includes :i trip to ( open~

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(‘ITY LINK -\ni-ther “echo" of the :\l.ll'0l':!'I*- famous" second world war ‘parent‘ is to he found in the shtp s ltnlrts with Hrailford which also date back to Nos ember N-ll w hen the Yorkshire city adopted the cruiser during Wairship Week. ('isic links with the \.'II\. its Sea ( ailets .ind Royal .\a\al :\ssociationi l'l.t\L‘ cotitiriiied. .ind during a \.lsll to the city in (lctol"er the .-\irror.i's commanding t‘lfl\L'f. ('dr (r I. liardet. had t-1l‘- to present to the lord \I.i_tor as :i result of fiind-raising efforts I‘\ the ship's comptins lhe mung-\ \\.l\ for the Utlltlr.‘ Dogs for ll'lL' I dr .is

l iardet siicceeiled ( apt I’ W (ireentitg the \iiior.i‘s coniiiiairdirig officer in Hepteinl‘er

AURORA PRESENT .

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H.M.S. Aurora was the fifth frigate or the successful Leander class to be completed. She first commissioned in April. 1964.

During

the French Re\oltitionar) War. the third .‘\llI|I['.l captured JN enemy merchantmen and

eight

men-ot-war. "lhe si\th :\urora took part

in

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NAVY NEWS NOVEMBER I97] I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 8U E I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 3 0 as

Non-smoking messdecks

I-ollowing

heay y- aissziult from all forms of mass media.

I was finally convinced that w etc I to continue smoking 25 a day as I had been doing for the last I5 years. I really ysoiild be digging an early gray c for my self.

smoking campaign by discourag-

a

ing the habit among Service men"

atI

thing that bothers me

now

that. while I feel healthier. have .i better appetite. and a definitely iinprosed sporting potential, the is

the moment does little to ciisiire I remain this way. '\P|"£'iIllt'tg therefore for the iion-sinolsing minority. is it not time to haye. say. one senior and one junior rates‘ non-smoking rnessdeck’ I mean afloat. not

\.isy

.-\ir filtration aboard my last ship just could not cope. and the acrid smell of cigarette smoke is totally repugnant to non-smokers

.\aturaI|y there are those who will say that smoking helps to

I().l€..\I.li

the strain of life at sea \h'L‘ll. if this is so, why not bring back the tot issuing it only at sea and in the evenings before

.\linistry of I);-fence is considering ways in which it can help the (iovernrnent's anti-

I am certain that the majority of sailors would freely admit that they could either not afford to smoke at all. or would smoke far fewer cigarettes. if “blue liners"

J. A.

at

asltutc

slllll Tltt! Times of ()s.'l0l'|L‘r

I would have thought that this was obyious and simple: stop the monthly issue of tobacco coupons and hence ditty -free cigarettes

.

lhe

so

H \l R.

Collingysood.

Lallyelte

"The

counteract

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supper

tintivailable. l.et ‘Their lordships listen to Sheila Hancock‘s record "One |.ast Cigarette“ and stop their

yy ere

contribution cancer

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ow

to

the rising

death ligures.

plain.

lung-

Smoking !s'aiIor'.s Wife

Hunts.

-conga-oooooooooooooooooonoooIooonooonono0oooonooonooonoonocanooooooooooooooooooooooooo0oononoocooooonoonecooooooooooooooonoooooooooooooooooou cocoo-noooooooaooooaooaoooooooooo

Queueing with those ignorant civvies’ .-\ftcr my last visit

to

I" years standing I homesick for the R..\'.

There's a grouse I'd like —

?\'av_v Days at Our; came

to

get

i-IT my chest. so I'm requesting permission to state a complaint Couldn't there be some sort of chil Issued to each pensioner to yisit

ships without having

queue for hours ignorant ciy vies‘?

in

a

to

stream of

Even a eiyvy is welcome back as a visitor to his old firm after

superannuation.

Frederick C. King (ex-S(‘()PlSil Redruth. Cornwall.

The trouble is‘. those ignorant Cl\'t‘l€S might chuck you in the ‘oggin for queue-jumping.’

On sp¢-cial vi.-tiling occasion tnot with the public! chips ini.'iri'.-ably giie the red carpet for treatment pensioner Fditor. guests —

It was with great pride that with four others who had served in the His! World War cruiser H..\rl.S. :\ntrim. I walked up the after gangway to be welcomed on board the new ship of the name by the commanding officer. The captain. otlicers and crew made our stay one to be remembered for eye!

(irayesend. Kent.

Vie Gun

away

as

pensioner of depressed and

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China memories Hay. ing read with interest about the Chinese boy’ named "Flood" tlune issuel. it brought back memories of when I was an AB aboard H..‘\1.S. Verity alongside: the pontoon at Hankow; I wonder who the young woman was whom I was detailed to escort to the Hankow‘ and Shanghai Defence HQ when it was

possible to

return once

agaiii had been

into Hankow‘_’ She aboard a refugee ship which laid

alongside ours.

Maidstone. Kent.

Thanks to

W. E. Britton

Ganges

thank. through the courtesy“ of Navy News, the (‘aptain and all his officers and staff at H.!\l.S. Ganges.

We sisited Cianges a few times and were very impressed. ()ur son spent a year there. during which time hi: went from ii shyyoung ho} to a confident young

May

man.

we

The attention he received from the medical staff when he was ill was Tlrst class. and here also wt.‘ would like to thank the wonderful staff at the R..\'. Hospital.

Haslar.

We were sorry when our son

Letters to the Editor

With

the query regarding ensigns t()ctoberissuci, the battle ensign was always the

I haye subscribed to your paper for the past five or six years and hate watched the .s'tead_v improvement in paper. photos. and news.

Having emigrated to Canada six years ago to join the (‘anodian Navy I look back at the R..\'. through the medium of your fine paper. and often wish to return to II. Keep up the excellent work.

Alan S. Davis tL.S.B.N.. CAI-'. S) Mnny similar letters are rrct-lred from readers. and the .\'m_i' New‘: 51;]? would like to thank you all and 3!)‘ how much they npprarinte the messages of goodwill.

Editor.

battleship or '~fi)

cruiser

In ships when they had masts and yards and all the attendant rigging. it was virtually impossible to hoist a flag of this si/e without getting it snarled up with some stay‘ or other more especially if the wind was in the wrong quarter.

It was therefore made up for breaking. and broken out when close tip. Even then. there was no certainty that it would fly clear. .-\ftcr the twists and turns during action it seldom came down in —

one

piece.

I address myself to all the old salts contemplating a sentimental return to Malta.

Forget it!

I have just returned from there with a heavy heart. Those empty buoys down the centre of (jrand Harbour? Last time I was there those buoys moored four Queen Eli/abeth-type battleships and four Iron Duke class.

Sleima Creek empty. where .16 destroyers and RA. (D) once lay.

There are few "gharrays" and fewer dgaisa trow-boatsi. and es en the goats hase disappeared.

Host of the beerhouses have gone. but the “Egyptian (_)ueen" still reigns supreme at the top of Strada §tretl.i' "The highlight of my holiday was a ride up and down in the Barraca lift from the \'.'ilctta w.ilcrfront up to l"lor|an;i_ It seemed rickety -10 years ago. and does not appear to have improy ed with time.

R. W. Swnnnell Hoye tsusses i.

the past

mm

a

could be a 22 24 breadth Iroughly Its feet by‘

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The story of the race between H. MS. Cavalier and H.M.S. Rapid {August issue} reminds me ola similaroccasion in 1945 but over a distance of 350 miles.

Alter VE-day. H. M. S. Rhododendron. in which lwas serving as ASCO. and our "cliummy ship" H.M.S Lotus were strip ed at Greenock tor beachlng at Milford Haven. We set or on parallel courses. Lotus losing some ground. They must have been rather desperate for the decided to go throu h Jack Sound and their luck was in. hey passed the boom 1 yards ahead of us.

Average speed was about 16 knots. which was pretty good forany "Flower.

J. E. Bartlom (Lleut.-Cdr., R. N. R.) Leigh-on-Sea, Essex.

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Further letters have been received on the "last ship” subject. and Navy News thanksMr. G. B. Mason. of Bath, Mr. H. Gray, at Elland (Yorks). and Mr. W. H. Bradshaw. of Taunton.

Ships mentioned in their letters include H.M.S. Bedouin (about 40 knots), (38). Amazon (faster than the Codri'ngton7). Rosalind (3 ), Radiant (39). Taurus (39). Teazer (40). Manxman and Welshman (over 40).

Codrington

Horace S. Johnson tex-(‘YSD Stubbington. Hams.

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left Ganges and I think it speaks for itself when he says he would like a posting back there when he has completed his training. .-‘kt present he is on board H.M.S. Intrepid in Hong Kong twe thinkl. One thing (janges didn‘t teach him was to write lots of letters home‘ Still. we expect he's got far more exciting things to do.

Mum and Dad Cheshire.

to

largest ensign carried. and in

or

THANKS TO YOU, TOO

regard

May

ffast girls’

S ome

ensigns

Battle

MALTA’S EMPTY BUOYS

I believe that during the last war H.l\‘l.S. Cumberland held the record for the number of days

spent continuously at sea (90 days in the South Atlantic. I think).

Could anyone confirm this. and giye information about refuelling.

I-I. I-I. Harrow. ex-CPO. Peter—

horough.

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"That double christening ISep— iembcr I\\ut.‘l was not the first aboard a Polaris submarine. My

TOUCH 0F LUCK

and my friend's baby’ were christened aboard the Repulse on Slay Its. I9’-'0. but I believe before this date there was a triple christening in the same submarine.

M. Gibbs. Helensburgh. son

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Recallin the "Crabby dish."

H.M.S. 'harybdis' (September issue). salt pork and hard biscuits were issued to us in the destroyer Vanity‘ under the command of Cdr. H. (7. Raw-lings. DSO. in l'-II‘). while on service in the Gulf of Finland during the Russian Revolution.

John Sweetland. l'pl_y me (Devon).

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Recently‘ I acquired

a

wonderful time Service personnel have these days rather different from I903-2'7. I think. though. that there's just a bit too much featherbedding.

Charles Wade. ex-CPO aged 84.

(Bray sholt. Hunts.

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of the first 12 electrical .:\s artilicers ever to enter the Submarine Service. I often wonder what happened to the others iapart from one in the Isle of Wight with whom I occasionally correspond). Two of us served in K boats —one in Is" II and myself in Is" 22 (formerly K Hi. I.. A. Armstrong. .-\ngm1-ring tsussex i. one

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H..\l.S.

Ganges

received a silver crown for being “button boy and standing on top of the mast at Parents‘ Day‘. All I received for going over the mast head was the PTI behind me. urging me on with a gym shoe.

Times have changed.

W. Howard. Cobh. Co. Cork. "

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ship‘s

bell. seven inches in diameter and five inches high. bearing the inscriptions: "H..\l.S. Victorious. Presented by Cdr. D. W. Cramond." Any information as R. F. Harris. to its origin" Cheltcnham t(}los.).

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The Tea Boat The

reasons

given for disconti-

nuing "repayment issues" well founded and logical.

An

are

feature.

undesirable

however.

is the consequent "carte blanchc" given to Naafi in

supplying seagoing ships' (shore messes can shop

messes

outside

establishments).

Whether we like it or not. Naafi now has the monopoly‘ of such supplies. Can we turn to the most

.\-lonopolies Board‘?

H.!\t.S. Vernon.

Taking into

J. Ellbnck

(Cti.R.S.) account

dis-

and dividends. and ignoring special "threepence of?" promotions outside. N.-iafi claim independent research proof that you will ha we to use a lot of shoe leather to beat their prices over the whole shopping range.

Where anything is consisrently being charged at at-ime average price. Naafi s'a_v they would like to hear about it.

Editor. counts

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Mutual greetings of good luck as three ladle: on their annual vlslt to sunny Eastbourno chat at the and of the pier to L5 Ray Sampson (loft) and 05 Sam Hocktoton during H.M.S. Eastbourneb live-day visit to the resort.

Photo: nun Wholloy.

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HONG KONG BY NIGHT. A spectacular scene with the assault shlp. H.M.S. Intrepid, and the Tribal class frigate, H.M.S. Zulu, floodlit at H.M.S. Tamar. x_.,,.-.1.

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Two amphibious assault exercises were features of a visit to Hong Kong by H.M.S. Intrepid. Exercise Ouick Flip I. with the 51st Infantry Brigade. simulated an amphibiousassa ult on the Seiku peninsula to quell a "local rebellion.

Ouick Flip 2. with the Is! Battalion Irish Guards. was an amphibious attack on Lantao. largest of the colony 5 outly-

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ing islands.

to rescue a V. I. P. held by localguerillas.

An observer for part or the exercise was Uomrnanaer

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their way from Hong Kong to Japan. the ship 5 company of H.M S. lntrepid had an opportunIty to see, in action. the "Blue redoubtable FIOK Marines.

Dragon who are well known for their lighting abilities in Vietnam The 378 Marines /oined the ship oft the tip of South Korea and alter the spec-

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tacular

I

Clyde Base

on

exercise

they

cheerfully marched the t2

miles back to racks’

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entertains

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British Forces. Hong Kong. General Sir Richard Ward. and many local journalists covered the dawn landings in what became known as the "Battleof Lantao Also takin part were the resident Dragon Squadron minehunters o the 6th Mine Countermeasures Squadron.

Both assaults were directed from the Amphibious Operations Room in the Intrepid, which is commanded by Capt. W D M Slavely.

The awault forces. with equipment. were landed from the Intrepid using her landi'ng craft and Wessex helicopters of A Flight, 3-48 Naval Air Squadron.

i'|".l While

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A reader of N;i\'_\ News Families Page has written expressing disappointment about her stay at the Dexonport Rest. saying that is hen she armed with her family. the sheets on the bed had not been

changed. although the) were changed after representations.

She was also disappointed with the general appearance of the

and felt that the food eould ha‘-e been improxed. rooms.

Many

thanks

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lmprovement the way

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people who had stayed

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appreciate

that the appearance of the Rest ean be improved." said the spokesman. "and that is why the renovation scheme is bexng put in hand.

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and officers‘ mixes under the eliaiiiiianship of a senior admir;il's uife. the delegates to be from all the main e.s'tahli.shnients," she sa_\ s both

laeh sear they could come together to discuss an agreed ageiida of new ideas, imprme» ineiits. .ind communication: in ldul it would ha\e unlimited '

scope

"I feel that natal utives are a Luge and unused body of people on the whole. .ind if organized and recognized could do u [M [0

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interesting suggestion from a l-;iii1iliesl’;ige reader in Fditthiirgh. ‘'1 would like to see representatives of

u.i\es""

uith their own representatives to put forward their grieuinces and ideas "Also it is important that this meeting should be seen to be doing something for us. So many \si\es sa_\. ‘Well what is the point

of suggesting

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they

wont tzikeany notice "I do feel so \.‘Cfl£|ll’tthat in time we eould he a great help to the .\«‘a\_\ of the future. if only vie eould he recognized “I do hope the readers of this

publish

any

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ideas

ates.

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this -stil1]'L‘Cl One major snag with a conference

yosts of the deleg>l'ltlllll\Ju\mmight mane if .in

suhsistenee

article ml! find time to discuss this zimong their friends. and “Ill write in and put forward their ideas. We must start to help ourselses and not expect the Admir.il1_\ to do e\er_\thing." .-\.\'Y IDFI.-\S'.’ .\-"as; News will be pleased to

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ll’lLlI\|dll.Il found herself faced \:\IlIl"l a bill for. s:i_\ £2‘. llov. ever. a beginning might perhaps he made with regional annii.il meetings. leading to something on .i more ambitious scale later ‘I he mechanics of selecting represent;|Ii\‘i.'s. and the organization

sifting

for

motions to maintain a

general interest. are other oh\ious dilficulties. hut mam \.\i\es would agree thzit the idea has much to commend it or at an). rate one conference as an e\periment. to see how. it worked What do _\'ou think girls —

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The Royal Navy-‘s share of the first programme included an interof lt-( 'omm:imler Hill sievs o.‘ ll \l \ editor Inglis. [)i.-nit.-tI._-"s in:ig.i/iiie. h\ (’l’() Thltdofllcnl Hlutl Ken R\\\U.'. Lil ll.\l 9. l'entJudlTuclarvm\ l'\riil.C. Anny and I1.A.F. co lsen is the .\;i\'\ s main interbc.aodcntau.andTony "'"“« siesser for "Home Base" and will ° °“Mp'°°'”""‘ be looking forward to hearing Iloduay heodqulrlonv l-him “n.\'l‘n'-' “llh h“mc'[““ n llc‘ Picture Russ Whallev in the area. [lC7-CCLI[lflT7Cl§lE_ll'?CICiCE3[3"l."E."iI,.

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Find out if it's chilly in Chile!

Anyone

in

search of

Aim of this regular feature In to alve e enenl Impression of new Defence ouncll Instructions effecting conditions of eervlce. but In the event of action being taken the full original text should be studied.

something different trip to Hello Patago-

may find the answer in a nia Del Norte. an area of Chile which includes a couple of mountains.

A ioint Service expedition aims to provide advanced train-

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ing and exped experience for future leaders of Service expeditions or adventurous training. and also to carry out scientific work it is

GET WISE ON DCIS

planned

to leave the U K in mid-October. 1972. and return in March. 1973 A high

standard of fitness and willingness to help are the main

pre-requisites

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L'i_9l-it: We'i_qFit

Boots Flging I.ssur.sToomr

Bright ideas are worth money in the Royal Navy, through awards from public funds and the Herbert Lott Naval Trust Fund for "inventions and suggestions. "

Included in the beast list of30 racipialnu are Lieut.-Cdr. D. T. Watts, £250 (suggas-don lor achieving eoonomias in the Port Ar.nu'Iir'ary Services at Gibraltar); CREL J. W. Southall, £80 {daily plug lflohacldi REAIAIZ R. Hayes, £60 (teat alignrnent for A 1 18!? Scanner {Sea Vixen radar}; AM1 {O} E. Cattle, £70 {Ph0n!orn bomb loading

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to have an opportunity for advancement to petty officer on a time and are

recommendation" basis after two years as a Leading Wren Dclgu-71

Family maintenance .

_

For ratings drafted to a ship or overseas minimum rates of family maintenance are based on scales used by the Departmerit of Health and Social

Security

These scales were increased from September 20. 1971. to the following F0’ wile. £5.80 per week. first child. £1 70 each subsequent child. ‘if 20

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Increased charges for food and married quarters came into effect with the pay increases dating from August 1. 1971. with consequential changes Lod ing Allowance and in Excess ent Allowance.

Details will be announced as soon as possible of the adjustmam '" mamed accompamed of Local rates Overseas Allowance.

DCI983IT1

equipment); Lieut.-Cdr. C. G. S. Smnnard, £70; Lieut. P. J. F. l-leiivilt, £50; CEMach Control Arcificer C. S. May, £50isonar depth scale modification}; REA1 S. K. Dowson, £50 (simplified dummy load calibretion of radar type 965/M/Pl. In the case of CREL Southall, the awardis only an interim one.

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famil life. porno ra h and impact sion crudity.

Faced with the onslaught by the skilled purveyors of the no-standards new society. it is often difficult for ordinary folk to answer the

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introduction of

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Gibraltar they took the ferry to Tangier and camped at Rabat. Casablanca. Maralresh and Fez. travelling by hired car. With excellent weather and

was a

only one puncture.

the trip

great success. Marakesh provln

hlghspol of an enterprising and welMembers or the successful team were :1. organlzed journey which gained them §{ OEA2 John Scotton (leader). R03 Mal- the trophy for the period ended In June. :_ colm Findlay. R02 James Begg 3. R02 During her vlslt to the London. the Thomas Donoghue. R02 Alan Wheefli‘ Duchess toured the ship, accompanied and MEA(P) Alan Tuttlebury. f_ destroyer.

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by the commanding officer (Capt. R. 5.

Forrest) and met members or the ship '3

company. she visited the senior rates‘ mess and the wardroom, and lunched with the Flag Officer Flotlllas Western Fleet (Rear-AdmiralA. M. Power).

In the picture the Duchess presents the Bulawayo trophy to OEA John Scotton, whlle seen looking on are three more members of the successful team R0 Malcolm Flndla R0 Thomas Donoghue. and HEMP} Ian Tuttlebury.

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limited to "°°"" '"”°' 3"’ '9" trlcted for the time being to aircrew serving in front line naval air stetlons and single unit

ships‘ flights.

Catering

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for

them

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pocket

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was at

School.

Amport House. Andover This doesn't mean a pious weekend of Bible reading and hymn singing. but a thoughtful survey with com-

plains

bei n g’ aflgf. ti th {'e'in"i.o‘3ii.°f"'$3'.7 ::|l' perman. or tropical wear are Inffoducgd 3' 3.1

an O

introduced. and depicts

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Air Force Cha-

flying

nagyjlonal i,ie_gb‘:,i erer "Sf bythe Captain. H.M.S. PemWoke and selections made taken ommit for ‘£5 ‘mum atgout M,-ce_' yea,I in Ma Y and h I to P November“ l a p. 'ec'§;9"' d ‘.

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When the Duchess of Gloucester visited H.M.S. London at Portsmouth in October to continue ties with the ship she launched in 1961. she presented the Bulawayo Cup the Fleet exped. trophy to a team from the guided missile

Royal

at the

.

it would not be surprising if the point was made that Christian ideas are notabad ersonal and wa of basin me moral leadership courses are not

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drafting general

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question "Why shouldn't I‘

FAA

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The Royal Navy (with the other Services) is able to

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DCHO51/71

HIP

L 0 t s o f peop I e are worried about the

for all FAA ratin s in front line squadrons and lights (excludCold cuppas ing certain mainly shore-based TWO paper cups per man per units) and ships‘ air and air replenishmentistheofficialinti- engineering departments. will mation that personnel on this be 24 months in will be job tropical waters The exact period may vary able to get cold drinks slightly due to Service requirefor of Expenditure paper cups ments. while certain categories any other purpose is to be of rating may serve on a shorter charged against the Mess Gear relief cycle. The full process of R , ‘An owance at £5 7.I to be

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a course.

chaplain

Dclgga/71

Certificated cooks

Tra vellers’ checks Anyone travelling to Eire.

Orkneys and Shetland. or the

Isle of Man. should check the Havel arrangements Separate rail warrants may be required for certain pans of the yourneys (e g Isle of Man Steam Packet

Company)

Successful completion of the

and examination for Leading Cook will. as from September t_ 1971. gain the automatic award of the City and Guilds Certificate 147 lbasic cookery for the catering

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industry).

The

course for petty officer or petty officer caterer will

cook rank for cate 151

City

and Guilds Certifi(cookery for the cater-

ingindustry). enable ratings not eligible o

for automatic awards under The new scheme to gain their certificates. the Institute has agreed to allow a final series of examinations to be held at H.M S. Pembroke in May 7' June. 1972.

DCl1001l71

Help-for widow A lieutenants widow. now 83. has received a total of $3.640 in

regular annual payments for the

last 41 years to supplement her small naval pension

She was eligible for the help because of one subscription ol one guinea paid by her husband shortly before he died in 1930 This is an unusual case. but lots of other help comes from the same source the Royal Naval Benevolent Society. it caters only for officers and their dependants (the Royal Naval Benevolent Trust is for ratings) Applications for membership should be by letter to The Secretary. Royal Naval Benevolent Society. 1, Fleet Street. London. E C4 The subscription is £1.05 a year (£10 for life membersh-"pl.

Dcl 1023/11 —

Have

a care

enthusiasts Do-it-yourself might like to take a hint from a piece of Service guidance about

paint

remover. a rating

Recently

removing a tin of this substance from a shelf had an unpleasant it when blew experience up This can be dangerous stuff. being highly volatile. Only screw-topped lids should be used never press-on lids DCl1027l71 —

Leaving fl.M.S. Tamar‘:

basin hr radians for the

departing

nalnehmterr H.M.S. Bassflxwni Pl. 03-03 Pennant

itnmgiut I;

fiyinir

All the any from the Pension Gulf’ to China only be be

stopped nlthlnslghto

"hone"

b_v:r¢~dIlag—whntnIlte Ior H.M.S. Yarntotl fit this computerized age!

Arriving In Hong Kong to joln the resident Squadron, the Yarnton was preceded into H.M.S. Tamar's basin by sistershlp H.M.$.

Ben:-hompton and it was while the lending ship was coming nlon

k

that the Yarnton red flag to by OH.

TAKES TO THE ROAD Souihamptons Boat Show. in September, was the first event on the agenda for a new

Fleet Air Arm mobile exhibition stand designed and supervised oyPOJ Mccardle.

The stand. which was offihanded over to P0 ciail Mc ardle by Capt J. S Bryson. commanding officer of HM S Daedalus. provides the fourth of the exhibition teams used to proiect the Fleet Air Arm image allover Britain Constructed at RN Aircraft Yard. Fleetlands. Gospori, it has two ship and ten aircraft models with FA A. photoPO Mccardle is graphs assisted by REM(A) Philip Gaden

.-\ltcr a delay of a less da_\s uhilc T_\phoon Della bypassed the colon_\. Hong Kong said a wet and sad but enthusiastic farewell to three minehunters of the

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they

Dragon Squadron

off on a l6.000-mile voyage which will see them back in England in time for (‘brist-

as

set

mas.

l-‘or H.M. ships Hossington. lluhberston and Stanton it marked the end of a fi\€-_\'?fl|" tour in the Far East. first based in Singapore and sinoe I969 as part of Hong Kong's" 6th Klim('ountermeas'ures Squadron.

Their 30-da_\ journey home will be among the longest undertaken b_\ ships of this

H..\l.S. Hcrmionc. due home this month after escorting thc RO_\ill Yacht Britannia to Turkey. had an ctcntfiil time in September during guard ship duty at Gibfillltlr.

During :i trial off the Rock shc rcccncd ai Call for help from ti Hclgiiin liner. carrying hill) passengers. on fire off Mttltigu.

On urrivatl thc Hcrmionc found thc fire under control and no further help required.

Sis d;i_\s lutcr while am instructional film about s:ilct_\ cquipmcnt Wits being shot on hoard proceedings were inter—

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size. which

are

designed

ll.\l.S.

coastal craft. However. the minehunters have good seagoing capability and the ships‘ companies have the incentive of Christmas at borne to speed them on their way.

P()l.l(‘l-I B.-\.\'l) ll..\l.S. Tamar arranged an impressise send-oll for the trio. but unfortunately the weather failed to comply. \s at last-minute measure thc ships‘ companies of Tamar and of ll..\l. ships Yarnton.

10-thy ml at the mlony. keeps an eye on lull‘an I

tors.

ing the same homeuard passage early next year.

With the Kirkliston in‘ their guide. the departing sliitfi.

of the Adminbtratise Block to make their farewells.

Watching. too. but not directly imolu-d in the ceremon_\ was ll..\l.S. Albion. which had tlrriu-d some 24 hours earlier on a ten-da_\ call.

While the Band of the Royal Hong Kong Police pliI_\ed on the West .-\n1I. the .\la.\ton. lluhbcrstun and Bossington in turn slipped their moorings in the hasin and made to positions in Victoria Harbour.

Helpful

h_\

lollms-ed

Kirltlistnn. which. with the Sheraton. will be tak-

llo.-achampton and Sheraton lormed up along the corridor

as

were

Mennwhle. “big brother" H.M.S. Albion,

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R. the same time three R..-\.l-‘. helicopters from 28 Squadron R..«\.l-‘. Kai Tali flew post.

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Hermione rupicd h_\ it distress signal from xi I ihcri;in—rcgisicrcd ship. the .'\l\.'

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Shc si.iu:d that she was 80 miles west of (iihrulttir ss ith her engines out of tiction. but the Hcrmionc could find no trace of the Minilord in her reported position and it was sis hours bcforc shc u.-as located

Nick dc Htirtog in the Hcrmiom.-‘s Wasp hclicopcr. .\lcch l John Rt.'il\.l_\ hough. \l l-'.\ll Ronald Yates and l\lcch..'l Rohcrl l\l;ick;i_\ discuxercd thcrc mis no hope for thc .'\linilord‘s port main cnginc and concerntr;iIcd on thc starboard engine. uhich rumbled into life eight hours latcr with parts cannibali/cd from the port engine. leaking exhaust fumes spoiled thc good work. however. and thc Minilord was finally taken in low to Cadiz. uihcrc tugs took o\'cr and thc Hcrmionc returned to (iihrailtur.

.DOl.PHlN DENTAL WORK. It you serve at H.M.S. Dolphln and made the trip to meet the dolphins you re a donml surgery assistant, both In and out of the water. what could be more appropriate than Hor colleagues were I?ogulntlng a visit to a safari parlr—todoa Chlol Wren D. W. Houchlng and Wren of Angola Hughes, both also tooth-cleaninglab on a dolphin.

It was all part of the fun when Wren course from H.M.$. Dolphln.

And the dolphins themselves?

Susan Anne Stephen. at Bodlord. soon hero "brush! in" her toch- They are nmon the attractionsof the nlquo, was one cl t roe Wrens who Royal Wlndsor afarl Pork.

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When H.M.$. Bulwark visited Istanbul as an interlude before starting an intensive exercise period. main features were sightseeing and-sporting fixtures with the local British community.

Many of the ship's company joined the thousands of tourists who throng Istanbul and. judging by the number of suede and sheepskin coats. albaster pots and other local specialities seen being carried on board. not to mention all there must have been quite a few rabbit runs as well the "knocker balls now seen and heard around the ship.

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Sporting highlight of the visit was a soccer match against all company stalf played in a fine stadium and won by BulwarkJ-1.

Another method or relaxation for members of the ship's company has been in preparing for a kite flying competition. and some weird and wonderful contraptlons have appeared. "

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You don't often find a nun among thepatrons oi 1 re s’ eoclel club.

But this picture illustrates the informal side of church eeit es Sister Mary Petride. of the comma oi die Holy Meme, eheree e drink and e yarn with AD John Abbie.of ii. .5. Diomede, during e social evening in the Victory club at ilhi. Berrecite. Portsmouth.

We the Rent Nevy at Portinnd eh‘), sister Verity told e member of H.M. Londonderry's helicopter ight that, when she wee a petty oilicer in the WFMIS. the aircraft of the moment was the famous

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ARK DRAWS A SHADOW IN THE SKIES Not for the first time. the Russians have been displaying a close Interest in the activities of the 50,000-ton aircraft carrier. H. M.S. Ark Royal.

This time. her "attendant" was a Bed er. That’: the

NATO code-name for the Tupoiev bomber. T -16.

The Ark Royal was taking part in Exercise Royal Knight in the Norwegian See. She operated as part oi the NATO Strike Fleet which included other British ships. as well es American. German.

Dutch and Norwegian.

And. as our picture (below) shows. the Russian tracking techniques included the use of long range reconnaissance aircraft.

Earlier in September. two members of Parliamentalso arrived over the ship by air and had the opportunity lor an even closer study of the Art: Royal.

Mr. P. H. 8. Well and Mr. J. A. D. Wilkinson arrived on September 20 in a See King helicopter irom R.N. air station Lossiemouth. toured the ship and met members of the ship's company.

The Ark Royal left Fiosyth early on October 6 to take part in Exercise Me lc Sword for two days.

Admiral Sir E werd Ashmore. the new Commanderln-Chiei Western Fleet. was flying his ileg from the Ark Royal es the ship exercised in close liaison with the USS

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On October 9 the ship errived et Portsmouth lor a three-weekassisted maintenance period.

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.\lanned h_\ naval reseri-is1s from all user Britain. the the 10th Mine little ships ol the l-‘let-t's biggest squadron ('ount¢-rmeasures Squadron of the Royal Naval Reserse were based on Gibraltar for a month of mine warfare ewreises in the Western Mediterranean.

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I-ZN(il.‘\il-It-IR()l-1-"l('l-ZR The ships" companies were exchanged after two weeks‘ relief crews being transported to the .\led l'\_\. R.:\.I-’ .-\ir Support Command In command of the squadron for the first fortnight was (apt. R. t). Hann. RNR. commanding otfieer of the South Wales l)I\ ision at t arditf. In eis ilian life he is Borough Engineer of( tsrnbran New l'o\»sn in .\lonmouthshire.

Squadron ( ommander for phase two was (apt. Basil West.

RNR. commanding oliieer of the London Disision. viho is managing director of the Automobile :\ssoeiation Fingers were still crossed in elesen engine rooms for a troiib|e»l’ree \o_\uge. houeseri sinee (iibraltar is outside the range of esisting .-\.-\

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(‘.-\.'~iBAl1 SI-Z(‘Rl-ITS The highlights of both .\loroeean port of Tangier.

phases uere official sistls to the During the host! week-ends spent besieged by .-\rab traders making the most

there the ships were of this appearance of the British “Sixth Fleet."

The m_\.sterious Tangier (asbah unfolded its secrets to wandering hands of lads from Belfast and (ilasgow. l I\t,'fP01‘l and New castle. and the ships‘ companies had a memorable time ashore.

Twenty members of the WRNR were also flinsn to (iibraltar for degaussing training and to proside shore support sersiees E.\'ER(.'lSF.S As the squadron took adsantage of this annual sea time to carry out intensive mine countermeasures exercises. the i.'l\lll21l'l sailors proscd. once again. their professional expertise afloat. and dispelled any idea that the R.\'R is a maritime counterpart of Dad's Army!

The 10th Mina Counterrneasures Squadron alongside In Tangier. and its all hands on deck for a photograph of men from H.M.S. Mersey with Tangier’: famous Casbah on the hill in the back-

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During the visits to Spdm-_s. Perth and Pnemanllc over -151110 u's-iron went on board and several nu-mbu-rs ol the ('rcu‘ looked up relatives and !r1'c-min.

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liitil recent months. the Royal \'ay_\‘s “tail" in Singapore was of a size calcitl.itci| to arouse misgiying in the mind of the most ardent w orld rolesupportcmibout the \2tlllL‘ for money. in defence terms. of our presence there.

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WI-ELI. H~\[..-\.\i(.'l'If) .-\\‘/L K certainly’ gives an iinprcsssion of a purposeful force. fully integrated and

well .".il;lf'lCL'kl.

If \1r. l.ee Kuan Yew. as one most \itall\ concerned. seems happy‘ about AN7.L.'ls'. it is reasonable for eyeryone else to take a similarly optimistic look at future prospects \ii important factor is that is l‘lYIl.t.'t1 "keeping the options open." While the "paper" force for .~\NZL'l\' is

opportunities are there for yisiting ships on a scale which could giye an modest. the

entirely different aspect to \N/l K. \lui.‘h depends on how Russian activities increase. and on ltritain‘s economic ability to sharpen her defensiye teeth. lll~I -\RTF..\'l3\'(: .-\n idea of the mood of the moment is the Government's decision to hasten the modernization of the Fleet with a l_"llm. three-year building programme. .liist a.s important as its effect on the “hardwarc" is the heartening feeling in the ‘sayy that defence has ceased to be a dirty word. :\.\'/l'l's' may not be as big as many would like. but it is a lot bigger than w its at one time and can he espcctcd stepped up quickly‘ if need be. (. oiipled with the naval building programme and other militaiy strengthening. there is a new sense of sober acceptance of the need for the biggest defence "in.surance“ we can afford. and for making the ltcst use of it.

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prohribly think that "joining up" con.si.sI.s merely" of walking into a (';ireer.s' ()ffice. .s‘it— ting the test. being infi.'r— tieiced and medically" examand .s'uh.s‘equenrl_t' ined being slotted into a .s'uitahle branch.

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Inierneszs office has penned these thoughts" on recruiting in the "I-'ar .\'orrh".'

We in the north base to "go out and get ‘em." This we do in mam way s and by coy ering literally thousands of miles either by road. r:iil_ sea and eyeii air ()iir road esciirsions speak for ihemsely es sisiting schools. putting on eshibitions and. in general. adyertising the N-.iyy and the (iurps.

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Because of the remoteness of some of the areas in which candidates live. it is cheaper, quicker and more expedient for its to go to them. For this purpose our 12 cinema yan doubles as an cyan! room. complete with table. adequate light and warmth. If the candidate passes the preliminary tests he is then medically e\amined at RN air station lossiemouth A ntimber of candidates from the north of Scotland and the (litter Isles hate entered the R.,\' and RH. without esen seeing the inside or the outside for that of a ( 'areers office. matter L'se of rail is often dictated by road conditions in winter. this —

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from the RN. and KM films and talks by careers adyisers and a general mising with the local .

people. "l-lliicating"

headmasters. careers masters and careers officers is also important and winning them oy er is of top priority

S;' ‘e of life

sometimes becoming necessary when paying routine yisits to schools. careers officers. youth cliibs_ Sea (adet tinits and the lilse.

Our sea trips take us to the more inaccessible islands of Rama

and South and North List. For these journey-s we gain the cooperation of the R.?\'.(). .-\u|tbea tl.och F.weI to obtain use of an \I F.\' In one week recently sis far-flung schools were yisited and some HI! boy s contacted. '\lf trips become necessary when sisittng the Isle of Lewis a and. in particular. Stornoway great time-sziying method inyolsing one-and-a-quarter hours —

from office to destination. as opposed to 13 hours of combined road rail sea Irasel. It also cuts out the necessity for an mernight and iiiyariable rough sea trip through the Nlinches on the return

journey

This mode of tt';I\I.‘l is also employed when school yisiting and riliti showing as most schools hold their own cinema equipment.

Top priority ()ur T..-\. friends in Stornoway often help ssith transport. this again reducing the need to take a yehicle to get to the more remote

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The attitude of desk recruiting in such an office a.s this is simply not on. One must be prepared to sally forth into the remoteness of the Highlands and Islands. sow the seed and create an interest.

Yes. some would come anyway, but a lot wouldn't if it were not for \isits by Youth Teams

Parents in the north are. by their sery nature. cautious. and a little wary of what we lime to oifer fherefore the "article" has to be sold carefully. fully demonstrated and a guarantee giyeii before that yiial signature is obtained. lloweyer. the end pro. duct is iriyariably an excellent one. inaking all efforts yery much worth while.

Variety is the spice of life and we in lnyerness certainly get our share of both.

LIGHTHOUSE LIFT As reported Inst month. rescue all: to hellropn-rs at R.N. air station (‘uldruse are expected to reach it new record this year.

This spectacular ‘wrapper’:eye" view of ti mercy mision in progress catches the atmosphere of what the work isaflabout.

For those with their feet on the ground it‘: an unusual lngk an CASEVA(‘ 1 [mm Wolf Ughmouse by 1 5..-LR. Whirlwind 8 Irtom (‘uldmse.

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The Golden Gate Bridge made an impressive picture as the 12.000-ton helicopter cruiser. H.M.S. Blake. arrived at San Francisco for British Week, the biggest commercial and cultural event ever staged in the city by anothernation.

which the Blake's 300 officers and men were glad to see. having met hurricane Olivia on their way north from Acapulco. The ship had to alter course to avoid the centre of the storm. and was a day late arriving at San Francisco But the cruiser made an impressive impact on the American city as her 100-strong Royal Guard. with the Oueen ‘s Colour. paraded for Princess Alexandrabefore she officiallyopened the British Week at San Francisco City Hall. it was one of the very rare occasions on which a British Royal Guard has paraded in the U.S.A. since the Declaration of Independence in 1776.

After the opening ceremon the bands of the Royal Scots and Royal Artillery hea ed the Royal Guard on a two—mile march from the City Hall to Union Square. the city centre where most of the British Week activities were to take It was a

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Later in the evening a reception was held on board the Blake for 300 people concerned with the promotion.

During British Week. officers and men from the Blake were to act as hosts and guides for the Americans. and take part in many of the events.

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|'l(‘TOR T l'.'.\'HlBITlO.'\' Ilith regimental bands. l.ondon "hobbies" and buses. a Blackpool tram. a pub. the Flying Scotsman. British goods in the \(0rl'\. and British drama. music and entertainment. the city certainly had a LA. fins our. The exhibitionsincluded one featuring a model of ii..\l..\'. Victory and items from the I ictnry Museum at Portsmouth.

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The American carrier. (23.5. Ranger. was liaison ship. organizing coach tours and entertaining the Blake's officers and men to lunch several times.

One of the biggest events organized for the ship ‘s company was a dance given by the British American club on October 6. About 450 attended from the Blake. and the success of the dance was enhanced by the fact that the men were outnumbered by the girls who were there in their hundreds.

12.000 li'iSIT()R.\' Open on three days. the ship attracted 12.000 visitors. Special visitors ranged from the Jlinister of Trade and Industry (Mr. Michael .\'ohlel. the Lord .'lfay‘or of London I Sir Peter .'~'tudd). and Lord Gladwin. to film star Re.\ Harrison and his wife. models from an “in at a

Fashion spectacular. and Miss London Stores (Penny Butler). ('apt. R. Butt. the commanding oflicer. and the youngest rating. J.\lE.-ll Peter Page. aged 16}. attended a San Francisco PI-es Club dinher. After the captain was questioned about the visit. JMl'.‘.\I Page delighted the American Press with his answers to questions. plr1icularly when he said thatSan Francisco was not in big as he expected.

GOOD SPOR T5‘ The Blake ‘s rugby". cricket and soccer teams were all in action. and the golfers secured a magnificent trophy in their match with the "

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flying .\'elson's famous Trafalgar signal. was guardship for the Corinthian Yacht The Blake.

(‘Iuh regatta. and. the next day. October 11. slipped out of San Francisco in fog. bound for San Diego.

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The Far East Naval Command ceased to exist at midnight on SunParf of the tradiday. October 31 At sunset on that day. tional ceremonial the flag of Admiral Troup had been at Singapore when lowered at his headquarters in the the Queen's ColNaval Base the last of 69 flag officour was “shown" ers who had exercised command to the Royal Guard since the first was appointed in 1816 mounted The final ceremonial included a by H.M.S. review of the Far East Fleet on SunEagle. before being day October 31 [not October 30 as taken to the carpreviously reported). when a score of rier for transships led by Rear-Admiral D Williams portation to the in the guided-missile destroyer GlamU.K. It will be laid organ steamed past the Commanderat Portsmouth. up irt-Chief (Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Burnett) and Admiral Troup embarked in a Royal Fleet Auxiliary landing ship ’

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Up on the hill. the magnificent Royal Sailors‘ Rest with its well-known swimming pool is to remain open. and threequarters of the married quarters in the old Base limits will house families.

But Instead of Royal Navy. the uniforms will be largely those of the Commonwealth family "down under. "

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When Jack hails a taxi for "Terror" the driver will still understand. but the sentry at the gate could well be an

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The Australian. New Zealand and United Kingdom ComANZUK has in the brielest time welded the ships. mand soldiers. and aircraft of three nations into a balanced and integrated force as a positive on-the-spot contribution under the Five Power defence arrangements for Singapore and Mala sia. here has been a tremendous and complicated moving out and moving in. requiring the solving of many problems associated with functioning from the territory of a fourth —

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Instead of mainly U. K. uniforms there will now be the three Services of the three partners, operating "under new management" on sites familiar to generations of Royal Navy men and families.

Nearly 5.000 Australian. New Zealand and British sailors. soldiers. and airmen form the new force ashore in Singapore. with another 2,500 afloat. They occupy about one-fifth of the land used before the release of the bases.

Althou h this forms a drastic reduction from the previous strength 0 about 60.000. the Ministry of Defence has always

emphasized that Singapore will figure prominently on the visiting list of the Royal Navy. so that the maritime "presence" is likely to be much larger than the force on

paper.

As thousands of British Service men and families have climbed into the R.A.F. ‘s VC 10 let airliners for repatriation. the build-up of ANZUK has proceeded.

Only about 100 Royal Navy officers and men remain ashore under the new arrangements. Most of them will be employed on Fleet Maintenance work and on communicatians. with others attached to force headquarters. port administration and medical units.

There will be a smell civilian manned R.N. stores and

organization. transcport mark the change-over has momentarily eremonial the but to

aroused some sadness and nostalgia. working on future has left little time to ponder on the past.

These are days of hard thinking and economic realism, with every reason to believethatthe combinediorce willmake a vital contribution to the peace and stabilityof the region.

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LAND The 2| ANZUK Brigade will consist ol the ‘let Battalion. Royal New Zealsnd lnlantry Regiment: Oth Baltslion R at Australian Regiment: and 1st attallon. Royal Nlghlsnd Fusiliers. There wfll be artillery. engineer. signal. and aviation sup-

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ilevelopmcnts leading to naval might of the First

the World War. [he author has managed to _e.ither I50 t'lIus'tr.'itions and concise teii! to continue his modes! but iisefiil series.

the that of any admiral hero first woman to be buried with though fLi|l nasal honours lush his ‘s sailor in today young barracks club—room can only imagine life a century ago.

‘I doubt it any heathen sailor in any country or age ey er comes up to ours for profound ignorance and barefaced shocking impiety." was one yerdict. and upon the scene of liquor. yice. and starving families came society lady .\lis~. Weston.

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Dedication Throughout her life.

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Royal Navy's aircraft DATA FOR THE TECHNICALLY MINDED

llic word "bull" has not been unknown in the history of sersice life‘ But it was a dillerent _.sort of "Bull" which entered si.-rs ice \\ ith the Royal Nasty back in I923. in l922. and handling tests of the first (53150! were completed in August that year. Deck landing trials were carried out in the carrier. H.\l.S. Argus.

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the creation of Nos 440 to 450 tlights incltisise Hlackhtirns finally disappeared from the Fleet Air .-\rm in l‘)_‘sl. uhen both Nos. -1-19 and «I50 flights re—equipped with l-"airs

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In .\laj., I939. the Blackbttrn flights were redesignated .\'os.

-350 and 449 Fleet Spotter Reconnaissance Flights This was part of .i gerteral reorganization of spotter lltghts insulting the disbantlmertt of the original Nos. 42“. -l_‘|, -133. and 43‘ l it_i:hts and

Honours list of the air

Royal Naval .-\ir Engineering School. H..\l.S. Daedalus. is planning to produce an honours book listing all RN. commissioned ollicers who hase pres'iousl_\' sersed as Fleet Air Arm maintenance ratings. and an honours board showing those st ho hase attained the The

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The chopper, pllolod by Lleut. Ian Oak-Rhind. completed the taalr In a matter or hours. whereas It would have taken days using the boats of H.M. ships Beagle and Bulldog. which were carrylng out the survey.

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JAGUAR IN

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NAVY NEWS NOVEMBER l9‘tl

Far fro the .

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H..\l,S. Jaguar has been fast making a name for herself as a maid—of-all work down in the southern seas. where she \'i.s'itcd the remote settlement on Tristan da (‘unha and the ex en lonelier outpost on (jough Island.

always. the islanders of lristan were delighted to play host to .4 British warship. (ii-oups of “c\pedcrs" e\p|ored the island and saw the old and neu .-\s

xolczinocs .-\ dance was held in the l’rinccl’hi|ip Hall and. much to the Cttjnj-tttcttl of the i.sland’s onl_\ l).J.. the ship‘s group. ( atwea/Ies. pronded the music unheard h_\ some Tristans for years while he danced for ii change.

In turn. the islanders were imited on board and.

Judging l") the trade done in nutty alone. .Naati might profit by opening a shop on the island’ While some members of the ship‘s company beat the local soccer team -tel, others completed construction of a radio mast. \\ htch has been named the Jaguar _

mast.

.-\t (iough Island. about 244) miles south of "I ristan. the ship landed stores and mail b_\ (iemini dinghy for the eight crew members of the weather station. the sole occupants of the rise-mile long island. .

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ABOVE: Reaching into the mists is the a Jaguar Mast legacy of the frigate ‘a visit to the remote settlement on Tristan da Cunha and one which should provide a closer radio link with the outside world.

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BELOW: In a spectacular setting H. MS. -—

pictured in Jafuar MI ford Sound during her

visit to Zeaiand.

New

lhe ship left for §outh :\fru:a and the Far East l.'It'it was once again in southern waters. sisiting Dunedin. principal city of Otago proxince in South Island. New Zealand. lihere was no shortage of xolunteers to help at an old people‘: home and a school for mentally. handicapped children. and sailors made a name for themselx es selling raffle tickets around the city for the local paraplegics society.

H0\ptl:llll_\. was oxerwhclming. Members of the ship's company were made honorart. citizens for the diiration of the sl;l)t and each was given a certificate proclaiming the honour.

Tours took in South Island scenery. and man)“ enjoyed it week-end in QucL'nsto\.\.n. renowned for its natural beauty. It was said that some ratings panned for —and found gold? .\liss International 1971. Li New Zealander. took members of the ship's company to distribute gifts at :1 crippled chi|dren‘s kindergarten. Others helped celebrate a birthday party with a 9t:-year-old woman ()\’er one weekend. -l.t)l)0 people toured the ship THE CITY'S TH.—\.\‘KS .-\ tremendous send-off from W0 people completed the sisit. summed up to) the .\l;i_sor in a telegram to the commanding officer I(‘dr. F. .-\. Collinsiz "Please \.'t.'I|'|\'f.')’ the city's thanks to the ship’s company for the many com~ munitj. projects undertaken during the \l\ll. Conduct exemplary. Pleasure to has e _\ou with us Return \i.sit would be welcome Bon voyage."

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reached on October I when the Admiralty Constablulary was merged with the Army Dcpanment and Air Force Department ConstabuIaries in the new Ministry of Defence Police.

In October. 1949. three forccs— the Royal Marine Police. the Royal .\larine Police Rescue and the .-\dmira|tj.' (‘i\.i| Police were merged to form the Admiralty Constabulary which. at that time. comprised about 3.500 men policing some lfioestablishnicnts. was

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tous

N.-\\’Y NEWS NOVEMBER 1971

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The non-stop stream of 28!) at a neu. recruits time entering H..\l.S. (ianges has resulted in the "Battle of the Bulge" a battle in which the Royal is N ;t\ y undoubtedly be happy to engaged!

By’ the end of the term there will be nearly‘ 3.000 boys in the e_stablis'hment and the diyisions ..'losed doyyn only last year. Benboys and Keppel. haye been resuseitated. ’

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instructors in portable offices yshich are proving to be quite comfortable.

The .'\'ew Entry Division has left Benbovt Lane and rnoyed back into the

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It's not eyery day that a liinior tomes laee~to lace -\dniir.il and the u iih an l iisi sea I ord at that But these Pt\'ltllI.'\ record tyso su-eh vneeiings during the one—day -.isit of '\tlmIT.tl Sir \lichael Pollock to H \l H (hinges on H etltiesd.i\ ( letober ft -\boy e. the \dmIral is seen is ith (ranges Jiiniors on diying .oiitses and right. he lallss to liiriior \€.tm.II't Scott during his inspection of llauke l

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Three are writers. tour worti In the clothing stores andoneisadental assistant.

Navy News hopes that when the girls have settled into their accommodation in the R.i\.S.Q. they will pose for our photographer and so add a touch ol glamour to these page: next month !

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l.l loye is in attendance .:'ttl J\' liitner Ilefli is v.aitini_.: to meet the -\dmiral Also in the picture are (apt. .\l. J. Hirton, the captain of H ..\l.S. l-atiges. and l ieut -('dr J. l’ \l.irtleys. ll.mke‘s new l)iyI~mtt.tl tttlieer

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This was certainly the case on Sunday‘. October I0. u hen RPU Tat lorand Instructor Lieutenant Peter Cooper organized a dfl\ll't_t_! protieieney test on the parade ground at H \l.S (ianges.

“The ladies‘ style of druing was much less hard on the ears." obseryed a male spectator. "and in many eases their times were just as good as the men's. because they didn‘t lose penalty seconds by missing out parts of the course. or oyershooting the braking test lines."

Which doesn't say mueh for some of the men

RESULTS Men‘s section 1, PO Barrett (Triumph GT6); 2.

RPO Randall [Cor1ina); 3.

PO Roberts (Avenger). 4, RS Day (Mini): 5. Lieut Lottus (An ha); 6. Shpt Mitt (MGB T); 7. PO Mag—

nus(AngIia) Women 5 section 1.

Barbara Cooper (1100); 2.

Audrey Roach (Herald); 3.

Margaret Simpson (1800).

4. Valerie Pickup (Mini); 5.

Dorothy Adams (1100). 6.

Molly Webber (Mini); 7.

June Taytor(Mini) —

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Still. it was all in fun. and turned out to be a splendid way of spendinga sunny afternoon.

Held under the auspices of the R..\' and R..\l Motoring .-Xssociation, the competition attracted MI entrants. and it is hoped that there will be more events of this kind.

Margaret Button. the alto otthocaptain of HJLS. an a (ca II. J. Simon) backs out of one of the "garages" during hot drtv p ncy teat. It was a tough oourao, and Capt. Button deserves a special Inontlon as the only oolnpotttor to knock over a garage Iran I Ira.

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'1 he .-\dmir;I| \i~itc:d H..\l.S (iungcs In .'l.UL'l]d the Tr;If;I|gzIr Night dinner. and :21 the cntruncc to the xsurdroum hr pzxuwd In lullx In JE\l Hollundx and def! to nght In the ructurcl J\Hi.\l Burliwn. JF.\l .-\H;m. JS liillmun. J.\H{.\l Leigh. JEM Dales and J.-\('k Jame».

IN THE NEWS Juniors Moody. Morrish. Covey. Jack and Thelwell. get an early glimpse of the news as they cluster around the Evening Stars front page tonne. with their guide. Mr. Foster.

takes the prize!

Ihcrc m;I_\ bu: a hint of dcxpttir in the _hlood-b_c.~p:I1tcrI:d face of Junior Seaman \l.Irk ;\nIhun_\ Iund [hut n:;Ill_x I». his name?) In the pIcturc below. but In it vuty he came‘ nut of this bout better all’ than the winner. JS R. .-\. Robinson. _I\ \nIhun\, nf H;-nhou ])I\|\|~Iun. \'u.I\ .m.IrdL-d the Hex‘. Inn-r\ ltnpln In the H \| \ (...n};L-\ hpung Iin.II~_ ‘mt fur hI~ II'IIImph.InI \~.|’!u l\ knmxn.

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world where a galley is not a cookhouse and rules don't necessarily go with regulations. but with strange things like lormes and flange. 11 Juniors from Anson Division met the Press on October 11.

They visited the East

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Times.

to see how their newspaper is pro-

local duced.

After a guided tour at the works. the Juniors saw the paper "put to bed" and went back to Shotley with copies of that day’: Evening Star. "hot on the

press."

With three trophies already to their credit. the Ganges lst soccer team. pictured below. are now getting theirsights on the Na vy (‘u They ruched the dlvbionolflue! ol this competition by ting I-l.M.S. Warrior ‘-1. HJLS. File6-2 and R..-U. Deal 4-3, Tbelnstmatch we: decided on penatty kick:when the store alter extra-timestood at 1-1.

The Ganges team are aha hoping to win the Ipswich H'ednesda_v League title for the fourth mcrrsiw season.

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APPOINTMNTS

N.-\\’Y NEWS NOVEMBER l9'll

ll'l.|Itl\ In l'1.|sc puns Porlstnotttli and ( hathttm. Isl I-IottlI.i. I):-soriport and Ros_\th.

Ind I-’lotill.i

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Hlt\N.’\t.'l'. a small number of ships with haw ports at Portsmoulh or ('halham will he plau-tl in the 2nd Flotilla. .-\lIo-

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And it‘: clear from this picture. taken during Admiral Sir Michael Pollock‘: visit to H.M.S. Cochrarie. that the Admiral lilies to keep a close eye on what‘: making in the

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The girls fl. to r.) Lading Wren Susan Mackey. PO Wren Susan lnsley. PO Wren Bromoen [hie and L/ Wren Janet Brown. are the first W.R..\i'.S. ratllg to serve in Pbirtugal. (‘OMIBFRLAIVT is a sub NA TO command. under the Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Its area carers I large gurt ol the Atlantic Dean. induding the Portuguese. North Alrfcan coastlinesand the Western approaches to the Straits of Gibraltar.

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While the Leanderclass frigate H.M.S. Euryalus was berthed at Greenwich for the Ro_\'i.tl Naval Equipment Exhibition. she was visited by members of the cast of the show “Move Over Mrs. Markham" The stars. including Moira Lister. Cicely Courtneidge. Lana Morris. and Sue Edmondstone. were the guests of the ship's olTicer.s, They were shown around the Euryalus and entertained to lunch on board.

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Sea battle

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when spotted by photographer Russ Wh:i|lt:_\.

Hut Jennifer uiis halpp) tn

Pictures of two famous English sea hiittles. the lluttlc of the Nile and the Brittle of (Eimperdown. h.isc been l‘-might by the Tillt‘ (i;iller_\ to aisoid the piI\\Ii‘iilI_\ of losing them to fori:i_i_m i’\ll}t,‘f\.

Puintetl by Philip James de lotitherhuiirg in PW .ind thou. the_\ show in precise detail the horror of i"lg \L‘;I i‘iIiiiL'\. lhc pricc piiid h_\ the gtllers has not been illscloscil. hill when the paintings ciime tip for .ilIsllt\ll .it ( hristie's in Hols‘ they fetched ti totzil of i =ii_J<ii

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.\lr. l-Immanuel .-thela. of Redeemer Street.

Zahhar. .\1alta. is proud of hining serierl as an R..\I..-\. gunner for 25 years.

Nov» he has another di.stin\‘tiim that of providing [our sorts for the Royal .\'a\_\.

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former petty ollicer from (iuisborougli. N. Yorlts.

Although they have nr:\er requested to serse together. .~\liin and .\‘lc‘|\)n. who tire both .\ll-'..-\iPi2s. Al!!! on the szime lirst class rules‘ course zit H..\l.S. Sulliin. .-\nd il‘s not the first time their piiths hast: merged: their triiining ill H..'\l.S. Fisgard rind H..\l.S. Cziledoniii met» lapped. ilnd then they serscd together in ll..\l.S. .-\lhion.

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Cdr John Paton. the commanding officer of H.M S Vidal during her last commission. his presented the ship's bell to the Mayor of Gillingham (Cllr James Forster) for sale

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.\lotion.s for conferences come in many guises. from the sublime to the seemingly ridiculous. but their real importance. surely. is that the pros and cons of the argument shotild be soiced.

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Croydon. and the result IS pamcularly satisfying to the ear ‘Tonight I propose to feature the linest bands in the world the Massed repeat world Bands of Her Maiestys Royal Marines." wrote Lieut.-Cdr. Leslie H. Maskell in the FINA reunion programme and few people who attended the event would disa ree Lieut.-C r the Maskell, R N A. Secretary to the Council. was producing the reunion for the 22nd time The bands appeared under the direction of Maj. Paul Neville, Principal Director of Music.

Royal Marines, and associate conductor was Capt. J. Fl. Mason, Individual artistes also took part.

Finale comprised the impressive entry ol the Royal Naval Association standards and included the traditional and ever-popula r Tchaikovsky 1812 overture.

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lhe hoitour of opening the Nth reunion of the Ro_sa| Yachts attended b_\ otlicers and men who hase served in the old Victoria .ind Albert or her siiccessor. the Hrilannia fell to Mr William Hartley li\"_‘i. .\lr Harili.-_\ was one of the -ll men present who had sersed in the Victoria and .-‘tlberl Fise admirals attended the esenl. which must be one of the Royal Nat. _\ "s most c\clusi\e retinions. including the commanding ollicer of the Britannia. RearAdmtral R. .l. lrowbridge.

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l).i\id ltice. and said he was delighted lh.tl lad} Luce had agreed to become :i sice-patron.

He also paid tribute to the late Sliipiitale liric Knight. who st.‘l\t.'(l for sesen _sears as chairll’l.Ill of the .\'ational ('ouni.'ll. lhe president said that paid—up \ltl"\s‘l't["l|I‘tI membership in |9'I was l3.ls'tl". compared with l3.856 in |‘l‘lI :i di:cre:;.se of just to er l.ttlIl_ the m.tjorit_s of which were .l\\tVi.IL|l£' mciitbers. lhe estimate of -‘Hllll members met It‘ ietiiaiiied the same. making total tiieiiibership about II.llll.

I his is still about |.llItt more than iiienibership in I96” and I do not think we neetl be too ;on« ck'lllR'\l lltere has been a trend of sltghtls retltittng ftill membership .ttttl tzith of Its. l l.t'lnw_ will do out best to change this as this is tlic life blood of our association llic president said that as .'l result of arraiigeincnts made to men leasing the \a\\ _eise R \ \ .ipplic.ilion forms. 1'.‘ li.iil ioitietl from Portsitiottth and ‘II fIi'I'll l'|\tiiouth

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address, the

president paid tribute to his predecessor. the late Admiral Sir

as

variety)

could not escape the impression that for a small minorll) in the hall. the mechanics of the conference represented an end in themselscs. almost taking priority oser the business to be achiesed.

The words "points of order" became perhaps the most oftrepeated of the dais as conference wore on and figures which became rather familiar made their was to the microphone to have their “shout In welcoming the conference to ('ro_vdon. the .\layor had referred to possible "verbal broadsides" to come and. although very little of the hard talking subsequently heard was worth). of that term. there were undoiibledlyplenty of pointed remarks.

SH.-\I.l. PRINT Atone stage the conference seemed to sink deep into the ramificaPATRIOTISM CXHADEBOHP tions of capitation fees lalthough it sounded for all the world as if one delegate called them decapitation feesfi.

In another context it was apparently necessary to explain staff pension arrangements in detail right down to the srnall print.

Perhaps the procedural gem par IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOO escellence came after it had been I claimed and hotly disputed I that one delegate was. in fact. a I I member of the Standing Orders I Motions can-led by conference were as follows: (‘ommittee and that he should I That the R..'s'.A. . history of nominees for the National Council be I dis-est himself of his delegate's included on the ballot sheet In Iddition to the nominee form. ticket and remove himself from I In future any alterations to the subset-I ion to be sent direct I the delegates‘ enclosure.

C lrom Headquarters to all branches by Otto r 31 when beginning I A somewhat protracted palavcr I at the 1st of J8l'll.l.Il'\'. followed before the situation was I C Tluit financial details at the reunion and eorilercncc tseparatei I nicely resulted. But one is left be included in the annual accounts. wondering whether this is the I 0 That no change in allocation of percentages tor .\'atlomI Draw. I most advantageous kind of thing which tin: at present 40 per cent. for branches and 60 per cent. to I on which to spend limited conferthe Draw Conirnlttcc to i-in-ct cit pcrises. cost of prizes and a I encetime.

I contribution to the Association Funds.

I Q Add Bye-litw 91a). 'l'luit any member of a branch H18} be I suspended from rnernbcrship of that branch by 8 resolution it I passed by a two-thirds majority til those \0llll2 at I general II meeting of the branch. In the case of ti suspension of oser six I months. a complete report of such suspension must be forwarded I to the General Secretary of the .-twieiiition within ses en dii_ss.

I Other agenda motions were either not carried. failed to find it I —

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R.N.A. branches have opened during the past year and one reopened. This was reported by the assoc iation 's new president (RearAdmiral T. V. Briggs) in his address to the l97t annual conference at the Fairliclds Hall. Croydon.

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completed its agenda on schedule, thanks to the guidance of the .issoci:itioii's new president. abl_\' aided by Sir John (E fang. a site-president and chairman of the Standing t )rders ( ommiuci:

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as

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Association in Portsmouth.

The yarns from the past. of related to members‘ course. esperiences in (‘him between I931) and 1940, and the guest of honour. ‘s'ice-Admiral J. (K Y. Rosburgh. Flag Officer Submarines. brought members back to the Sesenties with stories about today's nuclear—powered submarines.

together to celebrate the sll\L‘l' Jubilee of the Plymouth .-\ get

branch. .-‘sssocialion of Wrens. was so popular that RSI! Wrens and c\-.V;ii._\ women about twice the number expected turned up —

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For the Lads on Richmond Hill The collection at this years reunion raised £5|.06 for the disabled shipmatcs in the Star 8:

(iarter Home. Richmond.

Mrs Ethel Bunell. the welfare otficer. was delighted. Linked with her message of thanks is a reminder to all shipmates that the men in the home look forward to receis ing letters. gifts and sisits at ( hristmas.

“The tot can be forgotten. but we must not forget the lads on Richmond Hill." she says. All letters should be addressed to Shiprriate W. A. Walker. Liaison Officer. R..‘s'.A. Star & (iartcr Home. Richmond. Surrey.

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Lieut. Mike Priestley. pictured here with Mr. Parkinson. is a member of 800 Squadron. which also earned honours In the Bismark episode. The Squadron. flying Fulrnars. had the task of shadowing the Gannon battleship.

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Parkinson. ot Irtrangi. in the North Island of New Zeatand. was a special visitor to the Eagle during her five 0 days in Wellington. He was a rear gunner IH 810 Squadron of O Swordiish. and took part in the action which crippled the . Bismark in May.1941.

Mr

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iittercstcd

\ |li‘l.Il‘lt.' ttsttoi to the Uni l~.m l'i>rt \.it.il l{l.llls.ll tsast tint titoilirte I’ \ \ tectl. the nets Neittoi British \.tt.tl ()tl't.et.

\t-iith .-\fii.'.s lie was touring Ki-iitlt '\fll\4I and was pleased ll‘ ittcc! .tll\i|llL' toitttected with the Ri>\.tl\.1\ t past or present \Ltltt-ttglt his tistt to Durban \|.i\ shittl. he c\pti:-sed .t lAl\l"l to meet llti.‘ i.‘\L'c‘ttlt\i.' til ilk‘ R N .-\. l I\L' l‘l.lllLh itlllxiills cnti.'rt.titti:d the I otttntodore and titerc klL'll).'lll|.‘(lto mid tltat he ssas \er_\ .

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lhe museum is in what used to be ll.\l.S. Furopa better Lnovtn as Sparrovfis Nest the Patrol Sets ice l’3.t\c_ lvm types of armed traulers vsent out. minesueepcrs and antistihntarine. According to Mr. Hill Solontan, formerls the _\oun|-test \'|tipper-class ofltcer in the Si.-r~ sicc. they were among: the safest craft afloat at the time because they made sttch a small target for .IlTk'T«ITl HT stlhmtttlnes.

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lhe lovsestoft Nasal Social (Iuh recently held its annual wreath-I.'tyinp.' ceremony at the Patrol Sersiee memorial. The anchor-shaped ssreuth was l:iid by the oldest member of the club.

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"Ute Victoria (‘rnss which was awarded posthumousl_t to P() Alfred Eduard Sephton. who was ltilled during an attack on H..\l.S. (‘mentr_\ of! Crete in Map. I9-ll, has been presented to Cosentrp (‘aim-dral h_\ his sister. Hrs. Eta

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The medal. the first oi iI_s kind awarded in the Mediterranean. will remain in the cathedral as ll reminder 0! the 67 men who died in

R N A .'tll'airs. l-iastitg coittntattded the Darlinotillt 'l’r.itntttg Squadron and H.\l S Royal Arthur. the Pelt) tltliccrs‘ l.e:ider.ship School. tomntodore ('ecil was also vseil qualified to talk about the high standard of the young men Joining the Nitsy toda_\ and to reassure the "old timers" that the youngsters are capable and willing to scrse the .\.i\_\ as they did’

the ship.

P0 Sephtnn (30) was directing fire against aircrall attacking a hospital ship when he was wounded. but he retnainod at his post until the enemy was driten off.

More than 75 members 1)! the lI..\l.§. ('otenlr_\ (lld Hands -Lssociution attended the t‘trI.'l1'l0I'I_\ which inrrned part 0! their annual senice and one at the guests wn.s Admiral Sir Horace

in

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law. Commander-in-Cltiet, Natal Home Command. I tori-ner gunnery officer in the Cmenlr).

Grimsby lL‘ll mcntbcis were the guests of the Htisiiitter l\'ameradschaft of the Deitlches \larinebttitd. West U-:rntan_\. as a return gesture for their ttstl to (irtmsb) in October last year. In eight sery full days.

they

lossestoll .it War." an .iccntint of the work of the Royal .\'a\_i. Patrol I\

V.C. GO ES TO THE

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It 5 fantastic’ said Mr George Parkinson when shown one of HM 8 Eagles Buccaneers. gut Mr Parkinson's 9 pride and affection have ton been devoted to another . aircraft —theoId' Stringbag‘ wordfish. ’

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feted through Schlesuig Holstein by officials and citizens and entertained in the (isle ('hamber.s in Heide.

Tvto d;t_\s were spent on a trip to the Harz \lotintains and on the linal etching of their stay it scented to the tisttors that the u hole town had turned otit for the party

were

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trip established

much

goodwill and the (icrm;tns' are return to

(irimsby

ne\l

to

year.

Cannock Chase Nleinbers were pleased to read it] .\a\_\ ‘Vests of the preseittattoit of .i Miitistiy of Defence litterittoit .-\ss.trd to ("P0 tiratttille Attgell at R N..-\.S. Yeoxilton. (‘PO Angeli. v-ho hit on'an idea to prevent .saJt water corrosion of aircraft engines. lives at Cannock and has been a member of the branch for several years.

When on leave he attends meetings and enjoys a drink with

fellow-members.

Camberley

.\iarriott tRainhaml. Bert Brocktttgton (Plymouth! and Bill Bra/— ier t Portsmouth).

For some it vtas their third holiday-time si.-sit and they were entertained in the skittle alley by vice-president Bert Heron. choirman Alf Nye and members.

lhi: branch has obtained the bell of H..\l.Fi, (i;I.l'l*-l'5l'00l&t? (asile. a (‘astle-class corvette completed in I9-33 and scrapped in I958, Appropriately. the guest of honour at a branch dinner in October was (‘dr. 8. Wainwright. the ship's last commanding t.tlTl\.'L‘l' (‘dr. Watnv.rtght traselled from .\AT() Headquarters in Belgium attend. and other guests to included members of the (iUtlI.llord Branch. R..\..»\. and the W.R.N.S. .-\.s.soci:1liitn.

Willesden With shipmates from lhlilgmire and Klrlg.\l‘uI’_\ and Kenton. Willesden members attended the annual Sersicc of Remembrance organized by the Bellingham Branch of the Royal British

legion

Garden of Remembrance. One is known as ".N'.'t\_\- tiorner” another is for the R. N.-\ and the third for Submarines ()ld (‘omrades .-Xssociation "I he Edguare Branch. R.H.l.. also desert es thanks for its etforts on behalf of the disabled shipmates in the Star and (jsirter Home. Richmond. the annual dinner and cabaret is greatly appreciated by those strong enough to attend. and those who cannot leave the home Lire net er

Portland

Canadian visitors

Shipmate Woods. who is also a member of the Legion. lends the Royal .\izt\ry plots in the l_egion'.~.

forgotten.

‘lite

principal guests

the No. l .-\re;i dinner and dance at the Windsor Rooms. Victoria. were \'ice-Admiral Sir Anthony Griftin. (‘ontroller of the Nat y. and lads (irifiin.

A special welcome was extended to six Canadian \is'itors. ts ho had arrtsed at (jatvstck Airport on the day of the event. They included an old friend. Shtpmate Ted .\‘lcF.\.oy. president of the Royal ('anadian Naual .-\ssociaat

lion

Wt.-Icoine stsitors at a branch meeting were shtpmates and their

holidaying at nearby Weymouth. They included Shipmates George Hobley (Temple Farm. Stroodl. Harry Fisher tPenanhi. Ken Leame (Nottinghami. Wally Plantt tNorthant.s).

George Addy IWest Ham).

Nohb) ("lurk (Northampton). families

Fred Hlakemori: Il.ichhe|di. Vic Acton (Stanford-Ir:-Hope). Steve

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bar\Nick associates limited

Watched by a large number of submarine teterans at H ..‘l!.5.

Dolphin. Gosport. for their annual reunion Radio Operator Dai. id Harper recei've_s the Irving (‘hapman Memorial A it ard as the best submarine trainee of the ——

YOUR CHANCE TO R EPAY P0 LES when the U—boat wsr wss at its height. the Polish Navy's destroyers came to the rescue at many British sailors and sirmon adrift in the Atlantic.

Now. many osrs after the men oi the Pot sh Navy fought so sltantiy alongside the

Rays Navy. they are urgently

in need ot holp.

Many oi the man from ships on including the Sinai: record ss having rsscuod 21 British sin-non in 1943 —sottiod in this country after the war.

Today they are elderly and. in —

cases. lonely and infirm.

To help those in need ot care the Polish Naval Association has acquired it house in Hove. but at least £15,000 is needed to turn it into a suitable home.

The tund received a wetcorno boost recently. with the donation of tho oolloctbn tslton st morning service in some

Westminster

Abbey. other will be ststuliy

donations received by The C slrmsn.

Polish Nsirsi Association Wottsro Fund. 14. Coillnghsrn Gordons, London. s.w.s.

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Head Office:

year.

The

in_s‘cri'bed tankard was presented for the first time h_t Ciptztrn Garth ()wle_s. president of the Portsmouth Branch. Submarines Old ( 'omrades' .-1.s.soci.':tion. which introduced the award in memory of .1 co-founder and former hr.-inch eh.'ii'rm.'tn.

Hating non completed his initial training .'I.\ a .suhm.'iriner. R0 Harper is .-iu.'ii'tr'ng draft to his rim submarine. He pretiousl} sen ed in H. M. S. Minerva.

Behind R0 Harper and ("apt Owles in the picture are it. tor i('apt. Robert (iarson. the commanding otlicer of H 515 Dolphin. Rear-.-\dmiraJ Sir -\nthon,s Mir.-rs. \i'.(‘., the old comrades‘ national president. and Vice-

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month's leave after five months at sea, a pension plan and sickness benefit scheme. ‘a swimming pool on most vessels. good food and single berth air conditioned accommodation. The pay averages about £144 a month for A.B.s and there is plenty of opportunity to save as periods in all ports are short (average 30 hours).

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"Esso Cambria"

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Four Sea King helicopters from HM 5 Eagle, working 6 G the fringe of rain on Typhoon Elaine. last month rescued the 40 members of the crew of an American freighter stuck on a reef 800 miles south of Hong Kong The S5 Steel Vendor. bound tor Sai on from Manila. drifted or two days before running aground. h

When the first pair of heircopters found her she had a Inst of about 20 degrees. with

waves

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with one Sea King standing by. the other hovered some ten feet above the main radar mast and started to winch up the crew. The average time for lifting each of the first 18 men was less than two minutes and that

with funnel. rigging and mast to avoid and a drop of 130tt instead of the normal 30' Despite the conditions the remainder of the crewmen some Chinese and some European were picked up by the second pair of Sea Kings and flown to the safety of the Eagle within three hours of the distress signal being received. was

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There’s it hectic time ahead for H..‘\l.S. Norfolk. with three major exercises on her programme before she returns home for Christmas. but the ship‘s company cannot really cornI’Iain. As zi pleasant prelude to this busy spell the_\ had a

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.'\l;i|t;i had been planned. but because of the political the situation Norfolk anchored off (irand Harbour. discmharked Royal Marines. took A

to

and set otf at a leisurely for Toulon. pace ‘I his was it popular run ashore. especially as one of the sightseeing trtps was to a part of lahiti Beach. St Irope/. where the "undress of the day" made it possible to get an all-over sun tan? .-\fti:r a tIH_\ spent c\crcis|ng with I-rench ships and aircraft. the Norfolk sailed into the immense harbour at (ienoa. Sport and e\cursions gasc the ships company H chance to meet the “loc;ils." who returned the compliment b_\ turning up in force t3.t)tl(t in three hours?) for the ship's open afternoon.

QUITE A ('Rl'ISl-I .-\s the problems‘ oier .\Ialt;i had not been resoI\L'd. the Norfolk headed south from Genoa for ;i three~da\ “crui-se" with an itinerary. which would look good in any travel brochure.

She went between the islands of Elba and Corsica. through the Adriatic about 30 miles off the Italian coast. past the volcanic island of Stromboli and the mountainous island home of the (‘ount of Home (risto. through the on stores

Tidtllers on the roof!

Alter to rough ride in the South (‘hinai Seat while .

Typhoon Rose raged hi on her wii_i to "heat up" Hong Kong.

nl the relieved crew of H. 31.5. Argonaut did in spot ol fishing picking their catches nit’ the bridge rnol. 40 (tel abuse the wnter line.

Someone even claimed he'd seen it tiddler on the radar aeri'iIl.s.'

The Leander-cl.n< frigate came within 20 miles at‘ the eye of the typhoon. experiencing phenomenal seas and Irind of about I20 knots an estimated figure. since the bridge imemometer was hard on the some

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The -trgonnut Ielt Hong Kong in ii hl.lfl'_I when Rose changed her mind ttru.s't 8 .

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Gap the ship ran into ht‘l|_| seas’ and winds gusting to 60 knots‘. with wire heights t-stimiited at 30 leet.

Hun

it had been to clear the trick ol the typhoon by it duh to the west. but the condi-

ABGONAUT OISCOVEBS ‘BOSE’ IS NO LADY. . .

tinns

rnueh worse than expected and it heriirne necessar) to come round and "heme

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were

The ship spent several hours in the danger zone. with the winds tending to lorce her even nearer the centne. but the .-trgonaut weathered the storm well.

It was quite an experience for all on board. but lor twoyonng men it was partieul.nrl_v tough

Midshlpm-n Shay D. Assad. l'..S‘..\'.. on loan from the A ntupolis Na ml .-lcndeniy. and I 7-_i ear-old Junior Radio Operator Paul .S‘tirllibmss.

Slidshiptnan .-Used was hav—

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his first taste of sentimewith the Royal .'\‘iu_v. and Paul who had been with the Argonaut unI_i ii lew days lrom was‘ spending his training lirst eter day at sea!

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Marion '3 double title

triumph Wren \I2irion Elirabeth .\IcI)onald (I9). is imested with her sash after being chosen \Iiss Seahawk l9'.'l Sesen finalists took part in the contest at R.N. air station ( uldrose and the panel of ]ll1.IgL‘\ was headed by the then commanding officer t( apt I). H. Frarcrt. seen here. later. Wren .\IcDonald xscnt on to become Hclston Harxest hut Queen the third year In succession in Wren from ( 'u|drose has taken thetitlc Marion joined the WRNS in l‘)h‘l and now works .'Is’ a radar plotter in the ('uldrosc control —

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bcrthcd at Tower Pier for an eight-«lax I ondon \is'it in October

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While berthed there among destro)ers and cruisers of the Italian .\';i\ y. a sell’-maintenance period was carried out. and oll'-dtit_\ actixities included h:|l‘l_\‘.l|"l\, spoil and \ i\tl\ to Rome.

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total of more than 04.000 have been distributed to charity following this years mammoth sponsored walk tram Keswick to Barrowln-Furness. II‘! which teams repsubmarine resenting H.M. Swiftsure and the MlnlSffy of Defence at Foxhill. Bath, took a

part.

The walk originated as a chal-

lenge

thrown out to the ships company of HM submarine Resolution by the Marine Instal-

lation Department of Vlckers Ltd. Shipbuilding Group. and the trophy which now goes to the winning team is known as the Resolution Cup. This year it was won 0 a team representing the alntlng Department at the works.

THE WHITE El\|SIGl\l ASSOCIATION has been asked to find an ex—naval rating to be Bosun of a yacht bought by Prince Rainier of Monaco. This is a ketch, built in 1956, 82ft. long by 20ft. beam, with an auxiliary engine and seven sails.

It is hoped that the Bosun will be able to find a further crew of two, one of whom should be able to cook for the crew only. The Prince and Princess do their own cooking when afloat. and go to sea to escape from formalities.

The Prince, who is an experienced yachtsman, hopes to find someone who will improve his sailing and ship-handling, but wishes to command his

ship. lodge the Bosun and

own

The Prince can his wife in Monte Carlo, but there would be no room for children, who would have to be accommodated at their parents’ expense, or at school in England.

There would be full social security and there is a Household Pension Scheme.

All applications should be made to The

Secretary, THE WHITE ENSIGN ASSOCIATION, LIMITED

24 EASTCHEAP,

LONDON, E.C. 3IVl 1E)( and in no circumstances should applications be made direct to Monaco.

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lhe \iriiieii. is ho dive into the \t.'.I II‘. their spare time in evenings .iiiiI .it vseclitcnils. put in o‘-er I50 limits of tsiirls utl the \I.ir_\ Rose iliiiini: ItlI\ \iigiist .iiiiI Septem-

("lob which has e\isted for more than ten years to eneourltge suh .iqu:t dis mg in the Fleet .-\ir .—\rm. \I.in\ professional Service divers found their llf\'I enthusiasm for .,l., I he \I.ir\ RUsg'll9(\-I(i_tIT1I'nlI- Lll\ ing with this club.

In recent years. their marine 'iL'i.' is liose aim is to see the isrecl. ;tI’L‘ll.'tl.'Ul0gIL'$ll e\peditions have .llltI lls contents salvageil and picsctseil in .i speci.iIl_\ l"‘llIll t;ilsi:i~. them to Fair Isle. north of \'i.-otland. to survey and excavate liiiliir ‘ship \Itisetim in Portsthe Spanish Armada ship. H iiiiiiitli lL'Pulls th.it the air divers‘ ('ir;in (irifon; to St I.);i\id’s Head .l.sll\lIIL"s li.I\i.’ lL'stlIIL'il In quite ti l.iii:i- .inioiiiit of acciirate siiriej. in \\'a|i.-s to investigate an unlinovvn l9th centiirv vireck: to \\ iirls lwlltg c‘itlt'lplL'IL'il the Scill_v Isles to survey the NORTH v\\'l) .\'()I'TII virecliis of the early Ilith i:entur_i ll‘.L' ilivcrs .ire members of the siarships Association. Romney II \l \ l).ii.-dalns branch of the and Tingle. and to Sicily and the \.ii.il \ir tiimni.ind Hub .-\qiia Iolian Islands to viorli for the

in South America aa a guard at honour from H. M. S. Tartar marches through Venezuela‘: capital Caracas. where they paid homage to the memory of national hero

guard vialted Bolivar's birthplaceand on the city's Plaza The

Bolivar marched put the libera-

tor'a statue.

A wreath was laid at the tool of the statue by the Senior British Naval Otllcer West indies (Commodore D. 6. Racine). who was accompaniedby the commending olllcare of the Tartar and H.M. aubmarlne Walrus.

on

esposed and carefully surveyed.

These Royal NTH) divers aim to continue their viiorli for the \l;ir) Rose il%'.-‘I Committee. .ind to establish hon much of the htill remains after -136 years beneath the Solent mud

Sultan sailors aid children's home

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I'lI.I\lL' .it .I local pottcr_\ hearing the (lsprr.‘_\ ‘s badge.

from H '\I \ \iilI.in. (iiisporl. spent it it.“ i_'rL'i'i\(V‘Ilng a fence. cleaning up the griiiinils. giirdeiiing. dismantlini: L‘l_.]lllPI'|1Cl'1I and repainting it svsimming pool :it the .\ationaI Children's Home at .-\li erstoke.

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SPORT SPOT .-\ totir to the Netherlands which has been prov‘isjtina|ly‘ lived for nevi .\farch should bring w hat is possibly the first top level soccer match between the Royal .\'avy and a foreign navy. is

how.

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interesting ft\tut'i: which comes at the end of the \av _v ‘s full and varied soccer programme is .i match at Victory ‘staditim. Portsmouth. on May I against a British .'\!B'|_\ of the Rhine team which will be touring the l K to play all three Wer\lCl"

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.-\ .-\matetir ‘(I is at

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I he trip

second halfi the Navy

the main emphasis of the season is on the InterServ ice Championship. and early indications are that a lot of work will have to be done in preparation for the matches against the Army ISlarch I‘ at .-\|ders'hoti and Ra-\.F. t.\larch 1".‘ at Portsmouth).

After 4.‘ players had travelled from all oy er the country to take part in the full .\av_v trials at Portsmouth in September. a .\'av_v team took on the enthusiastic young professionals of Southampton Colts. ln losing 2-1) tboth goals coming in a short spell during the But.

as ever.

‘Silent service tells all!

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Publicity-wise. it has" been suggested that the Royal .\aval (iolf Society has carried the Navy "s reputation its

disgraced players were not standard of the Navy's the tip to more experienced men. the game vs as rev ealing and eneotiragirig.

There are many players in the "pipeline" who can come into the by

no means. some of the new

While

Navy squad. provided the RN. can coach them and they can be

made as ailable.

The Nay 3. 's opponents are of a level that will always evtend and teach the sailors. and it is obvious that the gap between ship's play‘ers and full Navy players is wide.

DATESCLASH

The line-up for ampton match was

the South-

probably.‘ not really representative of the first team squad in that several players

had been released for other commitments. including Nay 3' Cup matches.

This conflict of fixtures is an annual problem. and it is import.int that Navy (‘up games should not clash with the ftill Navy trials The Navy did not show tip too well in their match against Oyford L'niv-ersity at Victory" Stadium on ’

the "Silent Service" too far this season. But both the golf-

themselves. and the sociev ty ‘s new management. have been very .icti\c.

team was.

37

()ctober l‘an unlucky" day“!

With goalkeeper Hopley play“ing below his usual form. plus slack tackling. the Navy surrendered the midfield control they had held during the first half—hour.

The tendency shown in this match for the .\i'ayy to play more individuals than as a team as should be ironed out by continued ——

good coaching.

Taylor tCT('R.\ll .‘siav-_v-'s scorer.

was

the

.\‘.-\\'Y (T? The divisional finals of the Navy (‘up have sent H..\f.S. Daedalus. H..\f.S. Collingwood.

RMB Stonehouse and H..\l.S. (‘ochrane through to the semifinals proper on .No\ ember Z2 and 3-! The final is on December S. Divisional final results on October I8 were: Portsmouth A H..\f..'s‘. Daedalus .‘v. H..\l.S. Osprey. Portland ll; Plymouth H..\f.S. Ark Royal 0. R.\lB Stonehouse I. October 20’ Portsmouth B ll MS. (ianges l. H..\f.S. (‘oliH..\f.S. ingwood 3. Scotland Cochrane-t. ll.\l.S. Neptune l.

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Raynl Navy’:

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squad this season.

Selected for the Oxford Unlversl match on October 1 he went on as substitute for the last 20 and is minutes. among players nominated for the SouthCounties ern Amateur Championshlp match against Birmingham Co. F.A. .

on

November11.

Golfer

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Stylish and practlcal and that its not just a fashion note on the headgear.

Loft : A Navy hope for the future.

PO 6. D. Campbell (Losslerriouth) displays an unorthodox grip, with the left hand below the right. whlle (right) CPO Jock Lawrence (Yeovllton) displays trophies and a wlnnfng smile the "spoils" of his sixth victory In the Royal Navy Open Golf Champion-

l'lie captain. ( dr. l’. A. Woollitigs. has travelled htindreds of miles in search of a winning team for the Iiitcr-Services Champion-

ships

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(‘P0 Jock lxawreitce tR..\. air station Yeov iltont won the Royal .\'a\_v Open Golf Championship for lhe sixth time when the touritament was played over "2 holes at Broadstone. Dorset. on September 28-29.

ship.

.-\! half-way it looked a onehorse race after l.awrence's brill".ll‘ll second round bx, iw o under par On Ht"). he was It shots ahead of (‘PU Dave Hill ll-'.\cel— lentt with ("P0 Brian Blabcr tTynet. Hand ‘Sgt Ken Shears iR.\l. l)eali and l.iei.it (iar:h .\lorrison iH..\l S Renowni in close attendance With one round to go. nobody had made mtich impression on l.ayvrence's' lead Hut the drama was not over. Hill took l‘ strokes to the turn while Lawrence was in trouble and had taken -13. Vtas.

Hill going to succeed at his last

scriptioni

lhe .iim is to have all records and accounts up-to-date by the annual committee meeting on Nov ember I‘ lhe R N team was not at full strength for lhe season's first match. which (‘ornwall won by ll ltt

‘l

.-\pril

followed by ,i close match which Dorset won by 9-6. the best result the Navy has everachiesed against the former English county -\n R V. trial

in

was

attempt before leaving the Navy

About ‘Kl golfers attended the society‘s annual meeting at l iphook and Hlackmoor. and Plymouth pipped >\ir Command by one match in the lnter-Command \l.iti.‘h Play ( hamptonships at lav istock.

Squash

INTERN“ I-i.‘\'('lTl-i.\IE.\T

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(hampionships.

Royal Navy

has never won the lnter—Ser\'ices Both .—\rmy and R..-\.F. have been beaten once. but

war.

the

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REL'()\'ER\' He played I! holes in level par and finished with 2% for the four rounds. but Lawrence recoy ered. and. by playing the last nine holes in level par. finished on 393 Morrison ilttti was third :ind other leading places went to Shears 306. Blaber ‘ll. (kimpl-sell M7‘. (‘PO D Pike v(';iledoniaI Fl". l_ieut.-(‘dr R Greenwood i.\'eptunei ‘lit. l.ieiit ~('dr. D. Brooks ll.ossiemoiithi 3]‘). ('dr

champions.

Since

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Devon. giviny: details of when he joined the Kocietv and on what basis tlife member or annual sub-

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the \:l!T‘lC \¢.‘€l\0|"l. this year the Navy lost to the R.:\.l-C 9l_—Z§. but at lunch on the second day stood 3——l up in the foursomes against the .-\rmy'.

But the .-\rmy played well. and. though many‘ matches went to the last green. the Navy were beaten t‘-l—.‘-1. The Army beat the R..~\.F. neyer 10

Q_l_2l Against (‘nil Sen ice at Deal. the Nay y- lost l(l§—-ti a satisfactory result considering the opposition had four internationals. lhe .\‘av-y was ninth out of 20 strong teams in the Ferndown

RU N D OWN RUNNEBS-UP

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l-oiirsomes. and defeated the holders in the first round of the Cornish Piskey foursomes knock-out before losing to the R..-\.l-'. in the quarterfinals.

The society has played friendly matches around l.ondon and the Home Counties. recording one win against the Highland Brigade (LS. Navy golfers. looking ahead to next season. are finding that. with Donald Holmes gufic and Dave Hill leaving the Service. it is difficult to hr.‘ ov er optimistic.

Hut Ron .\le('lean is due back from H.M.S. Bulwark. Garth Morrison should be more readily‘ available. and a newcomer is Inst.

Sub.-Lieut. Neil .\larsden. a Middlesex county“ player with a two handicap. who. within a month of joining Britannia Royal Naval College. play ed for the Navy’ in the Cornish Piskey event.

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tn the Far East Command Inter-Services Golf Champlonlast major tournament ship in Singapore before the completion of the rundown it Far East Naval Golfing Socloty team did well to defeat a strong R.A.F. side in coming runnersup to the Army.

The R.N. team was : Cdr. c.

J. lnaclto. Llout.—Cdr. J. R. Ball, MAA A. Somervllle. CPMA D. Bowns. CMEA M. Jackson.

POREL C. A. Andrews. Cdr. A. A. Horishor and Cpl. A. Mcwatt.

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team ta kes to the

cup trail Entering the Banbury Cup. a national club tourna-

ment. for the first time. the Royal Navy squash team made a good start. by winning both its first and second round matches by a maximum 5-0 score.

Playing in the Southern England Area. the Navy beat

Winchester on September 26 and Troians on October 18.

The team against Winchester was Lieut. R. M. H. Bawtree, inst.-Lieur. C. O'Keeffe. Li'eut.Cdr. H. L. R. Rump, Lieut.-Cdr. J. A. Colbeck. Lleut. M. A. Renrile.

Against Trojans. (he team comprised L leut. Bawtree.

Lieuf.-Cdr. Rump. Lieut.-Cdr. Colbeck, Capt. B. K. Shattock. and CPO PTI E Adlam.

B.

Other Navy squash /esulrs during October included a 4-1 loss against Mlddlesex at Hampstead Cricket Club on October 8. and a 5-0 defeat at the hands of Surrey at Waking on the 15th.

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Reorganization within the Fleet means reorganization of the sporting competitions open to the sailor at see. so this article by Lieut. Arnold Reed. Assistant Fleet Recreation Otticer. may prove helpful to ships entering teams in Fleet competitions.

O O O

Some ships “hard done by

KEN PUNCTURES gatherings ships large occurring frequently. sporting competitions THAT RECORD! thing Consequently major competition today.

as

with a world wide Fleet now more scattered than ever before and of in numbers less most of the old Fleet are a of the past. a rethink has been most suitable necessary on the type of Some traditional methods of organization have been abandoned and compromises are being sought in current competitions.

Those running at present are Top of the Rock. soccer. rugby. golf. exped. swimming 3 survival and fishing. .-\ darts competition starts this month.

Tlil-I ll)!-L.—\l. ()ur ideal is to hold competitions which enable all ships. anywhere. to compete on equal terms. regardless of size lne\'itably this inyolyes resorting to s\ stems based on numbers borne. averages and so on. which tends to produce a reaction of "Blimey. we need a computer to work this one out" ' The recent .22 shooting competition won by- H.M.S. Cavalier is an example. in theory. this competition was possible for all ships. yet only I? submitted completed

targets.

Here. I think the number of

"

Walker.

Ken. who has served in sub» marines since 195.1. started cycle racing in 1965 at the eye of 31. and has since figured prominently among Navy honours.

The previous Plymouth Portsmouth record of 11hr.

Jsmin. was set up in November. 1969. by ex—A.B. Wally Flib riding a light-weight tricyc a.

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Jubilant Ken Milner holds his cycle aloft in triumph at R. N. Barracks. Portsmouth, after his

record-smashing

ride from DevonPicture

run

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Joe fifth, despne blisters

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hornet put oil a lot of ships. The system will be adjusted for the

nest in

shooting competition starting

January

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Ways are being sought to simplify the arithmetic in all competi-

tions but. in the meantime. don‘: let it put you off. You can safely leave the working out to us, The soccer is being run on the

lines as last season when the competition worked well in spite of difficulties with ships‘ prosame

grammes

Despite

losing almost six because of badly blis-

tcred feet. CE.-\ Joe (‘lare ran the “smile l.ot1don-to-Brighton marathon on September 26 in a time one and a half minutes faster than he achieved last year when he won the race.

Joe. whose winning time last year was Fhr. Jltnin. 8sec.. was tifth this year in 5hr. 39min.

55sec.

He had been in with a chance of victory when he had to stop to deal with the blisters. in the process. he dropped from third to

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required

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each ran -17 miles to become the lirst pair to do the PortlandPortsmouth trip. and were welcomed home by Capt. S. M. Farqubarson-Roberts. (‘aptain of H.M.S. Vernon.

GOTCHEB!

by December 3|. lihc swimming F survival competition is nearing a close. Winin

possible are being investigated.

THE (TJNTESTS A step towards achieving a balance has been taken with the rugby knock-out where the competition is divided into three sections depcndtng on class of ship. giving consideration to ships with reduced complements.

The golf competition is again in two groups. one for handicap golfers and another for "rabbits."

As the rabbits all play off 1-! there is no point in tiddling about with handicap allowance. and this has been scrubbed, They" all play off scratch. and stablelord points are awarded on actual scores.

The competition (or handicap golfers is a "four ball better ball" play ed off handicap. and as games w ill be played on a wide variety of courses a correction based on the standard scratch score will be

applied.

EXP!-ll). .-\('(‘()l'\TS The exped competition is held eyery si\ months. and the winners are .iwaro.led the Bulawayo l'rophy. The current holders are ll .\l.S. l.ondon who were presented with the trophy by the Duchess of Gloucester Accounts of Espeds undertaken by ships are judged by a panel. not on literary content but on what the team actually set out to do and whether or not they achieved their arm.

Don't get the schoolie to write your "blurb" tyou'll be disqualified if you do). An account in

words tells the panel far about your cypcd. Submisfor the nest award are due

own

more sions

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ships.

The competition ends on Nov ember 30 and certificates are awarded to all successful competitors.

DARTS TOL'R.\'EY

The fishing competition earlier this year was successful and proyided a lot of fun. It continues in the same form. and also ends on November30.

About to start is a Fleet darts competition which will run until January 3|. It is open to everyone in ships afloat or refitting. and the winner will be the person who gets 501 in the least number of darts. starting and finishing with a double.

Any number may enter from each ship. and each competitor may have as many tries as he likes. entering the best for the competition. Prizes will be awarded to the first three individuals. and there will be a team prize for the best four from any

ship.

These. then.

the Heel s sporting competitions. and we would be pleased to hear any ideas you may have to help us malse them as fair as possible for all ships. ~

are

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Weare Licut.-(‘dr. P. Nightingale. Fleet Recreation ()tl'icer.

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Commander-in-(‘hief Fleet.

Northwood. Middlesex t.\lorthwood Iblbl. ext. TN)-1): and CPOPTI G. Hamber. Fleet recreational assistant.

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The race was won in a new record time of Shr. limin. 45sec.

by South African Dave Leviclt.

On October 9, Joe won a cross country race to help the R..\i. .-\thletic Club tSouthi to victory in their match against Worthing .-\.(‘.. the .\i;itionai Westminster Hank. and the Bank of England.

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felt they were as their numbers were reduced for such reasons as retits or special training tasks il here is no easy way of producing ligiires giving the numbers actually on board at any one time. and ways of making things as fair

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Although having to contend with a flat tyre for the last 12 miles, Nev c ciist CHEM Ken Miiner (H. ubmarine Olympus} knocked two hours off the record for the Devonport to Portsmouth trip when he covered the 180 miles in 9hr.

35min. on September30.

Ken. who had aimed to complete the distance in nine and a half hours. had two punctures on the trip. one with 40 miles to go and the other 12 miles from home. but was still only five minutes "late.

Arriving at R.N. Barracks.

Portsmouth, he was congratulated and clocked in by the Executive Officer. Cdr. E. 6.

SPOBTZ

Commander J. A. Kearne left H.M.S. Temeraire. the R. School of P. T., on his retirement on October22. .

Kearney (50). who the joined Navy as a boy seamen in 19.18 and qualified as a PT?in 1942. took command with the school’: commissioning as H.M.S. Temeraire in June.

He is succeeded by Cdr. Ian Cdr.

A! Che tham. in October, Kent county cricketers Alan Brown and David hayer received £68. 10 which had been raised by a benefit match organized by the H.M.S. Pembroke C P.O.5' Mess. A bar. signed by all the Kent players ius other well-known crickete/s, raised E2 in a competition

Macdonald.

Sultan ’s ‘six-hour teams.

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from Portsmouth area establishments. low state of both river and weather. who paid little regard to bad weather. sat satisfactory weights were recorded. beside the River Avon at Ringwood.

H.M.S. Sultan. winning with the best Hampshire. for six hours on October I}. lour weights totalling 32|b. 5§o1.. also The teams. which have a Wednesday‘ provided the best three individual afternoon league. were holding their weights in the match. first major match. and. considering the POMEM Davidson recorded lllb. tzioi. tall daccl: B/Sgt Epps RM. tw-hose bib. I001. barbel won the best ‘ Pk-‘MU’ ‘Mi IIMIO an fish of the day awardl. 3|b- 1501-. and 0, "Wm", ,0 W POMEM wcwcnmbg gm rarn—a/ I. Eppe Second team was H.M.S. Coilingit)

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You've heard of cricket matches lasting three, or even flve. days. But how about playin g five matches in one day. it heppened in Hong Kong where, following the Royal Navy U.K. achievement of winning the inter-Service Championships for the third successive year sailors won a kind of ‘mini’ inter-Service tournament.

An H. M. S. Tamarsix won five games duringa blistering hot day, and. as the “underdo s.’ met last year's winners. the Royal Welsh U8’liars. in the final. The Navy won in the fourth of the allotted five overs.

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A teenage ritgby squad from H.M.S. (Taledonian.

Rosyth. has become the first team from the command of 9 Hag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland to win outright. ‘> the Wildfire Trophy. top prize in the Royal Nay-y‘.s InterQ ('ommand undcr- l9s Portsmouth. the runners‘-tip. were eaten 22—F in the tinal after Q .the Scottish side had defeated Plymouth 2tl—(t in the semifinal.

The competition saw big scores. and quite an upset. when the _9_ favourites. Royal .\larine.s. were beaten Stt—(I by Plymouth. and Portsmouth defeated .\'aval Air command -tI—(l in the opening Q -

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mouth. Secretary I5 Mr. A. P. Silk, 49. Fllsham Road. St

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exciting and free-flowing rugby game under floodlights at Bordeatis on September 29. the Royal Navy. captained

by Leigh Merrick. went down -t0—27' against Begles. the champion French club. writes Nimrod. ln

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Although outpaced and our-manoeuvred forward by a highly" yolalile and athletic French team. the R.N. backs and three-quarters gave a very‘ good account of themselves. _

Fixtures Badminton. Royal Navy (‘h.|u|p|(Insht H M 9 Drake Soccer Rm-at Na\_\ \r Birt-niriytarn.

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rather better than the score of |‘)—9 indicates.

At half-time it was l0—9. and the game had been very eyen. It was not until the middle of the second half that Des on gained an ascendancy. but the Nayy held on well and had a lot of the game during the last ten minutes.

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superb tackles. while John Davies DOWN IN DE\'().\' The Navy also went down to Devon on October 6. although the

NOVEMBER rs‘

At full-back. Simon New-som played a sterling game. with some

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pionships Plymouth

l he match drew one of the best crowds seen at the Rectory‘ for years which contributed gene-

rously

to the

Frank Sutton benefit

collection.

I understand that U.S. Portsmouth. beaten at Sidcup in the R.l".L.'. Knock-Out Cup on Sunday. October 17. mishandled rt lot and wasted many" chances. but the weather conditions were terrible. .\lA.\'ADO.\ WIN RNEC Manadon won the Plymouth seven-a~side competition. a most entertaining and pleasant affair in which 2-! ships and establtshment sides took flfll at

Deyonport in ‘September It was it titling start to Manad-

on‘s season lhts year the R.\'l:‘(‘ celebrates the centenary of its founding in I872. although it is believed that. throu h lack of opposition in the days. no matches were played until some

early

years later.

rugby

Former Navy players will recall "Barney" McHu 9 who retired at Chathem If! October after 16 months as chief staff officer (technical) and captain of

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and ratings’ from the H.M.S. Cleopatra ‘When 73 officers of 250 took of the

company’ ship (iibraltar _

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on

September

Rock race in part in a_ Top 20. the winning team of six was from First up the Rock was RO3(Gt littlewood ('_'5min. 5Z.sec.t. second. Lieut. M. N. Fisher (37-‘min. S3scc.i. and third. Mid. N. Newton (2.7rnin. 59scc.i.

encouraged contestants in the Novices H.M.S.

few of last year's squad serying away from the [IR and the team starting collective training at R..\I. Hiirracks. liistncy. on .\'u\L'tTtl‘Cr l. sclL‘clttrs were looking for talent for unfilled With

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weights in the senior team.

PO 'lony t)\ley. Portsmouth (‘ommand coach. includes on his list of "likely lads" for the .\'ay‘y‘

bowing scene light-welterweight l'htl King t\'etnont. middleweight Daye (itbbon. light-heayysyeiglit "Jacko" Jackson (\'tclutyl and ltglit-ttttddle l) (Iipetilitirst. lotiy could liayc dtscoyered Nayy bo\itig‘.s brightest prospect

for

some time in

lt»ycar—old Paul

Kelly. is ho showed class in a special featherw eight bout during the command nos ice championships.

Shelled out! highlight of H.M.S. Bulwark's visit to lnstanbul in SepA

Outstanding among the Marines was Rct. .-\lan Smith (Depot! who k.o.ed es-Bugler Barry Stokes (("l’(‘I. to win the trophy for the most promising novice Rct .-\lan Hughes (CTCI also k.o.ed judo black belt Rct Mick lidwards (Depot) in the heat _\w eight final lhe Depot team. coached by Cpl. John (ianc. won the Junior (Challenge (‘up with It»

tember

match .iy:.tinst a British Petroleum Shell (Jil (o team. played at a fine st.idium of international standard. \li (l'\ltc;i. captained the Bulwarks tirst team to a ?—l ticli|f_\

open bout eshibition of f; tst bo\ing. l. (pl. lom (itinning (Depot). oiitpointed (‘L Ken Plait (l)ry;id). LS Ron .\l;lf\l'l(ill an

soccer

and the soccer second ‘(I beat the British (onsiilate Stall "

(Victory! outscored .\lne (jraham Hinton (l)l’R()R.\l). the southpaw sailor looking litter and stronger than last year's .\;iyy'

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Wren D. Medley" (Victory) was the only woman competitor in the R..\'. Canoe Slalom Championships at Lower Hampt on the River Tamar in September. She was ninth in the novice kayak event. Eight teams entered the team kayak event which was won

by H.i\l.S. Collingwtxtd R.\'F.C Manadon second. Royal Marines third.

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Rumour: that the R0 al Nev are to provl e the clan Guards wmi. lnstrucrors In factball are not true desplre the fact that In Pulnoy on October 5 R.N. Chathnni footballers beat a London netlon clde of the Guard: 17-2! '

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light-heat _\' representatiy e In the only ('orps open bout. .\lne Nat Daniels tl-'astrtey I. the I968 .\ia\'y featherweight champion. returning after recoyering front :i broken wrist. outscored the plucky ('pl. [)a\e Hecl>;ley (CTCI.

prizes related to engine capacity, and a ladies it

.\ team of sailors from H..\l S

Prizes will go to the winner,

with class

prize.

.-\fter zi lapse of two or three years. the l’.T. Branch is holding a reunion at the Clifton Hotel.

Portland. on Saturday. November 27'. Organizer is l_ieut. Don lflliott. H..\l.S. Osprey. lolooooloolloooonno

ABOVE: AB "Jlcko" Jackson (Vlctory) glvoa nous capo: (Sultan) a rough time on fill way to wlnnlng the II It!nu M title In the Portsmouth commend No 3

Clmnplonohlpn.

LEFT: A left hook from Ck Caualls connect: on tho aw of L88. FnlrwuthorIn 3 Plymouthcommand novlcu nnl at I-I.M.s. Drake. ooooooncllnoooccono

No "full sets" in the ring that's the boxing "order of the day.

The reason is that the Royal Na vyA. BA. has followed the rule of the national A.B.A. which has accepted medical advice that long hair and beards should be banned for the sake of safety. "

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Whittingham.

The .-\rk Royal (ll points) won the unit trophy. with H..\‘l.S.

i-‘nod entertainment

a

visit.

l’l.\'\'l()lTllH()l’F.S .\ bright hope from the Plymouth ('ommand nos-ice championships was LS Dennis Ba\en— dzile (H.518. l._\‘I1\| who won a fast middleweight clash with P03 ll Yagoutzdeh (Drake). while another boxer who did well was ll..\l.S. Ark Roy-al‘s lightDick .\ll‘..\l mtddleweight

Drake (24) second. and Scotland tttithird.

RECRFITS SHINE .-\t Fastney Barracks. the Royal Marines produced a llbout programme on the final evening of the Corps championships. despite having all four homebased commandos away from the L'.ls‘. Recruits from the Depot.

Deal. and (‘ommando Training Centre. Lvmpstone. provided

was

ship's teams won at cricket and squash. but lost at golf during the

points to C'l‘("s3-1

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and

‘Cleo’ sends 73 racing up the Rock SPO RTS SHORTS

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Drake on October 28-29 was‘ the possibility‘ of selectionfor the ftill Navy’ boxing team. writes Puncher.

durlng the RN.

CharnpIonshlps.

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sponsored walk

with IR local girls in Fremantle.

Western :\ustralia and raised L".'-12 in .'\U\ll':tlI.tn dollars for —-

charity.

lhe girls. who were shoysn round the aircraft carrier. entered their team in the walk in aid of the Fly ing Angel Club In ltremantle l)r Barn;irdo‘s children benetiled by £X'.'(l as a result of .i sponsored swim organized in the ‘iportsdrome at ll .\l.S .\'eptune

by Lieut. lony Bacon, the base sports officer.

The man who came to receiye the cheque from the Commodore (Commodore Peter Clyde Bergcrl. was Scotlandk “Ulll\ll0\H1 Olympic swimmer Bobby \lc(iregor. who had sponsored Rarnardo's an appeal for Dr. HOITIL‘.

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40

Tun of Hument nl rescue his mllragues are dead and his ship. hlH(“u'll('d h_\ fire. is iuiI~ luuing 150 miles till’ Land 's l'.nd. But for this Miruegiun sl'HlllllIl and his mates. the shurt haul into it Sea King helieoptc-r is the first mmlnrring .

arathon of

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Be|ton's Ham drama

dramatic rescue operations seen in the South-West.

Sea King helicopters from R..‘s'..-\.S. (‘u|drose. Helston. plucked II crew. members from the deck of a tire-stricken .\'orwegi:tn bulk-carrier last month.

In

Battered h_\ October high seas and gale force \\tl’1Ll‘-. the Tonclass minesvieeper H.M.S. Bellt.1tt\sL‘nl to the rescue of a woman scientist stranded on a small uninhabited island in the Outer Hebtti.lt.'_.\. and later the ship herself wits in touble lhe scientist. .'\1iss Susan Fogv den. from Oxfordshirc. was studying gres seals, and had been marooned for nine t.l;t_\s with only at tent for shelter T()\\'lCl)FOR REP.-UR Despite the bad weather. a diiigh) crew from the Belton in.in.iged to get her safely hack to

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FLOWERS FOR A PRINCESS when Princou Ataxandra viaitod il.M.S. Biairo, in San Francisco for British Woolr, she was presented with a bouquet ol man by JS John Smith.

Also in tho picture is the Blake'3 commanding olflcor, Capt. R. D. Butt.

Full story and more picturaa In tho Blairo in San Francisco are on page 19.

ll..\l.\ l‘ndur;ince. the .\-;t\\’.s ice patrol ship. left l’ortsmouth on October _Ii\. bound for another winter of duty in the Antsirctic.

Dnal y airy. hy1t'ti.:i'?lo 'IlalQIIIOII annliroraary 00'flddfld Huh olszczocin (Stettln), visit in tho was colohratadin Poland this year

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DELIVERY SI-IR\'l(‘E who were On ;irri\;iI at ('u|drose. the men were taken to tired and grubby after their ordeal the sick bay for treatment for esposure.

The crews of the Sea Kings also deloered food. hlankets. and fresh miter for the captain and men who chose to stat. ssith their crippled ship.

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erither conditions “etc described ;is "atrocious" “tilt the helpless vessel .-\natin;i rolling uncomfortably in a heavy. so ell and battered l‘~_\ a Force ‘J ssind. "l he two Seat Kings of 83-1 Squadron set a nasal record by undertaking the -i‘~(t—mile round trip from ttildrose The presious record operating distance from the station was I75 miles. lhe full-scale emergency search and rescue drama begun with an esplosiun in the Anatina. is hen tu o of the crew were killed. liight other crest members were transferred to the Cunard liner Franconia. and the helicopters \\ inched oil’ I I of the 20 remaining survivors.

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of the

Throughout the three—da_i

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Admiral Ludin: dinnor to mark tho wick Lanczyazyn. commander-in-chic!of the Polish Na Ashanti’: vialtla haliovod toba tho iiratbyany Woatorn naval iroaaol to this aroa which, at one than,

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