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Capt. Browne makes the presentation to LPT McKeown. See story right.
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McKeown's a highly successful export! TWO consecutive deployments to the South Atlantic, necessitating an absence from the UK of 10 months out of 12, saw HMS Herald visiting several West African and Brazilian ports, including a Christmas run ashore in Rio. Because of the length of time mencing prior to breakfast and away, a physical trainer was the last frequently going on to drafted to the vessel. LPT John pipe-down." McKeown was the first PT to For another member of Herserve in this class of ship, but ald's ship's company, Sub.he made the job his own. Lieut. Tony Knott (inset), the He is pictured receiving a deployment included a two Herbert Lott award from the month stint on loan to HQ BriCaptain Hydrographic Surveytish Forces Belize. Tony's duing Squadron, Capt. Rodney ties ranged from watchkecping Browne, who visited the Herald to dealing with casevacs. in Santos, Brazil. The award marks John's He also took part in various "professional abilities, imArmy exercises, spending a mense enthusiasm and capacity week on patrol in the jungle, for hard work." In addition to dived the BlueJ-Iolc (first disorganising daily and weekly covered by Jacques Cousteau), sports contests and events, and organised a cultural trip to sions of fitness training daily John conducted several sesMexico to view Mayan ruins. for all abilities, "the first com-
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WO Grocott
A FEW more greybeards — actual and metaphorical — have been lost to the Senior Service with the retirements of the Second Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Michael Livesay, Capt. John Robathan, Cdr. Mike Porter RNR, Aux. Lieut.-Cdr. Maurice Hogg, and WOs Peter Grocott and John Southall. A d m i r a l Livesay served across the world during his 41 year RN career, but developed particularly close links with Scotland and it is in Perthshire he will make his retirement home. "Assured Supply" was the last exercise for three stalwarts of the Falmouth Port HQ, who between them had clocked up over 130 years' service. Capt. Robathan joined the RN in 1943 and went on to command HMS Kent. Following his retirement in 1976 he became NOIC Cornish Coast and later NCSO Falmouth. Cdr. Porter served in the Royal Navy from 1956 to 1959, and joined the RNVSR in 1960 WO Southail and the RNR in 1964. He was SONCS at PHQ Falmouth mouth PHQ from 1974 to from 1980 to 1993 and his ser1993. vice with the Sea Cadet Corps Colleagues and friends from stretched over 40 years from across the UK travelled to Gos1953. port to mark the retirement of Lieut.-Cdr. Hogg served in WOWtr Grocott, who had the RN from 1943 to 1946 and joined the RN in 1951. j o i n e d t h e Royal N a v a l Mr Grocott was presented Minewatching Service (later the with a silver cup (the "Peter Royal Naval Auxiliary Service) Grocott Trophy") which will be in 1953. He was PNXO at Falpassed to the Royal Naval Supply School. The trophy will be awarded annually to the most outstanding Wtr/LWtr (male or female) to complete the Leading Writer Qualifying Course. WO John Southall has spent the last 12 years as uniformed representative responsible for liaison with the Software Issuing office in DRA Portsdown. His scrupulous accounting of all software issued to the Fleet saved the bacon on numerous DWEOs over the years and "Mr Software" as he's known, will also be fondly remembered by Unit Security Officers and Classified Book Officers to whom he has lectured at HMS Mercury and Ashford. Left: Lieut.-Cdr. Hogg, Capt. Robathan and Cdr. Porter.
MAKING friends with the locals is Royal Navy pilot Lieut.-Cdr. Peter Palm (750 NAS, Culdrose), a member of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Cambodia. Peter was sent first to Siem Reap in the north-west of the country, where he encountered primitive conditions and frequent exchanges of gunfire between rival groups of local militia. He has now swapped his bullet-ridden hut for a comfortable office in Phnom Penh, where he is the Naval Policy Development Officer.
Irish ties LIEUT.-Col. Tony Potter, CO 1st Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, is presented with a pipe banner by Lieut. Chris Dyke, ship's navigator, on behalf of the officers and men of HMS Brave. The Battalion has enjoyed close links with the ship over the past six years. Chris is on temporary detachment to the Battalion in Cyprus to swot up his "Armyese" prior to an appointment at Sandhurst
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