NAVY NEWS, NOVEMBER 1993 Options
People in the Mews
FALL IN THAT GIRL BREAKING a tradition of 206 years standing is Lisa Hannam — first girl to attend Trinity House School in Hull. Founded in 1787 as a nautical school, Trinity House has over its two centuries trained hundreds of boys for careers in Hie Royal and Merchant Navies. Today the school curriculum covers ail the usual subjects, but its nautical studies department continues to be a strong draw for boys — and now Lisa's led the way, for girls, too—planning a career at sea. Lisa hopes to join the Royal Navy. She is pictured at the beginning of term sizing up her classmates. The school's outfitters were caught slightly on the hop so far as her headgear went... but She's now got a regulation Wren-style hat.
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You have the ship COMMANDER Graham Ramsay, commanding officer of HMS Mpnmouth, launched a model of his ship at Plymouth Navy Days, at which the Duke class frigate also appeared. Members fought mini warship batThe model was built by Mr James tles in No. 5 basin, using live exploPaxton, chairman of the Glasgow sives and shells. Before the comRichmond Model Boat Club, and is mencement of hostilities the models fully radio controlled. The club was were on display to the public and they taking part in Plymouth Navy Days for the third time. proved very popular.
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IN BRIEF RECENTLY retired Vice Admiral Sir Alan Grose has received an Honorary Fellowship from Liverpool John Moores University for outstanding personal achievements.
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LIEUT.-CDR. Mike Cheshire has taken over as captain of HMS Victory — the post once held by Nelson's flag captain, Thomas Hardy.
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ord, Admiral Sir Benjamin Bathurst clearly liked what he saw when he took a gander through the periscope on board HMS Triumph. The shot was taken during the Admiral's fact-finding tour of Clyde Submarine Base, when he also took the opportunity to talk to as many members of the ship's company as time allowed.
T H E R E was no d i s g u i s i n g her father's delight when Instructor SubLieut. Trudi Bailey passed out of Britannia Royal Naval College. Trudi's first appointment is to HMS Collingwood, where her dad, Lieut.(CS) Arthur Bailey, a former Warrant Officer MEA(H), was serving when she was born.
Picture: PO(Phot) Tel Harding
HELP MAKE IT PLAIN SAILING FOR THE SEA CADETS.
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THE REV. David Thomas, chaplain to 40 Cdo RM, has become the first Forces chaplain to conduct a service at the 272-year-old Mary Street Unitarian and Free Christian Chapel, Taunton. Former preachers there include the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
n nn SECOND Sea Lord, ViceAdmiral Sir Michael Layard, has presented Lieut.-Cdr. Noel Erskine with his personal commendation to mark his co-ordination of the refurbishment programme at HMS Centurion. This was the first such award made by the Second Sea Lord.
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NEW Commander Fishery Protection Squadron, Cdr. Bill Chambers, paid his first visit to HMS Blackwater to present the Marine Engineering Officer with a Herbert Lott Award for outstanding service. CPOMEA(M) Wally Pullman has served in the Blackwater for 18 months and in that time become an expert on the River Class and its unique engi-
neering design. Cdr. Chambers (pictured right) took up his appointment in June, having previously commanded HMS Anglesey.