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Tltc Newspaper of The Royal Navy and The Royal Naval Association

No. 157, 14:11 YEAR.Tt_J_‘L7.:1967T

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Published

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that

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tin-

venicnt. too lmt .t:tlt.ul: sort of

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It'l Ben to tool: to BERNARD:

first Thti-rsday of the month

Price One Shilling

DASH TO SCENE

Il..\l.S. Drt-zttlnuutzht on June 24 ltccutnc tltc first of the Navy‘s nuclear submarines Io lire torpedoes with the intention of sinking

costly. to

The artttottticetticnt. "German tanker torpcdocd." had a fatttiliar ring to older Set‘vice melt. adding extra drama to the oct::isiou. The (it,'l'lll.tti vessel. the l2..\'3.\’-ton lisslwreer Cltentist. broke iit half after an ;tt:cidcnt oil the .-Votes. the forepart retn;tinin_t: afloat uith .I tl.tn_t:crous Admiral Hill-.\‘orton

or

do this

tlttn_e—-~so it

never

gets

through the Navy. your operation own fund is helm: started. with capital provided by a generous d0n:tlion from the Africa Station R.tttnt:s' Benevolent the

co-

of

l'utttl. SIGN‘ ONE FORM Under ‘lt.\ \Ull\.'IllC you will be able :o take Care of this by

form. getting it \'n‘l.lll'tL‘Y'\l[.:1'lt.‘\l by your divione

sional olltecr. and simply hamling it in to the Pay’ or Ship's Ollice. l‘rom then on. for a dcduc~ tion ot only 24». :t year. which will be done ;ttttoIn:ttic:i|ly for you on the ledger. you can e\pect that £350 is paid immediately to your family should you die while in the Service.

\Ve hope that we shall be able

join enlarge on

as more

to

this Iigure. ‘llte tund is to be called tltc Royal N-iv.-tl and Royal Marines l)ependanls' Fund. and. .|s the Second Sea Lord.

I will be its lirst President. The aim of the Managing Committee is to ensure that tlte grant is paid to the bereaved family within 48 hours of death. as in these circumstances speed is almost as essential as h.tving a rc.tll_v worthwhile sum.

Now it is up

to you.

To be

sign an application form by July 20.

in

at

the

start you must

llusbands DO NOT FORGET —-wives MAKI’. SURE you see something is done. I strongly urge all of you to ioin.

Wm‘ Expenses

of

running the fund

will be less than 5 per cent. of the subscriptions. A similar fund was started by the Army in I964. For the same subscription their grant is now [$00. Eighty-seven per cent. of all eligible soldiers have joined.

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BABY ARRIVED IN R.N. FRIGATE Port Stanley. a baby was born to Mrs. Betty Riggs. of South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic, and according to the Ministry of Defence (Navy), both mother and 6}-lb. daughter are doing well. Mrs. Riggs was in the liner .'\l)t|1|ftl ll.\I.S.

Lynx

ship.

H

is int:on-

done. Now.

signing

Save time and money Complete size ronnfor all figures: El 7. l9.6 Superfine: £20.l0.0 Tcrylene

-S'Vln‘u\UH%t"hf. TORPE DOED—AT GERMAN WISH I

mcdi.t:c llIlill1L‘i‘.tl assistance \\lli.'ll would be so impot'..mt to them iii the cxent of your tlciillt. Sn often it

READY-T0-WEAR UNIFORMS

-.-.-i.-.-t.-.-.

I-‘rntu tltc Second St-:t l.ortI. Vice.-\tlntiral Sir Peter [Alli-Ntlfltlil. This is a pet-son:tl ,tm.-ss;tgc to all ratings, other R..\I. ranks. \\'.R.\.\. and naval nttt \L'\ w Ito are married. ()n .-\ugust l we are .starlin;.: :t fund which will enable you all for a small annual sum to .tv.til.tble for nt.tl»;e your \4.‘r_\

Worth looking into

T

DREADNOUGHTS 30-KNOT

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New dependants’ fund starting -‘.'’‘'-

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RUN-DOWN AT SINGAPORE ’l.i|'».s 't0tvl\ place last montli bctwcctt tltc British (iovv:rtttncnt and tlte Prime Minister of Singapore. .\Ir. Lcc Kuan Yew. regardittg tltc run-down of the Stn;.:.tpoic base. In ;itltl:ttott to the withdrawals or British forces which h:tvc ;IlI'C.I\l) taken place. it is planned to withdraw l0.000 more by .-\pt'i|. I968. and about a further 20.000 by April, I970.

Total withdrawttl will. perhaps. be completed between I972 and I975. Mr. Lee thinks the run-down will ht; so affected that industrial tleveloptnenl. and the con\'cr\iOll of part of tltc docls_\‘:trtl into a civilian one. will cushion the threatened ttncmployntcttt. I-Ie also hopes that the dcfence gap will be partly llllL'tl ht .'\'.l\lf.lll‘.l and New Zcalattd

Darwin,

and when it was discovered that her baby was dtte two months prematurely, the help of Lynx was sought in taking her to Port Stanley in the Fttlkltttttls. The baby was born shortly after the frigate arrived at Port Stanley. t\-lotlter and child. after spending the night on board. were taken ashore. the baby in

cargo of 300 tons of alcohol and 300 tons of acetone. In response to a request

from the owners to sink the tanker. Dreadtioitght was dispatched front (iibraltar at 30 knots. H.M.S. Salisbury. which was on passage in the vicinity. approached from the west. Three homing torpedoes front the tlect \lIl1lll;trIl‘lC lound their mark. and Salisbury opened lire with 4.5-in. guns. The whole area was covered with clouds of dense black smoke as the blazing tanker went down. Drcatlttougltt is cotnmanded by (‘dr. l’c1cr (lihh. and Salis-

bury by ('tlr. .\I. Hits.

100 ships in exercise Nearly

ships and aircraft from Belgium. Denmark. Germany, the Netherlands. Norwa_v and the United Kingdom. took part in

lot)

NATO cscrcist: “Vivid Tango" at the end of May. French naval and air forces also took Phrt under the French Cornmartde-r~iit-('hicf. Atlantic. ll.-.\l. ships 7.ulu and Hardy a

principal Royal Navy ships taking part. togctltcl‘ with mineswecpers. submarines. and merchant ships. The exercise was designed to train the participants in tltc dcfence of shipping against all were

the

threats.

NEW C-IN C

anxiety

to

of naval the last few

families during weeks. H.M.S. Rhyl

was

only

:1

day's sailing from U.K. when she was turned back to the Mediterranean. and ll.M.S. Victorious. having cleared Sue/. on the way home. was ordered to remain in the Malta area. Several men were due to be married. and these and other prob_le_ms resulted in a flood of inquiries. some

men were

flown home front Victorious "to be at the church on time." A few on board were able to ct their wives out to Malta or an ttncspeetcd holidav. Possible an even more dill‘:-

ADEN ..a

Admiral Sir John I-‘rcwcn. Contmandcr-in-('ltiel' Home Fleet since 1965. takes over front Admiral Sir Frank Hopkins the (‘outntzindcr-lib Chief, Portsutouth. in Novetuht-r. (sec also |‘.l:I]'.l.' I2)

CARRIER

For six months after South Arabia becomes independent on Janttary 9. I968. Britain will keep a strong naval force in South Arabian waters. In announcing this to the Commons. part of a £60 million "p:tt:k;u:c deal" for independence.

the

problems

over moves

crisis

scores

ship. Eventually several

I.esanto_ of Horndean. Hunts. The baby is to be named Pauline. Lynx had left South Africa

tmtismtltcr.

Warship movements to meet the Middle East crisis brought disappointment and

wives were unaware that the carrier would not be returning on June I as planned. and travelled front as far away as Scotland and Wales to meet tltc

special weather-proof cradle made by Shipwright Douglas

.sqnadron's clclllixt attended patients. and :t naval radio tttecltanic repaired the island's

Home

Unfortttoately.

a

in company with Kent and Arethusa. and these two ships visited Tristan da Cunha (see also page I9). The mid-winter weather conditions madc communication with the islanders ditlieult. bttt some flew to the ships in the squadronis helicopters. T h c

Dreadnought circles the “ltilI“

Foreign Secretary,

Mr. George Brown, said that the force would include an aircraft carrier.

cttlt situation

arose

through the

secrecy was maintained. leaving welfare authorities unable to give any information about her futttrc programntc. (See also page I2.)

ntystcry departure of the contmando ship ll..\I.S. Albion "to be available in the .~\tlantie." For nearly a month tight

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NAVY NEWS

l9_fi7

JULY

Shortages —and the effect on

manning

\\"lieii recruitntciit and re(:l'lgL1gL‘ll'tCl)lfail to make good the losses caused by inert le:i\itig.: the Service. l)r:tfl_\' runs iitto ditlicttlties filling all the billets. The effect of ti ~lioita~._.-e in a branch can take (|ill‘c-rent fornis depending on \\ll(.'l'L' the shortage iu:iteri;i-

.

D_RAFTY’S CORNER

s-~ I

sltims lit-tttscll

ii\L'i.

in

he‘ the

must

(lL'~L'r\lllg. Sliortage in the .-‘srtilicer

If there are Cltilttgll qii;ililied and f'L‘L'(\l‘lll'tlClldL'\i candidates for the out higher rate they are a.l\;i:it-ctl. and this iitcatis that tiltlioiigli the branch as a “hole is short of men. the shortage shows only in the Able and

and

brattclics is miicli more diflictilt to solve. and is (lit: most serious of l)rafty‘s and the .\l;inning Department's .\leclianii.

an

problems.

Artiliccrs and Vechanicians take a long time to train. and there is no otic who can replace tllt:n'I at short notice.

Urtlznary rates.

()itc coiiseqiience of this sort of imbaliinee is that some senior rates may liiid theniselves doing: iolis for iiliieli the Scheme of (’ompli:mi:nt sliows a ntore yutuor rating. Lltistitistactory as this may

DRY ROSTERS \\'ltcii shortages are in the senior rates. the rosters are dry and zidvancenieitt for those who qualify is rapid. Drafty has. therefore. to be on his toes when issuing drafts for a ship re-eommissioniiig, and will usually provide for an tinderbcarlng in all senior rates to allow for advancement during the commission. the under-

it strikes Drzifty as being better than aticnipiiiig to spread

seem.

the shortage evenly over the \\l)i)lC range of ratings: for to do so would mean withholding ailiaitcement for some ratings wlio were fully eligible and ileseri ing it.

bearing being temporarily filled by local actin advancement.

DILUTION ll. however. there are not enough qualified and recommended candidates for the next higher rate. the shortage will matcritilise among the senior ratings. In this situation dilution has to take place. and junior ratings have to be drafted in place of senior ratings. Here the opportunity exists for someone to be granted it local Acting Higher rate. The local Acting Higher rate is not necessarily given to the most senior of the ratings eligible. but to the rating who by his ability

This may a so mean that some men at the top of the overseas roster may have their drafts deferred for a. month or two if they are to be advanced shortly. in order that they may be drafted in their new rate. If the shortages in a branch become really acute. the Ministry of Defence will usually first apply what is known as ti manning standard. which means that the available men are spread more thinly over the commitments by means of a laid-down scale. (e.g, in Schemes

of Conipleiiicnt for 3 read 2. for (i read 4, for IO read 7.) If a reduced manning staitdzird \\()tlltl result in too much extra work then more drastic nicasiires have to be taken. such as putting some of a ship's armament into Care aitd .\laiitteiiaitci:. or even limit-

ing;

sliip‘.s stcamini: capacity. [he one may of savitig manti

power that

in:

all amid if

we

lies in ciitting :he sliore billets. for it is getierzilly in braitclies with few such billets that the sliortages are worst. In the short term we could avoid all tinder-nitiiining in ships it \\t.' resisted this way of titeeti:tg ll sltortagc. but in the long run i-.i: tmuld make tliiiiyzs iitiieli nurse. can

floating laboratory which will help to formulate the designs for the Navy's frigate: and des-

troyers of the 1970's. This new form of propulsion is at present in use. for boosting purposes. in the County and Tribal classes of warships. _

Home hr

I‘.-L\1.lI\.'l'DC. U.K. Base l‘urt. ('haih.im. Bl'IRVHC|\ (A S Frinie). Autos: It at (_Tia:hani (‘. .'c M. l‘.iri). Port Service, boeciut it-ti; start: December 4. PROfl>.(,'I()R (lee Parrot Shin). Auauii 2% at Pormn-iuin. 50:‘. ot ship‘: mmnr. (_}cneral Service Commission. Ilnfl.

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America

South

and

Atlantic. U.K. tine Purl. Portsmouth. VICIORIOIJS (rzrrier). August 1|

(‘l‘en2aiiie date) at Porurriouth. General Serilce (frimminion. [fag M

U.K. Hue Port. l‘or'.iiu-tooth,

Suez.

PALl..l.\'l>2R IA .8 Frigate). /(limit

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I'orismon:n. l'oit Sen:-cc. Rcsene (|eri:.iiii¢ v,g-J D.\.N.u-I ((i.t'. in-.~.i:e). September 7 at l)cii-nnari. General Seriice Commislion. llu.-ne hr Fast. U,|{, 33¢ Port. l)et.-iir\.:r:. (('l. PlJNL'l|F.'r‘l(l.\ ((.‘..\I.S.). September I‘) crew.

Zulu. the ‘Ribs! class, general purpose fri-

H.MS.

gate. which recornmksions at Rosytli on July 27 for a further general service commission on the Home and Middle East stations

lhliraxn. lurrim sent“ i_\1i._m;._l~'.n:I, ‘Ll! .\l(‘ M. .\.ru.Idtirn. it’-,). ARI-Jllt .\'\ H.I(:lll‘. September tr) at

at, l'.ir...ii;tI (iencral Senice (Him.

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PLYMOUTH I3 Waterloo Street, Stonehouse CHATHAM 35!

High Street, Rochester

Dt\\lnpulX. Port Service. L R.I'.

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Fiinic). July 27 at Rusyth. General Service Curnmissiun (I’ha.\C\“. llumelhliddle Eastillornc. U.K. Base Port Rosrth. (C). Rl‘S‘3l-ILL (A45 Frixaic). July 3| f'len« tame

13 Clarendon Road, Southsea 65I$9

Medway-(3134

ioiti is a forecast subjected to altera-

to

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date) at

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Reserve

Port Service. JUNO l-‘l.l(:l|'l'. Auitust I. at Portland. General Service (fommiuiori. Wup U.K. Base Port. Cliaiham. JAGUAR (AM I-rlute). All2lBI_ 3 at (‘haiharn for (rub. Port tsenice (‘iwriixiisicinn September 28. crcu.

IIAMPSIHIIE IUIM Dutrorer). ‘l at Ponunouth General

Auxirii

Service

(Phased). Horne]!-iir last. U.K. Base Port. Pnnunouin. DI-;C()\’ (Destroyer). Anna} 15 at (‘ornrnmirm

l'ort1mouil'i. General Service Commission. llorneIFar Eastlllornc. U.K. Base l'ort. Portsmouth

Auemi I7 Service (‘om-

Alt(;0N.\l,'l'((i.l', Frigate). iii

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(‘trot-val .Ser\:.e Comma-

Vt.-so. U.K. Bait Port. Ports-

mouth.

AI1t2‘l)ll’.'«‘\ i(‘. P. Frirate). December 7 at I‘iir:\ni.~iitl'i. (iencral Senna (‘vmmmson il'2i.i\ed). lli‘t'l)('-‘Far I-'zsi.ltonte. U.K. Base Port. l-‘uromoutti. (.-\). Ill-LGAII-Z (Sunnin: ship). December II: It lkionriort. General Senicc Comriiiuion (North Atlantic). U.K. Base Port. Deionnort. (A). ZULU l>‘I.t(:I(l'. Decerriber at Porthnd. General Service Commiuion.

Warn. U.K. flue Port. Ross-ih. SIRIUS ((:.l'. l‘rir.iie). January 3. 1968 at Purmnouih. Home Sea Service (Played). It i-nunihr. U.K. Base Port.

Ponsrnouih. \‘ll)Al. Isiineim: \hlf‘)_ laniiarv 9 at (‘lt.I:hai-n. General .\.e:u.e {untransion. Hnrflf List nl Suel. U.K. Base ‘

Port. (

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ll'l.\\»‘\RIi t(’.vmnt:iridu siiiiil rm: or

1_.init.irv

I'(|l'L\l’lI.‘lllh Ito.-ne sea

at

Ml’VI~(.':l'oX¢iitn .N‘erii.e from date or uiltnx. In: of siiu. U.K. B»: Part Pomnionih. (A). Bl.ACl\'\‘V'0()l) (.‘\'S Frigate). End of Januarr. Rncne crew at Pommoiitii. '

Port Scriicr. .u-ri.r.'Io.\ it .\I\)_ i=¢imm.- -; _-., Bahrain. l'nt==xn bcnice (Middle

hut). (F),

HYDRA

Fgbmny ‘.5llY\‘€\ll|f mu-i)_ service

L_‘haih:m.l(.eoer.il

“

(‘nmrnio

non. .'ui:i Atlantic. U.K. [Lise hm‘ Chaitnro. Y*'"°U"' ‘-‘"5" Frinie). Febmarv ll Porurnuuth. ‘trials crew (ex DuctIlld control). Port Service. (iencnt

Service Communists. May. 1968.

CLIZOPATIA I-‘I.l(3I!‘|'. Febniarv ll lfortlaod. General Service CornishH01). “'I\D. UK Base Port Devon. NR1. I-ZXMOUTII (Frigate). February 22 at

.\l()lI\\\‘|\'itil’. l' :.itc)_ J.tnii.irv I! at Rmizh (2enrr.it Seiine (‘ammuIl'h.i-em. Home Middle East.‘ sum "(H112 (‘K tl.ue l'iiri. R-Inlh Ill)

a

iiltich might iicll have been used 3t)-odd years ago (then the "F" L‘i:t\\ (fC\iI'0}" crs iiere built. ll..\l.S Fcroeity. will appear in the N.i\y List for about three \\i:i:Ls. ()ne of the two fast patrol bot 's the Nit\')‘ still possesses is tittdergoing ait oierliaul. To cover certain operatio.-iiil rcqiiircmcnts. the \’o~pcr-l'liornycroft fast patrol boat licroclty has been cliartcred by the Royal Na\'_\‘. being C0ll)IXlt\si(‘llL‘d as ll,\l.S. Ferocity. .-‘\

name

Commissioniiig of H.M.S. Abdiel

ll..\l.S. .-\hdicl. the new exercisc iiiinelayer and mine coun-

support ship being

teriiieasiircs

built by Vosper-'l'liorii_\croftsof Southririipton. is to coittiitission at

Southampton

on

Scptenibcr

28 for Home Sea Service. Replacing H..\t.S. Plover. one of (hi: oldest ships in the Royal Navy, Abdiel will be based on

Rosyth.

For the refit of l-l..\l.S. Victorious at Portsmouth. her ship‘: company will be aceiirmiiiidaled in ll.M.S. Centaur.

Chztham.

Trials crew, (jimrnigsiom DUNDAS (AIS l-"tinsel. Februarv 18 at Gibraltar for trial‘, Home Se; April 25. Port Serum-.

Senice. (‘orniriiuion May, [968 for L0rIdondcl'l’Y Squadron. i/ti. FEAl!l.f.§S (Assault shin). Februarv 29 '

Desonport. Rccommhxion (Phased).

at

Home Sea .S‘erv:'ce.-‘l-‘oreiirn Service (from date or tailing). lfau or sun, l.[.K. Bu: Port. l)c\-um-iun_ (A). l.I.\COL.\‘ (All) Friitalt). Fehrixarv ‘:0 It l'>e\'-inpiirt for trials. Port Seniee. (bmmiuio.-i Mat‘ 2. AJAX (G.l_', l‘.'l):.IH.'?. .\l.\ich 7 at Sinn-

D-ire. (peoer. .\cnicc (‘oritmiumn Il'h.ued). l.ir I-..nt.lIuntc_ U}; [Lug l‘rvrt. Portsniouili. lIll.l)l-Sl'l).\' (.\I.‘ll). star.-xi 21 at Rnsrth tor trial‘. Port Senice. Cornniiuions .\l.n- Io.

R0111!-2§.\\‘ l.\ S Frirate). March at Imyth for trials. Port Service. General Service Commission. lune.

LONDON ((i..\l. Destroyer). April lit at Portsmouth. General Service ComrrIi.1.x'Aon (l'h.1v-ed). llnmc, Flagship nl

Flu

rirlierr.

3‘ecti.,.i.ln-(‘to-.-i,-.._,m5_

VVc.\t€1n l-tr-ct U.K. ll.w: l'ur:. Porti-

mouth. (.-\l.

ILMINGTUN (.\|[lll. Anril is l’-irtimoiiih for trials Port Schict

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‘lain Parlln

CLI-‘,()l'.\fll.\ ((7 I‘. liririaie). Januarv it It‘ lkiiinrxiri. General 5tf\‘Iu€ (>-I‘fl1fl1l.\\lUl'| fI'llJ\(L“. lliinic'.\’liddle I'A\!I"(7!'l'K. U.K. l.l.ue Port. l)evun~

ll..\t.S. fixmouth. the first major uttfxltlt) in any Western .\‘.1vy. possibly in the world. to be propelled entirely by gas turbines. will commission early next year for trials. f0ll()\\'ln_l: the installation in H.M. Dockyard. (‘h:ith:im. of her two Proteus engines for cruising and it Bristol-Siddcley Olympus engine for high speed. il)e\:r.-yer). August lb‘ at Exmouth will become the l)l\\I()Nl) (’h.i:h.im (ii-r-.ei.il .\eru.-e ('Umm.\-

Borrowing warship

during .-\ut:ust

Dlflll llI EIEI Turbine ship on trials in 1968

at

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fommissiun.

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date‘: and

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rniohaxised

tutti.-iil.in

that the lorebe ch.i:i:ed

'.:i\¢'n are

only and l‘ll.I) tt.ne to -~n('th.m\ at xliotz nozicr. The terriu “U.K. ".I.‘C Port"

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the port at until: the duo nu)? normally

_uzicctei.t to L't\€ tease and rent. I'\‘‘!_ Ihlm tshicli are t() be phasernmnimiuned, the dates quoted are those on which the truth Danv will :-e

Dfafllnfl .mi'on is initiated about months ahead ot the date on unich men are to win such ships. and draning aetiot-t_tor the flrxl party vull thereture be initiated about time months loin. six

ahead or the dam quoted. Drattine action (or men for triati

crew

(iiiho

will form

part or the float initiated between tvui mantra before the dates

complement)

and

the

Quoted.

is

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ntioutd be borne ln

nflftfllnl recuuu to ioluriteer for iien-ice in particular shins. Ships in which locally rnlcrtd (Took: (S) Coats (0) or stewards are to be

borne in lieu or UK. ratings are In1: follows: (A)-All ('ooIt1 (S). Pools ((1) and all Stei-arils (B). (‘volts (S) other tlnn |'.(). Cook (5) all Cantu l()) and .ill Stewards ((‘)—Coo)t( (()) and Stewards (ml) (l))—-(‘oaks (5) other than (‘.I'.(). and |'.(). all (‘rich (1)) and .ill Stewards (E) —Li:adiru (‘min (5) and hievurdt unlv. ll-)-

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1,

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FORTH CAN ‘MOTHER’ ANY CLASS OF SUB. II.iVI.S. Forth. depot ship of the Seventh Subntarinc Squadron. based on Singapore

lI..\I.S. Iitirth. built by John l3rown'.s ol (ilydebzink. is known by several generations of suhinai triers. and thousandshave relished her comforts on rettiritiitg I'i‘otn Itftlllnlls‘ patrols in the \.'l'.llll|‘)C£I conditions of .i stilitiiarine. She is c present "mother" of the Sci.-i::i:li Siiliiiizirim: Sttu;iil-

I‘.I‘\'\I llil Siiigtipiire. illzc ‘hip -.t.ts laid (lU\‘s.'l. on ltitie .‘-ll. l‘1‘i7. lattnclieil on .‘\llj.:tIsZ ll. l‘l‘~.\'. and coiizpleteti on .\l;ij.' I-I. I93‘). Site is.-is iiiotlcruisetl and conVertctl into a itttcletir-powcretl siilsiiiariite support ship in It \I. l)ocls_\:irtl. ( h.i:|i:itn,in I961-ti!» rozi.

l'OS'I'(‘.-\RI) ORI)F.RS nperatiitp, theatii: and dental stirgery. and a chapel. i::intei:it. l’ostcart.l photographs of bakery and barber shop. ll..\l,S. Forth. or atiy of the pre'Ihe present I-orth is the fourth VlOlI~‘. series (listed of her name to serve in the below I.ships inbetheobtained from may Royal Navy. "N;ts'y News" Postcard Dent.. The first was a frigate of I812 I3 lztlinbtirgh Road. Portsbroken in l32l.

which was tip Then came a 5th rate of I333. which later heetitiie :1 mortar. being renamed Jupiter about I863. and eventually beciinting a coal depot.

light machine SIl(Ip§'. electrical and torpedo repair shop and plant for charging submarim: h;it:eries.

mouth. liach card costs 6d.. post free. Readers tnay send a sispenny stamp or a postal order for each card. or a 65. postal order

cheque to cover a ve:ir‘s .\tlp|'Il)'. sent on publication. Albums to hold 64 postcards may also be obtained. price I03. or

BRIDGE AS CREST The third was a cruiser of I886. which became a depot ship for submarines. ’I'liis I-‘orth wits sold in 1922. The crest of the ship. appro-

I-'Ol.'R'I'II OI-' IIER NAME l)esi,:iietl for looking after a number of stibniarincs. conventional and or nuclear. torpedo andfor riiiiics can be supplied. I7‘. ;ttltlt'ititI ‘.0 these there are the lI.\tI.|l "liotiseltold" I-1|\.‘Ii|IlL'\

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on

II.\t.S_ I.)'tl\. llrita'in's with-

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EXCHANGES OF SHIPS

The

Iollminrlt minus

are

-Intioul

rot.-ks,l’or-lsmouth.

to

Yacht memories

Icr must be siil-mittcd to the rrapeetiirc

When the filth reunion dinner of post and present Royal Yachtsnien was held on June 3. I70 attended. :1 record. LIPIIYI from the dinner live _\'k‘i|l’-. iI_'.ZO when the Duke of liiliithtirgli was present.

.-\gincotirt.

Rear-.-\dntir:tl P. J. Morgztn (Flag Ollicer Royal Yachts) proposed the toast to the Royal Yacht Service. and :\tliiiiral Sir Stuart Bonhani-(‘arter. who served in the V & A as a Lietit.-Cdr. in I923. responded.

(TOI.I.I.\'(:WO()I)

CIIEQUI’. A rating who lost his sight in :1 fall at II..\I.S. (‘oiling-

wood was remembered when the establisliment handed over a cheque for £250 to the Guide Dog for the Illind

Association.

exchange shins. Amotle interested

should write

to the applicant: direct. In aci:ordan.e with Di.-tcncc Council

lnunictiiin llflihs,

commandinx lIIII\CI\ Bicrvtcc manncr

tram-

requests to in

the

normal

3. Eden. tIl~2.\t I/c. ILMS. Lochinvar, South Ouccmlcrtr. On dull to ILM S. Forth. September 5. a married accompanied draft. will ctthanu tor any ica-uninz dial: on I'at' or Middle EMI stations.

P. M. flush. I. Sn. Rl’2(CL Routine l)iiInhiri_ (In draft to lcaitdrr in Si-titcmhu. Will cuhanitc

Ollitc. HMS

: married accounnaninl dial: .tn\»~Iietc. I.\Itl-II I.. ll. llariscr. |I..\t.S. Pcllcw. twins‘ dtaltcd to II_.\l.3, Dcltirht in Septeirit-er. will c\i.li.in:c uiitli a similar

with iattiniz h.i\irir

ratio: In a ( Iizithani Ixucd shin.

P0 .\ttl-it .\I. I. II. Singleton. detailed

lor

iin.i.xuiiiointrd

vuil

i:sch.in2¢

dralt

to

II .\I.\.

I:l'.IIIC\\, will c:.h:inxc lug m,.m¢.] -IL‘:\ITIID.llIL€(I dull to the In Izast I.\in:.\niirc Ht’ .itt.1.hcd shin). LRUIGI I. If. \'nurIr. II “.5. C'at\!i.‘c dl.1lI with 1 shore-l\.w:d

I.Rt>t(:i

AH \V. II. Iloopcr. (;l.2(.\l (GOWI. II 31.5. fine. at lktonport, on dralt tn

\‘I-:tortinis at I'ortsnIoiith on Auiutt ll. nialtcs to cuhaiiae with anrone druilcd to a General Scrucc (‘ommmiiin shin based on IIrsont'Ior:. (.'Ii(SI P. llshrr. ll..\ 5‘. .\IakI.\tonc. In "our \I| mon:Iu' ,-oh." Iill elchanite \\lI.I‘I similar

smith oi or

r.i:int:

with base port

Ihirtsmiiiitli

OI-2\ll»Z('lII()i V. R. Warren. lI..‘~I S.

I"tIc. would like to thanirr ships vuth .1 lcltow "\\‘c.itv.in \lr.h" in .l (icnrni! Scnice

(‘iiriim.,ss:.-ii

l)e\-unrnitt. Cl'.\I

based

on

Rcnttal

ship

bascd

.

.

LONDON from GOSPORT

.\ctsi.r

ctIlItm&\\:0n

|'ortsmoi:th. All M. I.. \rnold.

‘hip bu;-.1

on

CW2, ll,.\t S. l).-lphin. derailed ll.M.S. \\'aILctron (nitric-

siarrpcri tor I7 montli\ local torciln scrHcc. niarticd accompanied. will exchange with sintitar ratimr detailed near the same date tor ll.iinc..s'e:/or General Scnicc (Rirnntission

who

t

LONDON lrom HMS.

COLLINGWOOD

Park Road. Portsmouth

‘s't\ll.'C(I the thanks of all present to Peter Stokes. whose energy and time had made the reunion

I6/—

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Phone 223ll

possihle.

!

ll..\'l.S. Ijsltiino. on her way to the .\lidtlle liast to relieve II.\I.S. .-\slianti. returned to Malta when the Suez (‘anal was closed.

tin

i‘: 1. ‘till. lt.\IS 7iilii Ihmth \\'ill cIs‘h.iri:r for any

DEFINITELY DIFFERENT .

in

I'II',:l.IIIJ. prcleralvh ('hatham

t.‘IIll[\IlI3lC and nostalgic occasiiiti. and worth the elfort required to be able to attctitl." \'ice-.-\dmir:il Sir Henry !\Ic(’.i||. who contintitided the ship during 1944-45. made the only speech of the cvenitig. and

SWANSEA 15/LONDON from PORTSMOUTH I416

Hyde

IIH

(Irp.'ui:\.

Tu CPO Cal

viill he held probably in I970. lle s;i_\s: "lt is an interesting.

OXFORD

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I isernoiil. ."».iii-pi-in. ('uml\crlan:I, _\.iIist~uri.', Shelli;-til. Apollo, Lyn: (iiidlcncss, .\laitl\toiie. .\ci~li-tindland. \\/tlttiiir. Ilrrlarinia. I‘ICIII1lI\I.|‘ \:.tiiriiim. (‘orunii.1. :\I.ir-iicin. \lRs‘. line Jutland. Talent. l'.iitttscr. lzsptoici. I'~|l’I|t|L\t'. Red-

A swimming pool has recently been installed at South Africa Lodge. which is the R.N. and 11.“. (‘I'tildrI:n‘s II o m 9 a t Watcrltioyille, Portsmouth. The pool. which is giving tremendous plezistiri: to the children. has cost ne;irl_\ £700. and contributions towards it amount to only £200 Mi Izlr. A ny contributions or donations‘ from Welfare Funds or other sources towards the cost of the pool would be gratefully received by the Secretary-_ R.N. -and R.\‘l. Children's Home. RN. Bar-

To CPO (."ktO) 7'h«lI20 5. I, l'i\I.

‘it \t) I. (l’ori_s"i Moore. appeals to all tttcttthcrs of the lIo\se I94-I--15 class to inalte a special cllort to be :it the next reunion, which

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Intrepid spent much of the merry month of May « alongside in Devonport nhile the |)o.'k_\.:rd put the Iini.s.l_1iug touches‘. and the testers and 1-.ine:'s set up the radio and radar equipment. l-‘.ventual|_v Intrepid did get lt\\.:_\ from the wall to spend a neck worlsing up in the Po: tsmouth area. On this occasion. a small unit of the Royal Welsh l-'u.silier.s‘ embarked to practise landings on l':‘.l.\‘lllC_\' beach. "I he only Pompey native who went home for lunch \\;is ('o1uu:"\'ergean‘t Barnes. one of the l-.('.!\l. eoxswains. while the test had a frequent and ll..\l.S'.

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frustrating view of Southsea beach. A number of Army units have been looking at the ship. First were the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, who are expected to renew acquaintance again in Aden towards the end of the year. The Durham Light Infantry and the 5th Royal Tank Regiment. who also made an exploratory tour, are to sail with intrepid for a major landing exercise in July.

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‘Sparkersi I read with interest your article in the i\Iay issue on ll.M.S. Barrosa's part in the light a_.iin\t oil from tlte tanker 'l‘orre_v Caityon.

While everyone will aeree that ll,M.S, liarrosa played the largest part in this operation. I feel that some iiteiition coitld have been made of the coutmunicators front lI..\I.S. .\lcrcury, |l.t\I.S. Drake, and ships in Plymouth. who were also in-

volved.

When the operations pool from lI.M.S. .\tercury (tlic liverReadies of the (‘ontntunieauons

Falmouth with the prospect of four full

Branch) arrived

working days

at

over

Easter

tit-

stead of four days |eave._ we were all in tlte best of_ spirits! A niassive organisation was just sweeping iitto operation. :ittd conititunications personnel front Il..\I.S. l)r.ike artd ships

already’ (II)0‘.II'LI inshore niiiieswecpers at

Plyntoittlt

were

(including R.N. Auxiliary Service lioatst. lugs. and trawlcrs. R()I.I.I.\'C .~\II()l,i'I' .\Icrcur_v's “hutttiitgs" itiauiicd signal otliecrs at I-‘almoutlt and Newlyn tor the dttratioit. while tlte "sparkcrs" were pttt aboard trawlers and tugs. as these boats

camc

into_F;tlntuiitlt

to

loin _in

tlte oper.ittotts_ to ntan circuits witlt II'.II‘I'(h1l. 'I'|te trawlers were tlte boats we had all been joking about a couple of days previously. watcltiiig them on tlte "telly" rolling about all over tlte place. We'll never joke about tlteiit

again! “Sp.trks_" tip

his eyes iit oil and detergent, soon found out what it was like to be a real sailor. and ntore tltan once envied tlte destroyer crevis with their tot every day. and the slow even ntotinn of their ships compared with that of our trawlcrs. In fact at the time tltey scented to us to be more like the proverbial "daddy's yacht." to

'l’()I.I) THEIR T.-\I.ES 'lltc tr.i\slv.'r skippers on tlte whole enjoyed having us on hoard (or so we like to think]. if only to tell us their stories of "when I was in the N:tvy." and "when we met a force I0

‘lIODCnr.

got

shock

a

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SUBSCRIBER CHARGE reading

the June edition I see that the price of “Navy News“ is being increased to one shilling per copy. As I have just renewed my subscription. I wondered if I shnll have to forward I Iurtlfer II.-t. This. If necessary. I will ltlndly do. as it has always amazed me how anyone could produce such an interesting. lively. and informative newspaper at such at low cost. and shall have to forward it further amount.

On

Ian Richardson.

Bishop Auckland. Co. Durham.

.S'ct't'rul rirnilur lL’flt’I'S lmt-c In-en I't't'I‘fI'I'd. .S'uIt.rt'rt'hers will not hurt‘ to pity the ittcrcaictl t.'Itur_<.-c tlllllf they rcrtcw I/tcir nrtlt-r.

coming

trip."

home front

a

fisltiug

Front the “sparkcrs" the contmon cry was_ "what a way to spend Iiaster." but wlten it was over. everyone looked back on it as a job wlticli had to be done. and was iitost enjoyable in parts —»and certainly an experience. However. after this little episode. there is no doubt whether any of the operations pool will become trawlermen when their time expires-—nottc'. LRO (G) P. W. Woods. ll.!\I.S. Mercury. _

Cardiff honoured

enclosing a subscription “Navy News." My first cotttact with the paper was during I for

attt

visit of H.M.S. Glaniorgan to Cardiff. when I the

recent

purchased

a

copy and

enjoyed

it very much. I served in H.M.S. Sirius during the war, and my interest

has never waned as far as —and in particular R.N.

concerned. My first copy

ships ships

—:trc

loaned to my "OPPO." who works in the same ollicc. and who served in the R.N. for his I2 after the war. His comment was: ‘'1 enjoyed the papcr :iiid read even‘ word from first to last page." We in Cardilf were very

pleased

to see

was

(ilaiuorgau. and

the cottnty honoured by a ship of that name. I might add that the ship was a credit to the Fleet. her standard of polish and cleanliness being of the highest order. I-I. I-'eIIrrs.

proud

to

see

Cardill.

Just

typical

think your editions are typical of why the Navy has nearly disappeared. You seem afraid to be blttnt and deplore the systetnatic scrapping of its ships. The Silent Service will soon be the silence of the grave. J. A. Young. I

Warminster. Wilts,

In the trouble Referring

the letter of A. C. Adams under the heading “Paddy Boyle" (June issue). he mentions the First Cruiser I~I.M.S. (minus Squadron Dauntless) making the speedy trip to the Far East in February. I927. I trust your correspondent does not infer that Dauntlcss did not share in the incident. I can well recollect following on tlte squadron and doing a fair share of the work entailed when we sailed on iiislructious front Paddy lloyle tip the Yangste River to Naukiiig and I-Iankow to

NAVY i\'l£WS JULY I967

Letters to the Editor

'-'-‘-'-‘-‘-‘H’-'-'-'\.'-'u"'-Elfin‘.- '-'—'-'l-'-'-'—'-l'h-'-'-'-'-‘-‘-‘-‘.'h'l-H-Fh

CHIEFS’ GIFT ‘I-‘I-I‘-Wn'J'\n'J'1-‘V

when the trouble

was

height.

at

its

We were accompanied by the old Insect class gunboats front

Sltaugltai.

G. Rickard IC\‘l.).tlI!‘IllI.'s,\I Wiuthledon. S.W.l*).

About monitors time I have been collecting material iit order to write a history of British biggun monitors. These ships_ performed a valuable service in shore bombardment In two world For

some

However. as they were regarded as “hostilities only"

wars.

vessels, little appears been

written

about

to have

them.

although they are a type which survived half-a-century. I would be particularly interested

hear from any of your readers with experience or records of these .sliips—their to

appearance, performance. or operation. Any assistance in this study would be

construction,

gratefully aeknuwlcdged.

I. I.. Hinton

28 Woodstotic .-\venuc.

Stoitelcigh. Epsom. Surrey.

Crests plea

There are three ex-naval men here in Ndola who form part of the committee of the local branch of the R.N.A. We are also the mainstay of 'I'.S. Kofuc. a Zambian Sea Cadet unit we formed two years ago. We wondered if any "Navy News" readers liad photos or drawings of ships‘ crests we could borrow to make copies. Some of the crests we would like to make include Manchester. Ilcs. Boadicea. Dune-

carried out in Audacious just before the

layers'

test

First World War. (If the ten l3.5-inch guns. live guulaycrs got four rounds four lllla. and the other live guns

also did well. which ptit tltc Audacious at the top of the

Navy easily.

We never got the fine cup that went with it. as the ship was lost in October of the same year.

Most of the guulayers commissioned the Queen Iililabetli

Q-I ‘

.

‘the gunnery otlieer at the time was I.icut.-('dr. Douglas. the captaiit, ('apt. Dantpier. and the contntander. Cdr. Turton. I was myself (31.2. (ELI. and IIDL front I905 to I925. so

naturally

iitterested. would be pleased to hear was

very

shipmates.

I-'. E. Carver.

Submariners I would like to correct the report of the submariners‘ gettogetlier :it Cologne. Only four countries (not IS) took partFrance. Italy. Germany. and UK. From the U.K. the total of visitors was 2B——ten plus four wives front the otlicial British organisation (S.O.C.A.). and the rentainder front the tlI'IOIIICl£II organisation known as International Submariners. Tltc total nuntber attending the convention was 450. according to the ollicial list given to me by the secretary of tlte Cologne

“What do you

mean

mm ‘don't let them see us'?"

Yeovilton. The cot. made in Finland. has special fittings for blood transfusions. and can be adjusted so that the baby’s head or feet are raised. The Chief Petty Ofiiccrs‘ Mess asked if they could buy sonic-

Portsmouth.

A. Parker ,

PO. Box ZIJ3. Ndola. Zambia.

thing for the children's ward at Ycovil Hospital from the profit:

fruit niacltines. The hospital suggested that they buy the cot—wItich cost £I00. The gift was handed over to the Matron. Miss E. M. Harvey. by Chief Petty Otlicer (REL) George Mead. the Mess Presi-

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in December. l9l-3. and on the way to the I)ard.inclles we did run at Giba battle raltar. and smashed tip the great target. Incidentally the outcome of the test 1 have mentioned was that five of the GLl's got goodsltooting ittedals, which I never knew to happen in any other

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AUDACI US GUNNERS BEST interesting NAVY IN practice (June

It was to read Mr. Leslie 'I'. Dennis's letter issttc) about the I00 per cent. shoots. Evidently he has never heard about the gun-

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H.M.S. SIRIUS TO WEAR AN UNUSUAL FLAG

‘the bold red-and-nlitte flag or the Pacific monarchy of Tonga is to be worn by the new Leander class frigate Sirius. serving with the Royal Nnvy‘s

I-‘ar l-Inst Fleet—:tnd nobody at Singapore Naval Headquarters can recall when that last happened in an H.M. ship. ll.M.S. Sirius. captained by

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Commander D. R. Reltcll. has sailed front Singapore for it I-t,000~mllc cruise during which she will spend tire days at Tonga for the coronation of the ..

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The Tongan llatz. specially made for the occasion in Singapore Dockyard, will fly at her inastlicad during the festivities in Tonga. whose late ruler. Queen Salote. won the love of Britain for her dignity and complete disregard of the Iieany rain that marred the coronation in I.ondon of Queen procession lzliuiliclli. ll.M.S. Sirius is taking the buolts that are the otlicial gift of Il.. Government to the people of Tonga. During her visit she will have “open house" to the public. and add to the colour of the celebrations with .

30-minute firework display.

a ‘

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ll.M.S. Sirius pictured

on

her arrival at Singapore

After her arrival on the Middle East Station. the ship was deployed immediately for service on the licira patrol. but failure of the main blower ncsulted in a five-week repair period at Mombasa. Later. however. Ashanti completed three patrols. steaming 20.000 miles in 70 days at sea in the 90-day period. The ship's flight had an extra 20 days of operations as they also completed a patrol in ll.M.S. Zulu. There was no excitement in the way of boarding tankers. but many of the ship’s company took advantage of the spare time to prepare for or take educational and professional L‘.\:tt'l‘|ltlZlIl0llS.

ratings had their wives a fortnight in the sun.

out

for

l*l.l\'l.S. Ashanti then left for Aden. and a period alongside for maintenance. Most of the ship's company were given an opportunity of “loan service" with the Army up country, Both the R.M. detachment and the Flight were engaged in active operations against dissident tribcsmen in the Radian. The great military occasion in

the ship's history. however, was the "strike week-end." when I51 of the ship's company were asliorc with the Army making

intcmal security patrols. ‘manning road blocks, and assisting

HAD THEIR WIVES A four-day visit to Mauritius was a welcome break. but most of the recreation was from

in the running of compounds full of curfew brcaltcrs—a Portland Distcx dc Luxe. but without the earthquake or st:it’l'l In March the frigate sailed for the Persian Gulf and a more

tlpcratur l’liiIip Stobbitrt. aged ltl_ whose parents lI\L' at Dartrnrd (Kciil), anti Yeoman 'l'c(l Pepper. aged 35. of (.'o\vpl:iin. l’orl~iiioiitli. nlierc his wife Barbara and too iliitiglitcrs Il:|\'L‘ their home

Daring returns to the Fleet

Hughes-Onslow.

R.N.. rct.) from Capt, E. J. D. Turner. the Captain-in-Cliargc. Clyde. Weighing 45 lb., the bell is inscribed "H..\l.S. Dalrymple 1949," and will be placed at the entrance to the village school.

ll.M.S. .-\::lianti, the lirst of the Tribal class of general purpose frigates, returns to

l\l0nll\.'lS.”I. Diirin one longish A.M.P.. four 0 iccrs and six

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The bell of the survey ship ll.M.S. Dalrymple was presentcd to the village of that name. in Ayr. at a ceremony in the local school on lune i. It was received by the LordLieutenant of the County of Ayrshire (Cdr Sir G. H.

‘Distex' for Ashanti in Aden Stay

Devonport later this month, having served in the Middle East since August, 1966.

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routine naval peace-time life. Two cruises were made round the Trucial States. Karachi was also visited. During this iod Cdr. P. R. Compton Hal assumed command of the ship from Cdr. R. S. McCruin. TIIE Gll-T COATS During the second of the Trucial cruises the Ruler of Abu Dhabi made an unexpected gift of IO goats to the Senior Naval Olliccr Persian Gulf (Commodore T. E. Fanshawe) who was flying his broad pendant on board. "One mustn't look a gift goat in the face. but no one was sorry to see them go." says our

Another memento of Dalrymple. the sin ‘.5 crest. was presented by pt. W. W. Stewart-Fitvroy. R.N. (ret.), Naval Regional Oiliccr. Scotland and Northern Ireland. to the Secretary of Dalrymple Football Club. The club intend to adopt the crest as their

badge.

H.M.S. D:ilrymple (1,800 tons) was named after Mr. Alexander Dalrymple. the lirst

Hydrographcr of the Navy. and came into service in February, I949 She was sold to the Portuguese Navy in April. I966. and will continue to be used as a survey vessel. r

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After nearly six years in resci_".'c and relir. the de~'.troycr H..\l.S. Dating has once more rctotitcd the Fleet. \v_ith workingtip at l’ortl:incl following an intensive period of tri:il.~;. Daring was employed oil the Humpsliirc. it is his third sea-

Scillics as .1 safety ship to keep other shipping clear while the

Torrey

tjanyon was being bombed by the Fleet Air Arm

and the Royal Air Force. The FAA Buccaneers with their L000-pound bombs were

particularly impressive as they quickly created an inferno of erupting flame and smoke. The

ship's company enjoyed a grandstand view of the whole operation. Captain of Daring is Cdr. John de B. Suclilick, whose family live in Hayling Island. entire

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QUESTIONS ON THE R.M.

Re;mtir.iin:e for the fixture oi the Royal .\l:irincs may be drawn from an nttswcr to questions in the House of Coinnionu. in tiew of rumotirs i:onccriiirig pussilile cut» in the Royal .\i:irines. titiestitiits \\crc put to the l)cl'cnee SL‘£l'e'Iilf_\' on May 31. and .\Ir, llcaley replied that he thought the .\l.irincs were "the most etlicicnt forces‘, both on land and sea." He agreed that the great .'itlv.int;igc of the .\I;l|"lliL‘\‘ was their vers:iti|ily. and added that their principal role would contintie to he protiding forces for ltr:t.iin's .'IIl'l[1llll‘ltVll\ships,

‘Ir Branch llcforc she went to

Telephone: Portsmouth 25-l-'18/9 Branch l\/lzlll£lgCl'Z Mr. A. H. Davies

a

in l952, she formidable de-

in destroyer design. particuliirly because of her im~ lire-potter. .-‘trniziinent pressivc includes six 4.5-in. guns mounted in three twin turrets.

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represented

A linal visit to Kuwait and a short maintenance period in Bahrain preceded the trip home. H.hl.S. Ashanti is due to serve with the Home Flect until paying off for a long relit in Portsmouth in October this year

2 St. Andrew’s Cross, Plymoutli

Coronation House Kings Terrace Commercial Road Southsea

tcrranean.

Daring. When completed

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Later in the year the ship will be setting oil on the foreign leg of her General Service Commission. wliicli will be cast of SueI.. It will be the first time Daring has entered these waters, as previous commissions were spent at home and in the Medi-

name

CRAWFORD, HOBBS, SAVILL

Announces the opening of its Office at:

going command.

A

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cllmcs—Il..\l.S. .~\.-ihzirtti pltotograplied in the Channel

WAKEFUL ON A SATELLITE PROJECT

satellite communication terminal has been installed for trials in li..\l.S. Wakcful. the 2.200-ton frigate which is currently employed as a trials and

training ship. The project is part of the research programme at the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establislinicitt near Portsxnoutli. The leader of the project is Dr. (.il;in\'ille llarries. .-\t present \V;ik-zftil is the only Ro'..il Nzivy ship at sea littcd with the tiicility to parti-

cipate in the Interim l)cfcncc Communication Satellite Programme

(l.D.C.S.P.). This is

a

United States trials programme in which the U.K. :ind N./t.T.0. are collaborating in the use of military satellite communic:ilions. Ari agrceincnt concluded hctwccn the l)cp:irtinciit of Defence and the Ministry of Defence alloys: a limited ltlIlll'

her of liritisli earth .~t.itio.".s to operate within the network. Tiirec other liritish stations are in operation. one at Christcluircli and two overseas. The provision of :i sliipbornc

system presents special problems. and the Naval terminal has been built to explore them. In particular the terminal is being used to determine the com iiiiinication trnllic capacity of it sl‘ll;lll terminal in a satellite network. and the procedures ne.-ev \.ll'_\

to

provide

an

etlccti-..:

mobile c‘0il1!lit|llls.'.lIi0i'. centre.

Rad "It's the Western I-"let-t uiillit"

calls“ on ‘Drafty’

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The meeting was OH:‘l'. but Still more questions awaited Commodore llarkncss when he left the platform

theories were the (‘onunodore

'\tItt‘..' \iF;tll‘__’C

he.-irti by .\':tv.il l);*.tt'ting. (Jonnnodore J. P. K. l-larknesvt. when he talked to :t g-;:tltcrin_tz of naval \\i\'e\ at the Royal Sailors‘ l{C\l Cutttt1lUllll_\’ centre at Rowuer. (ituputi. 0:1: t-.1.‘e said that her husband. .'t \e of Liverpool.

write to say: "We are shocked and humiliated by the letter front D. Tuck. We never fail to chip in on a run ashore. "zln_vn'rt_)~——I:rm' clot‘: .’l!r. Tuck knmv .m nmrlt about ll"rt-In whrrr he hm hem rt lmppily nmrrit-cl man for flu’ INA, It'll ymr.r?" ALL UNTRUF. Wrens Brady and Doman. of the Royal Marines Depot. Deal. say they have been in the Service long enough to know that

couldn't anmer that one. but he did (lu'\.'l'll‘£ to the wives some of the working of his organisation. with an c.\‘p!anation of the re:tsons_ for the more usual eotnpiamts or nusundcrstand-

t~..»:'~e

tlrafts."

Ml-'. \NT WF.l.l. to illtutratc some of his proli..-tne. ('o:un\.t-durc Hatkncss had itzx own story of :1 matt and hree

the accusations untrue.

three preferences. it would be possible for a rating to say where he did not want to go. Cnmntodore liarkncss has

able to send of the three prel'crctt.'c.~'." he said. "'l'hey happened to he places with far more requests titan vacanwere not any one

(ICE.

‘Seeint: that his home was in (_il:ts,;o-.v. we managed to send him lllCl'L." only to learn that his wit‘: lived there. and they didn't ed on very

well."

the (ummodore added that in future. in addition to the

addressed ccurcs of meetings for t':l‘littg<. limit at home and overseas, but this was the first time he had spulten to wives.

London when she was 15 and had her tirst illegitimate child before she was 16. Emma lived at the mansion of Uppart: in West Sussex for B. time. and then moved back to l.ondon—prcgnant again. While living with a man called Charles Greville she was seen by Sir William Hamilton. British Ambassador to Naples. Hamilton. a widower. was taken with limma. and eventually she went to live with him at

He said that _i.:uly Hamilton was a country girl. the (l(lll;:lt!L‘l' of ti l-‘.uel.\:tti'.h. who \~.en'. to

‘Better to come’ fotttpletion of the l.utn~dcn

Road estate of ISO d\\'elliu:_v~ :t! l:.‘.l\ltlC_Y. mztrks the handing over of more than 1.000 qtlttt’ict'~' tut the Navy in Portsmouth since i963 (when the Ministry of Public Building and Works was set up). To mart; the occasion. there Works (Housing) at the .\linistr; of Public Building and Works. um an oiticial opening of the estate on June I5. when the said that even better and larger front door of one of the houses houses were to be buil: for the Services in future. under more was unlocked with a special key by (‘oltvncl A. T. Gardner- recent specifications.

Naplevt.

married.

where

they

were

It

in l793. when Nelson went to dinner with the Ambassador. that he first met Emma. Five years later. after the Battle of the Nile. he again met Emma in Naples. For the next

was

seven

years

they

were

they had the opportunity. though for more than

lovers when

four of those

son was at sea.

seven

completely

}’CItf~. Nel-

our ex

very out of touch with

gun crew. helping to entertain at the ll.0.C.ll.0. holiday home for handicapped children. IlttylingIsland

‘

.\lr. t‘. l{ic‘llIIl’tl§_ Director of .._._.!

Amazon; as he has made out to be." A

daseet_t§

Mrs. Corinne llodtzkinson. St. Butte-aux. "Come oil it. Jack," she says. “It takes a Wren to understand I mntclot. "As for civilian naval wivcx being women—you jest. I have yet to see a good looking. welldrcsscd. feminine civilian naval comes

One of the last engagements for Vice-Admiral Sir Frank Twiss before he left Singapore at the end of his tuo~:tnd~a-h:t|t‘ years as COilllt'lIlIl(lCu"l".'tfFast ‘ l7|cc_t was the 0 -cum): of .'I : bemor Rates (‘in in H..\l.S. lcrror. an ttndcrtztktttg mill which he first beeatnt- am-ciatctl i soon after tzikittg up his Cltsl of Suez appointment. . it was at the special request of the club's contmittee that Admiral Twiss performed the ceremony on May l0. before he . left for the United Kingtlom on the following (ltt\' to take up the appointment ol Seeond Sea Lord. The club. httilt on a site overlooking the Straits of Johore. probably provides t'aei!i:ie.= for senior rating: found um-tit.-re else ill the world. l‘.’tt:tltltcS m.lmle .1 main t_ sttimming pool l‘.|S.'1t\llt'iilt: ltttl ft. ; by 30 l‘t.. two chiitlt'e::'s pools. attd an .'tt:r.'t.‘ii\'c i'v.'\l.'tt:(;tttI and bar. \\'hile the new eluis has been built from nun-pttblic fundi. the chairman of the committee. Master-at-.-\rms Colin (inest. |«_ says that money is still needed. : Further contributions wilt be welcomed from any source.

women.

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"And

some

REAL

the way. the majority o matelota who ask Wrens for dates are already married." Aeeordin to Annoyed Chief‘: Wt! "D. uck is clearly sufferlng mm a very bad attack of sour gra an it is obvious that no \ ren would ever have gone out with such a bad-mannered young man. “It I! probably correct Wrens make good wives. didn't say better!" After all the expemlimrr 0)‘ powder and shot, the Editor [eels thix would be a good point to close the corn‘:spomlencc. willt the privilege of having the last word» _"IItcre'.r Itolltim: like rt dam: b

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from

wife. with very few exceptions. "No wonder Jack likes goin foreign. It must be v.-ondcrfu

.

.

holiday is off

“Lonely wives on foreign shores," in thc_Junc issue. brought a letter to “Navy News" from Mrs. Gitsltlll. of Hayling Island (l-lampshire). “I would like to say a word to wives in Sittpapurc. My husband is out there for l8 months. and it was all arranged for me to go for five weeks‘ holiday. but it is all off because his ship went to Aden because of the .\lidt!lc East crisis. "\\hcn you are abroad. life is

what you make it. and I am sure they could get together and make life it 10: better. “l know what i am talking: about. i went. to M:tlt:t and at. least. saw my husband some of‘ the time. 'lha: was what mattered."

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.tla;vs on the beach

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portable radio IE

The article on

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particularly blistering: retort

B tsummer Nevivwclub

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LOCAL, LONG DISTANCE, OVERSEAS REMOVAL CONTRACTORS Then write. telephone or visit

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drunkardx‘. layahouts,

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Admiral Portlock said that i; Hamilton died in ltil|3. lietween then and I805 .\'el~'u:~. spent only 26 (.l.’l_\‘\ ashore 25 of them \'.iilt 1

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ARE YOU MOVING?

Navy

life. "lint l know :1 lot of married ex-Wrens. and we are CC|’lZIllll\‘

limma.

LAM Colin Dale, I driver in the Fleet Air Arm field

.

liro\vn_ ('(\l'l'llii(li‘l(llll1,! ollicer of :hc RU_\1tl .\'larine:s llart:tcl.\‘.

l‘:t.itttt:_\‘.

The gathering was most sucCcssful. and consideration will be given to having similar talks in other naval centres.

EMMA KNEW ABOUT SEPARATION

When Admiral l.ord Nel son first met Lady Hamilton. "he did not take much notice of her.“ said Rear-Admiral R. E. Portlock, speaking on "Nelson and Emma" at a Southsca luncheon.

are

ic-nee at naval establishment.‘ they say. “it is ‘these ‘civili:tn‘ women who 'latch' on to the poor matclots with the intention of drinking all their money. "As for childless Wrens. we are the ones with more sense to realise that it is damaging in the world of today to bring up a child with only a part-time father. “The monev we earn while awaiting our husbands‘ release helps to build a secure future for our children." NOT AMAZONS An ex-Wren. Mrs. V. S. Coleman._vvith one child and another expected. is "glad to say my husband certainly‘ thinks I'm feminine and a courageous mother. living alone up North while he is drafted to :1 ship in Pompey. "l also look forward to each edition of ‘Navy News-' as I am ‘'In

preferences.

"We him to

r

From the Duchess of Kent Bttnnckv. I’ortsntouth. Wrens

obviously

tags. "in an ideal tvorld." lte smiled. "I wouldn‘t draft anyone. Since I have to do so. the choice is not between a good draft and a bad uric. but between bad drafts and

Mr. Tuck comes under heavy attack from the Wrens

the Families Page posting in response to the comments of D. Tuck (J une issue) about Wrens who. he said. "liked to drink at the expense of others," and as wives “expected to remain childless instead of getting on with the job of being a wom:u\."

ferences. .-\nd, she said. what do .uu think he got. Admiralty! Witimizz Lnt.-.\in_t.- the circunt-

"l)r;:t'ty"

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-.»..'m:ed to serve at .'\tlll1lt’Ill‘.‘,'. xo he pn: down three other pre-

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watchkeeping (and

for two and a half years!.” “You poor soul!” "Wait' till your wife finds

out that the nearest sizcablc town is lnvcrncss, 130 miles

away!" "Haggis and turnips are the staple diet you know!" just

few of the encouraging comments from my class mates (writes our correspondent from the Bright These

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Civvies do all the

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Reactor Test I;'st:ihIislImcnt" to be correct. is situated on the north coast of Scotland. I0 miles from the town of Tliurso. which in turn is 20 miles front

John 0'(iro;its. The majority of people who work at A.R.'l‘.E. live in and around Thurso. This was the sum total of my information about the place. Consequently it was with very mixed feelings that I boarilcd the "I‘IlgIll(llItlI:t'" at Euston on a bitterly cold Siinday cvciiiiig in Janiiary. The snow was already oneand-a-litilf inches thick. and still falling. Conditions like this in London. and I was about to travel 600 miles northwards! AND NO SNOW! I had been "victualled in" to

II.M.S. Andronieda goes down the slips at Portsmouth Dockyard after being named by Mrs. Reynolds. wife of Mr. G. W. Reynolds. Minister of Defence Administration. on May 24. The number of Leanilers with the Fleet. or building. now totals 22by far the biggest class of warship in the Royal Navy

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Maintenance. H.M. yard, Rosylh. is now equipped with facilities to undertake defucl and refuel operations on nuclear submarines, as well as the refit of them.

The station is part of a £4 million modernisation programme of the dockyard. This was started early in 1963 and the first stages. enabling two conventional submarines to be refitted simiiltaneously. were completed in I965.

F. W. Woolworth

1Ilfany’s Boutique. provide

all the _ncccs<itic\‘ of life, _-m.| llltlsl oi the ltl.\lll‘IL‘S too, About a doI.cn hotels. all scvcu-il;iy licciiscil of course. cater for every taste,

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dad

cmiily-aicccssihle are

ideal for

up his citcrgy.

perhaps

reserve

for golfing. tishing or yachting (on sand or sea). There is plenty of time to take up :in absorbing and perhaps unusual pastime. and become compziratively expert. N0 I’ROBl.F.MS Traflic jam_s are unheard of. rind the roads are so good that 50-60 m.p.Ii. criusing speeds are not just normal. but safe as iscll. _'l'hc town. lio\_\cvcr. has been hit by L‘0lIIPlllL‘l'l\'t.'tl lrallii: contriil. and now boasts one set of trallic lights. Parking presents no pruh]._-m_ and your car can normally be

left outside the shop. although it IS in the main street.

makes it more like home for the naval types. and adds a touich of excitement for the civilians who. according to their wives. "are in submarines!" Having xi dry land submarine is very useful. because lill types of machinery manoeuvres and drills can be carried out for

“Actually I've been

up here some time now. and I quite like the life."

training purposes without the requirement to be able to swim when ".-\b;indon Ship" is broad-

cast.

Nuclear fuel station

With the completion of it 1:! million nuclear refuelling

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population of about 9.000. The shops. rang. a

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How many times have you wished that someone else would keep your wzitch? Well, at A.R.T.l£. this happens regularly, and no "subs" are involved. Although the establishment is commanded by the Captain Siiperintcndent. the engineering side. including the w:itchkeeping. is run by civili;ins—i.c. Rolls-Royce and Associates, and this means that when “lack" wants to do a watch, he sits on a nice warm chair. Of course. the civilians are mainly there for testing and

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CASI-I ADVANCES £li‘bo”To”£.é,o7oo able

building Scapa lloiisc. On further investigation I found that it was equipped with

water

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The highly-specialised buildings. above and below ground. include a refuelling equipment shop to provide facilities for the preparatory work necessary for the delicate operation of refuelling. for training personnel. and for the storage of the extensive equipment used. A health physics building has been provided for the decontamination of personnel and equipment during the refit of the

submarines. A large cantilever

nuclear submarine docks dominates the

serve

the two

crane to

site. Beneath it is an emergency generator house and a new substation. which houses equipment to provide electric power so plies to the crane and the su marines under retit. The existing Apprentices‘

Training Centre has been

A local constable has even been known to make room for parking by moving a No Wait-

ing

There are. of course. disad. v:int.'i_gcs to living up here. The mo_rning _nc\\spupcrs do not arrive until lunch time. and even the most progressive grocer is ll n I I k e I y to stock "tinned toasted bumble bees"—he will of course order them for you. "Hie bright city lights are a long way away. and so most pr_obably are your relatives and but if you don‘t enjoy friends. life in Thurso. you have only

yourself

involving about £500,000. was carried out under the Ministry of Public Building and Works. The rcfuelling crane and exten-

sive plant works and services were designed and installed under the supervision of the diickyard management.

to

blame.

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ex-

tended to cope with the additional intake necessary for the training of an increased number of skilled tradesmen. The building and civil engincering work of the complex.

sign!

ATOM SUBS. .\fr. Mason. Minister of Defence (Equipment). while on a visit to the Adinirzilty reactor test establishment at I)ounrca)'. said that British engineers and scientists had developed :i propulsion iinit for nuclear submarines. enabling them to spend twice as long under the sea. The unit _was ready for testing. and this would take three _

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dinghy. The dingli_v floated in solitude at one moment, only to be lifted siiddenly on the casing of the submarine. which surfiiceil right under it. and carried it away like

uith suinei.\h.il oil-coloured kitten. a

black

cat

SURMARINERSR CORNER

UPGRADING SOON FOR FOSM POST? December In_ Admiral

this

year.

Pollock. at present Flag Ofliccr SCL‘Ulltl'll'l'C0n'tmand Home Fleet. takes over from Rccir-.-\dmir.il l. L. M.

special interest in the picture about to burst upon the screens. Apart from the usual profiles

('apt. A. G. Tait (above) :1 New Zealander. succeeds Capt.

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Speculation on the suggestion that the appointment of Flag Ollicer Stibinariiies may be iipgraded has been heightened by the naming of Rear-.~\dniir:il .\l. I’. Pollock as \tl'.'Cu'\\0r to the present holder of the job.

"You only live tv.ice"~ once when you are born and again when you see the l:tlc\l James Bond Iilni adventure—or so the publicity pulls would have us believe. Siibmarincrs “ill have a

which create so niucli glamorous excitciucnt. there is another even more familiar. The siibin;irinc Aeneas pops up in the last few frames of celluloid to rescue a beniglited James Bond and his luscious J:ip;ir.:sc heroine Mic ll2l|'ll‘.l from a niarooiicd yellow

NEWS JL,'l.Y 1967

McGcogh. becoming the second non-siibmarincr to hold the appointment out of the last

cc

lleforc

the Home Fleet appointment. he was r\\si\l.till Chief of Nzival Stall at the i\linistr)' of Defence.

three. Like

:\dmir;il .\lc(ieogh'$ predecessor (Vice-.-\dmir:il Sir Horace Law). Admiral Pollock is a gunnery ollicer. llorn in I916. he joined the N:ivy in I930. and during the Second World \V:ir was incntioiied in

t

l”‘'

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inamliiig the carrier .-\rk Rom].

once Dcspatehes three ti i m _:<.—— his service during the for‘ action which the

.

-

(iernian

in

battleship SCll(l|'l‘lll(‘II'~.l was sunk.

He was 1!Wltl'(lL‘tl the l).S.C. in I944 and the .\l.\’.(). in I952. From I960 to 1%! Adiiiiral Pollock was Director of Weapons (Surface l.)i\‘t\l0t1l at the Adniiralty. ;tllL‘l'\\;tfti\ com<

;i

Tllli |.\ll’0SSlBl.l-'. Siihmariiiers will hasten into argument at once. telling you that such a feat is iinpossible. The dinghy would \\llSll oil the casing. they will say. So how does one acliievc the impossible‘? ll}; Liking a little

ll..\l..-\.S. Osley. .-\iisti';ilia‘s only suhniarinc. lctl (import on June 12. on her \\a} home for the tirst tinic.

Admiral Pollock

longer of course. The coiniu;uiiliiii_i: oiliecr of

tl.ieiit.-('dr. R. (i. Sharpe) decided to put the dinghy on the casing, and then pl:icc James Hand and his girl in it. 'l‘hcii quietly he submerged stern (lU\\t't and asterii on the .-‘\eneas

engines (or haelgwards for less enlightened reailers). Then the lilm could be (or astern! '.

run

bzickxiards

\‘Ol.L'.\"l‘l’.l-IR .v\C‘l'()RS And how did James Bond take all this Navy l.:irk'.’ With his usual sangfroid. nonch;ilance. and all that‘? Sad to $Lt_\' he wasn't even there. Nor was his exotic Japaiiesc blown. llic parts of Bond and lloiided were Dlil_\'L‘t.l_ by iiaval volunteers: l.iciil. .-\lick Moore.

l~'roiii the periscope of ll..\l.S. Aeneas

.y»‘

engineer olliccr of .-\ene;is. and \\‘reu Petty ()tlicer Janet 'llioin.is. a radio supervisor

from ll..\l.S. ltoolie. (iihrultar. ln llict. .-\eneas put to sea with three ditlerent Wrens on four separate (l.t}\ in an attempt to tihn the rescue. but on three of the

ftlllgll.

tl.l_\\ the uc.-.ther

was too

‘l he location \\.I\ in the .\lediterr.iue.in in the (illll'.llllIl'

.lfL'.l.

Resolution ‘chef’ at

Savoy

have some bright ideas for the Polaris submarine Resolution after the week he spent working in the kitchens of the Savoy Hotel, London. He was given personal tuition by the S:ivoy's maitre dc cuisine. Silvino 'I'rompctto_ on the liner points of cooking. and the two

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them are .\l1t)\\n in the picture on the left. Aboard PO Resolution. Braitliwaitc works in a lavishlyequippcd galley. with infra-red grills. deep freezes. poizito peeling machines. and wzishing-up machines. _

i\lc:ilshave added importance for men spending weeks on patrol beneath the waves, but P0 Robert Braithwaite should

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Thirty-year-old Lieut.-Cdr. Timothy Richard Lee.

the right at the chart table of H.M.S. Valiant. was the navigator of the fleet submarine its 12.000-mile submerged my age from on Siiigzipore to the (lareloch in Scotland. Last year he had a very ditferent sort of naviiziitional prolileni— aboard the yacht Griflin from i'In|,',|anil to Aiiierie-.i via the original Viking the quest of Leif l-lrikson from Greenland through route from Greeiilziml. There were six men in the yacht, which followed pack ice and gale-sin.-pi sea and log. to (‘ape Coil in .\ liissachusetls. The trip from Singapore was in the eonip:ir:iIi\‘e rouiuiness of a nuclear subm:irine‘s control room. but there was one thing in common with the image under sail‘-he often used echo soundings. In one spell of eight days of fog aboard Griflin. it was the only method he had of trying to ascertain his position. Life aboard Griltin crashed and thumped to the melt or the Atlantic. but the deep-seeking Valiant uttered space. comfort, calm and quiet. seen

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JULY''i<.io7

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An unusual voyage was undertaken by the 300-ton mincsweeper. H.M.S. Appleton, to the sparsely populated island of Socotra in the Indian Ocean. and the neighbouring islzinds of Abdal Kuri and Darsa Suiiida. dc

h_v Licut. A. .\l. Labilliere. Appleton carried

Cotnniaiidetl

passage from .-‘\den lo scien:ists for an expedition on behalf of Middle liast (‘ommand. The aim was a full-scale gc o I o g i c :i l. cntomological. on

botanical. arcliacological and

linguistic survey. A Royal Air Force ophthal-

mic surgeon who took passage treated and restored the sight of l6 Socotrians. and limited medical aid was also given to other iriliabitants.

Sl’l.l-INDID l.lTl‘l.E SIliPS.—H..\l.S. Appleton photographed while Arabian Sea

on

patrol in the South

Russians cancel warship visit to U.K.

Just as the shooting began in the Middle East, the Soviet Naval Authorities announced the indelinitc postponement of the visit to Portsmouth of one of their latest warships, the Kashin class gtiided-niissile

destroyer 0bl'tti'.ls0\'y.

four-day visit would have been the first by a major Russian warsliip to Britain The

since the 1956 sensation over the disappcarencc of Cdr. Crabb. it was in return for the visit made to Leningrad last Septernher by the guidedntissile tlestroyer Dcvonshire. which had on board Admiral _

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Savings kitty.

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TOURNAMENT DATES The Royal Tournament is at Earls Court from July 12 to 2‘) (cxccp. 5u,,d;,..5,_ ,..._.......,....

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ONE FOR THE SCRAPBOOK Sightseeing: in Bangkokthe city of “Anna and the

King Radio

Sinm“—zire P0 Supervisol‘ David Agnelli. aged 25. of Guernsey. and Leading Radio Operator Martin Shepherd. aged 2|. of Ni.-wquay. Both are serving in the Far East aboard the Leander class‘ frigate Cleopatra. which has been visiting: the Thai

capital.

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OVER TO Y()l.l.——0n board ll.M.S. Victorious at Singapore Naval Base. \'ice-Atlntiral C. I’. Mills. Conimantler-in-(‘hief l’l_vniouth tlcsiunzttc. hands over as Flag Oflicer Sei-ond-in(‘oiiiinantl Far East Fleet to Rear-Aiimir-.iI E. B. Ashinore. in this appointment. Admiral Ashiiiure will be seaguint: voniiiitiiider of the Royal i\'a\_v‘s fleet based on Singapore anti Ilonu Kong

Salvation Army leaves the Rock After 80 years. the Salvation Army is leaving Gibraltar. and in recognition of the help given to the Services, a cheque was presented on May 22 by Rear-Admiral M. F. Fell [Flag

Ofiicer. Gibraltar).

The cheque. which was from all the armed forces at the

Rock.

was

received by Brigadier

and Mrs. Pearson or the Salvation Army in the presence of Brigadier S. C. ('liambcrs (Deputy Fortress Coiiiiiitinder. Gibraltar). and S./l.dr. J. \V. Abbott (Officer Commanding Administrative S q ll a (l r o n. R.A.F. North Frotit. (itbraltar). The Salvation Army he].-an its activities at Gibraltar in l887. when Major Ewcns \\':|\ sent by General Booth. founder of the

Sir John Fl'L‘\\t.‘tl. Commanderin-Chief Home Fleet. The Soviet limbzissy statement suit]: "The visit of a Soviet warship to Great Britain in the present situation might be strongly understood. and might give grounds to undesirable and false rumours which naturally would impede the acliicvemcttt of the aims sshich both sides had in mind in connection with this event." Rolling up the red carpet again caused great disappointment in l’t’Irls't't‘ltitlil1. where hundreds of pounds had been spent in tirrattging receptions. dinners. (l1ltlv.‘I.'\' and coach trips. There is a possibility the visit niigh: talte place at :1 later date. n

Don't kid yourself that to be ‘with

NOT SINCE 1933 After Socotra. .-\ppleton went on to Abd:il Kuri, whit:h had not been visited by a ship of the Royal Navy since ll..\l.S. Penvance in I933. During the voyage. navigation was often dillicult due to the inaccuracy of the Socotra chart. complied in 1835. and still the only one in use.

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“Army." to establish a centre for men of the Royal Navy. This appointment was made as ti result of a direct appeal to General Booth by men of the

J-vs)

i-'li:et. TROOPSIIIP ill-ZLP At times. all that has been needed has been a cup ot‘ tea and a chat. but at others. largescale help has been given. as was the case when survivors from the troopship F.mpirc Windrtish. which caught tire and sank. were brought ashore at the Rock. Fewer Forces men and women til the Rock. and improved conditions of service. have greatly reduced the need for the Salvation .-'\rm_v. which now feels that its rcsnttrces‘ are needed elsewhere to a far greater extent.

FIRST OF JUNE APPEAL The I966 First of June Appeal for R.N. and R..\l. Otlicers‘ Funds raised £1732 over £750 more than the previoiis year. A further sum of £3.44!» was received in income from invested funds Grants to the N dltlercnt charities established for the benefit of mi val otlicers amounted to £9.00‘).

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YEOVILTON

"\'eovi|ttm. slate l0. lake

I." These have been fuiuiliar sounds in and around Royal Navtil Air Station. 't’eovilton. its 1| film unit front the Bristol siudio of 'l'.\\'.W. ' shot at documentary on the '-' training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and observers. A highlight of the filming was a mass fly-pns1 of 20 Sea Vixens from 766 and 899 Squadrons, and 2 Wings Parade held at General

Divisions.

University and Navy join in research

of the Government'\ Policy to improve the co-ordination of the scientific ellort of the country. and to rnakc full use of the technology and expertise available within the l)efence Research listztltlisltrttcrtts, a link has been forged between the L:'ni\erxit_v of Southampton ;tntl the Adrnirztlty Surface \\'e:rpon\ l’,sl:tblishtncnt. .»\~. part

I: Ix of the

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H.M.S GALATEA DIVERTED ON MERCY MISSION Leander class frigate. ll.:\l.S. Galatea. uhieh is commanded by Capt. .l. 0. Roberts. is seen entering Singapore Naval Base at the start of her first l-‘ar Eastern commission. Two days after leavThe

in-,: .\den. the ship

diverted to the island of Socotra. oil the East African coast. to no to lltc aid of ti member of a Joint Services E\pcdilion. “ho had been injured in a remote area of the island. was

.\ltip'\ helicopter flew the iniured man :tc‘l’u\\ Ilte island to safety and expert medical help. Calatea then called at ltomhe_v_ (.-\n account of the expedition

The

mentioned is

given in the opposite pzttte.)

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planned that senior szall llllt\L'l'Sll_\‘ will play an

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::‘..'t:'.m.".g.: part in the research

aeirxllics of zhc cxzablixltntent. and 21m: the ll£t\'.’tl \\.'lCllll\l\will p.rrIi.'ip.r:r: in the tcrielring and re-r:.ir.'h of :he universi:y. (ornrnon rexearch projects are planned to be undr:rtalu:n either at the rrriiversity or \\ithin the establisliment. which will he re.'ogni»'-:d for the purposes of lriglter degrees.

State on

.\l()RE TEACHING MACHINES H.M.S. (‘ollin_uwt‘od. \\'ltt.'t'C the .\'av_\ trains radio clectricatl rnechzrnrcs, pioneered the use of teaching mrreltines. and now has [00 of lltr:tlt in use. 'I he Navy has now placed an order fora further I35 rnacltines for use in a number of training k‘\l;tl3ll.\llllltI'll.S.

UNUSUAL HONOUR Two members of the A d m ira lty Constabulary who handled a diliieult situation in Portsmouth l)oc-kyard have been made the subject of a Commanderin-('hief's Commendation-— an unusual if not unique honour. The men are Sergt. ('Iill’ord William Burns and Const. David Thomas llonlett. On May 7 they approached a rating who was near the King's Stairs and armed with a knife and a

one-pound

scare

eharge.

He threatened to pull out the pin and explode the charge if anyone approached him.

Corust. llowlett talked to the man. trying to calm him, and as the two ofliecrs approached. Sergt. Burns suddenly dived through the guard rails. grasped the

rating. and fell with him into

the sea 12 feet below. The Commendation of the (‘ornmander-in-Chief. Portsmouth (.-\dmiraI Sir Frank

llopkinsl praises the oflieers for their courage and initiative in averting a dangerous

incident. In the

picture. Admiral Hopkins is shaking hands

nith Sr.-rut. Burns. Comt. llrmlett is on the right.

‘Jobfinders’ total

impressive

In I966 the Regular Forces Ernploytnent Associzttion (the short title for the National Association for Employment of Regular Sailors. Soldiers and Airmen) found jobs for 3.lt2 sailors, 327 Royal Marines. and l5 Wrens when they left the Service. The Associrrtion also found employment for 4,149 men and women on leaving the Army. and 2.5l5 men and women on leaving the Royal Air Force. These figures illustrate the size of the task which the Association undertakes.

G00!) CHARACTER It is part of the Regular Forces Resettlement Service. working in close touch with the three Services and the Ministry of Labour. Its aim is to [ind suitable I:mplo_vmr:nt for all l"lOll'Ct.¥l‘lll‘lll\\l0llL‘tl men and women who leave the Regular Forces with characters of "Good" or hotter. and it provides this help tree of cltzirge. The .'\\’s't)t.‘l.’lll0n, which is

clrarity. depends upon the Treasttry and the benevolent orgartisations of the three St.'l’\'lsL"% for its funds and works through 46 branches covering the whole of the United Kingdom. [Each branch is run by an registered

as a

"Don't say you \\ill Like the job and then fail to turn up. lhis gives the wrong impres-

sion—that ex-Scrviccmcn are unretiable—-and affects others besides yourself."

R.M. MUSEUM REOPENS The Royal Museum at

Marines

Ea.s1ney

ltarracks, South:-ea. reopened fair the summer

May 24. The total of visitors during 1966 was over 18.000. -uillllflIIIIOIIIIIIIIIIIIICOOIIIIIIIIIE season on

sh0n'

of Rooms Admiralty llouse. Whitehall ollicial residence of the l-‘irs: Sea Lord of the .-\dmir:tlt_v for 200 years. are open to the public on Saturday :rl':crnoon<. for a short period. If the response ii good. the rooms will be open throughout the summer. Main interest in the State Rooms is a series of lSt|t and l9th century paintings of Austt’al:tSi:t—lhc work of artists The

unnono-unu---unuuuouuuu

rooms

State

ollieially attached to the expeditions of Capt. Cook and Capt. Flinders.

employment ofli.-er. often referred to as ;t “johliridc-r." who

remains in touch. as far as he can. with c.v-Regulars. If they find their employment

unsuitable. they

always

go back to the hr;tnr:li within whose area their home lies. and the can

l

employment oilicer will do all that he can to had a more congenial job. As can well be imztgirtcd, the “jobfrnder's" work is not corrfined to finding emplo_\ment. They constantly lind themselves consulted over housing. welfare and similar matters. The only thing they cannot do is to dispense any form of charitable relief although. being in touch with welfare orgzrnisa-I lions. they can advise on such l

JUST LIKE THE I !

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l:t .\l:tt‘ch it \\.‘.\.tlll‘l.ItlI1»‘L'tl that the Royal .\'a\} was concentrating respoitsibility for ships‘ and sea areas \\'c~t of Sue/. tittder Cottntt.=:tder-iii(hicf. Honte Fleet. "l he Contmander-in-('liieI'. Home Fleet. had .tlre.uly

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WIVES .-\botit Nut) wives of men <crving itt H..\l.S. \"ictoriotts

reported

lta\i: sent a petition to their .\lctttber of l'ar|i;tntett1. protestittg .ll the decision to dcl.i_\‘ the carrier's retttrit to l’t\t'l\tllt\tllll. They got a drtihbing lit the local l't'cs~:. ".-\nd .t jolly good thing too," may well be tltc coinare

to

asxiintetl coiiiittantl re~potisil\ilities for ships in the .»\tl.mtic and West Indies. The next step \\.l.\ taken on lune 5. when .\'..-\.l'.(l. natal conttttand arr.tttge:iieitt\ in the

iitent.

.\ledilerranean \\crc adjttstctl with the foriitatioit ot .: new naval comiitattd under the .\'..-\.'l'.0. (.'ontnt.inder-in-('liicf Allied Forces Southern l-iurope. ()it that date. .-kdntiral Sir Joint Hamilton relinquished his appointment as Coiitmandcr-in(T It it: f .\lcditerr'.inean and Commander-in-Clticf A l I i e d Forces Mediterranean. Command of all Royal Navy ships in the .\lcditerranean then passed to Cotitntandcr-in-Chief Home Fleet.

Before -ltrtiggiitg otf tlte incident. it should be noted tltat interviews made it quite clear that tlte wives‘ ntain contplaint W:l.\ ttot so much that the carrier was delayed as that they h:id no ollieial information. Worried about deposits on holidays, and numerous other domestic problems, the wives let rip—at the wrong

target.

Responsibility for keeping wives informed rests squarely

the shoulders of their husbands. and in the case of Victorious there was ample time b_v air ntail. cables—even

on

direct

ntuch would

telcphoning—to give as information as security

Had

permit.

bee it sent promptly. it might have prevented wives travelling from as far away as Scotland and Wales to welcome the carrier at Portsmouth on the date originally announced for her news

return.

They

want to

know

The

Admiralty

c .1 n n

ot

ttndert.ike to inform wives every time there is a change of plait for a ship. but where there a r e special circumstances. such as a return from a foreign commission. and the men aboard are unable to let their families kttow in tinte.

effort might be considered other than merely informing the newspapers and radio. It cannot be stressed too lotidly or too long that naval wives do appreciate the comfortable new married quarters. the ellorts to shorten coiitmissions. and all tlte other llll['H'tl\’<.‘ll‘lI.'lll\in Service coitditions. but they also waitt to some

be

kept

in the picture~oIlicial

inforntatioit. if there canttot be personal ittessages. the ver_v least is that the .\'avy Welfttrc and S.S.:\.l~'..-\. should kttow as ntuch as possible about what is going on. Let the Victorious wives be given a shaking, The

.shake-up

need not stop there.

necessarily

“Hello

.\'obby, everybody enjoying that well-ea rned rest all llte wives reckoned you deserved?”

The N aVy’s ‘greatest

single blessing’

This year, the Women's Services are celebrating their jubilee. With actual birthdays ranging over a year, the joint celebrations—a Thanksgiving Service in Westminster Abbey, garden party in the grounds of the Royal Hospital, faction of the Royal Navy. their Chelsea. and a dinner in the ability to carry out not only the Painted Hall at Greenwich- more conventional domestic and clerical duties. but also work werc fixed for June I and 2. such

Women are still 20 years short of their half-cetttury of enrolled service with the Armed Forces, and our jubilee marks not so ntuclt the passing of the years. bttt the historic decision to entploy uniformed and disciplined women to replace ntcn in the Services. The very terms. "disciplined and uniformed" must have struck chill in many hearts. and the records show that the step was not accomplished without

as

boats‘

crew

by

olliccrs in a bout 50 branches and ratings in over ‘)0 categories. and that at the peak there were 75.000 women serving with the Royal Navy. in every theatre of war and throughout the world. it took all sorts to help run the Navy's war. but throughout that photographic record is reflectcd the cheerfulncss. the comradeship. pride and sense of purpose. the standards which were set by a Service which. under Vera Laughton-Mathews. had so quickly earned an enviable reputation. were

Chief Oflicer

and wireless

tclcgrapltist. The pictorial records of this period. witlt Wrens in overall trousers and smocks servicing depth charges. and a working party of women in boiler suits, unloading sacks of potatoes front a lorry. provide evidence that the pioneers were not sheltered. nor were they other than feminine despite their unbcconting garb.

opposition.

But serious manpower shortages and a growing recognition that uonten could and would play a part in tltcir country's defeitce carried the day.

Began

That Their Lordsltips were solicitous of their welfare and reputation is also evident front the Adntiralty ntittttte sheets.

in 1917

On .\'ovcittbcr 29, I917. "The Titties" carried an announcentcnt headed: "\\’omcn for the i\'avy——.\'ew Shore Service to be formed." In two years. under the l)ll’L't.‘lt)l'\lll[‘Iof Dame Katherine Furse. tlt c \\'otiten's Royal i\'aval Service grew to a strength of approximately 7.000. and women had proved to the satis-

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VVt)1t(let‘lttl life Twenty-sis years later. awaiting tlte start of lltc Service of Thanksgiving in \\"estminster Abbey. recognising among that great congregation so many old friends of my own l-'\-iteration. and feeling pride in the _voting women in tittiforitt \\ ho are their peace-time successors. l could look back on a wonderful life which has taken me through cvcr_v rating and rank tip to the present.‘ and as far afield as Atistrzilia. lliit that is another

or two ago. seeking ntatcrial for an exhibition. I spent some time at the lntperial War .\luseum looking through their photographic files of the \V.R.N.S. iit tltc Second World War. Every type of work is represented. a reminder that there

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Wren otliccrs' stewards were not to work iit olliccrs‘ cabins other tlt:iit in pairs. Members of the W.R.N.S. were advised not to walk unescortcd d o w n the Strand! to September. 1939, the \\’.R..\'.S. was re-formed. and by the end of I940 had grown to l0.000. In 19-31. the Contntander-inChief. Portsmouth tAdmir.'i| Sir William James] wrote: “We are going to greatly extend substitution of ntcn by Wrens. Despite the large number of hostilities-— only sailors. the future manning of the lilcct is causing anxiety. F.\ccpt manning of sea-going ships. tlterc are few iobs that cattttol be tackled by Wrens. and we are recruiting as fast as we can."

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I was one of the Wrens who volunteered in [94]. at the time of the expansion of the Service. and on May 12 of that year l carried my suitcase from New

Cross. through Deptford (air raids the night before had dis-

rupted transport)

to the

Royal

Naval College. Greenwich. There I was to start my

“hostilities only" service at the W.R.N.S. Training Depot as a supply assistant. _

Wren oflicer giving military recruits gas mask ins1ruction during the First World War A

captain of H..\l.S.

Wren was later to describe thcnt in a letter to a senior W.R.N.S. oflicer as "the greatest single blessing to be bestowed on the

Royal .\':tv_v."

I leave my i\'ava| readers to decide wltether this graceful tribute is deserved! We ltave not. of course. been without our critics. and have pcrltaps been over-sensitive to tltcnt. Tlte establishment in I949 of all three Women‘s Services on a permanent basis faced opposition. although not from within the Royal .\'avy. There were many who could

.\'.A.T.0. APP0l.\'TMI-'..\"l‘ A Flag Oflicer in .\talta will administer the naval installations in the island. and will also hold the N.A.T.0. appointment of Commander South lfast .\leditcrranean Area. RearAdmiral D. L. Davenport took up the appointment of Flag ()flicer Malta on .ltmc 5 and COMEDSOUESAT on June 7. On June 6. therefore. the Commander in Chief Home Fleet became responsible for all ships in sea areas West of Suez. Tltcsc sea areas will be known as the Western Station. and the Commander in Chief Home Fleet's title will be altered to Commander-in-Chief \\'c\lr:|'n Fleet. The

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Commander-in-Chief Western l-‘leet for service in the .\lcditcrranean.

need for Service women in peace. and the hostile propaganda at this time warned of the see no

dangers of encouraging female militancy.

Since then. there has been sottte shift in the attitude of our now apparently few detractors. With a high annual "wastage" oit marriage. tltc origiital fears have tettdcd to give way to criticism of c\pcnditurc iit training women for the short return

they give.

ll‘l fact. most Wrens

are

in

trainiitg categories and many bring their skills iit with tltcnt. i.e. typetvriting aitd shorthand. A recent costing has shown that a Wren is less expensive to train aitd maintain short-term

than ltcr male counterpart. Ftirtlteriitorc. the Royal still needs lter services

Navy

VIC’S JANNERS GOT IT WRONG Celebrati0n—then

U.K.

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and. to the zicconipaiiitnent of peculiar traditional dancing and the singing of .l.inner h_vri1ns. escorted \C\.Cl'ili giant Oggies the length of-the llight deck. Abreast the island. Capt. "Jan“ Mclntosh was made an Honorary Janner for the day. after which he ecrcmoniously hacked open a sacrificial Oggic —with an axe. It seems. however. that the Janners got their incantations wrong. for the following day Victoriotis received the signal which stopped her homeward run and sent her to Malta instead. There essential stores were taken on and the carrier straight tional

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When H..\~t.S. Victorious reached Plymouth on June l9. there was one girl who went ashore with the West Country men. She was nine-year-old Sheila Wareham. who had travelled from Gibraltar like a V.l.l’.. with a comfortable cabin and an_\thing she wanted to eat. Daughter of an Army corporal. Sheila vtas returning: to

\v;i_v put to sea to work up the air group in I’L‘:ttJlIlt:\'\‘ for any emergency which might evolve out of the .\liddle lizist crisis. Two weeks of cruising and

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previous day.

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stay in Malta. where everyone on board watched the headlines with more than usual interest during the Israeli-Arab war. On June 9 it was announced that Victorious could resume the journey home. the trip beginning on the llth. Jet squadrons were flown off on the l3th—-Buccaneers of 801 to Lossiemouth and the Sea Vixens of 893 to Boscombe. Two days were needed in Gibraltar to load packing cases for ammunition. and then the carrier was utt North. calling at Plymouth on June 19. There. West Country ratings were discmharlted and also the ground crews of 814 Squadron. whose helos had flown off the

have treatmeii: for cg” miubIc_ the sea journey being t\Ct.‘c\'\:tt'\' to avoid any strain which an air tourney might cause.

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The secret of the l~l..\l.S. Victorious hold-up in the Metliterimiean was revealed when the aircraft carrier arrived at i’t)l'l\ll10tIlilon June Ill. three weeks after the date expected. It was all to do with the Jannersl .\lond.t_\'. .\la_\‘ 2. had been (lL'\l‘_.'lt:llL'ti St. .i;tnt'lL‘l'\ l);i,\‘ h)’ z-. eroup of Welxlt. Scots. and Irish Janners on board. 'lhev p|.mncd to see that the graiid old Patron Saint ol the \\ext (‘otintry “its well and triil_v reiiteiitbcred. 'l hey dressed in quaint tradi-

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Besides being involved in a world erisis_on the present commission. the ship's company of l-l.M.S. Victorious found time for some useful social work.

Among the events of the last few days before leaving Singapore was a pleasant and satis-

fying climax to all the work done by the carrier's volunteers in renovating the Johorc Bahru Cheshire Home for lncurables. During each of the ship's four stays in Singapore. parties of

gave up their time in the evenings to do this work. To mark its completion. the Captain presented the home with a large refri erator which had been pure ased with money collected on board during the stay in the Far East. men

also involved in a mercy dash to the Italian island of Lampedusa. A helicopter picked up a woman. mother of live children. and in urgent need of hospital treat-

Vietorioiis

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Medical help was given on board until the woman could be flown otI again to pospitat in Malta. Record crowds attended the annual open day at the Royal Naval Air Station. H.M.S. Daedalus, Lce-on-Solent.

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FAMII.Y VISITS A general service commission in the Mediterrtinean made ]'$0_\\lblc many elianaes of family families contact. Nearly -30 went to Malta for visits. some sta_\ini: for almost the whole of the nine niontlis. Station leave front Malta enabled others to spend Christmas or the New Year with their families in I~,'ii_eI:ind, After fort-i;:ti service leave. Il..\I..\. Rll)'l is to he prepared for a lone retit. Rhyl. built in lI..\l. Dockyard. Portsntotitlt. I959-60. was Iauticlietl by Lady Dorotlw .\lacmill:tn. Basically similar to the Wliitby class frigatcs. Rhvl has a displacement of 2.600

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():hcr appointments which have been announced rccently include: Cant. A. I). Ctluldl. Undauntcd in cot-runand. .\t.-)‘ W. Capt. I’. R. .\lan-ark. Cochran: tor

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Cttr. G. M. K. Enact. Grenville in command. Jun: 27. l.lcuI.~(.‘dr. II. F. Thornton. l'u:1:hc.\ton in command d.i.b.r. R. Llcut.-Cdr. .\'. llr.r.‘hamr\1on in c '

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Llrul.-Cdr. P. cnrurrund July .z_

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Ucut.-Cdr. I. B. Lctmos. I.1artd.\!l additional Scotcrnbcr I3. and in command d.t.b.r. l.lrut.-Crlr. II. I. T. Hogg, '['c:tb)‘ in mniniand. l)c.crx:bcr ll.

Iw.-anrst15li4«C

Qfficers ....

Robin joined the Navy at H.M.S. St. Vincent on October 8, 1957. was rated leading seaman in I963. and petty ofliecr less than two years later. So far he has served in H.M. ships Dainty. Hermes, Murray, Torquay and Berwick. and will be joining Leopard in September for the West Indies Station. Before going to his new ship, however. he has another important appointmcnt—:1: the church. He is engaged to .\tiss (‘hristine Sell. of lintield (.\-liddlescx). and the wedding is planned for August.

A/Sub.

Lieut.

Raphael

Sub~Lieu:. Raphael's sports include rugby. squash. shooting and A

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sailing. Passing out top of his course won for him the llerbert Lott prize.

The Buccaneer

replacement?

“Thanlcs. but actually I've already got one." might have been the reply of Fleet Air

Arm Buccaneer pilot Lieut. Pete de Souza. seen in conversation with a French to_\' seller at the Paris Air Show.

Pete, who recently served in aircraft

carrier Ark Royal. was :1 member of the l-‘.A.A. team at the show. It could he. of course. that he missed somelhins: in the models‘. Perhaps they were a design study of the AFVA! (Anglo-French Variable Geometry to the unthe

initiated).

Oldest and

youngest

ll..\l.S. Relentless has belied her title of the oldest operational frigate or destroyer in the

Royal Navy. Since leaving U.K. (up to the time of writing) she

has stcamcd over 27.000 miles in four months and spent 70 per

cent. of her days at sea.

Four Bcira patrols have accounted for much of this. and there are more to come. but there seems to be as much to do at sea as in harbour. On one visit to Mombasa. another ship there was H.M.S. Minerva. so that the 'oungcst and oldest frigatcs in t e Navy at that time were together. Quizzes. clay pigeon shooting. volleyball. fishing. Swahili lessons--add to these the normal competitions and it will be understood that it is a relief to return to Mombasa for a rest.

Workers from Fearless Since the assault ship H.M.S. Fearless arrived la the Far l-fast. 40 ratings have repainted Singapore Salvation Army's children's home. the work being led by the

ship's chaplain.

the Rev.

J. C. Venus (seen below). Collections on board paid for the cost of the materials.

SAD FAREWELLS IN THE MED. Sad ceremonial in Malta on June 5 marked the farewell of the 90th and last Commander-in—Chief. Mediterranean. On noon on that day. the Angelo were an impressive Commander-in-Chief's flag was sight lining the bastions of the hauled down in l-l.M.S. Angelo fort as they eerernoniously for the last time as Admiral Sir chccrcd. John Hamilton was rowed Owing to a rather choppy across Grand Harbour in a sea. it was not possible to line whalcr from Customs House to St Elmo brmkwatcrs as H.M.S. Whitby anchored ofi planned. and the ofliccrs and Vittoriosa. of Lascaris and the ratings whalcr The was coxswaincd NATO command of new by the Chief of Stall. Commo- COMNAVSOUTH cheered dorc D. B. N. Mcllis. and from Lascaris Bastion, while manned by senior naval chapoverhead R.A.F. (fanbcrras lains. from 39 Squadron carried out .1 After a farewell lunch in fly-past. Whitby. attended by the There is now :1 Flag Oflieer Governor-General and senior Malta. Rear-Admiral D. L. NATO olliccrs of the respective Davenport. The only ships for NATO commands under Com- which he has full command are mander-in-Chief. A l7 M E D H.M.S. Layburn "and R.l-IA. Whitby with Admiral and Lady Sea Salvor, ‘plus the‘ Seventh Hamilton on board was escorted Mine Counter~ni'casures' Squadout of Grand llarhour by l'l.M. rori when not operated by the ships Rhyl and Duncan. Italian. Commander-in-Chief Turkish. Greek. and US. ves- Fleet during operations.Western sels. and joined outside the Other ships_ in the Mediterharbour by H.M. ships Phoebe ranean are under the command and Bcrwick. of the Commander-in-Chief On the flight deck of l-l.M.S. Victorious, a band and guard Western Fleet. It is hoped that Malta will was paraded. and Flag Ofliccr Aircraft Carriers saluted as the have as many H.M. ships in Commander-in~Chief. followed Grand Harbour as in the past. by other NATO admirals in and this hope was more than their ships. sailed past. borne out during the Middle The ships co:i‘.p.:n3. of ll..\l.S. East crisis. ,

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Admiral lloplrtitas

Commandina

Utticrr and Superintendent. December I. Cam. .I. A. ll. llanalltol. line in

as

2

l)uunr_cay

A.R.r.E.

The frigates lierwiclt and Phoe. e. which went to the .\lediIerr.tnean during the Middle liast crisis. returned to Portsmouth on June 1‘). Phoebe will sail for the Far East at the end of August. after calls at Southampton. Dartmouth and Bournemouth. lierwiek. nearing the end of a

Youngest

The youngc.s't candidate ever to attend the SD. Otliccrs School at Portsmouth. Robin l-‘. Raphael, passed out top of his course. He was only two months over the minimum age limit for acceptance.

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return

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School

Recent appointments show tl1:tt.b_v the end of the year. most of the i\’avy‘s top jobs will he held by new faces. Admiral Sir Frank Hopkins is retiring from the Navy at his own reqttcst. his successor in the important post of Commander-in-Chief. Portsmouth, being Admiral Sir John Frewen, the present Commzmder-in-Chief. Home Fleet. month by Rear-Admiral D. L. .-\dmiral Hopkins. described Davenport. as a "doughty fighter“ for the In December. Rear-Admiral retention of the Na\‘y’s airM. P. Pollock. \vho is the Flag craft carrier force. has been Ofliccr. Second-in-Command. outspoken on Government Home Fleet. is to become Flag polic_v. and recently said it Oflieer Submarines. relieving

‘Crisis’ ships

l the S.D.

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NAVY NEWS JULY i967 __.____._..._.......__......._._.......-

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FLEET AIR ARM AT TWO SHOWS

Admiral’s tribute

As a member of the Fleet Air Arm. you can never be sure where you'll be ne.\t——a Middle East crisis. Biggin Hill International Air Fair, or ariu-in-tirin with a niademoiselle in Gay Paree.

Against the familiar_ background of the izillel lower. three lucky ratings \\ ho spent a week at the Paris Air Show are here pictured xxith mo of the l"reiicli visitors.

When Admiral Sir Frank Hopkins, Commander in Chief, Portsmouth. leaves at the end of this year one of the jobs he will be giving up will be that of President of the "N:ivy News" Advisory Committee. -

Star personality at the Biggin Hill show was Sheila Scott. the lirst \voinan to tly solo round the world. and on the lirst day

slit.’ was airhorne iii the Fleet .-\ir .-\rm's fatiiotis old Snortilish aircraft. Piloting \\as (iapl. P. C. S. (liilton. (‘liief Stall Ullieer to lla-,: ()llicer Naval l:l_\'ll‘tg Training. and also in the plane was l.iciit. Robert iivatixy who handled the Swordlish during the remainder of the show. The F..-\..-\. ptit on a splendid (lisplt1_\'. including. Buccaneer. Sea Vixen. \\'.'i.sp and \\"e.\sex aircraft. the old Swordtisli trundling over to indicate the reniarl.;ihle advance in air ueapons. and as a reminder of the l’..-\..-\.'s glorious war

liiszory.

.-\nd when the visitors had had enough of looking aloft. no fewer than .\‘0.0()() of tliem s(l\\‘ over the model of the aircraft carrier ll..\i.S. Viclorioiis.

Mementoes for Ronnie’s Bar Ronnic's Bar is well known to the Fleet Air Arm. being just outside the gates of the air station at Hal Far. Malta. when 728 Squadron dis-

.»\: last month's

the

nieeting of

committee. (kvniiiiodorc l'itl_t_:ll Lee. the ('h:xirnian. read a from Admiral rnessage

ilopkins regretting

his inahiizty to attend because of a previous cni.-agcinerit. "Please welcome the representatives on my behalf." he said. "and tell them that I helicve ‘Navy News’ deserves our

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handed. after 2-3 years‘ service in Malta. it \\.'t\ appropriate that there should he a party at the bar. and some farewell tokens to Ronnie '/..'uninit liinisclf. The ll..\l,S. Falcon nameplate in brass. given to the squadron in l‘)(v5 when ll..\i.S. I-'_.|.-on Cl|1\'Cll(lll\\l'l,was handed to Ronnie for safe keeping by

conimzinding uflicer of 728 (i.ieut.-('dr. "l_ot'ty" Wreford). other inenientues wliich will hang in the bar are the squadron crest and a target practice towing \lt:t.:\'C. the

Before Sir John hauled down his

Hamilton

flat:

as

Commander-in-Chicf. Mediterranean. he visited the squadron.

Pictured with two charminr: French visitors to the Paris Air Show are l.Rl'I.\l Colin Bonney of Blackpool. NAM Keith Stoner of Tunbridttt’: ‘Veils. and i.Rl‘l.\l Bill Deeniinr: of Birmingham

fullest support. “it is ti unique medium for fostering the comradeship which we value so highly. it links the widely scattered members of the Fleet at all levels. past and present. and their families.

"lt makes an increa~.in,: nonna\al audience auare oi what the Service is doing and thin};ing. ti: :1 time uhen publicity. atid pttrtieularly this mrt of publicity. is of the greatest

iniportaiiee."

Sheila Scott visits the model of H.M.S. Victorious at the Biggin Hill Air Fair and discusses the exhibition with P0 Ron l\lcI.achlan of

Wolverhampton

_-.

Don't forget the diveras it :in_\bod_v could when he was wearing: this grin. He is AB Andrew David Catemll. aged 19. of Fulwood. Preston. in member of ll..\l..'9'. Shehifs diving team at the Naval Base. Aden. In two years of service he lias alrenrly visited many places in the Far East. in-

All smlles—but it is a sad moment in Ronnie's Bar. Hill For. Malta. when 728 Squadron say their farewells on the eve of their dishandmcnt

cludim: [long-Kong. Singapore and the Philippines.

liucl;inghani Palace announces

last month

the Rev. Tlioinas Keane. of St. Vincent's Acadeniy. Alhtiqticrqtie. New .\l:.-xieo, who. as a sick berth attendant. survived the sinking of the battleship H..\l.S. Barham on Noveniber 25. I‘)-ll. Part of his plan during a short holiday was to visit Portsmouth and take Communion with a Ilarliam memorial chalice in one of the city's R9 tan _Caiholic churches. Barham is the name of Wemhley Sea Cadets. and recently they were visited by the present Lord Barham. the Earl of Gainsborough. who presented the commanding otlieer with the third clliciency pennant won by the unit in three years.

LEISURE AND PLEASURE WEAR

The Qucen’s visit ‘to Malta

Survivor from I-l.M.S. Barham Visiting i-fngland

was

E6ii' THE '

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PHANTOMS

Left to right they are: (.'P0.s Arthur Robertson (Barrow), Ronald Williams (Bristol). Thonias Marlins (Barnsley), Robert Williamson (Alrdrie. Lanurkshire). Ronald Corpse (Plymouth). John Hales (Isle of Wight), John Morris (Bexley. Kent) and Brian Osgood (Gosport). »-w-av

‘.Fl-'dnhuJ"\

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Joining Royal .\':n'al Air Station at Yeoiilton are eight chief petty officers who have just completed an instructors‘ coune on the McDonnell Phantom in the United States. The photograph mus taken while they were under instruction in

the States.

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that the Queen and the Duke of lidinhurgh have accepted the invitation of the Government of Malta to visit the George Cross island from November I4 to l7. They were last in Malta togcther in I954. at the end of their six-month tour of the Cointnoiiwcalth. Consideration had been given to a visit earlier this year. but in February it was learned that the plan had been held tip because of the dispute with the Malta Government over the eilect oi the defence economies.

CONFIDENT —RELAXED in

a

Leisure Suit Tailored

By Craftsmen

SICK BERT]! AWARD The l‘)tu7 Sick Berth Pi.‘tt' Otliccrs' iillieicncy Medal. "for zeal and etlieiency in the discharge of duties during the preceding year." has been awarded to POMA J. A. Sheridan.

MAKE SURE YOUR NEW SUIT l$ COOPERSTYLE

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700-MILE COACH

TOUR

iday partes

shford

THE

ROYAL NAVAL 'ASSOClATlON

Once :t_L;tit't ~ltipmatc.< and their |.:die\' frotn .-\~ltford look a coach for their summcr holid;t_v and. in eight tlztys. toured over 700 miles’ in North ~\\’a|e<. The tirst port of call w;tfi l.lattdttdttn where a "eoot.lwtll“ letzer front tlte Cltairman of the

;‘.‘CCl'tPORATED EY ROYAL CHARTER. Puron: H.H. The Que‘.-r‘.

AROUND NORTH WALES

.

.-\shl'urd U.l).C‘. was hantled to the Chairtn;m of l.l;tndudtto Council. ntember; Ashford were when astonished they ucre the entertained at Rb}! hr.tn;h'> club. new ‘'\\’hat a club," .<.o.< our correspondent. the .\l-:--tlcel. l)odger. and he .'tdtE:e< ~hipmtttes \‘.l)tl may be .:t the 2Il'L'.t to make .1 point of Cillilllfl. ''You‘ll be in re.-"y gootl contp:tt1)'." he say‘, “.-.nd til‘. j.t‘-lltl:_‘ ntemtters at that." On the final er-.-nir.,,: of the tour. the visitors went to the Bangor branch hc::dqu.trter~'. linding l'|'lL‘tl‘ll'|L‘t‘i of the Rhyl branch flll'C1l£l)' there. and there .

was a

splendid get-together.

The Asltford branch was presented with a framed p.tintin;.of tltc t\lt:n:ti llt'1tlt.:'.: by Shipmate l.eatherb',. the lt.in;.:or

Secretary.

.‘\.‘IlIrUI'd (Kent) members hl'illfl enlt-t1-aint-d :tt llangor (.\lorth Wales) branch. with Rh_\l representative-4 present.

Wear and Army share honours \'e;tz'~ ago. when

parade grounds

be ‘.0. at lC:l‘.l in the l\' lint. for each year the W tr l‘t'.tllL'lt llttltli a lo.-.'r bail .-t=;t:.Et and iIl_';':)r'\‘.£lr. their .‘~t‘Dt't1..‘t‘.l~ l7Cll'lj.: the lnt:.;| T't:I~

nit-\'t

we-:2

"holy

"doubltng' across them. into (ll. vy Street. llt'.'_\'

men over 3) were excused bu: it t-.t-ttld seem that when men get t;tk;: on a new lease of lif".

grottnd."

in b:trr;tc§~z.*~

Royal .-\rti|ler:.'. and all p!.'t:.-.-rs

nuts!

be

over

35.

This year honours for tlte \\‘e.t.' bran

5‘.

ex-en. \'.'(-n

the

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RED ARREI. tlmtlszttt tmtelz. rtntl

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.\ -’lll\‘

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;

for men who can handle a fistful of flavour

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_

the tttg-of-\\:tr. About 2.000 ~pect.ttors were present. lt is a good job tltat Wear branch has palatial headquarters. for on June l0 two hut-loads‘ from \Vythensha\\'e branch. who had attended tltc race nteeting at 'l'hirsl:. visited the club. Shipmate R. (iledhill.Weark ehaitman. and chairman of the No. ll Area. visited the Bed-

lingtnn bntnch.

no one

having

lteard from tltat bmneh for wine time. He was delighted to had that :tltltou;.-.lt membership \\.'I\ small. it is very much alive and has spacious premises. Sltipmatc Gledhill ltopes that other hrattcltes in No. H Area will try to arrange a visit to Betllington. where they will he uarml)‘ wclcotn-ed.

Ilford dinner

When the llfurd branch held ite annttal dinner and social on June 3. gzttests included the chairmen of both D.'t§:Cnll.'tl‘t‘l and Wext ltztm with their |adic~’. and Sltiptttate (ieoree and .\ll'S. ll;I\lt.'l'. The toy.-tl loan \'."t\' propoactl by the b::.nclt r.'ltaitm:tn. Shiptll.'ll6.' G. Hill. and .~'.pc.tl\L‘l"< inclttd.-tl tltc btxtttelt prc’»tt|eu:. Sitiptttttte liettt.-(‘tlr. J. llaml'l‘.t‘ll\l. sliitituatc J. .\lut‘.er. and

Sltiptttate ll. lLl»':f._ \‘.llt‘~£ \‘vC\l' (l: clay ll \‘-.t~. .SlI:pm.ttc and .\lr<. l.:Ice\' receited the com.-r.t:ttl.t:Eon< of I

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all pre-"cult.

Sltipmatc l"ret| Tibbles. chair-

llatn branch. l'n.‘\Ptllll.lL'tl to the toast of the \'i.~‘itor<_ and he cnn;.'r.1tulated the llt'utd tltairntan on ll:t\'l:lg.: held the otlice for 27 \e:tr<. man

of

West

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.\l-\.~\ ll. ll. llu;.:ltc<. “ho went to New Zealand in l‘)~t(t, has ti.-ea pre~entctl with :1 clatp to his Long: S.-r\icc and (iood the _onlv Contluct .\led;:l tll'.‘tlll\'l‘ ot the lt.\:_Z_.\. to ll.'|\C the .t\\.tt’d. —-

,

.

.-\fter their h;tN‘_\' llolEd;r\‘. the .‘\5lllt>t‘tl .-.t;tl\~..trt.< are back again rc'.td_\' for more \'-oil; for the branch. but \'.illl a ttish that they could get a lbw nu-re memhcrx to help them Hill the new club and ett';o~. iza :It'tlL'lll' ties.

Shipmate

RED BARREL

.a.';‘ .\ltt l,"

It

.-\t a recent meezing of the Portlantl branch Rear-_.~\dnitr:tl l’. (i. Sharp. l-lag Ollteer Sea

Years ago when sailing shipe had to pttt in to remote islands for fresh water. ete.. the crew could easily become an item in the Cannibals’ menu. but if the headman greeted them with a wha|e's tooth. it meant that the natives wanted to bc friendlv. The tooth represented a safe conduct pafis for future oceasions—:1 token of friend~:liip and good will.

'l'raining. Portland.

was

Dre-

sentcd with :1 tvh:tlc‘s tooththe braneltk way of COl'l\'L‘)'ltl).' its appreciation of his intere~: itt the activities of the association at Portland.

THE TOKEN

Chairman of the Szoclttonv on-Tees branch since early I966. Sltiprnate Conn. John Whitfield. J.l’., ha: been installed as the -.\laj.or of the town.

Conn. Wliitfi.-ltl lam the unique honour of built}: the last mayor of the AUL'ic't'.«'. tltirottg.-li of Slot-l.ton~on-‘lees. for in April. W63. the “Hi; 'l" come: into being. the llL'\‘. l';:~.-.~§de

County lltirtttt-eh. Among his

public

ttt::rt;t'

duties he is c‘t'-"innit of the Youth Commit -c. and serve»

Shipntate I)-anng.

.\lI)|'l‘lS0n presents the token of

Rt.':ll'-.\(lnIif'.ll Sharp

friendship

to

GIFT TANKARDS FOR 12 AT Capt. Otli-:-er, BELFAST lrelztnd. plemant

D. V. M. ;\l:tcleod. NorSenior Naval had a thern duty when he \'i;~itcd the the Belfast branch on 0CC(t\lOl’l ot‘ the :-.nntt;tl din-

Tyne visitors Ei-.:ht\' ntembera ot' Txne branch were guest. of the chief

and Dell} ollic-era‘ tit" l|..\l.S. ('oehr:tne. at the end of .\laj.. bx‘ It is a tottr-ht‘-ttr i coach t'ro:‘.t Ne‘ t_o v3~f:t-r.\ tn the and t.;rc Rm_\th. nggd m :1 "drop of the datle mill" nhen they u:.c n'.ct bu‘ :he Bless Preaitlent, 'l'l:l; \\'.l~

fortltcornIa;_-.

After lunch. the Tyt-.eiitl:t‘< were split into p.ttt'e.-. visiting.ll..\l. Ships Rapid. [)re:ttlnou;:ltl. Cltetron. and Aeheron. The brattch sttpp-*'etl the Spurn Point .\lemorE Service .-pt‘:*.~lcr‘.t on June 4. Our ct $.’l_\'SZ “'l'he arr..a_ue.‘.eu:s were perfect. the \*.e.:tlt." _'.-totiottx. and the <.':1".'e \e T-.np.rc~-it-e iottt sot‘.--tn;t\' lit:- ."..-:2‘. tfntie." .

.

When Caterhztm Sea Cadets \'i<ited llecr for the Spring Bank Holiday week, the Beer branch again entertained them. The branch has had extensive etc. Branch ntcmbera. Shipaltct-atiom made to its club tnatcs Orley a~"...l liastott. instructed the boys in practical room. and tltc cadets were entertained there on the evening boat handling. and coa:pa.<s and helm exercises. of their arrival by the president of the branelt. Lteut.-Cdr. J. H. The Deer branch -it well t\launtlrill. lt.N. (ret.). at the dxl-..t ‘on (it The eadt.-t=. were under the represented the Exctcr Sttbntartners Assocommand of Ltettt. (SCC) Bert ciation in lixeter Fort,-liam. the scc:etar}' of the Catltetlralsl.'li’l!i.l\'il on June l8. Pttrlcy branch of the .-\<sociatinn. l\lZllt\'.l;.'lt Be." 3: one of the in the During: the week. the cadets sntalie-.: bra cottr-tr\'. it but: ;. coach leaving ~=.-re kept busy with eotnpetiritle shootinst. boatit-:. the l-'lll;1'..'-‘ for the men! '~

‘Pass’ for Admiral

('uun. Whitfield

ll':'tnI -: ".\' r::':. -/t

mayor

Caterham sea cadets’ welcome at Beer

WATNEYS.

the civilian cottttttittcc of the Stockton Sea ('adel\. A number of the member: of the Stockton branelt serve a< ollicen and civilian instructor-2 in what Conn. Wltitlield Lieserihes as "one of the best unil~ in the eotztitrtz" .\hiptnate Wliitlieltl \‘-'.'Ii an F.R..-\. in the Second \\'o:ltl \\';tr. l1Clt'|llj.1lll‘.'. to (ll‘.tlil.‘Ill‘t l)i\':\ton. on

and hitmclf it had been

splendid

He was asked to prcscttt inscribed tankards to l2 members "for ser\'icc.~ rendered to the branch." The following rcceivctl the tattkartls: Shipniates l-' (Soldstein, ‘I. R. l3;ttne<. l’. 5. ner.

year.

The branch chairman. Shipmatc S. P. Dzwison. thanl.ed Capt, Maclcnd and praised the l.adies' Committee for all that it had done to eztsttre that the even-

ing

\\.t\

<t:.'!t a

success.

In the postbag

enott_:.-lt l)1t\'ls‘nll. W. W. Tunniclillc. :tt:«.-ntl the No. 2 .\re.'t rally

.>\. l7.. (irecnlield. D. 1.. i\'cill. ll. Barlow. li. Smith. R. Rohu. W. A. Styles. J. .\lt('on\-ille. and ll. R. $tlt}lll. Guests were v-elcontcd l\_\ the deputy president of the btztttclt. Capt. l. I-'. M. l\'e\tltatu.

Capt. Mtteleotl eon:.:ratul:tzetl

the branch on :tL‘qllllll'l_t! it~' wonderful ltcadquartt-rs.\lountbattcn ”0ll€C*'JIIlll said that since he \‘l5ll¢t.l them lltxl \_.‘e:tr. news had come through that ll..\|.S. Sea l{:t_:.-lc \‘-Ulllll remain in loudonderrt until l‘l7|. atttl ~t\ ll-‘I both litxittclt -

CAN YOU LEND A HAND ? “l)nn't lt.‘:l\l' it to the other bloke." is the theme of an appeal received by ".\':uy t\'ew.-t" from the Kttightx of St. George. whose mu.-utlu-rs for 20 years have helped the disaltled and war widtms. Mnn_r more members are needed to carry on the work, and it is hoped that activesupport will be found among the brztnehes of the Royal Nttval Association. Those interested should

write to-—Th¢ Grand Knight. Knights of St. George. 3 \\'olscle.\’ Nardenc. (Thiswick. London. “24. Even a couple of hours a week to

or

give practical help.

drop in for a chat. would

be welcome assistance.

a

;\s

one

itlllllflltlk‘

to on

Jun: Hi. I otter ll\_\' personal th;t:tl.~ to tltowe two st.tlwart~. loin .\-pt.-_\ and (ieot;-u: .\lEllt.tm. tor prmiditl-.: an c\trettteix ttllL‘:\'~.'.l£lt: proeratutue ‘the .t'it\l\ in the Town Hull f!:I'u'\.‘ _-.::e.tt [5lL‘Il\lll'C to all prexent. and the aurprise item. (‘In Kg.-:. Jock 'lhontpson in full rt-;.'.tlt:t. uito played the Dl[\'~ and led the tltttt».‘in;.: \-.ith the (Lt) (§ordon~_ \\;|\ gr.-:.tl_\

tippreehttctl.

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Trust works quickly and quietly Rl’O \\"illeo:<. of l~l.M.S. Collingwood. a member of the Portsmouth Local Committee of the Royal Naval Benevolent l‘rust. who has taken a keen interest in the Trust's acti\'itie.s for the past nine years, recently toured the Scotland and Northern Ireland Comrnand. speaking to audiences about the work of the Trust. Several interesting questions were raised. and one. which seems to be quite prevalent on 2

the lower deck these days. was: “What income does the Trust derive from mulcts of extracted at the de ;iulters' table?" There is no such income front that source. of course. and RPO Willcox enjoyed claril"_:ing the position. Another question was: “What happened if a rating serving at

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Singapore experienced finzinciztl trouble. and how long would it take the Trust to deal with it?" RPO Willcox was able to say it could be dealt with as fast as the signals arrived in Local Ollices. He was able to say that there had been recent instances of this happening. I-lc was unable

G.l. Association

'

Anniversary

When the Gunners‘ Mates‘ Club (later the R.N. and R.M. (iunnery instructors’ Association) was formed in 1946. the olliccrs elected included CPO R. Kennard as President. and CPO

Young as Secretary.

L.

:1-.irs expressed in l’arli.iment and elsewhere. no incidents were reported when I-I..\l.5'. Kent and the fleet

Royal

detailed infnrntrition, because it would give way to itlentitimtion. and the RNBT prided itself on the confidential nature of its work.

RPO L. Willeox

For tlte Association's 21st .inuiversary dinner, held at \\'h:ile Island. the two ollicers. now resident in South Australia. VCFTE a casting of an Aboriginal head. which was presented to the current President. P0 ((31) Hardman. by the commanding ntlicer of HMS. Excellent, Capt. W. J. M. Teale. In a message to "Navy News." Mr. R. H. Rainer. the .t\\0ClilLl0|'T secretary. said they now had 280 members. arid the numbers were rising due to a

vi;_-orous recruiting canipziign. "We are faced today with the

the wltole social life at the country has under;.:one Lt j.ZFt.'i|L change in the last two decades. but I feel that the association has still plcntv to ol.'er both tlie.serving and c.\-serving -._:iinnery instructor." .\lr. R:iincr's letter added that the senior members were Jack I ant. now living in Canihridge, .ind Len West. of l._\tnington—both over 70. ta.-t that

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The Royal Yacht Britannia left Portsmouth on June I6 for Canada. and will be away until July 28. 'lhc Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will embark in the

year

reported at the annual

meeting of the Portsmouth

Retired Naval Olliccrs‘ Association. hcld in H.M.S. Vernon. that the year had been a good

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are

possible after the scttittg up of the command structure whereby the Comsoon

as

last month. lI.M.S. /\l'Cllltl\:t also nrandervin-Cltief. Western Fleet. visited Simonstoun. overall command of The ships stayed in South assurned Africa for five days. and on theOnCape area. South African leaving. the press ollicer of waters. leaving and Arethusa Kent said: "We have had a sailed forKent Tristan da Cunha. most fantastic reception. and frigate Lynx. which had weare looking forward to the The been based at Sinionsinwn. was day when we will be able to bound for the Falkland Islands. come baclz." The three warships will be Hundreds of sailors went refuelled from Olynthus. and ashore. The naval authorities all four ships are due back in said that the Cape Town ollers Bri't.ii:t on .'\n;;ttsl 4. of hospitality had been almost Town

embarrassing in number.

The sailors reported that they were given only one instruction before going ashore there should be no {ratemising by white sailors with non-white

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The main purpose of the visit was to make use of the facilities which flow from the Simonstown agreement made last and to exercise the Eebruary. rights under that agreement as

a

of the Commanders-in-Chief South Atlantic since it was bought for £-$0.000 in I956. has been sold for £30,000. Standing in more than six acres of grounds. the 20-room mansion. with its own swimming pool. was expected to fetch much more than it did.

“-<~;v:—gn. i

necessity or distress: 1.673.209 to kindred organisations and Children’! Homes: and £463.3l3 for

training and finding employment.

RNBT maintains its own Home for Aged ex-Naval Men In Gillingham. Kent; and the Naval School oi

Motoring.

-‘ -

r-~.‘ Ganges has the Navy's -

-

Chaudicre called at Chatham on J utte I6.

invited to attend.

serving

and ex-serving Naval men. their families and dependants who were to

29-

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training cruise. ll.M.C.S.

Ofiicers promoted therelrom. sewing

The Men of the Royal Navy have supported and administered their own land since I922. During chat time £3,685,652 has been expended in grants

Portsmouth.

Naval men are taught to drive and Service motor vehicles.

ltlf.-\'l' RI-I'l'Rl€.<\'l' In honour ol‘ the Duke of lidinbtirglt. Captain General of the Corps. m:t.ssed bands of the Royal .\l:iriiics Beat Retreat on Horse (itiards Parade on June 8. On

;ipp.’ic.i-

In

Cape

in

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where

“A very quiet. sincere and helpful gentleman" is how the secretary of the Whitchaven branch of the Royal Naval Association describes the Rev. George l)ixon. M.A.. R.N. (ret 1. the bi-anch chaplain. who died on June 2. Doubtless many "old ships" will recall the name. for he was ('h:iplain of II.I\l.S. Ajax durin‘-_' the River Plate action.

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(‘ape

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Ajax chaplain

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l~l..\l.S. Ganges achieved :1 unique "tirst" when the lirst ollicial R..\l. hovercraft (RN-ACV-ll was launched on Jtitic -3. being: christened “I-lot-erha\\'kc" by Mrs \\';it~on. nife of the Captain. H.;\l.S. Ganges. The project was tlle brain- ing hard to get matters l'I_t.'IlI for ,

child of

l.ii:ut.~('dr. "Mike" Siylcs. a I-lec: Air Arm helicopter piloi. and he had worked with an en:liusi:is:ie team of ins:r;ic:.~rs and juniors in making the craft. llt\\'i.'l'IllL\\IsL'was btiill from :1 kit similar to the "Daily Express" Air Rider and. helped by a grant of £110. the team purCllCl\Ctl three second-hand motor-cycle engines. As a whole it has cost less than £200. Sonic snags ttcre encountered at the l'i~.:erna:ioii:ilHovercraft

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near

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The R.l7..'\. Scnicc ix‘ port of the l\lcrch;mt N:t\'y; sigmtlmcn. tltcrcforc. serve in accordztncc with Board of Trade Agreements.

Signztlntcn are required to serve on :1 world-wide basis, the usual length of appointment to a ship being about twelve ntonths. Starting pity. dcpettdituz on previous R.N. service. is front £5-I I75. 6d. to £60 7s. 6d. |)C‘l' month with food found: ovttrtimc is D:13:lI‘JlL' at (K. per hour.

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In brief

RESOLUTION TRIALS The Navy's first Polaris submarine, H.M.S. Resolution. left Barrow-in-Furncss on June 22 for scrt trials. after being delayed a day due to :1 small tttcchnnical fault and bad wcntltcr. Shc commissions on October 2 for service in the Tenth Submarine

Squadron based on Faslane. Full repairs are having

to to

take place at Barrow }!.M.S. Warspite. accidentally flooded during routine maintenance at Faslanc.

ll..\I.S. Walrus was at Bangor. Northern Ireland. for Services Week (June I‘)-

_LI6t;itcd

Thc keel of Frmtt'i".r rerortrl mtclmr .tuhmun'm', F.S. Trrribltr. was laid at (.'Iu'rbuurg on June 24.

Iluntlreds aboard II.\I.S. I-Eagle had a grandstand view Sir Francis Cllichc-s1er's arrival at Plymouth.

to

cheer

ll.\I.S. Tiploc visited Otlcnsc on June 22.

MARSHALL OF CAMBRIDGE (Engineering) LTD.

Photographic competition

Prizes of £50. £lS and £10 are being offered for pictures or slidcs depicting the "prcscncc" of the navy. Personnel in uniform. action studies of ships and aircraft. portrayal of typical II:l\’;iI activitics at home and :tbro;uI. are specially sought after. D.C.I. 644/67 gives full dctails of the competition. entries for which should reach the D.G.. Naval Recruiting. not later than December 3|. I967. _

Soccer regrets

The cancellation of the visit of the Russian destroyer Obraztsovy to Portsmouth which was scheduled for cztrly June was it disappointment to :1 large number of people. ztntong whom wcrt: the members of the Ro_v:tI Navy football team. SC\‘CI'(lI had plztycd against .1 Russian naval tr.-:tm in Leningrad when lI.!\I.S. Dcvonsltirc visitcd that city lust autumn. and were looking fonutrd to the tough task of holding the men front Ol1l’.'l'll$0\"_~'.

Aircraft Division Shawbury Aerodrome Nr. SHREWSBURY. SALOP Applimtione. are invited front F.A.A. Fitters of all

for vautncics in our "()utstution Division." rates of pay. subsistence and excellent wnrlting con_Qood LIIIIOIIS. Ilostcl accontntodation I|\'.’l.ll:iI‘)lCand cvery £lSsISl:tTlCC given I0 successful rtpplicztnts in obtaining married ttccontntoduliotl. Write with personal details and release date to the Personnel UIIICCI’.

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5't'.u\R"lS

:\:midimt

dutintt neeotiationt IIITI II'IFl‘I’TI‘I.'llID.'I

m.un:e.-t.i:tce

and turning

potential eutmrt-.en by engineering. opeutlonal related tllfC€ll)' to cuuomer:

aircraft

on

matters

enttrnnment: this continues after the tale tugemer with tho -em;es

oi

llrtuttmcnts.

expertly stalled

I'echni.-at Semce and Spare:

.\tr.h senieex are that to auseeu in EXPORT and rttatlett. Anpo:n:mcnu are currently available as follows:

The assault ship ll.t\I.S. Fearless was due at lion):Kong on June 27. lI..\l.S. littlWilfli. contmzmdo Cttrl’It.‘l'. lcft

Ilong:-Kong for Sintxtpnrc on June I3. her plztcc at the colony being taken by the Austr:tli:ttt carrier .\IclImnrnt:.

Ttln filetnnriam

Dauld G. Calna). .‘-Ine. R.\l 24220.

-I‘ (‘do R.\I. May I7. ll.-nld T. llendenon. \\'tr. I‘.O')3SO2. II..\I S. Sheba. Mny I7.

Lleul. cur. George Contlm. II..\I.S. ’l‘.tm.1r. Mn 20. Sfhldlau l)'Cotta. I‘0 Ct, GOA.’ [K $57925. II.M.S. Juiatt. M3)‘

2.1. II. .\'IeholIon. I .'::t:. Richard P'l.N .\‘97533. Il..\l .5. Hermes.

.\I.\) If-_

Haydn J. Morgan. .\|.’\ I.’t.‘. l".\IX 293755. R..\'. limp. Il.uI.tr. Ma) .".

Terence .\IaIbeu. .\lne_ R.\I IS647. R..\l. ltl.\.. I..x\ltlt'\. .\l.n- .10. Derek II. Joan. I..'.\e.t. I‘ I ‘l.‘S3‘)5. ll..\lS, Hn‘lll:‘IHf.OfI. June 4. John .\Io\|e). .\'A 2 c. L/035703. lI..\I S. \‘t.‘tttrktu\. June 7. Rleharel K. Ilophlou. l'() hlllil.

f:'K.\'R une

b5IS-la’.

Il..\I.$.

Lulu.

OVERSEAS BASED

on

eitit alzeraft

and liniwn with airline operators and accessory manulaeturern

I.:u::neen

.tte

required with

a

bank aircratt engineering trainin

and ptefeuttty with experience in the main:en.tr:;e'o\erhau or modern in aircraft. Duittn oflice experience would be

.tdt.t 'a.‘e. some or tilt‘ D~'\!£ will he hated initially In Central and South

.IfI

.'\me:z;.- unenmr the operation of HA1: (me-Ltcten aireratt .t::.l ar=n2t;.t:t:s tn: tl'K'\e should be fluent in snanttn or

l'utluK|ICAc or allic to detclup fluency in one of lIt¢'\C l.tneu.t:e1 durmt: the TlI’\I le-.t n1.tn:It\ of the '.tPDO:lllfI‘ICnI. the experience and IL‘tIII)' to tn.-:l. with .'tirl:r:e nutugemettt at uen.ot lest‘: l\ uxenttal.

TECHNICAL INSTRUCTORS (AIRFRAME ELECTRICAL) For the Atr;r.ttt

Servi.-intt School. Annliuntt

mm!

AND

have

e\p<'t'-ence ot modern aircraft. the IL!IIIl)' and zerrtpt-r.tn‘.en'. for tntzrtxttng and able to prepare traittintt nuzerial and paper: from technical data. "These appointment: intohe tr.ti:t:ng rtuttvmera‘ Der:-onrtel on IJAC ONI-L-I-.I.IE\T.\' and \L' I0 all’-

cratt. Training vttll be Illtfl to selected applicants.

TECHNICAL AUTHORS rtperieneed

authors or

nrmnn coneite

lintllth

aircraft engineer» Iilh

are

a

flair for

needed to create \\rtt:en m.\:t-rial

from engineering draining: and other technical dam. to rtroduee aircraft maintenance and overhaul manuah and pilots‘ nozca.

MULTILITH OPERATORS

[Experienced and trainee male Muttilith Otlflatnrs required work day or night shifts nrodu. K 1'e.'ltn:..ut .\TIflIl.‘ll.I for the World‘: Airlines. Experienced operatun ~e'e;:ed toe night shift work will be tziwn a nominal period on day shift to learn the lob reauirement. Full training in all aspects ol .\IultiItth (nitration mll be given lo'o:her an;-.c:uIul anptt.-.t:t:.t_ liuetlcnt rates of pay and conditioru ot scnice. to

are interested and would like to he considered tor the atmtc vaea:-t:ia please telephone Weihttdge 4555.‘. l?t:e.-mun 4| or 225. or write to the Personnel Manacer. llumtt .'\|f.‘f.lII (‘urn-Itatinn, Wemridec, Suites. for an appli-

If )ntt

an» nt

eanmt to:m

quoting Reference

l'h7.or call

at our

tintmogmettt

work for ex rt

.

Harold \’. Fowler. Ch. Shot. Pl.‘-l.\' OM08. Il..\I.$. Collingxsood. lune

Ruler Parry. II..\l.S. Dryad. June I-l. Patrick 1. Hefernan. LAMIOI. IJF .

979-X99. II.M.S. htlmar. lune I5.

ltt).\lB

TECHNICAL LIAISON ENGINEERS-—HOME AND tor the investigation ct’ technical problem

HO.\'G-K0. I (III.\.\’(§ES

trades

with

BRITISH AIRCRAFT CORPORATION

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NAVY N EWS .lUl.Y"l‘I67

50-knot patrol boats for Royal

..

-....._-,.

Malaysian Navy

K.l). Perkasa. the first of Tour 50-knot gas turbine last patrol htials built by Vosper l.td.. for the Ro_\'al t\lala)'si:iii ;\:i\'y. deiiionstrated her speed and niattoeti\'i'.ihility at Portsmotitli before overseas naval attaches and ntlieeis from the Ministry of Defence

(.\';i\-_\‘).

First hover unit for the Navy

Royal Navy's first operational I-lovercraft Unit will he formed within the next few \.\'et:lts' upon receipt of a civilian-type SRN 6 The

lluvercralt which has been ordered.

Upon deliver)‘. the SRN 6

will he nit-ditied for Service use. ine|udin;.: the installation of radar. freshwater \\':lSllll'l[.! facililtcS (to free the engine of salt

front spr:iy_during rough weather operations at sea). and coinprehensivc milit.ir_v eoniintinieatioiis equip-

deposits

ment.

‘END PRAYERS AT LAUNCHES’ A resolution to he put to the ('hurcli .-\ssenilil_v nieetim; in I.oniIon this iiinnth asks that the .-\ssenihl_v sliiiiild dissociate itself from the continued Inzinutiieture aml use of oeapoiis at indiseriiiiinate slaughter. and that the practice of uttering pra_u-rs at the launching of

warships

should

be

dis-

continued. The lonn of prayers uttered at launchinns has been p:irt of the ceremony for nearly I00 _\'ears.

Its priinzirr role will he that of ti last. amphibiou». eoiiiiiiunications craft capable of acting in support of Royal .\larine units. It will not be armed. The hovercraft has a raiige of 200 miles. and can operate at speeds over 50 knots. lniti:ill_\' the unit will consist of two ollieers and eight ratings. who have alread_\' begun their training at the liiter~Sen-ice Htivererafl 'l rials Liriit tit Leeon-Solent.

had t.'t\tIsltlL'r:IlI'Ilt: experience of lio\'erer.tI't operations. He qualitied as a ho-.-ereraft driver in I96-t. and eontlueted trials with the SRN 5 in Singapore and East l\l:i|a:.'.s‘i:iin l965.

NEW DATE FOR SIR FRANCIS An

annotineeiiicnt

from June

lluckinuham Palace on lS .said: "The Queen. having

been inlnrnit-it of Sir Francis Chieht-.sIcr‘s intention to sail C_\'ps_v .\Ioth l\' l'roni Plymouth to l.ondon at the end of the month. will confer the accolade til lsiiighthood upon Sir I-'r'.meis at the Royal N-.n':il College. Greenwich. on the morning ot' Friday.

"lt|I

‘llie reiii.iiiiii~.g three l~o;i'.s in the tttvtoot ls'.l). l’erk.is:i Class‘ hate also heen eoiii» pleletl. and are now tindergoing ltl.tls. Vosper have loii_e-st;nidii:;.links with the R..\l..\., li;i\‘iiii: huilt ten I03-too: diesel-entziiied patrol boatsfor the Service in I963. with H more at present ueariiig completion or recently delivered. ni:il.ing a total of 24 such vessels. Apart from these dieselcngined craft and the tour l’erls:is:i-class vessels. the R..\l.N. has sis coastal iiiiiiesweepers. four inshore minesweepers.

one

frigate (the

Hang Tuah), a second frigate buildirig. and various small

craft.

Tlioiigh

eomparatis'el_\'

.1

yoiing and small Service. the R..\‘l.N. has grown steadily front a strength of about (sill) men in I954 to its present

strength of about -l.0t‘»0_

ellicieiit_ welltraiiied and a well-lcd nzivv. It

is

an

m.uiit:iiiiiiig lii_eli .staiidards niodelled on the Royzil .\':i\'v. The boats

new

were

required

capable of at least 50 knots‘ in tropical eoiiditioiis. and speeds as high as 57 knots

have been attained on recent trials. They have been designed to be adaptable to any of the three roles of giinhoat. tor-

pedo-hoat.

or

niiiielayer.

In each ot these role»: the main gun armanieiit of :i l-l-mm B o to r 2; poweroperated gun is retained, together with two 2-ineh Mk. 5 rocket flare launchers.

liitereliaiigeahle

ariii:inient

includes four 2l-inch torpedoes in Mk. 2 side launchers, ground mines. and 20-nint Oerlilmn Mk. II’.

li;md-operated

gun.

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GETTITO A CHU

'

I

Altliotigli "r:oufroiitatioii" between l‘..»\.R. and Israel upset the honieeoining plans

of the strike carrier ll.M.S. \'ietoiious. on her way back from a _\'ear's service in the l-‘ar l-iast. it did not entirely

ON TIME

l.inipslie|d. (lsted (Surrey l. wed

Miss A. l. ().iis front the same town on June l0. and hotli

flew had. to .\l.i|ta the

C\t.‘lllIl1.:.

sziine

|-ieut. llughes. of l’enniaeninawr_ North Wales. iiiarried .\lis's S. l'l’.Ill\.‘l\', ol l’urlev. on the same dax. and also rettirned to the ship after the ceremony.

D-nuo Iunstopped

in the .\k-dilcrrzinean presented I h e i r brother ollirers chalking up “Just “arried." hut they prepared

lteing

“honeymoon special" for Lieut. Hughes (left) and l.ieut. l’a_i'ne before they flew home to their a

brides

.-

the marriage ai'rangemerits of those on board. Two ol the l1rlt.li:§:r0t|tIl~. l.ieut. R N. l‘.. l’.i_viie and I iciit_

spoil

I-T. I. ll.

lltiglies.

had

..

plaiined

to get married on June I0. and with ;i do/en other members of the ship's miiipaiiy from \'ictorioiis. were lloisii liniiie to "keep their appoiiitinent at the Clllllnll on time." llrotlter ollicers from RM helicopter squadron and 8'33 iiigli: tighter squadron deleriniiied to

hridegrooms a traditional send-oll. complete with :iii uiiusiial guard of honour. Rig was soiiiewliat tin-

give

the two

eerenionial. but there was a spleiidid areliway of swords‘ and .1 "lionetmooii special." l.ieut_ l’.i_\'ne, who lives at

ollieer ot‘ ll..\l.S. llcrnies. Capt. T, "I". Lenin 'l'lIt“t't|tlll‘Il:Il1dlt1fl (on tell). with the .suppl_\; oflicer. (Tdr. T. H. Bradhiiry. iudge the held on board on the occasion ol cake-rleetirating

competition the tirist anniversary of the ship's present eoiiiniissioii. :\n\i0u.sl_v looking on is Leading Cook (S) Bernard Pitcher. who baked and decorated some of the 80 cakes. which were subsequently eaten by the members of the Hermes ship's company-— mess.

he

-10-ton Bil '1' \\llll Li disposable load of EU tons are :ilso to he ordered one for the .~\ run". which already‘ has an t‘DI.‘l.I‘ lioital |lo\‘ert:t'.ttt Sqtiatlion. and one for the Nan‘. The ml 7 will have an iiiiproved setikeepiiig ability. and the one for the Navy will he evziluatetl as a last patrol craft. The two naval ollieers appointed for the new tinit are l.ieiit. Vernon Phillips. a Fleet Air Arm ctLt:iltL‘ct'_ :ind l.ieut. Christopher Statloid. who has‘

-nu

cake per

to

l"l'Rllll-ZR ORIDI-‘RS Two lzireer linvereratt the

QR MRYONE

one

l’erk:is.i-el.iss

Served 30 yearsin the Navy Cl’() 5. W. M. Case)‘. of l‘ortsniouth. now serving in ll..\l..‘i. St. Vincent. who has been in the Navy 30 years. received a clasp to his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.

Wasp helicopter armed with at Mt. -N torpedo. over H.M.S. Aurora

RESULTS WERE GOOD DESPITE ‘THE WEATHER

PETER GABBETT WINS DECATHLON

dominated Collingwood Conipetitors from ll..\l.S. Colliiigwood doiitiiia‘icd the Rn_\:il l\:iv_v _voun-g athletes Cliatttpiottsliip at Victory Stzidiiiiii on June 24. The estahlishiiieiit provided eight tviiincrs out of the I6 cycnls. —

\\"c;itlier conditions‘ were bad the track vms aliiiost sub-

merged follovting storm

App.

a

liiiichtime

hut times itcrc R. Slierrill had

good. :1 good

5-%.l see. He ttoii his heat in 53.l sec. He was also in Coilingi.sood's -I it I I0 yards relay team. which resulted in a “in for the establishment in a time of 47.4

sec.

One competitor who was riiorc than :1 little disappointed Ci. Lyons. of ll.i\l.S. was (ianges. In the morning qualifying round he threw the tave-

OSPREY TROPHY

I.A.\l(0) Peter J. Gahbetl.

of ll..\LS‘. Daedalus. tion the 1967 Royal Navy Decttthlon chairipionship b_\' no fetter than 1,673 points front his nearest rival. Sub.-Lieul. II. N. Metcall‘ of RN.

youth meeting

day. winniiig the 220 yards in 23.8 sec. and the -340 yards in

Engineering College.

Of the ten l:\‘t.'III.\ Gtilibell I00 eanic Iirsl in eight metres: long jump: shot: high jump: 400 metres: lltl ntelres hurdles: Hiscus: and pole vault. He was second in the jztvclin and fourth in the I.500 i-neteres. Tlicre were IS competitors. Reckoned to he one of the best half a dozen or so deeathletes in the counfl'.\'. —

lin I72 feet. but in the afternoon he could iiitiiizige only l-H ll. -5 in.-— nearly I5 feet short of the winner. R. Tuerena. of ll..\l.S. Protector, who threw I5‘! ft. l in.

Key: RM denotes Rmal Marine: Col. Cotlinevsood; ht. liuard; lie. Heron: D. I).-iiedalux: Me. Mercury: Cal. (‘aledoniai: \'er. \‘emort'. Con. Condor: Cam. czimbyidaez (Ian. Ganges: PeI_ Pcllewz Ii, I-"tie: Dry. Dryad; Rail, Raleigh; Vic, Yitzorinut; Pro. Protector. IN ntrdl: I. Poviell (Col): 2. Price ID); 3. ‘Travis ti-‘M. I03 see. no yards: I. Sherrin t('olI: 2. Powell

being expressed that he can be groomed for next year's Olympics.

hopes

\.

sh‘.

\’IIIi-: I. Perry t(‘o:). 2. Harriet (Me); 5. Iieasrr (Dry). -l min -IL.‘ \<‘:. I10 yards hnnllrr I. Turrier (Veil: I Iohn It'oll; 3. II.u‘1‘I.Il IR.\ll. ISA? sec.

2.000

metre

trrrplrrluwz I.

in),

o

min. -ttt.-I

4 I no

sec,

in Holland eup—and the viimiers

Royal Navy has won the Singapore Area Osprey Challenge Trophy for sailing for the The

first time. In an Osprey presented by the Nuflicld Trust to the Far East Cdr. Association. Sailing

Anthony Ashnicad. with Mai. John Walter. won the trophy which h:td previously been held

by

:1

member of the Republic

Singapore Sailing Club. Cdr. Ashmead is the Command Work Study Oflicer and Maj. Walter is the Fleet Royal

of

Marine Oflicer. The match took place on May 28 in good sailing weather. There were 2‘) entrants and fourth overall was Ch. Shpt. Ken Attlield of I-I..\I.S. .\lull of

I\'int_\re.

‘Big

Slick Vics won

Ships’

A team of nllieers from each of the three British Services. toeether with teams from the

Dutch Army. Austria and B.A.O.R.. took part in 3 threeday fencing tournament in Holland in May. The Royal Navy was represented by Maj. R. F. Tuck. R.M.. Inst.-Licut. J. .\IcGrath and Surg.~l.icut.~('dr. A. Watson lepce)‘. and I.ieut. C. C. Walker. l.ieut. N. A. Carter and Rev.

Thompson (sabre). Epee team competition placings were: I. Dutch Army; 2. R.A.F.: 3. R.l\‘.: 4. UK. Army:

I. M. M.

twice

soccer

with such a large ship's company it is only to be expected that a c:irrier like ll..\l.S. Victorious should win many sporting :ii:li\‘ilics.but it niiist be rcnienibercd that sea time niiligates against training and. at tinies. the opposition can muster as many in the crew of a carrier. fl.-‘:l‘..i \.t|!(‘I: ‘Ii. bu: "lhc Slick Vics." the car\lsiI‘llt‘|I\ .o'.i'tl t-iii

5. Austria: 6. H.A.0.R. l.ieut. McGrath came fourth with I0 victories. and Lieut.(‘dr_ Watson seventh with eight victories. 'I'he Navy fencers were outclassed in the sahre events. lI..\l S ('olX.neuo-~d vion the Dupree t Iiallenitr (' D the Potumotith in I--:iini.ind .\.h. ‘I; .li.imp-inthim V\IlI’i --:il.ir.d's ‘I and Vicl.‘-: p.vi:i:t :o

'-»ry'\

thc ouniandinl nlner in the I’.m.. mouth (‘ommand cIiamim"\\hIM «NH also in the Inter-Cornmand chamn.o:iIhim. 2:0 Iloiiii heat the iinldrr 3 0 IN‘

yard: rt-la) I. (‘nIlin:uoov.l:

Navy fencers The

nrti.-cr .\'m.i'i ll.-n. the Service trntm chanlnmn. h-Ii! reigning several Iield days I!“ mon:ti_ Slie vu-

Davis

IUI. '-. I'e.1:\on '.\IrI IWI: tin.

‘ii

FIELD DAYS FOR SUSAN Stain‘;

Canhey

I. tianxew: 3. lvaard. :7 «I sec. High lump: I. RCC\f| l(‘o:l; 2. Sidet~u:'.nrii l('iIIl; *. hrriiih (Mr). S It. .1 in. Long lump: 1. Price (1)); 1‘. Hilton l('alI: 3. Hrnvmll(.\ll.1'3lt. 7] in. Triple lump: 1. Kerr t(‘o!); 2. Obci-icy 'Ili_ 1_IIf.ll'|l'Ii‘.'I1"fI -1" It 4; in. Pole Iaull: I. Yoiiait: t('o:tI; 2, Jones 'I).')I; *. bidet-oiiom i(‘oII to It. Shot: l. lruic (RM): 2. Powell (Col); ,‘-. Itiririwzt tR.\lI. *7 it. h: in. Ilantim-r: I. t‘--iiuu tt‘.1ii: 2. llunlin It oil: ‘i. Hi-‘dc: II is) 107 It, ‘I in. IE0 yards hurdles: I. liirner t\'er); 2. I--hn «foil: 3. Ii.u:ii.ii (RM). l.‘l‘l sec. likens: I. Johnmri IR.\ll: 2. Ilunkin It oil. l. .\Ii:.hell lI)r)I. Ilh ll. 2 in. .I.iu-tin: I. rIlPI€n:| (rim; 2. Ut-enri-

are

IE.‘-'l“uJHUnL"if4’:

‘."\-'u'-'-'l-'\-'l-'lnH-"l-"-'-%'l-"u'o'u‘-'-‘-

ll‘-ll)‘. 3. Richards (Gan). Its see. «it urdl: I. Shrtrifl (Coll; 2. Rl:h.IttJII(i-1IU2.‘. Pyle tlt.\ti, 54 I see. no ):trdI: I. llartk--.t (RM); 2. Love iron; 3. llendcrwii (In). 2 min. IS

'('oll‘. 2. Undrrhill t(i.trtl; 3.

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,

lleanley.

in

the E‘III'..\l'HtIUlh (‘nmm.t:t.I

Iinitla and. with 350 ll.usem.i:i' Hall ol II.M.S. Vietorv. tool the doiihin title. beatinr .lI() Ileanlcl‘ and \\'lt'-I W. lleap ol II.M.$. Inuniku. Portsmouth won the lritrt-(.~mma:~..‘. title, uvirininx I6 0! their :4 n-..i:.lia to Air‘: I! tins and sit to l‘l)n'.oii:h and Royal Marina. Suun liner and Siirti l=rut.~( dr Anti .\ia<(iiIIi\t:t)‘ Ion all u: their \Il doubles riuieheit and 3sn.s.in also V\\'.l both her singlet Kama _

_

_

Pole vtiull by Peter Cnbbell

NEWCOMER HAS OLYMPICS HOPES Licut.

torpedo olliccr of I-l.~.\l. submarine Opportune. is in the running to represent Great Britain as the Flying Dutch-

helmsman in the I968 Olympics in Acapulco Bay, Mexico. Ian MacDonald-Smith. a Cambridge undergraduate. is Limit, Pattisson‘s crew in his

man

dinghy Supercalifragilisticexpiadoeious lidocious. or Super for short. His rivals in the keen compe.

tition

for

championships. and later to Acapulco Bay for :_i pre()lympic warm-up to familiarise world

Rodney Pattisson.

.

selection

_

and Music. the I964 Flying Dutchman Olympic gold and son

silver med-allists. In July. with John Oakley. he is oil to Bendor in France to represent Great Britain in the European Flying Dutchman championships. In September he goes to Montreal for the

himself with the conditions to be expected in the I968 Olympic regatta. All in the Submarine Branch wish him luck and hope that he docioiis are and Super selected for the Olympic team and that he brings a gold medal home to Fort Blocklioiise. C.E.T.B. ,

.

.

.

to

the

Olympic team are John Oakley. the reigning British and European Flying Dutchman champion. and Keith Musto. the silver medallists in the I96-I Olympic

Games in Tokio. I.ieuI. Pallisson is a newcomer this season to the Flying Dutchman class, but he has been holding his own and heating top international lielnismen in regattas at San Remo. .\loii:ico. Whitstable. and Poole. OFF TO I’RA.\'CF. Al Poole in June he finished a close second to ()akley. heating the New Zcalandcr l‘ader-

FOUR WINS IN A ROW For the fourth year in succession Mech. Paul Rutter won the Royal Navy Track Cycling Championships at Alexandra Park. Portsmouth. on June 15. He won the one-lap sprint and the three-mile point-Iopoint, thus ensuring that the

Inter-Command Chanipionsliips went to Portsmouth. Winner of the 4.000-metre pursuit was Wdintr. Sub.-Lieut. Tony Fowler. In the Inter-Services track championships the .‘\’:ivy riders

improved on past performances. but were not good enough to wrest the cup from the Royal

Air Force. who obtained It points to the Navy's seven and the Army's six. The final event of the three-

day meeting was the Royal Navy I0-mile time trial champioiiship front Wickham Church to Droxford. won by Sub.Licut. Tony Fowler of R.N. Hospital. Plymouth. .\liie. T. Philp. of 43 ('do. was second, with Rullcr third.

--

had tliitiiig the L‘\i£C;‘iIl‘l"ll s!:i',\'s sl.i_- in the I‘.ll' I-'..tsl. llie r:cr's' lst XI

soccer siiccess

team

"Big: Ships ('iip" i\.is “Oil on .i:r:i.il in Sitieiporc i:iil'..illj.'. atzil again a lL‘\\ tl.i:.s' before ileparliire. .-\ii .-\rn:-_. 4Ilt“‘.l! ls'on;.:l Select hcalcri is’ (I. and the Hunt: ls'ong I-ootl-i.ill (‘luh was beaten Iitiee. No ship has heateii tlii.-in since the war. and no ship has ever .icliicvcd the i.It\iII‘IlL'. The "Slick \'i:s“ have not lost to any .~\rniy or Air I-‘orcc sides. and four players h:ivc been provided for the Royal Navy (Far I-Iasll team. For the record book the Iirst eleven played 40 games. itinniiig 30 and losing sl\. \\IIII four ilrtiits. Goals ‘‘for'' were 137-

XI

\\.2l\'

"ai:,.iiiist (27, ‘

Iron: Kori: the aorccr lim eleten beat the lloril limit Football Club 7-2. the second eleven mm 8-3. the nisbir hllccn bell the J“ Welcli Reximeni 6--O. and the During the last

VI\Il in

second eleven but them 9-3.

The usual "Peak Relay“ tool: place. but the record. 20 min. 20 I-ee.. held by Victorinii-i. could i-wt be beaten. The Vic-iuiitiut "A" team took 2| min. 20

see.

:i:It!riit-s match between V'i;:orIous and II..'\I.\'. lilaclpool and the IS Light I-trgintent. R A._ the shim‘ teams In

an

I“: Item points to I32. At Sineapote the carrier did no: shine at rri.Itei and h.ts|te:I-alt, l(..-\.I-'. Chang. Ivlllvncd \“ict-trioui Victorious vcortntt IIO and (‘Inner making III for the lie“ or uric iitxlet. the match airainsi the In-horg I-Ioiilla |h3\ in-thine |u «trite htimf were victors

-

.

Tr

\(‘\ClI

Ilii.‘u.uk .mil .\Iii2l ot K.:l‘j': :h:‘ ..i:i.er .i: l~.u'-.e:l-..l:. nii.!-. .i-,;.iixi\: :hc \tn~.\ lite tstnriern ti‘: I‘<llIT.\ to thru.\'.n> I-inn "

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ll_.\l ‘s l.»..ii_

.

.

Il‘.IIlr\\. II M

\

lerror and all (‘do provided the oth-.:

V\:.".llI'T\

.\I ll I'e.irs.i.'i. ol \‘te:o.-iiiiit. ta.-t :t Lin» Itu var-Js t.'I .I‘I no-.ii III a rn.t'...’i

beturvzi thc carrier. |I..\I.S. L'le.ip.i:i.i. 42 (‘do and ll.\1S terror. LS l.untt. (‘it--ti.i‘r.t. \\.I\ \.Ci‘llLI only 5: 3-;u.:\ .\Ir-.e Ii‘.-llIll‘\t‘Il. ol -12 (‘do c.-.-urn-..-. iliird. wrtl) eieliz \.Ift.l\ Nhitzd Iiitiit

tit

hchiizil

Oxford too strong for Royal Navy lltlo.-d E7tIi\'t'l'\il\‘ men: too urn.-ii: tn: the Rtvtal Nut)‘ i'Ii.LC: NI Al ()IIi-rd

the tn.»-day tmitti at inlaid. June )2 and U, uinititig h)'1c\cn mckct\_ Scores: .\'.ny I'M. (W. I. Foster. mi and III’ (M. J. (iretton. 6)): nxtord. :40 lot 5 (I). ll. \\':iltIt. I90} and IT,‘ lor 1 IR. .\I. C. (iilliatt. 7-1). I. R. .\'ritiil'i via; the Nat)‘: rnur ituceuliil honler—3 lor M1 in the lust in

irininn,

cIi:ven.—BaeIi

toirighll:

Victorious soccer row (left Chetnyn, SIF. Crawford. AB Gardner. Ch A. ll. Parker. RI-SM Hocking. LR!-IM Kingshury (captain). Ll-I.\I Weston. Stwd Heron. LS Cousins (trainer). Front row (left to right): l..\Il-I Hainniond, I-2.\l Quinn. AB Sharp. CPO Reid (iiianagcr). NA Lloyd ME Taylor

NEW NAVY DISCUS RECORD Cpl.

John Watts. R..\I.. the Royal Navy discus and shot champion. broke his own discus record at the Victory Stadium on May 31 with a throw of H-8 ft.---I ft. 4 in. farther than the record he set u last year. He also won shot event (49 II. III in.) but was almost

tlie

4 ft. below his season's best.

triangular oiie—Ro_v:il Navy. Civil Service and l.ondon University. Civil Service won with I33 points. the University coming second with IIS points and the Navy third with I-I4 points. The match

The

was a

Nat-y-‘s decathlon cham-

pion. I.A.\I(0) Peter J. Gabbett was in sparkling form. He competed in six events. tvinning the I00 yards in 10.2 see.. coming second in the high jump at 5 ft. 10 in.. helped the Navy to second place in hotlt rel;t\ s‘, :ind picking up points" in the I20 yards hurdles and

javelin.

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WATER-POLO WIN FOR PORTSMOUTH

sponrma ROUND-UP

By Wlllllltlg

matches with a goal aggregate of II ‘lor' and 7 ‘ag:iinsI.' Portsmouth ('otnmaiid he.-aine the

Inter-Cominaiid

cliainpions at June 2.‘.

With the ending of the IntInr'les’i:tt‘I conliontation. the little Nltlps ot the I-‘ar I-last Inshore Flotilla hate beeit able to get in more sporting time. II..\I.S. Ilossingtoii won the ISM ('o;l.er. captain of Flotilla soccer knock-out comIlossiiigtoifs team. in addition

petition and ll..\I..‘s‘. Ilubberston “on the volley ball cup.

Malta

run

During the ship's‘

enforced

at .\laIta a team trom II.\l.S. Vietorioiis composed of ( Pt) "\\'li.iciscr" Paviie tSl"I'|I. .\lI; Pearson. ('R.\Icch Sinicock. Rt) 2 .\larl.h.iin. i\'.~\.\I i\‘.i'.Ior and OS \’assey. decided to have a “run atotiiid" the island. The route “as \’alleIt.i. liirIe~ lmggia. Rahal. Ychhieli. (iohlcn liay, St. I’ "s llas. Slieina and hack In \'.iIIen.i distance of 42 stav

-

miles-.

In really hazardous conditions. the rugged course was completed in 3 Ii. 36 min. At (iihraltar on the wa_v home :1 line athleticand sporting coinllllssltltl “as rounded otl hv a relax" race F\\.tI‘.tI the Rock. 'llic tcain cotcred the course of :1;ipro\i:n.itels Il miles in -13 thin. 57 sec. lite "ll" team \\..ts only to seconds heliiiid. _

Air Command shots Clilt.-\ .-\ I. (‘larkx ox’ lI.\IS. I)aedaliis. the Olympic pistol shot. “on the i\avaI .-\ir (‘oin-mand pistol \.‘Il;llt‘||'IIOIt_s'I‘lI|’) at llI"0\iHltItHHl last month. scoring f'.0l I5 more than the runnerup. I.ieut. G. .\I. Ramsay. ol R.N. Air Station. l‘lra\\'tI)'. The team event. however. with the Cheylesmore Pistol (tip. was -.sou hi the "A" team of ltratsdy. Wren [Elaine Read. last year's ssinner. also from R.-.\'. .»\ir Station. llra\st|j.', hccaine the \\'i.'i‘. eli.it'.‘.pioti ritle shot. Iloth t.ic l<l.iinIa;ira llowl (team 0:" eight) and {he Il.iinbara {shield lteain ot‘ tour) went to R.i\'. .~\ir Station. Lec-on-

Solent.

(I3 I. .\l.iel;.i;.' won the Service Ritle championship and CI’() \\'. Jeans \-.on a Royal I\'aval Rifle Assoeiatioii bronze ztward. and led the two teams from l_ee—on-Solent who tool; the Daedalus‘ Trophy and the Ilambara Shield.

R.N.R.

Rl'~ttI.

Navy golfers lose In the S3.-isices -__v.vlt {Il.tIl1j‘lt‘Ilship at Royal St. (IL'UI‘__'L' .s (i.( .Sand\sich. on June II. the Royal .\'av_v lost to the .’\IIII_\‘ 6 -l with two inzitches halsed. ..

foriiiéollege

Rnnltt.

LS

llritannia Royal Naval College and the .\Ii|oearian Atlilctics Club. the College

"I he hest pert'oriiiance~: were by l).inI.\s;i lll.R..\ C.) in the triple jump with a distaiice of -10 ll. I in.. Hall lli.I{.N.C.) in the long jump. II It 5} in.. and linnis'\\ood t\Iilo) in the juveliii event. with an exccllcttl thiou ol 204 ft.

Medals for Marines Only

4'.’ riders out of I41 linished the 505 miles of Welsh roads. mountains and bogs. comprising the Welsh three-day motor-cycle trials. but among

No pawn

on a

never

trolled likc

a

pawn on

a

board “t'oi.“ he says. “the athlete is the only person who can produce the ‘spark’ on the big da_\. It‘ he fails in his sport due to a training fault. he only has himsclt to blame. but if he wins he will know it has come himself. and this will tl_irough him give great eonlidence tor the future." Born at Southsea in I93-l. Major luck joined the Royal Marines in .\'oveinher. I952. In the {our previous years. while at Cltarterlioiise. he represented his .\cItuuI at football. cross’country. rackets and athletics. also plasiiig cricket and hockey in the sccotttl and third elevens. Being something of an in~ (ll\'Idtt:tltst_ it would follow that .\lajoi luck uould take up sporting activities where he would. of necessity. stand or fall by his mm exertions. He has made the "Biathlon" —that rugged sport of crosscountry ski-ing and shooting—— very much his own. being lirst in the liritisli championships in l‘I6I. I96}. l‘I(i-3. I965 and. in I965. also u inning the Swiss and French ( Ii.iint1ioii.s'liips.

con-

chess

shooting

The RN. stall of the H Reserve Divisions compete anmi:ilI_v in tlteir own .22 Indisidual Rifle Shooting ( hainpioitsliip mateIi_ In I‘>(i(i the winner was (‘PO Ilarry Dudley. (iunnery Instructor ssith Solent I)ivision. This year's winner is l.ieut.('dr. II, R. Bezaiice. of Siissex Division. isitli a score of I85 out of a possible 200. CPU Dudley did well again this year. with a total OI l3l '

,

twi-

points.

There were 26 competitors in llte Women's Royal Naval Reserve "‘ shooting from the R.N.R. [)ivisioiis. The trophy I. Wren Ruth was \H\tl hv Barlow ol Solent l)l\'I\l0ll. Iler score was I35

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I966. NATIONAI. COLOURS Major Tuck has "lirsts." too. in ski-ing—I‘)(il. Lowland I5 ltm C|"OSS'C0lIl'lll"l_-'. 1964. British I5 km and Danish 30 km. and t‘J(i‘l. International I0 lun Lowlanders CI'0SS'CDlInll'_\. He has also been awarded national colours on a number of occasions for both Biathlon and

Ilotli the W.R..\'.S. and the \\".R.r\.I‘. scored I7 victories in the I.:idies' foil. but the Wrens look the trophy they had (our hits less against them than the \\’.R..-\.l7. ('omn:tiior\

for

Nan‘

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championships.

In athletics he has had many successes in the Corps Championships. and as far afield as llong Kong and Singapore. cross-country. the stceplechase and pole vault being his best events.

.-‘\sl:ed if sport was worthwhile. with all its essential I

I:

tions in England for the middle and older age groups. with National Championsliips within these groups. The Norwegians call these groups the ‘Old Boys Classes.‘ using English words. This encourages people to continue sport well on into life when the activity of the body is really important." In this connection Major Tuck is a disciple of the new (to England’ sport of orienteering. to which reference was made in the June issue of

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Aitotlicr "t:uIi\itItiaI" sport in which he has shone is the Pentatlilon \\\iIIliI‘lillI!. crosscountry, .sliooting. riding and fencing. He was second in the Navy Motlern Pentathlon in I958 (fourth in the British Clianipioiisliips). lirst in I960 and I963 the was also second in the British (‘liampionship.s) and Inter-Services Champion in

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Inter-Services fencing ehainpiondiips. held at l.ee-on-Solent on June I-I. The Arms had 35 victories. the R..-\.|-, 17 and the Navv I7.

ply. Secretariat. and Ship‘s' Company won the Division competition at lI..\I..‘s'. Sultan sports day.

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ARMY FENCERS WIN FOR For the tenth successive TIME TENTH winout tear the Artiiy

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OLD BOYS CLASSES ‘'I should like to see competi-

Plule send me. anon.-Iy without

.\‘as'y l\u\ers will now \\llII|: siiiglets oith .i Iihie

vests. the

thing. Royal Naval Career. awrvnee Old Admiralty Building Whitehall, London, S.W.l

Rugby.

overhoartl, In place of the tlarl. hlue

Wiiiililctloii. duriiig the steel;

His lirst big fencing wins were in 195‘) when he was lirst in the Kent County Iipce ('hampionships and at the Royal Tournament. These wins were repeated in I960. In I965 and I967 he won the R.I\l. Epee

soccer.

athletics and boxing teams have al\s.i_\s appeared in navv lilue vests or sliirts. but next season tradition will be swept

tennis week I{..\'

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\\ (i .\l. rm.-n and ltstirsoincsr I ll‘ (‘Hi I. t‘. I..- Ctht.‘ txni: Item. I. I.. I'e.it.r and l'.x.. II (E .SltiIlin.:ton. I -in-ii and I.ieut,-(‘dr lune. l.It‘IXl I ll \\' it -with Set R. .\l.lr 'i It

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SPORTSMAN OF THE —MONTH

trained to a schedule in his life. hates circuit training and tseiglit Iiftiiig. Major Roderick I-'. Tuck. R I.. the Inspector of Physical Training at the R..\l. Depot. Deal. has an athletic record second to dislikes being

\':'_snnt- (II.-.\I.S. .\IuII of KII|l_\‘I't') receiving the cup from Caplain, Inshore I-'lotiIl:i (Capt. J. I). Hope)

them were the three-man team from the Royal Marines liarr.tcl.s_ I'.istnc\. [lie l:.ttll Iiioiiglit home the Best \ersi;e lL‘.IIlI Tropliy. and the l‘resteigi: (-Zip. competed tor by SL'l‘\Ie‘C and civilian teams riding iiiachiiies up to I‘)‘) c.L‘. (‘lr. S;.:ts. lolin Terrell and .\Iai:rice t-ozild. and Sgt. John l'as'snio:c. also collected sitter medals. The team. serving at the Technical training Wing. I-‘ort Cumherlaiitl. is hoping to take part in the international trials in l’oIand.

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of IIuhberstoii'.s team. also represents the Inshore Flotilla. 'Ihe Inshore Hotilla. helped by the depot ship. lI..\l.S. .\lulI of Kiiitvre. won the Delmar .\lorg.in ‘lrophy the Big Ships‘ lloeltev (‘up in .\Iay. \\‘hen Capt. J. I). llope. ('aptain Inshore Iilotilla ll-‘ar I-‘.as't) presented the cu;1s_ they \u:rc inimediatelt tilled and put to the use that cups are made for.

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representing the Inshore l‘l0llll.l. has also represented the Royal :\.iv_v (Far East) at LS Slingsb)‘. captain soccer.

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