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Invincibleaid underthe guns

LWREN Audrey Stevensonmeets a group of Bosnianrefugee children during aproject by aid teams fromHMS Invincible to recon-struct a wrecked schoolnear the front line.

Under continuous threatfrom shellfire, officers andmen from the carrier havebeen working in the heartof the war-racked countryto get the school back intooperation. We follow theirefforts in our latest reporton the Navy in the Adriaticin page 17.

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THAT'SM'BOY!

A WINNING picture in moreways than one, this photo-graph by CPO(PHOT) AlCampbell helped HMS Nep-tune Photographic Unit towin the first prize for a port-folio in the Royal Navy's Per-egrine Trophy competition.

Al achieved the sepia tinteffect by printing on high-gloss paper normally usedfor colour pictures, while thecharm was provided byCPO(W) Quarters Adminis-trator Lynne Walsh and her13-month-old son Steven.

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URVEY GIANTIGHINGI

THE BIGGEST and most sophisticated survey shipever built for the Royal Navy has been ordered fromBAeSEMA by the Ministry of Defence.

Weighing-in at a remarkable 13,000 tons, the new oceansurvey vessel will be comparable in size with the assault shipsHMS Fearless and Intrepid. She will be built around the mostsophisticated echo-sounder available — a multi-beam devicewhich requires a large, flat-bottomed hull as a platform.

The new technology will, how-ever, dramatically enhance theresults and .efficiency of theNavy's survey work by transmit-ting an echo-sounding beam up to120 degrees wide. This produces asingle, three-dimensional imageof an area of the sea bed covering— for example — 60 square milesat a depth of 5,000 metres.

The as-yet unnamed vessel will bebuilt at a cost of £40 million by sub-contractors Appledore ShipbuildersLtd at Bideford, Devon. She will bemore than four times the size of theship she is intended to replace — the30-year-old survey vessel HMS Hecla.

ImportanceAnnouncing the order in Parlia-

ment, Defence Procurement MinisterRoger Freeman said the new shipwould carry out systematic hydro-graphic surveys in the world's oceans.

"This order recognises the impor-tance to the Royal Navy of a continu-ing specialist hydrographic capabilityand is part of the Government's plansto replace current hydrographic ves-sels and equipment as it becomesnecessary."

The new vessel will enter service in1997 and, despite her large size, willhave a complement of only 65-70. Shewill have an ice-strengthened bow andis designed for deployment world-

wide, including areas remote fromnormal shipping lanes.

Her hi-tech equipment will makeher capable of on-board data record-ing and precision navigation. She willhave oceanographic and geo-physicalsensors.

130m lengthPower will be provided by two

medium-speed diesel engines drivinga single, controllable-pitch propellergiving a speed of 17.5 knots. She willhave a length of 130 metres, a beam of21m, a depth of 14m and draught of8.3m.

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SUN...HMS BROADSWORD cuts adash in the Caribbean. TheType 22 frigate is due toleave the sun and returnfrom duty as West Indiesguardship in March. Picture: LA(PHOT) Mark Misted

Victoryeventsto havecaringthemeA NATIONAL campaignhas been launched, intandem with this year's vic-tory commemorations, to .acknowledge the debt ofgratitude owed to those whofought for Britain and theCommonwealth in WorldWar II.

Entitled "Tribute and Pro-mise", the campaign was an-ounced by Prime Minister JohnMajor at a press conference inLondon last month. He said thePromise was a reaffirmation bythe voluntary organisationsthat the caring companionshipwill not end with the specialevents.

"Our commemorations tomark the 50th anniversary ofthe end of the war will give thenation the opportunity toremember the actions and sa-crifices of those who won thewar," he said.

QueenMr Major out l ined the

Government-sponsored com-memorations which will formthe nucleus of hundreds ofevents to be held throughoutthe country between March andOctober.

The end of the war in Europewill be marked centrally byevents on the bank holidayweekend of May 6-8, with finalvictory being commemoratedon August 19-20. The Queenand other members of theRoyal Family will play a promi-nent part on both occasions.

More than 50 Heads of Stateand Government have been in-vited to attend the official VEDay events in London wherethe themes will be a celebrationof 50 years of peace, reconcilia-tion and the benefits won forthe youth of today.

Hyde Park will be-the focusfor the VE events. May 6 beingdedicated to veterans and theirfamilies. The day will culmi-

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ARGUS'SLUCKYNIGHT!

NATIONAL lottery presentersAnthea Turner and GordonKennedy seem in buoyantframe of mind for the drawtelevised by BBC1 on boardRFA Argus.

In support are members ofthe Naval Party in Argus whoare (clockwise from top left)RPO Noddy Holder, LS DingerBell, AEM Steve Sumner, PO

Kev Stephenson, STD DWilcocks and NA Chris SeaWith them is First Officer DGatenby RFA.

The show took place inspecially constructed marqueon the flight deck of the shi

PortsmouthPicture: CPO(PHOT) Stuart An'

Long arm ofLiverpool innorthern GulfHMS LIVERPOOL has penetrated further north than any other RN ship in the Gulfsince the war against Saddam Hussein. „ , .Enforcing UN sanctions

in company with US war-ships, the Type 42 destroyercarried out boarding opera-tions within a mile of Iraq's

Like a broken whale, the war wreck of a tanker looms upagainst the sunset as HMS Liverpool passes her during patrolduty in northern Gulf. Picture: POMA Mark EIIIS

territorial waters.In January the "Shiny L" was

in Bahrain where she took partin the visit to the area byArmed Forces Minister Nicho-las Soames, who hosted a din-ner on board for local dig-nitaries.

Earlier in the deployment,Liverpool exercised with theOmani navy, and then spentChristmas at Dubai where theship's company were shownoverwhelming hospitality byBritish ex-patriates.

As Navy News went to press,the destroyer was undertaking

self-maintenance at Penang,Malaysia. There many of theship's company have been re-united with loved ones whoflew out for a short holidayuntil Liverpool leaves on Feb-ruary 13 to resume ArmillaPatrol.

ExeterIn the meantime her sister-

ship HMS Exeter is on duty inthe Gulf under the command ofthe Captain of the FifthDestroyer Flotilla, Capt JohnHance. Unusually, both Cap-tains D have been on patrol inthe Gulf simultaneously as theShiny L is under the commandof the Captain of the ThirdDestroyer Flotilla, Capt LaurieHopkins.

City tohonourDryad

FREEDOM of the City ofWinchester is to be grantedto HMS Dryad, the Schoolof Maritime Operations atSouthwick, Hampshire.

At last month's meeting ofthe city council, the Mayor,Cllr Ray Pearce, proposed thatFreedom be granted to the es-tablishment in recognition ofits contribution to the econo-mic and community life of thedistrict.

Seconding the motion, CllrKen Carter — who representsSouthwick and Boarhunt Ward— said Dryad had been an im-portant part of the communitysince the Navy's NavigationSchool moved there in 1941.

Arrangements are now beingmade for a formal ceremony.

Arms depotsin shake-up

EFFICIENCY measures pro-posed for naval armaments de-pots are to go ahead. The Min-istry of Defence announced lastmonth that the proposals for awide range of changes would beput into effect following theFront Line First initiative lastsummer.

Depots involved are those atGosport, Ernesettle, Beith andCoulport. The conventionalammunition task in the West ofScotland will be concentratedat the NATO Armament Depotat Glen Douglas.

KITE-DECK OPERA TIONS

READY for launch ... An almost unidentifiable flying object takes off from theflight deck of HMS Invincible during a kite-flying competition held on board. Thiseffort by RO Robson was one of many entries in the event held when the aircraftcarrier was at anchor for 24 hours during stand-off from Deny Flight operations inthe Adriatic (see also page 17).

Navy opposesrecovery ofDrake's bodyA PLAN to raise the body of Sir Francis Drake from the seabed off the coast of Panama is being opposed by the RoyalNavy.

A British-led team of histor- X1ians and salvage experts be- • •Longest

servingWOretires

lieves that sonar equipmentcould locate the precise spotwhere Drake's coffin was com-mitted to the sea in 1596.

It is though that the greatElizabethan seafarer was placedin a lead coffin, in which casehis remains could be well pre-served. The historians plannedto repatriate the body and re-inter it in Westminster Abbey.

However, in a letter to SirDavid Nicholas, a supporter ofthe venture, the Second SeaLord said the Navy did not ap-prove of the scheme.

'Importance'Admiral Sir Michael Layard

told Navy News: "No one candoubt the importance of SirFrancis Drake in the UnitedKingdom's maritime history.Whilst I would wholeheartedlysupport marking the anniver-sary of his death, the idea ofdisturbing his grave and bring-ing the body home is one whichI, and many others in the Navyand in the West Country — in-cluding the City of Plymouth— could not support, howeverwell-intended ...

"Sir Francis Drake receivedan honourable burial at sea,fully in accord with the navaltraditions of the time, and in-deed of today. I believe that hisgrave should be respected inthe same way as any other. Itshould be left in peace."

Sir David Nicholas's viewwas that the return of the bodywould be a "great stimulus" toyoung people to learn moreabout the period. However, it isunderstood that the teamwould not go ahead in the faceof naval opposition.

• The 17th-century warshipThe Dartmouth is among 500wrecks plotted off the coast ofScotland by archaeologistsfrom the Royal Commissionfor Ancient and HistoricalMonuments based in Edin-burgh.

• WO Kennard

THE most senior serv-ing warrant officer inthe Royal Navy has re-tired after 43 years.

VVO(WTR) Derek Ken-nard joined the Navy in1951 and has served inmany ships and establish-ments at home andabroad. Among his firstships was the aircraft car-rier HMS Albion, and hehas completed tours ofduty in Bermuda, Singa-pore and Naples.

For many years until hisretirement last month WOKennard was a member ofthe Naval Careers Service,and in recognition of thathe was presented with aplaque by Director NavalRecruiting, CommodoreIan Craig.• The Navy's last "prom-ised man" retires — seepage 7.

Joint effort inocean research

Battleaxebumps subHMS Battleaxe was involved

in a minor collision with theGerman submarine U14 duringan anti-submarine exercise offPortland.

The submarine surfaced atonce and both vessels reportedlimited damage before return-ing to port under their ownpower. There were no injuries.


THE MINISTRY ofDefence and the NaturalEnvironment ResearchCouncil are joiningforces in a new ocean re-search initiative.

The two organisationshave signed a memoran-dum of understanding, theCo-operative Arrangementfor Research in Ocean Sci-ences (CAROS), which willstrengthen existing partner-ships between variousgovernment-funded occano-graphic researchprogrammes.

Substantial programmes arealready carried out individuallyby NERC, the Defence Re-search Agency (DRA) and theMeteorological office — the lat-ter two on behalf of the MOD.

Although their motivationdiffers, they have much in com-mon including collection ofoceanographic data by in-situand remote sensing methods,and development of instrumen-tation and processing. Both or-ganisations are also developingcomputer modelling techni-ques.

SatellitesThe first project to benefit

from the new co-operativearrangement is the NERC'sShelf Edge Studies programme,off the Hebrides. This looks atthe way UK shelf waters inter-act with deep water, and in-volves specific studies into thenature of the seabed and theremote sensing of the oceanusing satellites.

The DRA also has an interestin the data the SES programmewill generate because of theirrelevance to research intoacoustic anti submarine war-fare in shelf, as opposed tomore traditional deep water,operations.

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TWOOF AKINDIt was a proud, if some-

what tearful occasionwhen Mrs Joan Hitchcockwaved goodbye to her twinboys Peter and Paul asthey left to join the RN asJunior Seamen back in1962.

Last month she wasprouder still to see herboys — both now WarrantOfficers — receive bars totheir Long Service andGood Conduct Medalsfrom the Flag Officer Sur-face Flotilla, Vice AdmiralSir Michael Boyce.

DaughtersThe pair have served to-

gether only twice — in theirfirst ship, the frigate HMSDiana and later in HMS Sir-ius. Both are now basedashore in Portsmouth, Paulon the staff of FOSF andPeter with Captain WeaponTrials at Whale Island.

The family, based atMarlborough, has strongmaritime connections. Thetwins' father, the late MrRay Hitchcock, was a ser-geant in the Royal Marinesand Paul's two daughtersSamantha and Jane areboth married to sailors.

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HMS Fearless makes a lasttransit of the narrowsbetween the mainland andthe Isle of Skye at Kyle ofLochalsh — work on theSkye Bridge is nearly com-plete and the assault shipwill be too tali to past ben-eath when it is.

At the end of exerciseGreenwader she squeezedthrough the gap — the Skyepart of the span is just out ofshot — and continued on toDen Helder to drop off ele-ments of the 1st BattalionRNLMC.

Inset During the exerciseoff the west coast of Scot-land Mr Boyd Tunnock, theowner of Tunnock's Bis-cuits, called on the ship witha plentiful supply of his old-established confectionery.Here he indulges a fellowScot's sweet tooth — Fear-less's commanding officer,Capt Sym Taylor — with thehelp of Wren AircraftHandler Kerry Barnard.

Worn outtrainer

bows outFive million miles in over

70,000 flying hours is quite arecord — but the Mark 2 simu-lator at RN Air Station Cul-drose hasn't moved an inch.

Thousands of aircrew fromall over the world have used itas an essential part of theirtraining since it was installed in1971 — only now it has beenrendered obsolete by the Mark6 variant.

Special guests from its earli-est years gathered for the de-commissioning party, happy tolearn that its days as an educa-tional tool are still not yet over.

It is to be moved to Cul-drose's Engineering TrainingSection, where it will be usedfor teaching maintainers.

Grand prizefor writer

The journalist who has madethe best contribution to mari-time affairs is to be honouredby a new award this autumn —in memory of former DailyTelegraph Naval Correspon-dent Desmond Wettern.

Winner of the DesmondWettern Maritime MediaAward — an engraved ship'sdecanter plus £1,000 — will bechosen by a committee appoin-ted by the MaritimeFoundation.

Plate reunionMembers of the River Plate

Veterans Association held theirannual reunion at Plymouth,with a service at St NicholasChurch, HMS Drake.

Lusty headsfor the

Adriatic

HMS Illustrious left Portsmouth last month to relieveHMS Invincible in the Adriatic on a six month deploymentthat is her first major tour of duty for five years.

The carrier came out of a 2% year refit last April, following aperiod in reserve.

She will carry out exercises in Scotland before moving on tothe Adriatic, continuing the role carried out by HMS Ark Royaland HMS Invincible over the past two years, supporting the UNoperations in Bosnia.

Embarked in her will be 801 and 820 Naval Air Squadrons andB Flight of 849 Sqn.


Casualty Co-ordinating CentreTHE telephone rang anda man from the NSCCCwanted to talk to Jack.With his mind suddenlyworking overtime hedreamt that he had beenselected to play for theNavy Social Compan-ions Cricket Club.

This happy illusion wassoon shattered by the voiceat the other end informinghim that the initials stoodfor Naval Service CasualtyCo-ordinating Centre andthat they were responsiblefor maintaining the Next ofKin (NOK) details of allpersonnel in the RoyalNavy and Royal Marines;which includes all officers,ratings and other ranks.

The reason why he had beencontacted was to tell him thatthe last time he completed aNOK card was in 1984. Thiswas fine except that followinghis accident in the cricket netslast week, when a most un-friendly ball deprived him ofhis normal conscious state, theCaptain tried to contact hisnearest and dearest to let themknow what had happened.

ProblemsGoing through Naval Per-

sonal and Family Services(NPFS) his NOK details weregiven ... and then the problemstarted.

Listed as the NOK was hismum, with his girlfriend at thattime being the second nominee.Mother had since been di-vorced, changed her nametwice, remarried and emigratedto Australia to watch rugbyleague.

The girlfriend had run offwith a soldier in 1985 and wasnow happily married in Catter-ick with six children. WhenNPFS finally found Jack'smum and told her of his acci-dent she blamed the Navy, say-ing that it took far too long to

Don't keep mum aboutyour next of kin.

NEXT OF KIN FORMSIS VOURS UP TO DATE?DOES NISCCC KNOW WHOTO CONTACT OM YOUR BEHAlF

'He's sorting out tne contacts they mustnt get in touch with!'

contact her — even though itwas all his fault.

Incidentally, his current girl-friend wasn't too impressedthat he had failed to put hername down.

Without further ado the verynice man from the NSCCC toldJack what he must do to ensurehe got it right next time.

First he had to go to his

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ship's Unit Personnel Officeand complete a new NOKForm (S537). The latest version(April 94) is used by all theAnned Forces and gives manyoptions on who should be in-formed and in what order.

InjuredAny difficulty in completing

it was easily explained to Jackby his divisional officer and theUPO staff. The new form al-lowed him to amplify whoshould receive the information'first, thereby preventing hisnow frail mum receiving yetanother shock from a stranger.He was also reminded aboutmaking a will and where thisinformation could be held if heso wished.

Jack eventually got selectedfor the cricket team but unfor-tunately that was not the end ofit. Dunng a tour he was injuredin a road accident while travell-ing to the next game.

This time, however, the newsof his accident was rapidly con-

veyed to his loved ones, in acorrect manner saving themmuch additional distress at avery difficult time, and allow-ing his latest girlfriend to get tothe hospital within a few hours.

The story illustrates one as-pect of the NSCCC's work.However, in attempting to pro-vide a service to all personnel,and their families — especiallyat times of distress — it is vital-ly important that the informa-tion concerning NOK must bekept up to date. So if your cir-cumstances change then a new

NOK card should beforwarded.

It is recommended that alldetails given should be re-viewed at least annually, and ifa card has not been sent withinthe last two years now is thetime to do so.

All the information receivedis treated in the strictest confi-dence by a small staff of five inorder to protect the individ-ual's privacy. No other MODdepartment or GovernmentAgency has access.

In time of hostilities the

THE TEAMTHE NSCCC team, with extension numbers comprise:Casualty reporting

Lt Cdr Roger Pullyblank 2570WO2 Paul Heyworth RM 2153RPO Mac Mackman 2755Mrs Lynn Oeane 2753Mrs Fiona Sweet 2754Mrs Tina Light 27

officerOffice managerTraining officerSouls on boardGeneral enquiries

NSCCC is permanentlymanned but in peacetime,apart from normal daily work,the NSCCC is also on perma-nent standby 24 hours a dayand 365 days a year to react toa major disaster.

Emergencies could includeterrorist attack, disaster at sea,a road traffic accident, or anyother situation involving ser-vice personnel which couldresult in casualties.

Enquiry cellIt is the responsibility of the

Service to inform the NOK assoon as possible of anythinguntoward that has happened totheir loved ones and, wheneverreasonable, by a personal visit.This requires the NSCCC andits sub-department, the NavalEnquiry Cell, to be constantlyavailable at short notice.

The Enquiry Cell provides avital telephone link betweenthe Service and anxious familyand friends. It is a central pointof contact and avoids the needto telephone many different lo-cations at a time of stress.

The phone number is, whennecessary, released to the me-dia immediately after a majorincident, or sometimes usedwithin organisations — such asfamily link — for smallerincidents.

DistressHopefully readers of this

rather sombre message will notbe put off by our attempt toshine some light on a -little-;known cell in the basement ofCenturion that has at heart theinterests of every person serv-ing in the RN, QARNNS andRM.

Frequently it is only with thebenefit of hindsight that thoseserving wished that they hadkept the NOK information upto date to avoid additional andunnecessary distress to theirloved ones.

So the moral of the story ischeck that card and complete anew one if necessary. The per-manent staff of the NSCCC willbe only too pleased to help orgive you more information.

Masters of the first degreeGREENWICH Royal NavalCollege has seen its firstgraduation ceremony forofficers achieving theirMasters degrees in con-junction with their staffcourse studies.

Twenty-five of the 45successful Masters of Artswere able to return to thecollege to collect their cer-tificates from the AdmiralPresident, Rear AdmiralJohn Brigstocke here en-tering the chapel escortedby the Rev. Graham De-vonshire and CommodoreLouis Armstrong, Com-mander of the college.

Last year 43 others tookthe degree course in de-fence studies, but theirresults will not be knownuntil spring. It is also atime of some uncertaintyfor Greenwich itself — as areported in last month'sNavy News, a Governmentstudy has come out in fa-vour of a Joint Service Col-lege to be located at theArmy Staff College,Camberley.


NOT SUCH A ROUGH RIDEIN SHETLAND

MORE gutsy than its sizewould suggest and ableto tolerate the worst ofthe weather, the Shetlandpony is a fitting symbolon the badge of HMSShetland, the first war-ship to bear the name.

During the past year thisRoyal Navy workhorsesteamed more than 25,000miles in waters from theStrait of Gibraltar to thenorthern North Sea. Herpatrols covered every partof United Kingdom watersand her operations includedmaintaining the peace inthe Bay of Biscay in thewake of the "Tuna War".

In between patrols HMSShetland visited Gibraltar,Amsterdam and Aalborg inDenmark. The ship's companyalso enjoyed the annual stop inthe vessel's affiliated town ofLerwick for the Up-Helly-AViking festival.

LiberationAnother highlight was a visit

to St Helier in early May tosupport Jersey's LiberationDay celebrations.

Built by Hall Russell and Co.in Aberdeen, HMS Shetlandwas the third of seven Island-class offshore patrol vesselssupplied to the Royal Navy.Based on a civilian design, thehull shape was derived fromthat of the Jura-class deep seasupport vessel, and is renownedfor its first-rate seakeepingqualities.

Here again in Shetland's casea parallel may be drawn withher sure-footed equine name-sake. The vessel's excellent sea-keeping is a feature muchappreciated by the ship's com-pany during the average NorthSea winter!

HMS Shetland and her sistervessels, HM ships Alderney,Anglesey, Orkney, Guernseyand Lindisfarne — HMS Jerseywas sold to Bangladesh in 1993— form the Royal Navy'sFishery Protection Squadron.

With its origins in the late14th century, the "Fish Squad-ron" can claim to be the oldestin the Royal Navy. Today itwould be hard to find manymembers of the Senior Servicewho had not at some stage intheir careers been associatedwith fishery protection.

CommunitySupplemented on a rolling

basis by three Hunt-class minecountermeasures vessels, theSquadron's primary role is theenforcement of European Com-munity and national fisherieslegislation among UK and for-eign fishing vessels within Bri-tish Fishery Limits.

The Squadron is under con-tract to supply the Ministry ofAgriculture, Fisheries and Food— and, north of the border, theScottish Fishery ProtectionAgency — with a certain num-ber of patrol days per year.

To this end there are usuallyat least four of the Squadron onpatrol somewhere in our fishinglimits from north of the Shet-lands to 200 miles south-westof the Scillies.

Sea statesTheir task is to board fishing

vessels to inspect their catch,gear, fishing licences and certif-icates. Inspections are per-formed by RN officers trainedby MAFF as British Sea Fisher-ies Officers. For each inspec-tion the officer is accompaniedby another member of theship's company, normally thecoxswain.

HMS Shetland is wellequipped for her role. Boardingoperations are conducted using

her two 5.4 metre Searider FastRigid Inflatable Boats, whichcan be launched in quite highsea states.

The ship has a comprehen-sive communications fit with awide range of both military andcivilian voice and data netcapabilities. Her 40/60 Boforsgun main armament is uniquein the Squadron; her sister ves-sels having been fitted with amodem 30mm gun.

This 40/60 gun, which is ear-

marked for replacement by anew 20mm weapon during amajor refit scheduled for laterthis year, is a genuine warveteran. Mounted on a trolley,it was used during the WesternDesert campaign of the SecondWorld War.

EnduranceHMS Shetland's pair of

2,000hp Ruston diesel enginesgive her a top speed of some16.S knots. More impressive,

however, is her endurance. Theship can steam about 7,000nautical miles withoutrefuelling.

In the months leading up toher refit HMS Shetland willcontinue her fishery patrols andport visits. She may also becalled upon to act in her secon-dary, marine pollution controlrole, for which she is equippedwith oil dispersal gear, or totake part in search and rescueoperations.

FACTS &FIGURES

Pennan t no: P298.Launched: November 22,1976. Commissioned: July14, 1977. Displacement:1,210 tons. Length: 59.5m.Beam: 10.9m. Draught:5.4m. Masthead height:25m. Ship's company: fiveofficers; seven senior rat-ings; 31 jun ior ratings.Armament: 1 x Bofors 40/60 gun. Main machinery:Two Ruston diesel enginesdriving a single shaft andcontrollable pitch propeller.Speed: 16.5 knots. Range:7,000 nautical miles at 12knots.

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There'll never beanother like Bill!

CPOMEM Bill Price, last of the Navy's "promised men", surrounded by mementos of his firstship — HMS King George V. Picture: LW(PHOT) Penny Taylor

WHEN CPO Bill Priceleaves the Royal Navy onMarch 6, he will be thelast of a breed of sailorswho were promised a na-val career until theyreached the age of 65.

Chief Price, the oldestserving member of the RN,joined the Service in 1948 —the year that the British leftPalestine, the battlecruiserHMS Renown was paid off,and flogging — suspendedsince 1897 — was finally re-moved from the list of navalpunishments.

In 1970, after 22 years'service, he was permitted tostay on under the "promisedmen" regulation by which arelatively small number ofsenior rates were allowed to

remain in the Navy until theage of 65. The measure, de-signed to ease retentionproblems, was dropped laterin the 1970s.

For the past 25 yearsChief Price has served in RNDetention Quarters at Ports-mouth from where he start-ed his terminal leave at theend of January.

SportTall and fit, he retains a.

sense of nostalgia for theNavy he joined as a 17-year-old junior stoker.

"My first ship was thebattleship HMS King GeorgeV — at that time a trainingvessel for people like my-self," he told Navy News. "I

got through that quite wellbecause I enjoyed sport andphysical exercise — andthat was a time when PEwas compulsory."

He became a keen oars-man at a time when mostships still had cutters — andraced them in inter-shipcompetitions. During the Fif-ties and Sixties he served ina variety of warships, includ-ing the carrier HMS Indomi-table, and smaller vesselssuch as HMS Zulu.

During his service in theMediterranean he was in-volved in the Suez campaignand later, in 1963, was intro-duced to the Emperor ofEthiopia, Haile Selassie,during a ship v is i t toAbyssinia.

LEGION LAUNCHESITS NEW IMAGE

THH R O Y A L B r i t i s h Legion has u n v e i l e d anew popp\ and a ne\\ image to combat p u b l i cm i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g t h a i the o r g a n i s a t i o n i s nolonger needed.

I he neu logo s h o w n here was l a u n e h c d histm o n t h a t t h e s ta r t of an a d x c r l i s m g campa ign de-signed to show t h a t the Legion is not onK s t i l lncccssar \ . hm t h a t t h e c a l l s on Us c h a r i t a b l e workare i n c r e a s i n g .

N a t i o n a l p re s iden t . \ ice A d m i r a l S i r ( i c o l t r c yDa l ton . said the new image was the f i r s t step i n aw i d e r p rogramme to present a more modern lace.

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After an exhausting few hours the team, all from Drake's UnitPersonnel Office, finished up at the photographic section wherethey were joined for a commemorative shot by LA(PHOT) MacMacdonald.

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WET weather failed todampen the spirits of the RevRichard Madders, Staff Chap-lain to FOSF, when he visitedthe Navy News office at HMSNelson as part of the RoyalNavy Motorcycle Club'sannual round-Britain tour inaid of Children in Need.

Pictured with Jane Perkins(left) and Pat McCarthy,Richard collected a tidy sumbefore he and the teamdeparted for the rest of theirfive-day tour of over 20 RNand RM establishments.

On the evening of theappeal BBC TV presenterSally Taylor was presentedwith a cheque for £8,000 bythe club's patron, RearAdmiral Richard Irwin.

Clyde goesbananas!

A BANANA, a green fairy, an ape and Al Capone led thefund-raising act ivi t ies at the Clyde Submarine Base on Chil-dren in Need dav.

The fancy dress team, led byLl Shccna Thomson and C'CB r i a n M a l e o m s o n , a r m e dt h e m s e l v e s w i t h e o l l c c t i o nbuckets and raised £775 duringtheir tour of the base.

C'POPT Brian Richardsonbroke the pain barrier by hav-ing his legs waxed and raisedover £90 while Sea Cadet SarahKaja was sponsored lo the tuneof £100 to be an officer for aday on board the submar ine

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On the Churchi l l Estate theDrumfolk disco dancers alsodid the i r bit in aid of the appealand performed many of the i rroutines at the UCI cinema.Clydcbank, raising £310.24.

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Hi-de-Hi"CAMPING" it up at HMSCollingwood are a motleycrew of blue coats whoturned the establishmentinto a holiday camp duringthe Pudsey Hi-de-Hi Day.

System Engineering andManagement Course 45 or-ganised a 180ft abseil fromthe Pall Europe building inPortsmouth and the 11-man team raised £583.99.

Fund-raising for Childrenin Need extended into thecommunity with a group oftrainees from the commu-nications school joiningforces with Asda, at Fare-ham, washing cars andpacking shopping in aid ofPudsey bear.

Windscreen-washing, agames night, a fancy dressstand-easy by the execu-tive department, and a cof-fee morning held by thewives' club helped bringCollingwood's final total to£4,000.

Estate officerwaxes lyrical

PUTTING a brave face on it is Hilsea Estate Community OfficerDave Goodwin who needed the support of community workerKevin Robbins (right) when beautician Sue Allan waxed his legsin aid of Children in Need.

Dave's hair-raising experi-ence was one of a series ofevents organised by Help andInformation Volunteer Ex-changes (HIVEs) in the Ports-mouth area which includedcollections outside the dock-

wives' groups, £757 wasraised for the appeal.

Washand goSTAFF from RN air stationY e o v i l t o n ' s c o m m u n i c a t i o ncentre and telephone exchangeraised over £400 for the BBCAppeal by washing a \ a r i e t y ofv e h i c l e s a t t h e base ' s f i r es t a t ion .

-Flying for Pudsey-TWO teams from 849 Naval Air Squadron, based at RN air stationCuldrose, took part in a sponsored go-kart event -at CamborneKarting and managed to raise £395 towards the total figure of£2,000 donated as a result of the event.

The 705 Gazelle display pair, also from Culdrose, donated£1,009.11 towards the Children in Need Appeal, money raisedduring the summer season from the sale of squadron and teammemorabilia at air displays throughout the country.

yard and in estate coffeeshops, a raffle and a spon-sored "dance-athon."

Thanks to the combinedefforts of HIVE, the CuttingShed, Hilsea Naval Commu-nity Centre, Eastney, Drayton,Emsworth, Pembroke Park,Paulsgrove and HMS Dryad

NAVY NEWS. FEBRUARY 1995

West InguardslinkarmsHMS Broadsword hands over her duties as WestIndies Guard Ship to the Type 23 frigate HMS Mon-mouth this month, returning to the UK early in Marchafter a seven-month deployment.

She has lately been developing the Royal Navy's linkswith several of the Caribbean islands' Coast Guards,including those of Anguilla, Barbados, Trinidad andTobago.

They were keen to receive small arms instruction fromBroadsword's experts.

While on passage to Tobago the Type 22 frigate hostedthe British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, MrRabindranath Permanand, who was able to watch areplenishment at sea with RFA Brambleleaf and a manoverboard exercise.

After completing her latest Antilles Patrol Broadswordsailed north to spend Christmas and the New Year atTampa, Florida — where many of her ship's company metup with their families for the first time since leavingDevonport last July.• Top right: HMS Broadsword alongside in Tobago.• Below: PO(M) Brown gives some hints on small armsmaintenance to members of the Anguilla Coast Guard.• Bottom: Sunset at Tobago.

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People in the News

Compliments to the chefA HERBERT Lott award for CPOCK Vince Cottamhighlighted his consistent hard work on board HMSCampbeltown during Armilla Patrol duties.

In the citation Commander UK Task Group, RearAdmiral Mike Gretton, wrote, "Your professional skilland u n s t i n t i n g hard work helped in no small way tocreate a good impression of HMS Campbeltown and theRoyal Navy".

Vince, who is now serving in the wardroom galley atHMS Nelson, received his award from the base supplyofficer, Cdr William Pennefather, and the pair sealed theoccasion with a toast (right).

Spouse nousUNOFFICIAL ambassador for Coventry onboard the city's namesake frigate is LRO ChrisJones, who went to school in the city, still livesthere when ashore and is a great fan of Coven-try RFC.

Chris now has another claim to fame — hewas clear winner of the ship's beard-growingcompetition, the proceeds of which — entryfees not whiskers — will be donated to adoptedcharities in Coventry.

HUSBAND and wife Davidfrom HMS Daedalus aftertrade training.

LAEM Una Fyffe has beendrafted to HMS Illustrious. Herleisure interests include playingin the volunteer band andsport, particularly squash, golfand judo.

AEA David Fyffe is continu-

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ing his career at HMS Seahawk,where he is helping to maintainthe airframes and engines ofSea King helicopters. His hob-bies include triathlon andcycling.

Picture: LA(PHOT) Richard Thompson

tion Culdrose, finished second of seven teams in an inter-national helicopter navigation and winching competition heldin Holland.

Led by squadron training officer Lt Cdr Paul Davis, the othersilver medallists were Lt Cdr Chris Bone, Lts Russ Sneddonand Bruce Morrison, POAEM Lee Godwin, POAEA Del Shan-non, PO Peter Broomhall, LACMN John Pickering and AEMFergus Campbell.

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MILLIONS tuned in to see CPOACMN(D) Dave Wallacereceive the famous "This is Your Life" red book fromMichael Aspel.

CPO Dave Wallace.

The surprise was sprung inone of 771 NAS's Sea King heli-copters and the programme re-corded at RN air stationCuldrose.

DecoratedA veteran of over 350 rescues

— during which he has savedthe lives of more than 230people, 12 cows, five sheepand a dog — Dave is one of theService's most decorateddivers.

His wife Carol, an ex-Wren,and the couple's children, Nata-lie and Douglas, were on handto share the celebration.

Flown in from Pakistan to addtheir tribute were the Masterand First Mate of the MV Mur-ree — the ship from which Davehelped to rescue 40 men, wom-en and children, earning theGeorge Medal in the process.Other guests included navalcolleagues, two of whom have.won a red book of their own.

WELCOMECUDDLEFORABOSNIANKIDDIETHE AID is welcome butso is a cuddle. LWRENAudrey Stevenson, ofHMS Invincible, took alittle time to get to knowone of the youngerrecipients.

Audrey was among theRoyal Navy and Army (1stBattalion The RoyalGloucestershire, Berkshireand Wiltshire Regiment) per-sonnel helping to distributemuch-needed aid in Glavice,a village near Bugojno incentral Bosnia.

Picture: L/Cpl Matt Woodhouse

People in the MewsNAVY NEWS, FEBRUARY 1995 11

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SHOUT "Dave!" in a gal-ley on board HMS Invinci-ble and you're sure to geta response.

Believe it or not everyman-jack of the cateringdepartment goes by themoniker Dave.

Standing left to right areDaves Murkin, Loader andEves, alt petty officer cooks,LCKs Dave Hughes andDave Everson and CKs DaveBevington and Dave Hardy.

Same ship differentdepartment boasts twoRPOs Stan Matthews (left). Itmight cause a little difficulty,but correspondents can al-ways use the chaps' realfirst names — Andy (seated)and Eon. They're the onlytwo RPOs Stan Matthews inthe Reggy branch.

CDR Timothy Russellhas been elected a Fel-low of the Institute ofMarine Engineers

-Presentation^to formerRNXSunit head

FOR HIS exceptionalservice former AuxiliaryOfficer Albert Davieshas been awarded theLord Lieutenant's Cer-tificate from the LordLieutenant of Mersey-side, Col. Alan Water-worth.

Second World Warveteran Albert served inboth the Royal and Mer-chant Navies and survivedtwo sinkings. He wentback into uniform in 1959when he joined the RoyalNaval Minewatching Ser-vice, later the RN AuxiliaryService.

Albert qualified as an in-structor and became unithead, remaining with theRNXS until it wasdisbanded.

QUORN RATESGIVE CHASE

FOUR ratings from HMS Quorn began their night out inEdinburgh by pursuing a thief over a mile and a half. . .

AB Ray Thompson, MEMStephen Thompson, CK Mar-tin Sheppard (standing left toright) and l.S Craig Campbellspotted the fleeing thief as theywere parking their car.

They joined the chase andretrieved a stolen briefcase,although the thief eluded them.The case was later returned toits rightful owner.

• A pat on the back, too, for

WEM Damien Jones, who hasbeen awarded a Good Citizen-ship Certificate by the ChiefConstable of Devon andCornwall.

Damien sprang into actionafter the three occupants of astolen car fled from a road acci-dent at the Drake Circusroundabout in Plymouth. Hecaught one of the offenders anddetained him until the policearrived.

Hobby pays offA PETTY officer who began computing as a hobby hasbeen awarded £7,500 by the Royal Navy for his naviga-tion simulator.

PO(TSSM) Richard Oavies' program is currently in use at HMSDolphin in the training of future submarine commanders and intraining centres around the country.

Richard, who has been in the Senior Service for 17 years, isnow refining the original software.

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TEN countries took part in the third InternationalNautical Competition hosted by BRNC Dartmouth —climaxing in a relay race and joint first place to the RNand Norwegian Navy teams.

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The full programme ofevents is as follows:

Saturday, 2 Sept11.00 BPF/EIF Fleet Air Arm Service of

Rememberance. H.M.S. Daedalus, Lee onthe Solent

16.30 Splice the Mainbrace GuildhallSquare, by courtesy of Woods "100 gen-uine Navy Rum"

18.00 Beat Retreat Guildhall Square —The Band of Her Majesty's Royal Marines

18.30 Civic Reception, GuildhallSunday. 3 Sept09.30 Veterans assemble Castle Field.

Southsea.10.40 Veterans step off Castle Field,

Southsea.11.00 Drumhead Service, War Memorial,

Southsea Common.11.40 Fly-past War Memorial, Southsea

Common.12.00 Veterans step off for march past,

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15.00 Service of Dedication for Stainedglass window & brass plaque, PortsmouthAnglican Cathedral

19.30 VE & VJ Musical Finale by the Bandof Her Majesty's Royal Marines, Royal Mar-ines Museum Eastney.

21.00 Conclusion.

A veterans' centre will beopen in the Guildhall from theevening of Friday 1st Septem-ber until the evening of Sunday3rd September. All veteransand their families will bewelcome.

From April 1st, an informa-tion centre will open which canbe contacted on the followingnumbers: 01705 83492S/8349277 83492S/ S34929/834930. Fax 01705 834926.

This may be able 19 assist inreuniting long lost friends andcolleagues.

China sailerA model of a ship used by the

'Columbus of China', AdmiralZhang He during his 15th cen-tury voyages to East Africa willbe on display in the China: Cra-dle of Knowledge exhibition atthe Gas Hall, Birminghamfrom 25 February-4 June.

Teams of eight cadets allstudying at their respectivenaval academies competedin 11 events ranging fromyachting and whaler rowingto simulated damage con-trol and orienteering.

They best enjoyed being test-ed in the college's computerisednavigation trainer, making sim-ulated sea passages and avoid-ing collision with other shipswhile being marked on their in-terpretation of the Inter-national Rules of the Sea.

Aim of the competition,hosted by a different countryeach year, is to foster friend-ship between the young officersand allow them to experiencethe different approaches of for-eign navies.

Those of the USA, Great Bri-tain, Spain, Germany, Greece,Norway, Finland, Sweden,France and the Netherlandswere represented in a four-dayprogramme that ended with adinner at which the guest ofhonour was Admiral Sir JockSlater, Vice Chief of the De-fence Staff and soon to be FirstSea Lord (see back page).• The Greek team deep inthought on an orienteering ex-ercise in the Devoncountryside.

Royal routefinder

The Princess Royal present-ed CPO Gordon Tnmby of RNAir Station Culdrose with anavigational sextant when shevisited the Boat Show at Earl'sCourt.

It was the prize for his entryin the Royal Institute of Navi-gation 'Yachtmaster OceanAward 1994' competition —navigational notes and sight-ings taken on a 19-day passagefrom Halifax, Nova Scotia toPlymouth on board the Serviceyacht Sane Marie.

Keen offshore sailor Gordon,who works at Culdrose's train-ing flight deck, hopes to skipperthe air station's own yacht,Cornish Air, around the coastof Spain this year.

Scenes of courageshot in Plymouth

HMS Plymouth, the Historic Falklands Warship at Birkenhead, is to play host to part of aBBC series on "selfless acts of great courage".

Force ships, including Argonaut, Antelope andthe cruise liner Canberra.

Early this month, volunteer staff of the HistoricWarships and members of the RNR at HMS Ea-glet in Liverpool will act as members of the ships'companies for the filming of the series, to bescreened in June.

It will form the backdrop to the story of WOJohn Philips, one of a two-man bomb disposalteam assigned to the Falklands Task force in1982.

He successfully defused a bomb in HMS Argo-naut and two of three in HMS Antelope — but thethird exploded, blowing off Philips' left arm andkilling his partner, Stan Sgt Jim Prescott. Amaz-ingly, Philips was back at his old job only threemonths later.

For the story, HMS Plymouth has been partial-ly rebuilt and will double for several of the Task

0 HMS Argonaut was towed out of Ports-mouth last month, on her way to a Spanish scrap-yard. HMS Plymouth towed her to safety after shewas damaged by bombs in the Falklands War.

VESTEDINTEREST

Vesting day — no pun intended — at the new DefenceClothing and Textiles Agency was attended by DefenceProcurement Minister Roger Freeman.

He is seen being shown some of the agency's products atDCTA Didcot by Mr Victor Ruddick from the Science and Tech-nology Division at Colchester.

With headquarters at Andover and 450 staff in 9 locationsthroughout the UK, the DCTA provides the Armed Forces withall its clothing and textiles — from cook's whites through ten-tage to chemical warfare suits.

Current major project is to provide the Royal Marines, Armyand RAF Regiment with the next generation of combat clothing.Combat Soldier 95, as it is called, will use the latest water andwindproof technology to give the British serviceman a perfor-mance edge in adverse conditions.

This year DCTA will order and process £11 Om worth of cloth-ing for all three services — including disrupted pattern camou-flage and infra red resistant combat gear.

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IT'S ALLGO FORCADETSONE hundred cadetsand officers from Com-bined Cadet Force unitsaround the countrywere embarked in minecountermeasures ves-sels for a day to givethem a taste of life inthe Royal Navy.

The ships sailed fromRosyth and some of thecadets had travelled fromas far as Somerset for theexercise.

Each cadet and officerwas assigned a specificship and all vessels wereunder the command of CdrJames Humphrys, Com-mander of the Third MineCountermeasures Squad-ron.

The force consisted oftwo Sandown-class mine-hunters (HM ships San-down and Cromer) andfour Hunt-class mine-hunters/sweepers (HMships Berkeley, Brock-lesby, Chiddingfold andDulverton).

Having left Rosyth theforce made for KirkcaldyBay, where co-ordinatedmanoeuvres and underwaytransfers were carried out.Primary aim of the day wasto give the cadets as much"hands on" experienceand as broad an insightinto the Navy as possiblein the limited time.

The programme includedminehunting demonstra-tions, man overboard exer-cises, ship handling, fire-fighting and damagecontrol. It ensured thecadets were fully involvedin ships' routines.

And busy as it was, it ishoped the cadets also hadsome fun!

CHILE SOURCE OFENTERTAINMENT

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As she navigated thebeautiful canals and channelsOf Tierra Del Fuego. HMSDumbarton Castle wasaccompanied by penguins,seals and dolphins. Her CO, LtCdr Martin Flanagan,

e glacial wal waters for

A TWO-WEEK visit to Chile sawHMS Dumbarton Castle calling in toPunta Arenas, hosting a party for or-phans, sailing through the channelsof Tierra Del Fuego and being giventhe warmest of welcomes in theworld's most southerly town.

The strong links already existingbetween the Royal and Chilean Navieswere reinforced during the visit and theship's company was almost overwhelmed

by the warmth of the hospitality fromboth the naval and civilian population.

The party on board the offshore patrolvessel for 20 Chilean orphans was a wayof saying thanks.

SpectacularFour members of the ship's company

had a chance to explore a little furtherinland when they visited the spectacularTorres Del Paine national park.

After Punto Arenas the ship sailedthrough the channels of Tierra Del Fuego,passing close to Argentinian territory be-fore stopping at Puerto Williams, thesouthernmost town in the world, where acheering Chilean welcome was waiting.

After being escorted by the ChileanNavy, Dumbarton Castle set off to sailaround Cape Horn, thus empowering theship's company to spin authentic saltydits for the rest of their lives!

A pleasant — if windy — festive season

a spot Of waterskiing andalthough Castle-class shipsare not noted particularlyfor their acceleration the featwas eventuallyaccomplished. Could this bethe furthest south anyonehas waterskied from the backof a warship?

was spent in Mare Harbour, while NewYear celebrations were shared in PortStanley in the Falkland Islands.

The future looks busy, too, for Dum-barton Castle. After visiting South Geor-gia and participating in a joint-serviceexercise, she will head north for Braziland the Canary Islands before returningto Rosyth after four years' toil.

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Sails set for the Adriatic

'Must expect trouble in the Adriatic!'

A JOINT Service yacht is being de-ployed to the Adriatic to provide ad-venturous sail training for members ofthe Armed Forces engaged in opera-tions in the former Yugoslavia.

HMSTC Kukri, a 12-berth Nicholson 55,will leave the Joint Service AdventurousSail Training Centre at Gosport on Febru-ary 27, completing the first leg of "Exer-cise Spotted Dog" at Gibraltar on March13. From there the craft will sail for Cagliariand Split, which it is due to reach on April17.

A further 19 legs will be completed intheatre, before the last three homewardlegs brings Kukri back to Gosport on Octo-ber 23.

Volunteers will be selected to crew the

craft for particular legs of the exercise.The skipper and first and second matesmust be property qualified, while the nineother crew for each leg will have variouslevels of experience, and will includenovices.

Applications to join Exercise SpottedDog must be made to the project officer,Fit Lt A. J. Maguire, JSASTC, Gosport,Hants. PO12 2AQ (tel. 01705 524115 orWorthy Down Mil ext 2361).

Forms should be forwarded throughcommanding officers and should be ac-companied by a £50 deposit, payable bycheque to Ex Spotted Dog, to cover insur-ance, cost of T-shirt and contribution toberthing fees. An additional contributionmay be needed later.

Let-outofferonMQresales

SERVICE personnel whohave been made redun-dant under Options forChange since buying aMarried Quarter at a dis-count price, can nowapply to escape from thefive-year resale rule.

Surplus MQs have, forthe past 11 years, beenoffered for sale tomembers of the RegularForces at a 30 per centreduction. However, inline with parallel arrange-ments for councilhouses, any discountpurchaser who sells theproperty within five yearsis liable to pay the Minis-try of Defence theamount by which the sell-ing price exceeds whatwas originally paid.

To have the rulewaived on grounds of re-dundancy, an applicationmust be made to MODthrough the chain of com-mand. Each case will bejudged on its merits, butpurchasers should beaware that if their appli-cation is accepted theymight still be liable tomake some tax paymenton resale.

DCI JS 95

Ease-up in RNeyesight rules

A REVIEW OF EYESIGHT regulations for the RoyalNavy has resulted in the relaxation of uncorrectedstandards for several groups, including Seamen spe-cialists and bridge watchkeepers.

The new standards will almost certainly mean that specta-cles and contact lenses will be more prevalent on the bridgeand in other areas of warships.

Among the reasons for the re-view was the need to include abetter basis for recruitment andretention against the back-ground of improvements inaids to vision.

Seamen officers whose eye-sight is known to be below theold standard will be contactedby the Naval Secretary. Sub-mission to a Medical Board ofSurvey will probably be neces-sary only for those who fall be-low the revised s tandardswhich are listed in the DCI.

Eye testsOfficers with bridge watch-

keeping responsibilities will ,however, continue to be testedannually to ensure the requiredstandard is maintained.

There is, in general, no re-striction on the wearing ofspectacles or contact lenses pro-vided the required correctedstandards of vision are met.

Defence spectacles, but notcontact lenses, are providedfrom public funds, and thosewho wear contact lenses must

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have a pair of Defence specta-cles to wear as an alternative.Contact lenses must not beworn in submarines, underant i -gas resp i ra to rs or byaircrew.

Aircrew who are found forthe first time to require lensesare to be. examined and re-ferred to the Central Air Medi-cal Board for assessment oftheir flying medical category.

Personnel are being alertedto the fact that if they receivelaser t r e a t m e n t to correctvision it could have an adverseeffect on their future service.

It is stressed that personnelwho think they may be affectedby the new regulations shouldread the DCI in full.

DCI RN 220/94

InstituteofferSPECIAL membership termsare offered to certain RN per-sonnel by the Institute of Ad-min i s t r a t i ve Management .Direct entry to full membershipis available to all lieutenantcommanders (GL) or lieuten-ants (SD) of over six years se-niority, all WOs, SD lieuten-ants and sub lieutenants, andCPOs of Writer, Stores, Regu-lating and Communicationssub-branches.

In recognition of SupplyBranch training, direct entry asassociate members of the IAMis available to students of theJunior Supply Officer Courseand PO(WTR) Q u a l i f y i n gCourse.

Applicants should write tothe IAM at 40 Chatsworth Par-ade, Petts Wood, Orpington,Kent BR5 IRW (tel. 01689875555).

In addition the RN has aclose relationship with the In-stitute of Chartered Secretariesand Administrators which op-

Meanwhile, applications are invited fromall Service people for SCOTSAIL 95 — theannual adventurous sail training expeditionto Skye and the Western Isles.

Sponsored by HMS Neptune, the expedstarts at the JSASTC on May 15 and finish-es there on July 20 after completing eightlegs, each about a week long.

Previous sailing experience is not re-quired, but participants should have a spir-it of adventure and be prepared to live andwork in harmony with ten others in condi-tions which can be arduous anduncomfortable.

Bids should be made to Neptune SailingClub, HMS Neptune, Helensburgh G84 8HL(tel. 0436 674321) by February 21.

DCI RN 89 90/94

Retiredpay changeOFFICERS who have retiredfrom the Regular Forces willnow receive retired pay if theyare called out to serve full-timeas members of a Volunteer Re-serve Force.

However, when an officer ofthe Volunteer Reserve is calledout as a result of his obligationas a former Regular, retired paywill be suspended as normal.

DCI JS 91/94

RestrictionremovedAN OFFICIAL publ icat iondealing with the Gulf War is nolonger classified as Restricted."Operation G r a n b y — anaccount of the Gu l f Cris is1990-91 and the British Army'sContribution to the Liberationof Kuwait" is now unclassified.

DCI JS 92/94

To be apilgrimTHE 37th International Mili-tary Pilgrimage to Lourdestakes place on the weekend ofMay 19-22.

Details are available fromlocal Roman Catholic chap-lains or from PRCC(A), Room13, MOD Chaplains (Army),Bagshot Park, Bagshot, SurreyGUI9 5PL.

DCI JS 86/94

'Just keep them oH my bridge, Commander!'

crates an open entry policy.The ICSA grants exemptions

for certain RN officers. Furtherinformation is available fromThe Education Help Desk, TheICSA, 16 Park Crescent, Lon-don Q1N 4AH (tel. 0171 5804741).

DCI RN 221 and 223/94

Civilianschemes

DETAILS have been givenabout civi l ian qualificationsw h i c h may be gained bymembers of the Writer Branchin the course of their Servicetraining.

Among the qualifications in-volved are the Royal Society ofArts Processing Certif icateStage I , the City and Guilds4396 A d m i n i s t r a t i o n NVQLevel I , and the National Ex-amining Board for Supervisory

management Certif icate inoffice management.

Details are also given of anadditional scheme run by theInstitute of Financial Accoun-tants and its second-tier body,the international Association ofBook-Keepers.

DCI RN 214/94

AIM of this regularfeature is to give ageneral impressionof new Defence CouncilInstructions affectingconditions ofservice. In the event ofaction being takenthe full original textshould be studied.

Ski trip to FranceA SKI mountaineering expedition to the Pare National de la Van-oise in France is being organised by the RN Winter Sports Asso-ciation and the RN and RM Mountaineering Club from March 31 toApril 15.

Participants must be strong skiers able to cope with all consis-tencies of up-pisted snow while carrying a heavy rucksack. Win-ter mountaineering experience would be an advantage, but notessential.

Applications should be made in writing to Cdr J.W.R. Grant OBERN, Directorate of Naval Manning, Room 122, Victory Building,HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LR, giving details of skiing andmountaineering experience and ability. DCI RN 216/94

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KGFSNAVY NEWS, FEBRUARY 1995

Council workerWO Gordon Hawkins is the new man representing the lowerdeck of the Navy on the Council of King George's Fund forSailors.

Gordon has served in the Navy for 25 years, mostly as aPolaris submariner. His last sea appointment was in HMSRevenge before moving to the staff of Flag Officer Submar-ines at HMS Warrior, Northwood — where he is seen (above)at Ms desk.

He volunteered for the appointment and took up his placeon the Council last October.

"Having taken on this responsibility, I Intend to promote allthe good work that King George's Fund for Sailors does forratings in the Navy," he said. 'The initials KGFS should be as

\well known as the RNBT to them all." J

Who stands to benefitmost? You do!

KING George's Fund forSailors had another recordyear in 1994, makinggrants totalling £21/2m toover 80 nautical charities.

Most of this money will bepaid out by the charities directto seafarers and their depen-dants who are in need.

Over £ l m will go to RoyalNaval and Royal Marine chari-ties — notably the RN and RMChildren's trust (£275,000)and the Royal Naval Benevo-lent Trust (£256,000).

The Children's Trust, basedin HMS Nelson, helps mainta inthe children of any member ofthe RN or RM who is servingor has served and has not heldhigher rank than that of lieu-tenant or warrant officer, insuitable schools and homes. Atpresent it looks after 153 —and the n u m b e r i s s ad lygrowing.

UmbrellaThe RNBT cares for ratings

or other ranks and their depen-dants, last year with over 6,500grants totalling £1.5m. It alsomain ta ins Pembroke House.Gil l ingham, which provides ahome for 38 ex-naval men -w i t h £26,000 prov ided byKGFS.

Scottish nau t i ca l cha r i t i e sbenefited to the tune of just un-der £200.000 and in Liverpools inger David Essex took abreak from starring in Robin-son Crusoe at the Empire topresent a total of £165.000 tofour Merseyside charities — in-c lud ing ' Indefa t igable , ' theNational Sea Training Schoolfor Boys which has been sup-ported by KGFS since the fundwas founded in 1917.

KGFS is the fund for allsailors — whether RN, RM,WRNS, Merchant Navv or partof the nation's fishing fleets, re-gardless of rank or status.

There are no less than 166nautical charities under its um-brella. Each year the amount ofcash it doles out increases —and each year more and moreseafarers and their dependantshave to return to charities tomaintain a standard of life orhelp with an unforeseen crisis.

"KGFS exists to sustain allseafarers and needs your sup-port more now than it has everdone before." Captain MartinAppleton, its Director General,

told Navy News."Support from serving sea-

farers in the Royal Navy andRoyal Marines is essential —after all. they stand to benefitmost!"

The fund has committeesscat tered t h r o u g h o u t t h ecountry with seven area organ-isers co-ordinating fund-raisingactivities — such as street col-lections, concerts, receptions.

golf days and art shows.All offers of help gratefully

rece ived — c o n t a c t CaptAppleton on 0171 932 0000 forfurther details.

• David Essex presentsKGFS's cheque for £50,000 toJames Bradshaw from 'Inde-fatigable' National Sea Train-ing School for Boys.

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NEWSVIEW

Digital rules —so don't point

the fingerCOMING as it does in the 200th anniversary ofthe Hydrographic Office, the order for the RoyalNavy's biggest ever survey ship is a muchneeded boost to the morale of its SurveyingSquadron (itself not founded until 1817).

In recent years its very existence as part ofthe Navy it has served so long and with suchdistinction has been under threat.

Defence Procurement Minister Roger Free-man said the order "recognised the importanceto the Royal Navy of a continuing hydrographiccapability". Well, that capability has long beenpretty important to the rest of the world's na-vies, too — to all seafarers, in fact, ever sincethe Admiralty chart gained a name for accuracyand a lead in world sales in the first half of the19th century that has been maintained to thisday.

The point was made by Rear Admiral SteveRitchie in his introduction to The AdmiraltyChart, first published in 1967.

"The twentieth century," he wrote then, "hasseen an intensification of the exploration of theseas which is giving the naval surveyor a uniqueopportunity to add to the knowledge of theworld's oceans.

"When the history of the Royal Navy Survey-ing Service in the twentieth century comes to bewritten I sincerely hope it will be seen that thisopportunity was not cast away."

The new vessel — as yet unnamed — willincorporate the very latest developments in ourability to extend that knowledge. Meanwhile theHydrographic Office, in common with manyother establishments throughout the Navy, haslately had to tackle a raft of problems in fundingand setting priorities for its work.

Yet last year it not only met most of its targetsbut in some instances exceeded them — anachievement its astoundingly industrious 19thcentury counterpart would heartily applaud.

The HO has hardly been simply marking time,though. Even in a period of uncertainty andfinancial constraint it has made significantadvances, becoming the first national hydro-graphic authority to provide a complete digitalnautical chart service — as comprehensive,accurate, reliable and readily available as itspaper chart series.

If ever Admiral Ritchie's historic opportunity islost, the Navy's chart makers won't find thefinger of accusation pointed at them.• The Admiralty Chart — British Naval Hydro-graphy in the Nineteenth Century, now revisedand updated, is published by The Pentland Pressat £19.50.

FUNDS PAY OUT FOR SPORTS AND LEISURE

From surfboardsto sunbedsGrants approved by the Sai-

lors Fund, Fleet AmenitiesFund and Fleet RecreationalFund:

Half yearly grant to HM Ships— £43,995 (SF).

Half yearly grant to RM Com-mando units — £8,354 (SF).

Annual grant to Captain of theFleet's Fund — £1.500 (FAF).

Annual grant for TVs in HMShips — £3,000 (FAF).

Commando Brigade Consoli-dated Fund for annual grant —£200 (FAF).

Annual subvention to RN andRM Sports Control Board —£47,000 (FAF).

Half yearly grant to RegularForces Employment Association— £7,479 each from SF andFAF.

Ships serving in South Atlan-tic, Gulf and Adriatic — £7,500(SF) and £2,500 (FAF).

Tri-service Discount BrochureLunch — £300 (SF) and £100(FAF).

Naval Air command bicycleexpedition — £1,000 (FAF).

RN Squash Rackets Associa-tion Hong Kong tour — £750(SF) and £250 (FAF).

RN Hockey Association Com-bined Services team visit to Aus-tralia — £1,200 (SF) and £400(FAF).

HMS Manchester Wardroomante room r e f u r b i s h m e n t —£1,300 (FRF).

HMS Sultan RN MotorcycleClub — £1.200 (SF) and £400(FAF).

RN/RM Sail Training CentreLympstone for surfboards —£1.650 (SF), £550 (FAF) and£294 (Sports Lottery).

HMS Brazen towards costs oft e l e p h o n e c a l l s home a f t e rgrounding — £500 (FAF).

CTCRM towards cost of Ice-landic 500 expedition — £2,250(SF) and £750 (FAF).

HMS Osprey for sunbeds —£1,875 (SF) and £625 (FAF).

RN Youth Football Associa-tion Dallas Cup Competition —£1,500 (SF), £500 (FAF) £1,000(Sports Lottery) plus £50 (SF) topurchase strip.

HMS Cochrane Wives Infor-mation Service for employmentand education — £2,700' (SF).£852 (FAF).

RN/RM Endurance TriathlonSports Tour to Arrifice — £3,000

(SF), £976 (FAF).HMS Dryad J u n i o r Rates

Social Club — £3,375 (SF),£1,125 (FAF).

Neptune Sub Aqua Club fordiving suits and equipment —£2,707 (SF), £900 (FAF) £1,500(Sports Lottery).

RNAS Yeovilton HMS HeronCoarse Angling Association forrestocking of Birds Quarry —£4,200 (SF), £1,354 (FAF).

FONA Naval Air CommandRiding Centre for purchase ofhorses and tack — £4,500 (SF),£1,500 (FAF).

CHOSC R N A F BardufossNorway for refurbishment ofgym — £3,315 (SF), £ 1 , 1 0 5(FAF), £2,000 (Sports Lottery).

RN Volunteer Band Associa-tion — £6,900 (FAF).

FOSF for assistance with Rad-phone calls on Christmas Day —£7,000 (FAF).

RN Rugby Union 1st XV andYouth XV tour to France —£2.512.50 (SF), £837.50 (FAF),£3,750 (Sports Lottery).

Hire of Cottages in France andDevon — £6.000 (SF), £2,250(FRF).

RN Winter Sports Associationfor grant towards competitionand inter-Service championshipscosts — £6,750 (SF). £2,250(FRF).

Handicapped Children's Pil-grimage Trust — £6,000 (SF),£2,000 (FAF).

Joint Services Expedition toBolivia — £6,000 (SF), £2.000(FAF), £2,000 (Sports Lottery).

HMS Forest Moor f i tnessequipment and fitness suite re-furbishment — £6,166.50 (SF),£2,055.50 (FAF), £2,000 (SportsLottery)-

RNH Haslar for renewal ofsound and lighting for JuniorRates Social Club — £8,300 (SF),£2,783 (FAF).

HMS Rooke towards replace-m e n t y a c h t — £7.500 (SF) ,£7.500'(FAF).

FONA Naval Air CommandRifle Association towards newtarget rifles — £1 1.199 (SF),£ 1 , 8 5 7 (FAF) £2,000 (Sports

Lottery).HMS Dolphin for refurbish-

ment of Junior Rates DiningRoom — £15,240 (SF) £5,080(FAF).

CTCRM towards purchase ofnarrow boat — £3,462 (FAF)plus £8,000 (SF) and £2,000(FAF) in interest free loans.

HMS Collingwood for refur-bishment of all rates Tavern Bar— £15,000 (SF).

HMS Sultan for refurbishmentof Junior Rates Dining Hall —£25,000 (SF), £8,302 (FAF).

HMS Excellent repairs and

equipment for weight trainingand c a r d i o - v a s c u l a r f i t n e s scentre — £12,750 (SF), £4,250(FAF), £3,000 (Sports Lottery).

RN and RM Sports ParachutesAssociation to replace Islanderai rcraf t Lycoming engine —£ 1 2 , 8 5 3 . 5 0 (SF) £4 ,284.50(FAF), £2,000 (Sports Lottery).

Naval Air Command towardsreplacement of establishmentyacht Merlin of Lee — £39,845(SF). This project was selected torece ive t he Pusser ' s Rumdination.

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Second Sea Lord Admiral Sir Michael Layard has his videoimage and signature processed by LWTR David Jones afteropening the new Naval identity card production centre at HMSCenturion.

Blood group details displayed on a few of the new cards maybe incorrect — if in doubt recipients are advised to check andreport to their sickbay or medical authority.

Invincible teams work deep inside Bosnia

Sailors braveshells to aidruined schoolTEAMS of officers and men from HMS Invincible are continuing work to restore awrecked school near the front line in Bosnia.

Task groups from the aircraft carrier, on patrol in the Adriatic, have been making thedifficult and hazardous journey to the town of Bugojno in central Bosnia to join with Britishsoldiers of the UN force in the reconstruction project.

Working weeks at a time un-der the threat of shellfire, RoyalNavy men and women of allranks have succeeded in bring-ing the school near to a reopen-ing date.

Flown ashore to Split inCroatia, the six-strong teams


Picture: LA(PHOT) Dave Coombs.

are equipped with body ar-mour, helmets and weapons forself-protection before makingtheir way inland.

ConvoysSome have been able to hitch

rides in the Sea King helicop-ters of 845 Naval Air Squad-ron, but most have had to un-dertake, long, uncomfortableand sometimes dangerous jour-neys with UN road convoyssnaking over the rugged moun-tain routes.

When shellfire has forced ahalt to work in Bugojno, thetask groups have turned theirattention to smaller schools innearby villages.

Redundant tables and chairs,at HMS Daedalus at Lee-on-Solent were shipped out to theclassrooms at Bugojno. Theyprovided a partial solution tothe equipment problem untilInvincible's Christmas visit toMalta provided a completeanswer . ..

By happy coincidence, a Bri-tish Army surgeon working inBugojno, Major David Vas-

sallo, is a native of Malta andhad written a moving accountfor the Maltese press of thedeath through shelling of agroup of children from theschool.

He asked the Maltese peopleto donate school equipment inmemory of the young lives, andon Invincible's arrival in

Minus 20—845 keep going—THIS scene illustrates with icy clarity the conditions faced by845 Naval Air Squadron in Bosnia — in this case during anengine change deep in the mountains near Gomji Vakuf.

In blizzards and temperatures as low as minus 20 degreesC, the squadron continues to provide a 24-hour casualty eva-cuation service for UN troops in former Yugoslavia. And as thepicture by CAEM(L) Ian Keers shows, maintainers often haveto work in the open.

Since arriving in theatre in November 1992, 845 has flown5,000 hours in support of United Nations operations and hassaved at least 12 soldiers and civilians.

Squadron detachment commander Lt Cdr David Key said:"We have always believed that our training in the Arctic pro-vides excellent value. If you can operate there, you can oper-ate anywhere."

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Valletta everything that wasneeded was provided — as wellas a £2,000 cash donation.

The Navy work teams arecontinuing with the project un-til Invincible leaves the regionthis month near the end of herseven-month deployment. Sheis due to arrive in Portsmouthat the end of February.

HELPERSFINDA SAFEHAVENBRITISH aid workers en-route to Bosnia found ahomely welcome on boardHMS Cumberland, along-side at Trieste for theholiday.

Graham Ennis, a formermember of the Royal Navy,and volunteer driver StefanReed set out from Sheffieldon December 22 with SamuelMitchell of the HumanitarianRelief Foundation.

Supplies lowThey were bound for Bihac,

but they had suffered prob-lems with their Land Rover,loaded with 1,000 kg of medi-cal supplies, and by the timethey got to Trieste their ownsupplies were running low.

Seeing the White Ensign inTrieste harbour, they headedfor Cumberland to take abreak on board - - and acuppa and meal rustled up bythe ship's cooks.

They also had the chance toshower, stock up on provi-sions for the journey and tookaway small gifts from theship's company for childrenat the hospital for which theywere heading.

CAMPBELTOWNGOES DUTCH

HMS CAMPBELTOWN has "gone Dutch' in the Adriatic.She has become the flagship of Commodore Van-Der-Lugtof the Royal Netherlands Navy, current commander ofStanding Naval Force Mediterranean.

Pupils watch as a team fromHMS Invincible constructtemporary windows for theshattered school at Bugojno.Members of this particulartask group are MEM Middle-ton and AEMs Kay, Fogertyand Wood.

The commodore is accompa-nied on board by a multi-national NATO staff compri-sing personnel from theNetherlands, Germany, Spain,Greece and Britain.

The Type 22 frigate has beenon patrol as part of OperationSharp Guard to enforce UNsanctions against the warringfactions in former Yugoslavia.Christmas was spent at Brin-disi, and new year visits havebeen made to Catania in Sicilyand Piraeus, Greece.

In Brindisi, OM Robert Sav-age won a raffle for a flighthome over the holiday period,and the POs Mess ran a suc-

cessful horse-race meeting onthe flight deck to raise morethan £700 for the ship's welfarefund.

BrothersThis month some families

were flying out to visit Camp-beltown during her mainte-nance period at Naples.

Earlier in her deployment,there was an impromptu familyreunion when Lt Adam Parnellmet his brother, POWEADaniel Parnell. The meetingtook place at Gibraltar whenCornwall was returning fromthe Gulf and Campbeltown wason her way to the Adriatic.

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Canadian, Australian andNorwegian squadrons' oper-ations within RAF CoastalCommand are included plusthose of the South Africaand New Zealand Air Forces— and post-war operationsincluding the Berlin airlift.

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ASPIRING scriptwritersmight learn a thing or threefrom this month's trio of re-leases, all of which tacklewhat must have looked atthe word processor stagelike major headaches.

What to do, asks The Client,when your plotline is outrightpreposterous? Be brazen,comes the answer. And cast anactor with a strongly down-to-earth presence. Susan Sarandonis a player who's glamorousenough, no doubt, but in noway exotic. We might standnext to her at the checkout. Webelieve what she tells us, aquality particularly necessaryin this context.

Hit-menThe "client" of the title is an

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It's up to Sarandon, playingan alcoholic lawyer, to takecontrol of both kid and movieand steer them into safe water— which, of course, she does,admirably as usual. Incident-packed, thoroughly profes-sional, shamelessly manipula-tive, this is neverthelessperhaps best watched as avehicle for the sublime Susan.

The next problem is moretechnical. How do you arrangematters, enquires Clear andPresent Danger, when yourhero just doesn't have a lot todo with the story? Be brazen, isthe reply. And cast an actorwith a strongly commanding

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Susan Sarandon is attorney Reggie Love in Warner Brothers'thriller The Client, based on the best-selling novel by JohnGrisham and also starring Tommy Lee Jones.

Screen Scenepresence. The film has two sep-arate, converging plotlines:political manoeuvrings withinthe CIA and a power struggleinside a Latin American drugscartel.

A hero — Harrison Ford — iseventually required to sort outall this chichanery, but the first,half of the picture is basically amatter of putting all the bricksin place, and you can't keepsaid hero waiting in the wingsfor that length of time.

NarrativeSo you have to insert him

into scenes where his presenceis strictly unnecessary, andgamble that any scene contain-ing H. Ford automatical lycomes to be about H. Ford. Re-gardless of this narrative awk-wardness it's an engrossingyarn with a tremendous senseof reality in its deployment oftechnology.

Perhaps the most excitingscene, among all the ambushesand explosions, is a computer

duel with Ford trying to accessfiles which someone else is si-multaneously deleting.

How to go about allayingfears, wonders Forrest Gump,that audiences are going to findyour main character a little . . .irritating? Why, be brazen, ofcourse. And cast an actor with a.strongly sympathetic presence.This movie was the surprise hitof 1994, a quirky, rambling taleof a simple-minded fellow wan-dering in and out of the bigmoments of history over thelast thirty years.

Gump is a character whosounds and behaves like the vil-lage idiot, and at the same timeis possessed of a folksy wisdomand an innocence not availableto the rest of us since we wereout of nappies: a seriously an-noying proposition, in theory.

But Tom Hanks is the veryessence of likeability, and hejust about succeeds in holdingtogether this stylish, ambitiousepic which, incidentally, con-tains the best-directed featherin the history of the movies.

— Bob Baker

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It wasn't too difficult — hehad taken the precaution ofgiving a false name when ar-riving on board the sloopHMS Speedy.

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SNAPFIRST prize of E250 in theVSEL amateur photograph-ic competition has beenwon by Lt Rodger Colqu-houn RN of RAF Valley.Second prize of £150 wentto POAEM(WL) GeoffreyCritchley of HMS Osprey,while LSA Steven Prior ofHMS Fearless came thirdto win £100.

The chartist movementWHEN Francis Beaufort became Hydrographer of the Navy in 1829 he was 55 — the age atwhich his present-day successors retire.

Yet he remained in office for26 years and the number ofnew charts published rose from19 in his first year of office to130 in his last.

That was in 1854. In Marchhe had written: "... being 80years old, as deaf as a post, withfailing eyes and shaking hands,and above all, with memoryclean gone, it would be too sillyto remain here till some broadhint reached me from higherquarters."

But in that same month theCrimean War broke out andtheir Lordships would not lethim go for a further ninemonths.

The Navy was notoriously

crowded with aged senior -and junior — officers in thisperiod, but Beaufort's industrystill takes the breath away.

RememberedBest remembered for the

scale for measuring the force ofwind by eye that bears hisname and is still in world-wideuse, Beaufort also instituted theNotices to Mariners, publisheddaily as a correction to existingcharts and now averaging 4,000a year.

Before Beaufort there hadbeen no system for correctingcharts once sold, short of print-ing new ones.

In 1854 he left surveyorsworking in every ocean — anda series of 2,000 charts cover-ing every sea, 14,000 copies ofwhich were printed in his last'year alone.

In a timely revised and up-dated edition of The AdmiraltyChart (Pentland Press £19.50),marking the 200th anniversaryof the Hydrographic Office,Rear Admiral Steve Ritchieshows how Beaufort set the pat-tern for the 19th-century "highnoon" of hydrography that hasbeen followed for 150 years,maintaining the Royal Navy'sposition in the very forefront ofthe world's chartmakers.

— JFA


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This was because, whilethe traditional policy of sub-sidising allies while attack-ing French colonies wasmaintained for a while, poli-tical necessity often re-quired diversions on thecontinent; the threat of inva-sion also led to bombard-ments of concentrations ofshipping in the Channelports.

The bomb was particularlywell suited to Arcticvoyages. The squarish mid-ship section, bluff bow andstrong construction of thehull (to withstand the firingof the mortars) meant that ithad the right combination ofstrength and internal capa-city, if the mortar beds wereremoved, to withstand therigours of the weather pecu-liar to that region, and in par-ticular, the ice.

ConversionThus the most famous of

them all, Erebus and Terror,are remembered for theirfatal voyage with Franklin insearch of the North WestPassage in 1845. The factthat neither of them survivedit had nothing to do with thequality of their conversion

for the job and everything todo with the provisions theycarried — and not so muchwith the provisions per se aswith the soldering on the tincans that contained them,which it is now believed in-duced lead poisoning intheir crews.

EquivalentMortars would be fitted

.into converted screw frig-ates, the immediate descen-dants of the sailing bomb.Longer term, the First WorldWar monitor was an exactequivalent — and appropria-tely two of the most charac-teristic bomb names, Erebusand Terror, were revived fora single class that saw ac-tive service in the bomb ves-sel's original role to the laststages of World War II.

— JFA

The bomb vessel HMS Carcass — profile and section as fitted for Arctic service in1773, showing the reinforced bows.

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If you need to know thebreaking strength of stainlesssteel rigging wire or the recom-mended size for seacocks, thisis another prime source.

— JFA

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Britain' . . .IT IS A sign of the times that the maintenance of the nucleardeterrent now receives no more than a cursory glance fromthe media, writes Mike Critchley in his introduction to the1995 British Warships and Auxiliaries (Maritime Books£5.99) — published as the Trident submarine HMS Van-guard begins her first patrol.

"To many, the introductionof Trident is now something ofa side issue," he reflects — butwhile there was no immediatethreat to the security of the na-tion, with continuing instabilityin parts of Asia and NorthAfrica, allied to the sustainedproliferation of ballistic missiletechnology, "it would be foo-lish to believe that this will al-ways be the case."

VulnerableHe cites the recent analysis

published by the Centre for De-fence and International Securi-ty Studies at Lancaster Univer-sity, "Ballistic Missiles — TheApproaching Threat", whichwarned that a growing numberof potentially hostile govern-ments were acquiring missileswith increased ranges: "Suchmissiles can already hit areas ofinterest to Britain, includingthe oil producing regions in theMiddle East. In a few years,such ballistic missiles may beable to hit targets in Britain it-self, most importantly, and vul-

nerable, London."Critchley also notes that in

late 1993 an industrial consor-tium led by British Aerospacewas awarded funds to conductan 18-month pre-feasibilitystudy into various forms of bal-listic missile defence (BMD)for both the UK mainland andfor British forces deployedoverseas.

"While it is too early to pre-dict the outcome of these earlystudies, it should be readily ap-parent that the RN has a majorrole to play in the BMD role-... In the nearer term, plans tofield the Tomahawk land attackcruise missile on board Trafal-gar-class submarines are nowbeing developed with somespeed following analyses of USsuccesses with the weapon dur-ing the Gulf War.

"A Ministerial decision onproceeding with a procurementis due in mid-1995: the currentsigns are extremely positive.Such a weapon would add con-siderably to the power projec-tion capability of the subma-rine flotilla."

— JFA

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At Your ServiceCalling Old Shipmates

HMS Osboume: Enid Nelson-Ward (neeBest) and Edna Foxon (nee Dodds) hope toorganise a reunion of ex-Wrens who servedat Fort Bembridge, Culver Cliff and SeaviewIsle of Wight during the Second World War.Contact Edna Foxon, 18 Glastonbury Ave,Upton by Chester, Cheshire CH2 1NG (tel.0244 350176).

HMS Ariadne, Stokers' Mess, (1981-82):Ginge Lake (tel. 0533 606978) and SeanLinnell (tel. 0533 781331) would like to hearfrom old shipmates.

HMS Gambia, 1950: Jan Bunch (tel. 0264356340) and Harry Rylance (051 4751796)would like to hear from Paddy Quigley.

HMS Vindictive, decommissioned Blyth,Northumberland, 1945: Barry (Big Mac) Mc-Kay (tel. 0423 870116) would like to hearfrom Eric Newham of Scarborough.

HMS Albion, Cape Town, late 1950s: E ALawler, 9 14th Ave, Da Gama Park, Simon'sTown, 7995. South Africa would like to hearfrom PO Electrician Ken Stickings who suf-fered a major head injury while on shore inCape Town. He was last known to be serv-ing in Plymouth and living at St Budeaux.Mr Lawler and his wife, are visiting the UKfor the VE Day celebrations and would liketo meet up with Ken and his family onceagain.

HMS Rowena (1944-45): Former AB JohnNewton, the sole New Zealander in ship'scompany, will be in the UK for the AlgerinesAssociation reunion at Scarborough onMay 12-14 and would like to meet up withold shipmates and friends. Contact him at92 Smalewell Rd, Pudsey, Leeds LS28 8JH

HMS Norfolk Boys, East Indies, (1948-49): John Dunstan, 47 Abbotsbury Rd,Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 2NS (tel. 0162654294) would like to hear from oldshipmates.

Cdr (E) F A Green, apprentice class, Jan1931: Mr F Peters, 8 Clement St, Roaty Hill,New South Wales. Australia would like tohear from Cdr Green.

HMS Loch Quoich (1944-54): Former offi-cers who served onboard are invited tocontact A E Powell, 162 Dartmouth Rd,Paignton, Sth Devon TQ4 6NP (tel. 0803842384) with a view to attending a reunionat Southsea in March.

Over to YouBritish cemetery, Suda Bay, Crete: While

on holiday in Crete Mr D. Chambers, 18Hastings House, 42 Sandringham Rd, ParkEnd, Middlesbrough TS4, visited the ceme-tery at Suda Bay and took photographs ofsome of the RN personnel buried there —F. Liddle. RM, May 16 1944, and SupplyAssistant K. D. Higgins, HMS GloucesterMay 1941. He woulp be willing to pass themon to any relatives or friends.

LBE, LBK, LBO, LBV, LBWs: Jim Jarman,Parchment Corner, Cavendish St, ChicheterPO19 3BT, would like to hear from all ship-mates associated with these convertedThames barges during the Second WorldWar.

HMS Gosling, Sept 22, 1944, and HMSCormorant P. Cunningham, 33 GrangePark Rd, Oakwood. Leeds LS8 3BJ, wouldlike to hear from anyone who served withhis father and from anyone who may have aphotograph taken of naval ratings joiningHMS Gosling on September 22, 1944.

HM LCS(L) 252: E. D. Chapman, 78 Sher-borne Rd, Cheadle Heath, Stockport Sk3OSN, would like to hear from any survivorsand from anyone who has informationabout Royal Marine Harry Ford killed in ac-tion on Nov 1, 1944, while serving in LCS252.

LSTs, USA to Mediterranean, 1943: MrMaxwell, 45 New Rd, Water Orton, Birming-ham. B46 1QP (tel. 021 747 2418), wouldlike to hear from LST crews who sailedfrom the USA, via Bermuda, to Mediterran-ean in Convoy UGS6A (March 19. 1943).

HMS Regal (trawler/minesweeper) 1942:Mrs M. Edwards, c/o Newport and Shrop-shire RNA, Bellmans Yard, Newport, Shrop-shire (tel. 01952 814724), would like to hearfrom anyone who has information about theship.

Fairmile B, ML 293: The Fairmile Society,Swan Cottage, No 1 The Square, High St,Bruton. Somerset BA10 OAJ (tel. 0749813692), established to renovate ML 293 islooking for renewed interest and support.Contact the above address for details.

HMAFD 20: Tom Bonner, 17 BittacyCourt, London NW7 1HY, would welcomeany news of AFD 20 after the journey fromManus to Singapore early 9n 1946.

Attack on Tirpitz: W. Ferris, Flat 11 A. 27Palmeira Sq, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2JP(tel. 0273 204787), would like informationabout the attack for the memoirs of the lateSquadron Leader V. E. Element RAF, father

Eighth Destroyer Assn, China Station(1945-63): Shipmates who served in HMships Cossack, Constance, Consort, Con-test, Cockade, Comus, Comet, Concord.Charity, Cheviot, Cavalier, Caprice, Caesar,Cambrian, Cassandra, Carysfort, Carronand Cavendish and who wish to meet upshould contact Eric Mulliner, The Bunga-low, Selhurst, Brighton Rd, Lower Seeding.Horsham RH13 6PR (tel. 01403 891556).

HM Norwegian ship M S Acanthus(1942-43): Michael D'Arcy. 2 Beresford Rd.Holt. Norfolk NR25 6EW would like to hearfrom his former messmate Sig B Smeatonfrom the Doncaster area.

14th Flotilla, HMML 269, Coastal Forces,Rangoon, Burma, 1944: Eddie (Scouse)Perry. 29 Rowan Dr, Kirkby, Liverpool L32OSF (tel. 051 546 3617) would like to hearfrom old shipmates.

HMS Khedive, 1945: Peter Embleton (tel.01924 400208) would like to hear from ABHarold Calow, LAM John Stirrup and NAGeorge Farrer.

HM ships Ganges, Warspite and Alder-ney (1935-46): Bert McCollin, 29 AmethystRd, Bilton Grange, Hull. Humberside HH94JE (tel. 0482 74513) would like to hearfrom PO James Dwyer, last known address20 Gladstone St, Elephant and Castle.

HM submarine Turpin (1957-60): SteveHarris, 10 Sandringham Dr, Robina Waters,Queensland, Australia 4226 would line tohear from old shipmates in particular PMonk, B Powell, G Barker and BungyWilliam.

HMS Caprice, Communications Depart-ment (1967-69): Phil Evans (tel. 0161 6819044) and Phil Rowe (tel. 0161 747 7325)would like to hear from old shipmates in

Barticular Woods, Douglas, Windsor, Bird,arrison, Cahill, Matthews, Dow, Roberts,

Jennings, Smith, Davis, Farmer, Youde andFields.

St Crispin's School, Wokingham: JenCook (nee Muir) (tel. 01734 882065) wouldlike to hear from Peter Harrison, Ron Kilbyand Eric Wadman who joined the RN in1956/57 with a view to a reunion in spring.

H Boat Assn: At the AGM held at Plym-outh in Sept the association was expanded

of Brace Element, who was a crew memberOf X5.

Dr Who, 1971, HMS Fraser GunnerySchool and HMS Reclaim: Richard bignell,23 Fane Way, Rainham, Kent ME8 9TD,would like to hear from anyone who tookpart in the filming of a Dr Who episode onthe Isle of Wight and No Man's Land SeaFort and who has cine film or photographs.

Crown and Anchor, 1900-50: Eddie Sum-merfold, 28 Greymont Rd, Limefield, BuryBL9 5PN, would like to hear from anyonewho recollects playing the gambling gameCrown and Anchor.

HMS Anson, 1945, and Gunnery Manual:Mr A. R. Brannon, 24 Church Lane, Upron-by-Chester, Cheshire CH2 1DJ (tel. 0244380542), would like a photograph or col-oured print of the ship. He would also like tohear from anyone who knows where he canget a pre-war gunnery manual.

HMS Corncrake, Jan 25 1943: MaureenBatters, 93 Valley View Rd, Rochester ME13NX (tel 0634 847874) would like to hearfrom anyone who served with her fatherCPO Stoker Robert Davies who served withHMS Corncrake and was lost with the shipon Jan 25 1943. Were there any survivors?

George Ackers, goalkeeper for Aber-deen FC: Rob A Clark, 34 Cairngorm Ave,Grantown-on-Spey PH26 3EX is research-ing a book, "In Safe Hands ... 50 Years ofAberdeen FC Goalkeepers 1945-95," andwould like to hear from George Ackers, whowas on leave when he volunteered to playin goal for Aberdeen during a friendly matchwith Inverness Thistle on Dec 30 1989.

HMS Newcastle, 1958: R. W. Lillicrap, 52Spittalfield Crescent, Inverkeithing, FifeKY11 1DU (tel. 0383 413367) would like tohear from anyone who has a copy of herlatest commission book.

HMS Victorious, 1946: Ron Mortiboys, 6Buckbury Croft, Monkspath. Solihull B904YJ seeks a copy of the individual results orthe noticeboards issue signed by Cdr Cope-man concerning the boxing match that tookplace on board in 1946.

RN Field Service Pocket Book, BR, andold navy lists 1970-1958: N.R. Beach. Flat23, Greyfriars, Eastgate St, Winchester,Hants S023 SEA (tel. 0962 870 198) wouldlike copies of the above-mentioned.

HMS Ashanti: R.P. Snellmg. 6 WoodplaceClose, Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 1NA (tel. 081771 2606) would like to know the name of

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A List of Members and a Year Book are issued, and ARNO organises:'Regional Social functions and group holidays, *a list of members worldwidewho would like to exchange homes for holidays 'Social introductions * Mallredirection 'Swords and uniform items for sale 'an ARNO credit card.For membership application form complete the following:

To: Lt Cdr I. M. P. Coombes RN, ARNO, 70 Porchester Terrace,London W2 3TP. Please send me details and a membership applicationform.

to encompass all past and present RN sur-vey ships and re-titled The Survey Ship As-sociation. For information about member-ship send a s.a.e. to The Secretary, TheSurvey Ship Association, The Elms GuestHouse, 48 Victoria Road South, Southsea,Hants POS 2BT (tel. 01705 823924).

HMS Perseus (1945-46): Mr R Daley, 36Merganser, Wilnecote, Tamworth, StaffsB77 5NN would like to hear from old ship-mates in particular Sid Causer and KenSweetzer (both Air Mech As).

HMS Speaker Robin Campbell, 203 Bel-lona Rd, Whangamata, New Zealand will bevisiting the UK late this year for the BPF/EIFreunion at Portsmouth and would like to getin contact and meet AB Joe Stanton, lastknown address 62 Eldon St, Barnsley.

HM ships Frobisher (1935-37), Woolwich(1938-42) and Resource (1942-43): N Day,29 Northwell Place, Swaffham, NorfolkPE32 7HH (tel. 0760 72613) would like tohear from the ships' former cooks.

HMS Jackdaw: Don Field, 11475 207A St,maple Ridge, Vancouver, BC V2X OC7,Canada would like to hear from anyone whoknows the whereabouts of John E Saville.

Portsmouth Field Gun Crew, 1951: Mrs SBurton (tel. 0909 733837) would like to hearfrom gun crew members who served withher father N Bowskill with a view to cele-brating his 65th birthday.

HMS Jaguar, POs' Mess rugby team(1971-72): Ken Hinchcliffe, 79 RoboroughClose, Bransholme, Hull HU7 4RN wouldlike to hear from members of the rugbyteam.

HMS Blackcap, 776 Sqn (1943-44), HMSChaser, 899 Sqn, Nabthorpe, NSW, Aus-tralia (1944-45): Eric Woodhead, 16 TheGrove, Lea, Gainsborough, Lines DN21 SEPwould like to hear from old shipmates.

Submarine ASDIC/SONAR Maintained,whether serving or not, are invited to givetheir views re the formation of an associa-tion. Contact Chris Parnell, 7 Nursery Field,Liss, Hants or Harry Nottley, 6 Liskeard Rd,Callington, Cornwall.

HMS Appleton (1968-69): R Head, 3Rounces Lane, Canton Colville, LowestoftNR33 8AJ (tel. 0502 517825) would like to

the children's home affiliated to HMSAshanti during his period of service (1972-76).

OHMS Lancastria, St Nazaire, June1940: Derek Knott. 2 Careys Cottages,Brockenhurst, Hants SO42 7TF would liketo know the name of the organisation whichcommemorates the sinking of OHMSLancastria.

Homing pigeons: D. Humphries, StationHouse, Tipton St John, Sidmouth, DevonEX10 OAF would like information about theuse of homing pigeons in the RN.

Belfast Castle: Rosie Joyce, HeritageCentre, Belfast Castle, Antrim Rd, BelfastBT15 5GR (tel. 01232 776925, fax 01232370228) would like to hear from RN person-nel who served at Belfast Castle during theSecond World War. She would particularlylike to get in touch with anyone who may beable to supply the heritage centre withequipment which may have been in use atthe time or a naval uniform of that period.

HMS Avon: The person interested in aphoto of HMS Avon is invited to contact O.Purdy, 124 Wirksworth Road, Kirkhallam,Ilkeston DE7 4GE (tel. 0602 321599).

AB Trevor Evans, HMS Sultan, Singa-pore (1941-42): Heather Hems, Rock EndLodge, Rock End Ave, Torquay TQ1 2DR(tel: 0803 215170) would like informationabout AB Trevor Evans, missing presumedkilled in 1942 when he is believed to havegone to Penang for civilian evacuations.

HMS Grecian, 40th Flotilla (D Section),Sword Beach: Ronnie Young, 15 LeinsterRd, Bluff, 4052, Natal, South Africa wouldlike information about his father Alfred Den-nis Young who served in the RN and RAFbetween 1942-46. He would like to knowwhat rates or ranks he held and would likemore information about the ship.

LST3, Tunisia, 1944: Brian Holland, 22Bankfield Dr, Beeston, Nottingham NG93EG (tel. 0115 9256895) would like to knowif any members of the emergency crewhave a photograph of LST3 he could have.

HM ships Heythrop, Oribi and BoxerRon Backhouse, Stockhill Fold, BradfordBD10 9AY (tel 0274 614142) would like tocontact former shipmates who came to theassistance of Imperial Star when she wastorpedoed off Skerki Banks. He would alsolike to hear from anyone who served inHMS Boxer. June 1944, when she was enroute to the UK.

HMS Jaguar/Kandahar C.W. Haskins. 22Thoresby Ave, Edwinstowe, Mansfield,Notts NG21 9ND would like to hear fromthose present at the sinking and rescue ofsurvivors from HMS Kandahar on Dec 201941.

LCI(S) Association founded on Dec 131944 by the late Cdr Rupert Curtis DSCRNVR has resolved to close down followingthe 50th anniversary of the LCI(S) Squadronat Normandy on June 6 1944 and on theisland of Walcheren on Nov 1 1944.

RN corvette Auricula, 1942: Mr L.J.Turner, 23 St Mary's Close, Potterne, NrDevizes, Wilts SN10 5NI (tel 01380 722000)would like information regarding the towingof a Sunderiand flying boat which ditched inthe sea because of engine trouble on Feb 91942 and which was taken in tow to Free-town by the Auricula.

LCT(R) 457: Would any survivors of therocket craft mined and sunk at the battle ofWalcheren, Nov 1 1944, or anyone whoknew Lt J.D. Riley, the ship's commandingofficer, contact Ernest Carver, 71 Moss-wood Cres, Besrwood Park, NottinghamNG5 5SU (tel: 0115 926485).

HM ships Prince of Wales and Repulse:Mr H.G. Hedges, 28 Norbury Rd, Reigate,Surrey RH2 9BY has in his possession pho-tographs taken of war graves in Thailandbelonging to Cpl L.C. Thompson RM andAB R. Hull (Prince of Wales) and Mne D.M.Elliott RM (Repulse). He would be pleasedto pass them on to relatives.

HMS Hardy, Convoy 56B: D.G. Johnson,52 Laleham Reach, Chertsey, Surrey KT168QR (tel. 0932 563241) would like to hearfrom anyone who knew her father CPOGeorge White who was killed in charge ofthe gun party when the ship was torpedoedon Jan 30 1944 — survivors were taken offby HMS Venus.

HMML 864 and HMS Narborough: Mr H.Hodgkinson. No 6-lb, Manuel de Talla, Al-haurin De La Toree, 29130, Malaga, Spain,would like photographs of the above-men-tioned ships.

hear from old shipmates in particular POMEJan Nash.

Patrol Service Ratings (1942-45): Ri-chard Townsend, Glamaig Cottage, Braes,Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland IV51 9LL(tel. 0478 650 226) would like to hear frompatrol service ratings who were engaged insecret operations from bases in Cornwall,carrying agents and stores to and from theBay of Biscay in French fishing boats, witha view to attending the official opening of anexhibition illustrating these activities due tobe opened in Helston, Cornwall in May.

HMS Concord (1949-52): Edware Thom-as, c/o Dougie Leeson, HMS Concord As-sociation, 15 Downton Rd, Penhill, Swin-don, Wilts SN2 5JP (tel. 01793 723967)would like to hear from PO Eddie Savage(later CPO Gl), last heard of at RNR Bristolarea, 30 years ago.

HMS Whitby (1962-64): Alistair (Jock)McDonald (tel. 01236 824166) would like tohear from old shipmates in particular DaveHunt, G A R (Yogi) Johanson Guy Waringand Adolf Efford

HMS Hunter Doug Barnard, 63 KlondykeAve, Lydney, Glos GL15 5PN (tel. 0594841626) would like to hear from old ship-mates in particular any POWs.

HMS Coventry (1982): Ex-RS Sam Mac-Farlane, 50 King George Rd, Walderslade,Chatham, Kent ME5 OtX (tel. 0634 684817)would like to hear from members of thecommunications branch with a view to areunion later this year.

Captain or Commander's cap: Ms GillPoulter, Industrial heritage Officer, DundeeHeritage Trust Limited, Maritime House, 26East Dock Street, Dundee DD1 9HY (tel.0382 25282) would like to hear from anyonewilling to donate a captain's or com-mander's cap for the waxwork figure ofCapt Scott which is exhibited at the heritagecentre.

HMS Hawkins (1942-43): Mr R. Cockin,20 Milbank Court, Stockton-on-Tees, Cleve-land TS18 1PH (tel. 0642 678012) would liketo hear from old shipmates, in particularmembers of the Torpedomen's Mess.

HM ships Redoubt and Veralum: Ex-ABT.M. Hill, 8 Mapleton Rd, Hedge End,Southampton, Hants SO30 OGL would likecap tallies for the above-mentioned ships.

HM ships Dinosaur, Spartiate, Assegaiand Lanka (1943-45): John Lee c/o 61Sheila Rd, Collier Row, Romford, EssexRMS 2NU would like to hear from anyonewho served with his father AB John Leewho died in Colombo in Feb 1945. He wouldalso like photographs of his father.

HMIS Hooghly: A history of the Navy inCalcutta is being compiled and the NavalOfficer-in-Charge, Navy Office, Napier Rd,Hastins, Calcutta — 700 022, India wouldlike to hear from anyone who served in thebase or who has information orphotographs.

HMS Howe: A roll of honour is being com-piled and if anyone, shipmate, relative orfriend, would like the name of a past mem-ber of the ship's company of any rank/rate,to be entered they should contact RegGoldsmith, 28 Hamtun Cres, Totton, South-ampton, Hants SO40 SPA.

HMS Kenya's ship's bell: The ship's as-sociation is trying to trace the old quarter-deck bell, last seen in an antique shop inthe vicinity of Old Harlow in 1963/64. If any-one has information of its whereaboutscontact Jim (Spud) Murphy, The Drive, 11Park Lane. Cheshunt, Herts EN7 6LY (tel.0992 638551).

HMS Warrior, Grapple Squadron, Christ-mas Island H-bomb tests (1956-57): Mi-chael Gruber, 18 Gladdis Rd, Westhowe,Bournemouth, Dorset BH11 8HX (tel. 0202571884) would like to hear from the FlightDeck and Flight Deck Divisional Officer atthe time (plus helicopter and fixed wingedpilot) Lt Cdr Richardson (or family of same)regarding the 8mm film he took of the com-plete trip.

HMS Borage, July 21 Oct 21, 1943: DonLydon, 34 Delwood Rd, Castle Knock, Dub-lin 15 has in his possession a deck log bookfor the above-mentioned dates which wasfound in a rubbish skip by a member of theIrish Naval Service. He would like to hearfrom anyone who served in her who may beinterested in the book.

ReunionsHMS Whitesand Bay, 1952 will hold a

reunion on March 4. Details from GeoffNightingale, 268 Galley Hill, Gadebridge,Hemel Hempstead, Herts HP1 3LD (tel.01442 63405) — shipmates Tom King, JeffSteed and Doug Warboys are invited toattend.

North Russia Club, South Wales will holdtheir next reunion at Neath ConstitutionalClub on March 25. Send sae for details toE.M. Williams, 87 Olive Rd, Coxford, South-ampton SO16 5FT (tel. 01703 775875).

North Russia Club reunion to be held atHMS Nelson on May 6 has been cancelleduntil further notice.

HMS Tendy Assn will hold their thirdreunion at the Trecarn Hotel, Torquay onMay 6-7. Details from Jeff Mays (F65) on0344 59368 or Roy Tapping (J34) on 0202301903.

26th Destroyer Flotilla (1943-45) — HMships Saumarez, Verulam, Virago, Venus,Vigilant, Volage, Myngs, Kempenfelt andHardy: The 12th reunion will be held at theVictory Club, HMS Nelson on June 3. De-tails from Jack Greenwood, The Chalet, Ty-burn Lane, Pulloxhill, Beds MK45 5HG (tel.0525 712379).

HMS Warspite Assn will hold their 10threunion at Plymouth on May 19-21. Detailsof the reunion and how to join the associa-tion from Reg Foster on 0753 653915.

HMS Barle will hold a reunion at theClaremont Hotel, Hagley Rd, Birminghamon April 22. Details from Sam Pearsall, 29Green Gables Dr, Hollywood, Nr Birming-ham B47 5NJ (tel. 021 430 6924) or TedHellings on 0933 53972.

HMS Barle, BPF/EIF 50th anniversaryreunion will be held at Portsmouth on Sept2-3. Details from Sam Pearsall, 29 GreenGables Dr, Hollywood, Nr Birmingham B475NJ (tel. 021 430 6924) or Ted Hellings on0933 53972.

RN Signal School, 1949, Rochester, 606Class will hold a reunion in the summer of1996. Details from Bob Stonell on 0494763073 or W. (Smiler) Townend on 0532639649.

Eighth Destroyer Flotilla will hold theirseventh reunion at Brighton on Sept 8-10.Details from Eric Muiliner, The Bungalow,Selehurst, Brighton Rd, Lower Seeding,Horsham RH13 6PR (tel. 01403 891556).

HMS Mohawk, 1941: A reunion of survi-vors will be held in April. Details from RayBromley on 0703 243175.

HMS Southdown, 16th Destroyer Flotillareunion will take place at the ConservativeClub, Woking on April 22. Details from Mr E.Kerr 60 Leonard St, Bulwell, NottinghamNG6 8RR (tel. 0115 9273055).

HMS Matchless Assn (1942-46) will holdtheir ninth reunion at the Victory ServicesClub, London on May 20. Shipmates fromother M ships — Milne, Mahratta, Marne,Martin, Meteor and Muskateer — are invit-ed to attend. Details from J. Morton. 16Mansfield Gardens, Hornchurch. EssexRM12 4NL (tel. 0706 442162).

HMS Magpie Assn will hold their nextreunion at the Sherbourne Hotel, Lord St,Southport on May 5. Details from Tom Id-don, 28 Falkland Rd, Southport PR8 6LG(tel 0704 541567).

HM ships Beagle, Boadicea and Bulldog1939-45 Crews Assn will hold their 28threunion at Portsmouth on May 20. Detailsfrom A.L.M. Beck, 30 Cottenham Park Rd,London SW20 OSA (tel. 081 946 8964).

HMS Khedive, air staff and 808,899 and1700 Sqns will hold their fourth reunion inMay. Details from Peter Embleton on 01924

HMS Glasgow Old Boys' Assn will holdtheir 16th reunion at Portsmouth on July 8-9. Details from Allan Mercer, 89 Royal Ave,Hough Green, Widnes, Cheshire WAS 8HJ(tel. 051 424 7390) or D. Hay at PortsmouthRNOC Club.

HMS Wescott will hold their next reunionand AGM at the London Welsh Club. GraysInn Rd, London on April 8. Details fromStormy Fairweather, Stable Cottage, Col-chester Rd. West Bergholt, Colchester, Es-sex CO6 3JQ.

HMS Onslow (Capt D17) will hold a reun-ion at Plymouth on April 3-4 — shipmateswidows and next of kin are invited to attend.Details of hotel bookings from Lorraine(SAGA Group) on 01303 711111 or BobMorris on 0222 778300.

HMS St Austell Bay (1945-56) will holdtheir first reunion at Cheltenham on March11. Details from Doug Hughes, 19 KiplingRd, St Marks, Cheltenham GL51 7DJ (tel!0242 691259).

HMS Bullen will hold their seventh reun-ion at St Edmund's Hotel, Marine Parade,Gorleston, Great Yarmouth on April 22.

FIFTY YEARS ONA LOOK back at the wartime operations of the Royal Navy half acentury ago this month.

The inshore campaign of the German submarines in UK watershad little success. Merchant shipping losses remained low. Twenty-one U-boats were sunk in all theatres. Convoy JW 64 reached NorthRussia without loss despite heavy torpedo bomber and submarineattack.

In the Far East the main body of the British Pacific Fleet arrived inSydney. The US forces were making progress towards Japan,Manila was reoccupied, Iwo Jima assaulted and USN carrier aircraftmade their first attacks on the Japanese mainland.

Principal events included:3: HM ships Bayntun, Braithwaite and

Loch Eck sank U-1279 in Shetlands-Faroesgap. HMS Arley, damaged by mine off Sher-ingham, sank in tow.

4: HM ships Loch Scavalg, Loch Shin,Nyasaland and Papua sank U-1014 in NWapproaches.

9: HM submarine Venturer sank hersecond U-boat, U-864, off Bergen.

11: HMS Pathfinder damaged by Japa-nese air attack off Akyab, towed to Chitta-gong but beyond repair.

12: HM submarine Venturer sank Germanminesweeper off N. Norway. HMS Delhidamaged by explosive motor boat attack inSplit harbour.

13: HMS Denbigh Castle torpedoed by U-992 off Kola Inlet, beached but latercapsized.

14: HM ships Bayntun, Braithwaite, LochDunvegan and Loch Eck sank U-989 oh* theShetlands.

16: HMCS St. John sank U-309 off theShetlands.

17: HM ships Bayntun and Lock Eck sankU-1278 NNW of the Shetlands, their third

success in a fortnight. Action off Kola Inlet:HMS Bluebell torpedoed by U-711. sank in30 seconds. HM ships Alnwick Castle andLark sank U-425, Lark then torpedoed byU-968, beached at Murmansk and later sal-vaged by the Russian Navy and taken intoservice as Neptun.

20: HMS Vervain sunk off Waterford byU-1208 which was then sunk by HMSAmethyst.

21: First flight of the Hawker Sea Fury,the Navy's last front line piston enginedaircraft.

22: HMCS Trentonian sunk by U-1004 offDodman Point. HM ships Pincher, Recruitand Evadne sank U-300 off Portugal.

23: French ship La Combattante sunk bymine off East Dudgeon Light.

24: HM ships Duckworth and Rowleysank U-480. and RAF Warwick sank U-927in SW approaches.

27: HMS Loch Fada sank U-1018 in SWapproaches.

28: HM ships Labuan, Loch Fada, WildGoose and US Liberator sank U-327 off theScillies.

Taken from The Royal Navy Day by Day.

Shipmates from HMS Goodall are also wel-come. Details from C.W. Bilverstone, 31Sands Lane, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft NR323ER (tel. 0502 561130).

HMS St Vincent, Aug 1965, 78 entry:Anyone interested in attending a 30th anni-versary reunion contact Mr R. George, 15Unity Rd, Porthleven, Helston, CornwallTR13 9DA (tel. 0326 572950).

Bounty Boys Assn will hold their nextAGM at the Royal Sailors' Home Club.Portsmouth on April 11. Details about thereunion and how to join the associationfrom Jack Brown, 115 Eversleigh Rd. Lon-don SW11 5UY (tel 071 228 7237).

HMS Grenville Assn, 1943-46 (along withHM ships Ursa, Undaunted and Urania) willbe holding their next reunion at Blackpool inMarch. Details from R. Durber, 4 Sir Win-ston Churchill Place, Binley Woods. Nr Cov-entry CVS 2BT (tel. 0203 542978).

HM ships Charybdis and Limboume: TheCharybdis association will hold their nextAGM and gala dinner at the Apollo Hotel,Birmingham on April 22. Details from NeilWood, The Fingerpost, Cleobury Rd, FarForest, Nr Kidderminster DY14 9TA (tel.0299 266048).

North Russia Club will hold a reunion atthe Stretton Hotel, Blackpool on March 25.Details from Les Jones, 35 Neargates,Charnock Richard, Chorley, Lanes PR7 5EY(tel. 0257 791632).

HMS Fisguard, Artificer Apprentice En-try 12, Sept 1955 will hold a 40th anniver-sary at the Royal Sailors' Home Club,Portsmouth on Sept 8. Send sae for detailsto Brian Wines, 40 Roundway, Waterloo-ville, Hants PO7 7QD (tel. 0705 647708.

RN Medical Branch Ratings and SickBerth Staff Assn will hold their next reunionat RNH Haslar on April 22. Details fromHarry Mitchell, 3 Florence Rd, SouthseaPOS 2ND (tel. 0705 830158).

HMS Serene (1944-47) will hold their 16threunion at the Community Centre, Lmgfield,Surrey on April 22. Details from E. Drum-mond, 5 Green Way, Scarcroft, Leeds LS143BJ (tel. 0532 892222)

HMS Middleton (L74) will hold their 11threunion at the RNA Club, Leamington Spaon April 28-29. Details in March newsletter.Newcomers contact Mike Alston, 6 BelmontPark Rd. Maidenhead, Berks SL6 6HT (tel.01628 29655).

HMS Cairo (1939-42) will hold their nextreunion at the Union Jack Club, Sandell St,London on June 10. Details from Jock Har-ris, 72 St Leonards Caravan Park, Ring-wood Rd, West Moors, Ferndown, DorsetBH22 OAQ (tel. 0202 894121).

HMS Jackdaw will hold a reunion at Crailon May 8. Details from Harrold Harrison. 40Chatterton Dr, Accrington, Lanes BBS 2TDor Don Field, 1145 207A St, Maple Ridge,Vancouver BC, Canada V2X OC7.

HMS Sparrow, West Indies Tour, (1949-51) will hold a reunion at the Royal FleetClub, Devonport on May 20. Details fromRay Jacquett on 0709 898491).

Sherborne RNA Hospital reunion andbuffet lunch will be held at the Crown Hotel,Greenhill, Sherborne on April 22. For ticketssend sae and cheque and postal ordermade payable to Mrs D. Scholefield, TheBungalow, Watling St, Hockliffe, LeightonBuzzard, Beds LU7 9NF (tel. 01525210867).

RN Aircrewmen Branch will hold a 21stanniversary reunion at Barton Hall LeisureComplex, Torquay on March 31-April 2. De-tails from CACMN Pip Hall, Sea King Simu-lator, RN Air Station Culdrose (tel. 01326557173) or Ian Williams on 0115 926 5513).

HMS Stevenstone will hold their sixthreunion at The Three Swans Hotel, MarketHarborough on May 13-14. Details from JimCook, 41 Main St. Foxton, Market Harbor-ough, Leics LE16 7RB (tel. 0858 545 210).

HMS Opposum (F33) will hold their nextreunion at Blackpool on May 26-27 — ship-mates from 1946-57 will also be attending.Details from Harry Catterson, 27 RissingtonWalk, Thornaby, Stockton on Tees TS179QJ (tel. 01642 763918).

NPs 1754 (Royal Edgar) and 1730 (RoyalAlbert): A reunion has been planned at theNaval Club in May. Details from G.B. Lewis,4 Temple Gardens, Staines, Middx TW183NQ (tel. 0784 451544).

HMS Crossbow will hold their next reun-ion at the Union Jack Club, London, on April21. Details from Barrie Edmonds, 129Churchgate, Southport PR9 7JE (tel. 0704214232).

HMS Newfoundland Assn (1942-59) willhold their seventh annual reunion at Black-pool on May 12-14. Details from TomRoxby, 8 Lindale Close, Buglawton, Cong-leton, Cheshire CW12 2DG (tel. 0260279819).

Tel(S) 1942-45 Assn will hold their nextreunion at the Cumbrian Hotel, Carlisle, onSept 6. Details from Vic Simmons, 11 BisleyClose, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 8PN(tel. 0181 337 5760).

Undine-Urchin Assn will hold their nextreunion at Butlins Ocean Hotel, Brighton onMarch 17-20. Details Stan De'Ath. 28 MainSt, Sewstern, Grantham, Lines NG33 5RF.

RN Communications Assn will hold theirsecond AGM at the RNA Leamington Spaon March 18. Details from Sam.MacFarlaneon 0634 684817.

RNPHQ Portland: Due to its closure inAug the RNPHQ Portland will be holding afarewell party on July 21-23. Details fromMAA, HMS Osprey. Portland (tel. Portland820311, ext 2409/2437).

HMS Redoubt (1942-45): at Victory Ser-vices Club, Marble Arch. March 14 at 12noon. Tel. Sam Morley 0707 872720 fordetails.

Roedean Old Boys Association (ROBA)spring lunch meeting, members only, at 12noon March 29 at Victory Services Club, 63-79 Seymour St, London W2. Summer meet-ing at Roedean School at 12 noon, July 6.Membership limited to ex-RN on electricaland torpedo courses at Roedean duringWW2. Applications with details and 50p instamps to Sam Morley, 113 The Ridgeway,Cuffley, Herts, EN6 7BG (tel 017078727290).

HM ships Emerald and Racehorse willhold their next reunion at the Union JackClub, Waterloo, London on March 18. De-tails from Colin Houldey, 3 GloucesterRoad, Willerby, Hull HU10 6HW (tel. 01482651652).

HMS Wave Assn will hold their next reun-ion at Edgbaston, Birmingham on Aug 17-19. Details of the reunion and how to jointhe association from Tommy Dootson, 3Bealey Ave, Radcliffe, Manchester M262QW (tel. 061 796 8857).

HMS Ganges (1945-56), ex-Drake 201 /202 classes: Anyone interested in attendinga reunion in Oct contact Chris Walklett on0705 594431 or Geoff Bray on 0329312068.

Royal Naval AssociationNAVY NEWS, FEBRUARY 1995

Malta go-aheadfor memorialto Royal NavyPROPOSALS by the Royal Naval Association in Malta for the island's firstmemorial to the Royal Navy have been accepted by the Malta government.

The George Cross islandalready has two war memo-rials to the British Armyand one to the RAF. Site of

the new structure will be awell-kept garden at a yacht-ing marina which was for-merly occupied by the RN

Choice for top jobCAPT Robert McQueen, a former naval aviator, is to bethe RNA's new General Secretary. He takes up hisduties on March 20 and formally succeeds Capt JimRayner on June 30.

Shipmate Charles H. Thompson has been appointedthe Association's ceremonial officer, and ShipmateDoug Carter takes over from Shipmate Ken Wright asNo. 5 Area National Council member until next year'selections.

torpedo depot.Malta branch of the RNA are

appealing for donations to helpmeet the £6,000 cost of the pro-ject. Contributions should besent to Shipmate L Camilleri,The Royal Naval Association(Malta GC), c/o The Royal Bri-tish Legion, 111 Melita Street,Valletta, Malta GC.

AustraliaMeanwhile, an impressive

Royal Navy memorial nowstands on a commanding site inFremantle, Western Australia— thanks to the generosity ofRNA branches worldwide, andto private donations.

It is believed to be the first

Heyday of the Royal Navy in Malta... British battleships, dressed overall, fire their saluting guns inValletta harbour. Picture: Imperial War Museum

major monument erectedDown Under in honour of theRN, and commemorating thosewho died in the defence of Aus-tralia during World War II.

The plinth is topped by ananchor from HMAS Stirling,and buried within the structureare a 4in naval cartridge andother memorabilia of the RN,

RNA and city of Fremantle.In Canada a new memorial is

planned to members of theRCN and Canadian MerchantNavy who died in World WarII. The monument is expectedto be unveiled this year inSpencer-Smith Park, Burling-ton, facing Lake Ontario.

Funds to pay for the project

are being sought from formerCanadian naval personnel,Merchant Navy veterans, andshipmates of the RNA whohave had close links with theRCNVR. Donations should besent to Mr Alex BramsonRCNVR, 760 Brant Street,Suite 417, Burlington, OntarioL7R 4B8.

Sad casualty rememberedTHE 50th anniversary ofthe loss of HMS Aldenham,the last British destroyer tobe sunk in World War II,has been marked by the un-veiling of a stained-glasswindow memorial in Alden-ham parish church of StJohn the Baptist.

It was a proud occasion formembers of Aldenham branch,former members of the ship'scompany and local friends, allof whom contributed towardsthe cost of the window. But itwas also an event tinged withsadness, as the names were re-called of the 126 officers andmen who were lost when theAldenham was mined in theAdriatic on December 14,1944.

The Rev George Bolt, branchchaplain, conducted the serviceof dedication and the windowwas unveiled by shipmatesMartin and Maurais, survivorsof the Aldenham.

The lesson was read byMajor Tarrant, son of the ship'scommanding officer, Capt Far-rant, who was not well enough

to attend. Twenty-five stan-dards, including No 6 Areastandard, were displayed dur-ing the service.

HMS Aldenham, a Hunt-class vessel, was commissioned

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in 1942 and took part in 14Malta convoys. She supportedthe Eighth Army in NorthAfrica and the invasion ofSicily and Italy. She met herend while bombarding the You-goslav coast in support of Roy-al Marines Commandos.

HeadingleyAfter a parade through the

city to exercise their right asFreemen, the commanding offi-cer of HMS Ark Royal andmembers of the ship's com-pany, were entertained byLeeds No 1 Headingley branch.

Hospitality was returned bythe WOs and CPOs Mess whena party of shipmates visited thecarrier at Tyneside.

Kingston uponThames

The tenth birthday of thebranch was celebrated by 123members and guests at a dinnerdance. To mark the occasion,founder members ShipmatesBob Criddle and Gordon Tuck-er, were honoured with lifemembership and had their cer-tificates presented by Rear Ad-miral Bill Cook, branchpresident.

There were awards also forRose Sherwood and Vic Pear-don, who were voted Ship-mates of the year.

CleethorpesThe 40th anniversary of the

branch was celebrated in stylewith an impressive parade andservice in St Peter's Church, at-tended by Lt Cdr Paris Ander-son, a vice-president of the As-sociation, and his wife,Dorothy. The service was con-ducted by Fr Terry Atkinson.

The parade which followedwas impressive and broughtSunday traffic to a halt.

Ron'smodelcraft

THIS magnificently detailedmodel of the wartime mine-sweeper HMT Malacolite hasbeen painstakingly crafted byone of her former ship's com-pany — Shipmate Ron Brewisof Sidcup branch.

Ron served in Malacolite forthree years and had oftenthought of modelling the little

vessel. After a long search hefound the ship's plans in amuseum in Hull close to theshipyard where she was builtfor the Admiralty in 1917.

As a result he was able toput together a full history ofMalacolite up to the time shewas scrapped in the mid-1950s.

Members also turned out instrength for the annual serviceand parade on RemembranceDay.

LauncestonMembers of Redruth and

Camborne, with representa-tives of branches throughoutNo 4 Area, filled St Mary Mag-dalene Church to capacity forthe dedication of Launcestonstadard.

Rear Admiral Alan West,Naval Secretary, and his wifeRosemary were guests of hon-our. The service was conductedby the Rev T. Newcombe as-sisted by the Rev D. Dixon.

At the march-past which fol-lowed, 36 standards were par-aded to music by the RoyalBlue Jacket Volunteer band.The salute was taken by Ad-miral West.

PortsmouthAs Portsmouth is to play a

key role in ceremonies to markVE Day and VJ Day, thebranch looks forward to an in-flux of visitors, and extends awarm welcome to all. It wouldhelp, however, if branchesplanning to attend the cere-monies give advance notice oftheir arrival by telephoning01705 820397.

City of EdinburghThe standard of the former

City of Edinburgh branch, dis-banded years ago, is in the safecustodv of the Scottish AreaCommittee for the use of anyshipmate interested in reform-ing the branch.

BournemouthThere was a fine turn-out of

shipmates and standards forthe branch remembrance ser-vice and parade. The paradewas led by the Salvation Armyband, which has provided themusic on this occasion for over30 years.

CheshuntAt the fifth annual dinner

dance the ISO shipmates andguests including Lt Cdr PaulWooley RNR and his wife,Jackie.

Chairman, Shipmate RonJoy, thanked members for agreat effort in the past yearwhich raised more than £900

for charities. In recognition ofoutstanding service, certificatesof appreciation were presentedto Shipmates Doreen Chalkeyand Marion Joy — the latteralso being voted Shipmate ofthe Year with Shipmate Nor-man Reeves.

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Dulvertonare signalwinners

SIGNAL success by HMS Dul-verton has won them the MinorWar Vessels CommunicationsTrophy — the Redifon Salver.,

During the Hunt-class mineship's deployment with StandingNaval Force Channel, her commsteam consistently operated to thehighest professional standards.

Not only did they deal with theirown equipment and manpower lim-itations in an effective manner, but,assisted other ships of the NATOforce which were experiencingdifficulties.

Before the presentation of thetrophy, the Rosyth-based ship was'visited by members of the Alge-rines Association — founded in1985 for men who had served inAlgerine-class minesweepers.

Princess Marconi returns to scene of father's triumph

Elettra-fyingvisit lightsup CuldrosePRINCESS Elettra Marconi, daughter of the radio pioneer, hasvisited RN air station Culdrose which is near the site from whereGuglielmo Marconi succeeded in transmitting a signal across theAtlantic in 1901.Her historic visit to Cornwall was made in the centennial anni-

versary year of her father's firstradio transmission. She was accom-panied by her son, PrinceGrghelmo Marconi, and five otherItalians from the family's hometown of Sasso Marconi nearFlorence.

Accompanied by the Mayor of Hel-ston, Mrs Brenda Banfield, and threelocal councillors, the Marconis weregiven a station presentation by Cdr Col-in Sharp, watched a fire-fightingdemonstrat ion, and later, fromHazelphron cliffs, witnessed a searchand rescue display by an aircraft from771 Naval Air Squadron.

'Honoured'Princess Marconi said of her father:

"He loved Cornwall very much ... Iknow that he would have been as proudand honoured as I am to be a guest at

With obvious enjoyment, Princess Marconi deals with an exercise blaze at theFire School at Culdrose. Picture: LA(PHOT) Taff Richards.

Rescue squadronflies record hours

Capt Chris Morrison, Chief of Start to commodore Minor War Vessels, presentsthe Redifon Salver to the commanding officer of HMS Dulverton, Lt Cdr PeterMorgan. Standing (l-r) are CWEA At Dobell, RO Ged Edwards, LRO Roy Meikle,RO Rlichael Finney and Lt Steven Goodrich, navigating officer.

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SEARCH and rescue crews from771 Naval Air Squadron at RN airstation Culdrose flew a recordnumber of hours last year.

In the course of 229 call-outs 152people were rescued, compared with124 in 1993. Flying time rose from 258hours to 340. In 1993 there were 221call-outs.

Last year's incidents included 27cliff rescues, 21 rescues of swimmersor surfers and 11 of windsurfers.There were 22 hospital transferflights, ten of them involving the trans-fer from the Isles of Scilly to TreliskeHospital.

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A boy suffering from liver failurewas transferred from Treliske to KingsCollege Hospital in London, and twoheart patients were flown from Tre-liske to John Radcliffe Hospital,Oxford.• Fiftieth anniversary celebrations by706 NAS will culminate at Culdrose onMarch 7 with a short air display fol-lowed by a formal parade in thesquadron hangar attended by FlagOffice Naval Aviation, Rear AdmiralIan Garnett

Formed in Australia, 706 now trainsall Fleet Air Arm anti-submarine war-fare crews using Sea King Mk 5helicopters.

nate with a concert mounted bythe Royal British Legion andChoirs International.

On May 7 the park eventswill be mainly for young peopleand the international commu-nity, with veterans being givenprivileged access. A ceremonyof reconciliation, involving the

Heads of State, will take placearound a 70ft-high globe with afloral surface and surmountedby the figure of a white dove.

Major singing stars are ex-pected to take part with a choirof 1,000 and the EC YouthOrchestra.

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the emphasis on May 8, with aprogramme of continuousentertainment. In mid-after-noon there will be a mass gath-ering outside Buckingham Pal-ace involving veterans, 300military musicians, a fly-pastby World War II aircraft, and alarge-scale daylight fireworkdisplay.

In the evening the Queen willbe in the park to light the cen-tral beacon of The RBL's chainof beacons throughout thecountry. Events will end with aconcert arranged by thePrince's Trust and involvinginternational stars.

ProcessionHeads of State will also

attend a banquet in The Guild-hall on May 6 as well as a ser-vice of thanksgiving and recon-ciliation at St Paul's Cathedralinvolving 2,500 people on May7.

Main feature of August 19will be a procession in centralLondon by 104 charitable or-ganisations forming the Tributeand Promise Group. That willbe followed by an open-air ser-vice and parade by military andcivilian veterans.

Church services, heralded bypeals of bells, will be heldthroughout the country onAugust 20.

Events notified so farinclude:

MARCH12th — Commemoration of the 50th anni-versary of the death of Admiral Ramsay atSt Germain en Laye, France. 19th — Com-memoration of bombing by Allied forces atMuhldorf am Inn, Germany (continues untilApril 20).

APRIL19th until May 9 — Commemoration of

end of war in Italy — Bologna. 25-30th —Azalea Festival 95 at Norfolk, Virginia. 26thuntil May 10 — Austrian liberation comme-moration at Lobmitel 26th until May 9 —Norwegian liberation celebrations, Oslo.28th — VIP function at Chatham. 29th —Beat Retreat at Chatham; American/BritishForces Dinner and Ball, Manchester; Ser-vice of remembrance, reception, Bourne-mouth. 30th until May 5 — Dutch celebra-tions at Harderwijk.

MAY1-31st — Celebrations at Klagenfurt,Austria.

2nd — Dutch celebrations at Voorthuizen.3fd — Peace in Our Time Concert, St

Clement Danes, London.

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faresHIGH travel costs faced byScottish veterans keen toattend the VJ parade inLondon may be met bysponsorship.

It is hoped that hundredsof Scots who may not beable to afford the fares willbe funded by such bene-factors as the P&O chair-man Lord Sterling, who isreported to be arrangingsponsorship with the RoyalBritish Legion in Scotland.

The RBL are seeking atleast £150,000 to charteraircraft for their Scottishmembers. Lord Sterling, anhonorary captain in theRNR, helped veterans toattend events during the D-Day commemoration lastyear.

4-6th — Sunset Ceremony in CadoganSquare, London.

5th — 11.00, Joint Session of Houses ofParliament.

6th — Hyde Park events all day. PM —Prime Minister's reception and Corporationof London banquet for heads of state atGuildhall. RBL and youth concert in HydePark.

6-8th — Grantham, Heme Bay, Holyheadand Colchester commemorations.

6-9th — Commemorations in Belgiumand Luxembourg.

7th — Hyde Park events all day. AM —Services of Thanksgiving at St Paul'sCathedral, Uandaff Cathedral (Cardiff) andSt Anne's Cathedral, Belfast; PM — Lun-cheon at Buckingham Palace for Heads ofState: luncheon at Whitehall for VIPs;Heads of State ceremony in Hyde Park. VEDay Concert at Symphony Hall, Birming-ham; commemoration of the liberation ofMauthausen concentration camp, Austria;rededication service at Church of St Con-gall, Bangor, Northern Ireland; ChestnutSunday Parade, Bushey Park, London; ser-vices, ceremonies and parades at Ports-mouth, Plymouth, Weston-super-Mare,Leamington Spa, Bury St Edmunds, Rich-mond (N. Yorks). Liverpool, Blackpool, Car-lisle, Bangor (N. Ireland), Baling, Norwich,Chester, Ash/Ashvale and Mariborough;unveiling of monument at Narvik, Norway.

74th — Church service and public eventsat Plymouth; Weymouth events; Pontypoolparade.

7-9th — Liberation Day at Kristiansand,Norway.

7-10th — Norway liberation commemora-tion, Oslo.

7-11th — Guernsey and Jersey liberationevents.

8th — Hyde Park events all day. AM —Service of thanksgiving at St Giles Cathe-dral, Edinburgh; PM — Buckingham Palaceband concert and flypast; VE Night concertin Hyde Park; beacon lighting throughoutUK. Andover parade, Para drop and march-past; concert at St David's Hall, Cardiff; par-ade and drumhead service at Cunmock;Crowborough flypast; Bradford events; Ed-inburgh church service; Beat Retreat,march-past and flypast at Rochester; Gos-port celebrations; Blackpool parade; Bas-ingstoke celebrations; Chatham events;Newhaven Fort "Memories of VE Day";Paignton party; Hampshire commemora-tion; Glapwell and Ault Hucknall open-airservice and other events; Bangor (N. Ire-land) air-sea displays, ground displays,concert and Beat Retreat; Harlow TownPark events; Folkestone Mansfield andWest Bromwich celebrations. Bow andSouthport parades; Stevenage Celebra-tions and last Dunkirk Memorial Parade;Norway events — statue unveiling at Ber-gen, and liberation ceremonies at Alesundand Haugesund; events in St Petersburg,Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Paris and Rheims.

8-11th — Milford Haven commemoration.13th — Service of Reconciliation at sea in

Lough Foyle/Lisnally (N. Ireland); NorthWeald Fighter Meet '95; unveiling of Atlanticmemorial in Londonderry.

19th — Southport (Merseyside) veteransconcert.

20th-21st — Castle Donington event.21st — Eglinton (N. Ireland) air show;

Pershore commemoration.27th — Freedom of Belfast.

JUNE9-1Sth — SSAFA Tri-Service Beat

Retreat at Horse Guards. 16-20th — 50thanniversary of RN withdrawal from Iceland.16-17th — Mittary Tattoo at Sheffield Are-na. 17th — Golden Victory Day at Brigh-tlmgsea; 18th — RAF Cosford open day.20th — Service of Remembrance andThanksgiving in Trafalgar Square. 22nd —Service for Merchant Seafarers on TowerHill, London, 24th — Beat Retreat at Salis-bury Cathedral; Victory Ball, London. 25th— Anniversary of British Forces Network,Hamburg. 26th — San Franciscocommemorations.

JULY3rd-16th — Dortmund and Herford 50

years of peace celebration. 4th — Libera-tion of the Philippines; concert, King'sDock, Liverpool. 8th — Tri-Service VictoryBall, Liverpool 9th — Barnet service andparade. 15th — Chester celebrations. 22nd— Dorchester commemoration and thanks-giving. 22nd 23rd — RAF Victory airshow atFairford. 23rd — W. Yorks. commemora-tions.

AUGUST

1-21H — Edinburgh Tattoo.11-13th — Southport celebrations.12th — Weston-super-Mare service at

war memorial; Eastleigh tattoo.12-13th — Liverpool Beat Retreat, con-

cert, service and parade.12-14th — Pwllheli commemorations.

13th — Plymouth Hoe commemorations;Liverpool Cathedral service and parade; 3Special Service/Cdo Brigade reunion atSouthsea.

14th — Bude celebrations.15th — Australia victory parade; Stoke-

on-Trent memorial concert; Portsmouthmassed bands extravaganza, reception andconcert; Cambridge concert.

16th — Portsmouth parade and drum-head service and Southsea militarytournament.

17th-21st — Torbay, Cardiff, Belfast,London and Leith commemorations.

I8th-2lst — Swansea commemoration.18th-22nd — Avonmouth and Bristol

commemoration.19th — 1200, open-air service at Buck-

ingham Palace; 1300, Tribute and Promiseprocession in central London; 1500, Com-monwealth Defence Chiefs' lunch at Lan-caster House; PM, veterans march past theCenotaph; 2115, fireworks along theThames. Carlisle Beat Retreat and concert.

19-20th — Bndlmgton ball, parade andcivic reception; Milford Haven celebrations.

20th — National church services at StGiles Cathedral (Edinburgh), LlandaffCathedral (Cardiff) and St Anne's Cathedral(Belfast); veterans' parades in Cardiff andBelfast; Beat Retreat and Sunset ceremon-ies in London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Bel-fast; Bury St Edmunds parade; commemo-rations at Brentwood, Paignton, WestBromwich and Pembroke Castle; churchservices in N. Yorks and at Melrose Abbey;York church service and parade (am) aridBeat Retreat (pm); services and parades atCarlisle and Manchester; Gosport peacecandle service; Liverpool Tribute and Pro-mise service: Plymouth church service,march-past and Sunset ceremony; drum-head service at Battle; Exeter parade,cathedral service and reception; Crewecombined drumhead and thanksgiving ser-vice and reunion.

26th — SSAFA air display at Church Fen-ton/Elvington.

26-27th — Carlisle weekend of comme-moration (open-air concert on 26th).

28th — Hong Kong liberation parade, ser-vice of remembrance and wreath-laying.

SEPTEMBER1st — Portsmouth commemorations and

ships/squadrons reunion.lst-3rd — Vienna celebrations.2nd-3rd — Southsea open-air concert.3rd — Southsea Common drumhead ser-

vice; Portsmouth Cathedral plaque andstained glass window dedication; Ports-mouth farewell concert; Southport air showand ex-Service parade.

5th — Singapore celebrations.8-IOtti — Prague celebrations and inter-

national festival of military hands.10th — Duxford air show; Colchester

commemorative service; Worcester countyrally.

OCTOBER18th — New York international ceremony.

NOVEMBER6-7th Colchester Freedom of Borough

and church service. 11th — Washington DCparades and TV spectacular.


Garian House Holiday FlatletsSell-catering flatlets, near sea and shops. Fully equipped. Colour TV, (ridge,

cooker, linen, etc. Ideal for a visit by family or girl friend.MINIMUM 2 PERSONS OR CHARGE FOR

Charge f WEEKLY JULY & AUGUST £60per J WEEKLY OTHER MONTHS E50person J NIGHTLY (Minimum 2 Nights) £10

V Deposit: £10 per person Cheques accepted with bankers cardALL WITH OWN BATHROOM AND TOILET

Guests, who anticipate a late arrival, should inform the management(0705-733581)

S.A.E, please giving dates and numberCURTIS, 70 RESTING GROVE. SOUTHSEA, PORTSMOUTH 733581

Morice SquareDevonport

Plymouth PL1 4PGTelephone Inquiries only Plymouth 0752 562723

All booking requirements in writing only, enclosing £5 deposit oneach Family Room enclose a S.A.E, for your receipt.

ACCOMMODATION: For Service Personnel, their families anddependants plus ex. serving personnel and R.N.A, members whomay be visiting the Plymouth area.

FUNCTIONS: We cater for all types of functions at very competi-tive prices. Ships Functions, Mess Parties, Wedding Receptions,Reunions of ships, past and present, we offer an ideal facility.

ASK FOR QUOTATION, CONTACT THE MANAGER WITHOUTDELAY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT

SUPPORT YOUR CLUB

PLYMOUTH(0752)229705 ETBOSMOND GUEST HOUSE42 PIER STREET, WEST HOE

Bed & Breakfast from £12.00Seafront. Courtesy pick-up from stations.4 poster bed. All rooms CTV. Tea/coffee

making. Some en-suite. Parting.

Canterbury Bell HJ«eGuest House v€i

29 St Simons Road, Southsea,Portsmouth.

Modem, Comfortable En-Suileaccommodation. All rooms haveSatellite TV, Tea/Coffee makingfacilities & are centrally heated.

Private car parking. 1/2 bedroom flatsare available for self-catering. Rooms

from £ 14 per person per night.

Phone/Fax Catriona Randall on(01705)826917

INVERKEITHINGBorclond Lodge Private Hotel

31-33 Hnrckmd Rd. InverkeithingI Vim. Rosyth Dockyard. En-suite

accommodation in 28 comfortable andmodern bedrooms all with Satellite TV

and lea/coffee making facilitiesFrom £16 BAB

Telephone 0383 413792FAX 0383 413942

37 St Simons RoadSouthsea, Portsmouth POS 2PK

This very friendly family run hotel ur/-I'omes you. All rooms have colour 7V,

teal coffee, ensuite facilities.From £14 [if r person, enjoy the hesl

breakfast in PortsmouthTel 0705 829337

'Hotd,Southsea

SpecialwinterBreaks

For Naval Personnel£32 per room(one or two persons)

Central for all Southsea amenitiesand e n t e r t a i n m e n t s . Q u a l i t yen-suite bedrooms, Satellite TVsall rooms, tea/coffee faci l i t ies ,lounge, private car park

i Attractive Bar** Delightful Restaurant i

Clarence RoadSouthseaPOS 2LQ

Tel: 0705 833018

AUSTIN HOTEL3 CLARENCE PARADE

SOUTHSEALicensed

Welcomes the Royal NavyAll rooms bright and modem

Colour TV in all rooms, centralheating, seafront position. No

restrictionsDiscount allowed for Serving

PersonnelTelephone Portsmouth 821785

GOSPORTSeafarer Guest House

9 Bury Road, Gosport

Tel: 0705 522883if Families rooms/En suile available* Colour TV all rooms* Tea and coffee facilities all rooms•*• Close to Sultan, Dolphin and

Haslar•*• Ample car-parking* ETB 2 Crowns

SOUTHSEASOLENT HOTEL

14-17 South Parade(Opposite the Pyramids)

Tel: 0705 875566Special rates for all Service personnel and

Family £19.95 pf. in fall en suite double ortwin-bedded room

•k 4 crown seafront hotel* Colour TV, tea/coffee facilitiesA Games rooms — full-size snooker table* Ideally situated near all local attractions

and its night life

•AREHAMGORT WALK GUEST HOUSE44, Coombe Farm Ave, Fareham, POt6 OTR

Warm and Friendly, dose Haslar, Sultan,Collingwood. All rooms c.h.. TV, dock-rack).

Amply parking, pvm keys. Courtesy pick-up onarrival. Two ground floor rooms available. Open

all year. From C13 B4B (No extras)Christine Fielding0329 828905

GROUP CANAL HOLIDAYSFor activity, team work, achievement, fan!

Scir-drivc. comfortable. 4-12 berth boats withall Tacilitics. 6 different routes. From £48 perhead, per week, low season. Ficc tuition. Easy

rail access. Free brochure from:MIDDLEWICH NARROWBOATS

52 CANAL TERRACE, MIDDLEWICHCHESHIRE CWI09BD

TEL: 01606 U2460

FLORIDA — Orlando, luxury airconditioned 3 bed vi l la , private heat-ed pool, sleeps 6-8. safe location, Dis-ney 5 minutes . Flights, car. etc..arranged if required. Te! owner on0743 343725.

MALTA, MELLIEHA. Luxury 2-bedroom flats to let. Sleeps 4-5, onemile from the best beach in Malta andclose to local amenities. Rights can bearranged. Telephone 081-567 5824.

GOSPORT. 'CHERRY TREES'. 15,Linden flrovc, Alversloke. ETB 1Crown. Family run guest house. Allrooms H/C, tea m a k i n g . Eng l i shbreakfast, children welcome. Closeharbour, Haslar, Dolphin, Sultan. £12p.p. Lin or Steve Cell. Tel. 0705521543.

Hampshire Court Hotel29/31 Hampshire Terrace, Southsea PO1 2QF

Delightful listed building, 1823. Central for seafront,stations, city centre, ferry ports etc. Private car parking

Tea/coffee making facilities, colour TVs in all rooms + fullEnglish breakfast

Prices from £14 per person

Telephone (0705) 823522

PORTSMOUTHEVERLEY 0705731001

33 FESTING ROAD, SOUTHSEA, PO4 ON6* Own keys — No restrictions *

* H/C, tea/coffee, CTV + Sky TV all rooms ** Ensuite and family rooms — Cots *

* 7th year same owners ** Discount to Navy News subscribers -A-

—THE ELMS Guest House—,48 Victoria Road South, Southsea

(Residential Licence)We arc a small, friendly, family run GuestHouse close to Naval base, ferries, stations,shops and nightlife. BAB holiday or shortstay. Colour TV. tea/coffee facilities In allrooms, own keys, limited parking.

Paddy and John (Joe) ErskinePortsmouth (07O5) 823924

SHROPSHIRE COURTGUEST HOUSE

33 Granada Road, SouthseaFriendly family run, 2 mins. from sea andentertainments. Close to ferries. Naval base,shops, etc. Own keys, Satellite TV all rooms,no restrictions, B&B. Holiday or short stay.

Ample private car-parkingMrs Pat Green (0705) 731043

51 \\avcrley Road, Southsea,Huts POS 2PJ (0705 828325)

Prop Ann BakerCar Park on premises

You are guaranteed a friendly welcomein this home from home in Southsea.Each bedroom has been decorated witha nautical theme and has all the atmos-phere of the great Naval traditions ofthis area. There are also colour TV,private washing facilities, tea and cof-fee, and full central heating in eachroom. Special rates for winter months.

"Away Days in Plymouth"Small friendly Guest House overlooking theI loe and Seafront. A good bed and 4-courss

breakfast, colour TV. tea/coffee facilities,c/h, en-suite rooms availableFrom £24 Double £14 Singles

Telephone lor brochure0752 660675

EDGCUMBE GUEST HOUSE50 Pier Street, West Hoe. Plymouth Pit 3BT

SOUTHSEARED TUBS GUEST HOUSE52 WAVERLEY MAO, SOUTHSEA

Warm and friendly run Guest House, ideallysituated for the Naval Base/shoppingcentres/Continental Ferry Port/beaches etc.Own keys, no restrictions, colour T.V. in all

rooms & C.H. Holiday or short breaksJUNE ft TERRY (0705) 832440

— PORTSMOUTH

IHAM/ITOJV HOUSE &95 Victoria Road North, SouthseaDELIGHTFUL «* ** COMMENDED

FAMILY RUN GUEST HOUSEBright, modern CH rooms, someen-suites, all with CTV and teamaking.Centrally located 5 minutes Naval base,centres, station and ferry portsTel/Fax Graham a Sandra Tubb (0705) 823502

LONDONREDLAND HOUSE HOTEL

52, Kendal St. Hyde Park, London W2 2BP

BUDGET PRICED ACCOMMODATIONIN CENTRAL LONDON

NAVAL PERSONNEL WELCOMESingles £32. Doubles £42 inc. full

English breakfast 5 mins. PiccadillyFAX 071 402 9049

TEL 071 7237118/2344

ROSYTHROYAL SAILORS' RESTS

FERRYTOLLROAD(OfPOSTTE HMS COCHRANE)

For Service Personnel andtheir Families

Family Kn-Suitm wilhDoaMeflTwia bob, B*C, Cofcur

TV In »B rooms, Rrattumnt, C«r r»rii

LADY HAMILTON21 The Hard, Portsmouth

Ye olde alehouseReopened after more than

70 yearsFree house and B&B (special

rates naval personnel)Tel: 0705 870505

***** PLYMOUTH*****£ HO EC ATE HOUSE *+ Situated The Hoe and Barbican area, dose •** walking distance and oty centre, bus stated. *J Rooms of high standard with showers, colour TV*+ H4C. tea/coffee ladiities, central heating, I* English/Continental breakfast *

From E12JO pp^14 pp *Tel: 0752 661033 *

Hoegate Street, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 2JB JTel: 0383 413770

Adjacent to the Hoe and Park. Friendly family-run Guest House offers(ou a warm welcome and personal service. Facilities include residents'lounge, TV/Radio, Tea/Coffee. Central heating all rooms. From E13 pp

PORTSMOUTH

hotelr e s t a u r a n t

(0705) 640000

COMPETITIVE RATES FORNAVAL PERSONNEL

£36 Sun-Thurs (1 or 2 persons)£32 Fri & Sat (1 or 2 persons)

• 144 Bedrooms with ensuite shower/WC

• Colour TV • Tea Coffee facilities •

Lounge/Bar/Restaurant

WINSTON CHURCHILL AVENUE, PORTSMOUTH

II HOMELEA HOTEL18-20 Worthing Road, Southsea

PROBABLY THE BEST VALUE IN TOWN!Superb rooms all with private shower, many with colour TVs, radio alarms,

lea-making facilities.New restaurant and bar

B&B from only £16. Self-catering also available.Make a note of the number!

Tel 0705 826506/730457 Fax 0705 291072

SlADYERlNN<<

Z5££*Sm Tel: 01383 419977Fax: 01383 411728

PLYMOUTHMOUNTBATTEN

HOTEL52 Exmouth Road

StokePLYMOUTH

PL1 4QHTel: 01752 563843Fax: 01752 6(161(14

Family-owned hotelin quiet cul-de-sac

Royal Fleet Club andNaval Base

within easy walking distance•fr Many rooms en suite

•& Licensed Bar

•& Garage and free street parking

•& Varied breakfast menu and extensivedinner selection

•& Short term breaks available

PORTSMOUTHTHE BEAUFORT HOTEL

*•*

ETB 4CrownsRAC**Commended Merit Award

The Beaufort had now becomeone of the most impressive,privately owned hotels in the

city. Excellently located close tothe Promenade and local places

of interest* 19 en-suite bedrooms* Licensed bar* All rooms satellite TV

OAD SOUTHSEA. _4 ONQ

Tel: (0705) 823707 Fax: 870270

rial5^ PLYMOUTH HOE ^Jp

Lockyer St, PL1 2QDTelephone: (0752) 227311

Elegant Victorian Building with 22Bedrooms — 5 Ground floor.Nautical Flavour Cocktail Bar. Colour TVRadio Tea/Coffee/Telephone all rooms.Most en suite. Large car park.NavyNews Readers 10% Accommodation

Discount. All Credit Cards acceptedBrochure & or Booking contact:

Lt Cdr Alan Jones RNR (Ret'd)"A 'Personal Service' Comfortable Hotel

PLANNING A WEDDING, ANANNUAL REUNION, MESS DINNER

OR SHIPS COMPANY DANCE?From letters received the Home Club is considered by many to be the idealvenue for such events as well as offering excellent single/double en-suite

accommodationSpecial bargain breaks available for mid-week bookings

Further details on requestAGM will be held on the 2nd May - all members welcome

ROYAL SAILORS' HOME CLUBQueen Street Portsmouth PO1 3HS

Tel No: 01705 824231 Fax No: 01705 293496

PROVINCE OFNATAL HOTEL

5 GREENHILL, WEYMOUTH DT4 7SRBought for the Royal Navy by the people of

Natal after the Second World War. Fifty yardsfrom the beach, half a mile from the shops and

station. Fine sands and safe swimming.Available only to naval and ex-naval personnel,including RM, WRNS, QARNNS, their families

and relatives. Licensed bar. Children and petswelcome. Lift to all floors. All bedrooms

ensuite. Laundry facilities.Telephone 0305 784108

REMEMBER — This hotel is yours come tmdenjoy it!

SERVICESDISCOUNT

GOING ON LEAVE - tie up at ourpool in sunny South West France. Selfcatering in the land of good food and wine.

* Good value accomm from £24 per pers ^ochnrer

perwk tel 0480 300446or

>fr Relax & enjoy the local activities 01033 53915265

Don't forget VE Daycelebrations May this year.

There will be lots of visitors to the City,fill your vacancies now!

Ring Glen or Lisa on (0705) 826040.


NoticeBoardPoints

THE following list shows the total points ofthe men and women at the top of eachadvancement roster for petty officer andleading rates as at February 1, 1995.

Intermediates (Int) indicates that person-nel can be advanced before they are eligibleto receive merit points or before the rostercan be adjusted to take account of them.This means that personnel are advanced in"basic date" order. Dates shown against"Int," rosters are the basic dates of the topeligible personnel.

The number following the points (or basicdates) is the number of men who wereadvanced during January.

CCMEAML — Int (20.1.92), Nil;CCMEAEL — Int (15.7.93), Nil;CCMEAMLSM — Int (15.7.93), 2;CCMEAELSM — Int (22.12.92), 1;CCWEAAOC — Int Nil; CCWEAWDO — Int(27.11.92), Nil; CCWEAADCSM — Int(20.7.93), Nil; CCWEAWDOSM — Int(13.11.92), Nil; CCAEAM — Int (1.9.92). 1;CCAEAR — Int (1.9.93), Nil; CCAEAWL —Int (1.9.91), Nil.

PO(EWMO)/(RSXW) — 228. Nil; LS(EW)/LRO(W) — Int (14.1.93), Nil; PO(M) — Int(15.9.92), Nil; LS(M) — Int (16.3.93), Nil:PO(R) — 292, 2; LS(R) — Int (15.9.92), Nil;PO(S) — Int (15.6.93), 1; LS<S) — Int(13.10.92), 1; PO(O) — 312, Nil; LS(D) —559. Nil; PO(MW)(O) — Int (10.11.92), Nil;LS(MW) — 128, Nil; PO(SR) — 316, 1;LS(SR) — 272, 1; PO(SEA) — 372, 1; POCY— 463, Nil; LRCXT) — 417, Nil; PORS —374. 3; LRO(G) — 204, Nil; POPT — 240, 4;RPO — 268, 10.

POMEM(L)(QS) — Int (10.11.92), 1;LMEM(L)(GS) — Int (18.3.93). 1;POMEMJMXGS) — 562.3; LMEM(MMGS) -312, 4; POWEM(O)(GS) — 149, 4;LWEM(0)(GS) — 79, 1; POWEM(R)(GS) —Int (1.9.92). Nil: LWEM(R)(GS) — Int(19.3.93), Nil; POCA — 284, 2; POCK(GS) —315. Nil; LCK(GS) — 179. 1; POSTD(GS) —651, Nil; LSTD(GS) — Int (18.6.92) Nil;POSA(GS) — 541. Nil; LSA(GS) — Int(18.6.92) 3; POWTR(GS) — 164, 1;LWTR(GS) — Int (29.6.92), Nil.

POMA — 166, 1; LMA — Int (10.5.94), 3;PO(SHSMHO) — 175, Nil; LSISMSM) — 315.Nil; PO(TS)(SM) — 105, Nil; LS(TSKSM) —130. Nil; PORS(SM) — 389, Nil; LRO(SM) —125. Nil; POMEM(L)(SM) — 435, Nil;LMEM(L)(SM) — 187, Nil; POMEM(M)(SM)— 924; 1; LMEM(M)(SM) — 399. 1;PO(WSM) — 481. Nil; LOM(WSM) — 314,Nil. POWEM(RMSM) — Int (3.11.92), Nil;

Swop DraftsWSTD Powell, c/o The Wardroom, HMS

Seahawk, ext. 2124, drafted HMS Invinciblein March. Will consider any Portsmouth-based ship, deploying or not.

WEM(O) Dennis, HMS Boxer, draftedHMS Excellent Fire school. Will swop forany Devonport shore draft.

WRO1 Stevenson, HMS Ark Royal, draft-ed Faslane in March. Will swop for anyPortsmouth shore base.

LWWTR Johnson, HMS Excellent, ext.7154. Will swop for any Plymouth shorebase.

LMEM(M) Collins, HMS Glasgow, deploy-ing in April. Will swop for any Plymouth-based batch 3 Type 22, deploying or not butwill consider others.

LS(R) Shelley, HMS York. ext. 71663300. Will swop for any CVS deploying ornot.

WRO1 Fokinther, LRO Course. HMS Col-lingwood, drafted HMS Cumberland in May.Win swop for any Portsmouth-based shipdeploying or not.

LSTD Wilkinson, c/o The Wardroom,HMS Osprey. Will swop for any Portsmouthshore base or Gibraltar.

AEM(AE) Tutt, RN air station Culdrose,ext. 7512, drafted HMS Invincible in May.Will swop for any Culdrose front line draft.

LRO(G) Stevenson, HMS Glasgow. Willswop for any northern (Rosyth/Faslane)small ship or ICS 3 Type 42 deploying ornot.

EVMEMORIAM"THEIR NAME LIVETH

FOR EVERMORE"HMS ILLUSTRIOUS — To thememory of RN, RM, RAF and FAAcomrades who died in the attack onHMS Illustrious by the Luftwaffe offMalta, January 10, 1941 — OldIllustrians Association.

LWEM(RMSM) —360, Nil; PO(UW)(SM) Dry,Nil; POSA(SM) — 304, Nil; LSA(SM) — Int(18.6.92), 1; POWTR(SM) — Int (29.10.92),Nil; LWTR(SM) — 103, Nil; POCK(SM) —Int. Nil: LCK(SM) — 619, 1; POSTD(SM) —380, 2; LSTD(SM) — 903, Nil.

POA(AH) — 1046, Nil; LA(AH) — 896, Nil;POA(METOC) — Int (1.7.94), Nil;LA(METOC) — Int (28 .1 .94) . Nil;POA(PHOT) — 460, Nil; POA1SE) - 606,Nil; LA(SE) — 373, Nil: POACMN — 482, Nil;POAEM(M) — 369, 1: LAEM(M) — 442, 1;POAEM(R) — 99, 4; LAEM(R) — 444, 3;POAEMTWL) — 199. 13; LAEM(WL) — 431,16: PO AC — Dry, Nil.

POWREN(R) — 297, Nil; LWREN(R) —224, Nil; POWREN(RS) — 472, Nil;LWREN(RO) — 386, Nil; POWRENPT —385, Nil; RPOWREN — 156. Nil;POWRENCK — Int, Nil; LWRENCK — Int(18.2.93), Nil; POWRENSTD — 923, Nil;LWRENSTD — 233, Nil; POWRENSA —281, Nil; LWRENSA — Int, (18.6.92). Nil;POWRENWTR — 221. Nil; LWRENWTR —Int (18.6.92), Nil: POWRENWTR(G) — 384,Nil; LWRENWTR(G) — Int (15.6.93). Nil;POWRENMETOC — Int, Nil;LWRENMETOC — Int. Nil; POWRENPHOT— Int. Nil.

POWRENAEM(M) — Int, Nil;LWRENAEM(M) — Int, Nil;POWRENAEM(R) — Int. Nil;LWRENAEM(R) — 358, Nil; POWREN-AEM(WL) — 157, Nil; LWRENAEMfWL) —Int, Nil; POWRENETS — 527, Nil; LWREN-ETS — Int (22.9.92). Nil; LWRENTEL — 454,Nil: POWRENWA — 285, Nil; LWRENWA —268, 1; POWRENDHYG — 265, Nil; POWRENDSA — 195. Nil; LWRENDSA — 202,Nil; POEN(G) — Int (13.7.93). Nil; LEN(G) —Int (8.2.94), Nil; PONN — 77, Nil; POMA(Q)— 154, 2; LMA(Q) — 91, 4.

The Basic Dates quoted for the femaleratings in the following categories, whichhave no examination Tor the next higherrate, are applied in accordance withBR1066 Chapter 2:

POWREN OA — 284, Nil; POWREN TEL— 732, Nil.

In accordance with DCI(RN) 37/93 allqualified female sea-goers now appear onthe RN rosters only.

It should be noticed that the number ofB13s issued in the female categories arethose advanced from the female ShoreRoster.

C281 points for November 1994 have notbeen included in this return.

WEM(R) Wilton, HMS Collingwood (tel.0589 226637) drafted HMS Sheffield inLWEM billet, deploying March. Will swop forany ship not deploying.

LWEM(R) Wood, Northwood, ext 8514drafted HMS Fearless in Oct. Will considerany Devonport-based ship, deploying ornot.

WEM(O)1 Pearson, HMS Newcastle,drafted HMS Brilliant in Sept. Will considerany ship or shore base.

AB(EW) Neill, HMS Boxer (tel. 01752553740/226193). Will swop for any shorebase or UAA2 fitted ship not deploying.

AW(R) Penny. (CAAIS) HMS Fearless.Will swop for any Plymouth ship deployingor not.

CMEM(M) Sinclair, HMS Boxer, draftedHMS Drake in April. Will swop for any Scot-tish draft

POWEM(R) Hilton, HMS Southampton,drafted HMS Collingwood (909 Section) inApril. Will swop for any 909 Section Type 42or CVS.

LMEM Richardson, HMS Sultan, ext.2476, drafted HMS Invincible in May. Willswop for any non CVS Portsmouth-basedship (other base ports considered).

WTR Froude, HMS Cornwall, ext. 240/300, drafted HMS Osprey in May. Will swopfor any Plymouth area draft.

RO1U Cooksey, HMS Southampton, de-ploying in May. Will swop for any Ports-mouth-based ship, not deploying.

WWTR Hambly, RNH Plymouth, ext.3232, drafted 849 Sqn (Seahawk) in April.Will consider any Devonport or Plymouthdraft.

LS(R) Martin, HMS Dryad, ext. 4695. Willswop for any Devonport shore base or shipin refit.

STD Ellis, HMS York. Will swop for anyPortsmouth or Plymouth-based ship de-ploying or not.

LS(S) Clayton (2016/2050), HMS Dryad,ext. 4401. drafted HMS Edinburgh in July.Will consider any Portsmouth-based ship,deploying or not.

LSTD Allen HMS Chatham. Will consider

AppointmentsCapt I. A. Forbes, Invincible in command, April 25.A/Capt A. J. Johns, Campbeltown in command, June 13.Cdr A. A. S. Adair, Brazen in command, April 11.Cdr A. J. B. Cameron, Westminster in command, March 14.Cdr N. J. G. Hartand, Lancaster in command, April 25.Cdr J. H. J. Gower, Trafalgar in command, April 8.Cdr J. G. Tottenham, Vigilant (Port) in command, April 25.Cdr C. A. Johnstone-Burt, Brave in command, Dec 12.

AwardsROYAL NAVY awards in the 1995 New YearHonours List included the following:

GCB: Admiral Sir Hugo White KCB CBEKCB: Vice-Admiral Michael C. Boyce OBECB: Rear-Admiral J.R. Shiffner, Rear-Ad-

miral N.E. Rankin CBECBE: Capt. C.J. Esplin-Jones OBE, Com-

modore A.B. Ross, Capt. M.G. WoodOBE: Cdr. J.B.H. Binns, Cdr. P.G. Blanch-

ford, Cdr. J. Havill, Cdr. D.L. Palmer, Cdr.R.C. Seaward. Cdr. T.A. Soar, Lt. Col. S.P.Hill RM.

MBE: Lt. Cdr. A.C. Murgatroyd (promotedCdr. Dec 31, 94), Lt. Cdr. D. Chapman, Lt.Cdr. A.D.P. Edwards, Lt. Cdr. R. Ferry. Lt.Cdr. S. Mather, Lt. Cdr. E.F.K. Seatherton,Lt. Cdr. W. Shirtiff, Lt. Cdr. L.A. Willcocks,WO G. Bolland. WO R.D. Forbes, WO P.M.Riley, CCAEAIM) K.S. Sargent (promotedsub. Lt. Sept 94), CPOMEM(M) M.R. Bud-gen, CPO(OPSKM) M.W. Chandler, CPOW-(TEL) S.J. Craddock, CPOMEA T.S.J. Dick-ens, CPOA(AH) R.G. Howes, CPOAEM(M)K.J. Shaw, CPOPT M.R. Webb, Capt. R.F.Playford RM, Corp. J. Dobie RM, MarineK.T. Megaw RM.

Mrs Beryl Tullett (former secretary to theEditor, Navy News).

Merit MedalsMERITORIOUS Service Medal awards to RNand RM personnel for first half of 1995:

WO(OPSXR) C.E. Barrett. WO(MEAXP) A.J.Bates, WO(STD) K. Bonell. CCWEA(ADC)T.W. Borrett, CPOACMN C. Bourne. WO(MA)I. Brown. CCY R.F. Cannon, CMEM(M) S.FDawson, WOfAEMXM) D.J Day, WCXCY) M JGlendinning, WO(WEA)(ADC) G.G. Guthrie,WO(RS)(W) J R Hall, WO(SA) J.S.N. Houston.CCWEA J.K. Howard. WO(MEA) IN. Jennings,

any Portsmouth-based ship deploying ornot.

OMC(C) Seymour, HMS Montrose. Willswop for any Portsmouth-based ship, pref-erably not deploying.

POMEM(L) Clelland, HMS Cumberland.drafted FMRO Portsmouth. Will swop forany Devonport shore base or ship notdeploying.

CK1 McCulloch, HMS Brazen, ext. 243.Will swop for any Portsmouth-based ship,deploying or not.

LMEM(L) Ellison, Boscawen 31, HMSDrake (or ML3 HMS Defiance), draftedHMS Iron Duke in May. Will swop for anyPortsmouth-based ship.

OM(EW)1 Grant, c/o Lt Lynch. HMS Dry-ad, ext. 4513, drafted HMS Leeds Castle(deploying south) in July. Will swop for anyPortsmouth-based Type 23/42 not in refit.

OM(EW)1 Bladen, HMS Dryad, c/o LtLynch, HMS Dryad, ext. 4513, drafted HMSBirmingham in Jan. Will swop for any shipdeploying or unit not in refit.

WEM(R) Sampson, HMS Raleigh, ext41389, drafted HMS Cochrane. Will swopfor any Devonport ship or shore base.

LWEM(R) Martin, HMS Raleigh, ext.41389 (computer services). Any swop con-sidered except Portsmouth.

LSTD Wallis, HMS Dryad, ext. 4436,drafted HMS Montrose in May. Will swopfor any Portsmouth-based ship deploying ornot.

MEM(L)1 Thomas, SCU Leydene. BarrackGuard, ext. 4298. drafted HMS Herald inMarch. Will swop for any Portsmouth-basedship, deploying or not

POWEM(R) Rose, HMS Southampton.drafld ROCCLANT Portugal in 1996. Will con-sider any Portsmouth shore base or seagoingType 42 CVS.

RO Farthing, RNDO. HMS Nelson, ext.24591 Will swop for any Yeovilton or Portlanddraft.

WEM(O) Evenden drafted Portsmouth Dis-play team on March 20th. Will swop for anyshore draft. Sea drafts considered. Tel. Ro-syth Dockyard 64345.

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WO(RS) CF. Kimber. WCXA(A) D.E. Knott,WCKWEA) T.J. Lees, CMEM(M) G.W Marson,CPO(OPS)(M) D Moy, WO(WEM)(R) D.G. Oli-ver, WO(MEM)(M) A.A. Oram, CPOMEA(M) HPeart. WO(RS)DC. Rendall. WO(OPS)(S)(SM)K.R. Stanbury BEM, CPOSA I. TkJbury. WO(D)G.M. Trotter DSM, CPOMEA(ML) D.M. Wyper,CPOMEA(H) M.S. Young

DeathsMne M. J. Baker, 45 Cdo RM. Jan 9.CPO(CAS) M Ashton, MOD DNR, Jan 14

Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir Derek Steele-Perkins, Medical Director of the Navy,1963-66, Medical Offlcer-in-Charge RNHHaslar, 1962-63. Queen's Honorary Sur-geon. Aged 86.

Rear Admiral Godfrey Place, submarinerawarded VC for his midget submarine at-tack on German battleship Tirpitz. Aged 73.

Capt W. E. Brockman, CBE, KM. Aged89.

Cdr Graham de Chair, commanded HMSVenus in Operation Dukedom, the last RNdestroyer action of the Second World War.Ships include HMS Iron Duke, Wivern,Achates, Venetia, Wrestler and Thracian.His last appointment was as CommandingOfficer Reserve Fleet Rosyth. Aged 89.

Lt F. Hickman, served in HMS Zulu.s/Lt J. B. P. Miller, RNVR, mine disposal

expert awarded GC for disarming a mine atthe bottom of Barking Creek. Aged 91.

W. Cato, ex-AB, served in ML460. Mem-ber of Coastal Forces Veterans' Associa-tion. Aged 70.

C. W. Taylor, ships include HMS Mer-cury, Boxer, Squirrel, Nightflyer, Maidstone,Redpole, Terror, Verulam, Osprey, Victor-ious, Dolphin, Kent. Blake and Tiger. Aged

R. Tillett, ex-POPTI. Member of the Lon-don and Medway branch of the RNPTBA.Aged 62.

W. Goad, ex-LS awarded the Albert Med-al in 1942 while serving in the Arctic Con-voys. Aged 72.

H. T. Mansfield, DSM, ex-CPO(ERA).served 1937-47. Ships include HMS War-spite. Valient, Liverpool, Vimiera and Grove.Aged 79.

E. Turton, ex-AB Gunner, joined RN asBoy Seaman in 1909. Ships include HMSTemeraire and Alacrity. Aged 39.

L. Mawson, served in FAA in HMSAvenger. Member of the Russian ConvoyClub.

T. H. Hoe, FCPOME, served 1959-85.Ships include HMS Rothesay, Dampier,Eagle, Rooke, Sultan. Nelson and Drake.Aged 51.

H. Mercer, member of the WRENS Asso-ciation and assistant secretary of the Run-corn branch of the HMS Glasgow Old Boys'Association. Aged 73.

A. Kay, ex-CPO Mech. Ships includeHMS Ark Royal. Bulwark, Devonshire. Ter-ror and Vernon. Also a member of thePortsmouth Field Gun Crew. Aged 56.

W. Serrafin, veteran of the Polish Navy,ORP Piorun. Member of the 10th DestroyerFlotilla Association.

W. Phillips, served HMS Bedouin. Mem-ber of the Tribal Class DestroyerAssociation.

A. C. Dudman, member of HMS BarhamSurvivors' Association.

R. Steadman, served 1938-45. Ships in-clude HMS Southampton, Eagle and Ilex.Aged 74.

Lt O. C. O. Ricketts, served in HM shipsRodney, Newcastle, Devonshire, Flamingo,Vanguard, Centaur. Woolwich and Lion.Aged 71.

B. Burtey, ex-CPO ORD, served in HMSQueen Elizabeth, 1945.

K. Stephenson, served 1947-49. Welfareofficer for HMS Comus Comrades.

J Beal, ex-WEA 3. served in Fisgard. Col-lingwood, Exmouth and Intrepid (1973-78). Ex-Holbrook RHS. Aged 37

H C Home, senior commissioned gunner(T). Ships include HMS Highflyer (First WorldWar). Cornwall, Concord. Ramillies. Dorset-shire, Eagle, Newcastle and Black Prince. Alsoserved in HM submarine H39. Aged 92 .'

R Alway, ex-CPO submariner Served inHMS Regent, Odin, shark, Truncheon Anchor-ite, Trenchant and was a German POW Aged83.

The deaths of the following members ofthe Algerines Association have been re-ported: G. S. Ronald (Recruit and Pluto), H.S. Ratcliffe (Acute).

The deaths of the following members ofThe Association of Royal Yachtsmen havebeen reported: T. Blaber, ex-POCK, served1954-58, W. Reason, Sig, served 1953-64.

The deaths of the following members ofthe Fleet Air Arm Association have beenreported: J. Fleetwood, ex-AM/A, served1946-49, G. Fisher, ex-CPO Electrician(Air), served 1941-52.

ASSOCIATION OF RN OFFICERSThe deaths of the following members of

the Association of Royal Navy Officers havebeen reported:

Cdr G. A. Bateman, served in HM shipsCourageous, PC43, Vulcan, Valiant, Calli-ope, Trtania, Caledonia and with RAN.

Capt E. G. Brown, served in HM shipsAmeer, Vulture, Theseus, Eagle, Victoriousand Osprey.

Lt Cdr R. E. Butt, served in HM shipsFlinders, Iron Duke, Canton, Wetherington,Illustrious, Verity, Savage, Cambrian and asNPM London.

Cdr M. T. Collier, served in HM shipsDevonshire, Oswald, Alecto, Arethusa,Elfin, R10. H48 and H44.

Cdr B. deL. Faunce, served in HM shipsPrestatyn, Castor, Furious, Courageous,Flying School Leuchars, Peregrine andDaedalus.

Lt Cdr D. A. K. Finlay, served in HM shipsLanka, Merlin, Glory, Terror and with R MaiN and DGW Staff.

Promotions to ChiefAUTHORITY for promotion of the followingratings to chief petty officer was issued byHMS Centurion in January

OPERATIONS GROUP(SEAMAN GROUP)

To CPO(M) — T. P. Adams (Cambridge),S. A. L. Shirley (Collingwood), G. R. Tonkin(Lancaster), P. McCanerty (Southampton),P. M. Cross (Plover).

To CPO(MW)(O) — N. H. Hodges(Nelson).

To CPO(SR) — D. W. Norris (Drake).To CPO(D) — M. D. Beale (Nelson), M. P.

E. Rogers (Nelson).To CPO(SEA) — S. J. Oliver (Westmin-

ster), T. G. Snaddon (BRNC Dartmouth), S.J. Birdsall (Nottingham), P. Snee (Starling).J. H. Mason (Raleigh), S. P. Judkins (Excel-lent), W. G. Ball (Beaver), D. Nightingale(Raleigh), R. A. Doyle (Raleigh).

(COMMUNICATIONS GROUP)REGULATING AND PT

TO CCPO(CT) — D. M. Louth (Sheffield),D. E. N. Holmes (SCU Leydene), I. B. Mur-phy (RNU Cheltenham).

To CPO(RS) — P. Johnson (Collingwood),P. Harriman (Fearless), M. E. Elliott (CINC-

Capt E. G. Griffin, served in HM shipsWarspite, St Angelo, Victorious, Chequersand Liverpool.

Capt A. Hawkins, OBE, served in HMships Barham, Nelson, Resolution, QueenElizabeth, Cumberland, Golden Hind, Mont-Clare, Ceylon, Phoenicia, Pembroke and asDGSD.

Lt S. G. Hedges, served in HM shipsMauritius. Kenya, Ranpura and Bellero-phon.

Lt Cdr R. K. Hows, served in HM shipsResource, Tamar, St Angelo and onDGW(N) Staff.

Lt Cdr R. K. Husband, served in HM shipsStork, Queen Elizabeth, Resolution, Scott,James Cook, Challenger and Voyager.

Lt Cdr P. R. Lewis-Sizley, served in HMships Malaya, Nigeria, Londonderry and atNaples and with the RAN.

Lt Cdr C. L. Melsom, RNR.Lt Cdr L N. Swatton, served in HM ships

Southampton, Formidable, Badger, Tyne,Wizard and Mars.

ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATIONThe deaths are reported of the following

shipmates:J. Palmer, ex-AB, Soham. Served in D

class destroyers. Member of HMS GangesAssociation. Aged 70.

J. Richardson, founder, president and lifemember, Longsight

D. A. John, aged 48, E. Masked and F.Gasser, Llanelli.

G. Brazear, ex-L-Stk, Greenford. Branchcommittee member. Aged 71.

C. Gale, Portsmouth. Ships include HMSBulwark. Aged 75.

A. Johns, Heme Bay and Dartford. Aged69.

C. West, ex-POCK, Stockton-on-Tees.Aged 68.

G. Holt, Huddersfield, also Dewsbury,Batley and Birstall. Served from 1955 to1964. Ships include HMS Messina, Broads-word and Murray. Aged 55.

D. Craig, Femdown, ex-CPO WTR and P.Groome, Artificer 1938, invalided 1941.

J. Kennet, aged 73, Stoke-on-Trent andB. Hancock, aged 84.

J. B. Healy, president of Cork. Aged 74.K. Clarke, founder member Ramsey.

Member of the LST Association. Aged 70.L Jestings, Portsmouth Ships include

HMS Hermes Aged 72.R Kerr, Portsmouth. ex-Holbrook Aged 62.G Leah, associate member Penzance.J Hill, Penzance Served in HMS Furious

and Dorsetshire Former member of Devon-port Field Gun Crew Aged 72.

T Maby, former welfare officer HinckleyAged 57.

IBERLANT), A. F. Wilson (Southampton).To CPO(PT) — K. O'Rourke (Cochrane),

M. J. Farrow (Nelson), C. W. Matthews(Heron), M. V. Badham (Dryad).

To MAA — R. A. Tantrum (Ark Royal), G.Clelland (Manchester), R. W. C. Shone (Nel-son), S. F. Bottoms (2SL/CNH), G. D. Bates(Blackwater) S. Unwin (Seahawk) C. A.McBarnet (Glasgow), T. Ripley (SNONI), S.R. Sadler (Illustrious), M. Irving (Dolphin), J.Campbell (814 Son), A. Mills (Excellent), G.E. Manning (Sheffield). S. D. Marshall (2SL/CNH).

MARINE ENGINEERING BRANCHTO CPOMEM(L) — N. R. F. Mackay

(Dolphin).To CPOMEM(M) — A. Bullock (Cumber-

land), P. Hayward (Exeter).WEAPON ENGINEERING BRANCH

To CPOWEM(O) — A. Brannan (Brave),S. J. Rule (Starling).

SUPPLY AND SECRETARIAT BRANCHTo CPOCA — P. A. Symington (Argyll), K.

M. Carney (Sheffield), A. Jackson (Raleigh).To CPOWTR — R. F. Gadsby (FOSNNI).

S. Brady (CINCFLEET). M. C. Beale (Nel-son), N. J. Porch (2SL/CNH), P. S. Davey(SA Lisbon), I. D. Lavery (Endurance), M. J.Aitken (Exeter), M. A. Jones (SACLANTUSA), J. M. Hirst (Cumberland).

SUBMARINE SERVICETo CPO(COXN) — P. J. Flint (Repulse,

Port), R. D. Tomkinson (Resolution, Port),R. G Peach (Superb).

To CPOffiS) — A. J. Mawby (Dolphin).To CPOMEM(M) — P. A. Heward

(Trafalgar).To CPOWEM(R) — P. A. Burton (Dolphin),

R. A. Wall (Dolphin), G. J. Grimster-Shepherd (Raleigh), M. Churchill (Colling-wood), R. G. B. Atkinson (Neptune), D. WHughes (Neptune).

FLEET AIR ARMTo CPOAEM(M) — D. Saunders (845

Son).To CPOAEM(R) — J, M. Wholey (702

Son).To CPOAEM(WL) — S. G. Griffon (Sea-

hawk), A. J. Cullen (899 Sqn). W. L. Ron-ayne (702 Sqn), G. C. Critchley (Osprey).

To CPOAC — S.J. F. Hughes (Seahawk),A. J. Wroot (Heron).

NON-SEAGOING BRANCHESTo CPOEN(G) — R. L. Webb (Haslar).CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ARTIFICER

Captain Naval Drafting has been notifiedof the following advancements to chiefpetty officer which were made by com-manding officers in December.

To CPOCT(A) — K. McDonald (SCULeydene).

To ACPOCT(A) — J. F. Masterton (SCULeydene).

To CPOMEA — G. J. Butler (Trafalgar). S.R. Sharpe (Fearless), D. R. Shone (Fear-less), P. D. F. Simpson (Drake).

To ACPOMEA — D. Allwood (Marlbor-ough), M. R. Brown (Drake), A. R. Cotton(Drake), G. S. Humphreys (Fearless). D.Lawson (York), C. Sanders (PortsmouthFMRO). R. M. Scott (Superb), C. M. Shaw(Sultan).

To CPOAEA(M) — A.M. Dunbar (849 SqnHQ). J. E. Pepper (706 Sqn).

To CPOWEA — D. J. Clee (Splendid). C.A. Crane (Beaver), R. C. G. Escott (Repulse.Port). P. R. Havron (Collingwood), S. J. Jack(Resolution, Port), J. M. Jones (Talent), P.Sharp (Resolution, Port), A. D. Tindate (Col-lingwood). A. L. Wilder, (Drake).

To ACPOWEA — P. T. Morrell (Ports-mouth FMRO).

ACTING CHARGE CHIEF ARTIFICERAuthority was issued by Captain Naval

Drafting in January for the following ratingsto be advanced to acting charge chiefartificer.

To ACCMEA(ML) — M. J. Freeman (Tor-bay), C. Lowe (Resolution, Port).

To ACCMEA(EL) — M. S. Cameron(Valiant).

To ACCAEA(M) — V. G. Taylor (810 Sqn.B. Fit).

Ecstasy inBrocklesby

IN FINE spirit are MEM Julian Harries, Lt Cdr Martin Lander,CPO Malcolm Lisle and LMEM James Kelly who proudly dis-play the Rolls-Royce efficiency award won by HMSBrocklesby.

The Spirit of Ecstasy trophy was awarded to the Rosyth-based mine countermeasures vessel for the high standard ofengine maintenance and was presented by Commodore MinorWar Vessels, Commodore Richard Moore, to the ship's com-manding officer, Lt Cdr Lander.

HMS Brocklesby has had a particularly busy year withfishery protection duties followed by operational sea trainingand, towards the end of last year, exercises in theMediterranean.

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Newsbox incorporates apost office, paper shop,video hire, off-licence, gro-cery and frozen food storeunder one roof. It wastaken over by Naafi, refur-bished and doubled in sizein less than three months.

The opening was per-formed by Mrs Liz Somer-vaille, wife of CommodoreIan Somervaille (Director ofNaval Recruiting), formerlyCO of HMS Neptune.

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TODDLERS at the RN air station CuldroseChildcare Centre — better known as Heli-tots — refused to be beaten by a bit ofbaking. Both they and their cakes rose to theoccasion.

Ingredients of this happy mixture are (1-r) BenPowell, Abigail Pipkin, Mrs Marion Fish, wife ofCuldrose CO Capt Peter Fish, Connor Ryan, NickSydenham and Harry Hourigan.

Later the Helitots had another VIP visitor.

ymgPO(R) BAGSIE Baker looks on proudly as his five-year-old son Darren shows early promise as a helo pilot.

Darren was one of 150 visitors enjoying HMS Exeter's pre-Gulf deployment families day. Flying displays by the regularaircrew were a highlight, as was live firing against a towedtarget by two GR16 ground-attack Tornadoes.

At Christmas some families and friends took advantage ofthe Type 42 destroyer's port visit to Mombasa to fly out for areunion with loved ones and enjoy a little winter sunshine.

Second Sea Lord Admiral Sir Michael Layard, aformer Captain of Culdrose, spent a day at the airstation and called on its creche.

Meanwhile, the Culdrose Wives Club held araffle in aid of Guide Dogs for the Blind. Nearly90 prizes, mostly donated by local traders, wereup for grabs.

Organised by Mrs Morag Sharp, wife of CdrColin Sharp, and Mrs Linda Ellis, wife of PO BillyEllis, the raffle raised £1,000.

FAMILYCENTRE'REFIT'

A £100,000 improvementproject, part funded by theSailors' Fund and FleetAmenities Fund (£35,000)and the Nuff ie ld Fund(£15,000) has been com-pleted at Plymouth 'sCrownhill Family Centre.

The floor area has been in-creased by 25 per cent and acatering-standard kitchen in-stalled. A cafe atmosphere isbeing encouraged and familiesare invited to drop in for coffeeand sticky buns.

There are now 22 daytimeactivities at Crownhill, plus athriving thrift shop. A bar withsnooker, pool and darts andregular family discos are alsoon offer.

Enquiries about Crownhill'sRN pre-school p laygroupshould be directed to co-ordi-nator Patricia Whiteley on01752 764114. General queriesabout the centre should go toNaval Area Community OfficerNick Bennett on 01752770860.• Devonport Services RFC

has incorporated a youth sec-tion for the first time in its 90year history. Over 120 eight to15-year-olds, many from Ser-vice families, have signed up.

Anyone willing to sponsor ateam is asked to contact YouthCo-ordinator Steve Hewson on01752 775069.

full and part-time MOD civil-ian employees, SSAFA, retiredand ex-Service personnel. Thefacilities can also be used byspouses and unmarried chil-dren (up to the age of 25), as-well as parents of serving per-sonnel. Service numbers shouldbe quoted when telephoning.

Both hotlines operate in con-junction with the MOD's JointService Travel Centre.

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A SHIP'S bell at the JointSchool of Photography,RAF Cosford, has beendedicated to the memoryof WO(PHOT) TopsyTurner, who last servedthere.

WO Turner's widow, Eliza-beth, and the couple's twochildren, Julia and Stephen,

unveiled the bell. There towatch were Gp Capt MichaelGilding, Cosford StationCommander, Sqn Ldr VictorKinnin, OC School of Pho-tography, instructors andmembers of the photo-graphers' branch.

Popular Topsy died last

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NEXT year the Royal Naval Birdwatching Society,formed to encourage the study of birds at sea, willbe 50 years old.

Today the RNBWS has just under 300 members, includ-ing many from the merchant navies of several countries —and Chairman Cdr Michael Barritt says although both theRN and the British Merchant Marine have declined in sizedramatically since 1946, they still make an important con-tribution to the monitoring of our feathered friends of theocean.

"A notable example has been the extensive study of birdsaround the Falkland Islands and Dependencies and in the sub-Antarctic since the campaign of 1982," he told Navy News.

"Records kept by our members have provided substantialcover of the southern winter and spring — seasons for whichthere was little previous data.

"We identified an influx of many species to Falklands watersduring the hard winter of 1984, and this heightened concern overthe massive increase in fishing in the area."

Records from remote islands and ports can provide invaluableindicators of the impact of man on the environment. In 1982-83LMA Martin Howells' observations on the Indian Ocean island ofDiego Garcia provided an encouraging comparison with thosemade in 1971, during the first phase of construction of the airfieldand military base there.

Close encountersof the bird kind

In 1990 he was in the field again, this time as a member of thethird expedition mounted by the Army and RAF birdwatchingsocieties to monitor the status of breeding populations on Ascen-sion Island.

Meanwhile, during the UN peacekeeping operations in Cambo-dia Sgt Pete Carr, RM, an experienced bird observer and ringer,was doubling in another field of international co-operation.

With a small team of intrepid ornithologists, he started updatingthe records in this poorly researched — and latterly highly dan-gerous — comer of the world.

For fourth months he was stationed on Tonle Sap Lake in thecentre of the country — a mecca for birds. His daily log ofsightings proved to be of international importance — and theirpublication led to a return visit, this time employed by the Inter-national Union for the Conservation of Nature to carry out surveysthroughout the country.

Not all RNBWS activities are conducted on the high seas or inforeign countries. Sgt Carr has lately been involved with thenewly reformed conservation group at RNAD Gosport, piloting ascheme to erect nesting boxes made out of old ammunitioncases throughout the depot woods.

Reports are regularly received from ocean weatherstrips and oilrigs — and yachtsmen and passengers in cruise liners are amongthe RNBWS's associate members.

Naval operations

A Lanner falcon alights on HMS Ark Royal in the central Red Sea —photograph by Capt Mike Harris.

RNBWS guidance is included in Fleet Operating Orders forpassage observations and standardised recording forms are sup-plied for sightings and for measurements of birds examined inthe hand.

Each year a prize is offered for the best photograph of aseabird and an annual journal, Sea Swallow, provides a forum forexchange of information.

After analysis, all records are sent to the library of the BritishMuseum (Natural History) at Tring, where the contributions ofpeople for whom birdwatching is chiefly a hobby form a databank for the professional ornithologist and conservationist.

"Whether you are a shore-based bird-spotter or someone whowould like to know more about the seabirds you encounter duringyour sea time, then the RNBWS has something to offer you," saysCdr Barritt.

"Your interest could provide vital information both on the envi-ronmental features affecting naval operations and on the healthof the planet.'

Weary spring and autumn migrants often take a breather in HM ships— this Black and White Warbler joined Capt R. L. Westwater, MN onthe bridge of his ship in the Gulf of Mexico. The North Americanspecies winters in the West Indies and in the mountains of Vene-zuela, Colombia and Ecuador.

"The annual bird count in Naval establishments was well sup-ported this year, with 127 different species recorded. This year'scount will be made between May 20-28 and anyone is welcome totake part."• The RNBWS organises field trips in the UK and currently hasplans for an overseas expedition. For further details contact theSecretary, Col Peter Smith, RM, at 19 Dowlands Way, SouthWonston, Winchester, Hants SO21 3HS.

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HMS Datchet, one of two purpose-builtTalisman T47 diving boats operated byPortsmouth Clearance Diving Unit.

Clearing theway aheadAS PART of the establishment in April of the Plymouth-based post of FlagOfficer South, Plymouth Clearance Diving Unit is set to join with Portsmouth AreaClearance Diving Unit to form the Southern Diving Group later this year.

PCDU, a front-line unit un-der the operational commandof C-in-C Fleet, provides a 24-hour, 365-day-a-year res-ponse for diving and bombdisposal tasks within Plym-outh land and sea areas. Lastyear, despite a reduction inarea, the explosive ordnanceteam were the busiest with269 tasks to their credit.

The units responsibilitiesare many and varied andinvolve:

• Explosive ordnance dis-posal (EOD) and diving tasksfrom the River Dee to Swan-age on the South Coast, in-cluding the Scilly Isles and theChannel Islands;

• Underwater engineeringin support of Plymouth-basedRN ships and submarines;

• Recompression treatmentof military and civilian diverssuffering from decompressionillness (the bends);

• General diving duties,including underwater search-es, demolitions, hull surveysand emergency tasks;

• First-reaction assistance

in the event of a sunken sub-marine (SUBSUNK) incident.

In addition, the PCDU is oncall to take part in anti-terror-ist bomb disposal across theSouth West in support of thecivil authorities.

The RN has always main-tained a proud history ofinvolvement in mine clearanceoperations and PCDU diversare trained in the demandingdiscipline of mine counter-measures (MCM) diving. Evenin this age of major technolo-gical advances the need fordivers to conduct "hands on"MCM/EOD remains undimin-ished.

Live ordnanceEach year the unit deals

with approximately 200requests to dispose of all oldand new unexploded ord-nance found around the UKcoastline below the high-water mark. A large number ofmines and other explosiveslaid by both sides during bothWorld Wars remain un-accounted for and this, withdisposal of marine flares andpyrotechnics washed up asflotsam or handed in for safe-

keeping, and periodic clear-ances of disused MODranges, ensures that the ser-vices of the PCDU remain inconstant demand.

EngineeringSimilarly, underwater engi-

neering work in support ofships and submarines of theFleet provides plenty ofopportunities for practisingthe techniques and proce-dures required for battle dam-age assessment and repair inany potential conflict.

The PCDU operates twoboats within the Devonportarea, the purpose-built divingboats Miner III and Datchet,which support surface-sup-plied air diving and providethe unit with waterbornemobility. Miner III was accept-ed into service during 1993while Datchet joined the unitin September last year.

While the PCDU and Plym-outh Area CDU will amalga-mate both units will remainlocated in their original baseports. They will retain theirseparate identities but willbenefit from increased re-sources and flexibility.

• AB(D) Buffs Buffery, LS(D) Dave Croall and AB(D) Kev Amaira prepare unexploded ordnancefor disposal.

• Above right: Ships'diver continuation train-ing ("monthly dippers")is carried out at PCDU.

• Right: AB(D)s SidLawrence, Jim Dimondand Billy Barfoot tend toa diving casualty in thecompression chamber.A new chamber was in-stalled late last year.

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Airmen Sportoutp ayrest atOsprey

SIX men's teams and threeladies' teams took part inthe second Naval Air Com-mand/Wessex Water PoloCompetition, held at theBoscowen Centre, RN airstation Portland, writesCPO Tony Atkinson.

A much-depleted NAC tookto the water with only sevenplayers, the minimum required,to win five hard-fought gamesagainst Frome, Wessex, Wes-ton-Super-Mare, Tisbury and ateam from the Dutch Navy.

This excellent performancein the face of some awesomepower — one of the Dutchplayers scored several goalsfrom well within his own half— earned NAC a place in thefinal. In a rerun of last yearthey played Weston.

Four goals up after the firstquarter, NAC were clearly frus-trating the seasiders, but in thethird quarter one of theirplayers was excluded for therest of the game.

The whole team worked tre-mendously hard and continuedto attack Weston's goal, scoringa number of times and takingthe match 8-5.

In the ladies' final Tisburywere beaten by the far superiorPort of Plymouth side, whichincluded GB internationals.

Any players, novice or exper-ienced, who would like to knowmore about Navy water poloshould contact CPO Tony At-kinson (Daedalus ext. 4245) orPOPT Phil Boswell (Temeraireext 25912).

BADMINTONBOTH HARDAND CLOSE

IN WHAT proved the closest finish for some time, the ItoyalMarines won the Inter-Command Badminton Champion-ships for the third time in 28 years. Their last victory was adecade ago.

With a number of regularsmissing from each team it wasgood to see their places filled bynewcomers. The first dayproved the event was to beclose.

This continued on thesecond, with RM and Ports-mouth exchanging the lead on anumber of occasions, right upto the final round of games. Itwas then that the RM movedinto the two^int lead theysustained until the finish.

Notable performances in thistough tournament includedMartell/Hill (Air), with 12 winsfrom 12 matches, Rowlands/

McGilveray (Portsmouth) 11from 12; Somerville (Ports-mouth) eight from eight; andO'Connor (RM) seven fromeight.

Trophies were presented bythe tournament's hosting CO,the Captain of HMS Sultan,Capt John Covell. As well asthose for winners and runners-up, three awards were made toplayers who had contributedthe most. The recipients wereWhalley and Noble (RM) andMcGilveray (Portsmouth).

Final result RM 41 wins,Portsmouth 39 and Air 31.

Open boxingcancelledfor want ofcompetitorsFOR the first time the Royal Navy Open Boxing Champion-ships have failed to produce a single contest, but coach C 7SgtLeo Toms refused to permit "walkover champions."

-Sussex Royals make-turkeys of sailors

LATEST matches have seen the RN volleyball teamtake six points from a possible eight, but not without afight and a definite Christmas "stuffing" along the way.

Their match against Priory went to five sets. In the thrillingfinale Lt Les Crawford fired in some firm serves and the RNpressed home their advantage to take the set 15-13 and thematch 3-2.

A comprehensive 3-0 defeat in just SO minutes followed atthe hands of Sussex Royals, but the Navy rallied in the trian-gular fixture that followed. They beat Weymouth 3-1 and tookan easy 3-0 victory over bottom of the league Varsovia.

Next RN home match will take place at HMS Collingwood onFebruary 19, starting at 1130.

With only six competitors ofsuitable standard available, hehad not option but to cancelthe competition.

Five finals were filled for theRN Intermediate Champion-ships, but four civilians boxershad to be drafted in to make upa nine-bout programme.

Despite these difficulties theevening produced some excit-ing boxing. Notable was MEMMark Patterson (Air) at light-welterweight. The refereestopped his onslaught againstAB Stuart Haslock (Ports-mouth) after 52 seconds.

EntertainingAnother entertaining contest

was the light-heavyweight clashin which AEM Nick Mabbutt(Air) took a majority pointsvictory over the Royal Marines'Dillon Jones.

In a special light-middle-weight contest against civilianMichael Voysey, of Cowes Me-dina Club, Mne Steve Whyte'sclassy boxing earned him aunanimous points decision andthe Best Boxer award.

There was a unanimous deci-sion, too, in favour of Mne LeeKerry in his super-heavyweightbout against civilian boxer JeffSmith, of Poole.

The Marines won the Inter-

Command team trophy withsix titles and Naval Air Com-mand were runners-up withthree.

Other results were — feather:Mne Stuart Donley (RM) w/over, light: Mne Mick Cowley(RM) bt Mne Darren Gould(RM) pts(u); welter Mne JamieSmith (RM) w/over, light-mid-dle: Mne John Sharp (RM) w/over, middle: Mne Paul Davies(RM) bt Mne Mike Hardy(RM) pts(u); heavy: Mne ChrisWalker (RM) bt Mne AndyLane (RM) pts(u); super-heavy:AEM Edward Fitzsimmons(Air) w/over. Specials — welter:Mne Jamie Smith (Navy) btAlan Mullins (Poole) RSC1;super-heavy: AEM EdwardFitzsimmons (Navy) bt DaveFrench (Gosport) RSC 1 (cuteye); super-heavy: Mne LeeKerry (Navy) bt Jeff Smith(Poole) pts(u).• HMS Nelson gymnasiumwill be the venue for the Navyv Army boxing match onThursday, February 2, com-mencing 1930. Tickets costing£4 are on sale at the MainGate. Nelson will also host theABA semi-finals on Tuesday,March 28, commencing at1930. Tickets at £5 and £7.50ringside will be on sale at theMain Gate nearer to the dateof the event

GASH BOUQUETTHE inaugural Cambridge House Five-a-Side FootballLeague competition came to a close, with "The GashHands" narrowly seeing off the challenge of FUBS andthe Seadart Allstars.

In the hard-fought final fix-ture the Hands were beaten7-2 by Seawolfers, but hadalready done enough to se-cure the championship.

Capt Peter Pacey present-ed the Cambridge HouseShield to be held for a yearand keepsakes for the win-ners and runners-up.

Anglers'line-upANNUAL trophy presen-tation of the RNAS Cul-drose Sea Angling Clubtook place at the airstation's sports pavilionand the executive offi-cer, Cdr Colin Sharp,did the honours.

Thirty-four trophies wereawarded in all. The club'smembership includes Roy-al Navy personnel and ci-vilian staff from Culdrose.There is also a junior sec-tion, with members asyoung as five.

This year's overallchampion was PO PaulRichards, pictured receiv-ing his trophy from CdrSharp. Mr Tony Trolley wonthe boat championship, MrAndy Williams the shoretrophy and Kevin Pennedthe junior trophy.

DUCKINGS AT DRAKEA WATER olympiad washeld to mark the re-openingof HMS Drake's swimmingpool after £150,000 worthof work and events rangedfrom the deep-end egg-and-spoon to silly stroke racing.

Overall winners of the com-petition, which was organisedby LWPT Janine Burns, assist-ed by AB(S) Brian Davies andMEM Kent Tanner, were theships' husbandry team. Prizeswere presented by Capt SimonGoodall, Capt Base Personnel.

Anyone wanting to knowabout the activities on offer atthe pool should speak to POPTBob Pully on Drake ext 65257.

An It's A Knockout contest isplanned to mark completion ofthe refurbishment of HMSDrake's gymnasium. The billfor the new roof, floor, win-dows, and heating system, plusthe changing room and officerefurnishment topped f'/im.

Still at Devonport, work isscheduled to begin in April on atop-line Physical and Recre-ational Training Centre. Thecompletion date is August '96. Picture: LA(PHOT) Mac MacDonald:;

Mne Steve Whyte

Mne Paul Davies

BRIEFRN Regulating branch GolfChampionship 1995 is to beheld at Southwick Park onThursday, June 29. Thetournament will be playedover 36 holes and all serv-ing and retired members ofthe branch are invited totake part.

Full details and an applica-tion form are available fromthe event organiser WO(MAA)John Parker, Regulating StaffOfficer, HMS Dryad, tel. Dry-ad ext 4345 or 4612. The fieldis limited to 40 so it is advis-able to apply early.

RAIN forced the cancellationof the Navy's football matchagainst the Civil Service. TheCombined Services played aFootball Association XI atNantwich and lost 2-0.

Navy fixtures for February begin witha game against English Universities atBumaby Road on February 14, kick-off1430. A week later on February 21 theteam travel to Cowes to play the Isle ofWight, kick-off 1930.

A PARTY of 30 from HMSFearless visited the ship'sadopted town of Scarboroughand took part in a full sportsprogramme, including five-a-side versus the local firemenand police and golf.

A football match against aScarborough district select XIwas lost 7-5, but it was theship's best showing in three at-tempts. CWEA Keith Smeethskippered the ship side.

SportNAVY NEWS. FEBRUARY 1995 35

Firemen dishout dousing

AFTER playing so well against the Australian Combined Ser-vices, the Navy senior XV started 1995 in very disappointingfashion by losing 36-5 against the very strong British Fire Serivce — a team containing six full and youth internationals — atthe Rectory, writes the Leprechaun.

Despite winning 60% of the ball tackling of the Combined Ser-vices backs and determined

Mr John Loaring, managing director of NAAFI Financial Services, official kit sponsor for RN representative rugby, handsover a token shirt to Lt lain Dixon RM. Commodore Doug Lewis (RNRU), on the left, looks somewhat overwhelmed.

from scrum and line out, the ex-perimental RN XV three-quartersmissed too many tackles andcould not cope with the fast-run-ning firemen.

With plenty more warm upgames before playing the Armyon April 1, Navy selector JeffBlackett was not too dishearten-ed by this "minor setback."

D D DTries from AEA Dow and Mne

Griffiths gave RN Youth a 10-3lead over Bracknell at half time,but Bracknell increased the pres-sure in the second half and wonthe game 18-10.

O D DAs recorded briefly last month,

the Combined Services beat thenearly all-conquering AustralianCombined Services 12-9. TheAussies had previously beatenthe three single Service teamsand only been beaten on the tourby Somerset.

The Rectory match saw theAustralians playing their normalexpansive game, but the fierce

rucking and scavenging by theback row of Armstrong, Williamsand Dixon frustrated them.

Although neither team scored atry, the Combined Services onseveral occasions were belea-guered on their own line but al-ways managed to escape. Allpoints came from kicks: threepenalties each from Steve Wor-rell (RAF) — Tri-Service's mostcapped player — for CS andstand-off Holden for Australia.

With time running out and theAussies very much in the ascen-dancy a quick break into the visi-tors' half allowed stand-off EdRaynor to slot over a beautifully-taken drop goal from the back ofa Bob Armstrong-inspired win-ning ruck.

Finally, now is the time to bearranging those coaches andcars full of supporters for theNavy-Army game at Twickenham.

Other diary dates to note are: Feb 1 RN vCivil Service at Burnaby Road, ko 1400; Feb8 RN v Cambridge University at Burnaby Rd,ko 1800; Feb 15 RN v Surrey at London Irish,ko 1930; Feb 18 RNU21 v Havant at Havant,ko 1400; Feb 28 RN v Bath at Bath, ko 1915.

Naval Reservists traintheir sights on the TA

TWO teams of officers and men from HMS King Alfred, the Portsmouth RNR unit based atWhale Island, took on colleagues from the Territorial Army at their own game in the annualMarch and Shoot competition for Hampshire Reservists.

The King Alfred men did notlet the Senior Service down; theA team finished second overalland the B team third. Theevent, which was won by 560(Hants) HQ Sqn RE, compriseda five-mile cross-country run inmilitary fighting order followedby range firing.

PermanentIn previous years the RNR

squad had been let down onmarksmanship, but coachingthis year by the unit's perma-nent staff i n s t ruc to r ,CPO(OPS)(M) Stan Mathews,helped the team to such an ex-tent that they were only twopoints adrift from winning theshooting.

The A team, pictured above,includes (standing 1-r) CdrDave Sutton, on one of his finalduties before leaving the Ser-vice, Seaman Wayne Stallard,hoping to become a Fleet AirArm pilot on leaving college, Lt

Ivan Kay, team captain, LROAd Ware and PMSA Colin Ad-

ams. Lt Cdr John Hughes holdsthe ensign.

Trophy winners and runners up: (back l-r) Vice Admiral Boyce, Ltd Cdr Benson, POPT Binks, CaptPelly and WO Webb. Front: AEA Armstrong, AEA Draper, Lt Young, PO Kearney and LS Owen.

Young squash winnerLT Robin Young (Phoenix) and POPT Ian Binks (RNSLAM) contested the final of the opensection of the Royal Navy Individual Squash Rackets Championships at HMS Temeraire.

Young won the match 9-2,9-2, 9-2. The Under 25 titlewas settled on a walkover; itwent to AEA David Arm-

strong (Culdrose).In the veterans event

WOPT Tim Webb (SROPortsmouth) overcame the

spirited challenge of newRNSRA chairman Capt. Ri-chard Pelly to win the final 3-9, 9-7, 9-4, 7-9, 9-7.

Winner of the vintage titlewas Lt Cdr Mike Benson RN'(retd). He beat the newRNSRA president, Vice Ad-miral Sir Michael Boyce 9-1,9-5, 9-2.

PlatesThe open plate was won b1.

PO Joe Kearney (Neptune;and the classic plate by LSAndy Owen (Gunwharf).

Admiral Boyce presentedthe trophies. He also present-ed mementoes to long-servingplayer/off icials Maj GenAndy Keeling (president 93/94), Cdr David Dawson-Tay-lor (membership secretary formore than a decade) and LtCdr Alex Johnstone (stalwartof the game).

36 NAVY NEWS. FEBRUARY 1995

// feat clinchesKurdistanhospital plan

THIS colourful abseil down the tallest building in Lon-don — the 425ft-high Forum Hotel — was organised bya Joint Services team from the Royal Naval Staff Col-lege at Greenwich. Object of the exercise: to raise£10,000 to enable the opening of a small cottage hospi-tal in Kani Masi in Kurdistan.

Mountain leaders from theCommando Training Centreat Lympstone and the RoyalMarines Brigade PatrolTroop helped 38 participantsto complete the sponsoreddescent, including past andpresent members of the RMand Army.

Servicemen who served innorthern Iraq during Opera-tion Safe Haven in 1991 had

established strong links withcare workers there and areaware of the need for a hos-pital at Kani Masi to treatvictims of landmines.

Dr Marigold Curling, whois working in the region, hasso far raised £140,000towards the £245,000 cost ofthe 12-bed hospital. The ab-seil donation will enablebuilding work to start.

Top jobfor SirJock

ADMIRAL Sir Jock Slater is totake up appointment as FirstSea Lord in July. He will suc-ceed Admiral Sir BenjaminBathurst.

The Second Sea Lord, Ad-miral Sir Michael Layard, is tobe succeeded in May by ViceAdmiral Sir Michael Boyce,who will be promoted to therank of Admiral.

Admiral Slater joined theRoyal Navy in 1956 and sincereaching flag rank in 1985 hasheld successive appoint-ments as Assistant Chief ofDefence Staff, Flag OfficerScotland and Northern Ire-land, Chief of Fleet Support,C-in-C Fleet, and is currentlyVice Chief of the DefenceStaff.

Admiral Boyce is a formerFlag Officer Sea Training andis currently Flag Officer Sur-face Flotilla. It has alreadybeen announced that RearAdmiral John Brigstocke willreplace Admiral Boyce asFOSF.

Wilkinson Sword award for HMS London

Albania aid taskwins peace prize

HMS LONDON has wonthe Navy's WilkinsonSword of Peace for her"outstanding" commu-nity work during a visitto Albania.

While the Type 22 frigatewas alongside Durres forfive days in November1993, the ship's companyworked closely with volun-tary and charity organisa-tions to put into operation ashort but intensive pro-gramme of aid in the under-developed country.

Essential goods were flownby the ship's helicopter to re-mote mountain villages before

winter closed in fully. Sailorsworked alongside the Feed theChildren organisation to helprefurbish an orphanage, whileother task groups from the shipcleaned and painted a hospital,worked in kitchens there, andvisited patients.

Plasma BagAlthough often toiling in par-

ticularly unpleasant conditions,they remained cheerful andbuilt up good relations with thec o m m u n i t y and wi th aidorganisations.

One artificer, CPO Tugg Wil-son, was able to make an indi-vidual contribution by design-ing and producing a specialdevice to control the flow ofplasma from bags used by the

SURVEY GIANT

An artist's impression of the new survey ship due to enter service in 1997

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9 From front page-tish Aerospace and the SemaGroup — are the design author-ity through their YardCompany.

They will take responsibilityfor the ship's performancethrough initial design, for ap-

proval of drawings, supervisionof construction, and trials andacceptance.

Although such nations as theUSA and Russia operate largeocean survey vessels, this is thefirst purpose-built ship of thekind to be built for and operat-ed by the Royal Navy.

Albanian Blood TransfusionService.

In announcing the award, aJoint Services Defence CouncilInstruction concludes:

"The success of the ship'scharitable activities, combinedwith a variety of official events,is testimony to the outstandingcontribution made by the ship'scompany towards fosteringfriendly relations with thepeople in and around Durres."

The award will be presentedto HMS London by the spon-sors, Wilkinson Sword Ltd, atDevonport on March 24. Other

Victoriousentersthe slipsHMS VICTORIOUS,second of the Royal Navy'sTrident submarines, hasbeen commissioned atVSEL's shipyard at Barrow-in-Furness.

Guest of honour at the cere-mony was Lady Newman, wifeof Flag Officer Plymouth, ViceAdmiral Sir Roy Newman. Shenamed the boat in 1993.

The submarine's port andstarboard crews — totalling 260officers and men — were onparade led by their command-ing officers, Cdrs Huntly Gor-don and Jonathan Powis.

TrialsOther guests included Lord

Younger who — as DefenceSecretary — laid the vessel'skeel in 1987; families of thecrews and members of theHMS Victoripus (1941-45)Reunion Association.

The commissioning cake wascut by Mrs Feather Gordon andMrs Margaret Powis, wives ofthe COs, assisted by OMs Rus-sell Cowley and Jimmy Rim-mer, the crews' youngestratings.

Victorious has completedcontractor's sea trials and is un-dertaking further training andtrials before entering operation-al service.

recipients this year are theArmy's 21 Engineer Regimentfor their humanitarian work inBosnia, and RAF Kinloss forthe station's community work.

DismissedWren isto return

FORMER Wren steward Don-na Ward is to become the firstwoman to be reinstated as amember of the Royal Navyafter being dismissed becauseshe became pregnant.

Mrs Ward, whose husbandAlan is an LMEM, was forcedto resign in 1986. However, shehas turned down the chance toclaim £70,000 compensationand instead has opted to get herjob back.

She has accepted £2,000compensation and will returnto the Royal Navy subject toher passing a medical test.

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