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Navy NewsJULY 1992 30p

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HMS Norfolk approachesthe Suez Canal on herway east — see centrepages.

A USER-maintainer Warfare Branch is to be established in the Royal Navy bymerging the current Operations (Ops) and Weapon Engineering Mechanic(WEM) branches, starting next summer.

Following a feasibility study, the decision was taken by the Navy Board in June and announced bythe First Sea Lord (Admiral Sir Julian Oswald).Already at work is the Warfare

Implementation Team, whichsays the new branch will be moreable than current Ops. and WEMbranches to adapt to the continu-ing advances in technology and tomore extensive use of automationwhich increasingly are creatingnew demands on naval personnel.

It also says, "As well as providing amore stable and robust branch struc-ture, designed to ease the stretch

Bumper tobumper!By lunchtime there were 10,000cars at the 12th Scottish Inter-national Airshow at Prestwick, or-ganised by HMS Gannet and theRoyal Air Force Association.MA(Q)s Maggs Brodie and FionaMcWilliam were among 60,000people who came to enjoy thefun. —Picture — LA (Phot) Karl Webb -

caused by dilution and gapping of bil-lets ashore and afloat, the change willensure that the training provided toServicemen and women matchesmore closely both their onboard tasksand their aspirations than today.

"The amalgamation of the operatorand mechanic functions will allowmore efficient use of a more flexiblemanpower resource which will, inturn, enhance the Fleet's fightingeffectiveness."

The merger of the Ops. and WEMbranches into the Warfare Branch willresult in fewer ratings' sub-branches,with each being responsible for low-level maintenance of their equipmentin addition to their operator tasks. Ju-nior ratings will be called Operator-Mechanics (OM).

The WEO will remain responsiblefor availbility of all weapon engineer-ing equipment and the appropriateengineering and safety standards. WEOfficers and Artificers will not be partof this new branch structure.

To ensure necessary operations andtechnical expertise a new four (insteadof the current three) level trainingstructure, with professional coursesbeing conducted at each rate, will beintroduced up to and including PettyOfficer.

Each course will be rate/job specificand civilian recognition will be soughtfor these new courses.

Most Warfare Branch personnelwill be trained from entry, but someexisting junior operators and main-tainers will be cross-trained.

Says the Implementation Team,"Far from being disadyantaged, rat-ings not selected or eligible for cross-training will be both able and encour-aged to continue their current careersduring the eight-year overlap between'old' and 'new' courses and in the sub-sequent years before existing branchesare subsumed into their successorbranch.

"During the establishment of theWarfare Branch, Ops. and WEM rat-ings will provide the continuity ofessential skills and experience neces-sary to ensure Fleet capability."

Recruiting for the new Branch willbegin in Spring 1993, with trainingstarting in September 1993. LeadingRate and Petty Officer courses willstart in 1995 and 1998 respectively.

Ships and submarines will be direct-ed to implement their Warfare Branchorganisation at build, refit or dockingperiods between 1994 and 2001, withpriority given to newer classes ofships.

Volunteers forPhase 2 call

THIS month sees a call for volunteers for Phase 2, involving about450 officers and 700 ratings, in the Navy's redundancyprogramme.

"So far as possible the target willbe achieved by voluntary means, butsome compulsory redundancies can-not be ruled out if the correct senior-ity spread within the ranks and spe-cialisations is to be achieved" it wasstated for the Government in theCommons.

Closing date to volunteer will be mid-September, with the redundancies an-nounced on Dec. 1. Those involved willleave the Service between. April 1 andNov. 30 1993.

In this phase officer redundancies willagain include Captains and Com-manders, but will also extend to Lieuten-ant-Commanders and below. WarrantOfficers, Chief Petty Officers and PettyOfficers will again be required from bothArtificer and non-Artificer branches.

In Phase I, involving about 80 officers

and 320 ratings, those selected were noti-fied on April 1 this year.

With surpluses increasing in some cate-gories as manpower analysis continues,and until redundees utilising the 12months notice available have left, it wasdecided to bring forward Phase 2 fromApril 1993 to Dec. 1992.

In Phase 2, and any others, the aim willbe to provide sufficient time for individ-ual decision making, with a timetable in-volving a last date in service of Nov. 30.for people wishing to take the full 12months notice. At the same time, everyeffort will be made to release those whowish to leave earlier.

Said the Second Sea Lord (Admiral SirMichael Livesay) in a message to theFleet, "I am most conscious of the uncer-tainty and potential distress caused byredundancies and the corresponding needto complete the p rog rammeexpeditiously."

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VATICAN VISITWHEN Young Officers and staff from Britannia Royal NavalCollege, Dartmouth, visited the Vatican for an audience withPope John Paul II, they took with them a personal letter fromthe Captain BRNC, Capt. Richard Hastilow, together with agift of an Edinburgh crystal decanter, cut in the thistledesign.

Photograph, right — Pope John Paul II greets the Dart-mouth visitors, front row, from left to right, Officer CadetsPam Fisher, Cathy Dunn, Susan Fitzsimmons and SimonDempsey.

Nelson job-shopA SPECIAL Job Search Centre is being set up at HMSNelson, Portsmouth, aimed at providing practical up-to-the-minute advice and assistance for personnel about to leavethe Service.

With staff provided by theHampshire Employment Ser-vice, the Job Centre-cum-JobClub will be available to allthree Services, geared towardsthose within three months ofleaving, but ready to continuewith an after-care service forthose who have left but are stillseeking work.

Vacancies, both local andnational, will be displayed, andhelp will be on hand to assistand advise on CVs, speculativeletters, interview techniquesand preparation, as well as jobmarket research, labour market

information and employmentopportunities.

The centre will be also beproviding all the equipmentnecessary for locating andapplying for a job — tele-phones, typewriters, word-processors, and a fax machinewill all be at the disposal of thecustomers.

Established as a joint initia-tive between the EmploymentService and HMS Nelson Re-settlement Office, it is expectedto open for business in mid-July, and will operate on Tues-days, Wednesdays and Thurs-days, weekly.

21st birthday for 21sCELEBRATING the birth-day of HMS Amazon, thefrigate she launched 21years ago, Princess Annetook passage in her shipfrom Portland to Ports-mouth.

The Princess Royal hasalways been a keen sppnsorof Amazon, having visitedher almost every year sinceher launch, and she spentthe day visiting all depart-ments.

HMS Amazon was thefirst of the Type 21 frigatesand in her 21 years hassteamed well over half amillion miles, worldwide.Recently completing her op-erational sea training atPortland, she is due to de-ploy to the South Atlanticfor a fourth time later thisyear.

with the lads of 3E Mess, left toMcLean, Harrison and Griffiths,Niven.

Mixed blessings forRosyth and DevonportDURING the first four years' operation of the Devonport and Rosyth Royal dockyards under commercialmanagement, progress on MOD's objectives of greater efficiency, maximum competition and better overallvalue for money has been "mixed".

This is stated in a report by the National Audit Office to the Commons which also says that reduction in the Navy'splanned workload for the yards underlie many of the problems experienced by MOD in managing the programme.

MOD have met their targets for in-troducing risk pricing for the labourelement of refit contracts, but not formaterials, for which achievement ofthe target depends on improvementsin estimating materials consumption.

On the yards' performance undercommercial management the reportsays that changes since Vesting Day in1987 made the assessment of savingsfrom commercial management diffi-cult. Both commercial managers hadintroduced measures to improve effi-ciency and made cost savings butMOD had incurred additional expen-diture on redundancies and manage-ment of the programme.

The department took account of ef-ficiency improvements specified inthe term contracts in negotiating indi-vidual refit contracts, but no satisfac-

tory method of measuring the im-provements achieved had beendeveloped, and delays and increasesin costs over MOD's initial estimateshad continued, mainly due to growthwork approved by the department.

The commercial managers neededmore stability in the naval programmeif they were to achieve the expectedbenefits from improved efficiency andgreater competition. On competition,the report says that reductions in theNavy's refitting programme have pre-vented a greater proportion being putout to competition.

The commercial managers had wonas much commercial work as they ori-ginally predicted by diversifying intonon-ship work but, until recently hadnot tendered for much of the navalwork open to competition, partly due

to uncertainty related to increases indockyard annual charging rates as aresult of workload reductions.

Under current arrangements MODmet most of the yards' costs plus thecost of competitive naval refit workplaced elsewhere. Some recent con-tracts had been allocated to the com-mercial managers on a marginal costbasis instead of being put tocompetition.

Turning to future arrangements, thereport says the MOD are consideringfuture requirements for naval supportfacilities and arrangements for man-agement of the yards after the end ofthe first seven-year term contracts.They needed to identify the level oflong-term capacity required in theyards and the extent of its utilisationin peacetime.

Himalaya climb-downWINTER this year came earlier than usual in the Himala-yas, dashing the hopes of the British Services' EverestExpedition in their attempts to reach the mountain'ssummit.

Stalled by blizzards and high winds less than 2000ftfrom the top, the team was forced to turn back from theirdifficult West Ridge route and return to base camp.

Royal Marines reservist, Lieut. Steve Bell, and Surg.-Lieut.-Cdr. Andy Hughes, from RNH Stonehouse, Plym-outh, supported by Sherpas, had earlier completed thefix-roping of the Hornbeim Couloir, at a height of 27,500ft, in preparation for the final assault, but appallingweather conditions exhausted the climbers, with sup-plies of oxygen, gas and food getting low, and tentsdestroyed in the winds.

The 16-man Everest expedition team included oneother Royal Navy climber, Surg.Lieut. Peter Davis. Teamleader was Col. Mike Kefford.

• Another Navy climber, Lieut.-Cdr. Sandy Simpson,from Portland Naval Base, faced the same weather prob-lems as co-deputy leader of team attempting to reachthe summit of the Himalayan mountain Makalu — thefifth highest peak in the world — by the hitherto un-climbed west face.

Here too massive snowfalls and avalanches forcedthem to eventually abandon their attempt.

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WHEN staff from HMS Royal Arthur visited the Metropolitan Police in Londonthey witnessed a demonstration of "Shield Training", with police constablesbombarded with bricks and petrol bombs, looked around the Central Com-mand Complex at New Scotland Yard, and got in some "sea-time" on theCommissioner's launch on the Thames.Picture above — left to right, WO Dennis Moffat, CPO Snakey Blake, PO Jan

and WO Mick O'Shea.

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Fieldhouse remembered — quiet, kindly and full of Yorkshire commonsense

'A FRIEND BEYOND PRICE'GREAT tribute to the kindness, loyalty, warmthand immense professionalism of the late Ad-miral of the Fleet Lord Fieldhouse was paid at amemorial service in Westminster Abbey attend-ed by more than 1,400 people.

Among those represented were The Queen andDuke of Edinburgh, the Prince of Wales, Duke andDuchess of York, the Prime Minister and former Pre-mier Mrs Margaret Thatcher.

The lessons were read by Admiral Sir Julian Oswald(First Sea Lord) and Field Marshal Sir Richard Vincent(Chief of the Defence Staff). Admiral Fieldhouse'sorders and decorations were carried in procession.

In addition to family members, in the congregationwas a great number of retired and serving members ofall the Services, including many senior officers, to-gether with representatives of numerous organisa-tions with which Admiral Fieldhouse was associated.

In his address Capt. Peter Kimm said warmth andhumanity shone through Admiral Fieldhouse's wholecareer and, though by the end of it he was a states-man among statesmen, he was still as comfortable —and as welcome — on the for'ard messdeck and in the

sergeants' mess as he was in the highest corridors ofpower.

To each of his increasingly important jobs hebrought, in addition to those human qualities, ashrewd analytical mind, immense professionalism andan abundant measure of Yorkshire commonsense.

His persepctives were wide and he thought big.Again and again he cut through complexity, tackling aproblem with realism and determination and all this hedid quietly and while exuding a remarkable — andhighly infectious — calm.

Falklands leaderThe memorial service was taking place precisely

ten years after the most critical phase of the Falk-lands war in which he held Tri-Service command-in-chief and Admiral Fieldhouse would wish them to re-member too the Falklands dead and all who sufferedas a result of that war.

Capt. Kimm went on, "We who were his contempo-raries as midshpmen would not have tipped him as anobvious future First Sea Lord. Perhaps that geniality,quietness and modesty hid the rest of the potential in

those early days. But he was the one who got there."Then he went on to be Chief of the Defence Staff

"Admiral of the Fleet, GCB, GBE and a Peer of theRealm. And all achieved quietly and kindly. Doesn'tthat say it all?

"Well, no, actually it doesn't; for even though it is astatement of the obvious, I do not think this address inthis hallowed place would be complete without explic-

mention of the essential Tightness of John's work."The profession of arms in a benevolent democracy

is intrinsically noble; and the likes of John Fieldhousemay with justice claim to be, first and foremost, ser-vants of peace.

"John made precisely that claim in his maidenspeech in the Lords, as Nelson had made in his ...John, in typically dry, low-key, just said that 'Ourarmed forces make a very large contribution to thatmost important of all the social services — the mainte-nance of peace."

Paying tribute too to Admiral Fieldhouse as a familyman, Capt. Kimm asked all in the famous abbey togive thanks for one of the most distinguished lives ofmilitary service since the Second World War — and fora friend beyond price.

York under Bravery awards for eightreview

HMS York was invited by HMAS Torrens to attend AnzacDay ceremonies at the Kranji War Memorial Cemeterywhile both ships were alongside at Singapore.

The York was taking a break from patrol duties in the Gulf, whereshe held naval exercises with Kuwait last month and was visited bythe Armed Forces Pay Review Body.

The AFPRB was made aware of the special conditions affectingships serving on the Armilla Patrol and discussed a number oftopics, including increments for Senior Rates with extra responsibi-lities, laundry charges and extra pay for those waiting on longadvancement rosters.

HMS Edinburgh and HMS Chatham relieved HMS York andHMS Beaver on Armilla Patrol in the Gulf as Navy News went topress last month.

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Explosivesituationsdefused

InternationalLANDING Craft Units (LCUs) from HMS Fearless and a SeaKing helicopter from 846 Naval Air Squadron with the Frenchlanding ship Orage off Port-Vendres in the south of France.

Yankee Coy 45 Cdo joined over 12,000 personnel from theUK, France, Italy and Spain, taking part in the Western Euro-pean Union-type Exercise Farfadet to practise evacuation andrescue techniques.

Closing downPART-TIME sailors in Gwent have been told their RNXSunit at Newport is to close next month after 40 years inoperation.

They will have the chance to transfer to one of their neighbouringunits at either Sully, Bristol or Gloucester.

RNAY Wroughton shuts down on 30 September after 20 years'service with the Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation.

There are now only five MOD personnel there, most of the workbeing carried on by Field Aviation, whose contract is soon to expireMuch of it will then transfer to RNAY Fleetlands.

ReceptionA farewell reception with buffet lunch and flying display will be

held on 30 July at 11.30 p.m. and anyone with past or presentconnections with the yard is welcome to attend. Cost will be £6 perhead. Further details from the QIC RNAY Wroughton Tel- 0793812291 ext 5501 by 17 Julv.

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THE Queen's GallantryMedal has been awarded toLieut.-Cdr. Stephen Far-rington for his part in put-ting out a fire in a burningmerchant vessel in the Gulf.Lieut. Timothy Chidley andPOMEM Richard Wilsonreceive the Queen's Com-mendation for Brave Con-duct for their parts in thesame incident.

HMS Brilliant was on patrolin the aftermath of the Gulfconflict on March 29 1991when a message was receivedfrom mv Mercs Horana, a4,300-tonne merchant shipwhich had suffered an engineroom fire.

A Royal Navy diver, WORobert Quids, is also to receivethe Queen's Gallantry Medalfor his actions in dealing withan unexploded German minein Barry docks, South Wales.Lieut.-Cdr. Stephen Wild wasawarded the Queen's Commen-datipn for Brave Conduct forhis involvement.

Three more Navy men havereceived bravery awards fortheir role in a rescue operationin the South China Sea lastAugust.

CPO Andrew Harrison andL/S John Stoddart, diversbased at HMS Tamar, struggledin 50ft waves thrown up by ty-phoon Fred to recover bodiesfrom a capsized oil supportbarge.

Both receive Queen's Com-mendations for Brave Conduct,as does A/B Chris O'Donnell,now based at HQ C-in-C Fleet,Northwood, for his role in therescue mission.

• Admiral of the Fleet LordFieldhouse of Gosport.

IN BRIEFAriadne'sgeneralservice

HMS Ariadne has left herhome port of Portsmouth forChile, where she starts her newlife as CNS General Baque-dano, bringing the total num-ber of ex-RN Leanders in theChilean Navy to four.

n n nDockyard workers and

schoolchildren who witnessedthe launch of HM submarineOcelot in 1962 have been in-vited to welcome her back tothe heart of Chatham historicdockyard when she arrivesthere to go on permanent dis-play on July.

n n nHMS Mercia are this year's

Duffy Trophy winners follow-ing the Royal Naval Reservecommunications competitionhosted by HMS Sherwood atNottingham.

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Vice Admiral E. Lyashenkoled a party of Russian navalofficers visiting Portsmouth'sHistoric Dockyard during abreak in routine talks with theRoyal Navy in London.

D n nHMS Ursula, third of the

Royal Navy's new Upholderclass of diesel-electric patrolsubmarines, was formallyhanded over by Cammell LairdShipbuilders Ltd of Birken-head, Portsmouth.

n n nTwo German U-Boats, U21

and U24, with the support ves-sel Meersburg and the tugHelgoland, visited the 1stSubmarine Squadron at HMSDolphin, Gosport last month.

n D nDartmouth's Royal Marines

Band raised £4,000 for theKing George Fund for Sailorswith a gala concert held in theCollege's Senior Gunroom.

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An oak gavel, carved as aship-of-the line in full sail anddated HMS CollingwoodWardroom 1940, has returnedto the electrical engineeringschool at Fareham after a saleat Christie's.

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HMS Marlborough played hostat Portsmouth to six ex-crewmembers of the wartime Flow-er-class corvette HMS Snow-flake, commemorating the 50thAnniversary of her launching.Both share the same affiliatedtown of Marlborough, Wilts.

D D nEdinburgh commemorated the50th Anniversary of the com-missioning of the battle shipHMS Howe with a service at StGiles Cathedral, attended by45 members of the Howe As-sociation and cadets from TSHowe, the Leith Unit of theSea Cadet Corps.

NAVY NEWS, JULY 1992

Changing coursesQualifying courses, qualify examinations, and qualifications generally are in the news again. LRQC for General Service (M)ratings are suspended for the time being, MEM(L) ratings may have to transfer to ML under the ACE scheme; ActingMEM Is are reminded to keep up their studies and budding SD Officers have to pass their qualifying exam but once now thatits validity has been extended.

Temporary stop for LMEM(M)As announced in FTM 435/91 the long roster time for advance-

ment to ALMEM(M) has resulted in Able Rate MEM(M)s undertak-ing the Leading Rates Qualifying Course at HMS Sultan well inadvance of being rated Leading Hand. Completing the course forconfirmation as a Leading Hand and yet having to return to AbleRate duties is demotivating for those concerned. Equally if attend-ing the course as an MEM(M)1, a rating may lack the experiencenecessary to have the best chance of qualifying for Artificer Candi-date selection.

To prevent such problems the LRQC for General Service (M)ratings will be suspended for about one year from July 92. Whencourses recommence, only A/LMEM(M)s will attend.

Courses for GS(L) Ratings are currently filled with Leading Handsand will therefore continue as normal.

Sultan plays the ACESWhilst the Leading Rates Qualifying Course provides the prime

selection of ratings for the Artificer Candidates Course (ACC), theEarly Selection Scheme (ACES) is a viable alternative route toArtificer for the young MEM in the Fleet. In order to meet therequirements of the service, the policy has recently been changed, toallow Sultan to nominate the EL or ML SQ of Artificer Candidatesselected through the ACES scheme. This may mean some candidateswith an MEM(L) background being required to transfer to ML as acondition of being accepted on course.

Any queries about the ACC or the ACES scheme should bedirected to Lt Andy Law on HMS Sultan Ext 2148.

No time limit on SD ExamThe present regulations covering qualifications for selection of

Engineering SD Officers stipulate that a pass in the QualifyingProfessional Exam (QPE) shall only remain valid for 5 successiveselection boards, after which time the candidate will be required toresit the exam. This time limitation is to be removed and the QPEwill be considered as a once only qualification, remaining valid untilthe candidate is promoted or ceases to be eligible for promotion.Candidates will still be given the opportunity to resit the exam toimprove their pass, either voluntarily or at the discretion of thePresident of the Selection Board, to enhance their prospect ofselection.

Reversion risk for A/MEM1When an MEM2 has achieved 12 months seniority but has been

unable to qualify fully for MEM1 for Service Reasons, he may berated Acting MEM 1. The acting rate ensures that a rating is not putat a disadvantage because of problems outside his control — eg.unsuitable ships programme. Most importantly the Acting MEM1receives the pay of an MEM 1 Scale C.

Invariably there will be plenty of time remaining during a normalfirst sea draft for an Acting MEM 1 to obtain the necessary qualifica-tions. A rating must, however be seen to be maintaining satisfactoryprogress towards obtaining the full qualification for the higher rateor risk being reverted to MEM2 with the associated loss of pay.Failure to have qualified on leaving his first ship would normallyimply unsatisfactory progress resulting in reversion.

All MEMs should therefore leave their first full sea draft qualifiedat least for MEM1 Scale C. The good news is that the keen MEM1should be well able to qualify during the first sea draft for Scale BPay and so be rewarded by having even more money in his pocket.

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Ships of the Royal Navy No. 440

AndromedaLeander ref ittJUST out of a 17 month, £25m refit at Rosyth Royal Dockyard, HMS Andromedawill, from June next year, be maintained in a state of reduced readiness, it has beenannounced. The move comes in the light of the reduced threat on the internationalscene.

Harbour after the fall of the Ar-gentine garrison.

Primarily intended as ananti-submarine frigate, HMSAndromeda is fitted with twotriple, deck-mounted torpedo

FACTS &FIGURES

But the Andromeda,which will be berthed atPortsmouth, will be keptready to be reactivated intime of tension or conflict.

Motto: Unfettered. Pen-nant no: F57. Laiddown: May 25 1966.Launched: May 24 1967.Commissioned: Decem-ber 2 1968. Displace-ment: 3,200 tons.Length: 372 ft. Beam: 43ft. Ship's company: 20officers, 200 ratings.Range: 4,000 miles at15 knots.

In the meantime, she has abusy programme ahead.

Since her rededication theship has been engaged on trialsand Basic Operational SeaTraining at Portland; these suc-cessfully completed, she is tojoin the Standing Naval ForceAtlantic for a five month de-ployment to the Baltic and theMediterranean.

HMS Andromeda is the lastLeander frigate to be refittedand was the last Leander to bebuilt at Portsmouth in 1967.She played a significant part inthe Cod War and in the evacua-tion of Britons caught up in thetroubles in Cyprus. In 1978 sheunderwent a major weapon up-grade in Devqnport, when shewas fitted with the Seawolfanti-aircraft and anti-missileweapon system.

In May 1982 the Andromedaformed part of the Task Forcesent to retake the Falkland Is-lands. She was to play a vitalrole, providing close-in weaponsupport for the aircraft carrierHMS Invincible and for the re-supply groups operating in SanCarlos Water.

HMS Andromeda was thefirst warship into Port Stanley

BATTLESHIPCLAIMED BYCARIBBEANHURRICANE

THE present HMS Androm-eda, first of the Batch 3broad beam Leanders tobe built, is the latest in aline of Royal Navy ships tobear the name of thedaughter of Cepheus, Kingof Ethiopia.

Greek legend has it that An-dromeda was chained to arock as a sacrifice to a seamonster. At the last momentshe was saved by Perseus,whom she married. When shedied, Perseus turned her intoa brilliant star.

The first HMS Andromeda, asixth rate, was launched in1777 and saw action a yearlater in the Battle of Ushant.She also served at the Battleof Cape St. Vincent. She waslost with all hands in a hurri-cane off Martinique in 1780.

A fifth rate of 32 guns fol-lowed in 1784 and an Ameri-can sixth rate, the Hannibal,was captured in 1812 and ren-amed. Another fifth rate, thistime of 46 guns, was built inBombay Dockyard and

launched in 1829. She wassold in 1863.

While this ship had beenunder construction, a sixthrate was laid down in Dept-ford. She was to have namedAndromeda but the Admiraltychanged this to Nimrod in1827.

Three other Andromedaswere a trawler hired 1917-19,a tug in service 1942-45 andanother tug, requisitioned in1941 for minesweeping dutiesand sunk in an air attack onMalta in 1942.

The largest HMS Androme-da was an 11,000 ton firstclass protected cruiser builtat Pembroke Dock andlaunched in 1897. She carried16 six inch guns and numer-ous smaller ones. The shipsaw service in the Mediterran-ean, Indian Ocean and on theChina Station, and served asa depot ship from 1910 to1955.

• Battle honours: St Vin-cent 1780 and Falkland Is-lands 1982.

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Fair crackin practicefor medics

WHILE congratulating the powers that be for this new era of sexual equality andequal opportunities, I have a couple of queries concerning the Medical Branch.

tion", and all I ask is for a fair which is considered as fair asThe fairer members ofthe branch now serve at seaafter completing the sametraining, passing the sameexams, and qualifying foradvancement in the samemanner as their male coun-terparts. So why are they ona different roster for ad-vancement to Leading Rateand Petty Officer?

If male, 94 points are re-quired, meaning a wait of atleast three years from passingthe PPE to the issue of a B13.However, an LMA(Q) needwait only 12 months before herB13 for PO.

This discrepancy intriguesme for, as far as I know, there isno male/female differentiationin billets apart from shipswhere no WRNS are borne.Some MA(Q)s have exercisedtheir option of s tayingshoreside.

This is not a sexist tirade. Iam just trying to point outequality is a double-edgedsword, and ask whether I cantransfer to the QARNNS or isit as J. M. Barrie wrote in "TheAdmirable Crichton": "HisLordship may compel us to beequal upstairs, but there willnever be equality in the ser-vants' hall."

Discrimination is wrong, in-cluding "positive discrimina-

crack of the whip. — P. Burns.LMA. RN Air Medical School,HMS Daedalus.

HMS Centurion said thatalthough male and female MAscarry out virtually the sametraining and undergo the sameprofessional qualifying courses,they are in separate Servicesand therefore on separate ad-vancement rosters.

"Despite this, and the factthat the POMA(Q)s roster is ef-fectively dry, LMA(Q)s are notbeing advanced to POMA(Q)any quicker (or slower) thantheir male counterparts.

"In theory the first PO-MA(Q)s could have appearedin March this year when someLMA(Q)s qualified in all re-spects for advancement on adry roster. In practice though,and in an effort to be fair toboth sexes, the women at thetop of the POMA(Q) roster willnot be advanced until theirbasic dates (BD) are the sameas their male counterparts atthe top of the POMA roster.

"For example, if the LMA(Q)at the top of her roster had aBD of, say April 1 1991, shewill in effect be "held back" foradvancement until the man atthe top of his roster also has aBD of April 1 1991. The rostersare therefore separate as thewriter correctly states, but inpractice they are run in parallel

the system allows."With regard to the question

concerning transfer to theQARNNS, anyone can apply totransfer through normal Ser-vice channels providing man-ning clearance is given (for thetransfer out) and there are va-cancies available at the time(for the transfer in).

"Although it could be con-strued as discrimination, maletransfers to the QARNNS arenot expected to wear the identi-cal uniform as their femalecounterparts!"

Aisne andAberdeenREGARDING the Freedom

of the City of Aberdeen beinggranted to HMS Scylla (Mayedition) and it being believedto be the first such honour giv-en to an RN ship by a Scottishcity, I am sure the Freedom ofAberdeen was granted to HMSAisne.

I joined the Aisne as a boyseaman straight from trainingin HMS St. Vincent in June1955 at Aberdeen.

I would like to hear fromanyone who served in her from1955-1957 and also anyonewho served in HMS Grenville,Captain "F" of the PortlandSquadron 1957-58; and inHMS Puma 1958 to Sept. 1959.

I would particularly like tocontact A. J. De'Ath whojoined the Aisne with me, andDonald Parks who served inthe Grenville. — E. T. H.Saunders. Ex-AB. Esperanza,Whitehall, Watchet, Somerset,TA23 OBD.

LETTERS to the Editor-should always be accom-panied by the correspon-dent's name and address,not necessarily forpublication.

Hard tops wereplane-proof

FULL marks to the magnificent response of HMS ArkRoyal's crew when the practice bomb penetrated the carrier'sdeck.

However, I recall how theBritish Pacific Fleet carrierHMS Indefatigable was the firstof many Fleet carriers to be hit

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by a Kamikaze. To the surpriseof our American allies (whohad lost many carriers with ap-palling casualties through Ka-mikazes penetrating their flightdecks), our ships with ar-moured flight decks preventedthe suicide bombers penetrat-ing them, and ships were opera-tional again within the hour.

At the time of the HMS Inde-

fatigable Association's firstreunion in 1989 Prince Philip,who served in the BPF, re-called watching as the carrierwas hit by the Kamikaze.

He wrote, "Our USN LiaisonOfficer was sure she was donefor and could hardly believe hiseyes when part of the watch ap-peared on the flight deck andswept the remains over theside". — G. Purnell. Lieu-t(retd). Ex-HMS Indefatigable.Sutton Coldfield, WestMidlands.

More nosesrubbed in

the troughFURTHER to the letter (May) concerning the "pen-

sions trough", may I quote from my experience?

I left the Service in 1969as a CERA having com-pleted 24 years service, 22years reckonable for pen-sion. I therefore have first-hand experience of the"pension trough" so graphi-cally illustrated by your cor-respondent ex-CPO R.Potter.

Anticipating the effects of apension frozen for 15 years andaggravated by rising inflation, Isought, on leaving the Service,to transfer my pensionableyears to the excellent superan-nuation scheme provided bymy new employer. Had I beenan Admiralty civilian employeethis would have been possible.However, as a uniformed em-ployee, to use MOD'S ineffablejargon, "It was concluded thatit was not practicable to do so."

The effect of this decision?£7,000 per annum less in pen-sion and a lump sum £30,000less than I would have enjoyedfrom June 30 1992, when I re-tire from my employer 'sservice.

Your readers may well ima-gine my feelings when I remar-ried in 1990, six years after thedeath of my first wife, to beadvised by MOD that, since Ileft the Service before 1978, mywife did not qualify for anypension in respect of my ser-vice in the RN.

There is no doubt that theMOD can render, in theirterms, an accurate factualaccount of how these situationsarise. It does not, however, ad-dress the issue of "fairness oftreatment" nor the enduringsense of grievance that blightsmany ex-Service pensioners'pride in half a lifetime of exem-plary service in the RoyalNavy.

Thank you for the therapeu-tic benefit you afford in reduc-ing my blood pressure and an-

gina by receiving this letter! —O. C. Gray, MBE. Linlithgow,West Lothian.

n n nCONCERNING the "pen-

sion trough" affecting person-nel who retired during 1976-78,during that period Service payincreases were not incorporatedinto the basic salary but wereawarded as supplements. Sup-plements were not consideredwhen retired pay or pensionswere calculated.

, Subsequently, the supple-ments were absorbed into basicpay, but this was too late forthose who had already retiredand the Ministry has refused to,remedy the situation.

One of the main reasons giv-en for this refusal was thatthere would be repercussionsinvolving all public servicepensions awarded during thepay restraint period and thatthe problem was not limited tothe Services.

However, a colleague who re-tired from the Avon Constabu-lary during that period informsme that the Police pensionshave, in fact, been adjusted toeliminate the 1976-78 trough.

If this is so, then there is agood case for reconsiderationof the Service pensions affectedby the restraints of that period.— A. J. Freebom. Wg. Cdr,RAF (retd). Dartmouth,Devon.

n n nI agree completely with Ex-

CPO R. Potter (May).I predicted the situation in a

letter to Navy News in Decem-ber 1977, but at time of writingdidn't realise how much it wasgoing to cost the '76-78 pen-sioners (£l,000-£ 1,500 a yearin my case) for the rest of ourlives. Quite a substantialamount by any reckoning. Thissurely cannot be fair. — DonCaleb. Ex-CMEM. Leeds.

:

Memorial not just to the deadOVER the past six months there has been much pub-

lished about Crystal Palace and the Royal Naval Divis-ion. May I correct some statements and confirm others?

The RND memorial in Greenwich College is a memorial to thedivision and in no way commemorates the RNVR. The comme-morative trophy in Crystal Palace is unique because it is the onlymemorial in the country entirely devoted to the RNVR.

Its correct title is the RNVR commemorative trophy and it isnot a memorial to those who died, but commemorates all men ofthe RNVR who passed through Crystal Palace in 1914-18. Alarge number went into the RND, some went to the RNAS, andthe rest went to the Fleet, being mainly stokers and signalmen.

Kings Colour Drake Battalion is in the custody of London

Division RNR; Anson Battalion in Glasgow Cathedral; andHawk and Hood Battalions in St. Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. A colour was given to the RM at Chatham. I do notknow which battalion but would assume either Howe or Nelson.

In London Division they have a drum known as Drake'sDrum, but not the Drake's Drum, which can be found in HMSDrake. I think it may be a drum used in the RND Band, but amunable to find its true origin. London Division also has threesilver commemorative bugles to draw battalions.

Finally, may I mention the parade and rededication of theRNVR Trophy which was arranged for Crystal Palace lastmonth. — D. W. Haslam. Hon. sec, RNVR & RNR (LondonDivision) Old Hands Association. Wivenhoe, Essex.


High andlow ratesREGARDING the item about closure of HMS St. Vincent (FurseHouse), you might be interested in this picture, found in an oldalbum, which was taken in June 1927 when some boys camefrom HMS Ganges to open the barracks at HMS St. Vincent atGosport.

Shown are Lofty Mitchell and Titch Judd, both the same age— but not the same height!

If any of my old mates see this, could they get in touch? —George W. Reid, 16, Calder Road, Edinburgh, EH11 3PE,Scotland.

Longfifeshorts

AT the recent HMS Royal Ar-thur Association reunion fourmembers discovered during thecourse of a casual conversationthat they were all regularlyusing shoe cleaning brushes is-sued to them at Skegness dur-ing the 1940-42 period. One ofthem was still using a shavingbrush issued at the same time!

Incidentally, I have a pair ofCombined Operations shortsissued to me at Bombay in1943 while attached to HMSBraganza which I should be de-lighted to donate to any navalmuseum who might be interes-ted. - G. Pedrick. Silver Leys,14 Atwood, Little Bookham,

Near Leatherhead, Surrey.

froncfadfirst

THE "Fifty Years On" column(May) says of Operation Iron-clad (May 6-7 1942): "TwoFrench destroyers and one sub-marine sunk by aircraft andone s u b m a r i n e sunk bydestroyers."

Maybe one destroyer (sloopor corvette) was sunk by air-craft, but one was credited tothe Bombardment Unit thatcalled for fire from HMSLaforey.

This was the first operationalshoot carried out by the Bom-bardment units, comprising aCaptain Royal Artil lery, aLeading Telegraphist, a Teleg-raphist a'.id a Full

details are in the book "SoldierSailor." — W. H. Bradshaw,DSM. Scarborough, N. Yorks.

Handledwith care

MAY I express the heartfeltthanks of our family to theRoyal Navy for the caring, con-siderate manner it carried outthe committal of the ashes ofmy late father (Jerry England)to the sea. I cannot praise toohighly the kindness shown bythe chaplain, Peter Scott, andthe crew of CINC barge.

I would also like to thankshipmates of Swindon RNA fortheir attendance.

It is gratifying to realise thateven in times of cutbacks andchanges, the Royal Navy stilltakes time to care. — Angela J.Whitbread. Elson, Gosport.

Leadershipclassic

MAY I suggest that the excel-lent book "One HundredDays" just written by AdmiralSandy Woodward be madecompulsory reading for all stu-dents at the Navy's LeadershipSchool, either HMS Royal Ar-thur, or at Whale Island when itmoves?

As an ex-student, instructorand course officer at Royal Ar-thur I found the book had tre-mendous insight into the mindof a leader and his associatedproblems. — K. Furniss. Ex-WO(AH) Q.rsham, Wills.

Beff toffs for Mafia'sMICHAEL Sandle's magnificentSiege Bell, commemorating the7,000 servicemen — 1,676 ofthem were submariners — and ci-vilians who died in the defence ofMalta in the Second World War,was sounded by The Queen, pay-ing her first visit there for 25years.

Fifty feet high, the bell tower domi-nates the entrance to Grand Harbour.The bell itself has "a deep, puretone," Admiral of the Fleet LordLewin, Chairman of the George CrossIsland Association, reported.

The Royal Naval Museum staged anexhibition on Operation Pedestal, thebattered convoy that rescued the is-land from starvation in August 1942, inthe Maritime Museum at Vittoriosa. Itreturns to Portsmouth this month.• Right — (left to right) Lord Lewin,The Duke of Edinburgh, The Queen,the President of Malta, Dr Vincent Ta-bone and his wife, and Archbishop Jo-seph Mercieca at the dedicationceremony.• Below — HMY Britannia entersGrand Harbour escorted by HMSBattleaxe.

Pictures — Emanuel Ga/ea

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In his annual review of thestate of the world's navies, edi-tor Capt. Richard Sharpe saysthe Mediterranean appears in-creasingly unstable, with vio-lence spreading in the Balkansand militant Muslim factionsgrowing stronger in countriesalong the North African coast-line. The recent formation of apermanent NATO Standing

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Naval Force in the Mediterran-ean reflected growing inter-national concern.

Iran looks likely to becomethe forty-third navy to acquireits own submarines and Indiahas made nuclear submarinedevelopment its top naval pri-ority, he says. As well as in thePersian Gulf there are alsoproblems in the Gulf of Aden,the Malacca Straits and in theChina Seas.

Submarinedefences

Capt. Sharpe says that de-pendence on the US Navy, itscommunications, intelligence,sealift and layered air and sub-marine defences is now an in-grained part of Western andJapanese maritime defenceculture.

Deprived of its superpoweradversary, the only force nativeAmericans had cause to fear,there is less obvious reason whythe United States should con-tinue to pay the bills for theregional maritime defence ofthe competitive economies ofthe European Community, orJapan, or anyone else.

He says the review must beread in the light of the effectthat events of the last year havehad — and will have — on boththe world's great navies: "theRussian bear maimed and sulk-

ing in its lair but still a formi-dable force, and the Americaneagle with wings clipped and indanger of being increasinglyconfined to its nest, thereby al-lowing the smaller predatorsgreater freedom of manoeu-vre."

In the United Kingdom sec-tion, he says that since 1979 theRoyal Navy has fought a war inthe South Atlantic, conductedcontinuous patrols in the Gulffor the last 11 years (rising to acrescendo in 1990-91 and stillcontinuing at a lower level),cleared mines in the Gulf andRed Sea and main ta inedalmost constant patrols in theCaribbean, South Atlantic,Hong Kong and as part ofNATO's S tanding NavalForces.

It has also maintained a sea-borne strategic deterrent.

"During that same decadedestroyer and frigate numbershave been reduced by 42 percent and submarines by 57 percent, with further cutbacks still

to come as the final part of theOptions for Change salami slic-ing exercise is worked throughin the next couple of years."

Completion later this year ofthe last of the Upholder classwould see the first break in at-tack submarine constructionsince the first Holland boat waslaunched in 1901.

On the weapons systems sidethere is good progress in navalaircraft updates and replace-ments, and better radars, so-nars and electronic warfareequipment entering service.Advances in new weapons areless impressive, he says.

Multinationalforces

In his conclusion, Capt.Sharpe says that rapid reactionforces of a multinational natureare going to be essential in anuncertain and unstable inter-national climate in which in-creasingly the authority of theUnited Nations is necessary if

public support is to be guaran-teed.

But once the force is de-spatched it must have clear anddecisive political and militaryleadership so that rapid deci-sions can be made and the con-fidence of those doing the fight-ing, and risking their lives, issustained.

"Furthermore, those samepeople need to believe in therelevance of the cause to theirown and their country's inter-est, and in the chain of com-mand controlling their lives. Astrong sense of identi ty isindispensible."

• The 1992-93 edit ion ofJane's Fighting Ships remains acomprehensive and indispensi-ble guide to the world's navies.This 95th edition has morethan 1,200 new photographsand line drawings, as well asthousands of additional oramended specifications and op-erational details. It is publishedby Jane's Information Group at£135.

• Before returning to Holland to be decommissioned, HNLMS Potvis arrived at Dartmouth for a five-day visit hosted by BritanniaRoyal Naval College. On leaving, the boat was painted red, white and blue, with the tail of a whale (Potvis in Dutch) illustrated on theconning tower to mark her final entry into her home port.


Jersey is the cream of the islandTAKING time off from her fishery protectionpatrol of the South Western Approaches is the Is-land class patrol vessel HMS Jersey seen here visit-ing her affiliated town of St. Helier on the island ofJersey.

The ship arrived in port in time to help celebrate the48th Liberation Day which commemorates the liberationof the Channel Islands from German occupation duringthe Second World War.

HMS Jersey's busy three-day visit began with a cocktail partyfor local dignitaries organised by the ship's officers.

The following day the Lieutenant Governor of the island, AirVice-Marshal Sir John Sutton, was welcomed on board to in-spect divisions and to present RPO Stephen Lamb with his LongService and Good Conduct medal.

Tlie ship's company then spent the remainder of their staysampling some of the island's warm hospitality.

HMS Jersey is now back on patrol in Area West and before shereturns to her home port of Rosyth she has an LSP in Gibraltar

• 'and a visit to La Pallice.

Victory serviceswith a smile

AT A TIME of high-priced and sometimes busy hotels in London,the Victory Services Club can usually offer overnight accommo-dation, with reasonably-priced meals and a friendly clubatmosphere.

One of the oldest-established Services clubs in the world, itwas founded in the City of London in 1907 as the Veterans Cluband moved to Holborn after the First World War, changing itsname to the Victory Ex-Services Club. At that time membershipwas about 2,000 but it was realised that if it was to fulfil itspurpose fully larger premises were needed.

A successful appeal, launched by the Lord Mayor of London,enabled a long lease at the present location in Seymour Street,Marble Arch, in 1948. A memorial wing was completed in 1956 toallow further expansion, and in 1970 the status was altered fromex-Services to a Services Club.

Today membership exceeds 42,000, and special considerationis given to widows and widowers of Service people and to thoseless fortunate members, through a benevolent fund.

The club has spent £1 million on improvements in the last fiveyears and the programme continues. Generous help from Servicebenevolent funds has made much work possible, including facili-ties for the disabled. Loans from non-public funds of the Serviceshave greatly assisted many other maintenance and improvementfeatures.

Apart from normal day-to-day hotel services, the club offers avariety of rooms for conferences, banquets and private dinners.There is bedroom accommodation for some 300 members. Appli-cation forms to join are available from: Membership Secretary,Victory Services Club, 67-79 Seymour Street, London, W2 2HF(071-723-4474).

MissingtrophyA TREASURED trophy for thelast 35 years of Capt. S. W.Malins has been the bell of theBangor-class minesweeperHMS Brid l ington , his firstcommand ,as a lieutenant in1940.

Now, from an address in Sus-sex, the bell has gone absentwithout leave, says Mr HughMalins, son of Capt. Malins,whose wartime career broughthim the DSO, DSC and Bar.

Any information would bewelcome on 0424 830262.

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DUKE MEETS UPWITH THE KING

FOLLOWING a successful visit to thePool of London HMS Argyll deployed fortropical trials, visiting Lisbon for the 25thanniversary of Iberlant and Gibraltar, be-fore carrying on southwards.

From Dakar, which provided her ship'scompany with an insight into this exoticpart of old French colonial Africa, theType 23 frigate continued to the Bight ofBegin where sea and air temperatureswere greater than 30 degreescentigrade.

These excesses, combined with highhumidity, tested the machinery, services,weapons and sensors to the utmost.

After two weeks in the Bight the shipcrossed the Equator on the way down toAscension Island and King Neptune took

the opportunity to meet the first of theDukes along with many of the ship'scompany and, as can be seen by thephoto, he clearly found favour!

Ascension marked the changeoverpoint for the trials teams and during thebreak the ship's company enjoyed thesunshine, beaches and excellent hospi-tality of the Exiles Club.

An exped from the frigate tackledGreen Mountain and during a two-hourclimb they made their way through euca-lyptus groves, meadows and dense bam-boo forest.

HMS Argyll's long passage north sawan extensive mutual interference trialand, following a stop at Madeira, first ofclass gearing trials before finally return-ing home to Devonport.

ROSYTH naval Iplayed host to 15 shipsduring Navy Days inMay, providing a week-end of thrills for visitors

imilies.troyers, frigates

md mine countermea-sures vessels from theUK, Europe and NorthAmerica were open tothe public, includingGulf veterans Araus.the Royal Fleet Aury vessel which aas a hospital ship dur-ing the conflict, and theHunt Class minecounter-measures ves-sels HM ships Led!Dulverton and Brlesby.

Other attractionseluded a flying displayby a Sea Harrier andSea King, Lynx rWessex \\eV\copXboat trips for visitogymnastics displayarmed combat deistrations by the F.Marines and a displa,by the Royal Navy

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y me Ministry offence Police Pipe Ethe Sea Cadet CBand and the RMarines Band ofOfficer ScotlandNorthern Ireland.

Navy Days in Ports-mouth will be held onAugust 29, 30 and 31.

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9 Above: The Scotland and Northern Ireland Clearance Div-ing Unit entertain the crowds at Rosyth naval base with theirdiving display.

The Citadel returnsWORK is well under way on the re-creation of the Citadel, the Second World War Western ApproachesArea Command Headquarters, at Derby House. Liverpool.

The HQ will be re-created asit was during the Battle of theAtlantic, 1941-43, with all theoriginal artifacts put back intheir place.

From the Citadel the wholeof the Allied Atlantic sea war,from below the Equator north

to the A r c t i c C i r c l e , wasplanned and fought. Convoyoperations, including those toMurmansk and Archange l ,were also run from theheadquarters.

It is intended to have theproject complete and ready to

receive visitors in time for theplanned" three-day conferenceon the Battle of the Atlant ic inMay next year. Plans are readyin hand for a fleet of over 40warships from all over theworld to be moored in theMersev.


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FOR HIS outstanding per-formance as chief diving in-structor in charge of theRoya l N a v y ' s Div ingSchool at Horsea Islandnear Portsmouth, CPO Bri-an Tempest, known asTroy, has won a HerbertLott Award — and a chequefor £150.

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A VISIT to a working coalface 1,000mdown took a party of sailors from HMsubmarine Superb deeper than they'dever been before.

The submariners were given a tour of Lit-tleton Colliery in Staffordshire while theywere in the county helping their affiliatedSea Cadet unit — TS Superb, Stafford —build a boatshed.

TS Superb's First Lieutenant, Lieut. (SCC)Gary Waring, the Mine Safety Officer at Lit-tleton, arranged the visit.

Pictured in the foreground are GraemeEdge from the mine and Lieut. MikeMcGinty. Behind them, from left, are CK Bar-ber, WEIVI Anderson, RO Warlow, WEMFeeney, Lieut. Green, PO Taylor, CPO Toms,LStd Johnson, POCK Bramham and SAPatterson.

Naval Home Command Ad-miral Sir John Kerr, who con-gratulated Troy on his "bound-less e n t h u s i a s m , to ta ldedication to work and remar-kable resourcefulness".

Troy, who has twice beendecorated for service overseas,including in the Gulf, is respon-sible for the general manage-ment of the Diving School andfor maintaining training stan-dards and regulating trainingactivities.

CALM IN CRISISDURING a routine mobile patrol in Plymouth, LReg SteveWalters, of Royal Naval Provost Headquarters HMS Drake,spotted a car driving erratically and at high speed. He fol-lowed it and saw the vehicle go out of control on the approachto a bend and hit an oncoming car head on.

Steve radioed for colleagues and police assistance and wasshortly joined by LReg Billy Calvert and LReg Lonnie Loner-gan. Together they helped the injured, detained suspects forquestioning and generally "held the fort" until the civil policearrived. Their actions were commended.

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DURING HMS Broad-sword's duty in Londonas host ship for the 50thanniversary of Malta re-ceiving the GeorgeCross, she was visited byher sponsor, PrincessAlexandra.

The Princess toured theship and met manymembers of the ship's com-pany, including the PipingParty (from left) -LS WilliamKennedy, AB Yorkie Gatelyand CCMEA Bob Taylor.

Other VIP guests to visitthe frigate were His Excel-lency Salv Stellini, HighCommissioner for Malta, andAdmiral of the Fleet LordLewin. The High Commis-sioner — pictured right onthe left — presented the Ad-miral with a medal recentlystruck by the MalteseGovernment for Servicemenwho served in the defenceof Malta during the last war.

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LIEUT.-Cdr. Douglas Williams, whoas a Boy Seamen was one of the lastto train in sail, has joined St Dun-stan's, the organisation for blindedservicemen and women, a week afterhis 103rd birthday.

He served in the Royal Navy for 43years, coming through two world warsonly to lose the sight in one eye in anaccident during gunnery trials.

Douglas joined the family of St Dun-stan's after the sight failed in his othereye. Welcoming him to the organisationand presenting him with his badge wasAdmiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Leach,chairman of St Dunstan's, who made thejourney to the centenarian's home nearPortsmouth.

Both gunners, the two men had muchto chat over before Admiral Leach leftcarrying a gift from Douglas (right in pic-ture), a book on the Grand Fleet and theBattle of Jutland, in which he fought inHMS Royal Sovereign.

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First of their kindAfter six months of intensive training at RN air station Culdrose, Wrens Sarah Handley,Susan Brown and Kerry Barnard have become the Service's first female aircraft handlers.

At the Royal Navy's Schoolof Aircraft Handling they quali-fied in all aspects of aviationfirefighting, crash rescue andaircraft ground handling.

The School's Officer in

Charge Lieut.-Cdr. GeorgeArmstrong said the role of theaircraft handler was very de-manding and that the trainingwas necessarily physicallyarduous.

"I am extremely pleased thegirls have made the grade; eachhas shown great deter-mination," he said.

Picture: LWren Sahara Thomas

first of hisWHILE there's been plenty of news about former male-onlybastions in the Royal Navy tumbling, less has been reportedon the fall of female-only strongholds — but equality is a twoway process.

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FIFTY years to the dayafter they first walkedthrough HMS Drake'smain gate to join theNavy, ex-Coders Bill Har-rison and John Mawermade a return visitaccompanied by theirwives. Both were some-what astonished to seehow facilities hadimproved.

Lieut. Steve Walker, for ex-ample, has become the Ser-vice's first male PersonnelSelection Officer. He joined theNavy as an Instructor Officerand his first appointment wasto HMS Raleigh as a NewEntry Instructor.

He said his present job asPSO at Raleigh particularly ap-pealed to him as it gave him theopportunity to work and mixwith young people in both for-mal and informal situations. Asa former secondary schoolteacher, he valued that contact.

Since completing his PSOcourse in interviewing techni-ques and psychometric testingwith the Senior Psychologist(Naval) in London, Steve'stasks have ranged from advis-ing ratings on their prospects offuture branch transfers to ad-venture training on Dartmoor.

On the wider scale, the PSO'sfunction at HMS Raleigh is tovalidate and quantify previousselection procedures, while atthe same time identifying weaktrainees and making predic-tions on training potential.

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Formerly a senior lectur-er in history at the RoyalNaval College, Greenwich,Mr Ollard was also a senioreditor with Collins and is along-serving and influen-tial member of the NavyRecords Society Council.

His published works in-clude Pepys: A biography(1974) and Fisher and Cun-ningham: A study in thePersonalities of the Chur-chill Era (1991). But he isperhaps more generallyknown for his book Claren-don and his Friends (1987).

Mere touch ofsuperiority?

YOUNG Mark Gamble was left in no doubt of his place inthe family hierarchy when his nearest and dearest joined himat his Passing Out Parade at HMS Raleigh.

Keen to follow in his father'sfootsteps, Mark aims to be-come an artificer. At present,though, he's destined for HMSDaedalus to start training in hischosen specialisation as an airengineering mechanic.

Mark is pictured with hisfather, Lieut. John Gamble(centre) his brother-in-law Sub-Lieut. Ben Gunn and his sister,POWren Mandy Gunn, allserving in Portsmouth.

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OCCUPATION of marriedan emotive and complexquarters areas.

This was again evident fol-lowing a letter received from"A Hilsea rating" at Ports-mouth, who said he was con-cerned at the number of civil-ians/ex-naval ratings livingwithin the quarters system.

"As a serving member of theRoyal Navy, married with chil-dren, I found it dishearteningwhen asking for a MQ house tobe told that none are availableat the moment.

"On looking around I findpeople having left the Service,in many cases a year or moreago, and divorced women whoare still occupying these same'unavailable' houses.

quarters by families who have lost their entitlement isissue which occurs in all three Services and all married

"Surely," he says, "thesehouses could best be utilised bythose still serving, and weshould be given priority onthese dwellings which, after all,are provided for the housing ofthe RN and their dependants,not hordes of 'hangers on' "

In response, the PortsmouthNaval Area Housing Officemade clear that that it had al-ways been possible in recentyears to offer the correct type ofmarried quarter to entitled rat-ings in the Portsmouth Portarea who applied. The diffi-

culty was often in providing aquarter on the applicant's pre-ferred estate — but that couldapply whether or not unentitledfamilies were living there.

Outlining the position gener-ally, the office said, "Mostunentitled families — irregularoccupants — have no choicebut to apply to a local authorityfor rehousing, and most localauthorities simply do not havethe housing stock to accommo-date all the people who need aCouncil house.

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JMB Gymnastics is a new clubfor those children of Servicepersonnel living in and aroundthe HMS Dryad area.

For fur ther informat ionabout when the club takes placecontact Mrs. Bone, Havant452387, or the PT Office, HMSDryad, ext. 4403/4596.

DURING a visit to HMS Defiance, the Fleet Maintenance Base atDevonport, Lady Hill, wife of the Chief Naval Engineer OfficerVice-Admiral Sir Robert Hill, took the opportunity to view the NewWorld tapestry and add a stitch of her own.

The tapestry, designed by Tom Mor, comprises 23 panels andLady Hill was invited to add a stitch to the scene of Sir FrancisDrake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe.

This section, depicting the 1558 Armada, is, appropriately,being completed at HMS Drake by wives of Service personnelserving in the naval base.

Other visitors who have added a stitch include the Queen — itis hoped the tapestry will be finished by the mid 1990s.

"MOD is left with the prob-lem of the recovery of the mar-ried quarter so that it can beallocated to a waiting, entitledfamily, while avoiding exces-sive pressure on an alreadyhard-pressed local authority,and at the same time givingcaring advice and considera-tion to ex-naval families whofind themselves facing poten-tial homelessness.

"Eviction from the marriedquarter is, regrettably, often theonly solution to rehousing anunentitled family, but this canonly be achieved by taking legalaction through the civil courts,a prolonged process taking upto a year to accomplish. Theindividual family's circumstan-ces also need to be taken intoaccount, and when warranted,legal action is delayed."

The office said there was arolling programme of evictionin the Portsmouth Port areaand, as a result, the number ofirregular occupants was steadi-ly decreasing.

"In short, while MOD is tak-ing a i.rm line concerning re-possession of married quartersfrom unentitled families, eachcase must continue to be ap-proached in a caring and sym-pathetic manner. In the mean-time, the number of such casesis not affecting the overall abi-lity to house entitled families inthe Portsmouth area."

SAMANTHA 'SROYAL MAILFIVE-year-old Samantha Peck got a right royal surprisewhen the postman delivered a letter from the Palace.

Samantha, whose Dad Kevin is an Air Weapons Elec-trical Mechanic, thought the Queen might be interestedin hearing all about his work with 800 naval air squad-ron on board HMS Invincible so she drew a picture ofthe ship and sent it on to Buckingham Palace.

Several days later Samantha received a reply, signedby one of the Queen's Ladies-in-Waiting, thanking hervery much for the picture.

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ALTHOUGH Peter Crossley retires next month after25 years as the Navy's first Community Officer hisachievements will not be forgotten, especially inRowner, Gosport.

The new £250,000 com-munity centre at GrangeLane has been named theCrossley Centre and Peter isdelighted at the recognition.

"I am obviously thrilled,"said Peter. "I know I shall al-ways be welcome to drop in."

When Peter retired earlyfrom the Navy in 1968 to be-come the first community offi-cer he was charged by the thenCINC Portsmouth, the late Ad-miral Sir John Frewen, to go inand find out what the Navy, asa "caring organisation" shoulddo beyond the mere provisionof a house or flat to improvethe quality of life of manyyoung families subjected to fre-quent separation and movesand usually far away from theirroots and wider family support.

CommitteeInitially, helped by his wife

Frances, Peter worked from hiscar but in a short time a resi-dents' committee was formedat Rowner and the young com-munity at last had "teeth."

A community centre arrived,

playgroups mushroomed andby 1971 Rowner was served aswell as most other communitieswhen its committee demanded,and got, its 12 shops, Naafi su-permarket and a bigger and bet-ter centre.

The pioneering communitywork in Rowner spread to othermarried quarters estates in the1970s and suitable premisesand offices sprang up at Stam-shaw, Thorney Island andEastney.

Opportunity"It gave me a fantastic

opportunity to help develop acommunity on estates whichhad nothing but dwellings onthem," said Peter.

"Imagine a community todaywith few people over the age of30, young girls in their teensaway from Mum for the firsttime, pregnant or with a youngchild and their sailor husbandsaway at sea. They need all thesupport they can get.

"Families require more thanjust a roof over their head. Wefound out what was needed andthen set about providing it."

Broadsword'sfamily affair

PICTURED enjoying a day out in HMS Broadsword are LS(R)Robbie McCullough, his wife Andria and children Sara andDaniel.

Along with HMS Chatham, the Type 22 frigate welcomedhundreds of relatives on board during her Families Day andthey were entertained with air displays from a Lynx and Hunterjet and a race between the two ships.

The old lady of the pair, HMS Broadsword, won by a length— a definite case of age before beauty!

A family connection of another kind was established duringa christening in HMS Broadsword.

Father Michael Sharky officiated during the christening ofLiam Scott, son of CPOWEA Alan Scott and his wife Maria.

• Peter Crossley and his wife Frances at the opening of the new Crossley Centre at Rowner,Gosport.

TRI-SERVICE HOUSINGOFFICE TO BE SET UP

RECOGNISING the need to provide Service personnel with comprehensive and timelyadvice about the increasingly complex range of housing options open to them, a Tri-ServiceHousing Advice Office (TSHAO) is to be set up.

Role of the new office is toprovide a focal point for hous-ing advice to all serving person-nel and to ex-Service personnelwho are still in marriedquarters.

The TSHAO will offer helpand advice on availability oflocal authority housing includ-ing advice on each local author-ity's policy for allocatinghouses to Service families.

There will also be advice onhousing association opportu-nities nationwide; low costhome ownership schemes (suchas DIY shared ownershipschemes and shared equity);self-build schemes; owner-occu-pation schemes; and any otherhousing options, such as theRoyal British Legion Patriotand Earl Haig housing schemes.

Other areas covered will beMOD nominations to housingassociations; availability ofmarried quarters across thethree Services; availability ofhousing under the MQ SalesDiscount scheme; and housing

opportunities in the SSAFAhousing database which will listlocal private rental avenues,estate agent addresses and de-tails of SSAFA helpers nation-wide.

The TSHAO will be based atUKLF, Old Sarum, and avail-able for advice from July 1. ADCI giving full details, includ-ing application procedures, isbeing issued.

Wivesread allabout itWHILE information andadvice on family life isreadily available throughthe pages of Navy Newsmany naval wives areunaware that they alsohave resource ,to theirown magazine.

The simply-titled NavalWives Magazine appears quar-terly and is now in its fourthyear.

Representatives from loca-tions all over the country —and the world — gather newsand views for submission to theeditor who, with the help of ateam of wives, sorts and editscopy before handing over to theprinters for co-ordinating withthe advertising pages, typeset-ting and printing.

Eventually the finished pro-duct drops through the letter-box of every single Naval andRoyal Marines' marr iedquarter. It also goes to ships,wives' clubs, Hives and SA-FABs enabling most wives toreceive a copy.

Anyone who doesn't receivea regular copy can arrange post-al delivery by contacting thepublishers, Combined ServicePublications Ltd., PO Box 4,Farnborough, Hants GUI47LR.

The editorial staff of themagazine would also be de-lighted to accept articles andphotos from naval wivesworldwide.

A fair doTREVOL House fete, a tradi-tional summer fair organisedby the Torpoint RN Wives'Association, attracted largecrowds who helped raisemoney for local naval chari-ties, local schools and the AirAmbulance.

Attractions at the fete in-cluded cream teas, a bottlestall, sponge-throwing, for-tune telling and music fromFlag Officer Plymouth's RoyalMarines Band.

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The charity concert, which takes place on July 15, will behosted by Richard Baker and includes a varied programme, ap-propriately titled Music of Land, Sea and Sky.

Tickets, price £15, are now available by sending a cheque,made payable to SSAFA KCD 3, to R F Lewellen, 7 DevonshireCourt, 26a Devonshire Street, London W1N 1RJ, stating howmany seats are required and enclosing a self-addressedstamped envelope.

Further information can be obtained from the concert adminis-trator Jeffery Lacey on 081 399 7764.


Fafftfands War rememberedTHE TENTH anniversary of the Falklands conflict has beenmarked by ceremonies around the country, celebrating thetriumphs and remembering the ships lost.

At Sheffield Cathedral a ser- Sapper Hill, Union Flag flyingvice took place to remember •• " ' *" -'-' ™ - • • ' f-the loss of HMS Sheffield;Rear-Admiral Salt, command-ing officer of the ship at thetime, read the lesson and laidthe first of many wreaths at theplaque in the city which standsin memory of those who losttheir lives.

The Duchess of Gloucesterattended a service at HMSDrake, where members of theHMS Ardent Association re-member their shipmates everyyear. Following the ceremonythe Duchess crossed the Tamarto the China Fleet CountryClub to unveil an anchor, setinto a concrete plinth, in tri-bute to the 22 men who diedwhen Ardent was bombed inFalkland Sound.

The Royal Marines' famousyomp across the Falklands toPort Stanley has been remem-bered, too, in the form of a 12-foot bronze statue, based on aphotograph of C9rporal PeteRobinson marching towards

from his radip aerial. Pete leftthe Marines in 1985 but hasbeen invited back to the RoyalMarines Museum at Eastney,Portsmouth, when the sculp-ture, by Philip Jackson, will beceremoniously unveiled.

In Old Portsmouth a specialopen air memorial service washeld to remember those lost inthe war, ten years past not hav-ing dimmed the memory.. The Plymouth-based Com-mando Logistic Regiment Roy-al Marines provided medicaland logistical support at AjaxBay during the operations to re-take the Falklands, treating 695casualties and processing morethan 2000 prisoners of war, aswell as providing stores andammunition. To celebrate the10th anniversary of their actionan Ajax Bay Day was organisedwhen families were treated to adisplay of military and techni-cal skills, including high abseil-ing, unarmed combat and theinter-squadron log race.

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THE HMS Daedalus Air Day — to be held on Saturday July 11 andscheduled to be the last — promises plenty of action with an airdisplay which includes the Red Arrows, Sharks helicopter displayteam and other RN aircraft, Diamond Nine Tiger Moth team,Crunchie flying circus, Tornados, Mosquito and Chinook.

The RN Historic Flight will be represented by the Firefly andSwordfish.

There will also be a large static display of aircraft, and manysupporting attractions, including parachute and motorcycle displayteams, mast manning by 46 Air Engineering Apprentices, and Vol-unteer Cadet Corps field gun competition.

Admission charges are: Adults, £5; children over five and OAPs,£2; children under five, free. Car parking is also free. All proceeds goto charity.

THE frigate HMS Plymouth and submarine HMS Onyx, both veterans of the Falklands War, are nowowned by the Warships Preservation Trust, and are on public display at Birkenhead for at least thenext two years as a national memorial to all the seafarers lost in the South Atlantic during theconflict.

The Trust is to organise a reunion for anyone who served in either vessel (particularly during the1982 conflict). Those qualifying should write to the Project Manager, HMS Plymouth/Onyx, DockRoad, Birkenhead, giving home address and details of service, and an invitation to the reunion will beforwarded.

Pictured above, HMS Onyx, the only Royal Navy Patrol Submarine to serve in the South Atlanticduring the Falklands War, arriving in Birkenhead.

Royal Arthur callingIT will be the end of an erawhen HMS Royal Arthur closesat Christmas — but for the100,000 personnel who wentthrough their Petty Officers'courses there the name couldlive on.

"That's how many people weknow are eligible to join us —but at the moment we have just

750 of them on our books,"Royal Arthur Association pub-licity officer Ron Frost toldNavy News.

"And since 80 per cent ofthose are Skegness men, fromthe time when the Butlins holi-day camp there was taken overduring the war, we badly needto attract people who put in

time at Corsham if our associa-tion is to survive."

Corsham's leadership train-ing functions will transfer toHMS Nelson (Whale Island) inJanuary 1993. Meanwhile de-tails of HMS Royal Arthur As-sociation membership — cur-rently £4 p.a. — are availableon 0754 766414.

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THE CHANCES of Service personnel who have been declared redundant buying asurplus married quarter at a discount have been increased by a change in the rules ofthe scheme.

Beware ofcontractorsbearinggifts .. .ALL concerned are reminded of the continuing need to bealert to the risk of fraud involving contractors.


The system of sale of sur-plus quarters to service per-sonnel at discounted priceshas now been in operationfor some years and lists ofproperties available are dis-tributed regularly.

Now the rules for selectingsuccessful applicants have beenamended. The change will al-low applicants who have beendeclared redundant to have se-niority enhanced by the addi-tion of a maximum of fiveyears to their length of reckona-ble service, subject to an en-hanced seniority not exceeding21 years for other ranks and 33years for officers.

Where applicants have equalenhanced seniority, precedencein the scheme will be given tothe Serviceman with the great-est original length of reckona-ble service.

Where applicants will haveequal time, precedence will begiven to the oldest.

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THE American Express Corpo-rate Card is now available toofficers and warrant officers ofthe RN, RM, QARNNS andWRNS at a special cost of£3.50 a year, compared withthe normal rate of £37.50.

The Forces have previouslyemployed an American Expressscheme but this has beenlimited to personnel in specificappointments undertaking offi-cial duties.

Eligibility rules and condi-tions are provided in theannouncement.

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Noting there are many poss-ible frauds at all stages in theprocurement cycle, the an-nouncement says most wouldrequire the co-operation, per-haps innocently, of MOD staff.All staff, directly or indirectlyconcerned with procurementshould therefore be wary ofperforming "favours" or short-cutting approved proceduresfor the benefit of a contractor.

Staff are also reminded thatit is for a Crown Servant toprove that any gift or rewardreceived was not received cor-ruptly. The main safeguard todemonstrate innocence is to re-fuse all but the most trivial giftsand declare offers of hospitalityin Hospitality Books.

Allegations of involvementin suspected acts of procure-ment fraud may result in prose-cution or internal disciplinaryaction.

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NAMET syllabuses have beenrewritten to reflect the literaland numeracy skills now re-quired of a leading hand, andalign the tests with the GCSEand the National Curriculum.

The most important changeis in mathematics which willhave two papers, the second ofwhich will allow use of a calcu-lator, Ratings gaining a D gradein GCSE English/Mathematicswill automatically qualify for aNAMET score of five in theappropriate subject or subjects.

The new syllabuses tookeffect from May 1, although theold-style papers may be used asan alternative until Sept. 1.

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Chaplaincyservices

A VARIETY of coursesarranged at Amport House, An-dover, by the Naval ChaplaincyServices covers a wide range ofwelfare counselling aspects,church music, Sunday schoolteaching, and special lay train-ing. Officers and ratings mayapply to attend, and depen-dents in some cases.

There are, too, weekends andseminars for RN establish-ments and organisations.

The announcement also pro-vides details on Christian Lea-dership courses for RCpersonnel.

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No call forTemps

WITH no significant shortagesamong junior officers this year,there will be no invitation toapply for promotion to theTemporary SD List.

The Temporary SD Listsscheme was reactivated by the

Admiralty Board in 1983 tohelp alleviate shortage in some'sub-specialisations by promot-ing a small number of selectedWarrant Officers to this list.

There have been eighttranches to date, the last in Sep-tember 1990 for promotion in1991, and the requirement isreviewed annually.

When the situation is re-viewed in 1993 it is anticipatedthat any requirement will belimited to a small number ofspecialist officers to fill mix-manning posts in Faslane.

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THE Joint Services Lundymeet takes place on Lundy Is-land from Sept. 5-9, sponsoredby the RN and RM Mountain-eering Club, whose membersare eligible to attend.

The announcement provides

application details for theevent, for which there is alimited number of places.

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Air updateTHE current ASW Aircrewmenrefresher course is being updat-ed. It will last eight weeks andis to be completed by all air-crewmen who have not beenemployed in front or secondline ASW service for more than30 months before a draft to afront-line ASW squadron.

AIM of this regularfeature is to give a generalimpression of newDefence Councilinstructions affectingconditions of service. In theevent of action beingtaken the full original textshould be studied.

Long delays for sideways entryTHE current situation on branch transfers and sidewaysentry branches is outlined in an announcement relating toRN, WRNS and QARNNS personnel.

Listed are sideways entry branches to which ratings will be al-lowed to transfer providing the strength of the branch does notexceed authorised numbers.

If transfer is approved, ratings can normally expect to be draftedto start the appropriate transfer course within 12 months. However,due to significant reductions in recruitment targets for all sidewaysentry branches, the number of applicants may exceed extractiontargets and here much longer delays can be expected.

In addition, when a rating is being considered for transfer from anunderborne category, timing of the transfer will usually depend onprovision of a relief.

The sideways entry entry branches listed are: RN/WRNS — Air-craft Controller, Aircrewman, Communications Technician, Opera-tions (Seaman), Photographer, Physical Trainer, Families Service.RN 9nly — Ops(Diver), Coxswain (SM), Regulator. WRNS only —Medical Technician.

Some shortages

On General Service and Fleet Air Arm branch transfers (otherthan sideways entry), the announcement says requests for manningclearance will be sympathetically considered. But, even if clearanceis given, drafting action may be delayed by up to 18 months to meetdrafting constraints and reduce turbulence.

Manning clearance from the following underborne branches willbe given only in exceptional circumstances: RN/WRNS — Op-s(EW), Ops(Radar), Ops(Sonar), MEM(L), NA(AC), NA(SE), NA-(METOC), AEM(R), MA, Technicians. QARNNS — MA(Q),EN(G). WRNS — ETS, WA, D Hyg.

On transfer to submarine branches, it is stated that there is acontinuing requirement for submarine-trained ratings. While this ismet, mainly by long-term adjustments to recruiting and streamingtargets, there is a limited need to make good some shortages.

The announcement says that WRNS ratings who joined the Ser-vice before Sept. 1 1990, who are not volunteers for sea in theirsource branch, will not be required to volunteer for sea service if

Lone) delays likelyfbr transfers |

"By the time you get that through you could be on pension!"

requesting either to transfer branches or sideways enter a WRNS-only branch which existed before Sept. 1 1990.

However, preference in the selection process will be given to thosewho volunteer for sea. If a WRNS rating applies for branch transferto a previous RN-only branch, she must be a volunteer for seaservice.

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REPORTS that the Min. of Ag. and Fish arereviewing future arrangements for fishery pa-trol work will have caused interest, and per-haps a few wry smiles, among many peoplewho over the years have been members of theRoyal Navy's Fishery Protection Squadron.

In highly cost-conscious times it is inevitablethat whole ranges of activity carried out onbehalf of the Government come under the mi-croscope, and that when it can be demonstrat-ed that equal, or better, service can be provid-ed at reduced cost, there may be cause foraction.

At the same time there are elements otherthan economics in services like fishery protec-tion where, quite apart from knowledge of thelaws involved, the Royal Navy can offer anauthority and assurance, plus long experiencein the task, which others must find difficult tomatch.

What about pirates?By co-incidence, as this edition went to

press news was corning in of fishery incidentsoff S.W. England in which the Navy wasplaying a policing role. Which reinforces thequestion of what happens when circumstan-ces arise which demand a touch of firm treat-ment ... a bit of muscle? Perhaps that is whatone correspondent had in mind when he wroteto a national newspaper recently, "What doesa patrol of privatised fishery vessels do when itencounters pirates? Invite them to its AGM?"

Another telling quotation is reported on be-half of the National Federation of Fishermen'sOrganisations which said, "Fishermen don'tlike being policed but they have a lot of respectfor the Fishery Protection Squadron."

An age-old task, fish patrol can be ungla-morous work in tough conditions but there aresailors who prefer to serve in small ships.Many people will think the Navy has a vestedinterest in maintaining the role for a variety ofreasons — including the training opportunityand base-porting aspects — and would notwish to see it lost or drastically altered.

What surely cannot be denied is that there ismuch more than cash to such questions andthat all the ramifications need the deepest con-sideration before decisions are made.

CLUB and mess refurbishment, boats, sporting equipment and expeds — these andmany other projects were given a financial helping hand when a total of more than£400,000 was allocated for the benefit of the Naval Service at two summer meetingsin London.

Largest single sum was morethan £100,000 towards refurbish-ment of the Junior Rates' dininghall in HMS Neptune (althoughthe grants were staged, with halfpayable now and the rest inNovember).

Another major grant was formore than £40,000 towards reno-vation of the moat at HMS Sultan.The meetings heard that muchhard work had been carried out bymany volunteers on this facilitywhose aim is to provide not onlyprime fishing for Portsmouth RNand RM Coarse Angling Associa-tion but also a leisure site, withpicnic and barbecue areas, for per-sonnel and families.

To make this possible, specialistknowledge and equipment was

now needed in dealing with weedinfestation of the water, over-growth of trees and scrub, andsome silting up of the moat.

Sports lotteryAt the Grants Committees meet-

ings the Sailors' Fund allocatedmore than £220,000 for projects,with about £67,000 in annual andhalf-yearly grants, while the FleetAmenities/Fleet RecreationalFunds allocated over £110,000towards projects and nearly£10,000 in annual and half-yearlygrants. Assisting too was theNavy's Sports Lottery, which gavea boost of more than £20,000towards various sporting bids.

As ever, there was considerablepressure on the funds, with bids faroutweighing cash available, andcareful scrutiny led to pruning.

Among applications whichfailed was one from HMS Nelson(Whale Island) for a total of£173,207 towards refurbishmentof public areas of the WOs' andSenior Rates' Mess. The meetingswere told of the move of variousunits to Whale Island and the largeamount of work taking place. Butwith a number of representativessaying this might be a bid worthconsidering at a later stage, therewas no support for a grant atpresent.

Other bids which failed includedone for £57,756 from RN air sta-tion Culdrose for an eight-bay per-

manent golf driving range, and omfor £21,331 from HMS Warrior foiinstallation of a skittle alley andcreation of an amenities centre.

A report was received on thesuccess of the first year's operatiorof a cottage-letting scheme irFrance, and it was agreed that afurther scheme next year would bfsupported by the Sailors' Fund andFAF.

At the close of the Sailors' Fundmeeting tribute was paid on behallof members to Rear-Admira!Douglas Dow, who has beerGrants Committee chairman dur-ing his appointment as DirectoiGeneral Naval Personal Servicesfrom which he has now retired.

Responding and thank ingmembers for their support, Ad-miral Dow spoke on how usefuand enjoyable the meetings hacbeen as the committee was able tcdo so much for the Service. Thenwere also tributes at the subse-quent FAF/FRF meeting.

wGRANTS approved by the Sailors' andFleet Amenities/Fleet RecreationalFunds:

HMS Neptune — £101,665 (grants of £67,777 from Sai-lors' Fund and £33,888 from FAF) towards refurbishment ofJunior Rates' dining hall. Grants to be staged over twomeetings (half now and half in November).

Flag Officer, Portsmouth — £20,000 (grants of £13,333from Sailors' Fund and £6,667 from FAF) towards refur-bishment of United Services Sports hockey and rugbyclubhouses.

HMS Sultan — £40,361 (grants of £26,907 from Sailors'Fund and £13,454 from FAF) towards renovation of theSultan moat.

Portsmouth Naval Gliding Club — £24,230 (grants of£16,153 from Sailors' Fund and £8,077 from FAF) towardssingle-seat glider. Sports Lottery contributing £2,000.

HMS Daedalus — £13,000 (grants of £8,700 from Sai-lors' Fund and £4,300 from FAF) towards improvements toNaval Air Command Mountain Centre, Bethesda, NorthWales.

CTCRM — £12,400 (grants of £8,266 from Sailors' Fundand £4,134 from FAF) towards fitness training equipment.Sports Lottery contributing £2,000.

HMS Drake — £18,500 (grants of £12,300 from Sailors'Fund and £6,200 from FAF) towards refurbishment ofDrumbeat Club.

42 CDO, BM — £11,037 (grants of £7,400 from Sailors'Fund and £3,637 from FAF) towards refurbishment of Ser-geants' Mess bar and TV room.

HMS Seahawk — £10,000 (grants of £6,600 from Sailors'Fund and £3,400 from FAF) towards bridges and plantersfor Junior Rates' dining hall.

Plymouth Command Sub-Aqua Club — £7,000 (grants of£4,700 from Sailors' Fund and £2,300 from FAF) towardsrigid inflatable boat with engine and road trailer. SportsLottery contributing £5,000.

HMS Seahawk — £10,000 (grants of £6,667 from Sailors'Fund and £3,333 from Fleet Recreational Fund) towards

investment in Falmouth Water Sports Association's Sailingcentre.

HMS Neptune — £5,000 (grants of £3,900 from Sailors'Fund and £1,900 from FAF) towards two commercial-quality sunbeds.

CINCFLEET — £8,000 (grants of £5,333 from Sailors'.Fund and £2,667 from Fleet Recreational Fund) towardssubsidising films for SOUTHLANT and Gulf ships.

HMS Drake — £5,250 (grants of £3,3500 from Sailors'Fund and £1,750 from FAF) towards purchase of a Dras-combe lugger day boat. Sports Lottery contributing £1,000.

Royal Sailors' Rests — £6,250 (grants of £4,167 fromSailors' Fund and £2,083 from FAF) towards replacementmobile canteen for HMS Osprey and Portland Naval Base.

CINCFLEET — £4,000 (£2,700 grants from Sailors' Fundand £1,300 from FAF) towards recreational travel costs forArmilla ships. Sports Lottery contributing £1,000.

HMS Gannet — £3,047 (grants of £2,000 from Sailors'Fund and £1,047 from FAF) towards sailing dinghy. SportsLottery contributing £1,000.

RN Football Association — £2,000 (grants of £1,300from Sailors' Fund and £700 from FAF) towards represen-tative tour of Hong Kong. Sports Lottery contributing£2,000.

CTCRM — £2,000 (grants of £1,300 from Sailors' Fundand £700 from FAF) towards Joint Service expedition toSmith Island, Antarctica. Sports Lottery contributinq£2,000.

Operation Yosemite (Sierra Nevada) — £2,000 (grantsof £1,300 from Sailors' Fund and £700 from FAF) towardshigh altitude trekking expedition. Sports Lottery contribut-ing £1,500.

RN Provost HO Gibraltar — £3,799 (grants of £2,533from Sailors' Fund and £1,266 from FAF) towards refur-bishment of Regulating Staff mess.

RM Poole — £3,525 (grants of £2,350 from Sailors' Fundand £1,175 from FAF) towards sauna.

HMS Osprey — £3,000 (grants of £2,000 from Sailors'Fund and £1,000 from FAF) to modernise and improvetheatre lighting.

HMS Seahawk — £3,000 (grants of £2,000 from SailorsFund and £1,000 from FAF) towards adventure trainingexpedition Tusk '92 (Mount Kenya).

RN Hospital Haslar — £3,000 (grants of £2,000 fromSailors' Fund and £1,000 from FAF) towards replacementmobile home for Rockley Park, Poole.

HMS Cambridge — £2,653 (grants of £1,769 from Sai-lors' Fund and £884 from FAF) towards sauna.

HMS President — £1,000 grant from FAF towards fitnessequipment. Sports Lottery contributing £1,000.

FOSNI — £4,000 (grants of £2,700 from Sailors' Fundand £1,300 from FAF) towards improvements for Rothie-murchus Lodge, Joint Services Scottish Recreation Centre.

CTCRM — £1,500 (grants of £1,000 from Sailors' Fundand £500 from FAF) towards archery equipment.

HMS Defiance — £1,600 (grants of £1,067 from Sailors'Fund and £533 from FAF) for Pirineu Mochila '92 adventuretraining project, Pyrenees.

Union Jack Club — £1,170 grant from FAF towardspromotional video.

HMS Heron — £1,000 (grants of £667 from Sailors' Fundand £333 from FAF) towards participation by ALWAEM(M)C. Barnes in UK and international shooting competitions.

0 Grants which in aggregate total more than £20,000 forany one project are subject to the approval of the Trustees.

Annual and Half-Yearlygrants

Half-yearly grant to HM ships — £48,980 from Sailors'Fund.

Half-yearly grant to RM Commando units — £6,736 fromSailors' Fund.

Annual grant to Union Jack Club — £5,839 (grants of£4,220 from Sailors' Fund and £1,619 from FAF).

Half-yearly grant to Regular Forces Employment Asso-ciation — £14,703 (grants of £7,135 from Sailors' Fund and£7,568 from FAF).

Window dressingYou don't need to buy when you go window shopping — but it gives youplenty of ideas.

Cdr. Nigel Bray, projectofficer for this summer'sshowing-the-flag cruisearound the UK, was hopinghis displays would whetthe appetite of customerswith long-standing ac-counts — the tax-payers.

Dressing RN Shop Window92 last month were HMS ArkRoyal; the Type 42 destroyerHMS Gloucester, (both seen-below); the Navy's latestminehunter HMS Cromer (left);the patrol submarine HMS Or-acle; and the fleet tanker RFA

; Olmeda — all seen here pre-I paring for a series of visits toI parts of the country the SeniorI Service does not usuallyJ reach in strength.

C-ih-C Fleet Admiral SirJock Slater took the opportu-nity to make dress rehearsalday off Portsmouth his annualVIPs at sea event, inviting mil-itary and civilian dignitaries towatch the ships go throughtheir routines.

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Roping skillsBut the guests for their ap-

pointments at Bristol, Liver-pool, Edinburgh, Newcastle,and Hull would be drawn froma wider range of interests.

"We wanted to invitepeople who would have anopen mind about the Navy —but who would be well-placedto pass on the message of ourroles and capabilities," Cdr.Bray explained.

"So we got our NavalRegional Officers to pick outthe local leaders of industry,chambers of commerce,churchmen and senior educa-tionalists so we could explainto them that since the col-lapse of the Warsaw Pact it isnow up to us to be able tooperate in a much wider rangeof roles.

"I think the old threat creat-

ed a sort of tunnel vision. Onlywhen it was removed did wesee there was a great deal ofinstability in the world that wewere well capable of dealingwith.

The ships left Portsmouthafter completing Staff CollegeSea Days to keep their firstappointment in the BristolChannel. HMS Ark Royal land-ed four Sea King Mk IVs, twoeach to Bristol and Cardiff air-ports, to ferry back thevisitors.

Hundreds of visitors had tobe turned away at Leith whenover 6,000 people toured HMSArk Royal — even though theship stayed open an extrathree hours.

Said the Ark's commandingofficer Captain Neil Rankin:"We have been able to reacha lot of people who would oth-erwise not get the opportunityto meet the Navy, who live toofar away from Navy Daysports."

They were welcomed byFlag Officer Surface FlotillaVice Admiral the HonourableSir Nicholas Hill-Norton andgiven a series of presenta-tions and a tour of the shipfollowed by a 45 minute flyingdisplay by all the varieties ofaircraft deployed in the group— Sea Harriers, ASW, AEWand Commando Sea Kingsand Lynx helicopters.

From these last the RoyalMarines demonstrated theirrapid roping skills — the sametechniques they employed inthe Gulf War — while theships carried out some closemanoeuvres and performed areplenishment at sea.

This was the programmethat filled their time during thefirst two weeks of June, sup-ported by events ashore inlocal town centres that includ-ed static displays and perfor-mances by a Royal MarinesBand.

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But in the past they reachedthe point of idiocy and oftencame to threaten national secu-rity. Public dissatisfaction withthe woeful British performancein the Crimean War which con-trasted with the professional-ism exhibited by the GermanGeneral Staff in the Franco-Prussian War a few years laterforced the military reforms pro-gramme that led to the forma-tion of the Committee of Impe-rial Defence.

So it was that, in 1911, theCabinet learned that the headsof the Army and Navy hadquite separate plans for dealingwith the fast-burgeoning Ger-man th rea t . . .

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World War when the Chiefs ofStaff Committee system was in-augurated in 1923. It would becopied exactly by the USAtwenty years later and bothcountries operate their defenceson its model to this day.

In The Chiefs (Brassey's £30)General Sir William Jacksonand Field Marshal Lord Bra-mall have explored the historyof this system — and given thatboth are Army men, one him-self a notable Chief, it is a re-markably fair account thatshows how far the old jealou-sies and suspicions have beeneroded by the establishment ofa unified Ministry of Defence.

It was the Falklands conflict— in which Bramall was CGS— that saw their finest hour todate, perhaps, in the way theyhelped weld together political,strategic and tactical consider-ations into a coherent and prac-ticable whole.

John Nott's swingeing cutswere easily put aside — and itis in their demands for finan-

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cial support that Service chiefs,naturally enough, are seen attheir most partisan. The Trea-sury has been their commonenemy, against which self-inter-est was bound to prevent thempresenting a united front.

PerspectiveBut the Falklands forced an

altered perspective — andNott, who has stood in the pil-lory once again with the 10thanniversary appraisals of theevents of 1982, is here treatedto a rare encomium.

"No great bureaucracy likeWhitehall welcomes the invali-dation of its perceived wisdomand it was all too easy to arguethat the South Atlantic Cam-paign was an exceptional 'one-off affair which was never like-ly to be repeated . . . It is toJohn Nott's great credit that, asa result of his personal post-Falklands efforts, central con-tingency funds were set asidefor the replacement ships, air-craft and equipment lost in thefighting; and that Defence ex-penditure was allowed to rise tothe full NATO 3% growth linein real terms . . ."

All the Chiefs of Staff of thepost-Suez years, the authorsaver, must share some of theblame for not resisting more

strongly Treasury insistence ononly funding projects neededprimarily for NATO purposes.

"It is always easy to justifyforce levels against fixed com-mitments like the specificpledges to the North AtlanticAlliance than against the ill-de-fined need to react to unexpect-ed or miscalculated threats toBritish interests elsewhere,"they say — though uncertain-ties over the role of the formerwith the collapse of the WarsawPact and the proliferation ofthe latter with the emergence oflong-suppressed nationalist am-bitions released by the dissolu-tion of the Soviet Union maysoon produce a more circum-spect attitude.

AbhorrenceTheirs is a very British insti-

tution "suitable only for Anglo-Saxon style democracy with itsabhorrence of dictatorship".Their claims — that it providesmilitary efficiency without lossof political control, cohesion -inland, sea and air warfare andbalances policy and manage-ment — are open to questionon occasion. As Donald Ca-meron Watt has pointed out, itsdanger, especially today, is thatit may be used to impose a sin-gle solution where there may bea number of problems

Quintessential^ British, be-yond doubt, is the gallery ofpen portraits of the principalpersonalities who have had tograpple with each other andwith their political mastersmore often than with the ene-my, it seems, in the course of aspectacularly war-torn century.

From the naval point of viewthe likes of Fisher, Beatty and'Cunningham from an earlierera are treated to the sameeven-handed appraisal as theauthors' own contemporariesand colleagues.

Mountbatten, who "did notendear himself to his collea-gues" and whose concept ofthem giving him advice freefrom single-Service prejudicewas not practicable in the faceof their determination to main-tain "the collective responsibi-lity so dear to the British modeof decision-making", was per-haps the most influential of allthe later generation.

". . . he did focus andstrengthen the power of themilitary voice in Whitehall asno-one else could have done,and from this the whole Chiefsof Staff organisation benefited.His successors were to remem-ber the level of authority thathe achieved and tried to emu-late it."

— JFA

—Going with the Flo-i

ADVENTUROUS Training found its wayinto the hallowed portals of the QueenAlexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Servicein the guise of Exercise Florence, organ-ised by Senior Nursing Officer CarolineDoughty (middle row, left), who recentlyqualified for her Yacht Masters OffshoreCertificate.

Teams of naval nurses sailed the RN'socean-going yacht Racer first to Lisbon andCadiz and then on to Gibraltar.

Adventurous Training is now an integral partof management training and the naval nurseseagerly grasped the opportunity to pit theirwits against the elements.

Some of the participants of Exercise Flor-ence are pictured surrounding CNO TrishHambling on board Racer at the Joint ServicesSailing Centre. Standing at the back (left) isCPO(MT) Ian Niel (Haslar), only male crewmember for Leg 1. Bottom right is the Leg 1skipper CPO Robbie Robson.

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At Your Leisure

Lured on tothe rocks

A LONELY young RoyalNavy rating becomes deeplyattached to a female penfriend. He writes her over200 letters, but they nevermeet. Though he actuallyproposes marriage to her, inhis heart of hearts he proba-bly doesn't want to; for anaive, rather withdrawnyoungster a fantasy rela-tionship is easier to copewith.

Not such an unusual sitution— many charming friendshipshave been sustained for yearsby this means. One, subtly ro-mantic and based on a sharedlove of antiquarian books, wasthe subject of the recent filmhit "84 Charing Cross Road."

Unfortunately in this casethe girl never actually existed— and the sailor sent his be-

loved "Diana" (in fact a conman who placed an ad in the

Gordon HoneycombePen Pals section of this news-paper) the best part of £20,000before he learned the terribletruth.

Now Gordon Honeycombe

has fictionalised this true storyin Siren Song (Hutchinson£16.99). The former TV news-caster has a taste for the bizarre— Dragon Under the Hill was amemorably macabre piece ofmystical Nordic whimsy a fewyears ago — and he has extend-ed this sorry little tale of decep-tion to a surprising length.

It could hardly have beendone without the co-operationof the victim who, it is hoped,will remain anonymous andwho stands to collect 25 percent of the royalties from theamiable ers twhi le TVhousewives' choice.

It is well-researched, too,though much of the necessarilyimagined dialogue doesn't ringtrue. The mess deck cross-talkseems oddly dated — likelyladies ceased being "bints" aquar ter of a century ago,surely?

The con man was caught andduly collected a well-deserved30 months in the clink —though he was out after 10 — acautionary tale both for love-lorn sailors and the lower formsof life that may be tempted toprey upon them.

Does any of this give the pro-spective pen pal pause? Well,some of the introductions madethrough Navy News have led tothe altar; not too many, it mustbe hoped, have ended in tears.They still form the biggest partof our postbag.

— JFA

-The GreekCampaignas told bysurvivors

PREVIOUSLY unpublished accounts by naval eyewit-nesses of the Greek Campaign of 1940-41 have beencollected by Edwin Horlington in Tell Them We WereHere (Edlington Press £8.50).

The confusion thatreigned in Operation Demon,the evacuation from Kalama-ta and environs, is blamedon inferior communications— things might have turnedout differently if naval sig-nalmen and telegraphistshad been attached to theArmy ashore, Cdr. H WBiggs of HMS Hero conclud-ed.

The problem was vividly il-lustrated when HM shipsPhoebe, Hero, Hereward,Defender et al arrived at Ka-lamata expecting to take off8,000 men.

Wasted"There was nobody there"

the (anonymous) RN ap-praisal noted. "Althoughtroops were in the neigh-bourhood, they had not re-ceived information that theNavy would be coming in forthem that night. Thus pre-cious minutes were wastedwhile contact was made withthe military authorities.

"Then things moved swift-ly. Berthing two at a time,

the three destroyers carry-ing 1,200 or more each trip,ferried 8,650 troops to thewaiting transports. If it hadnot been for the official de-lay they might have collect-ed another 3,000, but theyhad already remained forlonger than was wise and itwas after 4 am when theconvoy finally sailed."

There was no air cover tocounter the concentrated at-tacks of the Luftwaffe andso it was only practicable forevacuations to take place atnight.

Six cruisers, 19 des-troyers, three escort ves-sels, three corvettes and six'A' lighters took part — allthe light naval forces avail-able. Since events ashoremoved with unexpectedswiftness, communicationswere inevitably chaotic. Inthese circumstances therescue of a total of 50,000officers and men — almostall it had been hoped tobring off, in fact — was asuperb achievement.

— JFA

DOWN TO BASICS -SEX AND VIOLENCEBASIC Instinct has gained notoriety, not to mention massive profitability, via its full-bloodedrevival of that traditional figure, the femme fatale. As played by Sharon Stone (aka, in Sun-speak, No-Knickers Sharon, a reference to one of the film's already legendary moments) she isportrayed as insolently, shamelessly using her high-voltage sexuality to snare partners ofeither sex to satisfy her whim of the moment.

But — just how fatale is thisfemme? Could she, indeed, bethe homicidal blonde whosehandiwork with an icepick iscurrently cooling off down atthe county morgue? MichaelDouglas, again demonstratinghis astute touch in choosingmoney-spinning projects, is thecop assigned to investigate thecase and who quickly findshimself mesmerised by hisnumber one suspect.

From its shocking openingscene to its nerve-racking finalshot, the picture grips like a pit-bull — while exhibiting, it mustbe said, about the same degreeof subtlety and finesse. Catch itnow — on 16mm — while it'shot. The video version, accord-ing to rumour, is likely to bemissing a snippet or two.

Macho man also has womantrouble — though of a very dif-ferent order — in Stop! Or MyMom Will Shoot. Tough copSylvester Stallone is leading ahappy bachelor life in LosAngeles, catching the bad guys,not bothering to wash the potsand so on, when one day hismother flies in from the Bronx.In no time, she's taken a Brillopad to his new gun, she's show-ing his baby photos all aroundthe squadroom and is feedinghim breakfasts so huge that hespends the rest of the day swal-lowing packets of Turns.

One suspects this projectchanged hands a few timessince, according to the stereo-type, the story ought to featurea Jewish mother and son. As itis, with Stallone apparently try-ing to shed his action-man

ScreenScene

image, the film offers lots ofscope for him to demonstratebemusement, bafflement andcomic exasperation.

His previous movie, inciden-tally, Oscar, is available fromthe RNFC Video Library. It'san old-fashioned stage adapta-tion, a one-set farce in which heplays a prohibition-era gang-ster, with (a reverse angle onStop! O r . . . ) a daughter out todestroy his tranquillity.

And now, some news just in:Mick Jagger is after Emilio Es-tevez's body . . . Before m'learned friends let fly with thewrits ("Navy News in recordpay-out!") let us scurry to ex-plain that this is merely a refer-ence to the plot of their latestpicture. Freejack opens with aposer for Estevez: one momenthe's in a racing car hurtlingtowards certain death, the nexthe's strapped to an operatingtable 50 years in the future.

Turns out he's been snaffledup by Jagger's gang of time-tra-velling body snatchers, whoroam through the past, bagginghealthy specimens at the pointof death and selling them to thetransplant industry.

Resourceful Estevez makeshis escape and the rest of themovie is the tale of his pursuitby the grim-faced RollingStone. Professor StephenHawking, author of A BriefHistory of Time, put his fingeron the credibility problem com-mon to all such stories. We cantake it as certain, as said, thattime travel will never be in-vented. If it were to be, wewould already have been inun-dated by visitors from thefuture. To which the only poss-ible rejoinder is: what if theyare here, but are being verydiscreet?

Another recent addition tothe Video Library — Times-cape — has fun with a similartheme, and imagines some fu-turistic Thomas Cook's sellingpackage tours with a difference— viewing, from a safe dis-tance, major disasters in his-tory. At last, maybe, we can in-fer the iden t i ty of thatmysterious ship which allegedlystood off as the Titanic wentdown in 1912 .. .

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At Your ServiceReunions Calling Old Shipmates

COMMCEN Gibraltar 1979-80 (includingWindmill Hill signal/RXER Stations andNorthfront): A reunion is being planned for1993. Anyone interested please contact ex-CCY Pusser Hill on 0705 730053 or ex-LRO(G) Mac McWilliams on 0705 294417.

21st Escort Group (HM ships Conn, By-ron, Redmill, Deane, Rupert and Fitzroy)1943-45: A reunion will be held at the MoatHouse Hotel, Southampton on October 17.For full details contact Tony Saunders on0329 662336 or Eddie Hale on 0247861407. All former shipmates and theirwives are welcome.

Bounty Boys Assn. will be dedicating aplaque at Sea Cadet Headquarters in mem-ory of the Bounty Boys who died during theSecond World War. Anyone wishing to jointhe association and attend the reunionshould contact Jack Brown, 115 EverslefghRoad, London SW11 5UY (tel. 071 2287237).

HMS Kipling held their 50th reunion at theAshburn Hotel, Fordingbridge on May 11attended by 64 shipmates and friends.Guest of honour was Countess Mountbat-ten of Burma. A wreath was laid on thememorial for the late captain and HMS In-vincible laid a wreath at sea over the placeHMS Kipling was sunk. Anyone interestedin attending their next reunion in May 1993should contact E. Clark, 11 Melrose Ave-nue, Cove, Farnborough GU14 9SY (tel.0252 548853).

Artificer Apprentice Entry 46 (HMS Fis-gard 1962): Anyone interested in a reunionplease contact Lieut.-Cdr. Dave Hambrook,'Wardroom, HMS Collingwood (tel. 07D5551067).

LCG and F. Assn. held their first reunionin Portsmouth in May, thanks to the hardwork of Jack Brewin. In recognition of hisservice Jack was appointed Vice-PresidentFounder Member. Anyone wishing to jointhe association should contact Doug Bal-lard, 99 Cranbury Road, Eastleigh SOS 5HE(tel. 0702 618839).

Grenville Division, Aircraft Apprentices1942: A reunion will be held on July 18. Forfurther information contact Tom Hawkes,St. Ives, 12 Reef Close, Littiehampton, W.Sussex BN17 6QG.

HMS Jamaica Assn. will be holding theireighth reunion at the Royal Sailors' HomeClub, Portsmouth on September 19. Furtherdetails from S. Wanstall, 64a Ditchline Rise,Brighton BN1 4OP (tel. 0273 695118).

HMS Maxton: Anyone interested inattending a reunion please contact ChrisWilkinson, 45 Kinross Cres., Great Barr,Birmingham B43 7PU (tel. 021 360 9699).

HMS Beachampton: Anyone interested ina reunion please contact Chris Wilkinson,45 Kinross Cres., Great Barr, BirminghamB43 7PU (tel. 021 360 9699).

23rd Destroyer Flotilla held their fourthreunion in the WOs' and Senior Rates'Mess, HMS Nelson. Over 80 shipmates andtheir wives attended.

White Cliffs Veterans: The Royal Mar-ines School of Music is composing a newHellfire Corner March to be played at thereunion on September 19-20. For details ofthe reunion send a s.a.e. to Ken Flint, 77Lydia Road, Walmer, Kent CT14 9JY (tel.0304 369538). Applicants will then be regis-tered for the medal to be struck to com-memorate the 50th anniversary of the shell-ing ending (anyone applying for registrationalone need not send an s.a.e.}.

864 Sqn, (1962-64): The second reunionwill take place at the Nautical Club, Birming-ham on October 3. Anyone interestedplease contact Dave Saltmarsh on 0371850398 or Dave Scowen on 0322 385054after 1800 hrs.

HMS Fisgard, Class 37, 1959: A reunionwill be held on board HMS Victory on Sep-tember 18. Those interested please contactLieut.-Cdr. David "Chippy" Harris, HMSVictory, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth, nolater than August. 14.

HMS Dido will hold a final reunion andfarewell dinner at the Moat House Hotel,Bolton on September 11,1993 to commem-orate the 50th anniversary of OperationSlapstick. For details send s.a.e. to A. G.Brotchie, Dido, 1 Nourse Dr., Heacham, Nr.King's Lynn, Norfolk PE13 7SD.

HMS Serene Assn. (1944-46) celebratedtheir 13th reunion at Lingfield, Surrey onApril 25. The association's members wereable to meet Serena, the adopted six-year-old urchin from HMS Serene's side party in1946 and who was educated at the RC Mis-sion School, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.For further details about the associationcontact Eric Drummond, 5 Green Way,Scarcroft, Leeds LS14 3BJ (tel. 0532892222).

HMS Sovereign, Second Commission:The decommissioning dance will take placeat the Royal Fleet Club, Devonport on July30. Tickets are E5 per head and are avail-able from LS(TS) Rogers, DecommissioningDance Secretary, HMS Sovereign, BFPO390 (cheques to be made payable to Wel-fare Fund HMS Sovereign). All second com-mission ex-Sovereigns are welcome.

TS Thunderer, Aberystwyth will be cele-brating their 50th anniversary in March1994. All ex-cadets interested in a reunionplease contact the unit at Riverside Ter-race, Xbersytwsrfn.Tne unit wou~io a>so^0einterested in photographs or other memora-bilia covering the 50 years it has been inexistence.

HMS Arethusa Assn. will hold their fourthreunion at The Royal Sailors' Home Club,Portsmouth on November 14. Details, en-closing s.a.e., are available from Tom Saw-yer, 4 Victoria Rd., Wood Lane, Rothwell,Leeds LS26 OAA.

Home Rover Crew/1 st Home Group, Mal-ta: Former RN and RM personnel interestedin a final reunion in 1993 please contactDave Thompson on 0992 441936.

HMS Iveston: A reunion will be held onJuly 21. All ex-lvestonians and their guestswill be welcome. Details and tickets areavailable from Ray Howe on 0705 526831.

HMS Ganges 1953: Anyone interested ina reunion please contact Ian Puckering, 9Bourne View, Greenford, Middlesex UB67QS (tel. 081 902 0607).

899 NAS Sqn. 1942: Anyone interested inattending a reunion to mark the 50th anni-versary of the squadron's formation pleasewrite, with details of their service record in899, including official number, to Lieut. R. P.Stone, 899 Naval Air Squadron, RN air sta-tion Yeovilton, llchester, Somerset BA228HT (tel. 0935 455293).

Junglies Cocktail Party will be held atSherborne Castle on July 24. All officerswith Junglie background are welcome. Forsecurity reasons entry will be by ticket only.Requests, with mess no., to Lieut. Reyn-olds, 3 Commando Brigade, Air SquadronRN air station Yeovilton, llchester, Somer-set BA22 8HT (tel. 0935 840551 ext. 6313).

1ST Landing Craft Assn.: Plans are al-ready under way for the 1993 and 1994reunions. For details of membership con-tact Cyril llott, 59 Reynolds Road, IpswichIPS OJW.

HMS Trinidad Assn. held a successfulreunion in May to commemorate the 50thanniversary of the sinking of HMS Trinidadby enemy action in the Barents Sea. Follow-ing a service of remembrance at St. Nicho-las Church, HMS Drake, a reception and

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16th Destroyer Flotilla: A thank you to allshipmates of HM ships Windsor, Walpole,Whitshed, Worcester, Wyvern, Southdown,Hambledon, Eglinton, Montrose andMackay for a successful first reunion attheir wartime base in Harwich on May 9-10.

HMS Wolfhound (1940-45): A fifth reun-ion will be held at the Union Jack Club,Waterloo on September 25. Further detailsfrom J. Benians, Woodstock, Pond Rd.,Healdey, Bordon GU35 8NN (tel. 0428712221).

Russian Convoy Club: A new branch hasbeen formed in the Avon/Somerset/Wiltsarea. Anyone wishing to join and attendbranch meetings should ring 0934 732198or 0275 871316.

HMS Widgeon 1942: On September 13 atCourseulles Sur Mer, near Caen, Norman-dy, there will be a reunion in honour of theFrench torpedo boat Siroco. The ship wassunk but many of her ship's company wererescued by the British destroyer HMS Wid-geon, commanded by Capt. R. M. Freder-ick. It is hoped that former shipmates fromthe Widgeon will be able to attend this reun-ion organised by the Amical des Anciens deMarine Dunkerque. For further detailsplease contact Mr H. Barkway, 1 ParkMews, Park Road, East Molesey, SurreyKT8 9LD.

HMS Diana (1954-56): A reunion will beheld at the Birmingham Nautical Club onSeptember 26. Further details from Brian

,erham S61 3JG (tel. 0709 564153).

HMS Comus Comrades held a successfulreunion at York on May 9-10 which wasattended by 84 shipmates. The next reunionwill be held in the PCs' Mess, HMS Nelson,on October 17, details to be announced at alater date.

Russian Convoy Club (North and EastMidlands Branch) will hold their next meet-ing at the RNA Club, Coulson Rd., Lincolnon July 25. Further details from Roy Willis,19 Lindsey Close, West Bessacarr, Don-caster (tel. 0302 538191).

Artificer Apprentices, Torpoint (1943-47): A reunion dinner for Collingwood Divis-ion will be held at the Grand Hotel, Plym-outh Hoe, on October 3. Details fromMaurice Bunn, 56 Moor Lane, St. Budeaux,Plymouth (tel. 0752 362489).

River Class Assn. (1942-46): The se-venth reunion will be held at the RNA Club,Riverside, Adelaide Rd., Royal LeamingtonSpa on September 26. Further details fromPeter Horrell, Spriddlestone Lodge Wem-bury Rd., Wembury, Plymouth PL9 ODQ (tel.0752 408308).

Coastal Forces Veterans: 12 members ofthe London branch visited Ostend in May topay homage to those men who lost theirlives on February 14, 1945 when 12 BritishMTBs caught fire and exploded. The Ost-end and District RBL welcomes visitinggroups — further details from J. Harris on059 508092.

British Pacific Fleet Assn. (HMS Indefa-tigable): Members of the association visitedAustralia for the 50th anniversary of theBattle of the Coral Sea. Highlights includeda visit to HMAS Nirimba and a march onAnzac Day.

HMS Coventry: Anyone who served inHMS Coventry and wishes to meet up withformer shipmates and attend reunionsplease contact ex-POOEL Jan Oxford, 50Westover Road, Copnor, Portsmouth POS6NS.

Algerines Assn. held their eighth annualreunion at Portsmouth. Next year's reunionwill be held in Blackpool — for further de-tails contact Philip Willis, Elmfield, 5 ForestDr., Heacham, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE317AP (tel. 0486 70115).

HMS Ganges 1963, 58 Reel., Colling-wood 35 Mess, 240 and 241 Classes and59 Rect, HMS Drake 37 Mess, 250 and 251Classes: Any members or instructors inter-ested in a reunion in 1992/3 contact, forCollingwood, M. Kelly, 52 Waby Close,Grimsby DN37 9HN (tel. 0472 885811) or forDrake, Les Lanebridge, 20 Lime Court, Wig-more, Gillingham, Kent ME8 OLP (tel. 0634235537). '

No. 1 Combined Training Centre: Over40 former members met for the first reunionat Inveraray. For further details contactJames Jepson, Combined OperationsMuseum, Argyll Estates Office, CherryPark, Inveraray PA32 8XE (tel. 0499 2203).

FAA Armourers Assn.: Anyone wishingto join the association please contact MickHoldsworth, Aylesham Lodge, AdishamRd., Barham, Canterbury CT4 6EY.

HMS Duke (1941-46): 140 members at-tended the third reunion at Malvern. Forfurther information about the associationcontact P. F. Brown, Quinton, Park Rd.,Lake Lane, Barnham, West Sussex PO22OAQ (tel. 0243 551399).

HMS Punjabi: Over 30 people attendedthe 50th anniversary service at PlymouthHoe War Memorial in May. For further infor-mation about the association contact P. W.Phillips, 56 Melbury Rd., Knowle, BristolBS4 2RP. (tel. 0272 715749).

Sri Lanka Salute: A group of 146 veter-ans, wives and friends took part in the 50thcommemoration visit to Sri Lanka and werepresent when a memorial was unveiled byAir Commodore L. G. Birchall at KoggalaLake.

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

THE month was overshadowed by the disaster of the North Rus-sian Convoy PQ17. Thought to be threatened by attack by the Tirpitz,it was ordered to scatter by direct signal from the Admiralty. Twenty-three of the 36 merchants ships were then picked off by air andsubmarine attack.

It was, however, a good period for sinking U-boats and Italiansubmarines; 14 were sunk, three of these on the Eastern Seaboardby US forces. Merchant shipping losses better than June, but still 128ships (600,000 tons) lost.

LCT 357: Would Stoker Tug Wilson, Wire-man(LC) Wally Lippingwell or any other for-mer shipmate please contact Don Andrews,12 Cook Close, Lakewood Village, Laurie-ton, 2443, NSW, Australia.

LCT 318 (3) 11th LCT Flotilla: Would anyformer shipmate contact ex-Wireman J. B.Routledge, 7 Churchill Avenue, Whitley BayNE25 8UY.

HMS Tapir (1944-46): Mr D. A. Butler, 2Higher Lavorrick, Mevagissey, CornwallPL26 6TB (tel: 0726 842469) would like tohear from former shipmates who served inthe Tapir from Aug 1944-Sept 1946.

HM ships Rosaura (1940-42), Cattistock(1942-44) and Princess Alice (1945): Ex-Tel G. G. Clough, 20 Shrewsbury Road,Cockshott, Ellesmere, N Shropshire SY12OJE (tel: 0939 270320) would like to hearfrom former shipmates with whom heserved in the communications branch.

HMS Pembroke (1940): Tom Walters, 33White Oak Dr., Finchfield, WolverhamptonWV3 9AQ (tel. 0902 763717) would like tohear from ex-stoker Ernie Millard whoselast known address was Smallwood Rd.,Tooting. He served in Chatham with TomWebster, of Leicester, and Tom Walters, ofWolverhampton.

HMS St. George (1946) and HMS Keppel(1956): Ex-POM(E) K. Stoodley, 29 VernonsCourt, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3QF (tel.420047) would like to contact FelixSaunders and J. Walker.

HMS Forth (1954-56): Derek Hunter, 9Tunstall Rd., Harrogate HG2 7RG, wouldlike to hear from cooks A. Lilley (Scarbor-T3ugYi),'r.'ftaSpm\¥i\lfi),'S,.'6c*i an6 anyoneelse who served in HMS Forth.

HMCS Puncher (1944-45): Ex-STCPO(RCN) Ron Male, 17 St. Claire Ave.,Nepean, Ontario, Canada K2G 128, wouldlike to contact Barry Bickle and DennisMoney.

HMS Lasso (Force Pluto): Mervyn A.Reece, 498 Reynolds Rd., Research, Vic-toria, 3095, Australia, would like to contactany former ship's company, in particular theStokers who served in HMS Lasso.

HM ships Drake, St. Angelo, Prince ofWales, Cape Town, Ganges and Slinger:Mrs E. Osborne, 24 Cosheton Rd., Fair-water, Cardiff CF5 3NR, would like to hearfrom shipmates who served with her hus-band LS Frederick William Osborne duringthe period 1937-53, especially those whomay have photographs of him.

HMS St Vincent: Malcolm Pink (tel. 0737248455) and Horace Willett (tel. 0983 68143)would like to hear from former members ofD178 class with view to a reunion

HMS Jaguar (1939-42): Ex-Seaman Gun-ner Billie Lynch, 10 Gower Place, Mumbles,Swansea SA3 4AB (tel. 0792 362456) wouldlike to hear from former shipmates who sur-vived the sinking of the ship at Tobruk in1942.

HMS Rooke (1977-78): Luigi Fisher, Rm455, British Embassy, BFPO 2, would like tohear from RO1(G) Kit Carson, or anyonewho knows of his whereabouts. He was lastserving in HMS Abdiel. Any other Gib

COMMCEN Ods from that time also get incontact.

HM ships Cochrane, Drake and Pem-broke (1939): Frances Blake, BarkersPiece, Moorend Common, Frieth, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 6PU would like tohear from former shipmates.

HMS Adamant (1941-42): Frank Coggins,16 Newton St., Newton St. Faith, NorwichNR10 SAD (tel. 0603 890769) would like to'hear from former shipmates who servedwith him in the depot ship HMS Adamant.

HM ships Ganges, Defender, Harrier,Loch Fyne, Scorpion, Terror and Cochrane(1954-69): P. K. Cobbing, 26a Donne St.,West Coburg, Melbourne, Victoria 3058,Australia would like to hear from formershipmates.

HMS Musketeer: Ex-AB W. Durrani, 13Takeley Close, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN91QH would like to hear from ex-AB DonKemp with whom he served in the RussianConvoys and who was his son's godfather.

V and W Assn.: Shipmates who served inany V and W ships are invited to contact C.W. Fairbrother, Stable Cottage, ColchesterRd., West Berqholt, Colchester CO6 3JQ(tel. 0206 240614) giving full details of ship,rank/rate, when and where served, any cita-tions as well as episodes and experiences.

HMS Wensleydale (1942-45): Henry Leh-mann (Jack Dusty), 13 Park Rd., Denmead,Waterloovilte P07 6NE (tel. 0705 255495)would like to hear from Norman Bancroft(EA), Bob Bryant (Yeo), Gunners' MateBarnes, Tom Linley (TGM), POSTD Lucas,LS Preston (HSD), PO Stuckey and othermembers of the CPOs' and POs' Mess, re-garding details of a reunion at Hawes,Wensleydale, N. Yorks on Oct. 24.

HMS Mauritius (1944-46): A. F. Gardner,22 Pencommin, Llangynidr, Crick-Howell,Powys NP8 1LT, would like to hear fromformer shipmates, in particular A "Turrets"crew.

HMS Ilex (1942-44): Air Cdre. M. Wight-Boycott, The Chesteine, High Street, Mil-verton, Taunton, Somerset TA4 1LW (tel.Milverton 400 033) would like to hear fromSub.-Lieut. Thomas Eric Harris RNVR andStoker Sidney Green.

Merchant Navy Assn.: Any ex-DEMSGunners, RN or RFA personnel who wish tojoin the association please contact JamesCarton, 38 Windermere Rd., Hyde, CheshireSK14 4PU (tel. 061 368 1124).

Minewarfare and Clearance Diving Offi-cers' Assn.: Anyone wishing to join the as-sociation please contact Lieut.-Cdr. R. J.Hoole, HMS Nelson (Gunwharf), Ports-mouth PO1 3HH (tel. 0705 822351 ext.24011).

HMS Diana (1954-56): Shipmates of thefirst commission interested in a reunionplease contact Brian Snow, 226 Kimber-worth Park Rd., Rotherham S61 3JG (tel.0709 564153).

HM ships Cossack, Hythe and Rye: F. G.Bath, 50 Studland Rd., Millbrook, South-ampton would like to hear from formershipmates.

Over to You

Principal events included:3: Free French destroyer Le Tiqre sank

U-215off New York.4: PQ17 ordered to scatter.5: HMS Niger sunk in British minefield off

Iceland. RAF Wellington sank U-502 in Bayof Biscay.

9: HMS Hyacinth captured Italian sub-marine off Beirut.

11: HM South African Naval Forces shipsProtea and Southern Maid sank Italian sub-marine off Beirut. HM ships Pelican, Speyand French ship Leopard sank U-136 offMadeira. HM ships Beaufort, Dulverton,Eridge and Hurworth bombarded MersaMatruh. Albacores of 820 Squadron droveships in harbour to sea, where an ammuni-

tion ship was sunk by the destroyers.14: HMS Lulworth sank Italian submarine

off Azores.17: RAF Lancaster and Whitley sank

U-751 in SW Approaches.19: HM ships Dido, Euryalus, Javelin, Jer-

vis, Pakenham and Paladin bombardedMersa Matruh. HM ships Aldenham andDulverton engaged E-boats.

24: HMCS St Croix sank U-90 in Atlantic.31: HMC Ships Skeena and Wetaskiwin

sank U-588 in Atlantic. HM ships Erne,Rochester and Sandwich sank U-213 offthe Azores. RCAF Hudson sank U-754 inWest Atlantic.Taken from The Royal Navy Day by Day.

SS Thistlegorm: Barbara Schwepcke,German ZDF Television, 30 Old QueenStreet, London SW1H 9HO (tel: 071-2334100) would like to hear from those whosurvived when the Thistlegorm was sunk bybombs dropped from a German airplane inthe Red Sea on Oct 16, 1941, with view totaking part in a television documentary.

Montague Whalers: Brett Winslade, 18Wake Lawn, Milton, Portsmouth PO4 SHU(tel: 0705 831394) would like to hear fromanyone who can help the Hampshire FireBrigade Whaler Section obtain a whaler oftheir own. He would be also be happy tohear from those wishing to take part in their"whaler weekend" on Aug 14-16.

BYMS Minesweeper, Great Yarmouth:Helen Crill, 20 Greville Close, Walton-on-Naze, Essex C014 8HR (tel: 0255 675614)would like to hear from anyone who servedin BYMS minesweeper which rescued thecrew of a Flying Fortress which rescued the25 miles off Great Yarmouth after returningfrom a bombing raid on Berlin.

Dunkirk XD Demolition Parties: GeorgeRansome, 85 Norton Street, Old TraffordManchester M16 7GU would like informa-tion about the port demolition parties, in

particular the name of the commanding offi-cer of each party from XD "H" to XD "P",the date and port of departure, name ofship conveying them and the date and portof arrival.

HMS Soverejgn Second Commission:The decommissioning dance will take placeat the Royal Fleet Club, Devonport on July30. Tickets are £5 per head from LS(TS)Rogers. Decommissioning Dance Secre-tary, HMS Sovereign BFPO 390 — chequesmade payable to Welfare Fund, HMS Sov-ereign.

LAEM(M) Donald Murray, formerly of RNair station Portland. Clare and Michael Put-tick, 20 Estella Rd., Buckland, PortsmouthPO2 7SG (tel. 0705 870572) would like tohear from LAEM(M) Donald (Scott) Murrayand his wife Britt. LAEM(M) Murray's god-son Matthew is ill and the Puttick familywish to contact him as soon as possible.

HM ships Repulse and Prince of Wales:A few solid pewter memorial medallionscommemorating their loss 50 years ago arestill available. Apply to Peter G. Dunstan, 23Page St., Mill Hill, London NW7 2EL.

A gift not to be sniffed at

mm 11 . 1 1

A NINETEENTH century navalseaman's handkerchief, dat-ed 1899, has been retrievedfrom an old sailor's ditty boxand returned to the placewhere all the Navy's sailorsare now trained.

Captain of HMS Raleigh,Capt. Richard Irwin, was pre-sented with this unusual giftby Cllr. and Mrs Maxted fromDartford, Kent.

It originally belonged toCllr. Maxted's father, ThomasMaxted, who joined the Navyas an ordinary seaman onFeb. 15 1899.

Once a standard piece ofissued kit, the handkerchiefis nearly three feet squareand has embroidered on itevery piece of information aseaman of that era needed tohave readily to hand, fromhow to use a cutlass to signalflags, navigation and kit up-keep.

This naval treasure will beplaced in the Naval HeritageRoom at HMS Raleigh.


Royal Naval Association

Uxbridge see starsduring gala night

ALL praise to Uxbridge branch which, despite therecession, succeeded in raising £2,500 in 12 months, tohelp residents of the Royal Star and Garter Home atRichmond.

The fund-raising drive beganwhen a team from Uxbridge en-tered the London Borough ofHillingdon Bed Race and con-tinued throughout the year, cul-minating with a gala celebritynight organised by the branchand supported by Roy Castle,who gave his services free.

Residents from the Star andGarter, accompanied by thehome's chief executive, Mr IanLashbrooke, attended a partyin the Uxbridge club housewhen the cheque was presentedby Shipmate Don Misson,chairman Uxbridge branch.

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Shipmate Tony Robinson,vice-chairman Burton-on-Trent,together with fellow shipmateJohn Arkesden are anxious tocontact former members of theship's company of HMS Fernie.They would also like to knowthe name of the German shipwhich was sunk by the Fernieand to contact some of the sur-vivors. Shipmate Robinson'saddress is 102 Roliston Road,Burton-upon-Trent DEI5 9RF(tel. 0283-67371).

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At the annual general meet-ing of Bridlington branch, thefollowing shipmates were elect-ed officers: C. Braithwaite,president, B. Rqbson, chair-man, D. House, vice-chairman,D. Shaw, secretary, A. Martin,treasurer, Mrs B. Carr, welfareofficer, G. Wade, standardbearer. Members meet on thefirst Thursday of the month atthe Royal British Legion club at2000 hrs. and extend a warmwelcome to new recruits.

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Llanelli branch plans to holda Trafalgar Day parade on Sun-day, Oct. 18. Any branch or

BRANCHNEWS

member from outside the areaplanning to attend will bewarmly welcomed if they in-form the branch secretary,Shipmate Ray Rees, 59 MurrayStreet, Llanelli, Dyfed, beforethe event.

n n nWhile resisting the property

developers Fulham and Chelseasuffered illness among the com-mittee and as a result had to"shuffle" their duties around.The following shipmates arenow officers — E. Barfield,president, H. Wicks, chairman,J. Godrich, vice-chairman andstandard bearer, P. Robinson,secretary, J. Woodrow, treasur-er, N. Poole, welfare officer, L.Malone, social secretary, D.Barton, scribe.

n n nDuring HMS Cardiff's visit

to her namesake port Cardiffbranch organised a disco formembers of the ship's com-pany, which was greatly en-joyed. Hospitality was returnedwhen members of the branchwere invited on board the shipand entertained by the CPOs'Mess. On behalf of the visitorsan enlarged photograph of theMess members (1991), was pre-sented by photographer Ship-mate Fred Jenkins to CPOChris Francis.

n n nAt the annual general meet-

ing of Harwich branch Ship-mate Bill Gorham, chairman,stood down to be replaced byShipmate Brian Aldis. Ship-mate Jim Gorham was re-elect-ed treasurer and the Rev. Ste-

A splendid collection of ships' badges adorn Triumph Close,home of Shipmate A. Dunn, of Coventry branch, who is a well-known collector of naval memorabilia and he is seen here receiv-ing a very important addition to his collection — the badge of thesubmarine HMS Triumph.

Making the presentation is Lieut. Craig Fulton who, withAB(SMM) Scooby Stobie, paid a visit to Shipmate Dunn to presentthe badge before the submarine embarked on her first operation-al patrol.

phen Hardie, vicar of Harwich,agreed to accept the office ofhonorary branch chaplain.

D D DThere was a big turn out at

Saltash presided over by Ship-mate George Wadhams, whothanked the social committeefor the presentation of theRNA stall at the May Fair.Thanks also went to those who

had donated prizes for the raf-fle. Before the meeting brokeup members elected ShipmateKen Griffiths to the office ofvice-chairman.

n a nJuly 12 is a date for the diary

when Exmouth plan a memora-ble service and parade to markthe 50th anniversary of theDieppe Raid which took placeon Aug. 19 involving some6,000 Canadian troops, BritishCommandos and 200 ships. AsJuly 12, is also National Seafar-ers Day, the branch extend awarm welcome to all shipmatesto attend the service in HolyTrinity church, at 1445 hrs.

A commemorative plaquewill be dedicated in Holy Trin-ity church to the CanadianForces and a Maple tree plant-ed in memory. A plaque willalso be dedicated and an oaktree planted in memory of theBritish Commandos. The par-ade will be led by the band ofthe Royal Marines. Those whoplan to attend and display theirstandards should contact ser-vice and parade co-ordinatorShipmate John Beresford, Up-hill, 39 Masey Road, ExmouthEX8 4AR (tel. 0395-274550.

Jan callsit a dayFELLOW shipmates ofDartmouth branch helpedCPO Jan Tidball, branchchairman and foundermember, push out the boatto mark his retirement fromthe Navy after 29 yearsservice. Jan, parade in-structor at BRNC Dart-mouth since 1986, servedin HM ships Eskimo, Eur-yalus, Andromeda, Sirius,Phoebe as well as a spellin Singapore in HMSTriumph.

Council reports fall in numbersA DROP in membership of 2,034 in 1991, plus a deficit of £6,011 in the association's finances, madegloomy news for delegates attending the Royal Naval Association conference at Dundee, on June 20.

members and 19,824 associate In a detailed breakdown ofmembers.

The report states that thecouncil was pleased to note anumber of new branches com-missioned in 1991, but it wasalso saddened by the loss ofFarnham, Oxford and Roch-dale branches which were dis-banded due to lack ofmembers.

The decline in membership,for the third successive year,was headlined in the nationalcouncil's annual report and ac-counts, presented to conferenceby the new council chairman,Shipmate Ron Tasker.

the association's income andexpenditure it was stated the1991 reunion, in Blackpool, in-curred a deficit of £9,587.

The number of shipmateswho have "crossed the bar" islargely responsible for the dropin membership in 1991, givinga present total of 44,518 madeup of 24,694 life and full

According to the report, re-cent reunions attracted anattendance of between 2,800and 3,300. When the budgetwas prepared for the 1991

reunion ticket prices werebased on an attendance of2,500 but only 1,400 purchasedtickets.

The report concluded with aplea from the council to dele-gates to look for new membersand turn the decline of the pastthree years into an increase inmembership in the comingyear.0 For more news of confer-

ence, see Navy News, August.

Mansfield marches onA CONCERT by the band of the Royal MarinesCINCFLEET, organised by Mansfield and Dis-trict, marked the 21st birthday of the branchand the 50th anniversary of Warship Weekwhen five towns in the district adopted HMships Icarus, Belvoir, Abingdon, Brocklesby andTactician.

The big surprise at the concert was the firstperformance of "The Mansfield MatelofMarch," composed by branch vice-president,

Lieut. John Perkins of the RM School of Music,who dedicated the march to the branch.

On the following morning there was a bigturnout of over 500 shipmates, displaying 57standards, for the dedication of the new Mans-field standard and the laying up of the old. Theparade, seen here, against the background ofthe great railway viaduct of Mansfield town,was led by the band of the Royal Marines, withcadets from TS Prince Charles providing theGuard of Honour.

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THE ELMSGuest House

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Portsmouth (0705) 823924

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•PORTSMOUTH-M. HAMILTON HOUSE--J 95 Victoria Road North, Southsea, POS 1PS

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29 St. Simon's Road, SouthseaFriendly family-run guest house, near allentertainment, sea & shops. Central heating,TV all rooms, tea and coffee making facilities,own keys, no restrictions. B&B Holiday or

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OAKLAWN HOTEL57/59 Bury Road, Gosport P012 3UE

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GOSPORT "CHERRY TREES" 15Linden Grove, Alverstoke, Familyrun guest house, ETB registered. Eng-lish breakfast, h/c, tea-making, TV allrooms, children welcome, close ferry,HMS Sultan and Dolphin. Rates £11per night. Contact Lin or Steve Gell0705 521543.

ALVERBANKHOUSE HOTEL

Stokes Bay Road,Gosporl P012 2QT

2 mins. by ferry from theDockyard

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Overlooking beautiful

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PORTSMOUTHTHE BEAUFORT HOTEL

AA RAG HIGHLY ETB 4 CROWNS** ACCLAIMED COMMENDED

The Beaufort has now become one of the most impressive, privately owned hotels inthe city. Excellently located close to the Promenade and local places of interest.•*• 19 en-suite bedrooms * All rooms satellite TVif Licensed bar and restaurant if Hairdryers and tea-making fac

71 FESTING ROAD, SOUTHSEA PO4 ONQTel: (0705) 823707 Fax: (0705) 870270

Hampshire Court Hotel30 Hampshire Terrace — Portsmouth PO1 2PF

Close to H.M. Dockyard and Barracks, Portsmouth railway and bus stations.Well appointed rooms with double glazing, full central heating, h&chandbasins, electric fires, fitted carpets, modern divan beds. Colourtelevision lounge, own keys, car park. No restrictions. Full English breakfast.

Single rooms with breakfast ...from £14Double rooms with breakfast from £25Double with private shower £26

Telephone Portsmouth 823522

55 Clarence Parade, SouthseaPO5 2HX Portsmouth 0705 821815

Car park, licensed bar, AA and RAOlisted. Double and family rooms with toiletand shower en suite, colour TV andtea-making facilities. Excellent position for

seafront and entertainments.Jean and Edward Fry

SHROPSHIRE COURTGUEST HOUSE

33 Granada Road, SouthseaFriendly family run Guest house, 2 mins.from S3a and entertainments. Close toferries, naval base, shops, etc. Own keys,Satellite TV all rooms, no restrictions,

B&B. Holiday or short stay.Mrs. Pat Green (0705) 731043

-PORTSMOUTH-4ETB SANDRINGHAM *£

Crowns HOTELHIGH COMFORT — LOW COSTSPECIAL RATES FOR NAVAL

PERSONNEL ,£20 pp per night, B&B

Seafront Hotel, 45 bedrooms allen-suite. Close to Shops,

Dockyard, Naval BaseWedding Receptions and

Sunday Lunch a speciality

OSBORNE ROADSOUTHSEA0705 826969

SOUTHSEASOLENT HOTEL

14-17 SOUTH PARADE(Opp. Pyramids)

Tel: (0705) 291577/875566SPECIAL RATES FOR ALL SERVICE

PERSONNEL & FAMILIESFrom £14.95 B+B per person

•*• Seafront position* 53 bedrooms, ensuites available* Colour TV, tea & coffee facilities,

telephone* Bar/Carvery Restaurantit Games rooms — full size snooker table

SOUTHSEAMARMION LODGE GUEST HOUSE71 MARMION ROAD, SOUTHSEA

0705 822150Friendly, family run, TV, CH,Tea/Coffee all bedrooms, 10 minsDockyard, Seafront, 5 mins shopping

centre. Own keys, car parking.Resident Proprietors Joan & Bill Martin

SOUTHSEAHARMONY GUEST HOUSE

Residential drinks licence • H&C • TV in all rooms •Comfortable residents lounge • Separate dining room(licensed) • Close to South Parade Pier and Rock

Gardens • Families and children welcomeSpecial rates for fl/V and RNA

Stella Western, Harmony Guest House,11a Malvern Road, Southsea POS 2LZ

(0705) 821696

MAGNOLIA GUEST HOUSEf Modern, comfortable ^

accommodationAll rooms col TV * Hot & Cold * C.H

* Tea & Coffee * Own KeysFull English breakfast

Single £12. Double £24•fc Tourist Board listed

41, Worthing Road,Southsea, POS 2RJ.

»*—Tel: 0705 811107—

LADY HAMILTON21 The Hard, Portsmouth

Ye o/de alehouseReopened after more than

70 yearsFree house and B&B (special

rates naval personnel)Tel: 0705 870505

AGNES

ISLE OF WIGHT, Yarmouth. De-lightful s/c flat in rural setting. Cansleep 4 but ideal for 2. Perfect base forsailing, walking and golfing holiday.Non-smokers preferred. Regret nodogs. Tel: 0983 760221.

AVESTON'S

Caring for

the Sailorand his family

Did you know "Aggies" has beenhelping the sailor and his familysince 1876? The sailors of the dayasked her to provide them with a"Pub with no Beer", as near to thedockyard gates as possible.

Today's Rests in: Devonport,Portland, Portsmouth, Rosyth,Rowner and St. Budeaux provideactivities such as TV, Snooker,Squash, Badminton, five-a-sidefootball, Computers, lounge CoffeeBar etc., to a chat with theMissioner and his wife.

When you next have a runashore, why not give the one in

your port a try?Family accommodation is

available at Rosyth, ringInverkeithing 413770.Accommodation is also available atPortland ring Portland 821446.

The RSR is funded by gifts,covenants, grants, legacies from thesailor and the general public.Please help RSR to continue tohelp you. Why not think of a giftthrough the Give As You EarnScheme. For more details write to:

The General Secretary,Royal Sailors' Rests,2A South Street, Gosport,Hants PO12 1ES

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Helping Hands

Trust inLourdes

THANKS to ships and establishments throughout the Service26 handicapped children from naval families and navy adopt-ed schools were able to enjoy a pilgrimage to Lourdes escort-ed by RN personnel of all rates and ranks.

As well as the Plymouth contingent, led by WO Pete Riley,there were also groups from Portsmouth, accompanied by POGary Wright, RNH Haslar, and, for the first time, a small groupfrom Scotland.

A further RN overland team, led by WO Andy McDonald fromHMS Sultan, helped other civilian groups with a shortage ofhelpers.

During the week the groups enjoyed swimming, picnics inthe Pyrenees, horse riding, cafe visits and a fancy dress partyin the hotel.

The children also visited the famous Lourdes shrine andbathed in the spring waters.

Anyone who wishes to assist the Handicapped Children'sPilgrimage Trust either by fund-raising or by joining the RNteam next year should contact HCPT RN Secretary Sub.-Lieut.N E Yeomans, The Wardroom, HMS Daedalus.

IT'S A BARREL OFLAUGHS IN ROSYTHDRESSED in period maritime costume, 30 members of the RN Provost and Regu-lating Staff Mess, Rosyth, took part in a charity beer barrel pull and raised £3,000for the Aberlour Children's Trust.

On the eve of the annualHMS Sultan Summer Showover 100 handicapped and dis-advantaged children enjoyedthe thrills and spills of Bur-nett's fun fair free of charge.

Using a Montague whaler,the crew transported the barrelfrom Dunbar to Rosyth whereit was taken to the RN Provostand Regulating Staff Mess andput to good use during the 19thCentury Maritime Fancy DressCharity Ball.

D D DA group of POs from HMS

Collingwood have been helpinglocal people with their gardensas part of a local communityproject.

The POs put their greenfingers to work in the garden ofMr Len Sanders and his wifeNettie — Len, himself, servedin the Navy for 27 years as amarine engineering artificer.

D D D

Organisers of the show hopeto raise £25,000 from thisyear's event.

O D DA team of walkers from RN

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Engineering College Manadontrekked across Dartmoor andraised £1,800 for the PlymouthFellowship Elderly Club.

D D DHMS Cambridge entered two

teams in the Dartmoor Jail-break and raised £800 for theSpastics Society. Aided by var-ious hire car companies oneteam made it all the way toBlackpool while the otherreached London.

D D DThe ship's company of HMS

Brave has raised over £2,500for LMEM Hugh Stokes whobroke his neck in a diving acci-dent in Dubai while on leaveafter the Gulf War.

Money collected was boostedby donations from the RNA,RNBT, Lloyds of London andthe Missions to Seamen.LMEM Stokes, who is nowwheelchair-bound, was present-ed with £3,300 and his GulfWar medal at Devonport NavalBase.

Cyclists from HMS Dryadcompleted a 800-mile bike ridearound Britain arriving backhome with only 20 minutes tospare on their fourth-day dead-line. The ride raised £2,500 forresearch into Motor NeuroneDisease and to buy equipmentfor the children's ward at theQueen Alexandra Hospital,Cosham.

Donations from the WOs'and Senior Rates' Mess, theGunnery Instructors associa-tion and the Plot Radar In-structors Association, all fromHMS Dryad, have helped cere-

bral palsy sufferer John Pully-blank purchase a new custom-built electric wheelchair.

n n nCdr. Tony Taylor of Clyde

Submarine Base, presented acheque for £4,924 to Andy Cas-sidy and Lesley Beck, of Scot-land's Alternative Skiers, a skiclub and registered charity forhandicapped people. Themoney was raised by 150members of the Neptune SkiClub during a 24-hour spon-sored ski marathon held on thedry slope at the base.

n n nDuring Armilla patrol the

ship's company of HMS Bir-mingham raised £10,000 fortheir adopted charity, Acorns, achildren's hospice which caresfor terminally ill children andwhich provides support fortheir families.

D D nThe Callum Gumbrell

Appeal, at St Mary's Hospital,Portsmouth, has benefitted by£617 thanks to the ship's com-pany of HMS Gloucester.

The money was raised duringa charity bike race betweenBoston and Gloucester, Massa-chusetts, during the ship'sWESTLANT deployment. TheCallum Gumbrell Appeal,which was started by theparents of a week-old baby whodied from an untreatable heartcondi t ion , now stands at£10,000. Any other ships whofeel they can assist should con-tact Mrs Julie Gumbrell, c/oLeonard Gold, Chartered Ac-countants, 24 Landport Ter-race, Portsmouth PO1 2RG (tel0705 829525).

n n nCPO Bryan Head of HMS

Dolphin has raised £1,400 inmemory of CPOWEA Ron LeFur, a colleague from the sub-marine base who died of cancerlast year. CPO Head took partin the Abingdon (Oxon) mara-thon and decided to donate themoney to the Imperial CancerResearch Fund and the Count-ess of Mountbatten Hospice, inSouthampton, where Ron spenthis final months.

D D D

POT LUCK INPLYMOUTH

TAKING time off from a busy programme leading up to BOSTin June are members of HMS Cumberland's PCs' Mess whopresented over £150 in gifts and cash to their adopted messcharity, Plymouth Speech Therapy Service at CumberlandHouse.

Pictured with Miss Jenny Jones from the service are, fromleft, POMEM(L) Fred Bristow, POSTD Phil Hill, POWEA ArtyShaw and PO(R) Steve Tubbs.

Picture: LA(Phot) Brum Clews

28 NAVY NEWS. JULY 1992

Navy relishes culinary successRecord-breaking

year for chefsITS MOST spectacular performance yet in the Hotelympia and InternationalSalon Culinaire de Londres, saw the Royal Navy and Royal Marines team walkaway with a total of 34 awards from the 37 classes entered.

On Services Day, the RN/RM competitors swept theboard in the Inter-ServicesCook and Serve event, tak-ing the trophy and goldmedals as outright winnersas well as silver and bronzeawards. WRENSTD BridgetCobley (Nelson) also wonthe Madame Prunier Tro-phy as best female Servicec o m p e t i t o r in the l iveevents.

Hotelympia is Britain'slargest and most prestigioushotel and catering exhibi-tion and the Salon attractscompetitors from across theworld.

In the Open Team Buffetthe US national team, cur-r e n t l y wor ld cham-pions, took the gold medal.The RN and RM team tookthe bronze, beating both theIrish and Australiannational teams.

Following their success inthe Salon, CPOCK PhilAshman (3 golds, 1 silver)was confirmed as captain ofthe Craft Guild of Chefs'team for the Frankfurt Culi-nary Olympics in Octoberand POCK Ian Franklin (2golds, 1 silver and a certifi-cate of merit) was nominat-ed for the team. POCATony Hancock (Iron Duke)will be the reserve.

Bronze medal winners in the Open Team Buffet class (left to right) CPOCK Cockcroft, CSgt DinoBrazzo, POCA Tony Hancock and Sgt Paul Bentley.

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pleaseSINCE the Navy lost crownimmunity from food hy-giene legislation earlier thisyear all RN personnel whohandle food — cooks, cater-ers and stewards — are tobe qual i f ied in FoodHygiene.

The RN Cookery School atAldershot has already trainedover 100 students at the basiclevel and soon all LeadingHands on course will take theintermediate level as part oftheir professional qualifyingcourse.

The advanced certificate isstill under development but itis planned that all instructorsand Warrant Officers in theFood Services branches andCatering Officers will do theadvanced course.

This brings the Navy firmlyin the lead in their commit-ment to safe food handlingpract ice and has a l readybrought praise from the Institu-tion of Environmental HealthOfficers.

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Live theatre: Inter-Ser-vice Cook and Serve: LCKScoble (Dolphin) and WrenCobley (Nelson) trophyand gold medal; LCK Sum-merville and STD Lynch(Warrior) silver medal; MneHayter (Lympstone) andWren Murden (Invincible)bronze medal. IndividualInter-Service: CPOCK Va-dis (RNCKS) silver medal.Napkin folding: POSTDThornton (RNSS) silvermedal. Cocktail making:Thornton silver medal.Restaurant sweet: Thorn-ton (bronze medal).

Static Theatre — CPOCKAshman (RNCKS): showplatter of meat (gold);show platter of poultry(gold), show platter ofmeat (Table of Honour)(gold), show platter ofgame (silver). POCK Frank-lin (RNCKS): show platterof fish (gold), show platterof fish (Table of Honour)(gold), show platter ofsalmon (silver), show plat-ter of crustacea (cert, ofmerit). POCK Galpin(Drake): show platter ofgame (gold), show platterof poultry (bronze). WO2Roberts (RMB Stone-house): show platter ofpoultry (silver), show plat-ter of meat (bronze). CKPilkington (Britannia):works in fat (silver).CPOCK Cockcroft (RN-CKS): works in chocolate(bronze). Sgt. Bentley(RNCKS): show platter ofcrustacea (bronze). CSgt.Brazzo (RNCKS): works infat (cert, of merit). POCKPreston (Andromeda):show platter of fish (cert,of merit). POCK Baker-Green (RNCKS): show plat-ter of game (cert, of merit).

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The winning team included CK Lee Rushbrook, WRENSTDTerri Later, CPOCK Mac McKinley, WRENSTD Tina Seymore-Simpson and CK Mario Shaw.

Mac won a silver medal for bread artistry and Mario a certificateof merit for work in fat. Lee and Tina worked together to earn asilver medal in the junior cook and serve event. Terri won a silvermedal in the senior flambe sweet and a bronze in the senior flambejoint.

Congratulations, too, to STD Stephen Espie, who won a bronzemedal for his flambe sweet and to three officers wives, whoseexperience doing the flowers for the wardroom paid dividends in thefloristry classes. Mrs Sharon Bostel won a gold in the Fl Class, MrsFiona McElwaine a silver medal in F2 and Mrs Margaret Sargeson acertificate of merit in F4.

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ICING with happiermemories for thoseconnected with the linerTitanic came in the formof decoration on acake made by WrenCKEmma Phillips as a cen-trepiece for the BritishTitanic Society Conven-tion held in Southamp-ton.

Emma, who is 18, madethe cake under the instruc-tion of ex-CPO cook Gra-ham Jones, now contractorARA's catering managerfor HMS Nelson.

Convention organiserBrian Ticehurst said, "Thecake was the first thingpeople saw as they en-tered the main exhibitionroom. It was much ad-mired, televised, videoedand photographed .. .everyone was mostimpressed."

At the end of the event,Mr Ticehurst presented thecake to Newlands FirstSchool in Southampton,whose pupils had exhibit-ed a class project ofTitanic models andpaintings.

Sailing down to RioJUST before Rio de Janeiro became the focus of attentionas the site of the Earth Summit, HMS Campbeltown sailedin for a six-day visit.

Her ship's company took every opportunity to enjoytheir stay in Brazil, climbing the Corcovada Mountain,taking in the sun on Copocabana and Ipanema beaches,and sampling the excitement of white water rafting expe-ditions and the Rio nightlife.

Picture, right, shows HMS Campbeltown sailing past theSugar Loaf Mountain as she leaves Rio.

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Faslane FairTHE BAND played, the gatesopened, the crowds flooded inand the sun shone and shone,belying the story that it alwaysrains in Faslane!

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Events at the fair included aField Gun Run by the ClydeSubmarine Base Team, a mar-tial arts display and a RoyalMarines' rescue demonstration.


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Notice BoardPromotions to Chief

AUTHORITY for promotion of the followingratings to chief petty officer was issued byHMS Centurion in June:

OPERATIONS BRANCH(SEAMAN GROUP)

To CPO(OPS)(M) — P. J. Woolley(Raleigh), A. R. Green (Dryad).

To CPO(OPSXR) — S. G. Guppy (Edin-burgh), C. Ross (Dryad).

To CPO(OPS)JMW) — P. T. Reader(Iveston).

(COMMUNICATIONS GROUP) REG, and PTTo CPOPT — D. P. J. Woolcott (Royal

Arthur).

MARINE ENGINEERINGTo CMEM(M) — R. L. Thomson (Sultan).

SUPPLY AND SECRETARIATTo CPOCA — T. W. Beddoes (Hermione).To CPOCK — P. R. Young (Drake).

MEDICAL BRANCHTo CPOMA — G. V. Evans (RNAS Cul-

drose), D. W. Robey (INM Alverstoke), S. J.Wood (Neptune CSST).

SUBMARINE SERVICETo CPCK.OPSMSXSM) — N. A. Boxall

(Neptune SMS).

FLEET AIR ARMTo CPOA(AH) — S. J. Gulliver (829 Sqn.

To^POAEMIM) — W. Jessop (702 Sqn.Osprey), P. A. Allinson (DGA(N) ASEMASU), A. J. Laycock (Heron), R. C. Law(899 Sqn. Heron).

CHIEF PETTY OFFICER ARTIFICERHMS Centurion has been notified of the

following promotions to chief petty officerartificer which were made by commandingofficers in May:

CPOMEA — D. J. Dewis (Gloucester), M.H. Jones (Intrepid).

ACPOMEA — B. Clarkson (Sultan), J. C.Craven (Nelson Gunwharf), P. G. Garrad(Spartan), A. J. Scotland (Spartan).

CPOAEA(WL) — A. J. Moore (815 Fit227), N. D. Wright (800 Sqn).

CPOAEA(M) — G. W. Bray (RNAS Port-land), J. S. Brown (899 Sqn Heron), A. S.Harding (706 Sqn Seahawk), S. L. J. Jones(DGA(N)ASE MASU), D. A. Martland (RNASCuldrose), M. P. Robertson (RNAS Cul-drose), M. J. Royce Rogers (849 Sqn A Fit),P. D. Smith (RNAS Yeovilton), A. E. Stan-cliffe (Daedalus AES).

CPOWEA — P. N. Brooks (MOD DGSWPortsmouth), B. Garbutt (Marlborough), D.J. Godley (Fit Eng Whale Island), C. D.Jones (London), A. D. Leaver (DefianceFMB), N. M. Looker (Resolution Port), F. A.Morrison (Captain SM2), S. G. Mortimer(Collingwood), I. A. Pearce (Forest Moor), S.J. Price (Cornwall), P. M. Ray (Ark Royal), P.V. Sanders (Valiant), M. C. Sennett (Nep-tune NT), C. M. Smith (Ariadne), I. B. Smith(Renown Port).

ACPOWEA — M. E. Dooley (RoyalArthur), S. McQuillan (Portsmouth FMRO),G. Partridge (Brazen), D. O. Thomson (RNURAF Edzell).

ACTING CHARGE CHIEF ARTIFICERAuthority was issued by HMS Centurion

in June for the following ratings to be pro-moted to acting charge chief artificer:

To ACCWEA — C. L. Reade (CON DCN),R. J. Rothwell (Defiance).

Swop DraftsWEM(O) Mawhinney, HMS Cambridge,

ext. 77495, after 1600 hrs., drafted HMSMonmouth, Dec. Will swop for any Rosyth-based ship, deploying or not.

WEM(O) Butler, HMS Cambridge, ext.495 after 1600 hrs. Will consider any Plym-outh or Portsmouth-based ship, deployingor not.

AB(R) Smallridge, HMS Beaver. Willswop for any south coast-based small ship.

LS(S) Shaw, (2050-184), 3 GP Mess,HMS Brilliant. Will swop for any Ports-mouth-based ship.

POWEA(AD) Chambers, HMS Sheffield.Will swop for any Portsmouth-based ship.

AB(S) Crampton, HMS Juno, draftedHMS Jersey, Nov. Will swop for any Ports-mouth area draft.

AB(S) Stretton, HMS Amazon, 184trained, deploying Sept. Will swop for anyPortsmouth/Plymouth draft.

AB(S) Gray, RNH Storehouse, from July6, tel. 0705 733748. Will swop for any Ports-mouth shore base.

POAEM(M) White, RN air station Cul-drose, ext. 7178, drafted Prestwick (819).Will swop for any Culdrose-based squadron(not 826).

LS(M) Smith, HMS Amazon, deployingSept. Will swop for any sea-going Devon-port-based Leander or Type 21. Must beGWS 24 trained.

LSTD Stephenson, HMS Avenger. Willswop for any Portsmouth-based ship.

AEM(WL) Murphy, 819 Sqdn.. RN air sta-tion Prestwick, ext. 353, drafted 706 Sqn,RN air station Culdrose, Aug. Will swop forany non-Culdrose-based draft.

WR01 Ward, Commcen Fastens, ext.6729/546, drafted HMS Warrior (PV billet),Sept. Will swop for any Faslane or otherScottish draft.

LSTD Gilbert, 3HA Mess, HMS Sheffield,

due refit Sept Will swop for any Ports-mouth-based ship deploying or not.

LS(S) Baxter, HMS Campbeltown, 2016/2031. Will swop for any Portsmouth-basedship.

LS(S) Taylor, HMS Campbeltown, 2016trained. Will swop for any ship in refit or anyshore base.

LCK Smith, HMS Herald. Will swop forany Portsmouth-based ship, deploying ornot.

CK Locke, HMS Herald, deploying Nov.Will swop for any Devonport-based ship notdeploying.

CK Armstrong, 4 Mess, HMS Herald. Willswop for any Rosyth-based ship.

WEM(R)1 Hamilton HMS Rooke. Willconsider any shore base in UK.

HO1(T) Robinson, HMS Brocklesby, Ro-syth ext. 64353. Will swop for any Plymouthdraft, deploying or not.

LS(D) Turner, PACDU, Gunwharf, HMSNelson, drafted Faslane diving team. Willswop for PACDU.

RO1(T) Daly, HMS Hurworth. Will consid-er any draft (small ship experiencenecessary).

LRO(G) Wicks, HMS Battleaxe, draftedCOMMW Rosyth, COMMS Module, Sept.Will swop for any southern-based ship.

LRO(G) Sinclair, 5D2 Mess, HMS ArkRoyal, drafted Northwood (PV billet), Oct.Will swop for any Portsmouth-area shorebase.

AB(R) Legge, HMS Polar Circle (NavsYeo). Will swop for any draft.

MEM(M) Derbyshire, Scale B, HMSQuorn. Will swop for any Type 22 deployingor not.

AB(EW) Gilby, 3F Mess, HMS Birming-ham, deploying Jan. 93. Will consider anydraft.

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Appointments

NEW CHIEFOF DEFENCE

STAFFAIR Chief Marshal Sir Peter Harding is to succeed Field Marshal SirRichard Vincent as Chief of the Defence Staff in the rank ofMarshal of the RAF.REAR-Admiral M. C. Boyce, at present Flag Officer Sea Training, is tobecome Flag Officer Surface Flotilla in succession to Vice-Admiral theHon. Sir Nicholas Hill-Norton from November 4.

stone in command. Nov. 24.

Points

Cdr. Tim Hildesley, command-ing officer of HMS Hurworth, re-lieved Cdr. Senior Grade GeorgesSaille, Belgian Navy, as Command-er Standing Naval Force Channelat a ceremony at Portsmouth.

Other recently-announced ap-pointments include:

Lieut.-Cdr. C. A. Stone. Ather-

DeathsG. I. Davidson. AB(S)(SM). HMS Defiance

SMMU. May 15.N. J. Collins. A/AEM(M)1 .HMS Seahawk.

May 29. (Son of CPO M. W. Collins).M. D. Stapleton. WO1. RN and RM Car-

eers Service. June 6.S. P. Jones. CPOAEA(M). HMS Osprey.

June 7.

A. F. St G. Orpen, QBE, DSC. Capt (retd).Served 1916-53, including Submarine Ser-vice. Commanded Yangtse river gunboatGannet at time of Yunnan railway incidentof 1940. Later commanded HM ships Wan-derer, Newcastle and Dido. Aged 89.

J. H. Bromage, DSO, DSC and Bar. Cdr(retd). Served 1928-65. Second World Warsubmarine captain of P212 (HMS Sahib) be-fore being taken PoW. Also commandedH33 and HM submarine Thule. Aged 76.

C. H. Spackman. Ex-CPO. Service in sub-marines included H34 and HMS Parthian,Otus and Pandora. Member London andMiddlesex SOCA. Aged 77.

E. Springford. Ex-POTEL. Service includ-ed HMS Kent and HM submarines Shark,Thule and Sirdar. Member MiddlesexSOCA. Aged 74.

A. Harriman. Ex-MAA. Service includedHMS Nelson and HMS St. Angelo. Aged 76.

J. Leonard. Ex-CRS. Served 1955-79, in-cluding HM ships Undaunted, Ajax, Hecateand Sea Eagle. Member Lascaris (Malta)Communicators' Association.

J. McGivney. Ex-ABJ. Lonsdale. Ex-POWEM. Served 24

years until 1988, including HM ships Sirius,Danae and Ark Royal.

T. Morgan. Ex-CPO. Served 14 years un-til 1972, including Fleet Air Arm. Serviceincluded HMS Ark Royal (800 Squadron),HMS Eagle and HMS Victory. Age 48.

D. Steward, Kettering. Aged 68.R. Phillips, Dartmouth. Aged 84.R. Thwaite, Skipton and District. Ex-TEL.

Service included HMS Mercury and Nile.Member RN Patrol Service. Aged 70.

The deaths are reported of the followingformer personnel of the Fleet Air Arm who

.were members of the Halton Apprentices

Naval Wing Association: E. M. LePage, E.Bevls and R. W. Trout

The deaths are reported of the followingmembers of the HMS Jamaica Association:A. Liddell-Hart (Stroud), J. Gosling (Nor-with), the Rev. D. Twiddy (Pennth), J.Aldred (Nottingham), D. Franklin (New-quay), A. Blair (Belfast), A. Booth (Hyde)and J. Box (Markham).

The deaths are reported of the followingmembers of the Algerines Association: S.Fowler (HMS Pincher), F. Giles (HMS Rifle-man) and G. Pragnell (HMS Chameleon).

ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATIONThe deaths are reported of the following

shipmates:C. H. Freeman, former social secretary,

Poole. Served 15 years, including HMS Re-venge and Protector. Aged 72.

J. Scragg, Buxton and High Peak. Ex-POGunner. Served on Russian and Malta con-voys, ships including HMS Fury and Vindex.Aged 71.

S. Wellbelove, Chelmsford. Served 1941-46, including HMS Royal Sovereign, andOrwell. Member Russian Convoy Club and17th Destroyer Flotilla Assn. Aged 70.

G. K. Taylor Manchester. Ships includedHMS Victorious and Jamaica. Aged 68.

R. H. Rump Capt(s)(retd). Past presidentand life-vice-president, Bridport. Ships in-cluded HMS Emperor of India, Orion, Con-queror, Benbow, Renown, Cardiff and Im-placable. Later commanded HMS Phoeniciain Malta. Former chairman Bridport Sea Ca-dets. Aged 91.

A. Seilwood, former treasurer Whitstable.LieutRNR(retd). Served 1940-45. Aged 74.

T. Coleman, Guildford and Wokingbranches. Served 1937-47, including HMSBagshot, 1951-53. Member HMS BarhamSurvivors' and Algerines Associations.Aged 70.

G. Batchelar, Worthing. Ships includedHMS Chevron, Hornet and Protector. Aged54.

H. Lewis, Hereford.D. Atkinson, Wythenshawe. Aged 71.W. Cahill, C. Caswell and G. Hartwell,

Fulham and Chelsea.

READY FORANYTHING

FOR THE second year running 846 Sqn is in the front linesquadron with the highest degree of operationalreadiness.

Lieut.-Cdr. Leslie Port received the Australia Shieldfrom Flag Officer Naval Aviation Rear-Admiral ColinCooke-Priest while AEM(M) C. Bell accepted the Bam-bara Flight Safety Shield on behalf of 846.

HMS Hermione's Lynx helicopter flight, based at 815Sqn RN air station Portland, has achieved the best avia-tion standards during operational seas training.

Lieut.-Cdr. Graham Jardine, on behalf of HMS Her-mione Flight received the Wigley Trophy from Rear-Ad-miral Mike Boyce.

THE following list shows the total points ofthe men and women at the top of eachadvancement roster for petty officer andleading rates as at July 1, 1992.

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 were ad-vanced during June.

CCMEAML — Int (28.8.91), Nil;CCMEAEL — Dry, Nil; CCMEAMLSM -Dry, Nil; CCMEAELSM — Int (27.3.92), Nil;CCWEAADC — Int (3.4.92), 2; CCWEAWDO— Int (3.4.92), Nil; CCWEAADCSM — Dry,Nil; CCWEAWDOSM — Dry, Nil; CCAEAM— Int (1.9.91), Nil; CCAEAR — Int (1.1.91),Nil; CCAEAWL — Int (1.1.90), Nil.

PO(EW)/RS(W) — Int (7.6.91), Nil;LS(EW)/LRO(W) — Int (11.2.92), Nil; PO(M)— Int (15.3.91), 2; LS(M) — Int (27.9.91), 4;

) — 144, 3; LS(R) — Int (6.12.91), 8;

AwardsRECENTLY-announced awards forservice in Northern Ireland include:

BEM: Sgt. N. R. Clarke, RM.Mentioned in Despatches: Lieut. B. R.

Service and A/RS M. A. Taylor.

, . .PCXS) — Dry, 5; LS(S) — Int (15.3.91), Nil; (1PO(D) — Int (8.1 2.89), Nil; LS(D) — 31 1 , Nil; (7PO(MW) — Int (6.12.91), Nil; LS(MW) — Int 3;(15.3.91), 2; PO(SR) — 164, Nil; LS(SR) —Int (8.12.89), Nil; PO(SEA)— 129, Nil; CY —203, Nil; LRO(T) — Int (5.12.89), 2; RS —170, 1; LRO(G) — Int (4.6.91), 7; POPT —209, Nil; RPO — 138, Nil.

POMEM(L)(GS) — Int (15.4.91), Nil;LMEM(L)(GS) — Int (8.12.91), Nil;POMEM(MMQS) — 330, Nil; LMEM(MKGS)— Int (6.12.89), Nil; POWEM(O)(GS) — Int(3.7.90), Nil; LWEM(O)(GS) — Int (27.3.91),7; POWEM(R)(GS) — Int (7.5.91), Nil;LWEM(R)(GS) — Dry, 9; POCA — Int(12.4.90), Nil; POCK(GS) - 320, 2; LCK(GS)— Int (3.4.90), 6; POSTD(GS) — 627, 2;LSTD(GS) — Int (21.6.90), 2; POSA(GS) —488, Nil; LSA(GS) — Int (18.10.90), Nil;POWTR(GS) — Int (27.7.90), Nil; LWTR(GS)— Int (20.2.92), 1; POMA — Int (9.1.90), 5;LMA — Dry, 3.

PO(SMSM) — Int (19.8.91), Nil; LS(S)(SM)- 178, Nil; POfTSXSM) - Int (9.10.90), Nil;LS{TSKSM) — Int (21.5.91), Nil; RS(SM) —234, Nil; LRO(SM) — Int (13.3.90), Nil;

----------- — •-; LMEM(LKSM)M) — 654, 3;

POMEM(LXSM) — 436, Nil; LMEM(L)(SM)— 115. 3; POMEM(M)(SM) -

LMEM(MHSM) — 584, Nil; POWEM(O)(SM)— 282, Nil; LWEM(O)(SM) — Int (30.1.90),3; POWEM(R)(SM) — Int (5.11.91), 1;LWEM(RKSM) — 73, 2; PO(UWXSM) -Dry, Nil; POSA(SM) — Int (28.11.90), Nil;LSA(SM) — Dry. Nil; POWTR(SM) - Int(26.7.90), 1; LWTR(SM) — Int (12.2.92), Nil;POCK(SM) — Int (17.10.91). Nil; LCK(SM) —627, Nil; POSTCKSM) —231, Nil; LSTD(SM)— 475, Nil.

POA(AH) — 660, 2, LA(AH) — 653, 1;POA(METOC) — Int (12.7.91), 1; LA(METOC) — Int 2; POA(PHOT) — 166, 1;POA(SE) — 287, Nil; LA(SE) — 79, Nil;POACMN — 411, Nil; POAEM(M) — 141, 2;LAEM(M) — 202, 1; POAEM(R) — Int(8.11.90), Nil; LAEM(R) - 199, Nil;POAEM(WL) — 269, Nil; LAEM(WL) — 469,Nil; POAC — Dry, 1.

POWREN(R) — Int (5.3.90), Nil;LWREN(R) — Int (9.7.90), Nil; POWREN(RS) — 145, Nil; LWREN(RO) — Int(5.12.89), 4; POWRENPT — Int (13.2.90),Nil; RPOWREN — 82. Nil; POWRENCK -Int Nil; LWRENCK — Int, Nil; POWRENSTD— 552, Nil; LWRENSTD — Int (19.2.91), Nil;POWRENSA — 193, Nil; LWRENSA — Int18.10.90), Nil; POWRENWTR — Int".12.89), 1; LWRENWTR — Int (17.10.91),, POWRENWTR(G) - Int (20.2.90), 1;

LWRENWTR(G) — Int, 1; POWRENMETOC— Int, Nil; LWRENMETOC — Int, Nil; POW-RENPHOT — Int (6.2.90), Nil.

POWRENAEM(M) — 130, Nil; LWRENAEM(M) — 185, Nil; POWRENAEM(R) — Int(7.11.91), Nil; LWRENAEMIR) — 122, Nil;POWRENAEM(WL) — 186, Nil; LWRENAEM(WL) — 192, Nil, POWRENETS — 156,1; LWHENETS — Int (7.8.90), 1; LWRENTEL — 305, Nil; POWRENWA — Int(16.1.91), Nil; LWRENWA — Int (9.10.90),Nil; POWRENDHYG — Int (5.7.90), Nil;POWRENDSA — Int, Nil; LWRENDSA — Int(27.3.90), 1; POEN(G) — 110, Nil; LEN(G) —Dry, Nil; PORGN — Int (10.9.91), 1;POMA(Q) — Int (12.3.91), Nil; LMA(Q) — Int,Nil.

The Basic Dates quoted for the WRNSratings in the following categories, whichhave no examination for the next higherrate, are applied in accordance with BR1066 Chapter 22:

POWREN QA —120. Nil; POWREN MT —719, Nil; POWREN TEL — 1022, Nil.

HonoursROYAL NAVY awards in the 1992 BirthdayHonours List included the following:

GCB: Admiral Sir Jock Slater.KCB: Vice-Admiral R. T. Newman, Vice-Ad

miral A. P. Woodhead.CB: Rear-Admiral R. H. Burn, Rear-Admiral

A. B. Richardson, Major-General A. F.Whitehead.

CBE: Capt. W. J. Davis, Capt. P. J. Grindal,Capt. J. Hall, Capt. A. M. Morrice.

QBE: Cdr. M. E. W. Bush, Cdr. J. E. Fish-wick, Cdr. J. G. Hurlbatt, Lieut-Col. B. E. A.Seage, RM, Cdr. W. P. Shepherd, Cdr. N. J.Stone, Cdr. D. M. Tall, Cdr. T. Waddington,Cdr. C. P. B. Wetland, Lieut-Col. D. W. Wilson,RM, Cdr. R. E. Woolgar.

MBE: Lieut-Cdr. P. Barton, WO M. Bessant,Lieut-Cdr. R. J. Brunwin, Lieut-Cdr. D. P. Col-Iyer, Lieut-Cdr. C. J. de Mowbray, Lieut-Cdr.D. Dennis. RNR, WO E. H. Hadley, Capl. J. R.Hancock, RM, Lieut-Cdr. D. B. Hosking, WO A.

G. J. Little, WO2(CAS) D. R. Logue, RM, Lieut.M. Marshall, Lieut-Cdr. R. F. Smith, Lieut-Cdr.C. Wakefield. Lieut. T. L. Woolman, RM. Lieut-Cdr. M. J. Wright.

BEM: A/CPOA(PHOT) S. Antrobus, CPOSAB. J. Austin, CPO(OPS)(M) R. V. Belcher, C/SGT J Cassidy, RM, CRS M. J. Congdon,CPOWEA M. G. Dennis, CPOA(M) P. A. Dob-son, CCWEA D. J. Evans, CPO(OPS)(S)(SM)B. S. Head, CPOAEA(W) R. G. Jobling,CPOA(AH) D. C. McPherson, CCCT(L) J. C.Mills. CCCT(L) M. P. Pearce, CPO(MW) R. J.C. Routley. RNR. CPOWEA D. E. Setterfield,CMEM(M) A. A. Smith, RNR, CPOAEA(L) J. W.S- Thompson.

Royal Red Cross: ARRC — SNO J. D.Beach, QARNNS.

AFC: Lieut-Cdr. M. W. Watson.Royal Victorian Order LVO — Cdr J B.

Harvey.RVM(Silver): POCK N. P. Allan.

Pen FriendsREADERS Seeking penfriends in the RoyalNavy are listed below. Any sailor who writes toan applicant must use a stamped envelopebearing the applicant's name and town. Theletter should be enclosed in a second enve-lope addressed to "Pen Pals", Navy News,HMS Nelson, Portsmouth. On receipt the re-plies will be redirected — but only if they havebeen stamped.

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Amanda (22), Dorchester, Dorset. Annette(24), Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Jade (20),Coventry. Amanda (22), Kington, Hereford-shire. Marion (38), Hartlepool, Cleveland.Kathy (42), Liverpool. Janet (43), Kettering,Northants. Gail (22), Plymouth. Fiona (21),Ayr. Danielle (18), Southampton.

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SportWREN Stores AccountantCatherine Mullis is certain-ly prepared to tackle lifehead on. . . when she'snot at work with the basereplenishment team atClyde Submarine Baseshe's a dedicated memberof the West of Scotland'sfledgling women's rugbyteam.

She first became interestedin Rugby Union after the 1991

Smith clinchesStrokeplayChampionshipONE thing was for certain in this year's Royal Navy and Royal Marines Strokeplay Champi-onship — there would be a new winner's name engraved on the trophy. What was not certainwas who that winner would be, writes Lieut.-Cdr. Roger Knight.

World Cup, before which shewas a self-confessed couchpotato, and set about findinga club with lady players. Westof Scotland proved ideal, withsome 30 women on its booksand male players offeringtraining and encouragement.

But Catherine failed to per-suade any of her colleaguesat Faslane to join her on thepitch. Now she is to join HMSDefiance in Plymouth so newworkmates can expect somegentle persuasion.

Whatever happens, Cather-ine is destined to become thefirst Wren to take part in aRoyal Navy rugby trainingcourse. She will spend a weekin Portsmouth studyingplaying and coaching techni-ques and go in for the Prelimi-nary Coaching Award.

She hopes to coach youngplayers in the South West andto find a ladies team forherself.

With the likes of Lieut.-Cdr.Malcolm Edmunds and Sur-geon Lieut.-Cdr.(D) Phil Guesthaving left the Service with 14championship victoriesbetween them, this year's resultwas not going to be the fore-gone conclusion it had oftenbeen in the past.

However, the new championproved a worthy winner. In anexciting final round at WesternGailes near Troon, CPO PatSmith (Culdrose) emerged vic-torious beating Ck Stuart Hux-table (Broadsword) by threeshots. CPO Don West (Rosyth)was two shots further away inthird place.

Smith won in style, leadingfrom start to finish, but hisopening round of 70 was thelowest of the competition andhad even the local clubmembers murmuring theiradmiration!

At the start of the final roundhe held a two shot lead overnearest rival Huxtable. As theywere paired together it turnedinto a matchplay situation. Atone stage Smith was five shotsclear but over the difficult clos-ing holes Huxtable narrowedthe gap to two. At the lastSmith got a regulation 4 and,with Huxtable missing thegreen with his second and run-

ning up a bogey 5, Smith washome by 3 shots.

Several players had threa-tened in earlier rounds. LCplNigel Small (CTCRM) had avery useful 74 in the openinground, but fell away. Lieut.-Cdr. Pat Lynch (Daedalus) waswell in the hunt after thesecond round but an 84 in thethird put paid to his chances.

Musn. Joe Sharp (Lyrnp-stone) followed up his openinground of 78 with a 75, but allhis good work was dashed withan 88 in the third. CPO SteveLambert (Renown) suffered asimilar fate, shooting a 91 after78 and a 77. CPO Jim Thom-son (Valiant) came off the railswith a last round of 86 havingbeen well in contention withrounds of 78,79 and 78.

However, the hard luck storyof the Championship surely be-longs to CPO Martin (Brum)Hunt (Culdrose) who, in theopening round, found himselfstood on the 18th tee requiringa par 4 for a round of 72. Butthree tee shots out of boundsresulted in an horrendous 11and he signed for a 79. To hiscredit he battled away in theremaining rounds to finish injoint 4th place with Lynch.

The Inter-Command Cham-pionship, run concurrently with

the individual championship,saw the Naval Air Commandteam (Smith, Hunt, CPO MickFilleul (Culdrose), LPT BillStretton (Yeovilton), CPO TaffJames (Portland) and Lynch)retain their title, winning by 30shots from Fleet. The RoyalMarines pipped Portsmouthinto third place on a countback.

D D DEarlier in the month the Roy-

al Navy side had been wellbeaten by a very strong Leedsand District Union side at SandMoor GC near Leeds.

In the Foursomes Jim Thom-son and Lieut. Duncan EllisRM (CTCRM) gained theNavy's only win. In the SinglesSgt Bill Parker (3 Cdo Air Bde)prevented a whitewash with avery creditable half.

D D DTHIRTY players competed inthe 1992 Fleet EngineeringCentre, Rosyth, Golf Cham-pionships at Burntisland GC,Fife. The competition wasplayed over two rounds, themorning session hampered bydense fog.

Winner and runners-up were:1, CPOWEA Don West (75points); 2, CPOWEA DaveMcBride (73/better 2nd round);3, WEM(R) Craig Davies (73).

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GUESTSTARSFOR the second year in arow a team of six runnersrepresenting the Minewar-fare, Diving and MaritimeTrade Department ofSMOPS won the trophy asfirst guest (non-Army) teamhome in the extremely de-manding Welsh 1,000Mountain Race.

In repeating their 1991 suc-cess, the team had to negotiatea 40km route starting on thebeach at Aber and taking in the1,000m mountain ranges of theCarnedds and Glyders beforefinishing on the summit ofSnowdon (1,085m).

Representatives of the threeServices and civilian fell run-ning clubs made up the 60+teams competing. The MDTrunners were Lieut.-Cdr. PhilBurrell, CPO(MW) Taff Hem-brow, CPO(MW) Alan Bain-bridge, AB(D) Taff Lloyd,AB(D) Rob Bouchard andCCWEA Tug Wilson.

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Bouts andaroundGREAT Britain's inter-national middleweightMne. Mark Edwards ofHMS Nelson leaves at theend of this month for theBarcelona Olympics andthe quest for the highestprize in sport — Olympicgold.

For most of the closeseason Mark has been train-

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ing at Nelson with Navy coachCPOPT Tony Bevel. This com-bined with frequent trainingcamps at Crystal Palace un-der Ian Irwin, the national coa-ch, has seen Edwards climb asteady road to peak fitness inpreparation for the ultimatechallenge of his illustriouscareer.

The coach has concentrat-ed much on the twice-ABA-champion's strength andpower to see him through thechallenges from the hard hit-ting Cubans and East Europe-ans.

Last year Mark lost to thenow world champion, Russofrom Italy, so he knows whothe danger men are, saidBevel.

"His state of fitness is nownear to what it was before theWorld Championships, andthe way to a medal is for everypunch to count. That's whatwe have worked on, and helooks good.

"For Mark himself, he'slooking forward to it. Heshowed tremendous dedica-tion to qualify for Barcelona... now he only has to believeit and it will happen for him."

ARE there any othercompeti tors in theOlympic Games withRoyal Navy connec-tions? Navy Newswants to know.

CITY of Portsmouth FootballDevelopment Scheme in con-junction with the FootballAssociation is holding a sum-mer holidays funweek at Alex-andra Park (August 3-7) forboys and girls; price £32. Ring0705 834832 for details. Fun-weeks are held throughout thecountry — to learn more ring0707 50057 (24hr Ansaphone).

FIRST prizewinner in the Tri-Service Rugby Draw wasPOMEA Rooks of HMS Arrow,who wins a £2,000 holiday.Second was Lieut.-Cdr. Kent(Fearless), who won £250worth of electrical equipment,and third was the CO of 800NAS, Lieut.-Cdr. David Braith-waite, whose prize was £100worth of sports goods. Spon-sored by BAeSEMA, the raffleraised more than £6,000 forService Rugby.

ALLIED Breweries Ltdhave kindly agreed to con-tinue their sponsorship ofService sport for 1992/93.The following associationswill benefit: RN Athletics,RN Badminton, CS Basket-ball, RN and RM MotorSports, RN Squash Rackets,RN Volleyball and RN(Women's) Sports.

The sponsorship is to be usedspecifically to enhance inter-command championships, RNchampionships, Navy Cupcompetitions and tours. Allbeneficiaries wish to expresstheir thanks.

Forces Pennantis secured forthe third year

SHERBORNE Regatta, hosted by the Fleet Air Arm in June, is one of four inter-commandrowing meetings to take place annually. It gives the Navy's rowers of all standards anopportunity to compete together and the selectors a chance to view the talent from which asquad is chosen to represent the Service in Amateur Rowing Association events.

1992 has been a successfulyear for the RN Squad: thegreatest achievement winningfor the third year running theForces Pennant at the Head ofthe River Race. The pennant,fiercely contested each year, isawarded to the fastest of themany Service crews which en-ter the race, along with up-wards of 400 civilian national,club and schools crews.

Conditions this year werefair and the Navy VIII got offto a good start, overtaking theirfirst boat within a quarter of amile. They rated a steady 32 forthe 4'/2 mile race, taking an-other crew just before the Ham-mersmith Bridge, and twomore on the Fulham bend.Their efforts secured them149th place overall (28th out of128 in their class), with theRAF first boat — their next clo-sest rival — coming in 198th.

Buoyed up by this successand a fine win at the Kingstonhead, where the Navy first VIIIwas again the fastest Servicecrew, spirits were high for theJoint Service Regatta at Peter-borough, but in the blue ribbonevent the Navy boat was beatento the finish line by the Army.

Having sat neck and neck forthe first 600m the Army beganto inch away over the last 400,and the Navy crew, despite asolid row and an average rate of39, were unable to hold them.

Pictured with the Head of the River Race Forces Pennant — infact, a cup — is the RN squad: (back row l-r) Lieut. AlisdairHutchinson, Lieut. Andy Holland, Sub-Lieut. Andy Patterson(stroke), Lieut. Andy Cameron, (front l-r) Lieuts. Gary Foster,Stuart Wright (training manager), and Penny Graham (cox),AEA Alan Davidson and LAEM Brian Kemp. Lieut. David Wool-ley is missing — slightly run over by a bus!

Picture: Lieut.-Cdr. Peter Johnson

The ladies redeemed the day,however, with Heron winningthe Ladies Novice IV and SubLieut. Debbie Rorke (BRNC)carrying off the Novice ScullsTrophy.

With active Command row-ing in Plymouth and Ports-mouth, and Fleet Air Arm row-

ing based in HMS Heron, theRN and RM ARA is always insearch of new blood, from no-vices to experienced oarsmen,and for ex-rowers interested inhelping on the administrativefront. Queries should be direct-ed to Lieut. David Stroud onProspect House Ext. 5577.

GB RECORD SWIMAT THE GB Open Masters Swimming Championships atCrystal Palace the Royal Navy masters team produced argu-ably the finest performance ever by an RN swimming squad,writes team manager Ron Kimber.

In the 45 years I've beeninvolved in RN swimming Icannot remember a Navy teamperforming so well at this level.This success was almost cer-tainly brought about the policyof tracing ex-RN swimmers andbringing them back to representthe Service long after they'dretired from it.

The team took away five goldmedals, 10 silver and eightbronze from the GB Open Mas-ters. The icing on the cake wasa Great Britain record for AlecLaylee in the 70-74 years agegroup at 50m freestyle.

In addition to this country'sbest masters swimmers, thechampionships attracted com-petitors from Russia, Franceand Germany.

The RN medal winners were as follows:(25-29 years) Steve Thomas: 1, 400IM; 2,50m b'fly; 3, 100m b'fly. (30-34) IanHughes: 1, 50m back. Adrian Noble: 3,400m free. (45-50) Peter Stephens: 2,100m b'fly and 2, 200m b'fly; 3, 50m b'fly.(50-54) Barry Blanden: 3, 400m free. (55-59) Geoff Bishop: 3, 50m breast, 3,100mbreast and 3, 50m back. Dave Auten: 3,1,500m free. (70-74) Len Audritt: 1, 50mbreast and 1, 100m breast; 2, 50m fly.Alec Laylee: 1, 50m free (GB record); 2,50m back and 200m back. Over 240years medley team second.

Navy masters swimming is now well tothe fore and thanks must go to Capt.peter Wason, RNSA chairman for hissupport. Now to recruit him into the teamitself!

This year will see the first Inter-ServiceMasters Swimming in October and theRN has high hopes of success. Moreswimmers are needed, though, particular-ly those retired and in the upper agegroups. Masters swimmers compete onlywithin their own five year age group, soeveryone is in with a chance. Anyonewishing to know more should contactRon Kimber on Fareham 281287.

BLAZIN'BRAZEN

Heroiceffort

MNE Mark Croasdale'sathletic prowess andthe fine example hesets have been recog-nised in the award ofthe 1990/91 Nato Cup.

An accomplished roadand fell runner, Mark has

also proven himself a firstclass skier and is currentlyranked No. 1 in the BritishNordic team. As the 1991British 15km and 30kmchampion he representedGreat Britain at the 1991World Championships inItaly and the 1992 WinterOlympics in France.

On the athletics frontthis year he won both theBritish long and shortcourse championships andrepresented England inSwitzerland. He was alsofirst runner home in the1990 "Man Versus HorseRace," a gruelling 22-mileevent run in Wales.

Mark has been a particu-lar inspiration to youngMarines joining the RMbiathlon team. His dedica-tion was amply displayedduring the 4x7.5km biath-lon relay at this year'sBritish National Ski Cham-pionships. Having dislocat-ed his shoulder in a fall,Mark reset his own armand continued with therace, enabling 45 Com-mando to hold a creditablesixth position in a field of19 teams.

FROM the look of the pic-ture HMS Scylla's playersdid their best to get a stran-glehold on the Midi-Shipsrugby final, but HMS Bra-zen lead 12-7 at half timeand 18-16 when the finalwhistle blew.

It was a tight game, withScylla holding Brazen's clearweight advantages in the packsuperbly. There was dramaright to the end — Brazen con-ceded a penalty in the finalminute and a score would havegiven Scylla the trophy, but itwas not to be.

A high standard of rugby wasdisplayed during this match atthe Portland Borstal pitch —and good sportsmanship pre-vailed throughout.

SMARTLWEM George Alcock, LWtrBrian Cheung and POWEMDave Tilford were among thecompetitors in the Lisbon 7sRugby Tournament, playing forthe Lisbon Casuals, a teammainly comprising British ex-pats living in the Lisbon area.

The three sailors are sta-tioned at CINCIBERLANT,the NATO base commandingthe sea lanes at the approachesto Gibraltar.

Brian was selected as the Ca-suals' Man of the Match on thestrength of his kicking leg — hisconversion kicks were spot onthroughout the two-day tour-ney. Alas, the Casuals wereknocked out in the semi-finals.

FIXTURESMIDDLESEX II will travel toPortsmouth on July 6 totake on the Royal Navy atcricket. The match beginsat 1100. On the previousday the RN U25 team willplay Public Schools ofWestern Australia, also atPortsmouth f rom 1100.This year's U25 inter-ser-vices cricket festival willtake place at Vine Lane,Uxbridge. on July 10/11and 12. Day 1 sees RN vArmy, day 2 RAF v losersday 1 and day 3 RAF v win-ners day 1.

-MAGS BAGS TROPHYnLWREN Margaret Briggs (Cul-drose) has been named theRoyal Navy's Young Sports-woman of the Year and pre-sented with her trophy by theSecond Sea Lord, Admiral SirMichael Livesay.

Margaret's greatest suc-cess has come in .22 rifleshooting, at which she hasrepresented the Navy and theCombined Services for a num-ber of years. She also playshockey and netball, butenjoys all sports.

Jumping aheadof the fieldROYAL Navy and Royal Marines showjumping and eventing teams have scored spectacularsuccesses at Windsor, Larkhill and Tidworth.


The Queens Challenge Cupand Queens Plate are alwayspresented by the Queen at theRoyal Windsor Horse Showand provide a gruelling test ofnerve as well as skill and show-jumping ability as the leadingriders jump-off in the main are-na in front of a large crowd andtelevision cameras.

This year a team selected byLieut.-Cdr. Richard Randall(RNEC Manadon), consistingof POWren Louise Isaacs (772Sqn.) riding Jack of Diamonds,LCpl Simon Bustany (42 Cdo.)riding Rupert XIV and MneHoward Wood (40 Cdo.) ridingJasmine, were close behind thetop Army teams from the KingsTroop Royal Horse Artilleryand Household CavalryMounted Regiment but aheadof 13 teams from non-horsedunits. The RN/RM team wereawarded the Queens Plate foronly the second time since1968.

BerkeleyThe following day the squad

moved to Larkhill and this timebeat both the Army and theRAF to win the Inter-ServicesShowjumping Championshipsfor the first time in nearly 20years. The three riders who hadbeen successful at Windsorwere joined by Randall on ahorse owned by a retired navalcommander, Ted Waller fromthe Berkeley Hunt in Glouces-tershire, and their combinedscore of 12 faults over a courseof Foxhunter standard was fourfaults better than the Armyteam.

The Inter-Services Cham-pionships moved on to thehorse trials event at TidworthPark in Hampshire. Randallpicked a totally different teamfor this test, which combinesdressage, showjumping andcross-country riding, Cdre Ri-chard Bridges (COMAW) rodehis own horse Smoke Spindrift,Lieut.-Cdr. Mike Croome-Car-roll (Cottesmore) picked up theride on Ted Waller's Cruise,Mne Wood switched to Jack-boot and Cpl Nigel Joyce (40Cdo.) came in on the RMSCsInter-City.

LameIt was expected that the

Army, smarting from their un-expected earlier se tbacks ,would strike back, but the hardground and several lame horsesconspired against them andthey produced a surprisinglysub-standard team.

There were few clear roundsover the testing cross-countrycourse but the Navy team didwell and got three riders intothe top 12 to defeat the Army

ELAINE

ON LEAVING Gibraltarafter a tour of 18 months,LWrenPT Elaine Reynoldswas presented with a Her-bert Lott award markingher exceptional service toWRNS sport and her out-standing support of familysports and liaison activi-ties. Elaine's now beendrafted to HMS Sultan.

once more, but finished someway behind the RAF. After twolegs of the Inter-Services Equi-tation Championships theNavy is in the unaccustomed

position of being ahead of boththe Army and the RAF. Train-ing and other plans for the finalleg at Camberley in Septemberare already well underway.

LCPL Butch Bustany on Rupert in the main arena at WindsorPicture: Courtesy of Pleasure Prints, Newbury.

NOVICES CHAMP A T BITEQUESTRIAN stars of the future had a chance to dem-onstrate their skills at the RN & RM Novice EquitationChampionships at the Naval Riding Centre, HMS Dryad.

Riding horses on loanfrom the Centre, the RoyalMarines Saddle Club and theRoyal Artillery Saddle Clubat Larkhill, 46 riders repre-senting ten units or estab-lishments entered the com-petition for the KemblePlate. The popularity of theevent meant that the compe-tition had to be divided intotwo sections. Royal Marinesriders and horses took thelions' share of the honours.

The individual winners,who both rode RMSC

horses, were Wren DonnaJenkin (Illustrious) on Ki-pling and CPO Pete Ogburn(Cumberland) on Marigold. ARoyal Marines team repre-senting RM Poole (Sgt PhilCornell, LCpl Josie Mills TA,Mne Richard Fletcher) wonone section and a teamtrained at the RM stables atBickleigh (Lieut. John Mules(Argyll), CPO Ogburn andKristen Oxby (dependant))won the other section andthe Kemble Plate.

YACHT MASTERGOING aloft — PO Ian Jary tastes thehigh life aboard HMSTC Lord Tren-chard, as a member of the tri-servicecrew sailing in the wake of Columbusand using the navigational techniquesof 1492.

Under the navigational direction of theMate, recently retired RN diver Clive Eg-gington, the Lord Trenchard made an une-ventful overnight passage to Cherbourgand later sailed to St Peter Port, Guernsey,where revellers among the crew headedfor the bright lights and gave themselvessomething to regret the next day.

That began at 0500 with rising winds andseas. Even submariner Ian was suffering.The wind strengthened throughout the day.At 2200 it was blowing in excess of Force10 and the skipper decided to heave tounder storm jib and try sail. Even theseproved too much and skipper Simon Salterhad the yacht stripped to bare poles.

Dawn brought little comfort and at 1050 atowering green wall heaved up beforethe yacht, at the last second crashingdown and burying the Lord Trenchard fromstem to stern.

After much pumping out, the yacht wasstill a sorry sight and it was decided to putin to Brest for urgent repairs. Theseachieved, passage across the Bay of Bis-cay was begun.

Variable light winds and calm seas sawthe yacht reach Viana do Castilo, Portugal,and — lost time made up — the next threedays prior to docking at Lisbon allowedsome opportunities for sighting seeing andfood and wine tastings.

At Lisbon the Lord Trenchard joined upwith the remainder of the Northern Euro-pean Fleet. She was handed over to thecrew for the next section of the expedition,with races to Cadiz, Las Palmas and Puer-to Rico before her.

On the blocks

THE FIRST ever Navy Cup Athletics final takes place at the Mountbatten Centre, Ports-mouth, on July 15 and the men's match, between HM ships Sultan, Heron and Cochrane,CTC Lympstone and RNEC Manadon, looks to have the makings of a first class competition.

HMS Sultan must start as fa- chase), Ed White (sprint), Andyvourites, with Navy stalwarts Quixley (javelin/high jump),like Graham Riley (steeple- Mark Fieldsend (hurdles), Jock

ho. .AMONG those watc.the Inter-Service CharityTug of War Competition atWindsor was the PrimRoyal. She saw theCollingwood teamtured right) finishoverall in the 640kg cwhich was won byCottesmore. The Colwood coach is Ch<Chief John Bennett.

Still with Collwood, the establishihosted the RNKA CiPolo Championship andcoaching weekend. HMSNeptune triumphed, seeingoff opposition from HMSOsprey, RNEC ManrJ

and Collingwood itsel

Stewart (5,000m) and the in-" form Steve Cox (5,000m) l in ing

up.But they are unlikely to get

everything the i r own way.HMS Cochrane has Ruper tWilliams and Topsy Turner inthe sp r in t s and the N a v yveteran Eamon Fitzgerald inthe vault and high jump.

Lympstone has Andy Mitch-ell, also in form, in the throw-ing events, Gerry Gerrard inthe distance races and RN de-cathlete and coach Stu Gibbs tofill in the gaps.

The teams from Manadonand Heron are unknown quan-tities but it would be most unu-sual if Heron were not to springa few surpr ises in ce r ta inevents . Manadon may alsohave some hidden talent.

HM ships Neptune, Dryadand Heron and Britannia RoyalNaval College will contest theladies competition. This looksto be more evenly contested,with many of the known ladyathletes not serving in CupFinal establishments.

It is hoped the competitionwill stimulate more interest intrack and field and help discov-er talent for future vears.


BATTLE AID

The Ministry of Agriculture,Fisheries and Food is consider-ing privatisation proposals andlooking to see whether an

• Above: HMS Battleaxe during a RAS in company with RFA Brambleleaf and HMY Britannia enroute to Malta where the Queen took part in the 50th Anniversary celebrations of the George Cross.

Picture: Sub-Lieut. R Taylor, HMS Battleaxe

Special deliveryfor Baltic ports

WHEN HMS Battleaxe visitsin Poland, early this monthdistribution to orphanages.

In the light of recent eventsin Eastern Europe the shiplaunched Battleaid '92 and thevisits will see the culminationof weeks of work and fund-rais-ing to collect goods for Russianand Polish orphans.

The gifts, filling 100 tea-chestsized boxes, have been donatedby children from schools inPlymouth, the frigate's homeport. Children from Gibraltaralso donated three lorry-loadsof toys and clothes during HMSBattleaxe's recent visit to theRock and, in addition, morethan £2,000 was raised throughsponsored events.'

"The ship's company regu-lar ly organise fund-ra is ingevents for charities at home,"said the Battleaxe's command-ing officer, Cdr. Jim Scorer."They think it's a splendid ideato export their efforts."

Chief of Staff to FOSF RearAdmiral Bruce Richardson willbe embarked in HMS Battleaxeduring her visit to Russia andwill call on senior officers ofthe Russian Navy includingAdmiral Yegorov, who is incommand of the Baltic Fleet,and Admiral Litvinov, Com-

the Russian Federation port of Baltiysk and Gdynia,she will be carrying a cargo of toys and clothes for

mander of the Baltic Squadron.

On departure, HMS Batt-leaxe plans to take part in anexercise with a Russian warshipbefore crossing the Gulf ofDanzig for a visit to the Polishport of Gdynia.

• Right: AB Doc Livingstonelets Nicky Yearling, from Lip-son Community College,Plymouth, take the strain astoys and clothes are loadedon to HMS Battleaxe for deliv-ery to Russian and PolishOrphans. Picture: Simon Burt.

Tactical nuclearweapons to goFOLLOWING last year's announcement that tactical nuc'y, wea-pons would no longer be deployed on Royal Navy ship? .i normalcircumstances, the Government has now decided tf-.it this "re-sidual capacity" is no longer needed.

"Royal Navy ships and air- said, "The United Kingdom'scraft and Royal Air Force mar-itime patrol aircraft will there-fore no longer have thecapability to deploy tacticalnuclear weapons," DefenceSecretary Mr Malcolm Rifkindstated. "The United Kingdomweapons previously ear-marked for this role will be

Trawler patrolaction as fishtask probedONE of the Navy's oldest squadrons, the Fishery Pro-tection Squadron, has come under scrutiny fromWhitehall in a bid to save £6 million a year.

could fulfi l the role morecheaply, but it is stressed thatno decision has been made.

Fishery protection has beencarried out by the Navy in oneguise or another since 1379 —Admiral Nelson once captainedthe squadron.

They are also involved in thesecurity of North Sea oil instal-lations, and assist in Customsand Excise duties and anti-drugoperations.

ProfessionalSpeaking on board HMS Ark

Royal during Operation ShopWindow '92 FOSF, Vice-Ad-miral Sir Nicholas Hill-Norton,suggested he would be sur-prised if a private organisationcould provide a better serviceas well and as cheaply as theNavy.

"We would like to go on do-ing the task," he added, sayinghe was convinced the Navy didthe job in a professional way.

BoardingLast month HMS Brecon

boarded a French trawler offthe Scilly Isles after Cornishfishermen claimed it had delib-erately cut their nets.

The MCM vessel remainedin the area, long the scene ofconfrontation between the twofishing fleets, until she was re-lieved by HMS Alderney.

• On a private visit to theFishery Protection Squadronlast month the Prince of Walesjoined HM ships Shetland andBrinton on patrol and observeda routine boarding off a fishingvessel in the Firth of Forth.

destroyed."In his statement Mr Rifkind

sub-strategic nuclear capabi-lity will therefore consist ofRAF dual-capable aircraftwith the WE177 free-fallbomb."

Royal Wrens

Defence Secretaryin the driving seatPICTURED at the helmof a RIB after a visit toHMS Cumberland isnew Defence SecretaryMalcolm Rifkind.

Accompanied byPOST Rear AdmiralMike Boyce during hisday at sea, Mr Rifkindvisited HM ships Argo-naut and Cumberlandand witnessed a RASfrom RFA Black Roverwith HMS Brazen andGS Emden.

With Mr Rifkind in theRIB are WREN(M)Yates, AB(M) Fenwickand LS Matlin.

Picture: PO(Phot)Vince Richards

WRENS will be joining theYachties soon — and theywon't all be "galley slaves".

Cabins are being preparedfor Wrens in HMY Britannia,with WRNS officers likely to betheir first occupants. They willserve in a wide range ofdepartments.

There are at present around500 WRNS serving at sea.

'Pingers' on trialMOD is to place a contract for 100 acoustic net "pingers" which will be attached to thenets of fishing vessels to alert submarines to their presence. They will be used in anextended sea trial in the Clyde area to establish their effectiveness in a workingenvironment.

Cost of the trial will be borne by MOD and thelocal fishing community have indicated theirwillingness to assist. The trial is planned tobegin in early 1993 and will last about 18months.

Fishing safetyThe decision to place this contract follows

publication of a consultative document settingout MOD'S latest proposals for improving the

safety of fishing vessels in waters frequentedby submarines, following the loss of the fishingvessel Antares.

Armed Forces Minister Mr. Archie Hamiltonsaid, "This positive step forward follows an ex-tensive period of development. We are veryconcerned for the safety of fishing vessels andwe expect that this, together with a number ofmeasures already implemented, will help contri-bute to maritime safety."• At a Plymouth court martial in June a lieuten-ant-commander who was a lieutenant on a nu-clear submarine Perisher course at the time ofthe Antares sinking in 1990 was severelyreprimanded.

Homosexuallaw change

A SELECT Committee recommendation thathomosexual activity of a kind legal in civilian lawshould no longer constitute an offence under ser-vice law has been accepted, the Commons weretold.

But it was made clear by Defence Minister Mr.Jonathan Aitken that this "sensible measure ofdecriminalisation" tidying up the differencesbetween military and civilian law was not intend-ed to alter the present disciplinary climate of ser-vice life.

"Service personnel who are involved in homo-sexual activity will, as at present, be administrati-vely discharged, whether or not any criminaloffence has taken place."

He went on, "However, in future, individualswho engage in homosexual activity that is legal incivilian law will not be prosecuted under servicelaw and they will have no criminal record or entryon the police computer."

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