NAVY SMALLER FEATURES

71.   INTERESTING RADIO CALLSIGNS OF THE "LESBIAN", THE "GANGES" AND THE "R101" plus
        CALLSIGNS LIKE "CRAP" "KISS" and "DAFT" and many more. Also the callsign of the Russian battleship [?]
        which fired the first shot of the 1917 Russian Revolution in Leningrad, now St Petersburg.

72. MERCHANT SHIPS IN 2004

73. BRITISH SUBMARINES OF 1930 AND BEFORE!

74. RADIO CALLSIGNS PRE AND POST 1912

75. NICK NAMES USED IN THE R.N. - and elsewhere!

76. THE HERBERT LOTT NAVAL TRUST FUND

77. BELFAST NORTHERN IRELAND !

78. A FAMOUS SUBMARINE SAYING?

79. WHAT A STRANGE THING TO HAVE IN COMMON - also General Belgrano

80. WHEN SHOWING THE FLAG AND WHEN OPEN TO VISITORS WAS A SERIOUS EVENT FOR THE RN
[1923-1924 HMS HOOD and her buddies]

81. WHAT HAPPENED IN THE YEAR I JOINED THE NAVY ?

82. HMS HOOD - HER FULL ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATIONS FIT PLUS HER COMMUNICATIONS
BRANCH COMPLEMENT AT HER TIME OF DESTRUCTION

83. THE PUSSERS SICK-BAY

84. WARSHIP PENNANT NUMBERS WW2

85. ROYAL NAVAL GUNNERY IN WORLD WAR II

86. MALTA ? ST ANGELO ? 1912 TO 1975 ? RINELLA W/T ? ZEBBUG W/T ? A PICTURE GALLERY
CONTAINING 27 GROUP PHOTOGRAPHS OF MAINLY GREENIES WITH SOME COMMUNICATORS.

87. HMS HOOD in 1936. Monthly RM gossip from the Battlecruiser to the RM Journal 'Per Mare'.

88. WHY DO WOMEN MARRY SAILORS? A look back to the days of Victorian women [114 years ago] when
husbands were absent for three year commissions.

89. OUR LAST BATTLESHIP !

90. THE R.N. COMMUNICATOR MAGAZINE

91. The Health of the RN in 1936! Why was HMS HOOD healthier when in the Home Fleet and not so healthy when in
the Mediterranean Fleet ? AND! Why was HMS GANGES the crème-de la-crème?

92. The R.N.'s last diesel electric submarines.

93. HMS VICTORY - a modern story!

94. The Unknown Warrior

95. A RUDE FACT of life - a snippet !

96. MY LOCAL "FAMOUS" CEMETERY

97. THE END OF WW2 [VE and VJ Day 60th Anniversary Celebrations]

98. THE ORIGINAL VICTORIA CROSS !

99. THE W/T FIT OF R.M.S. Queen Mary in 1936 as shown in a Pussers Document !

100. THE HAZARDOUS W/T OFFICE OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE 1920's - most of the crew would have been
sterilised !

101. The cost of Pussers Slops 30 years ago in 1975

102. At SEA Before Radio Communications!

103. WHAT'S IN A NAME?

104. HM SUBMARINE SIDON MEMORIAL SERVICE

105. HMS COLLINGWOOD - Keeper of a working BURIAL Gun Carriage !!

106. HMS HOOD PHOTOGRAPHS

107. IFOS/TRAFALGAR 200

108. A COMPENDIUM !

109. SIGNALLING BEFORE THE DAYS OF RADIO AND THE 'WIRELESS' SYSTEM

110. A SAD REFLECTION ON A MAN'S SERVICE !

111. A LADY WHO LOVED AND ADMIRED THE MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY !

112. HMS ARK ROYAL - A SHORT-LIVED WW2 CARRIER

113. JOHN DEDMAN, A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS ! A MAN WHO SERVED IN THE NAVY IN WW1 AND WW2

114. NAVAL RECRUITING OFFICES IN THE UK PRIOR TO WW2

115. JOINING THE ROYAL NAVY AS A CAREER PRIOR TO WW2

116. A WORTHWHILE RESTORATION IN MALTA - MANOEL ISLAND MAKEOVER

117. THE RN PERISHER - POSSIBLY THE TOUGHEST COURSE IN THE ROYAL NAVY ?

118. ST GABRIEL'S CHURCH 1950-1991 IN HMS MERCURY

119. A KOREAN VETERAN - HMS CONSTANCE

120. VICTORIA AND ALBERT III - A Royal Yacht

121. NON-CLICKABLE NOTE: The many quizzes in this menu [all of them packed full of modern naval history] have been removed because of the lack of
interest. They were taking up space in areas which proved to have too few hits.

122. THE COURT MARTIAL OF THE COMMANDING OFFICER HMS MERCURY

123. RN's 6th Submarine Squadron, 1955-1965, based upon HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada

124. A SUBMARINES PENNANT NUMBER - CHANGED THREE TIMES DURING ITS LIFE !

125. The FIRST British Submarine to be fitted with Wireless Telegraphy {W/T}

126. The RN's very first operational Cryptography Machine

127. The promised two new aircraft carriers

128. HMS MERCURY AT LEYDENE

129. HMS MERCURY - HONOUR BOARDS

130. A SUBMARINER TELEGRAPHIST OF THE 1920's

131. RULE BRITANNIA - German Armed Forces WW1 vis-à-vis WW2 Covering both defeats.

132. ANOTHER SUBMARINE STORY !

133. IS THE RN IN DANGER OF FOLLOWING THE RCN ?

134. THE_EXPRESSION_FLIP_FLOP

135. MALTA - ADMIRALTY HOUSE ?

136. FUNNY AND TOPICAL POEMS !

137. GOSPORTS ROYAL NAVAL BARRACKS ?

138. THE ORIGINAL SECRET DOCUMENT SAYING GOODBYE TO THE DOCKYARDS AT PORTLAND AND SHEERNESS, THE ABOLITION OF
CHATHAM AND THE NORE COMMAND, AND THE REORGANISATION OF THE NAVAL AIR HOME COMMAND

139. WHERE YOU A NAVY DOCTOR, DENTIST, QARNNS, NAVAL NURSE/SICK BAY TIFFY, OR JUST GRATEFUL THAT THESE 'GUYS' WERE
AROUND WHEN NEEDED ? 1926 WAS A VERY BAD YEAR FOR THE ARMED FORCES WHEN TRYING TO RECRUIT MEDICS. PAY RATES
AND COMPLETE DETAILS OF A SECRET ADMIRALTY REPORT.

140. WHY THE HARRIER HAS BEEN RETIRED AND THE NEW JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER F-35 IN FLIGHT

141. HIGHLY SECRET NAVAL WEEKLY WAR DIARIES OF THE ROYAL NAVY DURING WW2 - EXAMPLE OF

142. ROYAL NAVAL PRISONS AND ROYAL NAVAL DETENTION QUARTERS

143. SUEZ WAR OF 1956 - PART TWO [SOME INTERESTING DETAIL]

144. THE STRENGTH OF THE ROYAL NAVY IN TERMS OF ITS PERSONNEL NUMBERS IN THE ONE HUNDRED YEAR PERIOD 1882-1982

145. THE RN SUBMARINE BADGE

146. THE CREDIT CRUNCH !

147. HOW MANY PRICKS WERE IN YOUR NAVY ? Despite the innuendo, this, like all my pages, is a serious naval study.

148. WHY ARE YOU NOT WEARING YOUR KNICKERS HMS DARING ?

149. THE BAD OLD DAYS OF THE 1955 ARMED FORCES - MURDER AND MAYHEM !

150. TODAY !

151. RN_BRANCH_BADGES_ABUSED!

152. "STONEWALL FRIGATES" OF THE LATE 1950's

153. NAUTICAL TERMS

154. BOMBERS BOOMERS POLARIS TRIDENT RESOLUTION

155. WHEN THE NAVY HAD STYLE

156. 2004 BRIDGE CARD SHOWING VESSELS ONLY

157. THE GERMAN WORLD WAR 2 VICTORIA CROSS EQUIVALENT

158. BEFORE THE DAYS OF A NATIONAL NAVAL MUSEUM

159. RNH HAULBOWLINE

160. The Lower Lower Deck Page

161. THE DISTURBANCE AT PORTSMOUTH NAVAL BARRACKS IN 1905

162. HOW THE ADMIRALTY WORKED WHEN WE HAD A GLOBAL NAVY

163. ADMIRALS_AND_THE_USE_OF_RN_IN_THEIR_TITLES

164. NAVAL FILES OF INTEREST [BOYS AND MEN]

165. OUR POOR NAVY IN 1879 ! - a mention of possibly our most brilliant admiral since Lord Nelson ?

166. DARTMOUTH - How did the Naval College get there ? Because in the desirability of site questionnaire set by an Admiralty committee, it answered the
majority of the 2000 plus question set correctly.

167. A stunning picture of Portsmouth Dockyard with ANIMATION - pity about the ships ! Also includes a NAVAL tour of Portsmouth !

168. STRIKING NAVAL REDUCTIONS

169. KNOWING OF THEM BUT DO THEY KNOW OF US ?

170. IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE NAAFI

171. THE VERY FIRST COMMUNICATOR MAGAZINE

172. RIVER CLASS FRIGATES

173. CHATHAM DOCKYARD - Remembering the Royal Dockyard and its facilities of yesteryear.

174.

DEVONPORT DOCKYARD OVERALL WITH A BIAS TOWARDS SOUTH YARD
DEVONPORT DOCKYARD NORTH YARD WITH A STUNNING VIEW OF THE WHOLE GEOGRAPHICAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE PREMIER NAVAL BASE

175. CHINESE LAUNDRIES ON HM SHIPS - Good for the crew and the navy in general but bad news for the RN Laundryman and his BROWN CARD !!
         Class I and III were those dressed in fore and aft rig, namely officers, senior rates after 1 year probation or acting time as a petty officer, all artificers
         irrespective of rate, all junior rates of the sub branches of the S & S branch, coders and sickbay junior ratings. Class II are acting petty officers until
         confirmed, and all junior ratings dressed in square rig [round hats].

176. FUNERALS involving the ROYAL NAVY

177. DRIVING LICENCES !

178. GANGES FORUM

179. Why British and most other naval uniforms are the colour they are

180. VETERANS LONDON TRAVEL CONCESSIONS

181. NAVAL MOVIES

182. Support for our Armed Forces - with a big difference

183. WW1 SURVIVORS - WHO COUNTS AND WHO DOESN'T

184. SUBMARINES AND RADIO MEN

185. The repatriation of a country's deceased service personnel

186. Ex RN Radio Electrical Greenies or 'Comms Branch WT

187. REMEMBERING.....Beira Patrol

188. A TRAFALGAR DAY COMMEMORATION DINNER

189. KATE NESBITT MC - THE NAVY IS VERY PROUD OF YOU

190. A REAL NAVY TEASER

191. WHICH SHIP ?

192. TWO CRUCIAL INTERNATIONAL MARITIME MEASUREMENTS - PANAMA CANAL ANIMATION INCLUDED

193. NAVAL UNIFORMS

194. THE BLUE RIBAND

195. THE WRNS - AUDREY MARTIN AND HER SERVICE AS A WREN IN THE 1950's

196. SIGNAL_SCHOOLS_OF_THE_ROYAL_NAVY

197. THE EXECUTIVE CURL ON A NAVAL OFFICERS UNIFORM - A snippet of information !

198. NAVAL_TEMPLE

199. WW2 - THROUGH ENEMY EYES ! - Just a snippet !

200. A SAILORS LIFE - SOME ASPECTS OF

201. ADMIRALTY FLEET ORDER [AFO] -- SERIES - A snippet only !

202. NAVAL PRISONS AND NAVAL DETENTION QUARTERS

203. OTHER SAILORS IN THE FAMILY - over 132 years worth !

204. LONG COURSE COMMUNICATION OFFICER TRAINING IN THE 1950s

205. RN COMMUNICATORS TRAINING USING 12 INCH 78 RPM GRAMOPHONE RECORDS

206. The Naval Prime Electrical Training School in WW2

207. RN TRAINING OF HO's - HMS GORDON - TRAINEES SENT INTO THE ROYAL NAVY OR THE MERCHANT NAVY ?

208. A FAMOUS NAVAL FAMILY - A SIGNALS OFFICER

209. RN_COMMUNICATIONS_BRANCH_BADGES_THROUGH_THE_YEARS

210. RN_BUTTONS_AND_BADGES

211. WW2_MAP_AND_EVENTS - Animated map showing Germany's expansion to its destruction.

212. RN_OFFICERS_STRIPES

213. RN_OFFICERS_EPAULETTES_AND_SHOULDER_STRAPS

214. RN_Officers_Coloured_band_between_or_under_stripes

215. 1906_BRITISH_WARSHIP_VISUAL_CALLSIGNS

216. THE_WRNS_AND_OTHER_NAVAL_WOMENS_SERVICES

217. BRITISH_AND_COMMONWEALTH_ARMED_FORCES_CALLSIGNS_1912_TO_1967

218. BRANCH BADGES - HOW DID YOUR BRANCH BADGE EVOLVE AND WHEN DID IT START - 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY NAVAL BRANCH
BADGES

219. The_Royal_Navy_when_a_Christian_Navy

220. NAVAL_COMMUNICATIONS_OPERATING_SIGNALS_ACP131

221. Royal Naval Satellite Communications - The History from the very beginning until approximately the mid 1980's

222. The story of RATT [Radioteletype] at SEA in the Royal Navy

223. A_DES_RES_BED_AND_BREAKFAST - An old 'O' Class diesel electric submarine !

224. WE_WILL_REMEMBER_THEM

225. THE_DEMISE_OF_JACK_TAR

226. CARERS_AND_MINDERS - of none other than Lord Nelson !

227. MISTREATMENT_OF_NAVAL_PROPERTY

228. THE_STORY_OF_THE_LAST_POST

229. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - "GUIDE TO USERS"

230. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - "FLEET AIR ARM COMMUNICATIONS"

231. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - MESSAGE HANDLING PART 1

232. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - MESSAGE HANDLING PART 2

233. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - VOICE PROCEDURE AND TECHNIQUE

234. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - NAVAL LINE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ORGANISATION

235. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - TAPE RELAY & ROUTEING LINE SEGREGATION

236. ROYAL NAVAL COMMUNICATIONS - HOW WE DID IT 50 YEARS AGO IN 1960 - RADIOTELETYPE INSTRUCTIONS & PROCEDURES

237. NAAFI's_-_THE MOST SPLENDID CLUB EVER

238. RCN_OF_THE_EARLY_1950s

239. NAUTICAL_CHARITY_NAME_CHANGE

240. SHIPS_BISCUIT

241. JACK_CORNWELL_VICTORIA_CROSS

242. DISPOSAL_OF_WARSHIPS_IN_1960s_AND_1970s

243. SNIPPET - NAVAL SMALL ARMS !

244. AN_ARTICLE_OF_CLOTHING_IN_A_RATINGS_KIT

245. HM_SUBMARINE_AURIGA_IN_SM7_1966_TO_1968 >>>>>>>>>>A GOOD PICTURE OF SNB [Singapore Naval Base]

246. THE_NAVAL_TOT_THE_LAST_CARD_CLIP - Note the picture of the last issue to the ship's company of HMS Ganges. Also includes the issue of
tobacco [DF's] and soap.

247. OUR TIRED, KNACKERED AND THREADBARE NAVY !

248. HMS_GANGES_FIFTY_YEARS_OLD_THIS_YEAR_1955

249. PORTSMOUTH_DOCKYARD_PANIC_STATIONS_IN_1960

250. HMS_GANGES_RELATED_PAGES

When you click on this Title you will be asked for your signing in details. These are not your windows signing in details but details you can only get from me on request. You can get my email address from my home page {click between the two computer screens at the top of the page} but please take note of the paragraph below, third line down, fourth sentence !

This folder SHOWS all the pages written from research archives from 2002 until current. They represent approximately 2% of the data held on-line for HMS Ganges. Together, that 2%, hitherto published to the internet, plus the 98% in the off-line database, are being configured into book form, the book to be called "The Official History of HMS Ganges 1866 to 1976". This folder serves as a conduit to the originally published files, and in the interim period is for the use of friends and acquaintances with a vested interest in the subject matter. Inside this folder are a great number of individual and separate subjects, but to whet your appetite for understanding HMS Ganges, here are just a few titles, in all sixty six to view. Click on your REFRESH button to restart the rotating menu when it reaches the last item.

Do not click on these rotating titles because if you do, you will automatically be returned to the home page:-

Shown above and below are just little animations relevant

to HMS Ganges. They are not intended to be serious animations

but just a bit of fun.

Above you will see one of my favourite games which I played regularly
in my naval career of 30 years. I have cross referenced the board as
normal but in addition, letters have been added into each square which
represents Ganges as it was in 1953.
In the 64 squares the words GANGES, ANNEXE, RODNEY,
GRENVILLE, ANSON, DRAKE, BLAKE, BENBOW,
COLLINGWOOD and HAWKE
have been added The game ended in stalemate !

WILL THE ENSIGN BE LOWERED ON THE 'AS IS' CURRENT GANGES ASSOCIATION AFTER THE OCTOBER 2011 EGM AND WILL THE MAST EVER BE RESTORED ?

CLICK ON YOUR REFRESH BUTTON TO START OR RESTART THIS ANIMATION

...............and if you believe him, you'll believe ANYTHING !

In the animation below, penned some time ago [very early 2010], I am not so sure that what I wrote is necessarily true about the Chairman and the Committee now at the start of Autumn 2011 !