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1.    Bits and pieces Volume I

2.    Bits and Pieces Volume II

3.    Bits and Pieces Volume III

4.    Bits and Pieces Volume IV

5.    Bits and pieces Volume V

6.    Bits and Pieces Vol VI

7.      rn badges 1930 to 1980 - a fascinating look at branch structures and alma maters

8.    A FEW PHOTOGRAPHS AND BITS AND PIECES

9.    THROUGHOUT MY TIME IN BOATS I KEPT A YEARLY DIARY

10.  The Navy's standing in the world 30 years ago

11.   RN W/T CALLSIGNS FROM 1919 - Ships who fought and survived WW1 - THROUGH TO 1925

12.   RN Signal Schools

13.   Just a submarine ditty

14.   where has it all gone?

15.   RN Ratings and their titles in the early 1970's.

16.   HARD LYING MONEY Method of assessing eligibility and general rules

17.   Communications, Electronics and Satellites Chronology

18.   BOREDOM CAN DO FUNNY THINGS - Education in the RN!

19.   HMS CHEVIOT - did one of its crew members help swell the ranks of the RN ?

20.   WHEN IS A HIT NOT A HIT?

21.   international flags of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

22.   DAMAGE CONTROL FOR REAL!

23.   WAS THE NAVY REALLY NAMED THE ANDREW AFTER THE PRESS GANG BOSS.htm

24.   Naval engagements a generation ago

25.   20th Century Royal Naval Nicknames and Sayings

26.   Colours Sir? - Not The Ceremony, but the spectrum!

27.   HMS VANGUARD'S BRIDGE CLOCK

28.   THE OLD DAYS OF CW [MORSE CODE]

29.   WORLD COMMS

30.   Is it a RAS[S] a RAS[L] or a RAS[C]?

31.   MALTA IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY

32.   Grog - written in 1895 by F.H. Miller

33.   SciFi Themeset - OLD NAVY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM

34.   OLD NAVY PHOTOGRAPHS - ALBUM TWO

35.   RN OFFICIAL NUMBERS [RATINGS]

36.   SHIPS BELL - just a filler!

37.   PHONETIC ALPHABETS

38.   MAINTAINING WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY EQUIPMENT 1901 STYLE

39.   KEY TO 1952 SHIPS AND THEIR CALLSIGNS

40.   AS TO RED, WHITE AND BLUE ENSIGNS

41.   THE NAVAL UNIFORM

42.   vital statistics - a snippet

43.   THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH

44.   wireless telegraphy in the Royal Navy circa 1901

45.   SHIPS NAMED AFTER CASTLES

46.   THE BRITISH BLUEJACKET

47.   The HMS Europa story

48.   A NAVAL TRANSMITTER OF THE 1940 AND 1950 PERIOD

49.   Royal naval communications transmitters and receivers from the 1950's to the 1970's

50.   Bygone Days2 - see above for title

51.   HMS DRAKE - WEST COUNTRY TALK   

52.   ganges didn't rule all the waves

53.   ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF ADMIRALS

54.   WHAT SHIP OWNS THIS VERY FAMOUS RADIO CALLSIGN?

55.   A 'FASCINATING' PAGE ABOUT HEALTH IN THE ROYAL NAVY
        IN THE YEARS 1865-1866 - UNBELIEVABLE DETAIL AND GRAPHIC PICTURES

56.   Southsea 3rd June 2004
- The Navy at the D-Day 60th Anniversary celebrations.

57.   A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY - HMS SHEFFIELD REFIT 1980

58.   BRITISHNESS - A PART OF WHICH WE SHOULD BE PROUD OF!

59.   DIRTY SUBMARINE WARFARE IN TOTAL WAR CONDITIONS

60.   WHEN & WHY DID THE USA ENTER WW1 - A NAVAL STORY

61.   The first RN battle of the Falklands - A STORY FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR

62.   BOY'S OWN HEROICS ! World War 1 HMS Kent

63.   ONE TOO MANY?

64.   AND WHAT WERE YOU WORTH TO THE NAVY IN 1983?  WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU
        WOULD BE GETTING NOW ?

65.   AN AMERICAN VLF [Very Low Frequency] STATION {Northwest Cape - NWC}  A FASCINATING STORY OF
            INTRIGUE, POSSIBLY INVOLVING THE MURDER OF THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER WHO MIGHT
            HAVE SEEN THROUGH THE U.S.N.'s PLOY TO DEVELOP A CHAIN OF GLOBAL WEAPONS!

66.   A PILGRIMAGE TO BURNHAM THORPE, BIRTH PLACE OF LORD NELSON

67.   VENEREAL DISEASE IN THE NAVY WAS RIFE!

68.   IN MY TIME THEY WERE CALLED "SHIRT LIFTERS" !

69.   THE PERSISTENT MISUSE OF RN OFFICIAL NUMBER PREFIXES

70.   "BIG HITTERS" AND THEIR RADIO CALLSIGN [1930-1931 TIME TO AND THROUGH  WW2] - The mighty
          HOOD, KG V, RODNEY etc etc

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. WERE 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] - PART ONE CAN BE FOUND IN No 5 ON THIS MENU LIST.

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 artificer
s
        
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  ?  In WW1, we had a battleship with a FLIGHT DECK forward and an 18-INCH GUN aft - see Story 466 below, Part Delta, Skimmer page 12/12

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

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 251. FOR_THE_FALLEN

252. DERBYSHIRE_SUBMARINERS_ASSOCIATION_PAGE

253. WHAT_IS_IN_A_SHIPS_NAME_AND_ITS_RADIO_CALLSIGN

254. E_MAILS_TO_AND_FROM_SHIPS_AT_SEA

255. THE_PLYMOUTH_COMMAND

256. A_NAVAL_TELEGRAPHIST_1931_TO_1955

257. THE_ROYAL_NAVAL_CROWN

258. ANOTHER_CLEAROUT

259. FOR_WHAT_THEY_HAVE_DONE_TO_OUR_ARMED_FORCES

260. WHAT_OR_WHERE_IS_IT_?    A Snippet

261. THE COLD WAR - UK TOP SECRET DOCUMENT - CIVIL DEFENCE

262. DEATH_OF_HM_THE_QUEEN_MOTHER - A Snippet

263. EX_BORSTAL_AND_EX_APPROVED_SCHOOL_BOYS_JOINING_THE_NAVY

264. THE_INTRODUCTION_OF_WHITE_PLASTIC_CAPS_IN_THE_NAVY

265. ROYAL_NAVY_ACTION_WORKING_DRESS_NO_8

266. BOY_TELEGRAPHISTS_THE_BRIGHTEST_OF_THE_BUNCH_IN_HMS_GANGES

267. NAVAL_CEREMONIAL_THE_ULTIMATE_CENTRE_PIECE

268. WHEN_SAILORS_VOTED_WITH_THEIR_FEET - and so kept their tidily pull over head, non zippable jumpers and bell bottom trousers.

269. NAVAL_FLAG_CEREMONY

270. HM_SUBMARINE_ALLIANCE_FEBRUARY_2011

271. ALCOHOL_WAS_A_SERIOUS_PROBLEM_IN_THE_NAVY_OF_THE_1970s

272. COMMUNICATING_WITH_HOME_AND_LOVED_ONES - with a special movie from 1937 of the postie run from girlfriend to messdeck

273. JAMMING_THE_GPS_SYSTEMS

274. GANGES_MEMORABILIA_BUT_ALSO_UTTER_BULLSHIT

275. WARSHIP ADOPTIONS IN WW2

276. NAVAL_FAMILIES

277. MY_PRAYER_FOR_THE_FAMILIES_OF_THE_ASTUTE

278. OLD_AGE_SAILORS_OF_THE_ROYAL_NAVY_ IN_ 2011

279. A_TRUE_FAIRY_STORY

280. THE_1960_SUBMARINE_MACHINERY_HANDBOOK

281. HOW_THE_MERITORIOUS_SERVICE_MEDAL_IS_AWARDED

282. DID_YOU_SUFFER_FROM_MAL_DE_MER ?

283. DEPLETING_FRIENDLY_NAVIES

284.  A_CONTRIBUTION_TO_OTHER_PRINTED_MEDIA

285. THE_KINGS_NAVY_IN_1936

286. FLAGS_AND_SIGNALLING_IN_1901

287.  R.N._SUBMARINE_SQUADRONS_OF_THE_1950's_AND_BEYOND!

288. EDUCATION_IN_THE_ROYAL_NAVY_1946_TO_1985_PLUS

289.  NAVAL_TAILORS

290 CAPTAIN_SIGNAL_SCHOOL_HMS_MERCURY_1941_TO_1993

291.  VERY_LONG_SURNAMES_A_SNIPPET [WITH OTHER SNIPPETS ADDED]

292.  NAVAL_WAR_CARTOON_ADVERTS_COURTESY_GOOD_HOUSEKEEPING

293.  COMPARING_THE_HEIGHT_OF_SHIPS_SAILING_MASTS

294.    JUST_A_BIT_ABOUT_RN_COMMUNICATORS_AND_THEIR_THINGS - See also 320 and 341

295.  ADMIRALS_OF_THE_FLEET

296.  POMPEY_WHY_IS_IT_SO_CALLED

297.  ROYAL_NAVY_TRIVIA

298.  HMS_APHRODITE_CYPRUS_NEWLY_MOVED_FROM_EGYPT

299.  FASLANE_IN_1967

300.   FAMILY_ACCOMMODATION_MQ_AND_HIRINGS

301.  BOARDING_SCHOOL_ALLOWANCE_OF_MY_DAY

302.  THE_START_OF_THE_NAVAL_HOME_LOAN_SCHEME

303.  BUNTING_TOSSERS

304.  SUBMARINERS_SNIPPET

305.  THE NAVAL SAYING "BOILED OIL BASE" OR "BOILED OIL SHOP" !

306.   THE_PROPOSED_INVASION_OF_JAPAN - 1945

307.  GLOBAL_WARMING_1949_STYLE_FOR_HM_SHIPS - A Snippet!

308.  FLOURESCENT_LIGHTING_IN_WARSHIPS_DATED_1949

309.  A_WELL_KNOWN_NAVAL_SAYING_WITHOUT_A_HISTORY

310.   THE_DEATH_OF_IAN_MOLYNEUX

311.  HMS_MAURITIUS - Now just a memory!

312.  PORTSMOUTH_AND_THE_ROYAL_NAVY_WHEN_STYLE_WAS_FASHIONABLE !

313.  NAVAL_CARTOONS - Note pictures spread across page so expect to see the Horizontal scroll bar!

314.  THE_ROYAL_NAVAL_RHINE_SQUADRON_RNRS - 1946 TO 1958

315.  1957_HMS_PROTECTOR_HMY_BRITANNIA_DUKE_OF_EDINBURGH_TOUR_OF_FALKLANDS  - A Snippet

316.  ROYAL_NAVY_ORDER_OFF_CAPS

317.  THE_NAVYS_INPUT_INTO_ATOMIC_BOMB_TESTING

318.  1949_SUBMARINE_OF_THE_FUTURE - Snippet...ATOMIC Submarine of the future ? 

319.  LIFE_FOR_A_SAILOR_IN_HONG_KONG_IN_1950 - Snippet

320.  JUST_A_BIT_ABOUT_RN_COMMUNICATORS_AND_THEIR_THINGS_PART_TWO - See also No 294 and 341

321.  NAVAL_WAR_MEMORIALS_IN_THE_MAJOR_PORTS

322.  THE_FIRST_NIGHT_LANDINGS_OF_JET_AIRCRAFT_IN_THE_NAVY - on HMS Theseus

323.  HMS_BULWARK_THE_FIRST_MEDIA_SHIP

324.  ROYAL NAVAL FILM CORPORATION

325.  THE_QUEENS_COLOUR

326.  A_NAVAL_QUESTION ?

327.  HMS_AURORA_A_SAD_END

328.  MALTA_AND_HER_SUBMARINES

329.  AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_THE_FIRST_ONE

330.  MALTA_JUST_A_FEW_PICTURES_CORRADINO_ETC

331.  SINGAPORE_RUN_DOWN_1971

332.  HMS_GANGES_STANDARD ?

333.  PLYMOUTH_DRAKES_ISLAND_A_DANGEROUS_ROUTE_TO_DEVONPORT

334.  A_NAVAL_OFFICER_WHO_BULLIED_THE_LOWER_DECK_AND_HIS_OWN_KIND_ON_THE_UPPER_DECK

335.  WHEN_WOMEN_FIRST_WENT_TO_SEA_IN_COMPLEMENT_BILLETS

336.  THE_FIRST_FOST

337.  LAST_SEAGOING_SHIP_IN_THE_NAVY_TO_HAVE_A_FIGUREHEAD

338.  THE_DAY_THE_ADMIRAL_OF_THE_FLEET_FELL_FOUL_OF_THE_POLICE

339.  WHEN_COLONEL_GADDAFI_SAID_GOODBYE_TO_THE_ROYAL_NAVY

340.  RUNNING_AGROUND_AT_30_KNOTS

341.  JUST_A_BIT_ABOUT_COMMUNICATORS_AND_THEIR_THINGS_PART_THREE See also 294 and 320

342.  DIAMOND_JUBILEE_AND_THE_ROYAL_NAVY   Incorporating the 1953 Coronation Spithead Fleet Review

343.  NAVAL_PETS_AFLOAT

344.  BEARDS_IN_THE_ROYAL_NAVY

345.  BURIAL_AT_SEA_WHEN_THINGS_GO_WRONG

346.  WARSHIP_CAMOUFLAGE

347.  WHAT_HAS_HAPPENED_TO_THAT_SHIPS_BELL ?

348.  WARSHIP ADOPTIONS IN WW2

349.  THE_NUMBER_OF_WOMEN_AND_THE_NUMBER_OF_BLACKS_AND_MINORITY_ETHNICS_IN_THE_NAVY  as at 1 November 2011

350.  THE_NAVAL_RECORD_OF_MISHAPS_AT_SEA

351.  JOINING_HMS_GANGES_1956_ONWARDS_WERE_YOU_A_JUNIOR_[O]_OR_A_JUNIOR_[U] ?

352.  WHY_DO_WE_BRING_BACK_OUR_DEAD_SERVICE_MEN_AND_WOMEN ?

353.  A_BIZARRE_ROYAL_NAVAL_STORY

354.  53_YEARS_WILL_HAVE_PASSED

355.  WHAT_WERE_THE_TRIBALS_FAMOUS_FOR?

356.  THE_GREAT_LAKES

357.  JUST_A_MEMORY_OF_HMS_GANGES

358.  HMS_BELFAST_WITH_A_VERY_DIFFERENT_CREW

359.  THE_ROYAL_FAMILY_WHOS_WHO_IN_NAVAL_TERMS?

360.  HMS_MERCURY_AND_THE_STAFF_OF_THE_SIGNAL_SCHOOL

361.  THE STORY OF HMS MERCURY.htm - the unknown WW1 and WW2 ships of that name!

362.  ROYAL_NAVY_BOYS_PAY_AND_KIT_ISSUES_1815_TO_1919 - Truly unbelievable !

363.  HMS_GANGES_BUILDING_PLANS_AND_PICTURES_OF_HER

364.  THE_MOST_POWERFUL_NAVY_IN_THE_WORLD

365.  ROYAL_NAVY_SHIPS_THE_UPS_AND_DOWNS_OF_CLASSES_AND_TYPES - Part One - Destroyers and Frigates with a
           mention of other types of ships where necessary and relevant.  Did you serve in this Class or Type?  Drag the blue band on top
           of the picture to centralise it. 1950 to 2012. Very different to all other types of published data on ships!
Click to enlarge

click 0n thumbnail

366.  I have deleted this title, so, to keep the numbers running smoothly, here is a little quiz. Who is singing this song ? Her initials equates to something you need to watch your television! Click Here.

367.  SAY_A_PRAYER_FOR_THE_SOULS_OF_NAVAL_BOYS_WHO_PERISHED_IN_WARS

368.  HMS_ARK_ROYAL_IN_1950

369.  KINGS_OR_QUEENS_REGULATIONS_AND_ADMIRALTY_INSTRUCTIONS

370.  THROUGH_THE_SCUTTLE

371.  HUNG-DRAWN-AND-QUARTERED 

372.  HMS_GANGES_EDUCATIONAL_TEST_OF_1925

373.  ROYAL_NAVY_COMPARISON_OF_RANK_AND_RATE_AND_PAY_WITH_THE_USN

374.  MEDALS_OFFICIAL_AND_DESIRABLE_BUT_UNOFFICIAL

375.  The origins of "D'ye hear there" said before a ships tannoy announcement

376.  warship radio callsigns of the 1970's

377.  GERMAN_NAVAL_TITLES_AS_COMPARED_TO_OURS

378.  THE_QUEENS_DIAMOND_JUBILEE

379.  THE_SCOTTISH_QUESTION

380.  PROPER NAVAL RESEARCH  -  Why the naval and marines LSGC is called the "PEA DO"

381.  HMS_GANGES_ASSOCIATION_A_CAMEO

382.  HMS_GANGES_AS_IT_WAS_IN_1953

383.  GANGES_BOYS_-_death_through_misadventure

384.  GANGES_AND_SHOTLEY_NAVAL_BURIAL_GROUND

385.  A FEW TITLES UNDER THE GENERAL HEADING OF "NAVAL BOY'S TRAINING"  OVER AND ABOVE THE
         MANY FILES ALREADY ON THIS LIST ABOVE {
see stories Bits and Pieces IV item 10, click on Index and then select
         appropriate material, stories 7,15,18,24,35,37,41,69,91,169,205,244,248,264,265,266,268,274,285,286,288,297,303, 316,332,
         351,357,362,363,372,381,382,383,384.  Many of these pages were written some time ago, some a few years ago, so they
         might not be relevant at the back end of 2012!

         386.   HMS_Ganges_-_my_first_career_and_after!
         387.   BOYS_TRAINING_IN_1903
         388.   BOYS_TRAINING_IN_THE_LAST_HALF_OF_THE_19TH_CENTURY
         389.   BOY_ENTRANTS_INTO_THE_RN_AGED_15_OR WERE_THEY_JUNIORS
         390.   NAVY FOOD PRE WW2 AT GANGES
         391.   RN_BOYS_OF_WW1
         392.   HMS GANGES ANIMATED TOUR - DELAYED START FOR YOU TO READ THE INTRODUCTION
         393.   HMS_GANGES_CHRISTMAS_1937_PAGE
         394.   HMS_GANGES_KEEPSAKE
         395.   hms_ganges_mast
         396.   THE_DARKER_SIDE_OF_HMS_GANGES
         397.   NAVAL_TRAITORS
         398.   GANGES_TRAINING_WITHOUT_THE_MYTHS !
         399.   GANGES_FOOD
         400.   BOY_TELEGRAPHISTS
         401.   GANGES_BULLSHIT
         402.   HMS_GANGES_BOMB_PLAQUE
         403.   A_1905_MAP_GUIDED_TOUR_OF_RNTE_SHOTLEY_IN_SIX_PARTS
         404.   WHAT_THE_NEWSPAPERS_SAID
         405.   RECRUITING_JUNIORS_-_ARE_THEY_REALLY_TESTED ?
         406.   WHEN_IS_A_BUTTON_BOY_NOT_A_BUTTON_BOY ?
         407.   CAPTAINS_HOUSE_-_HMS_GANGES
         408.   GANGES_and_FOOD_POISONING
         409.   A_MEMORIAL_TO_FOUR_GANGES_BOYS
         410.   NAVAL_DISCIPLINE_WHEN_SHOTLEY_BEGAN
         411.   THE_SAD_DEMISE_AND_DEATH_OF_BOY_SEAMAN_HODGKINSON
         412.   STREET_NAMES_IN_THE_FORMER_HMS_GANGES
         413.   BOYS_TRAINING_AFLOAT_MAST_CLIMBING_r
         414.   Rectangle Themeset - Photo's of Ganges start on page 3, but the whole file interesting and you may like to view it all
         415.   OLD_AND_RARE_GANGES_PHOTOGRAPHS
         416.   Boy_Telegraphist's_Story_WW1_Submarines
         417.   BEFORE THE DAYS OF A NATIONAL NAVAL MUSEUM
         418.   TOO_MANY_BOYS_AND_NOT_ENOUGH_SHIPS
         419.   GANGES_SNIPPETS_FROM_NATIONAL_NEWSPAPERS
         420.   HMS_GANGES_and_the_PLAGUE
         421.   The_cost_of_training_boys_for_the_Royal_Navy_in_1926
         422.   THE_GRAVE_OF_BOY_FIRST_CLASS_A.A._KING_d.1901
         423.   CIVILIAN_WAGES_AT_HMS_GANGES_BEFORE_WW1
         424.   RHEUMATISM_IN_YOUNG_GANGES_BOYS
         425.   AND_AFTER_GANGES_TRAINING ?
         426.   LONDON_BOYS_WERE_POOR_RECRUITS_FOR_THE_NAVY
         427.   HMS GANGES ON BBC RADIO 4 26.05.09 AT 1500
         428.   When_BOYS_gave_way_to_JUNIORS
         429.   Flogging_and_the_severe_shortage_of_boys_for_training_ships - for types of boys recruited read first paragraphs
         430.   KNOWING OF THEM BUT DO THEY KNOW OF US
         431.   THE_GANGES_MAST_1042_SATURDAY_11TH_JULY_2009
         432.   HMS_GANGES - The story of!
         433.   A_1991_Visit_to_the_old_Alma_Mater
         434.   SURVIVAL_OF_SUFFOLK_­ LISTED_ BUILDINGS_[GANGES_MAST]_IN_DOUBT
         435.   A_GANGES_MAGAZINE
         436.   HMS_GANGES_FEMALE?_SURELY_NOT !
         437.   HMS_GANGES_ASSOCIATION_AND_ITS_TROUBLES
         438.   Ganges_Association_Demise
         439.   ANCIENT_MARINER
         440.   GANGES_FORUM
         441.   NAVAL MOVIES
         442.   HMS_GANGES_MAST_4TH_NOVEMBER_2009 - Use the MP3 file to listen to the broadcast
         443.   HMS_GANGES'_MEMORIAL_AT_THE_NATIONAL_ARBORETUM
         444.   The_National_Memorial_Arboretum_and_the_Ganges_Memorial
         445.   T.S. ARETHUSA
         446.   MY_HMS_GANGES_CAPTAIN
         447.   THOSE_WHO_HAVE_PASSED_THROUGH_THE_GATES_OF_HMS_GANGES_r
         448.   RN_Boys_Seamen_and_Artificer_Badges_and_Insignia
         449.   GANGES_MAST_ROBBED_OF_PROMISED_MONEY_r
         450.   THIPTHORPE_STRUCK_OFF_SOLICITOR_SNAP_AND_DEJA_VU_r
         451.   HMS_GANGES_CLEAR_OUT_NOW_TREASURE_TROVE_r
         452.   MY_GANGES_KIT_AND_ITS_MUSTER_r
         453.   GANGES_BOYS_AND_THE_USE_OF_MORSE_CODE_BY_HAND_r
         454.   THE_SHOTLEY_MAGAZINE_A_COMPARISON_r
         455.   MAST_MANNING_MUSIC_r
         456.   PICTURES_KNOWN_TO_HAVE_BEEN_IN_HMS_GANGES_r
         457.   SNIPPET_ABA_r - Boxing in HMS Ganges
         458.   CAPIC_r
         459.   AN_ARTICLE_OF_CLOTHING_IN_A_RATINGS_KIT
         460.   TRAINING_ON_THE_GANGES_MAST_r
         461.   HMS_GANGES_A_DESPERATELY_SAD_AND_MOVING_STORY_r
         462.   LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT OF HMS GANGES ASSOCIATION
         463.   THE LAST PRINTED MEMBERSHIP OF HMS GANGES ASSOCIATION IN 2007.pdf - according to this list, there were
                   3813 members in 2002, which come 2007, had dropped to 3652.  In 2012, under a newly defined Membership {namely
                   'active members plus life members' - "Big Al, 6th September 2012 @ 0815"} the Membership was 3235. Thus, in ten years
                   the Association has lost 578 men which is a loss of 15.16%.
         464.   A_LONG_SERVING_GANGES_INSTRUCTOR
         465.   Elements Themeset - for a Long Standing Ganges Instructor
         466.   A BLOCKBUSTER ! Behind the scenes stories. HMS_GANGES_AS_TOLD_IN_NEWSPAPERS

                   This list of numbered stories above [story 385 to 466]  represents a small amount of my work on this subject, and at
                  some time in the future, God willing, I might publish another batch. Other items of interest, published as one-offs,
                  may follow 466. Also, within these files are many other hidden files too numerous to list here.  One such, of some great
                  interest, is this file THE_CORRUPTION_OF_DATA_CONCERNING_HMS_GANGES which "hides" inside
                  the Ganges and Shotley Burial Ground File @ No 384 story above. In addition to all the stories shown 'above in the list',
                  'below in the list'' you will find other Ganges stories at 486,487,494,496,497,502,505,506,516,518,520 and 522.
                  I leave you with a little animated  cube Click Here
                 
467.  JUST_SOME_OF_MY_FAVOURITE_NAVY_PICTURES

468.  R.N. WARRANT OFFICERS AT DARTMOUTH

469.  NAVY RUM ISSUE IN THE 1933 PEROD

470.  nelsons funeral.jpg

471.  1953 EVENTS 1

472.  SUBMARINER VC HOLDERS - The sad story of Leading Seaman Magennis VC

473.  Countries Visited and WHERE

474.  Why not visit the BBC web site.  In particular have a look at http://www.bbc.co.uk/onthisday. Enter the date 5 September then click on GO.   Once there, choose the 1979 story line, click on WITNESS and read the associated text - by the way, not my typing because it has mistakes and my web site is not <dot com> but <dot info>.  By clicking on the text you will be taken to three pictures. The site covers every major news story over the past 50 years. 

475.  A_RECORD_UNSURPASSED

476.  and_YES_ANOTHER_CLEAR_OUT_OF_USED_NAVAL_SNIPPETS

477.  HMS_EAGLE - analagous to HMS Prince of Wales, the new carrier ?

478.  THE_LETTER_X - common place in the Royal Navy

479.  KINGSMOOR_CAMP - as used by the Royal Navy!

480.  TWO_GREAT_NAVAL_CHANGES_OF_THE_COLD_WAR

481.  THE_UNDESIRABLE_REUSE_/_MISUSE_OF_WELL_ESTABLISHED_ACRONYMS

482.  CHOPPER

483.  YOURS aye

484.  CONSCIENTIOUS_OBJECTORS

485.  THE_DEMOB_SUIT_DO_YOU_REMEMBER_IT_QUESTION_MARK

486.  COMMANDER_FREDERICK_HILDEBRAND_STEVENS_RN

487.  COMMANDER_WILLIAM_HENRY_NICHOLSON_RN

488.  WW1_THINGS_OF_NAVAL_INTEREST_ADVERTS_AND_MERCHANT_SHIPPING

489.  MORE_TRIVIA_WITH_NO_OBVIOUS_HOME

490.  HARBOUR SHIPS ONLY AND THEIR USES IN 1854

491.  RN_FIRST_AIRSHIP

492.  THE_DAY_THE_RN_BOMBED_HMS_ARK_ROYAL

493.  HMS-SHEFFIELD

494.  ANOTHER_GANGES_RATING_ACCIDENTALLY_KILLED_BY_FALLING_FROM_....

495.  JUST_A_SMALL_SNIPPET_ABOUT_THE_NEW_A_BOATS

496.  DAPHNE_[_AKA_]_DAFFERS_THE_DEMON_DOHBY_DEVIANT

497.  INQUEST_ONBOARD_HMS_GANGES_OCTOBER_1822

498.  UK_ARMED_FORCES_AS_AT_1ST_JANUARY_2013

499.  A_NAVAL_BENEVOLENT_FUND

500.  THE_ARGENTINE_THE_FALKLANDS_HMS_NIGERIA_HMS_SUPERB_HMS_SNIPE...........?

501.  LEAVING_THE_NAVY_30_YEARS_AGO_AFTER_A_CAREER_OF_30_YEARS_1982_DATA

502.  THE_CHANGES_IN_LEAVE_ALLOWANCE_POST_WW2_HMS_GANGES_INTER_ALIA

503.  WHO_SAID_WHAT_AND_TO_WHOM_?

504.  SAAFA

505.  THE_CHURCHES_OF_HMS_GANGES

506.  SHOTLEY_GATE_HAD_A_GOOD_BUT_MISGUIDED_CHAP_WHO_FELL_FOUL_OF_MOD_AGENCIES

507.  "A"_CLASS_BOAT_RADIO_FIT_1945_TO_1970s

508. THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING THE ARMED SERVICES VOLUNTARILY - BEGINNING OF 2013 - MOD OFFICIAL

509.  AFGHANISTAN_UK_FATALITIES_2001_TO_END_FEBRUARY_2013

510.  BRITAINS HIGHEST DECORATED SERVICEMAN SERVING TODAY IN APRIL 2013

511.  JOB_TITLES_OF_THE_2013_NAVY

512.  Posted PM 15th April 2013. THE_FUNERAL_PROGRAMME_FOR_BARONESS_THATCHER

513.  WHY_SO_MANY_UK_PRISONERS_HAVE_AN_ARMED_FORCES_BACKGROUND

514.  THE VOLUNTARY AGE FOR JOINING THE UK ARMED FORCES SHOULD START AT AGE 18 !

515.  THE NAVAL BOSUN'S CALL, HOW USED, WHEN AND FOR REASONS.

516.  A_SNAP_SHOT_OF_THE_END_OF_TROUBLED_TIMES

517.  RCN_ON_THE_MOVE_AGAIN

518.  A_HMS_GANGES_BOYS_MEDICAL_RECORD

519.  THE_RN_IN_1950_WHEN_RETIREMENTS_WERE_FASIONABLE

520.  THE_GANGES_ELEPHANT

521.   THE_LAST_TYPE_42_DESTROYER

522.  HMS_GANGES_AND_ITS_ERSTWHILE_TREASURER

523.  BERMUDA_NAVAL_BASE_AND_DOCKYARD