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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
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 ?
21. international flags of the late 19th and early 20th centuries
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!
38. MAINTAINING WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY EQUIPMENT 1901 STYLE
39. KEY TO 1952 SHIPS AND THEIR CALLSIGNS
40. AS TO RED, WHITE AND BLUE ENSIGNS
42. vital statistics - a snippet
43. THE VERY EARLY DAYS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS BRANCH
44. wireless telegraphy in the Royal Navy circa 1901
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.
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!
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
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 ?
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.
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 !
152. "STONEWALL FRIGATES" OF THE LATE 1950's
153. NAUTICAL TERMS
154. BOMBERS BOOMERS POLARIS TRIDENT RESOLUTION
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.
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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
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
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
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 !
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
237. NAAFI's_-_THE MOST SPLENDID CLUB EVER
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
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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
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
274. GANGES_MEMORABILIA_BUT_ALSO_UTTER_BULLSHIT
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
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
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
329. AIRCRAFT_CARRIERS_THE_FIRST_ONE
330. MALTA_JUST_A_FEW_PICTURES_CORRADINO_ETC
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
345. BURIAL_AT_SEA_WHEN_THINGS_GO_WRONG
346. WARSHIP_CAMOUFLAGE
347. WHAT_HAS_HAPPENED_TO_THAT_SHIPS_BELL ?
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! |
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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
369. KINGS_OR_QUEENS_REGULATIONS_AND_ADMIRALTY_INSTRUCTIONS
370. THROUGH_THE_SCUTTLE
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
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
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
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
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
