No that was Corporal Self who needed an all over tan. So you were an LC technician then?
Remember when one of the lads (i think it was Tiny from the Band) got run over in Naples, and I wrote off the only For d Escort there with the four tonner going to play sport in the volcano the Yanks have as a sports area.
Argh remembering too much, were we really that mad.
I was out with Corporal Gregory having a look at the seedy side of Naples, some guy comes up trying to flog us cameras, Greg turned and said we were cops, I thought we were about to get shot, FUN or what.
I used to hate the turn around for Norway, no one at home ever got to see our tans from the Caribbian. Well Ian Self was the only one who still had one by the time we got back.
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Fearless Web Site
I am trying to get more work done on the site over the next week.
The news is that Fearless is pulling in on the 18th. The question has to be will she be used one last time or is that her in for good?
The oldest ship in the navy retires with memories for many thousands of people. It would be interesting to find out how many people have served on board since her commissioning. Bet that would shock a few people.
The news is that Fearless is pulling in on the 18th. The question has to be will she be used one last time or is that her in for good?
The oldest ship in the navy retires with memories for many thousands of people. It would be interesting to find out how many people have served on board since her commissioning. Bet that would shock a few people.
Ratso, compiled a dit for the Fearless site and mailed it to the address you provided above but it was bounced back because you have a . after the .com
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Ratso, sorry I had an ND the first time around! First time ever I hasten to add! I started life on their as a young bootie (sigs) and met people like Nomad. I was on their after the lads came back from down South and after a time in the Commcen with Jack, was fortunate to work on FJ with the likes of Adam McBride who was the Coxswain , Danny Gibbs, Ed Cureton (i think) Mac McDonald and Tim Crossin (again i think). We had a cracking time generally away from mother taking the boats up Loch Ness and the Kiel Canal. I guess as I think back - I probably have a dit or 2 to tell as I was 17 years old and accommodated in 2C2 Mess!! Scary monsters. Good to see someone is putting together such a site. I can quite honestly say that if Steve Philpott (Mess Deck Cpl 1983) is reading this - yes it was me and Scotty as the Mess Deck Dodger that used to steal your flip flops and throw them in the scran bag and then sell them back to you after rounds. I know it used to stress you out, having to get your wallet out, but it was funny!! Yours Sticky.
I wish i still had the picture of the Detachment if anyone had any pics I would be greatful.
Sorry it has not progressed much due to a rather sticky court case to do with an ex-director in my business. Anyone fancy a new business......
I am looking to try and get some plans of the decks if anyone has any i would be greatful ...again...
In fact I now need as much help as poss so please get me as much stuff ASAP
colin@reactivestudio.com
THANKS
Sorry it has not progressed much due to a rather sticky court case to do with an ex-director in my business. Anyone fancy a new business......
I am looking to try and get some plans of the decks if anyone has any i would be greatful ...again...
In fact I now need as much help as poss so please get me as much stuff ASAP
colin@reactivestudio.com
THANKS
http://www.webworkuk.co.uk
I have done a bit more to the site, now I do need more info and any ideas on topics for the site.
A few pics now in place and loads more to come.
Thanks for the support so far. I am trying to get down to see the old tub when she gets back into port.
I think a big bash is called for to say goodbye. Anyone up for it????????
I have done a bit more to the site, now I do need more info and any ideas on topics for the site.
A few pics now in place and loads more to come.
Thanks for the support so far. I am trying to get down to see the old tub when she gets back into port.
I think a big bash is called for to say goodbye. Anyone up for it????????
I have been asked about re-unions and any chance of an association. So if any one is interested I will start making in-road into both. I know there was a re-union organised for later this year but that I am told is for now cancelled.
So if I get a good responce I will start to get sorted.
The association takes a bit more work as it has to be set up officially, you know like the RMA. So if your interested TONY???????
So if I get a good responce I will start to get sorted.
The association takes a bit more work as it has to be set up officially, you know like the RMA. So if your interested TONY???????
The Official Press Release
The Royal Navy’s most venerable warship, HMS Fearless, returns to Portsmouth for the last time on Monday, March 18. She is ending her career on a high point after taking part in one of the most notable deployments in her 36-year history.
Fearless sailed on August 20 last year to take part in Exercise Saif Sareea II – the Joint Service exercise in Oman, held in conjunction with the Oman Armed Forces.
Although originally due home in December, Fearless was one of four Royal Navy ships and seven Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels tasked to remain in Middle Eastern waters in response to the tragic events of September 11. Troops from 40 Commando Royal Marines, and helicopters from 845 and 847 Naval Air Squadrons, were embarked.
The ship spent three weeks alongside in Dubai over Christmas and the New Year, her first visit to the United Arab Emirates port since September 1967. The stop-over was essentially to allow routine maintenance, but many of the ship’s company took the opportunity to fly out their partners and families.
In the New Year Fearless undertook maritime interdiction operations in the Arabian Gulf in support of United Nations Security Council resolutions. Working alongside naval ships from the USA, Australia and Canada, she monitored and boarded merchant vessels entering and leaving Iraq.
In early February the ship again embarked Royal Marines from 40 Commando before taking part in another amphibious exercise, this time with UAE forces. Exercise Sea Dagger II provided the UK with excellent training, and a further opportunity to demonstrate continuing support for its allies in the Gulf.
For much of the time the ship also had seven helicopters embarked – three Sea Kings, two Lynx and two Gazelles. After the exercise, Fearless made a final visit to Dubai to off-load the troops and their equipment before starting the passage home in mid-February.
The longest serving of the Navy’s active warships, and its last steam-powered vessel, HMS Fearless is older than most of the 550 members of her ship’s company. The amphibious assault ship that gained honours in the Falklands War and, on a lighter note, was on hand to rescue James Bond (in the film The Spy Who Loved Me), will be welcomed home by more than 1,000 family members and friends of her ship’s company.
It will be their chance, too, to say their farewells to a ship whose distinctive lines have, for a period spanning five decades, provided the Royal Navy with one of its most enduring images. She will decommission at Portsmouth, so on this occasion she will be wearing her paying-off pennant – the 158-metre length of which reflects her many years of service.
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The Royal Navy’s most venerable warship, HMS Fearless, returns to Portsmouth for the last time on Monday, March 18. She is ending her career on a high point after taking part in one of the most notable deployments in her 36-year history.
Fearless sailed on August 20 last year to take part in Exercise Saif Sareea II – the Joint Service exercise in Oman, held in conjunction with the Oman Armed Forces.
Although originally due home in December, Fearless was one of four Royal Navy ships and seven Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels tasked to remain in Middle Eastern waters in response to the tragic events of September 11. Troops from 40 Commando Royal Marines, and helicopters from 845 and 847 Naval Air Squadrons, were embarked.
The ship spent three weeks alongside in Dubai over Christmas and the New Year, her first visit to the United Arab Emirates port since September 1967. The stop-over was essentially to allow routine maintenance, but many of the ship’s company took the opportunity to fly out their partners and families.
In the New Year Fearless undertook maritime interdiction operations in the Arabian Gulf in support of United Nations Security Council resolutions. Working alongside naval ships from the USA, Australia and Canada, she monitored and boarded merchant vessels entering and leaving Iraq.
In early February the ship again embarked Royal Marines from 40 Commando before taking part in another amphibious exercise, this time with UAE forces. Exercise Sea Dagger II provided the UK with excellent training, and a further opportunity to demonstrate continuing support for its allies in the Gulf.
For much of the time the ship also had seven helicopters embarked – three Sea Kings, two Lynx and two Gazelles. After the exercise, Fearless made a final visit to Dubai to off-load the troops and their equipment before starting the passage home in mid-February.
The longest serving of the Navy’s active warships, and its last steam-powered vessel, HMS Fearless is older than most of the 550 members of her ship’s company. The amphibious assault ship that gained honours in the Falklands War and, on a lighter note, was on hand to rescue James Bond (in the film The Spy Who Loved Me), will be welcomed home by more than 1,000 family members and friends of her ship’s company.
It will be their chance, too, to say their farewells to a ship whose distinctive lines have, for a period spanning five decades, provided the Royal Navy with one of its most enduring images. She will decommission at Portsmouth, so on this occasion she will be wearing her paying-off pennant – the 158-metre length of which reflects her many years of service.
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