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HMS St Vincent 07-May-57 26-Jun-58 Boys Training Establishment, Gosport, Hampshire
HMS Excellent 27-Jun-58 20-Sep-58 Gunnery School, Whale Island, Portsmouth
HMS Leopard 21-Sep-58 8-Dec-60 Type 41 Frigate. South Atlantic Station (Great first Commission, great trip. Skipper hard but fair)
HMS Caunton 29-Dec-60 29-Jan-61 Minesweeper, Vernon Squandron, (Took her into refit , transfered to Laleston)
HMS Laleston 30-Jan-61 01-Jun-61 Minesweeper, Vernon Squandron.( Good boat except for the arseole of a "Tiff"!!)
RNDQ's 02-Jun-61 07-Jul-61 No more said about this one. See the "Tiff" with the black eye!
HMS Bermuda 08-Jul-61 01-Jul-62 Cruiser. Flagship, Home Fleet (crabby, but happy!)
HMS Belfast 02-Jul-62 08-Jul-62 Cruiser (Only on her for a week. Bermuda's crew relieved her crew)
HMS Bermuda 09-Jul-62 19-Aug-62 Cruiser. Back to "Bermadoo" to destore her and prepare to put her in Reserve)
HMS Victory(RNB) 20-Aug-62 26-Feb-63 Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth. (hated the place.)
HMS Hartland Point 27-Feb-63 08-Aug-64 Depot Maintenace Ship, Singapore (another crabby but happy ship)
HMS Excellent 16-Sep-64
HMS Mull of Kintyre 21-Oct-66 25-Nov-66 Minesweeper Support Ship, Singapore (real crap ship)
HMS Maryton 26-Nov-66 24-Jan-68 Minesweeper. 7th Minesweeper Squandron, Singapore, (Great boat, shame about the "Jimmy"!!)
HMS Excellent 19-Oct-68 17-Sep-68 Gunnery School, Whale Island. Portsmouth. (Commanders Runner, stacks of Make & Mends!)
HMS Victory(RNB) 01-Feb-71 19-Oct-68 Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth
Civvy Street 20-Oct-68 01-Feb-71 Southern Gasboard, doing Gas Conversion (town gas to North Sea natural gas)
HMS Pembroke 02-Feb-71 28-May-71 RNB & Supply School. (Changed branch from Seaman Gunner to "Jack Dusty")
HMS Dolphin 29-May-71 04-Apr-72 Submarine Base, Gosport. (Brilliant, stacks of "Duty Frees" from my diesel boat oppo's)
HMS Tiger 05-Apr-72 27-Oct-74 Cruiser. Home Fleet. (Probably the worst & filthiest ship that I served on)
HMS Dolphin 28-Oct-74 05-Sep-76 Submarine Base, Gosport. ( Once again another great "rabbit" draft!!!)
HMS Devonshire 06-Sep-76 24-Oct-78 Destroyer (GMD). (Great draft. Shame about the Commander (S) though!!)
HMS Sultan 25-Oct-78 26-May-80 Engineering School. (Another good shore base)
HMS Glasgow 27-May-80 23-Aug-82 Destroyer. Type 42 ( Brilliant ship, great skipper, great lads)
HMS Nelson(RNB) 24-Aug-82 09-Mar-84 Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth. (Last chance to get my "Rabbits" before civvy street!!)
Pensioned Off 09-Mar-84 Civvy Street
15 Years & 6 months on sea going ships
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said this on 09 Sep 2008 2:28:49 PM BST
robby, were you on the mary during the indonesian thingy(called a "conflict" by the harold wilson government tosave paying combat pay!!!). i remember her going to sea with sandbags against the bridge windows and coming back all beaten up. i served on the woolaston and have some terrific memories of my time there. good luck mate, jack hughes, ex devonshire and wooly.(and lincoln).
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said this on 13 Sep 2008 10:24:54 PM BST
No, I joined Maryton after the Confrontation. I was on Ickford during the Confrontation and drafted fom Ickford to Mary when Ickford paid off.
If I recall, a few of Lincolns ships company were drafted to Marytyon! Mary was a bloody unlucky ship, we ran aground twice within twenty four hours. Towed of the reef, struggled back to Singers, where the skipper got a swift draft chit back to Blighty. Small refit to repair the damage and prepare us for the long, lone haul back to the UK to pay off. At the time, we were the smallest warship ever to steam back to the UK, via the Cape, alone (unaccompanied). We had clearance in just about every port, if required. Ports of call: Penang, Gan, Mombassa, Durban, Capetown, Walrus Bay, Dakar, Gibraltar, Portsmouth. Water rationing was imposed, this was handy as we ended up getting One & One tots, (thanks to the coxswain "JIM SWIFT") then the miserable "Jimmy" Lt MAURICE, the shit, caught on and it was back to two & one! I arrived in Singapore on the 18th December 1965. I arrived back in the UK at HMS Vernon on 18 December 1967. Oh for another 2 year jolly. The lads today moan if they go away for 6 month, poor soles! |