Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Print length 264 pages Language English Publisher Second City Publishers, Penmarth, Cornwall Publication date 22 Nov. 1995 ISBN-10 090681605X ISBN-13 interesting .. photos of the old pool. The one chippy bugger who thought it good fun to make you spar with him in the wash room (Annexe) I met up with in the Far Flung and gave him more than he gave me. Discussions between developers and Babergh District Council planning officers have been concluded five years after plans for the huge project were given outline planning permission in December 2015. RM B54PCM - Twiggy the baby elephant was half an hour late for her appointment to 'tow of the premises', the 47 year old Captain Derek Napper Napper, skipper of HMS Ganges the naval training school at Shotley Suffolk, and found she had been replaced by a couple of horses. Im here as my Son (15) wants to join the RN - Wellbeck route AIB soon. He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court. They looked smarter, more confident, or even downright dejected. It was hoped that Developers Haylink Ltd would start work early this year, but their plans were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic. I wondered, sewing, perhaps! A Gannett Company. Read about our approach to external linking. As a matter of interest how many of you did your 22 and beyond not many I suspect therefore you look back with nostalgia, fcuking hated the place and made certain I never treated any of my guys the same as the youngsters were treated there. 1903. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges. We were ordered to turn around and bend over, if the instructor was satisfied we were clean, we were allowed out. There was a way to bypass it for cowards like me, but God help you if you tried using it. 4 reviews When Peter Broadbent entered HMS Ganges, the toughest training establishment for young recruits to the Royal Navy, he was a naive 15-year-old Yorkshire schoolboy, entranced with the idea of seeing the world, proud of his drainpipe trousers and DA hairstyle, and eager to meet girls. However lessons, culminating in a test, were much more difficult. Most boys just wanted to complete their year and go to sea. RO1 (T) Served from 1970 - 1975 Served in HMS Ganges. I was ordered to report for my test one evening after supper. The former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. The showers usually took place at the crack of dawn, summer or winter we ran from the barrack towel around our waist to the showers. Mr W Im sure the surprise and very welcome CD that popped through my letter box today was from you dear sir, so thanks very much and Im looking forward to listening to it very soon. My heart sank and my elation evaporated as I desperately tried to quash all fears of my body falling from the Devil's Elbow. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to HMS Ganges being broken up after training was transferred to the land base at Shotley (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). When the Gunnery Instructor was finally satisfied, you put the lot back in your locker as before. Babergh District councillor Ganges, Derek Davis, said: From my own personal perspective I have seen how closely our officers and our planning team have worked with the owners of the site and I can imagine that once the lockdown is over and the guys get started, progress will be made very quickly. ", The boys climbed the mast whenever the base received high-status visitors, and as part of their training (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). and for those of you who served at ganges and who have't joined the association go on..nothing to lose and you'll find a lot of old shipmates there!! According to the HMS Ganges Museum, her timbers were used to make objects including a grand staircase on an estate, and a cocktail bar in a small hotel, both in Devon. This was followed by a leap from the diving board, as high as any tree I'd ever climbed, wearing the waterlogged boiler suit and a lifejacket. The cinemas would be packed with rows of Ganges boys in uniform and the caf at the corner of St Stephen's Lane would sell them many cups of tea as they waited for their bus back to Shotley. Didn't like it, there are better ways of teaching than violence, but it hardened me up and made me self disciplined. He deserted on numerous occasions and willfully disobeyed orders . Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. JavaScript is disabled. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS. Life at Ganges was recalled recently in The Evening Star when a book about the base by Alan Peck was published. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. HMS Ganges 'He had the misfortune to be placed under the care of two particularly brutal and drunken instructors whose continual bullying and abuse proved too much for this emerging free spirit ' His early life was hard by any standards. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? HP10 9TY. I would imagine it will be a number of years before we see the final product but Ive seen first hand how quickly they can actually make progress once the builders get going. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Restoration of the historic HMS Ganges Mast is well under way at Barrelmans Point in Shotley. HMS Ganges moved moorings from Harwich to Shotley. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. A Gannett Company. It would seem those boy-sailors who were seconds ago shoving sausages into smiling faces, had all disappeared into that terrifying building, and by the cries belching from its belly were being eaten alive. CLICK ABOVE TO OPEN GALLERY. The mast has been a local landmark since it was erected a century ago this year at the end of the Shotley peninsular. Write to Dave Kindred, Kindred Spirits, Evening Star, 30 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich IP4 1AN. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Change). I shuddered to the bone, as I'm sure did other boys. It was easy to spot those who had been here the longest. View of the iconic mast at the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Royal Navy 238217 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe . Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Ganges. Early in 1940 Admiralty decided to close Ganges as a Boys Training Establishment and in April it became a Hostilities Only Training Establishment. "We're hoping that we can get some of the money back from him, but we don't know if that's going to be possible.". In 1905 when the Ganges vessel was finally retired (and towed away to Chatham), the training facility, still named HMS Ganges, moved ashore. HMS GANGES AT HIGHNAM COURT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1940 - 1942. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS (Image: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS). Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Researched and compiled by A. S. Grimmer (Solent Division) who sadly crossed the bar 6th January 2007. I told him "I don't give a flying feck!" Now i know why! Boys were permitted to march through the streets of Ipswich with bayonets fixed. Today lots of those instructors (JIs and Badgeboys included) would be in front of the beak for various abuses, harassment and bullying. You are using an out of date browser. It closed in 1998 or something. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Contents 1 Foundation and early history 1.1 Allegations of abuse 2 Ganges at Harwich 3 Ganges at Shotley 3.1 1906 changes 3.2 Later developments 3.3 First World War 3.4 Post war developments 3.5 Ganges in the Second World War 3.6 Postwar and closure 4 References 5 External links The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. The boy was made lower his trousers, but kept is underpants on, he was made to bend over a chair. Ken said: It was a dreadful winter. You are using an out of date browser. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. HP10 9TY. ", The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). HMS Ganges closed on June 6. I had thought that our group were the only sailors, if we dared call ourselves that, in this annexe, but I was soon to discover there was a continuous rotation of faces, each at various stages of initiation, a small factory taking in baby civilians at one end and throwing out almost sailors into the real HMS Ganges at the other. Ken Smith, who now lives in Brighton, sent me memories of arriving at HMS Ganges in the severe winter of 1963 and his fear of the dreaded mast. The mast has been a local landmark since it was. Even if it amazingly stayed put, as soon as I slammed the rifle onto the parade ground off it popped again. As Rudyard Kipping wrote in his famous poem IF the you will be a man my son. Rumour had it many years ago a boy did fall, bouncing off the safety net and through the Post Office roof. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. There was also a degree of sexual abuse going on at Ganges, but we boys were too scared to ever complain or report such incidents. JavaScript is disabled. Maybe we boxed each other in the Shotley annexe! Engineer commander had been on Amethyst up the Yangtse and was quite sympathetic when he was OOD. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The rest of the class were not pleased to suffer because of one boys stupidity and sometimes made a cruel point of letting the culprit know. Please Login or Register. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE, HE'S NOT HERE TODAYTHE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAYFIFTEEN YEARS OF LEARNING, HE'LL NOT GO DOWN THE MINESO WE TOOK HIM NEAR TO IPSWICH TOWNFAR FROM THE SEAMS OF THE TYNEIN A PLACE THEY STILL CALL 'GANGES' WITH TWO THOUSAND OTHER BOYSHE LEARNED TO SPLICE AND SAIL A BOATTALL ORDERS WERE HIS TOYSTHE 'BULLY BOYS' CAME NIGHTLY, DID THINGS A BOY COUNDN'T TELLBUT THEY MADE HIM WRITE IN HIS LETTERS HOME MAMMA YOU'R BOY'S DOIN WELLTHEN NEWS CAME OF SOME FIGHTING IN A FAR OFF DISTANT LANDWE NEED THOSE BOYS THUS SPAKE FOUR RINGSIN OUR BIG SHIPS THEY CAN RIDEIT'S WRITTEN ON HIS PAPERS, TWAS NOT THE DEED OF A MAN BUT A WAVE THAT TOOK MY GEORDIE BOYFIVE MILES OFF PLYMOUTH SOUNDSO NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE HE'S NOT HERE TODAY THE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAY. I knew only when it was over would I then be able to call myself a true Ganges Boy and, some years later, a real sailor. GANGES; the ship had previously anchored out in the harbour below, at Shotley Gate, on the east coast opposite Harwich. Many spars are believed to have come from this ship too. yes I was there in 92 .Essex, Nolfolk , Herts Suffolk and Cambs police all used it. Should one of letters be a millimetre out, you found the lot on the deck when you returned to the mess. Helpful. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 13 March 1653 - Death of Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601, Rotterdam - buried 13 March 1653, Weesp) Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601, Rotterdam - buried 13 March 1653, Weesp) was a Dutch designer, draughtsman, and painter, most famous for. This gallery has been set up as a home for images that have not so far been added to the Museums Official Website https://www.hmsgangesmuseum.com/ The lower portion of the mast is steel, extending 18 feet (5.5 m) below ground and 30 feet (9.1 m) above ground. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. "I remember another of the Ganges boys, they were talking to a visitor at the museum, and she said 'it was quite brutal, wasn't it? If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Independent Babergh District councillor for Ganges, Derek Davis. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 2023 BBC. In attendance was a senior officer, medical officer and the master at arms. The number of air raids at Shotley began to increase dramatically and its ratings soon had to go to the air . ', and he replied that it was the first time he had a warm bed, three hot meals a day, and a roof over his head that didn't leak. He was the officer that tested us when we endeavoured to qualify with a bosuns pipe. On the remainder of the command 'Bayonets' the left hand pulled the bayonet from the scabbard, placed it on the barrel of the rifle and, with a quick twist of the wrist, secured it in place. Indeed, I have never met a shipmate would ever claim otherwise. 1905 - 1976 John Garrett. Photos showing the rusting mast at the former site of HMS Ganges at Shotley peninsula have been released on social media, prompting concerns that the 142ft high structure is not being properly. It. . Jim Gitsham, chairman of the Shotley branch of the HMS Ganges Association, said: "Members will be delighted that he's going down. Initially, training continued to be carried out on the vessel, but after the completion of a shore-based facility at Shotley, the ship was sent to be broken up. It was at Shotley Point that the wooden ship HMS Ganges was berthed from 1899, and used as a cadet training ship for the Royal Navy. The association said it had about 3,000 members and at the time of the offences its income from membership fees was about 30,000 a year. They say you never forget the place and I agree. Martin Foster, 54, of Haig Road, Uxbridge, had already admitted two charges of fraud by abuse of position. Posted on February 5, 2019 by irishroverpei. Probably running away was the worse decision, they were always caught and returned to the camp. Anniversary Toast - HMS RALEIGH 25th Oct 2009, Telegraph: "Captain Peter Grindal Obituary", Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves, 10 myths told by Covid 'experts' now debunked. Recruits used to climb the 143ft (44m)-high mast in formation, with the "button boy" standing on a small, circular platform at the very top, hands-free, but with his legs resting against a metal supporting bar. ( Royal Naval Detention Quarters RNDQs Portsmouth), Listen to No Flowers for Geordie on SoundCloud. Richard Dunn. Did my intro to Pusser at HMS Raleigh in ' 52 . HMS Ganges. H.M.S. "Most of what was on the site went to the naval museum in Portsmouth, but we have the honours board and figurehead from the original ship. It had to be neatly folded and stacked, each item one above the other, with each item measuring exactly nine inches wide and one inch flat. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please In 1907, its famous 143ft (44m)-high training . Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN, Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Two other ratings are recorded as 'drowning' whilst on the books of HMS Ganges and both were in 1944. But, because of the lockdown nothing has really moved and I think, even though construction workers havent leagally been told theyre not allowed to do anything, the owners are a bit reluctant to move. However, for most of us boys, qualifying meant we could wear the Bosuns chain with our uniform instead of a lanyard. Review of a book of anecdotes about legendary UK boys' naval establishment HMS Ganges, which at any one time housed as many as 2,000 trainee sailors in their middle teens. 1906. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships from 1779 onwards, but in 1905 it was chosen for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich, where about 500 boy recruits were. There's something to be said for finding how finding out how good you are at living with other people, and finding respect for yourself. We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. His early life was hard by any standards. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley . HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Paperback - 22 Nov. 1995 by John Douglas (Author), John Wheatley (Illustrator) 6 ratings Paperback 12.00 8 Used from 8.90 H.M.S. A history of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. Even by naval training standards life there was controlled by a very strict regime. 1959 and what a bugger Ganges turned out to be. Life on the ship was extremely hard, with a memorial in Mylor, Cornwall, recording the names of 53 people who died while training on it between 1866 and 1899. It may not display this or other websites correctly. From the top of the mast, its a long way to come ! The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The overall height is 143 feet 10 inches, with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches thick. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and signed on for 12 years. Observer career path/ real life experience. A Gannett Company. Among his many punishments, he suffered cuts, a particularly brutal form of Naval punishment. The white letters would then be transformed, by our nimble fingers, into red with silk thread using the chain stitch. Other things we had to do included, clean a toilet with a toothbrush, polish a hundred square feet of block-wood flooring with a boot brush every night before going to bed, paint the inside of a dustbin white before putting your rubbish into it. Ganges Museum is located at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, in what was the Enright Block, on the foreshore of the former H.M.S. The HMS Ganges Museum previously said restorers would remove the wooden part of the mast for refurbishment off site and they would then check the condition of the steel lower mast. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Ganges and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. HMS Ganges is a little bit different though, because they have to get the spine road in first and do some prep work. HMS Ganges was a "stone frigate" or land-based institution for the Royal Navy, and between 1905 and 1976 was one of the key training bases used to prepare sailors to defend Great Britain. the reason i remember the date is that it was my 15th birthday, We got shipped out to Suez in October 1956 cutting short our training by a couple of months. After such a long time I think it will be a welcome relief for a lot of people. The inquiry was carried out by Hampshire Police after debit card transactions of 4,200 and cash machine withdrawals totalling 74,000 were made from the association's bank accounts between August 2010 and June 2012. Offenders, known in the Navy as "defaulters", were mustered every morning and went before the Captain for a formal hearing, where they could be "awarded" up to 12 "cuts" -- very hard strokes of Download Citation | On Feb 1, 2023, Olivier Champagne and others published Future change in amplitude and timing of high-flow events in a Canadian subarctic watershed | Find, read and cite all the . Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Crowned on June 2, 1953, at the age of 25, Elizabeth II went on to have the longest reign for a British queen. Every new recruit was required to climb it, not to the very top but to the half moon, about thirty-feet from the top. The training was tough, brutal at times, yet many of those who came through remember HMS Ganges, at Shotley Gate, with a certain fondness. A question of Religion?Maybe MaybeNot???? This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's I was sent to the training Ship HMS Ganges a cruel harsh 12 months lay ahead of me and thousands of other boys. CMEM (M) Served from 1972 - 1987 Served in HMS Ganges. Such a tragedy that this historical place has been left to rot. He was an Electricians Mate Class 1 and served in, 12/03/35-09/01/36 HMS Ganges. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Some boys failed the initial inspection which only lengthen their time in the freezing conditions. For spite I think, because it wasn't compulsory. Reaching high into the sunlit sky stood the mast; its yardarms spread wide like a giant crucifix. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships since from 1779, but in 1905 it was chosen as title for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich where about 500 boy recruits were stationed. Developers Wavensmere Homes and Galliard Homes plan to build almost 300 homes on the site and include a restored mast in the development. Tangible progress to transform a former Suffolk naval training base into nearly 300 homes, a sports park, shops and a GP surgery could be seen once the coronavirus lockdown is over. ", HMS Ganges as a warship (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2021 . Helpful Report abuse Kindle Customer Sorting The Wheat From The Chaff Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014 On the parade ground the order went something like On the command fix! The left hand went behind the cheek of your left buttock and twisted the bayonet and scabbard upward. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Frederick "Ben" Rodgers author of "Lily & Me", "The Royal Navy & Me" and collector of Rover automobiles, Review from Newfoundland CraigChurchill. The mast was erected in 1907 for boy entrant training purposes using the lower foremast (steel) from HMS Cordelia (1881) with other sections from the mizzen mast of HMS Agincourt (1865). Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. 1971. Each time I let it go off it popped, falling to the deck with a clatter. what an incredible article, thanks for that dave, how far did you get up that mast? they said. Our kit was stowed in small silver lockers that we polished daily, but not like any normal person would stow their clothes. The pipe (whistle) was used aboard ship for passing orders and instructions. I knew a gentleman who said when he was at Ganges in 1947 he had his first taste of hot food. Within ten minutes, a second pair of gates appeared, the gates of the real HMS Ganges. 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