May 46 to HMS Wakeful, Training Flotilla for a twelve-week tour from . Most boys just wanted to complete their year and go to sea. 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. 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. 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. This was the job of the button boy at HMS Ganges who had to shin up the last fifteen feet or so to climb on the button during ceremonial parades. Graduating from Ganges held the promise of better times ahead, we would be real sailors, excited at the prospect of visiting far off and exotic lands. 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. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. Two other ratings are recorded as 'drowning' whilst on the books of HMS Ganges and both were in 1944. 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. 1905 to 1976 saw 150,000 recruits pass through HMS Ganges. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. There were stories of many similar violations but none ever reported. Outbreak of World War One. MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges. 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/ She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley . Unfortunately HMS Ganges is no longer there apart from a few buildings and what is left of the mast. JavaScript is disabled. However, for most of us boys, qualifying meant we could wear the Bosuns chain with our uniform instead of a lanyard. I knew a gentleman who said when he was at Ganges in 1947 he had his first taste of hot food. STANDING on a wooden disc about a foot in diameter, and saluting, does not sound too much of a challenge, unless it is 143feet above the ground and you only have a lightning conductor to grip between your knees. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. The skipper was HS McKenzie who went FOSM. Our kit was stowed in small silver lockers that we polished daily, but not like any normal person would stow their clothes. Engineer commander had been on Amethyst up the Yangtse and was quite sympathetic when he was OOD. GANGES was the shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy from 1905 until 1976. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Read about our approach to external linking. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Real posh supercilious bastard. 1971. A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. George Blake joined the Navy in 1935 and served up to 1950. Richard Dunn. Read about our approach to external linking. It would not be an exaggeration to say not one of us had the slightest idea of what lay in store for the next year. A history of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is due to take place at Portsmouth Crown Court on 23 January. Jim Gitsham, chairman of the Shotley branch of the HMS Ganges Association, said: "Members will be delighted that he's going down. Once the situation eases a bit there will be tangible progress to be seen.. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Tony Hayden. Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestrasse 25, D-91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany +49 9831 505-0 abuse@hetzner.com. One lad, a Geordie, was drafted early to a Destroyer bound for the Mediterraniann sailed from Plymouth He was washed overboard on his first few hours at sea..His parents never knew of the misery he suffered at Ganges. Speaking about the current state of the site, Mr Jones said: "All of the messes have been demolished, as have the laundry and the generators. After such a long time I think it will be a welcome relief for a lot of people. and I got seven days 9s. 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. They were both Ordinary Seamen, one aged 17 and the other aged 18. Editors' Code of Practice. While I was going through the various calls I felt his hand slipping up the back of my shorts. Ken said: It was a dreadful winter. We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. I knew that once the weather was respectable, when it was no longer dangerous, my skinny little skeleton would be transported, step by trembling step, up that perilous rigging. Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. He was an Electricians Mate Class 1 and served in, 12/03/35-09/01/36 HMS Ganges. 5.0 out of 5 stars A real trip down memory lane. The money belonged to the HMS Ganges Association for people who served at the former naval training base at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, Suffolk. Old men on the HMS Ganges Facebook page and it helps keep alive my time spent there. 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. The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. I joined Ganges 30th June 1955 also as a boy telegraphist. Ronald Carr. Yes, I got it wrong! Change). This punishment was something I never witnessed and can only describe from what other boys told me. The Royal Navy training mast in Shotley Gate, pictured in 1936, was erected in 1907, A photograph of the base taken sometime in the 1950s (left), with recruits on the mast in 1937, with one recruit just about visible near the very top, John Youngman said his training at the site stood him in good stead for the rest of his life, Warning: Third party content may contain adverts, A pupil band from The Royal Hospital School performed at the event, It is expected to take at least a year to restore the mast at the tip of the Shotley peninsula, across the water from Felixstowe and Harwich. CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Ganges. ", The sailors in training doing exercises outside the gym (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). The former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. Ganges will for ever be the legacy of every young boy who passed through those distant gates to emerge as a sailor and a man. Were you a 'button boy'? Padre Weekes was always good for a fag and Jim Conroy (PTI) taught me to yodel. 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. Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. St George IOM Boys training 3/5/45 Christmas leave 45 took all kit and returned to Ipswich station, then by the ubiquitous 3 ton Bedford to Shotley where we reopened HMS Ganges as a boys establishment. 1976. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Independent Babergh District councillor for Ganges, Derek Davis. I was out of there in an instant, but never said a word to anyone, I was just happy it was over and I had qualified. It was hoped that Developers Haylink Ltd would start work early this year, but their plans were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Finally he withdrew his hand and declared I passed the test. He was fondling my right cheek as I tried to concentrate on pipping. Observer career path/ real life experience. The water was freezing cold, we never had hot water. ', 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. Name Hetzner Online GmbH - Contact Role. they said. 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. The 142-foot high (43 m) mast was erected in 1907. 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. I told him "I don't give a flying feck!" Frederick "Ben" Rodgers author of "Lily & Me", "The Royal Navy & Me" and collector of Rover automobiles, Review from Newfoundland CraigChurchill. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's While the training ship was originally based in Cornwall, she was moved to Harwich, and then Shotley in the 1890s, in order to be closer to a centre of population. I allowed my head to tilt backward, sending my gaze to the very top, to the lightning conductor where the Button Boy stood on ceremonial occasions. 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, . In attendance was a senior officer, medical officer and the master at arms. Down the road we proudly thundered, the first time any of us had seen the outside words since the day of our arrival. 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. Shotley Marina, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, IP9 1QJ. Commander was Trick and a good egg. Drake 39 mess At least the cubicles in the heads had doors on this time. The boy was made lower his trousers, but kept is underpants on, he was made to bend over a chair. I was ordered to report for my test one evening after supper. The latest development means that construction work could start immediately, however, due to the coronavirus outbreak, progress has been delayed. Did my intro to Pusser at HMS Raleigh in ' 52 . Standing at 143ft, the mast is made up of three main parts; the main 75ft mast came from HMS Cordelia, a steam corvette built in Portsmouth, the top mast of 47.5 ft wooden ruffle box from HMS Agincourt, which was renamed HMS Boscawen, and then Ganges II. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. CEM1 Served from 1972 - 1978 Served in HMS Ganges. HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment . Rumour had it many years ago a boy did fall, bouncing off the safety net and through the Post Office roof. 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. 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This page is dedicated to the memory of Tony whose commitment to the Royal Navy and especially HMS Ganges was unlimited. AboutPressCopyrightContact. The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). Royal Navy 238217 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II. I recall watching a boy, who had been thrown in the deep end of the swimming pool, struggling in the water while a sadistic instructor smiled, saying, 'Look what happens if you can't bloody well swim?' 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. . From the annexe, I had sometimes seen it, partly hidden by snowy skies as it towered above the buildings, and it looked frightening then, but now, marching beneath its cobweb rigging, it looked truly awesome. 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 . Every new recruit was required to climb it, not to the very top but to the half moon, about thirty-feet from the top. All thanks to my Instructor CMEM LUCKENS . One person found this helpful. Learn how your comment data is processed. ", The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Jon Sparks. Each of us was required to construct a printing block using letters carved in wood. Helpful. The pipe (whistle) was used aboard ship for passing orders and instructions. I had already taught myself to swim. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Ganges. 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. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. It closed in 1998 or something. 2023 BBC. There was one hell to come, the Ganges mast! CPO (OPS) (EW) Served from 1966 - 1991 Served in HMS Ganges. He deserted on numerous occasions and willfully disobeyed orders . Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN (Image: Archant). She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. last entry 16.30 We are also please to welcome visitors at any other time by prior appointment - please telephone 01473 788315 or 01473 788723 to arrange this. 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. After sewing on a tag and sporting a proud smile as I offered it up for inspection to that gorilla-of-gunner, I was sent scurrying away, ears ringing from slaps and vehement words, asking myself, 'How the hell did I mange to sew the tag on upside-down?'. Should one of letters be a millimetre out, you found the lot on the deck when you returned to the mess. One not only suffered the punishment such as doubling up and down the steps of laundry hill with a 303 rifle held high. "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? HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. I just got on with it. "They had a hard life, but they were fed and looked after. Im quite sure few if any boys receiving cuts ever thought to run away again. Some boys failed the initial inspection which only lengthen their time in the freezing conditions. The kindly chef asked me whether I intended to eat the mountain of food I'd heaped on my plate or climb it! Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Dave Walton RN retired. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. joined in '63 Dreadnought in the Annexe and Duncan in main camp, Went swimming at Vincent before colling-grad got its pool, and sailing if my memory is not totally shot, I sometimes considered climbing to the top of the mast a tossing myself off. JavaScript is disabled. Statistics for the 1930s indicate some 200 official canings per year in HMS Ganges alone, an average of four per week. Report . An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. Bob Roberts. #42. contact the editor here. 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 master at arms held a long thin bamboo cane, the instrument of the punishment. HMS Ganges 2 in the harbour put all boys ashore and was then used as Naval Operations Ship, Harwich. I arrived at Ganges in the late afternoon on March 15th 1955, along with roughly a hundred other fifteen year old boys. Doesnt sound too bad does it. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to HMS Ganges had a reputation for its harsh discipline. Sadists most of them and that's from a 15 year old who was in a council care home before he joined, streetwise to fcuk and kept my head down. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Through the year the training was intense, probably a good thing, it gave us little time to regret joining the navy. Some boys were home sick, some just tried to stay out of trouble, one or two ran away. Former recruit John Youngman said it would be "nice to see it restored to its former glory". For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. We were ordered to turn around and bend over, if the instructor was satisfied we were clean, we were allowed out. Among his many punishments, he suffered cuts, a particularly brutal form of Naval punishment. From the top of the mast, its a long way to come ! Captain Tremlett, the Senior Officer of training ships, was ordered to investigate the situation and reported that Commander Stevens 'had given punishments . A Gannett Company. Coronation Day of George VI. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? Recruits are shown how to stow a hammock - date of photograph unknown. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. This site uses cookies. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. Ganges training establishment. Today lots of those instructors (JIs and Badgeboys included) would be in front of the beak for various abuses, harassment and bullying. Discipline was severe, routine constant and fear of punishment loomed at every turn. ", HMS Ganges as a warship (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). 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. H.M.S. Was anything in this navy free from fear? At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. It used to be a training camp for the Navy until 1976, and in later years it was a police training school. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. These were all regular happenings at Ganges. 1927. The facility remained there until its closure in June 1976, 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. They looked like what we didn't, sailors. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Its really difficult to give a definitive time scale but once things get going I would imagine that progress will be very visible whereas a lot of the work going on over the past two or three years hasnt necessarily been seen by the public.. HMS Ganges. 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. Heard so much about HMS Ganges though and it sounded very good for developing 'real sailors ' but as much as I hate to admit it I suspect it would have been too much for me . His fellow recruit, Phil Bridge, said it was "a sad day, because it means a lot to us", but he was looking forward to a restored mast being returned. Welcome Guest. http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/hms-ganges-swimming-pool-shotley-may-2015.t96792, 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. Roe told me "I don't like you." George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite. "In 1860 she was decommissioned and laid up, and in 1866 she was turned into a training ship, and her guns were removed. 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