It. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Saw your message. [1] Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. HMS Ganges organisation of meals - covering the galley in the Long Covered Way/messdeck dining, and the introduction of the CMG block /communal dining - dated 1952. c. Punishment of Juniors (U) at HMS Ganges dated 1970. d. Restrictions on the caning of boys as a punishment dated 1929-1931. Peter Ohara. The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. Every new recruit was required to climb it, not to the very top but to the half moon, about thirty-feet from the top. Back in the mess, this safe haven shielding us from those torturous sounds, the junior instructors' suspiciously cheerful faces greeted us. At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. Im quite sure few if any boys receiving cuts ever thought to run away again. Mr Youngman, who joined the navy aged 15 in 1965, said he had previously climbed up to the top of the mast but "couldn't wait to get back down". Looking pretty in candy-striped pyjama bottoms and naked chests, we were ordered across the parade ground, through the snow and ice, to the 'heads', that grown-up potty land, which had neither doors nor partitions around the bowls for privacy, to partake in our morning ablutions, a most embarrassing experience. Crowned on June 2, 1953, at the age of 25, Elizabeth II went on to have the longest reign for a British queen. 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. Who would have believed us, this was 1955 words like pedophile and sexual abuse were unheard of. Dave Walton RN retired. I wrote this song a long time ago. As Rudyard Kipping wrote in his famous poem IF the you will be a man my son. 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. The overall height is 143 feet 10 inches, with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches thick. Abuse Details. 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. CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Ganges. However, for most of us boys, qualifying meant we could wear the Bosuns chain with our uniform instead of a lanyard. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. 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. 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?'. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. 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. Network 157.90../16 Abuse Contact API. His early life was hard by any standards. One person found this helpful. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. Several tales about bullying and the harsh regime generally, not so much about the famous and frequent official canings. HMS Ganges - part of front gate Having completed the New Entry training over at the Annex (I think it took six weeks), we then marched over to Drake 39 mess over in the Main Establishment. 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. I took a bowl and ate the lot. It was hard, often . Recruits are shown how to stow a hammock - date of photograph unknown. Jon Sparks. There was a seamanship officer at the boat sheds. I joined Ganges 30th June 1955 also as a boy telegraphist. Former recruit John Youngman said it would be "nice to see it restored to its former glory". 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. HP10 9TY. We had just finished PT before going to supper, so I was in shorts. 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. If you cracked on and didn't buckle you were okay, but I wouldn't want to do it again. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's She was the last wooden wall ship to be a flagship, and the last to sail around cape horn unassisted. 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. Independent Babergh District councillor for Ganges, Derek Davis. Rumour had it many years ago a boy did fall, bouncing off the safety net and through the Post Office roof. Boys normally signed up to a contract of 12 years, which would leave most of them aged in their late 20s after their tours. Developers Wavensmere Homes and Galliard Homes plan to build almost 300 homes on the site and include a restored mast in the development. ', 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. 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. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges. 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. The previous evening I'd arrived at HMS Ganges training annexe, with an assortment of other would-be-sailors, and was placed in the capable hands of a spotty-faced junior instructor and a bullet-proof gunnery instructor who wore crossed guns on both lapels. 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. If not, you would do it repeatedly, until you dropped dead if necessary. He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court. Read about our approach to external linking. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. 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. HMS Ganges. Were you a 'button boy'? The water was freezing cold, we never had hot water. 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. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 1907. It began snowing on Boxing Day. Every letter of our names had to be perfectly in line. Even if it amazingly stayed put, as soon as I slammed the rifle onto the parade ground off it popped again. Doesnt sound too bad does it. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and 'signed on' for 12 years. Ganges Museum is located at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, in what was the Enright Block, on the foreshore of the former H.M.S. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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. I had already taught myself to swim. Each time I let it go off it popped, falling to the deck with a clatter. Such a tragedy that this historical place has been left to rot. 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 The only thing I can remember of that awesome night, apart from collecting a kit bag and filling it to capacity with kit, was sobbing myself to sleep and that I ate the biggest meal I'd ever eaten in my entire 15 years of life. 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. [1] 1927. This was where the roped rigging jutted out some ten feet - above it, the platform. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Even by naval training standards life there was controlled by a very strict regime. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. 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. They were both Ordinary Seamen, one aged 17 and the other aged 18. Royal Navy 238217 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Most boys just wanted to complete their year and go to sea. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. Old men on the HMS Ganges Facebook page and it helps keep alive my time spent there. The facility remained there until its closure in June 1976, You are using an out of date browser. Ken said: It was a dreadful winter. 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!! 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. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. 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. Free (donations towards running costs are welcome) Researched and compiled by A. S. Grimmer (Solent Division) who sadly crossed the bar 6th January 2007. The greatest fear was of messing up, this meant the whole class was punished. He deserted on numerous occasions and willfully disobeyed orders . Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. "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? Did my intro to Pusser at HMS Raleigh in ' 52 . Im here as my Son (15) wants to join the RN - Wellbeck route AIB soon. what an incredible article, thanks for that dave, how far did you get up that mast? Change). contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. 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. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. 2023 BBC. 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. I would like to see the mast and museum moved to the safety of HMS Raleigh though to ensure its upkeep and maintenance. Drake 39 mess At least the cubicles in the heads had doors on this time. The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). This page is dedicated to the memory of Tony whose commitment to the Royal Navy and especially HMS Ganges was unlimited. 10/01/36- 08/02/36 HMS Pembroke. CLICK ABOVE TO OPEN GALLERY. HMS Ganges being broken up after training was transferred to the land base at Shotley (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Some boys failed the initial inspection which only lengthen their time in the freezing conditions. ( Royal Naval Detention Quarters RNDQs Portsmouth), Listen to No Flowers for Geordie on SoundCloud. 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 punishment was something I never witnessed and can only describe from what other boys told me. Reaching high into the sunlit sky stood the mast; its yardarms spread wide like a giant crucifix. 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. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. Many spars are believed to have come from this ship too. 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. H.M.S. Like lots of other boys I ran away from home when I was 14 yrs old and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman 2nd class. During the third disastrous week, it spent so much time on the deck I thought I might as well leave it there! Some boys were home sick, some just tried to stay out of trouble, one or two ran away. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). the top rung of a six foot ladder is about my limit! A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is due to take place at Portsmouth Crown Court on 23 January. 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. At about 60 feet was the Devil's Elbow, the most dangerous and frightening part. Well this seems a good time to see if this site works properly. A question of Religion?Maybe MaybeNot???? 1959 and what a bugger Ganges turned out to be. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Unfortunately HMS Ganges is no longer there apart from a few buildings and what is left of the mast. Life at Ganges was recalled recently in The Evening Star when a book about the base by Alan Peck was published. It used to be a training camp for the Navy until 1976, and in later years it was a police training school. We were ushered in as a group of naked boys and told to wash thoroughly. Down the road we proudly thundered, the first time any of us had seen the outside words since the day of our arrival. The number of air raids at Shotley began to increase dramatically and its ratings soon had to go to the air . Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. On his 15th Birthday he was sent, with 2000 other boys, to the notorious HMS Ganges training establishment at Shotley Point where a harsh regime held sway. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? 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. HMS GANGES MUSEUM. I came across a clip on youtube that really saddened me and it tells its own story about the UK as it is now and the real fact that such things as pride, standards etc have long been lost and decay and neglect are the order of the day, I do not need to walk very far from my home to see with my own eyes the evidence all around 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. However, in the meantime we were still at the mercy of our instructors. . Shotley Marina, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, IP9 1QJ. I told him "I don't give a flying feck!" He went on to be an SD subby. 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. He was the officer that tested us when we endeavoured to qualify with a bosuns pipe. Observer career path/ real life experience. JavaScript is disabled. 1905 - 1976 When I say there was sexual abuse Im speaking from personal experience. The cold water often caused some boys to duck in and out of the water quickly or sometimes not at all. She had taken on the previous duties from the wooden ship H.M.S. "The rest of the buildings, including Nelsons Hall and the swimming pool will be converted into flats, shops and a sports centre. He would lay on the number of cuts prescribed, each cut raised a welt on the boys buttocks. After eating I dashed down to the boat sheds to report for my test. GANGES was the shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy from 1905 until 1976. Now i know why! Each of us was required to construct a printing block using letters carved in wood. The noise was excruciating. The master at arms held a long thin bamboo cane, the instrument of the punishment. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. HP10 9TY. 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. 1971. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley . inaccuracy or intrusion, then please View of the iconic mast at the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. We caught up with Jim Dines, Director of TS Rigging, whose team. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. 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Within ten minutes, a second pair of gates appeared, the gates of the real HMS Ganges. 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. HMS GANGES AT HIGHNAM COURT, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 1940 - 1942. Welcome to our next documentary, investigating the decaying remains and iconic abandoned swimming pool of HMS Ganges Royal Naval training school, as well as . An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. I did climb that mast. contact the editor here. When the Gunnery Instructor was finally satisfied, you put the lot back in your locker as before. Once the situation eases a bit there will be tangible progress to be seen.. 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. ", The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). they said. HMS GANGES 6th May 2009 - YouTube. Martin Foster was treasurer for veterans who served at HMS Ganges training base in Sufffolk. 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. Report abuse. I was ordered to report for my test one evening after supper. The 142-foot high (43 m) mast was erected in 1907. 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. "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. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. A Gannett Company. HMS Ganges (1821) This page summarises records created by this Organisation The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the. RO1 (T) Served from 1970 - 1975 Served in HMS Ganges. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's In attendance was a senior officer, medical officer and the master at arms. Attempts have been made to contact developers Haylink Ltd but have been unsucessfull. Should one of letters be a millimetre out, you found the lot on the deck when you returned to the mess. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Mr Jones also offered reassurance around the historic mast, despite fears about its dilapidated state. CPO (OPS) (EW) Served from 1966 - 1991 Served in HMS Ganges. 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. Steve Tarr. They looked smarter, more confident, or even downright dejected. After such a long time I think it will be a welcome relief for a lot of people. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. 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 HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment . 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.. In 1905 when the Ganges vessel was finally retired (and towed away to Chatham), the training facility, still named HMS Ganges, moved ashore. Allegations of Abuse. ", The boys climbed the mast whenever the base received high-status visitors, and as part of their training (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). These were all regular happenings at Ganges. Justin I saw the mast fully manned three times and it was a wonderful sight to see as it was so well choreographed and I was always amazed how the button boy could even get onto the button, when there was a breeze the mast moved a few good feet at the top of it and as I said all he had to hold onto was a knee high lighting conductor. Royal Navy 238217 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe . While I was going through the various calls I felt his hand slipping up the back of my shorts. From it came bloodcurdling cries of command, so frightening that I most surely would have obeyed them myself, if had I understood what they meant. Every letter, every strip of tape had to be in a perfect line. Today lots of those instructors (JIs and Badgeboys included) would be in front of the beak for various abuses, harassment and bullying. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Were you at HMS Ganges? The kindly chef asked me whether I intended to eat the mountain of food I'd heaped on my plate or climb it! Maybe we were unlucky with Instructors as one was Court Marshalled, discharged and sent to prison for so called abuse. The white letters would then be transformed, by our nimble fingers, into red with silk thread using the chain stitch. 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. I joined up in 1968,three years after my brother, he hated it I was one off the sad ones that loved it, even the kit musters on the mast! The money belonged to the HMS Ganges Association for people who served at the former naval training base at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, Suffolk. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can There was a way to bypass it for cowards like me, but God help you if you tried using it. The site was closed in 1976 and was used as a maaried quarter estate by the RAF. 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, . Joined Ganges Feb '61..went through the same as everyone else. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Read about our approach to external linking. 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