Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS (Image: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS). HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. CMEM (M) Served from 1972 - 1987 Served in HMS Ganges. It was as we crossed the parade ground the whole bunch of us suddenly froze and spun to face a huge aircraft-hanger-of-a-building running along its length. 1903. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Each time I let it go off it popped, falling to the deck with a clatter. He was fondling my right cheek as I tried to concentrate on pipping. So as I have said already, we kept our heads down aiming for that final day when wed be drafted to a ship. I shuddered to the bone, as I'm sure did other boys. 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 mast has been a local landmark since it was erected a century ago this year at the end of the Shotley peninsular. The pipe (whistle) was used aboard ship for passing orders and instructions. Every letter of our names had to be perfectly in line. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Ganges. 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. [1] 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. The kindly chef asked me whether I intended to eat the mountain of food I'd heaped on my plate or climb it! Coronation Day of George VI. My DO was so unforgetable I can't remember his name, but he ponced around with his handky up his sleeve and a curled lip. John Garrett. 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. Editors' Code of Practice. First time ever looking at any RN sights. 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. 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. "A lot of the boys came from foster homes, or Barnardos. 1937. The number of air raids at Shotley began to increase dramatically and its ratings soon had to go to the air . Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. Who would have believed us, this was 1955 words like pedophile and sexual abuse were unheard of. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2021 . A planning application for the site was submitted and outline permission was granted in 2015. 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. Some boys failed the initial inspection which only lengthen their time in the freezing conditions. Boys were permitted to march through the streets of Ipswich with bayonets fixed. Among his many punishments, he suffered cuts, a particularly brutal form of Naval punishment. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Ganges. Helpful. Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. 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. They faced what was without doubt the most severe punishment, cuts. H.M.S. Ganges training establishment. There was a seamanship officer at the boat sheds. A Gannett Company. Martin Foster was treasurer for veterans who served at HMS Ganges training base in Sufffolk. 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. 2023 BBC. 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. 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. 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. Write to Dave Kindred, Kindred Spirits, Evening Star, 30 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich IP4 1AN. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Some boys were home sick, some just tried to stay out of trouble, one or two ran away. Each evening after we had cleaned the mess, we took everything out of the locker rolled each item into a nine-inch sausage, tied white tape around both ends, and then placed every item on a blanket. Back in the mess, this safe haven shielding us from those torturous sounds, the junior instructors' suspiciously cheerful faces greeted us. We were ushered in as a group of naked boys and told to wash thoroughly. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. "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. HP10 9TY. He deserted on numerous occasions and willfully disobeyed orders . I just got on with it. The 142-foot high (43 m) mast was erected in 1907. I was sent to the training Ship HMS Ganges a cruel harsh 12 months lay ahead of me and thousands of other boys. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS. 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. For spite I think, because it wasn't compulsory. The Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley (known within the Royal Navy as HMS Ganges) was established in southern Suffolk in 1905. 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The site was closed in 1976 and was used as a maaried quarter estate by the RAF. 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. Mast erected using the foremast of HMS Cordelia, which was broken up 1904. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. (LogOut/ LRO (G) Served from 1975 - 1998 Served in 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, . Maurice was nothing to do with HMS Ganges, in fact he had been a crew member of HMS Hambledon. the top rung of a six foot ladder is about my limit! One person found this helpful. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Maybe we were unlucky with Instructors as one was Court Marshalled, discharged and sent to prison for so called abuse. . HMS Ganges being broken up after training was transferred to the land base at Shotley (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Richard Dunn. His early life was hard by any standards. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). contact the editor here. Ronald Carr. Most boys just wanted to complete their year and go to sea. later times). For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. in the RN with the nickname Doc. Observer career path/ real life experience. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Shotly Jan 7 1967 , 4 weeks in the annex, 11months in the main establishment,left the RN after 26 years, as C.C.MEA(P) and you could tell Ganges trained men a mile off, Regrets not a bit.Sorry for the lad in my class that drank a pint of pussers disinfectant (The black stuff that turned white when you added water) I believe he got his Discharge. To get out of the showers we had to stand before our instructor legs apart arms raised for inspection. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. Doesnt sound too bad does it. 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. (LogOut/ After such a long time I think it will be a welcome relief for a lot of people. 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 former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. CPO (OPS) (EW) Served from 1966 - 1991 Served in HMS Ganges. Outbreak of World War One. First the older of the two, Maurice WRIGHT JX 657902. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. interesting .. photos of the old pool. 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). Padre Weekes was always good for a fag and Jim Conroy (PTI) taught me to yodel. Every letter, every strip of tape had to be in a perfect line. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS (Image: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS). Well this seems a good time to see if this site works properly. 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 1907, its famous 143ft (44m)-high training . "Boys came into Ganges at age 15 and went into the navy as men at 16. The white letters would then be transformed, by our nimble fingers, into red with silk thread using the chain stitch. Name Hetzner Online GmbH - Contact Role. From the top of the mast, its a long way to come ! 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. CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Ganges. 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. HMS GANGES 6th May 2009 - YouTube. Every new recruit was required to climb it, not to the very top but to the half moon, about thirty-feet from the top. Allegations of Abuse. View of the iconic mast at the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). 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. Each of us was required to construct a printing block using letters carved in wood. 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. Our abuse contact API returns data containing information belonging to the abuse contact of every IP address on the Internet. "The rest of the buildings, including Nelsons Hall and the swimming pool will be converted into flats, shops and a sports centre. 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. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Was anything in this navy free from fear? Didn't like it, there are better ways of teaching than violence, but it hardened me up and made me self disciplined. 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 It was hard, often . Used to have chats with old Tick-Tock and RPO Salmon gave me my 1 postal order when the max was really ten bob. HMS Ganges Museum is dedicated to the 160,000 boys who went through the gates as boys and marched out as men, from its inception as a Royal Navy Training Establishment in 1905 to its closure in 1976. It. 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. HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment . The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. I was ordered to report for my test one evening after supper. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). 1914. 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 training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. 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. what an incredible article, thanks for that dave, how far did you get up that mast? Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. 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. Should one of letters be a millimetre out, you found the lot on the deck when you returned to the mess. It was named after a pre-existing training ship by the same name that was launched from Bombay and based at Shotley. 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 . ', 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. LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1961 - 1970 Served in HMS Ganges. "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? I was at Ganges in 1955 and went to visit Shotley in 2005 and was surprised to see police signs near the old swimming baths. Find BBC News: East of England on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Posted on February 5, 2019 by irishroverpei. 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. Report . 11.00 to 17.00 Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays between Easter and the end of October. Saw your message. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Some 100 boy-sailors were in the canteen, chewing and chattering; clattering knives forks and spoons against plates and bowls. 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 water was freezing cold, we never had hot water. A question of Religion?Maybe MaybeNot???? Discipline was severe, routine constant and fear of punishment loomed at every turn. 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. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). 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. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. We were ordered to turn around and bend over, if the instructor was satisfied we were clean, we were allowed out. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 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 May 46 to HMS Wakeful, Training Flotilla for a twelve-week tour from . Report abuse. At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. This punishment was something I never witnessed and can only describe from what other boys told me. He was an Electricians Mate Class 1 and served in, 12/03/35-09/01/36 HMS Ganges. Reaching high into the sunlit sky stood the mast; its yardarms spread wide like a giant crucifix. 1959 and what a bugger Ganges turned out to be. They say you never forget the place and I agree. July 5 The old HMS Ganges sails out of Harwich Harbour. Editors' Code of Practice. 2023 BBC. I was so fearful of that oncoming event I was becoming a nervous wreck, each night reading the next day's daily orders, wondering if tomorrow would be the day I crapped my pants in public. At about 60 feet was the Devil's Elbow, the most dangerous and frightening part. George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite. Engineer commander had been on Amethyst up the Yangtse and was quite sympathetic when he was OOD. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. 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. Free (donations towards running costs are welcome) Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Maybe we boxed each other in the Shotley annexe! The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. When I say there was sexual abuse Im speaking from personal experience. If you cracked on and didn't buckle you were okay, but I wouldn't want to do it again. #42. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to To get to the platform you would climb out over the Devil's Elbow, legs dangling in the air, only your grip keeping you from certain death. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to contact the editor here. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It was a facade hiding unknown treasures unknown tricks for us to perform, the first of which was to mark our kit with our names. 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. The cold water often caused some boys to duck in and out of the water quickly or sometimes not at all. This was where the roped rigging jutted out some ten feet - above it, the platform. These were all regular happenings at Ganges. George Blake joined the Navy in 1935 and served up to 1950. Martin Foster, 54, of Haig Road, Uxbridge, had already admitted two charges of fraud by abuse of position. We were ushered in as a group of naked boys and told to wash thoroughly. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's All thanks to my Instructor CMEM LUCKENS . However, in the meantime we were still at the mercy of our instructors. 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 . 1971. They looked smarter, more confident, or even downright dejected. Change). 1927. 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. 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