. It was hoped that Developers Haylink Ltd would start work early this year, but their plans were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ganges training establishment. I joined Ganges 30th June 1955 also as a boy telegraphist. 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. During the third disastrous week, it spent so much time on the deck I thought I might as well leave it there! There was one hell to come, the Ganges mast! 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 . She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. In 1905 when the Ganges vessel was finally retired (and towed away to Chatham), the training facility, still named HMS Ganges, moved ashore. "They had a hard life, but they were fed and looked after. Read about our approach to external linking. (LogOut/ 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?'. Every letter of our names had to be perfectly in line. 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 cold water often caused some boys to duck in and out of the water quickly or sometimes not at all. 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. It was named after a pre-existing training ship by the same name that was launched from Bombay and based at Shotley. We were ordered to turn around and bend over, if the instructor was satisfied we were clean, we were allowed out. 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. The Cattlemarket area of Ipswich would be busy at weekends with boys in full naval uniform. Yes indeed, they were the best of times and the worst of times. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to It began snowing on Boxing Day. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Padre Weekes was always good for a fag and Jim Conroy (PTI) taught me to yodel. 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. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. He was an Electricians Mate Class 1 and served in, 12/03/35-09/01/36 HMS Ganges. 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 . 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. 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. I did climb that mast. 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. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Coronation Day of George VI. 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. 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. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. 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. At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2021 . The next six years passed with regular naval detentions, ( Royal Naval Detention Quarters RNDQs Portsmouth) exhausting punishments, solitary confinements, ending with a twelve month sentence in the infamous HMP Corradino, Malta. He was sitting on a stool and told me to stand in front of him and begin. 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. He was the officer that tested us when we endeavoured to qualify with a bosuns pipe. Two other ratings are recorded as 'drowning' whilst on the books of HMS Ganges and both were in 1944. The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). The training was tough, brutal at times, yet many of those who came through remember HMS Ganges, at Shotley Gate, with a certain fondness. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. Maybe we boxed each other in the Shotley annexe! "Boys came into Ganges at age 15 and went into the navy as men at 16. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 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. Several tales about bullying and the harsh regime generally, not so much about the famous and frequent official canings. Crowned on June 2, 1953, at the age of 25, Elizabeth II went on to have the longest reign for a British queen. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Shotley Marina, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, IP9 1QJ. Indeed, I have never met a shipmate would ever claim otherwise. Observer career path/ real life experience. A Gannett Company. The former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. After eating I dashed down to the boat sheds to report for my test. Report . Welcome to our next documentary, investigating the decaying remains and iconic abandoned swimming pool of HMS Ganges Royal Naval training school, as well as . inaccuracy or intrusion, then please 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. HMS Ganges closed on June 6. 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 stationed. An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. The number of air raids at Shotley began to increase dramatically and its ratings soon had to go to the air . It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. HP10 9TY. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. The master at arms held a long thin bamboo cane, the instrument of the punishment. 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. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. He was quite good too. H.M.S. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN, Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Peter Cook. 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. He went on to be an SD subby. The overall height is 143 feet 10 inches, with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches thick. To get out of the showers we had to stand before our instructor legs apart arms raised for inspection. October, new Shore Establishment created and commissioned as Royal Navy Training Establishment, Shotley. 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/ 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. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and 'signed on' for 12 years. Ronald Carr. If you cracked on and didn't buckle you were okay, but I wouldn't want to do it again. Finally he withdrew his hand and declared I passed the test. As Rudyard Kipping wrote in his famous poem IF the you will be a man my son. 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. Boys were permitted to march through the streets of Ipswich with bayonets fixed. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please what an incredible article, thanks for that dave, how far did you get up that mast? Roe told me "I don't like you." May 46 to HMS Wakeful, Training Flotilla for a twelve-week tour from . "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. 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. Bob Roberts. He was subsequently dismissed from the service and returned to civilian life. 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. Boys normally signed up to a contract of 12 years, which would leave most of them aged in their late 20s after their tours. 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. 1906. I had already taught myself to swim. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. 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!! 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. 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?' 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. HMS Ganges is a little bit different though, because they have to get the spine road in first and do some prep work. Im here as my Son (15) wants to join the RN - Wellbeck route AIB soon. 1959 and what a bugger Ganges turned out to be. "A lot of the boys came from foster homes, or Barnardos. Back in the mess, this safe haven shielding us from those torturous sounds, the junior instructors' suspiciously cheerful faces greeted us. Unfortunately HMS Ganges is no longer there apart from a few buildings and what is left of the mast. Maybe we were unlucky with Instructors as one was Court Marshalled, discharged and sent to prison for so called abuse. Captain Tremlett, the Senior Officer of training ships, was ordered to investigate the situation and reported that Commander Stevens 'had given punishments . Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. 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 . Mast erected using the foremast of HMS Cordelia, which was broken up 1904. 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. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Within ten minutes, a second pair of gates appeared, the gates of the real HMS Ganges. yes I was there in 92 .Essex, Nolfolk , Herts Suffolk and Cambs police all used it. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1961 - 1970 Served in HMS Ganges. We caught up with Jim Dines, Director of TS Rigging, whose team. ", The sailors in training doing exercises outside the gym (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). 1905 - 1976 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. 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, . Not to the required half-moon, but to the first platform, where, when authoritative eyes were averted, I dashed to the other side and climbed back down.. Was anything in this navy free from fear? Dave Walton RN retired. 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. 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. A history of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. 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. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to It closed in 1998 or something. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Researched and compiled by A. S. Grimmer (Solent Division) who sadly crossed the bar 6th January 2007. The water was freezing cold, we never had hot water. Royal Navy 238217 Boy 2nd Class HMS Ganges II. At the tip of the Shotley peninsular sits a cluster of abandoned buildings that were once home to hundreds of young lads right at the start of their lives at sea. Many spars are believed to have come from this ship too. 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. The latest development means that construction work could start immediately, however, due to the coronavirus outbreak, progress has been delayed. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. Through the year the training was intense, probably a good thing, it gave us little time to regret joining the navy. I would like to see the mast and museum moved to the safety of HMS Raleigh though to ensure its upkeep and maintenance. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. First time ever looking at any RN sights. The money belonged to the HMS Ganges Association for people who served at the former naval training base at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, Suffolk. HMS Ganges 2 in the harbour put all boys ashore and was then used as Naval Operations Ship, Harwich. www.amazon.co.uk/H-m-S-Ganges-Dozen/dp/0906418003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269273975&sr=1-1, www.navy-net.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=134/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=0.html, www.veterans-uk.info/vets_badge/vets_badge.htm. Thus was the nature of Ganges harsh training regime. We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. Welcome Guest. GANGES; the ship had previously anchored out in the harbour below, at Shotley Gate, on the east coast opposite Harwich. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. The skipper was HS McKenzie who went FOSM. . He deserted on numerous occasions and willfully disobeyed orders . 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. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS (Image: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS). 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. Ken said: It was a dreadful winter. This page is dedicated to the memory of Tony whose commitment to the Royal Navy and especially HMS Ganges was unlimited. However, for most of us boys, qualifying meant we could wear the Bosuns chain with our uniform instead of a lanyard. If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT. Mr Jones said: "There is a lot of truth to the statement that you entered as a boy, but left as a man. Find out more about HMS Ganges at www.hmsgangesmuseum.com, or visit the museum, located at the end of King Edward VII Drive, in Shotley, IP9 1QJ. 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. Change). Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN (Image: Archant). During Ganges's time in Cornwall allegations of harsh and brutal treatment were reported to the Admiralty.One wardroom steward shot himself over the matter, and the reports aroused indignation in the local community. They looked like what we didn't, sailors. 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. 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. This portion was taken from the foremast of the corvette Cordelia which was paid off . The test consisted of two lengths of the pool while wearing a boiler suit, then floating for five minutes. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. While I was going through the various calls I felt his hand slipping up the back of my shorts. 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. later times). HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment . 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. CEM1 Served from 1972 - 1978 Served in HMS Ganges. CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Ganges. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). interesting .. photos of the old pool. 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. Rather than do the two as a pongo I signed on the dotted line for a dozen , best thing I ever did and I regret not staying in for the full time . Were you a 'button boy'? Observer career path/ real life experience. (LogOut/ This site uses cookies. Report abuse. 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. They say you never forget the place and I agree. 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 Below are just some of our members who have served at HMS Ganges. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. I shuddered to the bone, as I'm sure did other boys. 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. Work on the scheme, which would see 285 new homes, a 60-bed nursing home, a large retail space and areas for medical services, will not be started until a spine road through the site, which will take the bulk of construction traffic away from main roads, is built. Ganges Museum is located at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, in what was the Enright Block, on the foreshore of the former H.M.S. George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite. The greatest fear was of messing up, this meant the whole class was punished. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. Our abuse contact API returns data containing information belonging to the abuse contact of every IP address on the Internet. HMS GANGES MUSEUM. CPO (OPS) (EW) Served from 1966 - 1991 Served in HMS Ganges. Richard Dunn. Royal Navy 238217 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe . As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. I knew a gentleman who said when he was at Ganges in 1947 he had his first taste of hot food. Tony Hayden. Steve Tarr. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. 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. They faced what was without doubt the most severe punishment, cuts. Dec 30, 2016. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can 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. Used to have chats with old Tick-Tock and RPO Salmon gave me my 1 postal order when the max was really ten bob. Statistics for the 1930s indicate some 200 official canings per year in HMS Ganges alone, an average of four per week. Mr Davis added: They have had the last conditions, including the fire hydrants agreed. 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. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. I wrote this song a long time ago. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). 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