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FOREWORD BY THE ADMIRAL 

I well remember coming from sea early in May 1955 into the Naval Base at Singapore, 

and seeing HoM.S. NEWFOUNDLAND secured alongside looking spic and span. This was 

the first lime you were in company with the flag, and very pleased the Sih Cruiser Squadron 

was to see you. 

It was a pity, of course, thai you had to refit in the dockyard so soon after joining 

the station, and thai so much good work h:Jd 10 be undone. But this was unavoidable. 

First impressions are generally accurate, however, and I felt then thai you would 

make a good flagship. My opinion was strengthened by a short period at sea with you In 

August when you first flew my flag. 

I have known you and your ship intimately since November, when I came to live 

onboard, and the success you have made of being a flagship has been most pleasing. 

I am particularly grateful for the way you have made me feel welcome. 

To my regret. 1 am being relieved before you payoff. and so these words are written 

in advance of the end of your commission. I hope you will continue in the same happy 

spirit you have shown while you have been in the For East. and that later this year you 

will enjoy a well-earned leave. 

12th April. 1956. 

Vice-Admiral

Captain B. E. POIITLOCK. O.IU:.• Royal NflV) 

FOREWORD BY THE CAPTAIN 

One morning in the Autumn of 1954 my 'in' basket contained a Draft Chit -to 

"NEWFIE". Some of you may think it odd, but I was quite delighted. Discreet inquiries 

revealed that "Newfie" had a repulation for being a happy ship, and Ihal she usually 

won her fair share 01 sporting trophies. This was also good news. Ships seem to relain 

a character of their own, no matter how often their companies change. 

Since Ihat day we have sleamed far and done much. So far we have kept every 

dale on our programme, and done everything we have been asked to. We have also won 

most of the Fleet Trophies, and gained a good reputation lor cleanliness and efficiency. 

None of these things could have happened without your loyal support and united efforts. 

Now our commission is drawing to an end. For many of us it was Ihe first trip 

abroad. For some it will be the last. I wish you all a good leave and good fortune to 

those whose time in the Service is shortly expiring. 

I hope you have all been as happy in "Newfie" as I have. 

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HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "NEWFOUNDLAND" 

H.l\tS. NEWFOl'NDLAl\ [) I'll!; luunchc(1 in 

December 19-H. and Commissioned. in December 19·12. 

for service in the l\lcditerranean I,here she was torpedoed 

in 1943. t\s a result she spent ciglll months refitting 

in Boston. Massachusetts. 

In Spring 19·1.\ the ship paid a short visit to 51. 

Juhn"s NCldoundland and recei\cd man) giflS. illcJuding 

a !'ilk Ensign. 11 sikf'T communion scI. and a siher 

caribou. \\hich is lhc design oftheship·scresl. 

The ship joined the British Pacific Fleet in 19-\.5. 

taking part in operations off Wc\\uk and Truk island. 

She lIas in Tok~o lIa) on 2nd September 19-1-5. 

"hen the formal surrender of h.pan \\:IS signc(1. 

In Januaq 19S:t she eornmissioncd as Flagship of 

the- East Inrli!'!; Station, and I isited porls in C~, Ion. 

Ea~t Africa. India and Pakistan. lIer i\lajest) . Till' 

Queen I i~ited the ship in Colombo during her Common' 

\\e:l!lh Tour. For a fe\\ month~ in 1951 she \.as lenl 

to thi~ station uad • i~ited I long Kong. Singapore. Korea 

and Ja~an. 

The ship recommissioned in Portsmouth in FebruaT) 

1955. under the command of Captain R. E. Portlock. 

O.B.E. She arri.ed in Singapore in April 1955, and 

after carr) ing out an operational bombardment against 

'\1ala)an terrorists. unden.ent a three month refit. 

She arrived in Hong Kong in October. after visiting 

Manila. and competed in th~ Fleet Hegatta and Sporting 

Competitions. becoming Cock of the Fifth Cruiser 

Squadron. winning the football. hocke) aud water polo 

cups. al1(1 tieing in the boxing. 

After embarking the Fhg Officer. SC{;ond·in·Com· 

mand. F(Jr East Station. she visited ports in Korpa an(1 

Japan. returning 10 1I0llg Kong in mid· December. 

This spring ~he has taken part in Fleet exerci~e~ 

off Hong Kong ann Singapore. 

Afler a short docking period ill Singapore the ship 

lisitpd the Monte Bello an.-a and Fre1l1anlle in Australia. 

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Form 

and Order of Service 

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used in asking 

The Blessing of Almighty God 

upon 

H.M.S. NEWFOUNDLAND 

231'd Febl'Ual'Y. 1955 

Com/ucttll "J 

Tile Chaplain of the F1('('I. 

The Ve!1erahle i\rchdeacon F. \. Cll\\IOERI.A['. C.II.• O,IU:., '1.\•• t".K.C., Q.H,Ch•• n011l1 \a\\. 

and Tile ShiJl'~ Chaplain. The Rt'H"rend J. \. B. \I\lt"s, ll.~ •• HOHII \IH\. 

\11 people that 011 earth do d"ell. 

Sing 10 tIll" Lord "illl cheerful \oiec: 

lIim sene "ilh fear. hi" prailtt' forth telL 

Come )l' before hilll. and H·joice. 

ORDER OF SERVICE 

o enler then hi~ g~l{''' \\1111 praise. 

\pproadl "ith jO} hi~ courts unlo: 

Prai:;e. laud. and bll'~~ lJi~ llllllU' al"a};;. 

For il is _nll~ so 10 do. 

The Lord. ~e kllo\\_ i... God ind('('d. 

Without our aid he did u! make: 

We are his noek. he doth u~ fl"ed. 

\nd for hi.'! sheep he doth lilt take. 

For \o\h,? the Lord OUf God is good: 

lIi~ mere\ is for t'H"f .!'UfE': 

IIi.. truth' al all time~ firmh "tood. 

\Ild Sohal! from a{;e to age "endure. 

To Falher. Son. and 1I0h Gho",L 

The God "hom ht"a\en and earth :tdore. 

From men and from the \n@:el ho"t. 

lie prai"t" and @Ion e\t'rmore. \rnen. 

The Cho/Jlain of the ship shall adt/ress ,he assembled ship's compan,- in these ltords: 

BHQTIlEHS. ~ing Ihal in Ihe cour~ of our dUI} "e are llt't in Ihe mid!.'t of mall) and great danger!.'. and 

Ihal ,,(' Cllllnol be failhful 10 Ihe high Irust placed in us "ilhout Ihe help of Almight} God. leI u unile our pra}er, 

in llt'eking lIis blessing upon thi~ shill lind all that shall ;;ene in her. no" and in future lime~. Ihat she ma} ~ail 

umler Goers good providence and proteclion. and thaI there Illa) neH'r be lacking men "I'll qualifit'd 10 olTer in her 

Iheir "urk and skill for His gre31er gloq and for Ihe proteclion of our realm and eml'irl'. 

Tile COflllllflrHlinp: Officer It'i/l rC(ltl tile Lesson luken fwm /'sa/m 107:- 

Th(') thai go down 10 Ihe !I'll in ship.!': and occu]l} Iheir bu~ine"s in greal "aler~: 

Th('~e lIlen !lee the "orb of Ihl.' Lord: and His "onder~ in the (Ieep. 

For al lIis "ord Ihe .!'IOflll\ "ind ari;;elh: "hich liftelh up Ihe "8\1!!l thereof. 

The~ are carried up 10 the hra\en. and do,," ag:tin 10 the dee,,: Iheir .!'oul melteth a"o\ hCC8Us.e of the 

troublt'. 

The) reel 10 and fro. alld ~Iagger likt' a drullken man: alld are al Iheir "il~' end. 

So "hen the) cq unlo Ihe Lord in their Irouhle: 

For lie maketh the -Iorm 10 cea_ : '0 Ihat Ihe "a\f."

THE COMMISSION STORY -PORTSMOUTH 

23rd Februan. 1955 

On 23rd F'eLruar) 1955. NEWFOrJ\DLAND TCCOIll· 

mi~~iorl/'d at Portsmouth for an eighteen months period 

of senitI" on the Far Easl Station. B) mid·cla\ the entire 

ship's COlllpan} had joined and \\t're addressed b) the 

Commanding Officer. Captain It E. Portlock. O.B.E.. 

Ho)al Na\). In llll' afternoon an impress],c Commi.ssioning 

Sen ice has conducted b) the Chaulain of tilt: 

Fleet I the Venerable Archdeacon Noel Clnmherlain. 

(.IL O.B.E .. M.A .. F'.K.c.. Q.II.C.I. He 'las assistc(1 

at lhi~ Quarter [)eck ceremOIl) h) the ship's chaplain. 

At the sallie lime. ill the Chapel. the commission \\a.s 

blcssc{! b) Father Fa) of the Ito)al \al'al Barrack.>. 

On the follo\ling da)s all cxtcusilc storing programme 

\\a~ carried ouL '1'\\0 large farCI\cJl parties "ere gi,en 

on board. On lst ;\1areh the Capt:lin al1(1 oflic!'r~ enter· 

tained 140 gut'~t~ in Ihe Wardroonl. Woherhampton. 

the cit~ of our adoption. \\a~ rcprcsenle{1 b) the TO\ln 

Clerk depulising for Ihe Lonl \Ia}or. i\exl da~ the 

~hip'~ eompan) beld at "At 11011I:-" for relalives and 

friend~. Some 300 gue~t~ allended and. despite the 

of our imminent departure. thf') f'njo)ed Ihe lea 

~adlless 

and oancing on the Quarter Deck. A pleasant ff'ature 

of Ihis part~ \las Ihe be!'r bar kincH) allol,ed b) Ihe 

COrlllnander·in·Chief. 

T\\o da)s later Admiral Sir George Crells}. G.CB.. 

CB.E.. 0.5.0.. M.V.O.. \ isiled the ship and spoke to the 

ship's COmp3n). 

At 1330 on Fri(la~ 4th \llIrcb the ship sailed for 

:'I'lalla and Ihe Far East. Shortf'r than of old. eighteen 

months seemed a long time 10 go. A pale sun shone 

o\er Soulhse3 as a .mnll group of \\ i\es and s\leelhearl~ 

fade(1 into Ihe distance. 

Taking passage \I ilh us to \ isil his son in Singapore 

\\as Vice Admiral A. It Palmer Il{eld). He was soon 

to pro\l~ a most popular and Ilell lo\ed passenger 

througbout the trip. Amorrgst the nell ship's COmpan) 

11'l're a number of the Bo)al i\a\al Barracks' Volunteer 

Blue Jacket Band. TIJ('sf' formed the nudeus of II keen 

ship's balHI \\ho soon pla}l'd to their ~hipmates during 

;\lessdcck Hounds. Before long thf') I,ere 10 function 

at Colours. Oi, isions. Church Sen ices alHI on man) 

cerf'monial occasions throughout the commission. \ight. 

I) cinema sho\\s. tombola and Ihe ~.B.E. rela) ing the 

BBC Illesscleck quizzes and record progranlmes look 

place on pas~agl' to l\laha. 

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THE COMMISSION STORY-MALTA 

On 1I1h \Itlreh SEWFOl \oL\\1) enterr

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PASSAGE TO ADEN 

\ "Ieasant dill'r~ion on our ol11'18rd p:l,·age to the 

Ea.t carne in the form of 1111 operational \ i~it to the 

Greek i~lllnd of Cephallonia. There. in the Gulf of 

ArgostoJi, i\[WFOLi\I)LA.i\D \las n.·(luired 10 dt'Ji\er 

the hlst (,ol1~i13nrnent of earth

SUAKIN - THE DEAD CITY 

Man). mall} }ears ago the King of I\h)ssinia pre 

.enlcpt ~e\l'n beautiful lirgins. 

In oHler lhat nothing untoward might happen to 

,ueh a \ lluable consignment. tbe seven pulchritudinous 

poppets 'Iere accompanied on their journey to Egypt 

b) a reliable eunuch. \.ho had been specially tuned and 

te~\eI·l. NOI' the journey led this interesting part) along 

the II est coast of the Hed Sea. and one of the nights 

I,as spent upon all i~la1J(1 just off the coast. 

When the King of Eg) pi recei"ed his spiflillg gifl 

he diSCOlcred to his horror tllll nol one of the sevell 

young ladies was still \.hal she should have been. It 

"liS impossible lola) the blame personally on such a 

~pcciall) tested and tuned escorl. and the eunuch himself 

~olemnl) s"ore that 110 human being was responsible 

for ",hat had happened. Quite obviously se-.en of th;: 

i~land spiril3 had takell pos""esion of the ladies by night. 

~ Dead cunning. these Arab ~piri(s!' 

The King made no further protesL The seven 

~educees ~ no relation. ety mological or otllerll ise, to the 

Sadducees' ",ere amply provided with food and clothing 

and sent back to the island. The children born of their 

union witb the seven spirits were allcestors of the nati"es 

of Suakin. "SA VA GINN" nleans "Tlle spirits did iL" 

hence tIl!' name Suakin. 

There are some wonderful possibilities' about all 

this. Is il perhaps possible that 'SAVA GINN' could 

be a Sudanese corruption of the ",ell-used good old 

£nglis!J expression "Hf\ VE A GIN". which of course 

means "Tbe Booze Did II". or "Sorq Sir. we was (lrunk 

at the time" ? 

Suakin has been II ell known throughout the ages. 

and it is said that it represented olle of the bounds of 

King Solomon's empire. Solomon in all his wisdom 

regarded it as the end of the world and built a prison 

on it. a sort of Old Testament Alcatraz. 

1\0111.' the less he had some happy memories of the 

i~land for it ",as here. legend has it. that the Queen of 

Sheba came to visit him. Legelld keeps pretty quiet 

about the ",pirits on this occasion 

SUlik in \\as ,eq "ell kno\\n during the sixth d)nllst) 

of Eg)pt (if thai's of an) interest to you) and the 

Romans knell it too. The first Roman author to IIritp 

an accounl of the island descrihed inhahilants as a 

mixture of apes and negroes: the) hlld no heads and 

their eyes and mouths I,'ere situated in the chest. 

Obviously this must ha,e been those dreaded spirits 

again. probably gelling their 01111 back for havillg bad 

their faces pushed out b) King Solomon. 

In Ihe 16th century Suakin fell under Turki",h 

administration. and then the British Raj came along and 

slliped it at the end of the 19th century'~and much 

good it has done us. Fift) years ago the place bad a 

populatioll of thirty thousand and a harbour, a palace. 

alld a brelleq~a monument to the sobering influence 

of Westem culture. 

E,en at thai time the gro\\th of coral reeh in and 

around the harbour "ere making na,igalion difficult and 

the British Go,erntllent decided to move further north and 

buil(l a !lew place at Port Sudan. By 1910 tile scal of 

govemment had 1ll0"e(1. and by 192,~ all induslries had 

followed and were settled in Port Sudan. Since that 

tillle Suakin has been isolated. its harbour and entrance~ 

choked b} coral growth. and il i", decay ing year b) 

}ear. The once thronged ell} is now Ihe most desolate 

spectacle. The principal inhabitant", are drO"es of ghastl) 

bats and thousands of scuttling and equally ghasll) 

scorpions, Vultures circle abole the crumhling walls and 

the death smell of dust) decay pervades the choking air. 

Suakin is disappearing into the etemal sands. 

The most prominellt. the best built and probabl) 

the last. lalldnlllrk to disappear is the bre\,ery chimney. 

a sort of poetic justice. a last retreat for tbe spiril3~ 

what we migbt probabl) call a 'nice touch of British 

humour'. Yes. indeed. these drea(led spirits might ",ell 

lie up. longing a", tbe ",ands devour the cit), pray ing 

a", the brewer) cbimlle) CTUmble"" for sc\'en more delect· 

able virgins to starl the ",hole thing ofT again. 

Suakin lias one hUIHlred miles due \\est of Ihe ship 

at 1400 tbis afternoon. 

Exlract Iwm Ihe "News 01 Ihe Moose" 24/h April 

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THE GREATEST SINGLE FACTOR - THE CHIEF GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR 

Chid PeB) Officer F. J. , Ol \G 

"The impu"."ihle In" can do \Iirad~ lak!' a fe" 

lIloment~ IOllgl."r:' Tlli!' ha~ I}{'t'n the n1l1:l:im h) "hieh 

lhe COlll11l8nder'll Offic(' ha!' I}('{'n so cheerfulh run hI 

C.P.O. C.1. ... OUI1~. • . 

The Chid "0" la".1 out Ilere a~ II Ixl' in 1936 and 

lold "'t' Ihtll 1110"1 thing!' "ere the «arne from a o;horegoing 

point of \ ie". ('x('('pl of eour--e that Shanghai 

"'as the gr1.'81 \I('lroIKlli" and prohabh the be~t ·Run·. 

From the China F1f't't ht' "ent 10 II.\I.S. \ELSO.\ "here 

he "a~ ~o popular Ihal Ihe\ kept him for ~i'\: ~ear, 

untill9-U! 

lie then had II fe" !onloll ~Ilips 8ml II spell IU!hor(" 

in Scotland herure going 10 "The Island" to qualif}. Alld 

in 191i he I'

FIRST MAYOR OF THE MOOSE INVESTED 

Vic!' Anmiral \. n. P'II.\!EK IH1r!.l 

On Salurda> cvening Vice Admiral A. B. Palmer. 

B.l\. Ohd.) IHIS guest of honour at 1I dinner gi\cn 

on the Quarter Deck. The Admiral. "ho has won the 

alTectioll of the enlire Ship's Compan) throughout the 

[)lIssage. leaves al Singapore to \ isil his son. a COIllmander 

on the Staff of F.O.M.A. 

The high table II1IS graced b) the presence of the 

Noble Moose in solid silver. During the c\'cning Ihe 

Admiral \\lIS invested \\ith the insignia of the roo'lost Noblt> 

Order of the Moose- a pJaqul', depicting the Moose 

triumphant cOlllplete with chain. Admiral Palmer "ho 

hecomes the first holder of this honour. was then decbred 

"/\Ia)or and First Citizen of all ]\'loosemCIl'. 

Last cn'ning The Admiral was dined in 13 Mp~~ 

II) tbe Chief Pell) Ollicer~ and earlier ill Ihe (Ia) 

Sergeant·1\'lajor Unslead lind hi~ lT1ess-mate~ enterlained 

him in the Sergeants' Mess. 

The Moose al1(1 all his citizens "ill "ish this grand 

01(1 sailor Godspeed and man) happ) )ears "hen b:· 

leaH~'s the ship this week. 

Ex/ruct lrom the "News 01 rhe Moo"e" 

/9.')5. 

2.'ith April 

ADMIRAL YARNS TO MOOSE 

EDITOR 

Vice Admiral A. Il. Palmer 'Hld.1 recalled 01{1 

dap! in the Hed Spa with Ihis paper loda). The A(lrniral 

was lasl ill Ihis sea in 1926. Last time he called at 

Adell "as in 1919. Then, a new cooling device \HIS 

heing Iried-table fans. Passing HODEl DA lout of 

sight. on the YEMEN coast. to POri), at 1300. the 

Admiral rf'counted memories of a battle he fought against 

the Turks in December 1918. Then. a captain in com· 

mand of II.M.S. JUNO, he brought 1\\0 regiments of 

soldiers from Aden to cominee Ihe stubborn Turk Ihat 

the Great War had ended. Caplain Palmer and Ihe 

AmI) Gelleral called upon the Turkish Leaders ill Iheir 

Fort ashore to persuade them 10 surrender. The Turks 

refused 10 uelie\e Ihe War was over. The British Officen 

Ilere entertained to Turkish Coffee, and before returning 

10 the JLNO gave Ihe enelll) till noon to think it over. 

Back on board Captain Palmer asked his ste"ard to 

pro\'ide a gbss of salty Ilater "to get rid of the coffee 

before il poisoned Ille:' In the afternoon the JUNO 

opened fire ami landed the troops North of the town. 

During the bomhardment a Turkish Part)' with a Truce 

Flag arri\ed on boanl. After furlher bickering no Truce 

\\ as agreed upon. The Turkish pari) fouml Ihe sea too 

rough to return 10 shore and I.aited in the Wardroom 

Ilhile Ihe bailIe rage(l. Eventuall) the enem) retreated 

from JlODEIDA's Fort and Oed. Captain Palmcr laler 

cntered the Fort II hich his ship had been bombarding 

and found it slill illtact. Gunfire had made no impression 

on its thick Illud "ails. 

The I\dmiral"s Trophies of this He(! Sea bault, art' 

the Fort's Turkish Flag ... and Ihe Ke)s of Ihe HAHE~1. 

Said the Admiral. Ilith a twinkle in his eje--":;ure 

il "liS ahsolutel) empl) "hen I opened it! !" 

"I'ew.~ 01 the Hoose"". 2.'Ith April. /9:),). 

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THE GAME IS MORE THAN THE PLAYER OF THE GAME, 

AND THE SHIP IS MORE THAN THE CREW. 

The Sporting activities of the Ship'~ Compan} played 

a very real part in the progres~ of the Commission and 

gave the ship pride of place in the Sporting \'\'orld of 

the Far East Station. 

Details of successes I\hich came NEWFOlTND· 

LAND's \\a} are too numerous to mention here. A 

mcasure of her abilities can be seen in the results of the 

Far East Fleet Cotllpetition~ and Regattas held at Hong 

Kong in NOI'ember 1955. In this series the ship became 

Soccer. Hockey. Boxing and 5th C. S. Regatta champiollS. 

whil~t only the Fk>t:t Regatta l\\e Ilcre sccond). the 

Hughy Football. and the Fleet Sailing cvaded our grasp. 

Earlier in the year the ship had sllept the board in 

the Aquatic Championships at Singapore. This she 

lion b) a large margin. l\EWFOUl\DLAND had also 

established herself as possessing the finest Water Polo 

team seen in the Fleet since pre,"ar da}s. The cntire 

team lJa~ been !i-elected to represent the Royal Nav) 

again~t the Ami} und the I{oyal Air Force. 

The basis of success in sports at representative level 

wa~ founded on a comprehensive programJllc of intcr-part 

gjmes \\hich always gal'e opportunity for the majority 

of thc Ship's Company to participate. Prospective ship's 

pla}ers \lcre thcrefore fit for the faster tempo of the 

ship's matches and thc best talent lias always on show 

for selection. 

Throughout the cOlllmission the Captain and Execu· 

tive OAicer took an intense interest in. and gale support 

to. all that took pbce in the ship's sporting activities. 

That we enjoyed success in Illost of our enterprises was 

not therefore surprising. It was a fair example of VIA 

CLAHESCET ILLIS VOLl'NT ILLA PROCEDERE-the 

path is cleared for tho~e that 1I0uld pass that lIay. 

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AN ENGINEERING MECHANIC 

Burn lHlh AUgU5t. Il)32 in Lcict"5ter. Jlll;k~,m Ila~ 

agril'ultural Ilurker unlil he juillcd tIlt' l\al} ."ix 

."'lU." ago. lie trained al lI,\I.S. HALEIGII out."itll· 

Toqmint in Cornllall. Like all nell cutT} 5toker5 al 1111' 

limt'. hI' lilt'd for three Ileeh in i\I::WrOCNDLAND. 

Ihl'n al 1)"\(Jllporl. The ... hip aCled :IS II Irainiug un;1 fur 

Ihl; S.T.E. Whil" allaiting his fir51 draft Jackson ~ene{1 

for hlu munth~ as "hip'." l:umpan} in the cruiser, 

.sineI' tl1l'1I hI' ,.nl(,d ill \10\TCLABE III BUII]('~lI} 

llillil ]952. Th; ... \\a ... follulled b~ a ~pdl ill CIIASEH. 

a Los:r, al BO"}lh. unlil he juincd VEB\ON rur dlll} 

in \tr.V.IUWJ. From Iherl: he l:illlle lu N[\VFOL NIJ· 

L\ \1) a" alliance pari} in I)cl:cmber 11)5~. 

Jaek,oll i~ 5ingle lind is f"nd uf 5\1 iltlillin!; mlll 

diling. Thi~ 1"l11111i,,"ion lit' ha" l.t'l'll 11 Ilaldlkcl'fJl'r ,>1\ 

T.G

THE COMMISSION 

J\EWFOLNOLAI\D llrri,ca in Singapore Hands un 

the c,('ning of 26th April. At da\\l1 the follo\\ ing da) 

tile ship carried oul an operational bombardment against 

the Communi..,l Terrorists in the jungle of S. E. Johorc. 

T'IO hundrc

"'oo!'!' ParI) on Parade 

~hUI\ arti~l~ like "Mario L1l1za" Brel,sler. "AI Jobun" 

Jal'II115 and P('Ier Beanl mllde Iheir nanles. Fe" realised 

at till' time the remarkablf' perform~nc!' of M.E. Beanl 

lin Ihe piano liS Ihe slagI' lighting failed. Lnrehearsed. 

he pla)ed Illan) pi!'et's Ihroughoul the lenglh) electrical 

erisi!' in the "ing~. 

During Ihis lime Ihe ceremonial side of ship life "as 

nut neglecled. \E\VFOt-l\DLAl\D \\as usketllo pru,itl~ 

Guard~ fur Ihe Queen's OJTici~1 Birtht!a) ~arades at 

Kuala Lumpur and Penang. Though the) "orketl hard 

for lhe~e. the general admiration earned and Ihe pleasure 

uf being in either uf Ihese places lIas ample rellanl 

for all euneeflll'd. A GU:Hd of Honour composetl of 

Illemlwrs of the Queen's Birthda~ eonting~nl~ 'IUS 

paraded al Phuenix Park on the occasion of the \·isit 

of the Engineer-ill-Chief of the Flecl. sonle da)s later. 

\Vhil~l tile ship's conlpall) lIas 3ecomlll(}(Jaled in 

TEHIWH Admiral Ukin< came to insp

I'ulau Tiolllan is all islalld. II tropical isle. We 

rl'llwmlwr til(' bo) hooll storics of tropical i"le~. TIl(' 

I[oll~"onll I1lm;l nf such places I,ith gnlden sand~ alld 

('''c,mut palms alld Hhonda Fleming. lor I,as it A,a or 

Hita?l. bring Sllcet dreams. But "hocl'er thought about 

tropical isle~ "ithout hal'ing the nllmc Rohin"on Cm..">!' 

pas" hetlleell the ears! \0. thi" isn't Crusoe's i"lalifl. 

out it ma) \\ell he. if one allo"$ onc's imaginatioll l" 

a little. 

~trllY 

NOI' this stor) isn't reall> like Defoe's \('rsion. We 

,He all sailors. and Ill' hale more romantic illtas. Others 

hall' tra(~ed hi~tof) lind almost pro,cll our hero Bollin.on. 

alias Alexallder Selkirk. to he nOlhing but a SI.'oUlldrf'1 

put ashore for causing some discontent amongst the erel' 

"f a trading ,cssel. We'lI not helielT that. either. Keel· 

haul the man )C~! But put him ashore-nc'er! Sf'a 

tillle is a far greater punishment. This stof) is the whule 

truth ,.110 ,\(mld doubt tllat? Well. reao it. 

It 'las long ago. elell before elaporators 1I('n' 

inll'ntell. and H.H. 1:l;U "liS still in note form at Bath. 

Fresh lIater \\as onl) fnund in "I'll." am! streams tIll' lazl bilge.rats to fill up. and damll the I"mlt'll. 

Another !wur found him and his part} pulling a'la} 

from this tropiuth 

under Ihe ltloolllist sk). \Vh" \Ill;; missing? Alex Selkirk! 

A quick check of the hanlml>l·k nl"l IHoIl'd lu' I,as n"t 

in Ihe ship. Our Aln. h} thi~ timp hafl decide(l it I,a" 

getting close to the ha} season. It lIas Sl'ptemher. lind 

he \las bus} cll:1~ing Chiquita ,lith a pair of gra;;~ 

"hears. 

22 -

Thc captain IHote off the name of Selkirk from the 

ship's book. imagining a small hcad hanging from a 

."tick. wa) northward on a small island. And th'lt lefl 

Alex to marf) Chiquita and the stor) ends happil). 

But this was not so. as histof) tells us. '1'110 small 

"hips of the Royal Nav}. the "Duke" and the "Duchess". 

Oil a Ilorid cruise land incidentally they were the first 

of H.r..1. Ships to circumnavigate the globef "rescued" 

Selkirk-he now called himself Robinson Crusoe-from 

thc island where he had heen strand('(l for four )ears. 

PULAU 

We callie b) night. 

Slipping through star-filled waters like a (lream. 

And peace enfoldcll us into her spell. 

After long months of ugly noise. 

To find from that first Illoment 

A strange tremendous silence. 

Why? Did our hero gel fed up with the wonderful 

paradise isle? Did he long for a haggis and chips? 

Did Ihe beautiful Chiquita run otT with a loc:d lad? 

Who knOllS? Some sa) he had. 

. ~IOTIIER·IN·LAW TROCBLE 

I'I'nle: The Commander lEI re(luesls all his Ban Van 

parties to bring two.gallon jars in future. 

TIOMAN 

Those hills that rose. 

Darkelling the e(lge of dawn each waking da), 

Towering above the palm·edged silver sands 

And shading the crinkled sea's Iwwitching call1l. 

The)" spoke of )ears gone b) 

An(1 centuries to come. 

I won't -forget 

The surf-washed sands that rimmed the little ba); 

The smoke that rested on the trees at dawn. 

The storms that lashed us pla)full). and hO\l 

Peace, as we left our Island. 

Bade us farewell. 

- Z:l


THE BUTCHER 

Marine lIurle) "Hutch" joillf'(1 a" an R.i\1. Signalman 

in 1936 and qpenl pari of the "aT in North Sea 

lra"ler during the \orl'legi:arl landing.. "hell he \\ll~ 

twice sunk. In Il)..W he \'IllS aqhore in Haa"laaJ sending 

a igllal from a holel ",hen a

FISH FOR DINNER 

Life llbUlll"(1 OIlC uf lIeT .\f

TllU~ tile do~ proceeded 1\ illl !uitabll' interul~ for 

{Iip~ in the !!ea. )feanlime I'n\ iou!i 1')1''' I\ere beillg 

~I~~~ :~o~~:. t~~il~~)ndb~:::tu~n:i:;l :a!iha~~~:enlh~: 

~u one and a quarter~_ I\ould mal.:l' a fitlillg finale to 

thl' da~. \ rocl.:. I\hich I\l'ighed al lea"l ll\enl~ ton~_ 

I\as ~I!"CIW for shifting and Ihl' n!'C~ ar} chug laid. 

\~ Ihl' firing Il'ad I\ere brill@: conllttied 1'\1' heard th,. 

hapI'} \oice" of !!Choolchildrl'n. Immediate !hou15 of 

··Ch!"Ck. Check, Check:' and Ihe apprOIJri:l\e panic. 3.$ 

laid dOl\n in ~ix inch gun drill, and Ihe !up!'r·bang \\a, 

rendered safe. Fttling ;;ome\\h~t !ihaken \\e retreated 

to tile molor cutler and \\ ilhdre'" from the island. Eight 

one lind a ,{uarler! were prepared for tile la!! operalion 

of Ihe da~. 10 be 1.:1101\11 aj!; Operation Commander's 

Fbh. It \\a!! decided 10 drop tile eight charges frolll 

the ooal al inlenal!i of ten \ards. Tlli! "'I' decided 

I\ould nI'l enough fi"h for not ~l1h Ihe Commander bul 

tlu.' ",hole of Ihe I\ardroom. One b~ 0111' the charge" 

"'enl o\erOOard. One b~ one the~ uplo

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pla}ers in the hod.e) and soccer matches. During the 

da} the ship's compan} spread oul mer the islalHI \Iith 

larious ollicial and ulloffieial hosts. bUI such a small 

island did nol ha\l~ \ef} nlueh 10 ofTer. In the e\·ening. 

Ihe sporling fixturl's lIen' 1\1'11 allended alHI beilleen the 

1110 games a displa} lIaS gilen b} the Hopi Marine 

l)e1achlllent and Ihe Blue Jacket Band. During this 

displa)~lcI it olll} he "hispl'rl"d the Drum Major 

dropped }es. dropped. his staff. 

Village SCl'ne-LaLuan. 

011 26th Augu~l till' ship sailed from Singapore in 

COmplIll} \\ilh 11 ..\1.5. NEWCASTLE. I\EWFOL \D 

LA\[) en route for l\orlh Borneo. "hill" the laller 

proceeded to Australia and ]\['\\ Zealau(l. In thl" COUT';:P 

of eX{'rci~l'8. lit lIIidnigh1. 26th August. the ship crossed 

into the Southern Hl'mispIH:rl'. His Oceanic i\lajl'st). in 

liell of 11ll! lime of

MARTIAN HOLIDAY 

(There are Matelots on Mars) 

Harry was an orphan-many had doubts about his 

ancestry. Harf) was also a boffin for he had E.T.2.. 

"hich was regarded b) his oppos as e(luivalent to a 

B.Se. 

There \Iere onl) two "eeks before he paid ofT and 

wellt back to U.K. for his lea\"e. The Messdeek table 

was littered with papers and Holiday Guides, for Harr) 

intemled to spend a holida)' abroad. MallY of the "nine 

>ear men" were spending leave at 5t. Retllo. Home. 

Venice and other places w!lich were well within their 

income. 

SuddenI) he saw it on page six of 'J\ggies Weeki)'. 

Itsimpl)'said:- 

;'CO,\1E TO i'\'IAHS 

FOil THE HOLIDAYS OF YOLIl LIFE 

IFor details write Box 66) 

London W.C.3:' 

If an) sane person had seen tbe caption ther would 

have laughed and thought it a joke. But lIarry had 

spent eighteen months in the Far East. and. as the reader 

\\ill know, anybody who remains sane after eighteen 

months is a ;Nuller'. Anyway. Harry "rotc away and 

dul) received his instructions plus MJ. 440.000 in 

Martian Travellers' Cheques. 

Three weeks have passed and HarT} is wailing at a 

bleak spot somewhere in England. IIis on I} baggage 

is a small case containing 6.000 Woodbines and a bar of 

'La Pusser's Soap'. l1arr) likes travelling light. 

Suddenly a loud humming fills the air and out of 

the over·cast sky glide.'! a large flying ;Sauccr. The 

strange craft lands and. for the first time in Human 

History, Man ann Martian meet face to face. 

The Martian stands about five feet tall and is shaped 

like a carrot witb h\o legs at the root and a large 

smiling face. 

The air is still as the 11\0 members of difTerent 

\\orlds lIleet ill the most dramatic moment of History. 

·'Wot kept )er. Carrot"? said Harr). "Yer ten 

minutes adrift." "Greetings. Earthman l1arr):' said the 

carrol. "M) name is Xpplph. sorry I'm late. I-lad a Lit 

of trouble coming through the Friction Barrier~weath("r 

cooler fell over. An)l\a). let's go Harr)." ~aid Xpplph. 

·'O.K. lets move Veg," said lIarT} I,ho liked to be 

informal. 

The hatch closed behind the pair :Ind the saucer 

flashed awa) from the Earth at seven lIlile~ a minute. 

But Harr) alread) had his head down. 

The saucer touched dOlln at SNXI 2-1. hours after 

leal ing Earth. arid !larry staggered awa\ under the 

increased gr,:!\'ity to his hotel to sleep. . 

The next 20· "eeks pasl rapidl) for Harry. He 

and his friend Veg I,ent fishing in the canals and 

\ isited all the sights. Harr)' found no trouble breathing 

the Martian atmosphere. After living down his Messneek 

for eighteen months he could breath :lrl)thillg. 

The highlight of tht' horida) carne \\hen our pair 

went up to Phobo's-one of the two mOOIlS of Mars to 

pb) Grrpl)·og Ithe Martian e(luivalent of Tomhobl. 

The game \\as Lanned on Mars because of the high death 

rate. The game was badly organised. But our hero 

managed to "in M/- 4B09.60iJ on 1110 houses-that is 

rough I) £982.000 British. 

lIarry. true to the best traditions of sport. lashed the 

,\tartialiS up to "Pickled Grob Weed Whisk) "-the 

Martian hooch. 

Whell lIarT} I,oke up he was being escorted through 

the gates of H.N.B. b) three large Patrolmen. Fi\e 

minutes later he was filing headlong into a dark cell 

and left to himself. 

Next morning he l\a5 dragged in front of the 

COlllmalider of the Barracks charged 1\ ith being 20 days 

adrift. drunk and lost Pa)book. 

On his last ship. lIarf) would have been let ofT and 

gin~n a quiet number. But Buracks I\as a difTerent 

proposition. 

When Harry explained about his holiday e\'erybody 

was sympathetic. Lut firm. "Ninet) days and see a 

psychiatrist." growled the Commander. 

As l-IarT} turned 10 leale the table a loud humming 

noise was heard and on the Parade Ground landed a 

large Fly ing Saucer. Out before the .,:tunned eyes of 

the beholders stepped Harry's friend Veg. 

"Ere Arry" said Veg. "You forgot your P:I)book 

and Crrply-og mone).·' \'\'ith a I,itness. Harf) \\as now 

able to IHOle that he \,as not adrift at all. bu! still had 

t"ehe Martian days le:ll'e Idt. Of cours{'. he was let 

ofT II ith profu~e apologie~. 

The la~t I\e heard of l1arr). he \Ias running the 

Anglo-''1artian Tomboh COlllmillee at the J'liartian Space 

Fleet Club. 

By ROTTZ. 

• Harry gains on his leave because one Martian week is 

equal to twenty Four and a Half Earth dar.'!. (Editor's 

Note).

CROSSING THE LINE 

Reproduction of A Letter Recently Received from the Clerk of 

the Court to His Most Maritime Majesty King Neptune 

On the date. the herald \\as patrolling \Iell out$ide 

the Inree fathom limit in hi~ coclde$hell. \o\hen to hi~ uller 

amazement. there appeared on hi~ ~tereophonic. \ ista\ i· 

_ion. four·dilllell~ional radar. a familiar blob. ""'s 

\e" fie:' he cried. and to the octopus. \\ ho i1' the "ign9! 

officer a_ ",ell a~ being ftag lieutenant to His :\Iajesh. h~ 

-aid "\Iale the \Iarm:' \lmost as (Iuickl~ 81' ittake~ to 

~a\ it. me--af/:e- of high Jlr~eden{"f' \Iere humming to 

and frolll the court I ia dolphin. albatros.s and ft~ ing 

fi~h. Thl' "[(Iu'ltorial I)i"(:atorial Select Commilltt" \\a" 

ha~til~ "hipped in for III emergenc~ IlIttting. Thi~ 

cOIlllniUtt. cOlllpri.ing of lIis :\Iajest~ King :"'eptune. 

C. L~on I Lab. t. court "h\~ician. Cu:hb

Coral Hedi/fusion. \\as Interruptcd h} AllllOutH:Cr S}lda 

Starfi"h \Iho prodaillled that "Operation Ne\\fic" \\a" 

to bc brought into force illllllediatd}. There lIeler \\lI_ 

such cxcitement since Amphitrite caught her pearl. ill 

all o~ster. The l'ulting olf of Sting) HlI} 's "alt IlatfOr 

~lJpyl) threatened a serious ~llOrtage. hut in i\laritania. 

a crisis is ilHleed a cri-i". and here arf' ~01l1f' of the 

mea;;ures that Ileff' takcn to meet the elllergenq. The 

lwar- Ilere put on 10\1 diet. tIll' pralln police Ilere 

i«ued \\ith more Inodem :llId (lea(ll) \\eapons. till' 

medical stafT ran riot on tIl(' {Iallgerou;; drug- to produce 

the "i\lixture" to the densit) required b) the court ph)-icilln. 

The court barber illlmedilltcJ} di"earded hi~ ele~tric 

razor lind "ll;; seen cuddling hi" cul·thruat and murmuring. 

Ililh iI faralla} look in his e}e~. "1'11 giH' 

'elll put in to gro\\:' TIll'n of cour-e. )our's trul} I,a~ 

fU"lll'd ofT his flipper-. Thl' old man's crolln. medal. 

and tri(lent h[l(lto 1)1' tami-'hed to gill' ju"tthe right efTect 

an{1 Amphitrite'. robe" had to be spnt to the cleallers. and 

"he insisting on re{1 ;;eall('ed trimmings that took a 

bit of finding. I can tell )OU. Last. but not lell"l. the 

Aull!'r that lIent on in the Shellcote- of the l\)mphs led. 

of course. In \liranda. Nell hairdos. manicures. facials 

and nell addition- to the lIanlrclH's including. of course. 

full) fashiorwd scales. t\t lasl. \\ord \las passpd to the 

court that all lIa" read} ann our cuurh~s) siglllll" lIere 

excbanged Ilith )our captain. Flags toln the herald th1t 

he had permission to board lOU. Then. of COllr"e. }OU 

remember hinl arri, ing on board and reading his pro- 

The Bears. 

clamaticn to the gro\\ling of the hear-. lind then. tile 

finlll IllIming to those IIlto had 1I0t preliOIlSI) been 

initialed to hold themSf'lI I'S in fl'lIdiness on the morroll. 

11011 1I0ndprfui the dll) of the cerelllOIlY turned out 

to he-blue skie:s. a hlue :spa and lhe sun shining. When 

the court anclthe attendants foregalhered at Five Fathom 

Streich the sea hor;oe:s dralling tIll' mother of pearl carriag!'s 

s!'ellled to sense the adlenture and pomp to come. 

nodding their plumes in till' slldl~ and undercurrents. 

Soon it I\as time to depart al1(1 a slead} coursc \las sel 

for \ellfie. Wf' stopped for lunch at an old inn a 

fascinating place resembling an old SlInken galleon I) ing 

on its ~idl'. Hepairillg 011 board )our might) vessel. 

lIis !'IlajeSI) was horrifil'd to find the b:u closed and. 

later. the police reported that there was nol a drop left 

in an} fann} in the ship. This ma} \lell hlll'C been till' 

cllu-.e for sOllie of the rougher tfl'atment h} the hungr) 

an(1 e,{'r thirst} hears during the proceedings. Having 

boarded ~Oll \Ie had our pie\ures takell on the (Iuarter 

{leck. It lias gratif)ing. as Ill' \lalkpd in processioll to 

the point of initiation. to see so man) obliollS first timers 

artlong the goggling throng. 11 I\a" most diffIcult to keep 

Amphilrit!' and her ;"')l1lph. under control with so mall) 

mell about-the poor dl'ars arc nol used to No. lOA 

IOptional Topsl. 1I0llcler. the point of initiatioll Ila._ 

eH'ntuall) reached. lIi~ Maritime Maje-t) was introduc~d 

formaII) to Captain Portlock and thc eeremoll) lias 

officiall) undpTlla}. 

Special order" of the court lIere illlested on Caplain 

Portlock. COllllllander Aldous. Commander Hellnie and 

ConHllalHIf'r Hoherts for seTl ices to the Domain ami it~ 

lo)al suhjects. It has been rumoured in i\hritania 

that some of these most noble orners ha\l~ been mislaid 

or rnisappropriate(1. The order of the Barnacled Shl'll· 

back i., repuled at this leT) monlt'nt to be l}ing in the 

lost properl) office at a place called Waterloo. 

Queen \mphitrite and Chief of Police. 

\fter the official inl!'stiture_ all Ilent Sllillllllingl.\ 

as ~ou mil} Ilcll rememher. There \\as onl' incident

among the man} I\hich I feel is I\orth) of IIlcntion. One 

of the nOI ice~ llliS "beanled" in his hunk and pleldc(l 

fur liJlle to dress before uppearing before the cuurt. 

The policeman in charge uf tllis case was high in spirit. 

ho\\C\er, and brought the Ini~crcal1t to a Ilell deseTlc(1 

justice, 

Before I close. Miranda has prevaile(l upon me to 

send ber regrets for being unuble to attend. Tbe poor 

girl had apparentl) slept in a damp bed II musl warn 

}ou the 1\laritanian Hotels arc ler) careless about airing 

their linen t and caugl1t (Iuite a nast~ chill. 011 lhe 

morning of the ceremon) sbe lIas (Iuite green about the 

gills.

SHIP'S REPRESENTATIVE SOCCER 

15t \1 A~50ciation Football Tram. 

Fleet Champion5 ]955·lIJ56. 

~"'Tl·r. lik~' the other field ~Imrt~. I\as unable to 

t:(ltlle ittlo it~ O\\n until the ~hip'~ arrilal in Malta. 

Ilol'l'ler 011 thc \la} out the "adrllitl" side of thing_ 

I,as e~tabli51H'(t ~o Ihal. at Ihe fir~l opporlunit). the fir~1 

uttd se~ol1d \I's ~ould hc~ottH' e"tablishe(l. 

Itl all there I,ere Oler one hundrl'(l nam~'_ plll 

forll ani h} IJlu)us II 110 \I i~lted to take pari itt Ihe fir~t 

trial-. On arrila1 in Grand [larbour an extl'n~i'e ~I'rie~ 

of gattte~ IIfl" COttlttletleed lalsu inler-part friendlies) to 

Ir} and build a IllIsis for till' ship's team. 

The SIlEFFIEL]) IIa~ in harbour at the little att

Our fir.t match "a~ agaill~t H.J1.S. BIR.\IINGIlA.\1. 

the crui-er lIe ,Iere reliedng. and for it lIe fielded the 

~icle \ icloriou~ Oler SHEFFI ELI) and Aden. We ma{le a 

~IOII ~tart and found our~ehe~ 0·3 dOlln at till' intenal. 

The tcaUl ~et'mcd to find it~ feet in the ~econd half 

and I\(' equali~ed that ~allle half at 3 goals cadi bcforf' 

final]} going d01l1l to a late goal b} ·Brum·. 

1\lal camf' "ith tllO n1lrrOll 'odd goal' IlillS oler 

II.J1.S. CO.\COltl) in matches IIhich IHo\i{led little good 

football. These lIere follolled b} a gre'lt 2-0 \\in oler 

\E\'CASTLE. our ri\al cruiser on the station. to II in the 

Berthon Cup. Cameron scored both goals in a match 

Ilhieh I\a~ a thriller from start to finish for the hug~ 

cro\\d \\!lich gatlwrf'd on TEHROR's grounds. 

This gallie SUII the la,t good displa) b} the team 

\\hich had so far represented the ship. :lllhough three 

mure gamcs Ilere pla}ed beforc the re·shuAle. 

A defeat h) II.M.5. SI1\IBA.'JG b} 0·3. and a drall 

against the Submarine TELEMACIIL·S. Ilere follolled 

b~ another 3 goal neff'at in the Fleet K.O. Cup b} 

SlJIBANG. 

So lIith the passing of 1\la) also I ent the first 

!\E\'/FOL \])LA!\l) team. During this period lIe had 

fill' II ins. one drall and four losses. 23 goals lIen' 

~core{1 agaill~t 22. Goalb'eper Dickson Ila~ replaced b) 

Jlne Ta)lor during this period. Parr) lIas at right bars. \~e progressed unlil once 1l1Ore 

SI1\IBANG spell the end of another period in the team's 

formation. In thi.s game Ill" lost the Rerthon Cup after 

21~ Inonlhs in our pos~es~ion. After leading easil~ lIe 

lo~t a grip 011 the game and finally fini~lwd 4·3 dOlln. 

The next game lIas against 1-1.1\1.5. NEWCASTLE 

and lIe crashe{1 2·5 in a game that marked the colla pSI' of 

another side. 

The oUlstanding period of thi~ lIinning spell Ila~ 

the file gamt'~ around the troUTlcin!!: of VE.\GEAi\CE 

II hen lIt' scored 30 goals against 9. Centre fonlanl 

Pullar scored 5 hal trich in ~ucce~sion I including 5 

again~t VE\GEA\CEj gilillg him a filial tall~ of 10 

game~ ouring Ilhich III' ~

Manila 

\1;t> plaH'd Ihree SocC't'r ~:lIl1e~ ill \Ianila. i\\o 1,1 

ami orn' 2nd Il"am. The b,t \ I opt'ned Ihl" \ i·il \\ ilh 

a gaml" again~t \l1leno de .\Ianila. Ihe Ch:Hllpion~ of Ih: 

I'hilippine,; Collegiate Leai;ue. The match \\a~ pla~ed 

in Ihe fin(' Hirai Stadium befor(' (Iuih' a largl" cro",d 

and Ihe team reall~ hit lop {orrll gi\ ing a fine di,pb~ 

to H'gi~ler a 5·2 ... in. 

Th(' nt'\t game I,a" again.t a EUfUl){'an dub kl1o\\11 

a~ the \omad. and \\3" II 2n

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Iii; EX("~IJl:'n('\ lilt' Brili~h \mha·~ad(Jf·'" I'arl\ 

\EWFOl \1)1.\\1) arri\t'd hack in tile Singapore 

an'a on 5th St'jllt"lI1her. llnd for three \\t'eks the time \H'~ 

~p('111 in \'WT(,j-e.. ammullitionillg

the old lJa.-(lue gamt of Pelota. The "(I' in \,hich it i. 

pla)ed in 'Ianila. "ith ~ome ~ix or more pla)efs taking 

part in p(lir~. Ilhe lo~er~ of a point l»t.>ing rt'placed in 

lurn I. form_ one of tht' dli('f f"rlll" of gambling. 

Tht' official t',('nt~ indudt'll a r(>('t'plion gi,en b) 

II.E. lhe Briti~h \mbauador. at "hich lhe ~hip-s Blueja("kt'l 

Ballli proliclN] Ill(' mu~i(·: thl' Captain la,ing a 

"rt'alh at tht' Toruh of the l nkno"n ~oldit'r; a reception 

~i\en b\ Ihl.' \rmt'd F"r('l'~ of tht' Philippinr~: a dan;:e 

al Iht' \lanita 1I01d: a Band and !)rill di~pla\ on the 

Lunela: a parl\ giH'n 1)\ tlit' \lanila Clull: H.E. the 

'lIlba~"adur·s part~ for Ihe -hip'.. ("ornpan~: a Cocktail 

Part~ on hoard. as "ell a

RUGBY FOOTBALL 

'I'll!' commi""iOll began f1ltllO~1 at the end of tIl(' 

I{uglovr Se3J:'ol1 and the imp:tliellce of the (,l1lhu~ia"lic 

hand of pla~(>r~ Onh(l8rd ",a", I'Xlrl'mf'l~ difficult to conlrol 

un arrh'1l in \18I1a- \\ !leTe lllo~1 -ell-ible I)('op]e ~IOI) 

pb)ing h~ tlir {'lid of r{'hruar~. \\'[' ran thTl'l' triilt~ 011 

the \lar!'8 Pilch. before ~f'Jt'cting a (eam to pial 

"HEFFJELD. \fll'T Iht> goo

III J\orth Borneo ano till' Philippine~ the Fir~t \V 

pla~eo three game~. beating Labuan and :\lanila J\omad~. 

The c10scst galne of the s(>a.;:on \\as at Je~slelon I\hen. 

ill a do\\npour. a scorele~;;. dra\\ rc~ullcd. 

At Hong f.".ong the team traincd for the Fleet 

SeH·n·a·Side~ and a\Oided inter.~hip match,'''. Alas. in 

thl' tournament. all 3 ~elen~ \\ent out in the carl) round". 

Three gOtHl g:lIllf" \\(>rl' pla)cd in Japan. A partl) 

Ki"i tealn Qf sen icemen in "ure scrapctl IlQme tQ \\in 

a grand game. !\t J\agQ~ a a brilliant Japanl'~l' team 

"ho\\ed up all our "eakne_·.e~ and \\on 29 II. Ho"· 

elef at Yokohama the "hip redeemed hef~elf and heat 

the Countn Club 3- -0. 

The Chri~tllla~ period in Ilong Kong produccd II 

lot uf football. B) then Lt. II ughes and Tel. Bosom 

IUHth \\efe u"cful additions to thl' .;:ide. C. L B. A. 

\'\'illiall1~ \I:IS pcrsuaded to pia} once more and produced 

excellent furtn and ;;.lamina. Best matche" "ere ag'linst 

II.I\I.A.S. Al\ZAC I WOl) 1.1 51 and 1L\1.N.Z.S. 

Plf...:Af...:1 tllf' Flect Champioll" -tLo"t 15 51. 

During this period Gale. SllI'rl'.oucl. Turner. I'a)lle 

and De~ Ilt're regular me!llher~of the ILJ\. side. Injuries 

to Sharpe. O'Brien. lIughc~ an(1 Postin ul)"et the team 

huildillg seriou,l) 

Till.' season ended lit Singapore afler Ext'fcisl' 

·'Kelcollle". Defl'ats il) tilt' nell J\EWCASTLE \V 

and the ::th OS. ended a happ). though not brilliant. 

Illlgb~ Foothall Cunllni",ion. 

L ) oung \'\'illialll IHIUJdll'l ,hll1 his gellr. 

II!' I!'ft it ~culling e\er) II here. 

A firr I\J· ~tJrtetl hI a sl1l'JI. 

And \\illiam·, clothing hurnt like hcll. 

THE A.B.C.D. OF NAVAL LIFE 

3. 'oung \\ ilhanl \Ias clinging to the deck. 

Kith lI!itcr lapping roun(l hi~ ned•. 

And then he f('1t all a"ful chump. 

His p:lllt". ~ou see. hatl cboked the pump. 

2. And a~ It-· tried his gear to ~ale. 

The plat·!' Ila~ flooded b) a 'Ia\e. 

So 'Ihile he feehll ;;'\lal11 ahout. 

Th,') tried to I'UI;lP the Ilater out. 

It. sad ahout ~oung TOll) Cru~c. 

II!' lIas an llldul mug. 

He ~hould hal!' knOl\l1 the 1I11} to us!' 

An Indicator Plub. 

The Hat IIUS open to thl' ~!'a 

'\nd hL' 111\';: burird after tea. 

,",011 thi~ i" the talc of a f1'1!011 ('allf'd Joe. 

A good Leading Hand and a smart )oung P.O. 

But although he \\a~ smart he had failed to act[uire 

rhe knoll ledge to quelH.:h an l'1l'elrie fire: 

Wilen a flash l'llll'lopl'd the SI,itchboard one da). 

lie tackled his fire in :l "~eamal1like·· I,a\. 

lie pointcd his hose. shouteo "S"itch un ~Id cock'·. 

And naturaJl} got an "Imperial" shock 

Then an LA. appeared. not ncad} so grl'PIl. 

And Ilcnt tu the fire \\ith a lillIe Pjrene. 

\\!'JI he put it out. hut alack lind ala~: 

He ~ta)cd there too IOllg and \\H ··ou!t'd" b~ ga~. 

lI·ith lIc1mo/f/edplleltts 

- 3L: ~

CEREMONIAL 

including Ihe full Irealmenl Ilf Feu\ dt" joie. \\ere carried 

out. The pande \\a~ 11H!~1 illlpre~-i\e. and a \\0:11 

de--ened r~ult. 

The Ibnd "f F.O.2.F.E.S. 

Hanll) had \\l~ arrilt>(1 in ~illgap"re ror OUT refil 

in I\la>_ ]955. "111'11 \11' trarlll lhal \H~ \\ere to pn)\ide 

1Il'tlidullcnts for the Queen'~ Birlillb) Parade al "uala 

Lumpur and Penall~. a~ \\ell ll~ II gUlIn! of honour ror 

lilt' Engineer in Chief of the Fleel on hi,.: \ i~il 10 the 

Far [n:1 Stalion. 

Training of 80 IIl1:'ll from all deparlmel1l~ :larled 

IIP8('l'. Thai delightful place TEHIlOl{'~ p:uad~ ground 

\\11,. u·ffi "ilh th... ('

the bu~e. "about face" to l.S. unit~. The) Ilere rell1)T([e([ 

h~ the castigation~ deliH'red b~ the l.s. top sergeant· 

tu the men \\ho obe~ed the commands that apparentl) 

came from llollhere! ;\Iost of us llcee equall) alllu~ecl 

b~ the jazz tunes pla~ecl b) the "Cocldams" mas~ed 

hand. 

KOII[oon to take part in the QUI'en's Birthda) Parade 

CclebHltion. TIll' HOI al Marine,' detachment also lan{lerl 

a platoon of 40. B} this time NEWFOUNDLAND 

ceremonial parties had readlCd a ler} high standard of 

drill and appearan

It i~ -aid. Ihal the alllicle{! of mind art' til(' cho.;oen 

llf \lIall. Whell \lIuli diO~t' thi;;; Jot on liere. he moot 

haH' I~kt'n a pin and jabbed al random. 

U \Ilal! had -t"I'!1 "hal ht" ha~ done 10 thi, alread, 

Irlluhlet;lare Ibe) art' 

MARINER, WHYFORE ART THOU? 

for ·fj.II·. \\ hal a fj,,11 i~ ,,"upposed 10 do Idlll a dirt, 

gf{'al lump of 1'\ it «Ilwlling coral i. an) bod}'s husint''''~. 

\mong~t olllCr horrific ohjects "hich stagger hack 

onhoard. 1If{' hango\{"r.. \0\\ a hango\er is !l'Omething 

10 ~ grealh r~pt'Cled. piullpered and soolhed. Elen 

to the e'(lenl of gelling !Ozzled again. \\hich onl) lead_ 

to biggt'r and 1)('lIrr hango\t'r~. Thi-. in facl. could Irat! 

tv a \ iciou~ cirelt'. an(l ~ornrtime. does. 

From hango\t'r~ \\{' go 10 \\ork. .:'Ie\t'r. in ~o long 

a time. ha~ ~o little I)('("n done b\ ~o mam. Thi. effort 

i~ acromlmnied h~ loud noi..e. ~hout;s. scr~anls of terror 

or rage. figure_ da.hing about the upper deck. fi{!:hting 

ou'r ,,11 0 .!'hould pul thl" poli~h Oil and \\ho \\a~ going 

to tak~ il off. The outcome being. both 1,.'011011 ",a."le 

and melal 1)()li~h going Olt'r the side. and a quaint 

indi\idual \\ith a 11l\~tic ~\ll1bol on hi.;: arm. \\ho lIIuller~ 

to him~t'lf ahoul grUing hi~ \\haler ·dol1r·. 

~omelim.. ~ \\e cOllle inlo harbour. Thi. operation 

ha. all Ihr gellt'ral clJao~ of Ihe aforemenlioned plu~ 

a dozen ;>creaming hotlie. langled up. and ~ing /lIaulrd 

b~ hil~ of \\ire. \\e drar up dl'Ck;s after\\ard~. Who 

\\allt~ bil~ of arlllq and I('g~ Roaling around? .:'lot 10 

mention II{'a{k \ll"'~\ IlU~ine•• reall~-all that grea>;(' 

on the "ire. 

Theil \\t' ha\t' Iht' ~illgt'r~. I hale nOlhing agaiT1~1 

in gent·ral. hut. \\ hen a gin >'

RIFLE SHOOTING 

The Ship's Hille Team has cnlerc(1 man} cOfnpeti. 

lions and has achie\cd success on a large number of 

occasions. Here arc 50rne of the details:- 

AI Singapore 

In August. 1955. the month!) lI11'cling at Bukil Tilllah 

II1IS \\0/1 h} Lea(ling Telegraphist l'idgeoll. 

Shipt. Baulf and L/Tel. Pidgeon "ere respeclilel) 

3nl and 5th ill the Seniees 16. alHI reSpecli\l'l) 7th and 

9th in the Go\ernor'~ (Open I 20. 

During the \\eekl) Open l\leetings. held at Kai Tak. 

s-ix 5iher Spoons I'ere collected jointl} b~ Shipt. Ihulf. 

LITe!. Pidgeon and L Sea. 1I01i0me. 

At the 1955 Bukil Timah Inler Sen ices Meeting 

lind Open Meeting the Sen ice Team \,inners IIcre:- 

Shipt. Banlf. L, Tel. Pi{lgcotl. E. A. Waighl and 

L/Sea. lIoliome. 

The 600 )

THE GREATEST SINGLE FACTOR-AN ABLE SEAMAN 

Lu('L. IItl~ 'pt'1l1 !l Jot of lim!.'. and 5ho"l1 lol~ of 

(lIthu-ia-lll. in ('llIl(luClin!\ the Blue heLl'l Bam!. lit' 

_larlt-d hi_ rnu-kal ("art'l'r IJla\ ing. the CUTI1t>! in a :'.aha· 

li"n \rn\\ Ballll and tOIl1('_ from a \en lIlu-ical famih. 

\hluouph hf' j. ,.nl\ 21. Ill' ha~ ~1Jt'l1ll1:! \('ar~ al R.\.B. 

II 1111." Blut' Jada'! Hand. and. in fad. 113~ -=-11 (Iuh in 

TII[c'El .... hdnr(' ht' juint'd \E\\rOl \IlL\\!) in 

F I'man. 195.>. 

lit" [..anll lh,' EuphuniulII during hi- fir-! -.,ell al 

H.\.B. and all hi- ("ondUtling -ana "enllo TI1DEl~ 

"Iwn' 110" ", ..rl..,'tTa·iull al the Briti~h \Iililan 

1I...pitat in :-'ingsl)(lrr. The, 110\\ h:He a rel)('rtoire uf 

.')o.hu\\ tl'(·tion•. 

Th!"\ hnl(' Ih('ir u\\n me.,. produced ~occer and 

IhKl1'1 t!"3m•. and llroadtn'l 11 COIllNh lurn on tip 

:-'.H.E. B..fur(' CE\T \l B tame oul tin" l\l'rt' till" 01111 

Blur Jad.e1 Bnnd in tl,l' Far Eo~1. 

... 

Lud, "ill hI' going uut-ide fairl~ ~oon allli hopt'._ 

t" juin a Inurin!-\" Ilr",.· Bond" lJich ,;:!lould pro\ ine good 

pro-]Il'd. fllr n Euphonium pla}er. It "ill lake him 

around Iht' ·t'a·.id.. rt·.(lrl~ until tIll' 0:1\ Ilhell he hope. 

I" ha\t' hi~ OIl n bond. 

\. B. JOII\ 1..00..

THE COMMISSION STORY - HONG KONG 

Vidoria l'eal-lIon@: ,,"ollg. 

BehH'ell ,111 Orlol)('T and 161h \oH'ml>er the "hip 

remained in or around lIonp; ,,"ong. Training for Ihe 

forthcoming regalia Tt'sc!wd il~ IX"\.; both in Ihe harbour 

and in \Iirs and Junk H:l\~. 1'''0 \\l'l'b of ~(JOrting 

acti\ ill colminalinp, in thl.' FIt"t"1 HrJ;lItta ('nilI'd on 10th 

'\U\{'mlx.-T. \EWFOl \nL\\[)"~ ~ucct"··e~ in all the 

Fled :"porling C\lml)('liliun~. ('xct'pl the HUl!,b~ Se\en·a· 

Side. ar(' de~cribed on olhrT pag"~, The Fll'l'l Hega1l1 

at Junk Ba~. in llhich tlU' ~hip "nn Ihe 5th C5. Cock. 

Ila~ all arlicle 10 il-rlf. 

The cnd IIf Oelohrr rllu~(·d ('oIJ_j{lerable panic for 

lI1an~ or tIll' ship\ CO!ll!lllll'. Sf'l! 11111il for Chri_lma, 

(Ie!i\(-n e10sNI UI1 Illr ;'11_1. \lalll hour" and {Iollar" 

hcre Sp{"111 aslum:' lill prl'

Jenrl\'" ~id(' Pllrl~ HlIng ""111'- 

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REGATTAS 

The 1955 Far ~:ll.t Vb-l Hcgatta" 'H'rl' held in Junl... 

B:\\ t HUllg "onK' 'HI tIl(' /-lth. 9th lItHl IOlh J\OH'rnhl'r. 

1n tIlt· Pulling HrgaUll thrl.'e PI rnl. IH'rr ('onh·,led. 

nal11eh tht ~mall ~hip'. 51h C.~. and 1"1('("\ Hegaua,.. 

\ fre·11 hrttze made tll(' going far from ~mooth on th:" 

dal of Ihe Fleet J:1",:atta. and .tarting "a" parlicuJar!. 

diflicull. 

\E:" FOt \1)1.\\1) "on the 5lh C.:". Cocl... from 

\E\1; C bTLE and "a· .{'('ond to lht :lrd Frigatl" 

SljlWOrOn for thl' r!I't'! CUI-k, The Gunwolll l'U"" pulll'd 

a IwautifuJ race 10 IW1I1 nil otller Olrl('l'r'" erell" alHIl'f"t 

the ol,ler mertlorit~ ~

CRICKET 

betl\ef'n the dizz) heights of lofted clriles to all parI' 

of the boulHlar) HIH!the nadir of the ignominious "snick" 

to Ihe keeper off hi!' first Lall il\hich had bounced t"iee 

3n)l\a)I. 

Pell) O!lieer Caherle~ (til(' G.l.l lIas a sla!lIarl of 

the "All rounder" di,ision. His six fool Ihree inches 

ensured that his bOlding merited respect. I,hilst !lashing 

cOler t!ri,es II ere the predominating fealure of his balling 

IIhen hcsta)ed. 

1st '\1 Crickct Team. 

On arrilal at 5illgapor~ the nickeling fraternit) 

I,a~ natunll) agog to rush forth and trample on p3.sturc5 

ne". This the) did. in tile course of time. I,ith duvious 

results. The first thing I,as olJ\iousl) intensile ncts 

practice. All talxed 3.bout it and some. in a fit of 

hra,ado. actuall) did it. 

A rnal

THE COMMISSION STORY-KOREA AND JAPAN 

On 161h '\o\ember the ~hip left lIollg "'ong for 

the long B\'Iailed cruio.e 10 ,,"OTt'a and Japan. Thai 

morning "ill I~ long rememhered 1)\ ,h(" ~hip'~ Comm8lldtr. 

It \\3~ the dB\ of thE' Big ~m(lkl"! 

The Jla~·agl' through thl" ~lrail of Formo-" \\8_ made 

at a high dl'gree of readinl'~". 

On SUl1da~ morning. 20th \oH·ml)('T. thl' ship an· 

dwred ofT lhl' harren isle of Paeng\ ononl[uer boredom ami 

lht' di~eornfort" of a l\orr3n \\intt·r. for lhp on I) tim/" 

lhi" t'omrl1i~_ion rn("I11I)1"ro of Ihr .!'hip'" COrnpan) sa .... ic(' 

and "Irpl in lemperalure- bdo" uro in mud "'ailed huls 

011 251h \o\t"mber \E\\FOt \DL\\D pa•...cl! 

lllT(lu~h the narro.... Sirail of :;illlono~eki inlo Ihl' be3utiful 

Jallarl('-e Inland Sea. That pa~~ag(" rnu.1 be remembered 

a. (llIe uf tht out~landing /,,"IK"rience~ of 111(' commi""ion. 

It ua~ likt tlliering anolher "'orld full (If "onder and 

I)("aul\ and _Irange thing.. TII(' fadinf: autumn ~Iaple 

It'a\£,_ on tht" ~Ioping hill~ contra.lrd "'ilh the dark grern 

of Japant""f' @:arden•. Iree~ and \ ilia roof lop.. Acre, 

of fat'lun ('hinme\· in lht di~lan('e IwraldNllhe \a!tnl'l" 

(If th(' nl' .... indu·lrial Japan. Till darkll"~· f('11 e\enonr 

lifT uatdl ~la\td on Ihe UPllt"r dt"(k 10 "f'l' the ~hip'" 

I'llirall'/" intn Ih/" delightful Japalll'~1' ",atrr". 

\('\l da~ \E\YFOl \IJL\\I) nrriled along~ille al 

]0.,. urI'. For ·(lllle. ]o.,.ur(' i~ JaplIn. for ollwr- il i,. Ih(' I'lltl

,. 

1I.,1\{'\('r. Ihi~ ~tlIl1ll d()(.'klanl 10"11 offers till.' dl('apr-l 

'rah"jl~' 011 thr FlIr Ell~1 Station. \Iucll motu'\ WI~ 

_1)('111 in ,",Uf('. • 

Tlu- JlIp:ull'-r hull" llllln, (·u_tom_ \,hich irnile till' 

Ij.ilor·... lIfJPrfllol. "all\ of the ...hip·s compan) approled 

of tlwir hoi hath- a11l1 of ,II(' grnllf' 1'I1lIrrn of the Japam"r 

peuplt·. It i ... uniH'r"'lIlh Il~knu\d('dged that their lad)" 

f"lk 111'(' Ul1U"'U9.11\ fu ...einaling. II \\11 ... good to Sf'!' Ihr 

[r.lclition!11 t\inUIUO till! >el complete!) di...carded for the 

\\(''''l('rll -Illt' of (l'IIlU]" I:prh. KUrI- po....e....('.... ill 

fl!1I1111\1Il I,ith ("Cf) JlIplll1r...l·lo\\1l 1111(1 ,ilhgE'. II variel) 

of 1,1('(1"'[\111 inn all "illl lllllplt· fooll and {lrink. Each 

inn pro,iell·... it 0\\1\ 1l11lich hnx "hirh acld" numher... 

and illlen'-t fnr th[' st·'Prnl cnlleclor~ un board. 

'I'll prulidl' a ,'Olllll1!'nlan un ,,"urI' ~el~ Ihl' Ilrill'r 

matn prohlt"m~. Tht"rt" art" malll ~ide~ Iu Ihe h.un· 

,t"TI I\hidl pr,,\idl' Irl'l11t'll(lou~ lucal il1lcre~t. Yet lu 

tllf' rl':I(Il'r al hulUl' in Engllllld ,uel! dl't'Jil_ mu,t he-com? 

illtl'n~l'h boring. Th,> $all\t" app1ie~ 10 \lIj!:(J~ a and 

) "l..uhamJ. I10\1l'\l'r. Illf'rl' "l'rl' ~e-H'ral phc!'" of not 

,lhl.. inll'Tf".1 10 _,'e, ~u('h a~ lIiro.himll and \lillljirna. 

Buill Ih('~1' II"rld fllm"u~ placl'~ lie \\ilhin ea~1 reaclt 

"f h.Uff', \lanl ml'mll!"r~ of Iht" ~Ilill'~ ('Olllf/lln\ looL. 

,,,hMll11p:" of th(' Irlln~port faeililie~ to IraH·1 to IJIlI" 

'rlhroulhl'r. 

B,for!'" th" "'U lIiro-hima "a, Ihl' ~l'\l'nlh larj;l'.t 

In lallall. It Ilael a pupulalion uf j.(Xl.OOO, In 

I II 

\U~U'I 191.'; lhl' fir'l atomi(' homb ('umplt"ll"l~ de~troH'11 

Tllhinll- \lilhin a 11.., mill" r3diu~, 36 r ; of thl" ('ill'- 

populUlion h('('lIllll' ('a~ualtie~ of "hom i::tOOO "erl" fUlal 

ul th(' lilllt'. O,er 6.(JOO hOll1e~ "ere \lreckl'd lellling 

mert'll II', hahilabll', The Iliro~hima ,\·BOlnh \la_ 

tilt' fir_I 10 lit' u....d in modern "arfare. It "a~ a mere 

h(1l)(' l'ulIlpllrl'd \lith IIIf' mudern .\ucl!'ar "eapon~. 

"'Ilip·~ ("omp:UlI I i~ilor~ to Iliro,llima e"peeting 10 ~;"{" 

a delll.lal('11 ('ill \It're di,appointed. Within a fell 

ur Ihf" 'drup' ~UTI il ing ('itizen. ,Iarled rehuilding 

month~ 

Iheir h"ml"~. The popul9tiun increa~ed b~ 50,000 a lear. 

and, al tIl(" prl"-.("nl limE' nE'arh 500.000 pt" oRi"f"". hu~ "Iation~. Ilark- and 

aHllU('- lodal lake Ihe I,lace (If the former de~truction. 

On 1"(1 ahl'rnooll-. \lhilt' al .... ure. hoat trip- "erl" 

rlln 10 Ihl' !lull I_land of \lhajima. This tree-co\l'rl"ll 

i~land i~ noll'd inl!'rnalionalh fur il;< magnificent ..cenl"T\ 

and il~ "8f'Ted Shinlo ~hrint', In the temple ,i..ilor 

IllOII~and, uf ri('? bo'" I,;. '" hil-h Ilere oncl' IIII' ofTl"ring~ 

~a\l 

10 Iht' Cod~ In Japanese ~T\ i('rmell prior 10 going i1110 

action. In Ihi, place the famou~ suicillc pilOI- Ih~ 

I\amskazf" 11l:Jdt' IllI"ir final pilgrimage, 

J)"~]Jite the (Ii~lraclion~ of h.ure Ihe ~hi]J's "ork 

Ilfnl on a. Il~U:J1. \ full ~all' painling program lilt" \la_ 

cotll]JIl"l('11 (Il'~pill' 111(' l1l"a\1 raill~ \\hich pre~ented the 

Commllnd...r ",ilh ,('Ieral headache:". 

Oll 21)lh \v\t'J1Iher a bright n("" ship 5aill"d out of 

h.un· hound ror \ago)lI. On pll~~age, cloud) lIet \leather 

(':luorcl an onli,oirerl1fl exercist· 10 be cancell!'d. After 

rough ~l'[h dt,IUIl'd Iwr arrilsi. I\EWFOL \DLAI\D 

~"eurrd l\1"tlg~id,' III I\ll~(J)a on lsi Dtcembcr. Thi~ i~ 

(Jilt' ur .IUP:Jll ~ Illrg.'~t citil'~ and. pt'rhap5. the ('ountr)'~ 

higgt,.t ill(lu~trilll cetllre, At thi~ time the lltl11o~phcTt, of 

Chri~tma~ \lU' at lnrgl'. Ga) ~hop II indo\\5. colourful 

10

illuminalion.. and mammoth ballu(,n- IleH' ell,'nllhere 

in elidence. .:'horegoing lIa.. generalh limited 10 Ihe 

harbour area. Thic. perhap". lIac under"landable oIling 

to lhe -.t'len·rnile ride into 101ln. lIolleH'r. organi~d 

bu~ trip~ took "('Ieral ..ighhec-ing Jlartie~ round lhe cil~. 

Vi_il" lIere paid to the nell Ideli..ion 10ller and th: 

\orilake l'Oller) 1I0rh. 

~ollle liawn lIith lhe Lnited :'itale.. \ir Forct'. \\ho~ 

II.Q. i" out.. ide the cit). tooL plaef'. \nglo. \meriean 

rl,'lalion_hip" lIere con~ider3bl~ ..Irengthened during the 

~hip'", sta~ al \ago)a. \~ in "'ure. \nglo.Japane..e 

relalionehipc cllO\\ed 110 signc of deterioralion. Partl~ 

dul" 10 Ihe tremendous popularit~ of tile \EWFOl '\0· 

LA \I) sailor in \ago)a ,tOOO li~ilor~ tame on board 

before Ihe ship sailed for YoLohama. 

i'l!t l{'lIet of the mllll) jO)S of bring in Japall \l1I~ 

till' tOol. crisp \leather. After fil(' months in the 

Efllllltorilli heat of Singapore no one cOlllplained of 

freling chill} in the 'fifties' at i\llg0)II. 

Betln'en the 61h lind 12th December til(' "hip \isiled 

her final Japane;;e port. \ okollllllill. thr gate\\a) 10 Tok)o 

l"enll mill'~ 8118). presented a number of na\ igational 

problem!! for tlH' Bridgl,'. \Ian) felt si:l: d8)" in 

\ oLohama rather long. ,,"ure and \agO\a had exll1u",led 

Ihe finam.'e_ and energie!! of rno.-;t of the .!'hi"·,, compan) . 

It "'a!' a hlank "'eeL too. On Ihe \\hole. in \ okohama. 

'quiel runc' ",ere Ihe order of lhe ds). .\e\t'rlhde-~ 

relation_ '" ith the \meriC!ln" and Ihe Japane~ conlinuoo 

a"he-fore. 

E:l

all' one Ilould relurn to Japan in \E\X FOL \DLA \0. 

Tl;e Ihick misl shrouding the harbour lifled as the ship 

procf'eded dOlI n the coast rc\ ealing a glorious glimpse 

of ~nollcapped Fuji)ama. That magnificent peak (li~· 

pla~ eO. her heaut) as if to share in Jap:Jn's farellell to 

a ler~ succe~sf ul cruise, 

Replf'nishmenl and Gunner) exercise~ 1\ ith CO:;· 

." \CK and CONSOHT took place earl) on passage hack 

to Hong Kong. TIll' enginerootll departmenl conducted 

the ~hip-s quarterl~ full PO\\er Irials. TI\o da~s before 

arrilal in Hong Kong the Ileather deterioraled. A beam· 

Oll slll'll ~ma~hed Ihe slarbo:ud 10ller boom. 'If Gundeck 

ladder and the starhoard reel on Ihe Forceastlf' Ilere torn 

. TIl(' 11('alher and he!!l) seas continued throughout 

the pa~sage of Ihe Formosa Strait. A deslrucli,e roll 

of 23 degrees occurred during Ihe dinner hour of 16th 

Decemher. Mess-traps in all paris of ship sullered con· 

siderabl). Aparl from one unidentified aircraft 

Ihoughl 10 he an American "eat her plane-noilling 

unusual caused anxiel) to the men dosed up al A.A. 

defence slations. 

B, 1130 on Ihe 171h Decemher. 1\E\VFOLNDLAND 

had se~ured alongside North Arm in Hong Kong. Here 

Ihe ship \\!!S to spend the next six Ileeks including 

Chrislnll's and Ihe 1\ell Year. A ler) pleasant prospect! 

WHAT IS A SAILOR? 

Of all Ihe lIorld's (!I,ellers. a sailor is. perhaps the 

mosl II ideh discussrd and leasl understood character 

of IlwlIl all. lie is OIH' of uniform classification and 

appe!!rance. )cl pos~es.~es an unique indil'idual opinion 

of hi-. ol'n. He i. ruled b) regular edilions of Q.lt's 

and A.I.'s ::tnd Ihe stall' of "Baron~" onboard. 

A sailor can be of anI colour or creed. Yet he 

oh~ene~ the same allilude of being. in lurn. a profound 

lalller. a c~nical pessimist. a bU7.~-sIJreading oIJlimist. 

and the ,iclim of countles~ "Grecn Hubs'" 

He call be found in. oul of. around. bt>nealh. on 

lop of and sll:lfllling upon ships of e,er~ shape and 

~ize abo\e or helol' lhe sea. Yet his appearancf' neler 

dlllnge.~. 1I0r doe' hi. face porlra) an) appreciation of 

hi~ Ilorth) ta.k~. 

Ilf' has mone) in,esled ill sllares lIith handles on. 

Ilf' ha~ an amazillg capacil) for con!'uming liqui{ls. and 

has a cast·iron digf'stion lIhich consume" slrange 

"Oggies" and "Pusser's Banger...· 

A ~ailor I,ill drip el er) momenl of the da). and 

tl,ice a" badl) afll'r "lp Spirits." lIe talks of some 

-lrange '·D07.l'n" that is the bane of his life. meanl,hilt> 

lenting his lIralh upon the "Buller" or Killick"· depend· 

ing 011 I\hich onl' happf'n!' to he farlhesl alia) al tIle 

time. 

Ashore a sailor is a paragon of good manners and 

,irlue. He is social and gl'nial. He lIill sing (Iubiou" 

dillies at the lop of his \oice. reeling like a storm·tossed 

tug. He makes mental notes of the pints he's drunk. 

old ladies I\ho drink "Serump)" IIn(1 of his he~t darts 

"core to relate during breakfast next da~. llluch 10 the 

all'e of his lisleners. 

\ sailor di~likes pusser boots. hats. lan)llrds. 

lIa~hing o\eralls. and hlankels. efficient) lesls. pa) books. 

.lalion cards. inspections. lI1ess bills. Ilake),"ake). kitlI1u."II·r_. 

Cru.her'. and returning from lea'e. 

Ill' likes leT) much the Hum Call. uckers. quarter!) 

senlements. lurid books. Resene Fleet Drafts. long lea\es. 

mail. make and mends. and the girl he dreams of up 

Iheline. 

G.I.'s. find him maddening. Ilis in terprelat ion of 

"Hig of the Da)" call resemhle last week's wash. "hiisl 

his apparenll) accidental fOOl-prints across the Ilhileness 

of Ihe Quarterdeck can brillg grC) hairs to a raving 

Buller. A sailor is civilil) "ith a shahb) hal.tall)_ 

induSlr) in the hilge!'. studiousness with a {leek dOlh. 

trulh Ililh fourteen (la)s stoppage. iniliatile Ililh a 

chipping.hammer and llUlllour Ilith a N.A.A.F.1. pie. 

There is NOi'lE so lo)al and true to his girl friend 

or wonderful "ife. for I' hom he II ill sa\e and behave. 

He is an accomplished seller. mender. dish washer. cook 

and sen cr. lie is a connoisseur of all wines. heers and 

spirils frOIll Scapa Flo\\ to Freelol,n and Granada to 

Hong Kong. lie knOll s Ihe name of e\ef) har maid 

in e\er) pub in ('\'err port he has been to. I,hilst his 

recolleclion of the exact locatioll of Ihese houses is truh 

bellildering. His locker consists of heer lahels. ]lusser's 

)arn. marlin spikes. photographs (some e\en proper!) 

attirl'dl. hars of soap. tickler tins alld nOlhing hand~. 

lie rdies 011 hi~ oppos' sClise of comradeship in horro\\· 

ing coll!lr~. silks. and shoes to get ashore. but ne\er 

seems 10 rememher from whom the) I,ere horrolled. 

He is a suhtle comhinalion of applied indifference ami 

parliotic concern. 

Yel. \\ho can den) thai it lias a filling gesturf' that 

men of his Oll n service Iransporled the late King 011 

his last journer? Thf're were man) proud hearts and 

lIilling han{ls Ihat did, You see. a sailor. despite hi~ 

faulL_. 1I0uid he the first lola) JOlin his life for hoth 

Iho.e Ilho lo\e him and those ,,110 dislike him. 

i\cxl time )OU sec a sailor ashore. think of him 

as a human heing. then he will resped )ou. And relllemher 

.... I\II\E'S A PINT! 

- 51

to c1imh inlo Ihe mountain- Ilhith hI !Jellle-en u" and 

.\Iount Fuji. \i' the climh l}('ellll1e -t~per so the road 

doubled bad, and forth in mure and more tortured loop~. 

until. a fr\\ hundn'lI ffi't from Iht' pa_~ il gale up the 

~truggle altogelhu and droH> through a tunnel to the 

olher l'ide. 

TllU. it Ila. that .Ie came Ul.lOn Ihe mountain 

~uddenl~_ "itllOul al1\ \\srning or preparation before· 

hand. The effec:1 \\a. breath.taking. The bu_ SlOpped 

for len minute~_ or ,,0. 10 rtto\er from the long climb 

alld 10 ghe the pa--.e'l1ger~ lime to _land and admire. 

\\e \lere aboul file Ihou~and f~1 up. and be~olld a 

lake ~ome 1\'0 or thr~ Ihou~and feel belo\\, Fuji ro.;r 

10 o\er I\\ehe thou-and feel. The inUTlen-.e' 5Cnse of 

deplh and spaC1' ami Ih£' h£'autiful "') mrnelr~ of Ihe SIlO\l, 

capped lM"ak \ll.'re Irul~ a\\e.ill_piring. One felt no 

\\on

THE GREATEST SINGLE FACTOR - A SEAMAN 

Jim O'Colllldl \\CIII to -I'll "hen he \\IIS {ourle'en 

"ith the fisherman up in his naliH~ Lancashirl' at 

He)sham. TIl(' Skipper of his falourile boat IlllS ex. 

B.~. amI told such \\onderfull~ fascinating tales of the 

sea Ihat. at 15. Jim '\I'nl South to join GAi\GES. He 

\er~ IwarJ) [urnI'd Lack "hen he lost a night's !!'leep 

in Li,erpool listening 10 some sailors ha, jug II lillb 

celebration 011 the /loor helo\\! Hi;;. outlook has sinc:cchangt'd! 

Perhaps hi~ most interesting COlllmission lIas in the 

1\11'0. in i\IAGPIE. in 1950. Ilhell he IHtS Captain's 

Coxs\\ain to the Duke of £(Iinburgh. and SIlII a good 

deal of Queen Elizahelh \\ hen ~he II as Princess. and 

Princess i\largarel. On Their Hopi Highness's trip to 

Gn'eel'. Ihe Princess Elizabeth transferred. afler a rough 

passage in SlHPItISE. to "'1AGPIF; to make the passage 

in her husband's ship Ihrough till" famous Corinth Canal. 

lie 1\enl Ihen 10 the Besene Fleel and next up 10 

Gareloch in BEi\ NEVIS Ilhich had a particular!) ol{1 

and bold crell. lie still remembers the stories of an 

Able Sellman age{1 42. 

;) 

, 

In 1954. he Ilent to Earl~ Court in the PorlSllloulh 

COJllmand Field GUIl"S Crell-L Seaman Jaeobs lIas the 

Bugler :lIld haling completed his "Two's" course C:II11C 

10 i\[\VFOlTNDLAND in Februaf). 1955. 

lie was marnc

FUJIYAMA 

It often seems that places all(1 things are nol "hal 

the\ are a(hertised 10 be. Bangkok is cle

THE BLUEJACKET BAND 

TIlt" 11.111,1 "8_ form..,1 at tht' h"(t"innin::; of lhl.' 

l"mrni..j"n and .[ull"d training 1()~l'lllI'r almo·[ iIlHlll'" 

dialth. Lieutenant Commander Tt'1I1111t' lind \bll.' 51.'8 

nll11 LOll \One rl"pon-ihlr lor I..nilling Ihl.' hand lo~l'tlJ{'r 

IIncllraininJ!: them. \. B. Lock. "hoS{' \I.'r"tllill' mu-ieal 

tul.-nl" (·noJoIl.'d him 10 fill 'f'\l'rlll IlhH:(,~ in Ihe hand. 

h9.. hN-1i ,Iwir m8in518\ Ihrou~houl. III thl.' lime Band 

:'ie-rgranl E\an~ arriH·d tlut frum IIII' It.,!' School 

.)f \lu.ir. BellI. hI' found lhal hI.' had a 11'r\ u-efullillb 

halld 1Iln'ulh and he llrompth ~lltrll'd to ~i\ l' thl'lll llll' 

hl'ndil uf hi~ proft'.~ioIl81 IrlliJ1in~, 

\ptHl fwltl lhe u~ual ICdhill/o( Iruuf,le~ Ihut be':'t 

,'I,'rI 1

\~ i~ ll~UIII in shiplmllrd life ler~ little opporlunit} 

t'luue ruund for ,nuch ~eriuu~ "ork 10 be dune ill this 

!it'I{! of "'porI. There \\lIS 1l\)lle\er one e'\ceptionnamel}. 

the 1955 re·fit period in Singapure ,,!lich gll'e 

a three mOllth stretl"h "ith the ShifJ's Compan) accom· 

modated ashure. The sl,aciulls pla}ing fields of H,.\1.S. 

TEHHOH complf'tl'd tllf' rf'(luirl'ments alld it "a~ thercfore 

pos~ihlc 10 hllid all Inlf'r·l-'arl Alhletics \Ittlillt!. ill JUllC. 

Thi" meeling prolt'd to be the 1lI0~t suecc~"ful ··ship·s 

I:~i':~:el~~::;';:~:~I:l:l; fi:,~;I~I~~;n;~:~I~;I~.~l 1:,~1(11 ,~:s ahlr~~:~: 

of "nme harrltrllilling Iwforellllnd-\er) creditable pre· 

ATHLETICS 

I.. \1. ~:. WILLI'II'" ICllding in til{' 3 mill'S rac!' 

f"rmarrces. The Top Dilisi"n \\Oll lbe ehampion~hip llrHI 

lIas gl"eatl~ inclebte{1 in doing so 10 P.O. Broa{h'11\ for 

his coaehing in the trllek elents. and LSI 1'.'1'.1.1 Dulton. 

fur efforl~ in the "fi"ld" si{lc of lhing". 

t\~ a re"ult of lhe Illl"cting. the ship·s Athletic team 

elII'll' into lwing and participated in the H.\, Chllr"l'iun. 

~hillS in Jul}. but "cre beatcn into 2nd. phl{;f' h) 11.\.A.S. 

SEl\1 BA Wt\ \C II hose sueCbS cmphasi"ed !ll{' Iloint 

Ihal one rNluires long an{1 diligenl Iraininl\" to achielC 

Ihe Iw~t in IIthktic". 

Follu"ing on lhe H.\. Challlpiunshivs ullne lire 

[nll"r·St'nice~ ,neeling-a grelll and f'Xlf'rhile affair 

IIhich \\a" Iwld al TEHBOH. We 111111 reprf'~enlalile~ 

in till' H.\. Team for bolh trad. and field ('If'nb but 

could nol match lhe Arnn for perforrnallces. The) ran 

!II' II) Ililh the mf'l'ting. lilf'Tall} if lUU like. "hilst lIe 

'It're onll frllciionaJl) IIstf'rn of lhe ItA.F. in 3rd. plact'. 

One IIl1} tire other. it secm" thai Ihe Far Ea,_t 

i" not the plate the lIorid fur Alhlclie~ an{1. e\cepl 

ill ~illgular inslarK'CS. European,. cannol '>'\Ill'('t tu mal,;,> 

light of the climate a~ lhe local~ do. 

M. (E) PERRY & CHARLIE 

1\1.1F.1 Perr} houghl Charlie during the long Befil 

II ht'n the Illo"ke) ""~ (111) one morrIll old and no\\. 

tOllllrd" Ihe end of lhl' Coml1li~~ion. l,c hao gro"n to 

II, ice lri~ original size arHI is 111'11 kno\\ n 0'1 bOill"{! lind 

in til(' Fll'e!. 

THE GHE\TEST SI\GU: F\CTOH 

Engineering \!t'dla"ir Pf'TrI and Charlie 

His H!Jl'etile klHJI'~ 110 [,\l\lt\d~. He adon·~ tumato 

~au('e. linned milk lind an} Ihing slleel arl{1 "ill rt'auil} 

hllll' a go at an}thrng from an ear to a ra" cahbagc. 

But. perIJap,. he is I){'~t knOlln lor hi" lo,e of alcohol 

Hurrr. luckil). is olle of his falourilf'!' but he II ill drinl" 

all)thillg"Ctbcforehilll-OUcofhisfllluuritelril'hl.H>ing 

to I!0 round all the gla,,~f's al hi~ Illa~lef·~ tahle al II){'

China Fltel Club lUling ~iJlIK'r.. unlil he lo~~ conlrol 

and dlarg~ round knockinf!; them off! Ill' has al~ been 

I.no"n 10 enjo) a bollie of ink! 

Ill' is ,-0 attached to )1.1[1 I'ern thai he Ilill 

nol ~ttep ",ilh an~one e1-.e! \nd "hen a' ,\[WC-\5TLE 

man 1001. him horne one ni~ht. he -creamed anll 

~rt·al11~-d. and elenlualh ~pent the nighl in cells and 

('ame hacL. adrift ne:d rnornin~. 

He prefers chI''' ing loba("('o 10 ~1l1tlking. and' has 

1111111' lillie IricKg "hich delighl ..,enone el;cejlt Ih".... 

IIII'I afft'ightel'll 1111)11111_ jungle ba_hing. and 

a"

THE COMMISSION STORY -HONG KONG-CHRISTMAS 1955 

For nUIII} on Loard this \\1IS to be the first 

Christlnas a\\l\\ fr(llll home. If the merriest of Festi,e 

Seasolls must I;e "pent Ol"erseas. then. "here better than 

in Hungkong? U.K. mail arri,"ed {Iuickl~ and often. 

People lit home had heeded the "arning \0 post leI"} 

earl} for Christmas deli\er}. Cunse(IUentlj lIll lIllIple 

suppl} of cards "liS availahle for decorating e,er} 

me~s (Ia:-k. 

Carol sillgers from Tl\MAR HIl{1 51. John's C~thedral 

ClIttie on hoard and helped create the Christmas spirit 

carl) in the \\eek. The ship's Carol choir of 30 'oices 

sang round the harbour in a MY.V. ALI) It:d b) Ll. 

Temple lhe} had a bus) "eek singing 10 patients ill the 

l\avat Hospital. at the Mi!'Sioll \0 Seamen and on hoard 

the ship. [n addition the choir "as in\ilcd to makc 

rc(:urde(1 hroadcasts for Re(liffusion and Banio llong. 

kong. An official of the laller station came on hoard 

to record the eornmenlar) roulld the shill. Ibdio HOllg. 

kong aimen to present O\er the air a picture of tile 

ship on Christmas morning. Thougll rC('''nleJ in lhe 

lIIe~sc~ some da)s pre\iousl) lisleners Ilere delighted to 

hear the Captain. A. B. Sam Burton. c.P.O. 't oung and 

other,,; speaking in aver) festile setting. 

Long \Veek End leale "115 taken V) mlln) of the 

ship's compall). NClcrlheless. j\EWFOLNDLANU cele· 

hrated Chrislmas Da) in all the old traditiollal st)le. 

While Chinese fire·crackers on the jell) greetenmiclnight 

a crv" tied chapel attennen thl' first 1-1(1) ComlllUTlion of 

the Natil·it). J\lan) oAicers and libert)lIIen lIent to local 

churches for Midnight Mass. 011 Christmas morning the 

S.B.L broadcast t\\O periods of "Becord Hequesl$ and 

Greetings from home:' As the Padre. IIho produces this 

programme. had more important commitments through. 

out ChristlllllS forenoon he tape rec

For('(':'lI_lll" -lIIokl"r in thl" China Flt"t"t Cluh 

c.P.O:~ allli P.O:~ Dancl.". Cllina Fil"('l Cluh 

Children's Part} I'll" gi\l'I1. .-\.~ in ) okol131113 thl" lillie 

European gue--l.~ "b\t'o happil) "ith Ille ,\~ian~. It l\a~ 

good 10 "rt l"):citro Chil1l:"'"e children ·dig in' like ilw 

r~1 lu Ihe cea;;ele"'~ -upph vf .\Ir. B3ker'~ ice cream! 

1')56 I\ll~ gn't'tcd lOt'll. 1\ l'matl d'IUd. hO\lc\l~r. 

hUllg oler Ihe Ilead_ of lHanl in thl" !'hip. 'In_pectiuniti~' 

began to ra~!l' like an epidemic. januan brought :\E\\ 

FOt \DL\\O facl" 10 fa('t' 'lith a -tark r.:-alih. Befure 

the 1I10nlh had ended Ill(' Admirur!' In_rleclioll of ,he 

..hip 'Iuulll Inke pillee. 

On Ith and 5th hnuar). a brilliant cOllcul part\ 

prt"'l"nled "The '100-(' Hl"\ ut":' Each performance filll."d 

lile thealre uf the Cllina Fled Club. lnnll'poraling lI1all~ 

of tIll' turn. from lhl.' ~hol' in TEHHOH. thi~ \\a~ a murt' 

l.lUli~he{1 elltellainllh'lll. rhe COlllll1anJt'r. a.. prodm'er 

and (·ulIIJl'l-'re. re\ ea le. 

r,l" no e\('u;;e for a mOl,)~e in 111\ nat 

[\(,i'pl a~ a ne" -ort of prg fIJI' a hal. 

If Ihe~·d ~rnt nll" a goo-e. nul a moo·~. 

'11 lhank~ Ilouid h~ r.:'ulh prllfu_e. 

But" illl ItlClo~e ill Ihe hedroom. lind lt1oo.e in lhe hllii. 

'11 hI'''' pair or ndon~ ha- gUilt' 10 tilt> lIall. 

I iu-I fed like putting 111\ ht":'lId in a IWll,.e! 

\\ hat lhl' deuce 

I~ the U-l" 

Of a 'lOO~E? 

\\I'("ould lell ht'r!

H.M.S. NEWFOUNDLAND 

PRESENTS 

THE MOOSE 

REVUE 

To be held in the China Fleet Club 

HONG 

KO,G 

on 

Thursday, 5th Janual'y and Friday, 6th January, 1956 

at 8.15 p.m. 

The Band of The Royal Marines, 

by kind permission of 

Vice-Admiral R. F. Elkins, e.8 .. C.V.O., O.B.E. 

{,I

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN 

I. O\'EltTLHE "[51'.\\.\" 

The O~h~tra 

'J GOOf) EVE\I\G . ...... The Cu:>! 

"Concert party with the ac

- .",,11'( YO

The A,B.C.U, ill'l-'(Odiun throughout tlH' aftf'rnuull 

I'H~ carrie(1 out to the ~ali~fadion of the \duliral's obscr· 

\('1'5. '\0 one particulad) enjo~~ thi~ nC('c,~an 'elil.' 

Simulatc{1 inei{lenls of torpedo hil~. floo(li'\g and electrical 

failure took place. Sahotagp and gas: alomic fall out 

and IHllllerOIJ~ '(')~uilltie~.' \t it" mosl sublime an 

A.R.C.O, exerci.e train~ all hand~ to fac(' and O\crcoml' 

the inelitablc ('onfu~iun of a hoi \Iar incident. At it~ 

hun]{lI'OU~ leI el it mu~1 neeo~ bc a gnlll n up bo) game 's 

of 'Let's pretend: Tl,e arnu~ing note of thlll afternOOn 

\\as IHOI iOI'(1 II) the P,lll:un'~ ere,.. Obo.ef\cr~ toltllhem 

lht') could nol u""'-' their n)(lUnting bt"{'ausc the after 

fUlllU,1 "a~ hinll: across it. Tht!) replied "\Ve "nO\I, sir, 

hul "c'le ju~t shifted it!" 

The f,)lk",illg dl) \E\H'Ol \1)1.\\1) ,aill'(1 from 

Junk Bal to takl' part in a three da) exerei_e 

'Eighlsoml' Beel: 5hip~ of the Btll lind LOlh De"lrO)er 

Squadron- 1I1~o ](w" par!. 0'1 complelion tIll" ~hip reo 

turnctl 10 HVlIglollg illtl"nding to stll) till :H~t Fcbruar~. 

Earl) in F'ebrual'} tlw Courlte.~ \lountl>atlen of 

Burma lisitcd Hong-kung un her Hed Cros_~ Hnd SI. Juhn 

tour of the Far Ea~t. On tIl{' elcnillg of the 2nd ~he 

dinetl on lioard J\E\YrOll\OL\\'D Il~ the \dmiral"s 

gue,l. 

\11\111111. EU.. 1'~ in~peeling hi~ guard of honour 

F'clnuar) Illar"ed II Illile~tonc in the C\)lIl1ni~siOIl. 

Thl' ~hip'~ c\)lllll3n~ hall 11f'1'1l a 11'31' !

\0 in("\J1ut'nielice \\a~ cau:-t'd In lht' \dmirar", ill~p«li()n! !

'UNCLE ALAN'S COLUMN' 

Dear Lnde Alan. 

[ haw been out in the Far [asl fur I \Ieeh and 

IntiI' fallen in JOI'C Ilith 11 Chjtle~ girl. Should I continue 

this fOlllllrlCe as I hll\[' onh SCI'II her oncc. lind thai 

",IS on the I'if'lures From' A. B. Arthur Moment. 

lli\1S CLOT. 

\1I~"cr;-Ou,,'t continue the rom1HKC hut go 10 the 

Piclur,:,s more oflen. 

Lncle AIIII1. 

While out sailing the Ship'~ Wltller :1 months ago 

it (,IlIISizcd lind sunk. and just latel) the oflicf'r~ on hoard 

halc begun to notice it"s missing. Should [ tell them 

"ht"n' it is or should I SI:C the Chid Pusse.. ahout 11 III''' 

('I1C'( 

\Il~\\er;-\Vh, 

lJear Lrwle Alan. 

nol Illllle one? 

I hall' heen in the ;\31) 22 1:; >e,lI"~ and 11l!'-1 IH.-ek 

r passf'd for Leading Hand-if lOU \\('fe in Ill) plar-c 

'''mid lOU sign on? . From L. S. Stripe) of 8 .\less. 

II.M.S. Tuolong. 

\nsller:-B) all mean~ ~igJl on. the euuntr) need~ men 

lil.:e)ou. Ill'. Ill'. Ill'. 

Lnde Alan, 

\rhile I \\a;; on \\atch ),.~terda) a" Cpl. uf tln: 

GanglIa) a Stok,.r \\enl a~hore \\ilh a ralher large pare,.!. 

r asked him "hal lIas in it lind he slIid the Captain's 

Motor Hoat. Well. thillkillg he \IIIS jol.:in~ I let him go 

a~hore. no" I find that tilt: Captaill's \lotur BU11t"~ 

missing. Please Ilhat should I do? Do\\nhearted 

Corporal. 11..\1.5, Guessing, 

Ans\\er: 

Dear encle Alan, 

Whl not sa) )OU hale got b;HI Cles? 

I ha\c been alIa) from m) Wife and Home;) )ear~. 

1\0" I hear m) wife is going to halc another nipper. 

Should I S(,'C about getting some lea,,. as it "t"em!' rather 

od(1 to me? . From A. R. Blogs. H,\1.S, Dril,pin~, 

An~"er: 

Uear Uncle Alan. 

\0. I should'nt ""U"I") if Ilia" )ou. 

Before I joined the nal) "'1 mother alit! father lJ",-.d 

tu teach 1111' hOIl to usc a c()~h. hut since I hal'e been in 

t1lf~ na\) I hale lost the art of it. as I tried it out (II' a 

Chid )cslcrda) and no" I'm in Clmke), I'lcase "l,at 

should I do? Frum A. B. Tedd\ Ho), II.\I.S. 

Cru"uar, 

\ns\\er:-Take up the BiC)de Chain. 

Dcar Lnde Alan. 

the :Xl:i~ed~;'~:eg~~~~9 ~ll~h~lrtl~natl~le~;e~~a~,~:;l~ C~C:I~ 

"hen I go up for 111) pa) on Pa) I)a);; I feel a lillie 

,.mbarrassc{1. Do )OU think I shuuld Iltl\e it HemOH'd 

Signed Bucl.:ethead. 

Alls"er:-If it fits keep it on. hut if il doesn't gile )our 

me~sn1ilte "ome more check. 

ONE OF MANY 

1. Young Johnll) Jun,.s "as jlJ~t a drip. 

Ill' had nu kno"ledgp of his "hip. 

And ~o IIh,.n all the lights "enl out. 

lie ('ouldn't find his "a) about. 

2. The Telephones had all gone (leail. 

And he "as tol{1 to take ill"tead 

.\ n1t:ssage to the D.C.O.. * 

T" \ell him \\hat he'd \\ant to I.:no". 

:l. Of course )Uung JohlH') lo~t hi~ "a). 

And plaintilel) )ou'd he~r him ~a), 

"Plea,e can )OU tell me "here to go 

To find the something D.e.O.? 

4. Ahout the deel.:.; the "ater sloppe(l. 

And all machiner) had stopped: 

But no on,. in the "aiting throng, 

Excepting Jones kne" \\hat "as Ilrong. 

5. The ~hil' beeanle a tolal "re('k. 

And as he floated ofT the deck, 

Young JOIHlIl} fOUlHI the D.C.O. 

Who told him ('.Hletl) "here to go! 

* D.CO. I)flmfl~e COfltrol Officer. 

- 67-

SAILOR HOLD MY HOCKEY STICK 

1J\T1WDLCTIOl\ 

Ilere is a ~hllrl tale along the same lincs as the 

hooks \\ rilten h) Mickey Spillane

Wht'n I COlllt' to I find Ihat I am tiellto a chair b\ 

a "'f1rlllerinf.l; It'all. Vagueh I "'under if il has been 

dH."cked. hut m) Ihoughts are broken 1)1 a \oicl" t!lat 

_narl~ "\ou are toO) smart. Frida>. \"l;ith >our hrain_ 

\ou "hould halt' I~n a G.L3:· I lau~ll and ~al "The 

ganu"'~ UIJ. the Ill"g. Officl" ha\l" got a dragnet out. \~u'l[ 

:::I":\~~: r~r:l:i~e?!.th it." "But tell me:' I sa\. "\nat 

'"The l(Jol,,:' Ihe D.O. '"3\$ billerl\. "Ihe\ ",oul

BOXING 

On onh t"U vlTa~i(Jn" ha~ Ihr ~hiIJ'~ boxing team 

I~t"n able to find vppmlunil) 10 ~h()" their ahilil~. The 

r("a-on for lhi~ "3", of C'our~l'. the ~hip'5 Illo\l.'rnenb. 

Whert,'l1_ "llh ~()Itle ~purt" IH' muIC(] from olle localil\. 

I,here 1I 1),lITtinllur ;.('U"OI1 \\a" l'tlIlin~ 10 anuther "here 

it "a~ jll_t 1H'fl:inning. rur I)\/\.illg. it gr,,,,,rall} tended to 

he the other IllIl IHound. 

IlnIH'H'T. in Jul) ]955. "hil..t till' 5hip "a.. ,i..itillji; 

Bornt-". II Ililitell ",I_ Itrnlrlgrd II ilh the \nrlh Borne" 

Boxinji; A~~(.('iHti"lI I,hkh "e"ulte(1 in lin c\.cdlcnl ('ICIl· 

;ng'.. {'tllerlllinlllt'lll and 1I l:{ again.! n'''uh. Thl.' 

Gou'rrwr ur \.B.. 'lr.ll. E. T. TUTIIIHlII. C.\I.G.. allcndcl] 

the medillj.\ 1111I1 pH·....·nkd the pl"i1...·.. un cOlllpletion uf 

the pfugrarlHtI{·. H,'nwml",'ring that till:' team "a", ha\illg 

il~ fir~1 oulin/l: and llfl:llin~t strung" buill Borneo 

"111)()lJeut. Ih.", {"oulll h{' "dl plea"t'

H.M.s. NEWFOUNDLAND-AT HONG KONG 

CHRISTMAS -1955

TRACK CHART 

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facl. "a~ 111(" fir-I "ar~hip uf arn .iz(" 10 atlemj)t tllf' 

pa-_ag(". Large cro"d~ of inl('r('_If'(! Thailander- "aL'h("(1 

the ~hip pa,,- b~, Th(" l ..... urri..r Princeton remain('(1 

al anchor oUl5ide the bar "hill' ,'\en olher ~hip of the 

~,E,.\.T.O. force 'lent al(>n~.id(' at B:lngloL 

"Firm Link" amllh.. \i~it lu Il,mglok CarllI' t" m".t 

011 hO:lr,1 a~ quite 11 !I11l~-l, Th.. impliclllion", uf Ihi~ 

o!-'l'I'utiun al short n"tin', Il('gnn lu dn"n on arri-1I1 ill 

Thnillllld, A me__ngt' of "devme from \{Imirnl 

Pihul

combined .\Iililar~ 0lleraliun Uemlll1-lrali"n in llan~l.ol. 

,,~ mf"mbe~ of ~,£. \.1'.0. l.'ounlrie--. I lIale ~r...al plea~urt' 

in f'1lendin~. on hehaU of Hi" \loje"I\', GOlernn~nl 

ami llie .\lini"ln or Defence. a" "'ell a" or 1IIf' peopll.' 

of Thailand. a \en ",arm ",e1come 10 ~ou all. 

I ~jllcerd) I,roffl'r lllU all Ill) 1(>1"1 ~ood "j"he. 

fur the ~llcce"~ of the tlt"lllonstrllliun to ('I1"un' all lIlt' 

Thlli people a;l 1'1'11 ll~ Iht' ~ople of S.LA.T.O, Illcmhcl' 

l'uunlrjc~. hOI' "ell "e nil can co·opt·rnle in mUlual 

Ilefence U) dt"lIlon,lraling the muhilil) amI cffec:lilenc-" 

of onr rOrCft!:' 

Tlie Ban~l.ol. li,il ",a~ unlil.e a,n IJrel1\1u,h mad... 

In Ihe ship during the COlllmi,,"iol1. There "'a, naluralh 

1111 urgani~1 ent...rlainmt"111 on II~ ....ale of a normal 

crui«e. _\e\l~rlht'l..-•. Ih...hip·" comlJanl ~'" a great 

deal of the Siam~ capital. 

Hangkok i" a ('oloudul 61). Bud(lI,i'l lemple". ",ilh 

gli"lening ".pir~ amI golden ~lalue!' a.bound. SaffrOIl 

rolwd monk". coll{'('ling alill" appear in ('IN) "tred. Thi" 

l'it) is the great l'cntrc uf the Buddhi"t religion. Photogrllphcr« 

from lilt' ;ihip lisitcd nHln) flf the Wat,.. or 

tcmple". llnd "Nt· "ell re"'arlled, Bangkok i" an e"pen 

"i'e place arlll il ""H nol altogelher IJOlmlar ror a run 

a_hore. 

The ,:,.E:. \.1'.0. Ilemon".lralion of lllililan ~lrenglh 

la_led for 1"'0 dln_. On 16th rt'bruan. ,ircrafl and 

helicopters dropfl,ed l)aratroopil'1"" OIer Ihe airfield al non 

\luang. Aerial di_"la\~ and ~rouud a~-.auh", impre-- ..ed 

Iht' Thai >'pt"Clalun

BOW TO STEIl\ Aj\1l E\I} TO F:\1l 

TOCETlIEIl \\ E CO \HOL\lJ TilE BE-\Il. 

\llTIl CIl\ST\L It\LL \\0 1I0LY P5\LTEn 

0\\\ \lW TO BA\G"'O'" \EVER FALTEH. 

I)OYI IILC TilE BA\'" JLST 5T.\\ \11D 

:-;TltE\\1 

HE\II::\!BEIt t.VtH COl) S\VE TilE QLEF:\. 

ntO\!: 

\E"FOL \nt\\D. 

TO: ~\LbBLH\ ":;OL \U. 

fOR CII'T 11\ fOU •. 

1\ ~.E. \.T.O. \\ [GO \\ HEilE \\ E°ltE S[\T Silt 

"II \TE\'EI{ TIlE OLTCO\!E \IA) BE 

bll "E()\[....O\\ TilE Fm5T L\ LE:\T sm. 

\\1) I'n n \TI-IER BE nil OLT AT 5E \. 

IF :-110.\1-'; 1\ TilE RIVER E:'\_:\AltE LS 

TilE cOLIn" ILL I'OLR .\:'IH 0:\ OLR HE"U 

TOO \EGLlGE\T TIlE' "ILL OECL.\RE lS 

1\ ncr "E·U HE FAil BETTEIl DE"!). 

SO LET LS PilES:; 0\ WITH A Si\IILE :311t 

\\1) 1I0PE FOB TilE HEST ALL TilE \fA) 

IT l:-i 0\1.' :-iO'IE TIHIlT) FIVE \lILE SIH 

J\!\I) \\ ITiI LlC... "E :,1I0LLlJ CI:.~r TIiEIlL 

TOIH'. 

bll WED\E...n\\·... TilE FmST 0\\ OF 

F\STI\C 

TilE PE\ITE\T:-. "\L... \ 1:0\\ 

WITII LE \1) \\1) L1\E FREQLE\TU C bTI\G 

1\ Ll\E \lIE \I) 0\\\ .\ltll', \n: GO. 

\\1) \\lH\ \\E \HE I'.\:'IT TilE P\GOlHS 

~ECLltEI) SU'E \\0 SOL \D. TO TII[ PIER 

com.: 0\ HO\lW FOR SO\IE \\ 11I5"'1~ \\1) 

~Ol)b 

on EL....[ FOIt ~O\!E \ Lin COLD BEEH. 

"ITII 1I\\lb FII{\lU L1\ ... ED \\1:: SHALL 

TOhT ~m. 

\LL sE\\!E\ \\110 II\\I)LE TilE "-HEEL 

\\1) \\\"IG\TE TillS LOl5) CO\ST Sill. 

"ITII O\U FOlIl FEET \E\TH THEIH "'EEL.

On passagt: to Singapore a nlemorial senice "as 

held ncar the spot "here the ships HEPLlSE and 

PIlINCE OF WALES I","nt do"n in 1941. As it ended. 

Admiral Elkins cast a "reath on~r the sea. 

On 20th Februar). 1\EWFOUNDLAND secured 

alongside in the Naval Base Singa!-'ore. That dar "ill 

long be remembered as the most exciting of the COIll' 

mission. The big pal increases "ere announced! 

The ship's sta) in Singapore ended on the 5th 

March. l\EWFOUNDLAJ\'D sailed "ith file destro}aS 

to meet ALBION and CEl\'TAl;R oil the l\icobar Islands. 

The carriers had left U.K. in JallUar} to take put in 

a series of exercises on the Far East Station. These 

had been !-,lanned to take place in the Mala)au. 1I0ng 

"ong and South China Sea areas oler a period of file 

"eeh. In additiOIl to the Far East Fleet. three Frigates 

of the nO} al Australian Nav} anll a NCI' Zealand 

Frigatc joined the station to take part. During thc 

exercises R.f\.F. squadrons hased in ,\lala)a and HOllg 

Kong. 1329's of the U.s.A.F. and aircraft of the French 

carrier LA FA YErn~ "ere in,olled. 

The rcndez'ous \lith AI.BION and CENTALl{ 

started exercise 'Welcome' "hich continuen through the 

Straits of Malacca. "Joss Stick."' consisting of an air 

allack on the defences of Singapore. oHlcluded the fir;t 

phase of the series. ~EWFOLl\I)Lt\\D returned to 

the Naval Base ahead of the carrif'rs on Sunda) 11th 

\larch. It "as man) months since the residents hall 

seen elen one aircraft carrier in Singaporc. COII.;iderable 

interest lIas arou.;ell anll mall) sptttators cWIHled 

the jellies in the Ilock)afl]. 

t\n extensile flrogramme of sporting and social 

elenls took !-,lace during the four da)s before the fleet 

sailt:d for 1I0ng "ong. 

A COI1\O) exercise en loult' continued the next 

stage of ·\Velcorrlt:.' 

Oil 1\londa) 19th 1\larch. the "holt: fleet caml' to 

II standstill in the approaches to flong Kong. Thick fog 

"hit.:h hall el1\eloped eler)thing sho"ed no signs of 

~i!~i:;:~ a i'~~~eaf ~1~tsll{;cU;~~e Ir:(ea S \ 1~~::'e~ IN~!W~Ol~1\ :;~ 

LA1\O slo"l) entered harbour and securClI to her 

fal'ouritl' Far Eastern billet -i\orth ,\rm. 1I0ng Kong. 

Somctime that afternoon Ihe carriers nenousl) nosed 

into harbour. 

'1'''0 days later Ihe Flt..-et IIent to!'Ca again. Exert.:ise 

'Sea Dragnn.' designed to teslthe Ilefent.:es of Hong "ong. 

III1S Sfl0ited b} fog and ended on Frida) 23rd. 111 fuct 

throu/!hOUl the carriers' sta) in Hong Kong the 

unplea~ant "eather seldom ellllngeli. 

Exercise ·Monsoon.' the most intenshe of the series. 

comlllenced on 26th March. "hen the fleet left Ilong 

Ko~g for ten days at sea. II lias nwrred b) a Iragic 

aCCident durillg the fl)paSl after the carriers hall left 

harbour. '1'110 jclS from CEi\TAl n crashed into the 

hills near Lei MUll P~~s. killing both the pilots. 

This bus) l)triml at sea included replellishmelii. 

jacksta) transfers. allli mail (lelilcries b) helicopter. 

Gooll Frida) and Easter lI"as spent in the South 

China Sea. Aircraft actil·it) on hoth (Ia)s ceased (luring 

the sacred hours II"hile large numbers of lIorshipper" 

allended the religious servic~s in NEWFOl NDLAi\D. 

The shill returned 10 harhour on 4th April. and 

"ecured alongsille the West t\rm ill I-long "ong Dock· 

lard. '1\lonsoon'. an(l the file Ileek period of exerci.ing 

lIith the aircraft carriers. had e11l1

"Uead," ":"tall(l In" "FiH'" a ~pla~h in the ",ater 

,~ the lorpedo Ira\{'I~ on i(.. \\al 

Then firing (lffer~ fret''' 

.\ll1id~t the foam and ~pral, 

IlarL. to the fri~IJI"Il,.-d "11,:1(0'" 

'"'tt ho\\ the ;;earch lif:ht. pia, 

LnoL.in,r for the efwml 

Turtling flight illl" da" 

\ cra·h. and all i~ mer 

The \\an:hip i~ ,.illL.ing fa.t 

Bunin~ tho.;(' on hlOard ",ilh Iler 

IJO"1l tn their rt"'-t lit Jll.!. 

Thell "ith the fUlllld,. bur"till~ 

:'i{'ur{'hing it's Ili~~ill~ \\Ilkt, 

:'"il"t.·llIing to hi~.. tu a 1\1l....1") gnl\e 

"G,)

HOCKEY 

FIl."t't lIocke~ Chlll11pion- 1955-56 

In :ultiitiull 'v "rl.'~lill~ tI,l' F1et'! llu,:kc\ Cup (rlml 

llil' hlltl(l~ "f '1'\1\1 \H in II (·UlIl1'1.'IiljlJrI in ,.hich Ille 

:\..d. F....... the 1111. 1).5. :L1l11 fillllll) i\1·:\\ C-bTLE ,\t'r(' 

(li~p,,~t'd of ill the lllo

'HOCKEYBATS' 

"'aill \Iall '0 J. ()lit' morning Ill~1 \la\ 

0/1 ()C('a~i"l1~ innUIIIl'rahl(' 

••\\ t' I1lU~t ha\(~ a te1ll11 

"hkh i~ nol (lull l('t'll. 

"ill fill the hill"' 

ghin{l; IHope". 

amI the hall. 

to Julmll) the !lo,.,(-'. 

and our ~I\llJl 1';\10. 

"ho nCler mO'('f! far fn'lll 

h\o polc~ "illl II hllr "n. 

\hh ,"upporlt"tl In Ilullhlt, 81111 :'iimrn 

lIllll to Bundle 

.. 110 Irundk~. 

"illl great hnlllldo. 

I 

"h.. "itlll,ut anI IrouMt' 

and ma'-e~ of ,jm 

Tlwir ...ingular "kill ill s.. inp;ing lht' pill 

lIml mO\t'nlenl~ ,.,uhlin~ a'" tlK"~ 'UUf:lll Iu ('otl\binc 

th"ir in,.,tincli\(, thru·t "jlh 'fir't tillll." or hu,,1 .... 

\\ hill" Crane- "ilh hi~ manC' 

uf hair lhick and "lacl 

1.o('''lrOO(' tbe defellC't" 

1111(1 laullche

SOME STAMPS OF THE COMMISSION 

It lIla\ nol II(" Feneralh !..ml\lll lhal 111I,lage ~lamP"'. 

u~1 a~ ~uch...ere lir..l i~~ued I" Gr(>al Hrilain 011 .\la' 

61h I8Ul. rollo"ed hI Brazil amlul Ilm"'t'" \('ar~ laler. 

Tht' fi"'l Brili_h ~laml"" \If'n'' P("I1I1\ BllI('!.. and T,," 

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Ul,,1 11I!IIUle .j"",pl'i"f: hdHl"~ suing hun,.. 1>1'(''''''111('11 

;LIH~J/'f;~~::~~ P:;~!~I{\~llld~':~·ll~I\U/I\~ ';;~ il~~a:~l.;~ ~~1~~C" c,l'~:d~:: 

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NEWFOUNDLAND 

1\ ._lrOIlI,: lia~()n II illl lhe I'ro\ ill20's the Hcgt. was relile(1 in 1'J45. It is no" n re,;cne 

unit uf the Ho)al Canadian Arm). 011 Callada's NatiOllal 

f)a) Captain Purtlock '>Cnt Ihe ship's greetings tu the 

Hegiments's Commanding Officer. On SUII(la) 3rd Jul). 

~~,:!):~ai::e~~l ~~~(Ilb\ J~:~ ~~~~~ st~il~lla~~nf~~e'~~:~ti:f 

the Ho)al Neldounllland Begt. IIho fell on 1st Jul) 1'J16 

at the bailIe of The Somme. On that da). out of a 

strcngth of HOI. no less than 711 I,ere killed or I,ounded. 

Yd not un" I,a!' taken prisoner Il) the enem). In Captain 

Portlock's Ieltcr these words edIOC(! the feeling of the 

"ungregatiol,~:-"OurEmpire docs not lack for example 

of bmwr). hut devotion to dut) sueh as this can seldom 

hale ken equaled'" 

t\ cahle thanking tIll' ,.hip for thi~ leuer mcntioned 

the puhlicit} ghell b) the Neldoundland press and radio 

to the ship's tt\ess~ge. Thc Regimcnt's Commanding 

Onicer inserted on the ~pecial IHcath the follo"ing 

l'ord!,:-"t\n(1 from tIl(' Officers and Men of II.M.S. 

NEWFOUNDLAND." 

Greeting!' bell,een the ship am! the regimcllt hale 

IJeen e~changed seleral times since then. 

11..\'1.S. NE\VFOLNDLAND hilS been proud to bellI' 

the name of this great i!'larHI prolim:e of the Dominion 

uf Callada. The as~ocialiuns "hich halc linked hoth 

togdlrer Ilill surel) long cuntinue lifter the pre~ent ship 

has cnl!ed her da)s in the Fleet. 

2nd BATTALION THE 7th GURKHA RIFLES 

rhe 7th Gurkha Billes I'ere raiscl! liS p,Lrt uf tlw 

Imlian Arm) in IWI. Lurd Kitchener lIa~ tl](' first 

Colonel of the Ilegimenl. until his death in 1')16. TI,c 

pre!'Cnt Colonel of the He~iment is II [urmcr Connuanlling 

Olli"cr o[ thc 2nd Battalion. Field Mar~hall Sir William 

J. Slim. G.C.B.. G.C.M.G.. G.e.V.O.. G.R.E.. 1)5.0.. M.e. 

On the outhrl'ak "f W"rid Wur I the 2nd Ballilli,,,, 

~l'nl'd I,ith :1Uth Indian Brigade in Eg)l't and Mesopo. 

ta'nia fighting at Shaiba. l\asire)elJ. Ctesiphon and Kut· 

al·Amam. lt~ m,,!'t I;loriulls feat "as to hul(1 Ul-' al the 

",)st uf ol-er 300 casualtie~. the f'ntire Turki~h :15th 

lJi,ision at the famou." "Cllrklm Mound." It was largel' 

due to this that the lIitl.drallal tu Kut "as successfully 

{"Hrriel! uut. DcsfJite this. Kut fell nll(1 the Baualion "a~ 

takell. though of all the ca[lturc(1 garrison the) alune 

IIcre allo"ed to mardI out unl!cr anns. A IIC" uattaliun 

I'as thcn raised and took pari in the recaplure of Kut·al· 

Amara. Baghdad. and "as present at the final u\'crthw\\ 

of the Turkish Arnl). 

;;2 

In Worl(1 War II the Bllllalion rdumc(! to its old 

lJaltlefields \lith 20th India" Briga(le. After interrlliltcnt 

fighting it joincd the garri",un at Tuhruk. sixteen d:l)s 

"dore the fortrl'SS fcll. Long after the ollicial surrender 

the Battaliun fought on and man) """ape(! al"fu!'.~ tire 

desert. 

I\gllill il 'll''' Haltnlim\ '1ui('kh app"an'd .. Ilni'llll' 

distinction all(1 !'"on. with 11th Indian Brigade.plungcl! 

into the bluul!) fighting in Ital). at Cassino. Perugia. 

J\lonte Grillo. Ta\'olelo am! un north" art!~ tu the Cotlde 

Lille. 

In 1'J.J.H the lIegimellt l:wcame part of the British 

Al"ln) and Ilun further faille in the jungles uf Milla)a. 

llegim~ntaJ March 

The Burder." 

··AII The Blue Honnd." Are Ol",r

''''''0111( 10"" .....'''••ll .... or ..I... 'OIi.lIl....nu"'.,""0 O[An ...l\O""•• _ ....,nr

FIW\I THE I' \1.\1 FI\I$;U) :-.IIOIU: OF ~I'\G \I'OIlL 

TO TilL F1EUb OF \1\\11.\ B" 

TIIE\ ...,PE\'" OF TilE TI\l1-. \\ IIE\ \0 1\1 \rrEH 

TilE CLI'lE 

THE \lOO:-.E\IE\ 1'1. \ 'I ED THEm \\ \ 'I" 

TO CO\l\lI::\CE Tlih 'I' \ I.E OF 110\\ TO I'RE\ \11. 

IT \\ b F1T\£..';'~ 1IL1 [) 'I'm. "'E' 

\\1) \\ 1'1'11 (I.llb 1\ FOR'll \T TilE CR\e", OF 

0\\\ \ 

TIIE\ \'\ EHE HI. \ In" TIIE.."iL \I~:\ FHO'I TIlE :-E 'I. 

\1;IIE\ TilE FL\G t \FlHu:n 0\ THE ~I-'ORTI\G 

WOHLn 

1\ \0\ E\lBEIt OF Fin, Fin: 

TIIEIIE \\ [IlE G \TIIEBU) 0\ ..,'1' \'1'10\ TilE ~llIP.., 

OF E \CII \ \TIO\ 

\ \1) O\L'I TilE BL..T rOt L/) ..,l H\'I\Eo. 

TO THE GLORY OF SPORT 

FOB \I\$ \ I)" 1\ TilL \E\\FOl \I)L\i\IY~ 

\\E 11\1) "" PIl\Cl'hEI) E\CII L1(;IITE\I\G 1)\\\\ 

FOIl IF "1'\\ \ ... TO liE I)O\E TIIE\ \\ E"I) \EED 

[YEll' O\E 

TO BE TIIEHL \'1' TilL '1'01' OF illS FOll\l. 

THEilE \\ h 1I0r",n \\[) 110\1\(; \\1) PlLLI\G 

nO\T CO\"I\G 

TIIERE \'\ \~ HlGGUt \\1) ~OCCER b \\ELL 

"i0 TilE ~T\GL \'\ h 'ILL ~ET FOR TilE GRE\n~T 

T~T 'lET 

\\ IIEHE TilE F1\E."iT \1.0\E \'\'Ol LD E\CEl 

FUO\l \LL THh PUOFbIO\ '10l \IIGHT TlIl\'" 

CO\Fl:-.IO\ 

\r b BOl \1) TO \UbE 0\ TilE \\ " 

IllT ..,lell \\ h TilE PL\\ TlI.\T \0 I'\RTIS\\ 

lOlLl) :-I'U'" OF \\ l \F\IR I'Ln" 

H-I

\" Tin: b:-.L E I'II0n.EI)I:I> TilE 1\II'ETI:-;, 

\EEIlED 

\\ \~ TIIEHE rOB TilE \E\\ FIE."; TO ..,EE 

III \T \\ ITH liE \Irn ..,L PI'OIn TO THEil{ \n:\ 

1\ [.\(11 SPORT 

'1IIE' COLLO RI~F. TO TilE TOP OF TilE TUEL 

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\\ EIlE.-; \FEU BHQ( ellT HO\1E TO THE O\E SIIIP 

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eLI\I.\1. 

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llt.BOO l)ooullll~ ,,( Ion'all 

15l.tUOO egg~ 

)/111 haH' ,Jrunl.::- 

2.315 galltlll~ "f rum 

';i.OOO lin~ Ilr milL. 

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VITAL STATISTICS AND THEIR EQUIVALENTS 

G \:'\TBO\O\IIC CO\:-.L \wno\ 

r :UJoIIO \\(L~ l,ilhdrU\\1I I(·a,ill).! 

Therefon' 

£121.:·mollll~ lJol.·l·1l ~1ll'1I1 "11 ~h"rl' ill Far Ea~tl'rn 

\\llkr~ 

\ II/'nl "f ,·alll.·. 

\n c,,! rur c\cn mall. ""lIIall IIml d,i!{1 in Enitl.:J1Il1. 

\ field ul "heat 5011 \ltrll~ lung h~ 100 \anl~ "iii,>. 

Til.. oulput of (lIlt' \il'11 fur mer fiu! hundrt'

BASKET BALL AND SQUASH 

Basket Ball 

From 111111' [" tin)p hut unf"rlullal"h nut a~ ufll'lI 

;l,~a\\'~; ~:,~:'dfi 'Itl)ll~:.~~hiI'~: ~1:ill.-~~1 tl:~:ll~~~:illl~u::l~fa~~;~i~'~: 

1,'1Inl' ~t) llin prO/,,-d til I", of (,,\(,,,1I1'nl ~tlmdllrd lind. 

"hil~l ill SinJo:''1lOrl' IIl'iIlil, ,I!'f",llt'd \nll}. H. \Y. lmJ 

H.I\. -hUll' !la-..d ,id{'~. E. B. \. Ihk,o. "11' the team 

(·"plain (lIl'1. lIPI!wl'riah'" ,'nuut::h. th,· he'l 1,la}er. H,· 

.'("un'.! 1\1,11 Hll'r IIlIIf hi. It-,un', l'uinl'. 

(;,IIIU" \\I'n'l,hl\"d ill \bnill ;Ind hl,an lhl' [nllN 

'1i=:Iin-t it l.S.\.I. lb·," \ltlwugh \111' "I'Po,ilion 1\11 

f,lr lOll .l..ill,·\1 {or u_ .,11 \1"..(' un'a_ion_ 11 gr('al ,1('111 uf 

('nj", "1l'1I1 1Iml 'lJ"nh""Hllil'"' \\a_ rortlll'uming hcl"C'ell 

II,elt"lIn-. 

Squash Rackets 

C"nt:rilluldliun- III 1.1. C,lr. r. "'imlll (lOr Ilt'in~ 

runner up ill the 1I1l111f h."11~ C"lulI\ ";(IUa~h Champiun 

~hil''' ill I)rn"ml""r 1lJ.'i5. 

lliE (;IlI'\H,."T "'I\(;U~ I· \CTOI: 

I. Il. f..fllJitJU

TIGER BALM 

Jungle h".hi"g IlIil) he il -k)lilrJ.. fur Ihl" thrill· 

-t,Lnrll bootlleck~ bored I' ith lung refits in Singilpore. 

Bot 11'1 no line bcliele it's a juke for the I\nll) ehafJ. 

\lho du Ihree lear- of it up in the Johore jungle, III 

ea~1' unl reader sholiid lIondl'r \I hat this jungle husilles~ 

i~ all al)(lul. it i~ simpl) ruggell. highl) 111Ingl'rous aTilied 

l'omLJut against the hillden C:1'.s. A.C.T. is a real Jill' 

tn'acherous little man \11(\1 can kill \lith 11 \leapon through 

the luoh green leales IIf the thick forest. lIis bullets 

ma) srar through the miSI) air of eounlless rubber trers 

and "nme une die~, The C.T5 kill tllfJpers and p[anlers. 

Thr) kill policemen alill soldier", The CT.s are the 

Cummuni~1 Terrorists of thl' 1\h[a)an jungle, 

II's not funn) being a soldier up coulllTj in 1\lala)11. 

ThrT("s nOlle of tllis '·eil,)-c1olhes-"alking-around·j\ee 

~olln.piclures.and"l-fe\l-pint~-in.lhe.Brill-c1uL'·sluIT UII 

then> III "Iunng. 1\0 sir! The c.T. lurking behiml Ihe 

Ginnt rem io a ler} Iliflereni 1,late of pnl\'IIS to J\'eeSoon 

\ellie on Ihe pro\\l! Of cour~ junglcl \I a rfare has its 

o\ln technique. The Arm} has beell al il for nigh on 

eighl )ears in ,\Iala)a. Wilh th(' experiences of dare, 

delil soillit"r" in Burma and ill thp same \'lala)all jungles 

agaill"t thr Japs Ihe) eertainl) hall' thr "hol(' business 

IIPIl "eighcII ofT. A COmpilll) gets dug in. perhaps 011 

a rubber eslale. or. IIII1)be in a small clearing in Ihe 

la"t gTO"lh of bamboo.cum.palms.eum-ferns-curn.banana 

leales "hich the nilli'es call the '00100'. The) fence 

oIT a perimeter lIith the usual barLed \lire. dump their 

gear ,Lnll Ihe) Inake Ihat ,l hasc for palrols. If tile) 

get ball before dark the} sleep in tents inside the fence 

and look fon,ard to a heart) bakell beun Lrellkfasl. 

With no S.H.L to drill aboUI tht"} spill thetllsches )arns 

and ~ing a fl'lI ~ongs. If Ihr) lose Iheir I'll) out in 

11(('00100 before dark the) sll'l'p lIith the monke)s lind 

Ihe sllake~ and hope for the best thinking fondl} of 

Iheir 0PI'OS dUlln in i\eeSoon. 

Of cuur>

DEEP SEA ROVER SCOUTS 

The nCII "as forme{l IIhilst on I-'a~sage frum the 

I nilc{1 Kingdolll to \lallu at the heginning of the 

commission. It IIa.S fonne{1 in the usual manner-a 

fell Ho\{'r :~kouts got together and called themsehethe 

"J-t 11.r-.LS. NEWFOl'1\DLAi\D DEEP SEA HOVEH 

CHEW:' 

Our fir~t real chance of HO\ering lias in Singapore. 

IIhpre lie contactp.-l Mr. Hutchin~on. the Colon) Com· 

missioner. Crell acti\ities were held up there OIling 

to the refit. and the crew completel) collapsed. 

When the refit "as complcled. Telegraphist ConC) 

II11S asked to resturt the ere". Conl') lias HOlerlllute 

untilthecre" lias Lack on its feel II hell il \las passed 

to Sanl Bark. 

B) this lilll(' "e ha(1 \bitf'd Borne". IIhere lie 

('(lnlacted some Cubs amJ Scouts. We exchanged I iel's 

on ~couting in general "ith them and had long amI 

interesting discussions about our horne countries. 

From Borneo "e sailed to r-.lanila IIhere "e met 

~ome f\merican Scouts an{l exchilnge{l \iells "ith them 

al~o. We noted lhat their lIa) of scouling "as rather 

dilTerent frum our o\\n bul the general outlook I,as 

much Ihe same. The) sho\\ed us their Hea(lquarters 

"hich. being Sea Scoul~. \\as laid out like the Bridge 

of a 1\alal Ship. We exchanged ad(lre!!...o.es \\itll them. 

afler \\hich lIe "ere illlited 10 their Den in lhc Manila 

'tacht Club premis.cs, 

After rclurnillg to Singapore for a short fleriod 

,\t. mUled on to the place \\e I,ere all eagerl) "(liling 

for. 1I0ng KOllg. This is II her(' all the facilities rC(luirf'd 

for Ho\eri"g Me to be foun(l in great abundance. It 

\las also at lIong ,,"ong that \\e mel our firme~t fripnd< 

and it Imturall) takes pridc of place in uur memurie,

ROYAL MALAYAN NAVY 

ABLE 

SEAMEN 

\.I:l.- Dun_ford. \)){Iul \\allid and l-a31;. 

It "mllPr~hil) Ihr"ugllOllt I!I£> ""mmi~"ioll. 

"-amarudin ~tarl('(l at 011('1' to impw\ I' hi~ ~k('1l"h ~ 

kno\\ledgr of till' Engli~h I:ulp;uag.. alHl i_ m;lking F:feat 

s:ritle,. Oi Eng Bel1g i~ a dwmpiul1 di,,'r ;md lIa, 

in the 11.\. le~m la~t )I~ar. 

\11 six are of im"lrll-" ,aim' lInt! in!!,!,!"t to til(' 

~hil' an,1 il i~ ),"1,£>(1 thai till' ....11('''''' \\ ill he ("ontinued 

illio til(' 1I('xt (""Illttli~~i"". 

\1)\111: \I."'~ 1-'\1\1' INVbTlG \'1'10\ 

CO\I\IITTU: TO \E\\ F~ 

t.""ipl/Ill 

ECO\O\II:-iE 1\ I'\I\T. slGG~Sr :-il-'I:" IT 

1111:01CII PilE \\ETI'I\C GE\tl 

:':')

S.R.E. 

\parl fwm the ine\ilahll' drip~ Ihen' mu·1 ah,a~~ 

he ahoul Ihi~ lIIo~1 IJUblie of all ulililie~ in Ihe commUnil) 

of t'll'r~ ~hiJl_ Ihi~ side of 'oul of ",orling hours· enler· 

tainlllf'nt ",('nl Oil. and sta\ed on. There "l."re. of course. 

onl' or 1"0 incidenl;; ",hen Ihe duh operalor couldn-I 

~tand lhf' ~Iifling heal of hi~ lim comparlmenl and 

pu..hed ufJ for a hreather onh It) di-.cml."r Ihe frequenq 

had changed in his ah-eIlCt"! 

Thanl..~ 10 a gen~rou~ \rcHarf' Commilll'e granl Ill." 

ho\l' maintained a large slocl of r("(:ord~ 10 pia) on Ihl." 

111lIn, oC("ll~ion ..... hen f{'(:epliun (,f trlln.mitting radio 

~tllli(jn~ ..II" jlOUr. Organi

THE GREATEST SINGLE FACTOR-THE CHIEF 

YEOMAN OF SIGNALS 

Chid '{'oman of ~i~nlll" Rlood join('(1 the nu~al 

\a\~ a~ a hu~ at Ih .... agt' of 15 \('ar. allll i_ no\\ 011 

hi_ 2.'rd lear in thE' !"('nic('. 

\Iv.' uf Ili~ ""ar ·('niC"{' \\a- ""illl the {'--('ort force· 

in tlw \"rlh \llanli(' ",jlh an u('('a-jollal trip 10 Ihe 

Far \orlh and \Iediltrrant'lln Th('alr{'~. 

\\0- ··\It."nliunt"d in Ik-paldll·.·· ",hil"'l ,..,ning in 

II.\I.~..... EPI'EL in 19H. a\\llull'd thl' J)i_lingoi~hffi 

~nict' \INial in 11.\1.:-. \E\F: in 191., and again 

llIenliont"d in dt'''pakh{'-. durin~ mint" ckarancl" after 

,h(' ",ar ",hil_' !"('ning in 11.\1.:-0. FIEBCE 1\15. '1''''01 

in lhe \!t·dil('Tran('lln. 

In -port he muth prdl'r' to plil\ than ",aleh and 

I,'l1jo~.. H'r\ muth p"'lng in a (rielldh inler-parl 

HoeL.I." match. 

Learned 10 phl' [i:olf "'hil-' -t"r\ ing in ~c(Jlhnd ami 

rtt()rnrntnd~ to al1\OIU' "'i'hing to IllIn thl" @:ame cheapl~. 

10 \olunteer for that pari of Ihe "orld t not forgelling 

10 lale their oil-kin! I. I'la\~ lenni~ "hene\er po--ible 

to leep that \tJulhful figure. 

- 91

SWIMMING AND WATER POLO 

FI("d "'" im'lling ;,11(1 \Yaler 1'111" ChamJ'it>n- 1955 1956 

1'111' .hil' \'.I~ Iud.. , in hUlIng a 1Illl1lbn "f ;':"".1 ~"illlnH'r· £ruill \\Ilidl ... 

Imild UI' IWlh ."illllllinl-\ 111111 IHller 111l1" I{'alll~. Ih in_i'ling

WOMAN AT HOME 

Features for female readers 

LEI \IE BE 'lot It CIII}E 

B"lllld IIO\G"-O\G. 

It, COOFlltl 

r. \\, \lJ. 

\ \1\" :-,PLE\IlOlIl"I) I'L\CE ...! l~er~U1tJe 

,"ut hu_!J:III' ~II 

"Lmt' i. a m81n .pll'lJ(lour"d thing". That film gi\l" 

a 1'(("11\ lClJ'O(l ill1llr"••ion of the colour and romantt Ihal 

I.e·loll!!"" 10 lIonglong. 

011(> \pril t\l"ning I climbetl the PeaL: \\hic-h o\l~r· 

1,,01.· Ihl" lIu-' Ilorbour. I ga:U"d upon a -cene "Ooftell 

de-.cribr11 a' "thl" mo-I he-8uliful \ie'" in the \'Iorld". 

Tlll.-1I I loolNI dul'" un lIu' "high and \\ind~ hill" I'Ihere 

Han ='11\ in lelll ht'f la.., d,te \\ itil \Iark Ellioll. Belo" 

il [ could -N' thr huildin(l: "hich fratured II~ lIan'", 

hu_pitlll in tllr film. I haIr traced their fOOl.::-h.'p~ in 

m811' pla(~'" round 1I0ngLon~. Rrpul,... Ha~ .. here thl'~ 

_.. alll log.rtllrr: romantic \1M"rdeen. the fi~hing .illll(l:e 

"ht"n' Ollt" tak(".. a "amp!ln ridr acro-'" thr ..ater to the 

f10aling rt'~laurllnl~. I \lal(" r("ader'" ma~ I'll&- 011 to othl'r 

f('alur(""', Thi.. i", for ..olll('n olll~, ED.I 

)IIU do drrall1, (lol1't )ou. OH'r Ihal kitchen .. ink 

in Paul"gru\('? \ ou (Ir("am \If Ihe romanlic places )ou'd 

lOll' 10 \isil. )ou \loul{1 100 if onl) Ihe Lillle\lood, 

lUll \I'JUld ",mill' 011 )011. \rhere \lould )OU go? 

CalHi? '1onlr Carl,,'~ Bl'lil"le me I hllle been 10 bulh. 

\mw of til(> "url,l'lI ,nlln) \londl"rful spol" clln surpa.. ~ 

for "'l' Ih;", lillll' Fur Ea!'1ern

,,," I\"ulll lile I" flJllll' Iv HIII1J:(l"llg't \~ a naHal 

I\ift, l(llir li\ing ~1'llJ(laTlI~ l\(luM 1)(' e'\lreml~ ~I)I)(I. 

\farrif"d Quarl("f~ are unrilallf'O ma\ thinl ail"ul IlIi_ "nntr"\t'r~ial 

_I"n 11ll' Ilhotngraphi(' illll'n'..i'JIl "f lI"ngloll~ i_ till" 

nt'\t 1)('-1 Ihing 10 11 r...al li.it, Tlwrf" arf" llUlTe ("Illuur 

film~ "n tile "a.. no In I" "'l' Ilwtll and e~ape' flJr 

a f('" hour- I" Ihi-Iruh namt'd )('''1''1 "f thl' Orit'lll. 

!ll"ll('r -lill per-ualle thai ",an "f \lIur~ t" ~ta\ in 

11IIlg f"noug.h for a -hllrl" ~idl' drafl. 'lou In,m "Imt 

Ihl"l .al't 'u \ou"e IlI"t'n til lI\1n~l"n~ onl"t" \lILJ'U 

("(ornl' !J3Ik: \l''\t til11l' hf" l"Iortl('~ harl 'ou 11131 l\dl 

II(" "ilh him. Do nut l1li~- Ih(' d'1I111·f'. 

'/'111'\ "ill "fft'r I lIU till' d",i"I'~1 ~11",k_ "r ~In, 

Eurup"lIn Ili.h IUU 1l13~ 111'..i,,'. If }OU hllll' ne\er 11I.':teti 

Chin('.r dill'" In \lr. WUl1g·" l,hkL('n "alnui. ~"l'~1 

~our IlIJrk, haw'red pra" n_ and ~l"Talnhl('(1 rice, Sill 11 

ho,,1 of .lH'I'III -.('f'nll'l! J:(Tt'f'1I 11'11 I" "a_h il (Io",n. 

In Ihl' ("0_\ lillie "China \ight" "I'll dre-xil 

ho-If"'('~ p3rtnl'r Ihl' unallal'!u"ll "liil... IOU and ~our 

hu_klll{1 lango -ofII. . Thl' Chinl"'of" girl~ are rt"~pectahll'. 

!t(.1I(1 fanlih IIIJl'- ",h" ~tall(1 nn n"n~n-,' and -ho'" "" 

r('-.('nlnlfnl In Ih... man\ ~:urup...an ",i\l" "lio \i~il there. 

\Ir. ,,"ung ~I,epherd.. Ihem 10 Iheir liullle~ eal'h ni~hl. 

\1/l11\ fam"u~ I~)ple ha\e ~1J('nt Illea-anl houl"" in Ih ... 

"China \i~hl: Late·1 ",a~ film ·Iar \larlOlI Rranll". 

'lou II('\('T kiln", ",ho \OU mal lIIf'("t in Ihi_ pl...a_anl 'I"-JI. 

Elf"11 IItllh"ood Ila~ III."1.'n caplurl'd 1/\ lIungkong. 

ClarL GuM... madl' "The :o'oldit'r of Forlunl''' h...re, Bon 

Calhoun "II~ on localion r("{'('nlh rur "Flight 10 Hun~' 

l

\1::\\ FOt \DL \ \n'~ \~,,,(:ialiull Fuuthall rdrr('

THE GREATEST SINGLE FACTOR-AN ENGINE ROOM ARTIFICER 

IlIk in 191:l IH'III lu tIll' 'l,'(li((orralwan f"r IIIl' \urlll 

\frit'an landinj:i:" \ft..r IBL.ing part ill furlh..r landing_ 

in ""il·ih. ~uull, uf Franct'. \ntin. :"al"rno ami Grl"t."l.'t" 

th.. O\"-I.E\ r..lllTll("'(llo I .1\. in \lardl Ilffi 10 Jla~ lilT. 

Uuring.lhi. l"lIl11ni"iOIl he \la' ".,d(' a C!tid Llt\. 

C. LIl. \. WILl.ll\lS 

Tilt' ~f'n of a Chid En/!;int' lIoom \rlilicer. I\I~ 

\\ ilJia",~ ~larlc-d hi~ inleu",linl; flIH""T "illl \ie·,rs Booti'. 

For a lirnl.' prim to joinin!J; lIu' ~nif(' h(' "or~t"d "llh 

Iht" llei.,,,1 \ircraft Ctlmpanl. Elll('rin~ til(' \8\ \ in 

~ ptf>datular "aT ....nl(·f'. 1If' "8' in hl'T at tht" 

{'I,ie T('-(:U(' \If Brill-II \ler('hanl ...,"lIman from the \lui 

pri,oll -hip' \lImar!." T"II Illfllllh_ laler. al \aniL.. 

tO~~\C"" "'0_ hit ..ighl tillll'_ .. illl 5.5 .Ill"lk '''0 

"nlt'rin~ Ih(' hoiler ro"m. CO:-'" H.: .... tlll'lI did cor1\O~ 

duli", ulllil ·1](" "11~ ~unl h~ lnqwdo(" in till' '\Ibnlie. 

\\ illiam· dllim~ he I'll_ f'xlr('llwll Judd in thi~ aelion. 

Hr' "ll~ Oil \'oIII('h IdH'1l tIl(" ~hip \lO~ hit in Ihe for'(1 

IIlll/-lllzinl' :lIld 16:.: (Jut "f :lIB JlU'n "t'Tl' 1".1. William' 

hnd n thrill in IloII!; "-(Jng Tl"'('IItl) "Iwn Ihe "Cum. 

III11ndnnt IJullo,:' entered Iwrl",ur. II "a' thi. shill 

Ilhidl pid"'d him UII "fll'r :il~ hllur~ ill tlw \\atl'r alHl 

trlln~fr'rr

THE GUNROOM 

LlIIler the lIel\ ~)~I('111 of Offiecr~· Training. '!ill· 

,hilJlllCll "ill no IOllger go 10 sell ill GunrOOIllS of llll' 

Flce\. Thus a great tradition dating to i\eLson's da} 

1\ ill die. So as our CunrOOIll \\as kno\\n III its members 

to he one of the last. the ~piril has sho" 11 the ambition 

to he one of the best. 

\Ithough tlil' GunfOom IIIIS designed 10 hold a 

Sub Lil'ulellllni and six lie hale had abuut fifteen 

\lid~hiplll('n for most of the COllllllissioli. We hale 

further limite{] the 1I111ilahic sfJlI("e b) haling fitted the 

IOllgl.-st Gunroom Bar in Ihe Fled and no\\ hale. perhaps. 

as mall) "Trophies" as all) other GUI,TOOIll in the J\1I1). 

rhi", "Troph) [IUIIlin!!;" is gv\crned b) 11 "lri

THE COMMISSION STORY - WESTERN AUSTRALIA 

0" 2111, 1\1lll 

~iJlljal't)lc fur AUslralLlII "aters. Aparl from the IH,'k 

lu be spcnt at Penang in nlid.Jul). this l'llS the final 

cruistJ of the comnlbsi"ll. TI,e excitement fell bl the 

,;hip's cOmp;tll) £VI" [Iwi!" first trip to f\uslralia' IHIS 

mingled "jill 1111 Clld-uf'('Ollllllissioll kcling \,I.i

("t>remon). before 1l.E. Tlu.' Gmernor. the Pl'emit>r of 

\Vc~tern Australia. thc l\lu)or of Frelllantle ami m"n~ 

local dignitaries. the Union Flag \\as hoisted Oil the Sartle 

~pot b) i\lrs. Glaskin. a de!'el'Jl(lant of an original settler. 

The Guard of Honour lIas mounted b~ the Ho)al Au!'tra· 

Jian \:11). \\hile \EWFOU\I)LA\[) I)ro\it!ed the Blue 

Jacket Band amI 1.1 contingent of 100 >-eamen and Ru}al 

i\larincs. The lx'aring and precision of the s!lip'!' contingCllt 

lIon man) compliments fronl the (Tremon). A" far as it i" kno"". thi!' Ila_ the 

first occasion that Bo)al Marines hale been pre"ent at 

thi!' annual ceremon) sin('e IH2(J. 

The Western Australian press gale the !'hip's con· 

tingellt grt>at puhli('it). [n fact. "".:arcd) a da) pa~sed 

lIithout some referenee to. or photograph of. the ship 

in the loeal nellspafJers. i\larine lIutchings bet:ame 

fanlOus throughout the State "ith 11 lIlagnificent front 

page j.Jll(ltngraph di~pla)ing his enonnous. Jet handsome, 

moustache. While the detail!' of size ma\ hale been 

inaecurate. the bold prillt caption declared "Look out 

Jilll''') Edllar(ls.·' The t\u"tralian Bruudcastinl; Corporation 

sent tlwir 111'11 knOll" intenieller. Janet Hobert· 

!'on. on hoanlto reconl talb Ilith meln!Jers of the ship's 

e"mpan) inellJ{ling Captain Portlock. The broadcast 

Ilent out oler the air after the first Test Match had ended. 

On hoar{1 IO.ClOO ,i~itors SlI\I round the ~llip during 

Ihe three (Ia)s of the holida) lleekend. \'utahle persoua· 

Iities IIho c:lllcd 011 the Captain ineluded tht Chief 

~.'t'retar} of the Westeru Australian Gmefllillenl, the 

Lml j\h.)or of Perth. and the C.O.C" Weskrlll\u~tralian 

COllllllalld. Hi~ Excellent'} The GOH'mor and L.l,l~ 

Cairdner Ilere present at a dinner part) gilPn b) th:. 

Captain 011 5th JUlie. Captain Portlock al~o held a lUllch 

parll for hcad~ of the AUi'lralian sen in's and lneal 

lligllitaries an.1 their II i\e~. On the la~t eH'ning of thc 

~hip·s sta) 250 gue~ts atlellde(l a rt't'eption gil(·n h) th.· 

Captain an,1 Oflicers Oil the QWHterdeck. The !'ame 

number altemlt>d a ler) !'u{Tel'!'ful ship's eU'lIl)llll) At 

1I01lie hellion 6th June. A Bullet tea. soft dri"ks and 

bct·r Ilcre >f Pelt} 

Onicer~ and Pelt) Ol!icer" entertained their gue!'t~ ill the 

enclosed mes-"es. The guest;,; eujO)e'! the music pro\id('{1 

1)\ the Rlue Jacket Ban.1 and duueed to n..'t'onl~ pla)ed b) 

the -". It E. operators. 

Entertainment ashore 1111" tremen{lou~. The l3anlan 

Ofliec I\a~ re·opened to cope \lith illlitation~ Ilhich 

approachc.1 the figure" of ) okohama alld Manila. Thrcc 

trip!' of m ellch Ilerc ma{le 10 "llinlllla. the lIe'l oil 

rdinen at Coclburn Sound. TIIO partie~ \lpn' sho\ln 

round the ~"an Bre"e!") lind sampled the prudud~. 12 

Ho)al MMincs Ilcrc the gue~t~ of the I:mu Brt>\,er} 

IlIwSf' officials llished tu recogni~e thc 1{00al' l:K"lIring 

at tilt' F'jUlldation Ih) cert'mon~. Tl'e finc In~titute 

of Thc Mi"~ion" to ~eamen. near the hlll"lIour gate. Ila" 

,i~ited 11) II111ll1 Illemhers of ti,e shill'S com pan) through. 

put thc !'ta). T\lo ler} plcllsant (Ianee" Ilere run there 

Ilith exceptional!) nice girl" as part"er". The padre of 

....t. Patrick's Church also ran enjo)ahle .lances Idth local 

partners Ilho lx't'amc friends of a numher of the !'hip's 

("!upal'). Ti,e- Returned Senieel'leu's League ollere(1 

Iwn"rar~ Illemll('r~hip of tlwir .-Iuh. rheir (Iallce lIas 

Ilell patrpni!'t'{! and a \cr) goo.1 time lIas llad Il) all. 

The 'Trol1": or the rremantle TrOlling h"oeiation. 

offered free admission to eler) one frolll the ship to their 

nu..'Cting. The same generous offer carne from the 

Western Aust .... liall Turf Club to their meetings at the 

Helena Vale Course. Man} officers and ratings al1ended 

all these meetings. some (Iuite profitably! Ashore, the 

oflicers lIere entertained to several functions ranging 

from a Ci\j{; Heeeption in the Fremanlle Town Iiall, 

the Australian Aml)'s SlIan Mess to the parties given b) 

the Victoria League. Pri\'ate imitations to officers and 

ratings are too numerous to relate. It is, perhaps, 

sulJicient to comment thaI tOllanls the end of the ship's 

~ta} in Fremantle ler) fell ofllcers Ilere seen in the 

\Vardroom after Ilorking hours. and amollgst the ship's 

compall) fi,e pounds Ilere being offered for 'subs' b) 

the (lut) Ilatch! 

A quiet. but impressi\e. ceremunl took place in the 

Mariner's Chapel. Fremantle. Oil 4th June. Ilhen His 

Crace the Archbishop of Perth confirmed four memhers 

of tllf' ship's COlllltlln). lIis Grace lisited the ship on a 

lakr occasion accompanied h) Mrs. Moline. 

Man) "portin~ elent!' I,·ere held ashore during the 

lisit. At II.M.A.S. LEEUWIN. A.8.s Dunsfonl and 

Wahid Abdul. the H.M.\. bo~ers. fought e~tremely well, 

despite lack of training. at an e~cellent exhibition boxing 

programme put on in honour of the ship. Se\'eral 

potential Australian OI)llIpie amateurs appeared on the 

bill. The Soccer tea III had tllO good games, defeating 

it Combined Serlkes' \1. 6-2. and dralling 2-2 with 

an Italian team. Tricolour. The Hugby Football XV, 

sadl) out of training and deplet('{1 by drafts. lost to a 

Western t\USlralian State \ V. but improved thrt.'C days 

later to beat an Ann) team. J7-11. The successful Hille 

Shooting team easil) defeated the ItA. Nal-y X by 298 

puinb. 

At 1130. on Frida) Bth JUlie. NEWFOUNDLAND 

sailc{1 frolll FrenlllntJe. llaPP} memories of new friend· 

ships. lost hearts and British hospitalit) Ilere left hchind. 

i\lall) 'Shil'la cohbers' turned up to Ilale the ship out 

of harbour. It I\as a "fair dinkum" sight. The ship 

rl'l'l'ilt>d the follolling signal from Captain Wal1on: 

"\\e hlllC great I) enjo}ed Jour sta). i\la} all future 

commi~-ions be a" hapII}. The hearing of }our ship's 

cumpan). all(1 partkularl) of the detachment of sailors 

an{1 Hu~al i\larilll'!' paradl'(l on AnnilersaT) Da).together 

,lith the appearancp of }our ship. hllle given the Nal'y 

a great fillip." 

On passage from Fremantle the ship encountered 

heal) gales Ilhieh. on thc night of 9th June. callsed severe 

{lamage to the I,ort \\haler. One roll registered nearly 

35! On Hth June. i\EKFOli\DLAND made a 

rellC!eZ\OUS II ith CONSOHT to relie\l~ the destro}er on 

\leather reporting (illties in Operation Mosaic. The 21 

.Ia) period at "I'a "as quieti) passed ,lith a \ariel} of 

en1ertainrlwnt_. film_. competitions. and listening to the 

fir,t 1110 Tp!'t l\latehes. The S.H.E. produced a popular 

nnl ".\bgazinc·· Ilith Pelt} Oflicer S}llIes ("John Oscar 

Arlult"). A. B. Burton. Mne. Hunt. and Bugler Thompsoll 

a_thcstars. 

OperatilJll \Iosaic at MontI' Bello cnded on 19th 

June. and \EWFOl \l)L\i\D ~ailed for Exmouth Sound 

to embark mail. ~tores lind oil fuel. The ship remained 

at thi~ an(,horagp for hlo dll)". As at Pulau Tioman. 

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fishing IIe1:0mc the mu~l I,upular pa~timl' I\ith the ",hip's 

COlllplln). On 28th June i\E\\ FOL \DL\\I) returned 

to SingllVOre \\here ~e\eral r('lief~ in thl' main re-com· 

mis..ioning I,art) hlld IIrriH'd from England. The end 

of the com1l1i~;

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EDITORIAL 

This magazin~ folJ(),,~ Ihe pallem of all Ship·~ 

'hgazin~. It ~ndeal\H.lr", hithfulh lu rttord the 

temper of a Ship' Compan~ 5('n ing a ("/)lllrni-·ioll in 

Foreign "ater".. 

It records our ~ucc('-""'_ in Ilork and 1,l!lI. our scn.c 

of humour. and nllln) 

ha' in all) "a) sUPI)()rted the producli"n "f thi. magazjne. 

and. in particular. the Ilelerend Jolm "at!.... "ho Ila. 

done )l'Qlllan .enice tlirflughout. 

'h per"on:J1 ("olltrihution. a". editor. j. a final mani· 

fl".·lation of tht pridl" and plta".urt il hall bN-n for lilt 

10 -('t\t a~ Ex{"'{,'utjl(' onicer in \E\'iFOt \DLA:\D for 

l'i ghtl'1'1l month•. I Iwp'" this mllgazillt "ill act a. a 

I,,'rmanl'nt rl'mindrr 10 )OU all of 1I cOlllrni ••ioll \\hit:h 

Iwg:an. t:olltinucd and ended on Il high plane. Goud 

lu,ok tu ~uu all. 

/Jail) O,derJ Ith I/IF-IIM. 19')6. 

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