HMS Ganges. The association said it had about 3,000 members and at the time of the offences its income from membership fees was about 30,000 a year. 1907. Roger Jones, chairman at the HMS Ganges Museum said: "HMS Ganges was originally a ship of the wooden wall, launched in 1821. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. It was easy to spot those who had been here the longest. 11.00 to 17.00 Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays between Easter and the end of October. I told him "I don't give a flying feck!" I heard many boys saying things like , dont bend over in front of the seamanship officer, or always face him dont turn around. CPO (OPS) (EW) Served from 1966 - 1991 Served in HMS Ganges. Mr Youngman, who joined the navy aged 15 in 1965, said he had previously climbed up to the top of the mast but "couldn't wait to get back down". CHARGE CHIEF PETTY OFFICER (WEA) Served from 1974 - 1997 Served in HMS Ganges. I was sent to the training Ship HMS Ganges a cruel harsh 12 months lay ahead of me and thousands of other boys. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. Find out more about HMS Ganges at www.hmsgangesmuseum.com, or visit the museum, located at the end of King Edward VII Drive, in Shotley, IP9 1QJ. Justin I saw the mast fully manned three times and it was a wonderful sight to see as it was so well choreographed and I was always amazed how the button boy could even get onto the button, when there was a breeze the mast moved a few good feet at the top of it and as I said all he had to hold onto was a knee high lighting conductor. Im quite sure few if any boys receiving cuts ever thought to run away again. Initially, training continued to be carried out on the vessel, but after the completion of a shore-based facility at Shotley, the ship was sent to be broken up. the reason i remember the date is that it was my 15th birthday, We got shipped out to Suez in October 1956 cutting short our training by a couple of months. Allegations of Abuse. Life at Ganges was recalled recently in The Evening Star when a book about the base by Alan Peck was published. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships from 1779 onwards, but in 1905 it was chosen for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich, where about 500 boy recruits were. ", The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Some 100 boy-sailors were in the canteen, chewing and chattering; clattering knives forks and spoons against plates and bowls. The skipper was HS McKenzie who went FOSM. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Martin Foster, 54, of Haig Road, Uxbridge, had already admitted two charges of fraud by abuse of position. I allowed my head to tilt backward, sending my gaze to the very top, to the lightning conductor where the Button Boy stood on ceremonial occasions. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. He would lay on the number of cuts prescribed, each cut raised a welt on the boys buttocks. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The pipe (whistle) was used aboard ship for passing orders and instructions. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. He was an Electricians Mate Class 1 and served in, 12/03/35-09/01/36 HMS Ganges. Heard so much about HMS Ganges though and it sounded very good for developing 'real sailors ' but as much as I hate to admit it I suspect it would have been too much for me . The mast was erected in 1907 for boy entrant training purposes using the lower foremast (steel) from HMS Cordelia (1881) with other sections from the mizzen mast of HMS Agincourt (1865). Richard Dunn. I knew that once the weather was respectable, when it was no longer dangerous, my skinny little skeleton would be transported, step by trembling step, up that perilous rigging. Write to Dave Kindred, Kindred Spirits, Evening Star, 30 Lower Brook Street, Ipswich IP4 1AN. After initial training we were marched from the training camp. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. He went on to be an SD subby. The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. "Boys came into Ganges at age 15 and went into the navy as men at 16. It began snowing on Boxing Day. Contents 1 Foundation and early history 1.1 Allegations of abuse 2 Ganges at Harwich 3 Ganges at Shotley 3.1 1906 changes 3.2 Later developments 3.3 First World War 3.4 Post war developments 3.5 Ganges in the Second World War 3.6 Postwar and closure 4 References 5 External links As a matter of interest how many of you did your 22 and beyond not many I suspect therefore you look back with nostalgia, fcuking hated the place and made certain I never treated any of my guys the same as the youngsters were treated there. There was a way to bypass it for cowards like me, but God help you if you tried using it. they said. JavaScript is disabled. View of the iconic mast at the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Discipline was severe, routine constant and fear of punishment loomed at every turn. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). This punishment was something I never witnessed and can only describe from what other boys told me. HP10 9TY. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). I joined up in 1968,three years after my brother, he hated it I was one off the sad ones that loved it, even the kit musters on the mast! document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. the top rung of a six foot ladder is about my limit! Drake 39 mess At least the cubicles in the heads had doors on this time. Commander was Trick and a good egg. Developers Wavensmere Homes and Galliard Homes plan to build almost 300 homes on the site and include a restored mast in the development. Two other ratings are recorded as 'drowning' whilst on the books of HMS Ganges and both were in 1944. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Independent Babergh District councillor for Ganges, Derek Davis. This site uses cookies. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Every letter of our names had to be perfectly in line. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships since from 1779, but in 1905 it was chosen as title for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich where about 500 boy recruits were stationed. Dec 30, 2016. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. John Garrett. Martin Foster was treasurer for veterans who served at HMS Ganges training base in Sufffolk. These were all regular happenings at Ganges. [1] George Blake joined the Navy in 1935 and served up to 1950. Frederick "Ben" Rodgers author of "Lily & Me", "The Royal Navy & Me" and collector of Rover automobiles, Review from Newfoundland CraigChurchill. 1914. I shuddered to the bone, as I'm sure did other boys. A Gannett Company. The training was tough, brutal at times, yet many of those who came through remember HMS Ganges, at Shotley Gate, with a certain fondness. First time ever looking at any RN sights. First the older of the two, Maurice WRIGHT JX 657902. But, because of the lockdown nothing has really moved and I think, even though construction workers havent leagally been told theyre not allowed to do anything, the owners are a bit reluctant to move. There were stories of many similar violations but none ever reported. HMS Ganges closed on June 6. The Admiralty decided that the shore base should bear the name of the original training ship, HMS Ganges. It was hard, often . ", HMS Ganges as a warship (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). His fellow recruit, Phil Bridge, said it was "a sad day, because it means a lot to us", but he was looking forward to a restored mast being returned. We can reunite you with your friends who served at HMS Ganges and we have a wealth of information on different units, bases and ships in the site. They say you never forget the place and I agree. HMS Ganges moved moorings from Harwich to Shotley. The culprit was brought before the Commanders table, the punishment was awarded as six or twelve cuts. 1906. You are using an out of date browser. Abuse Details. Such a tragedy that this historical place has been left to rot. The inquiry was carried out by Hampshire Police after debit card transactions of 4,200 and cash machine withdrawals totalling 74,000 were made from the association's bank accounts between August 2010 and June 2012. Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. Download Citation | On Feb 1, 2023, Olivier Champagne and others published Future change in amplitude and timing of high-flow events in a Canadian subarctic watershed | Find, read and cite all the . The master at arms held a long thin bamboo cane, the instrument of the punishment. In 1907, its famous 143ft (44m)-high training . A question of Religion?Maybe MaybeNot???? inaccuracy or intrusion, then please Not to the required half-moon, but to the first platform, where, when authoritative eyes were averted, I dashed to the other side and climbed back down.. The Cattlemarket area of Ipswich would be busy at weekends with boys in full naval uniform. The HMS Ganges training base, which opened in 1905, closed in 1976 and has remained . While the training ship was originally based in Cornwall, she was moved to Harwich, and then Shotley in the 1890s, in order to be closer to a centre of population. I would imagine it will be a number of years before we see the final product but Ive seen first hand how quickly they can actually make progress once the builders get going. Martin Foster, 54, of Haig Road, Uxbridge, had already admitted two charges of fraud by abuse of position. 1976. One lad, a Geordie, was drafted early to a Destroyer bound for the Mediterraniann sailed from Plymouth He was washed overboard on his first few hours at sea..His parents never knew of the misery he suffered at Ganges. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can Jon Sparks. They looked smarter, more confident, or even downright dejected. Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. At the tip of the Shotley peninsular sits a cluster of abandoned buildings that were once home to hundreds of young lads right at the start of their lives at sea. attempted to climb to the top of the mast, Harry and Meghan told to 'vacate' Frogmore Cottage, Explosive found in check-in luggage at US airport, Fungus case forces Jack Daniels to halt construction, Aboriginal spears taken in 1770 to return to Sydney, China and Belarus call for peace in Ukraine, Rare Jurassic-era bug found at Arkansas Walmart. NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE, HE'S NOT HERE TODAYTHE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAYFIFTEEN YEARS OF LEARNING, HE'LL NOT GO DOWN THE MINESO WE TOOK HIM NEAR TO IPSWICH TOWNFAR FROM THE SEAMS OF THE TYNEIN A PLACE THEY STILL CALL 'GANGES' WITH TWO THOUSAND OTHER BOYSHE LEARNED TO SPLICE AND SAIL A BOATTALL ORDERS WERE HIS TOYSTHE 'BULLY BOYS' CAME NIGHTLY, DID THINGS A BOY COUNDN'T TELLBUT THEY MADE HIM WRITE IN HIS LETTERS HOME MAMMA YOU'R BOY'S DOIN WELLTHEN NEWS CAME OF SOME FIGHTING IN A FAR OFF DISTANT LANDWE NEED THOSE BOYS THUS SPAKE FOUR RINGSIN OUR BIG SHIPS THEY CAN RIDEIT'S WRITTEN ON HIS PAPERS, TWAS NOT THE DEED OF A MAN BUT A WAVE THAT TOOK MY GEORDIE BOYFIVE MILES OFF PLYMOUTH SOUNDSO NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE HE'S NOT HERE TODAY THE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAY. Work on the scheme, which would see 285 new homes, a 60-bed nursing home, a large retail space and areas for medical services, will not be started until a spine road through the site, which will take the bulk of construction traffic away from main roads, is built. A Gannett Company. HMS Ganges (1821) This page summarises records created by this Organisation The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the. MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges. I just got on with it. You are using an out of date browser. My heart sank and my elation evaporated as I desperately tried to quash all fears of my body falling from the Devil's Elbow. The test consisted of two lengths of the pool while wearing a boiler suit, then floating for five minutes. A planning application for the site was submitted and outline permission was granted in 2015. Real posh supercilious bastard. After such a long time I think it will be a welcome relief for a lot of people. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Outbreak of World War One. This was the job of the button boy at HMS Ganges who had to shin up the last fifteen feet or so to climb on the button during ceremonial parades. He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court. Babergh District councillor Ganges, Derek Davis, said: From my own personal perspective I have seen how closely our officers and our planning team have worked with the owners of the site and I can imagine that once the lockdown is over and the guys get started, progress will be made very quickly. Ken said: It was a dreadful winter. The noise was excruciating. St George IOM Boys training 3/5/45 Christmas leave 45 took all kit and returned to Ipswich station, then by the ubiquitous 3 ton Bedford to Shotley where we reopened HMS Ganges as a boys establishment. As Rudyard Kipping wrote in his famous poem IF the you will be a man my son. According to the HMS Ganges Museum, her timbers were used to make objects including a grand staircase on an estate, and a cocktail bar in a small hotel, both in Devon. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. 5.0 out of 5 stars A real trip down memory lane. No way would the Royal Navy let the opportunity to instill fear into a young boy pass them by, So began another nine months of laughter and tears, disaster and joy. Discussions between developers and Babergh District Council planning officers have been concluded five years after plans for the huge project were given outline planning permission in December 2015. STANDING on a wooden disc about a foot in diameter, and saluting, does not sound too much of a challenge, unless it is 143feet above the ground and you only have a lightning conductor to grip between your knees. Read about our approach to external linking. Ganges Museum is located at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, in what was the Enright Block, on the foreshore of the former H.M.S. A history of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. Steve Tarr. inaccuracy or intrusion, then please The lower portion of the mast is steel, extending 18 feet (5.5 m) below ground and 30 feet (9.1 m) above ground. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Padre Weekes was always good for a fag and Jim Conroy (PTI) taught me to yodel. Click here to remove banner ads from this forum. 1905 to 1976 saw 150,000 recruits pass through HMS Ganges. 'Letters back to front, remember!' The overall height is 143 feet 10 inches, with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches thick. Yes, I got it wrong! HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships since from 1779, but in 1905 it was chosen as title for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich where about 500 boy recruits. yes I was there in 92 .Essex, Nolfolk , Herts Suffolk and Cambs police all used it. On the parade ground the order went something like On the command fix! The left hand went behind the cheek of your left buttock and twisted the bayonet and scabbard upward. The only thing I can remember of that awesome night, apart from collecting a kit bag and filling it to capacity with kit, was sobbing myself to sleep and that I ate the biggest meal I'd ever eaten in my entire 15 years of life. ', and he replied that it was the first time he had a warm bed, three hot meals a day, and a roof over his head that didn't leak. It had to be a joke! 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Didn't like it, there are better ways of teaching than violence, but it hardened me up and made me self disciplined. A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. ( Royal Naval Detention Quarters RNDQs Portsmouth), Listen to No Flowers for Geordie on SoundCloud. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Well this seems a good time to see if this site works properly. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Mr Davis added: They have had the last conditions, including the fire hydrants agreed. Statistics for the 1930s indicate some 200 official canings per year in HMS Ganges alone, an average of four per week. www.amazon.co.uk/H-m-S-Ganges-Dozen/dp/0906418003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269273975&sr=1-1, www.navy-net.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=134/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=0.html, www.veterans-uk.info/vets_badge/vets_badge.htm. Reaching high into the sunlit sky stood the mast; its yardarms spread wide like a giant crucifix. Shotley Marina, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, IP9 1QJ. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. The HMS Ganges training base, which opened in 1905, closed in 1976 and has remained derelict. CEM1 Served from 1972 - 1978 Served in HMS Ganges. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? Bob Roberts. When I say there was sexual abuse Im speaking from personal experience. We had just finished PT before going to supper, so I was in shorts. The rest of the class were not pleased to suffer because of one boys stupidity and sometimes made a cruel point of letting the culprit know. Mr W Im sure the surprise and very welcome CD that popped through my letter box today was from you dear sir, so thanks very much and Im looking forward to listening to it very soon. Many spars are believed to have come from this ship too. Each time I let it go off it popped, falling to the deck with a clatter. For spite I think, because it wasn't compulsory. At about 60 feet was the Devil's Elbow, the most dangerous and frightening part. Our abuse contact API returns data containing information belonging to the abuse contact of every IP address on the Internet. The cinemas would be packed with rows of Ganges boys in uniform and the caf at the corner of St Stephen's Lane would sell them many cups of tea as they waited for their bus back to Shotley. HP10 9TY. July 5 The old HMS Ganges sails out of Harwich Harbour. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Like lots of other boys I ran away from home when I was 14 yrs old and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman 2nd class. "I remember another of the Ganges boys, they were talking to a visitor at the museum, and she said 'it was quite brutal, wasn't it? During the third disastrous week, it spent so much time on the deck I thought I might as well leave it there! I was at Ganges in 1955 and went to visit Shotley in 2005 and was surprised to see police signs near the old swimming baths. Each of us was required to construct a printing block using letters carved in wood. The mast has been a local landmark since it was. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. It used to be a training camp for the Navy until 1976, and in later years it was a police training school. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. However, for most of us boys, qualifying meant we could wear the Bosuns chain with our uniform instead of a lanyard. H.M.S. Offenders, known in the Navy as "defaulters", were mustered every morning and went before the Captain for a formal hearing, where they could be "awarded" up to 12 "cuts" -- very hard strokes of later times). HMS Ganges is a little bit different though, because they have to get the spine road in first and do some prep work. The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). It would not be an exaggeration to say not one of us had the slightest idea of what lay in store for the next year. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. The Royal Navy training mast in Shotley Gate, pictured in 1936, was erected in 1907, A photograph of the base taken sometime in the 1950s (left), with recruits on the mast in 1937, with one recruit just about visible near the very top, John Youngman said his training at the site stood him in good stead for the rest of his life, Warning: Third party content may contain adverts, A pupil band from The Royal Hospital School performed at the event, It is expected to take at least a year to restore the mast at the tip of the Shotley peninsula, across the water from Felixstowe and Harwich. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. I had already taught myself to swim. He was fondling my right cheek as I tried to concentrate on pipping. . Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. Its really difficult to give a definitive time scale but once things get going I would imagine that progress will be very visible whereas a lot of the work going on over the past two or three years hasnt necessarily been seen by the public.. I wrote this song a long time ago. The white letters would then be transformed, by our nimble fingers, into red with silk thread using the chain stitch. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. The cold water often caused some boys to duck in and out of the water quickly or sometimes not at all. It was a facade hiding unknown treasures unknown tricks for us to perform, the first of which was to mark our kit with our names. what an incredible article, thanks for that dave, how far did you get up that mast? Maybe we were unlucky with Instructors as one was Court Marshalled, discharged and sent to prison for so called abuse. Editors' Code of Practice. On the remainder of the command 'Bayonets' the left hand pulled the bayonet from the scabbard, placed it on the barrel of the rifle and, with a quick twist of the wrist, secured it in place. Ganges training establishment. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and signed on for 12 years. GANGES was the shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy from 1905 until 1976. Graduating from Ganges held the promise of better times ahead, we would be real sailors, excited at the prospect of visiting far off and exotic lands. An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. The mast has been a local landmark since it was erected a century ago this year at the end of the Shotley peninsular. Used to have chats with old Tick-Tock and RPO Salmon gave me my 1 postal order when the max was really ten bob. We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. She was the last wooden wall ship to be a flagship, and the last to sail around cape horn unassisted. From the top of the mast, its a long way to come ! There was also a degree of sexual abuse going on at Ganges, but we boys were too scared to ever complain or report such incidents. BBC Blue Peter presenter John Noakes attempted to climb to the top of the mast. Former recruit John Youngman said it would be "nice to see it restored to its former glory". RO1 (T) Served from 1970 - 1975 Served in HMS Ganges. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The money belonged to the HMS Ganges Association for people who served at the former naval training base at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, Suffolk. 1971. It had to be neatly folded and stacked, each item one above the other, with each item measuring exactly nine inches wide and one inch flat. The former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. St George IOM Boys training 3/5/45 Christmas leave 45 took all kit and returned to Ipswich station, then by the ubiquitous 3 ton Bedford to Shotley where we reopened HMS Ganges as a boys establishment. http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/hms-ganges-swimming-pool-shotley-may-2015.t96792, Anniversary Toast - HMS RALEIGH 25th Oct 2009, Telegraph: "Captain Peter Grindal Obituary", Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves, 10 myths told by Covid 'experts' now debunked. HMS Ganges was a "stone frigate" or land-based institution for the Royal Navy, and between 1905 and 1976 was one of the key training bases used to prepare sailors to defend Great Britain. 1972 - 1978 Served in HMS Ganges Homes on the deck with clatter. You are dissatisfied with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches.! 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