Hms Ganges Days

Author : Peter Broadbent
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781909183018

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HMS Ganges Days by Peter Broadbent Pdf

When Peter Broadbent entered HMS Ganges, the toughest training establishment for young recruits to the Royal Navy, he was a naive 15-year-old Yorkshire schoolboy, entranced with the idea of seeing the world, proud of his drainpipe trousers and DA hairstyle, and eager to meet girls. In other words, he was a ‘Nozzer' - a raw and unsuspecting recruit. When he emerged 386 days later it was as a prospective ‘Dabtoe', not quite a fully trained Seaman, but well on the way. This funny and vivid memoir accurately captures what it was like to climb the mast, have your kit trashed, learn to swear, develop a taste for Kye and Stickies, double around the parade-ground at dead of night in your pyjamas, endlessly run up and down Laundry Hill ... and to do it all and much more while being continually barracked by a demanding Petty Officer Instructor. Along the way, Peter relished learning the Navy lingo and how to sail. He consumed platefuls of Cheese Ush, won a boxing certificate, discovered a secret stash of Playboy magazines, smoked thousands of cigarettes, and convinced girls back home that his shorn hair was in fact the very latest fashion ‘down south’.

Author : Peter Broadbent
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781909183414

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HMS Bermuda Days by Peter Broadbent Pdf

In 1961 the Royal Navy came up with a brilliant idea: why not take all its rogues, thugs and malcontents and place them on board its flagship, HMS Bermuda, where hard work and continuous exercising would keep them out of trouble? Joining this colourful crew was sixteen-year-old Peter Broadbent, fresh out of his year's training at HMS Ganges, and drafted to ‘Bermadoo' to make up the ship’s quota of Junior Seamen. Initially he lived a cocooned existence in the Juniors’ mess, with a community of cockroaches as his closest companions, but his life changed dramatically the day he transferred to the notorious For’d Seamen’s Mess. There, he grew up. In the course of his 34,000 nautical miles with Bermuda, he learned how to ammunition the ship, avoid Pompey Lil, sing the Oggie song, survive a storm, throw a perfect heaving line and count himself proud to be a ‘sharp-end seaman’. On his eighteenth birthday, the entire population of Hamilton, Bermuda, along with a uniformed band and full ceremonial, enthusiastically welcomed Peter and his ship; in Newcastle-upon-Tyne he was given the job of preventing women wearing skirts from descending a long open-backed ladder; in Stockholm he had a memorable dalliance with a local girl called Gunnel, and in Amsterdam a professional businesswoman at work in Canal Street was so impressed with his performance that, as he took his leave, she shook his hand warmly and gave him some of her business cards.

Author : John Douglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0906816068

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HMS Ganges by John Douglas Pdf

Author : Chris Neylan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780244148409

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Pull Up A Bollard... HMS Ganges and Beyond... by Chris Neylan Pdf

Join Chris Neylan as he walks through the gates of HMS Ganges on the start of a remarkable journey with the Royal Navy of the 60s and 70s. From raw recruit to experienced sailor, enjoy this first-hand account of the ups and downs of life in the Senior Service. Thousands of ex-Navy personnel will know HMS Ganges and its critical role in training men for a career at sea. Learn about life at the base and how Chris fared. Later, we?ll join him as he sets sail with various ships including HMS Torquay (and being told off by Prince Charles), HMS Gurkha (witnessing apartheid) and HMS Excellent. This true, amusing and entertaining account does not mask the sometimes brutal Ganges regime and, near the book's end, the similar yet harsher regime at Portsmouth Detention Quarters.

Author : John Douglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : HMS Ganges (Training establishment : England)
ISBN : 0906418003

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H.M.S. Ganges by John Douglas Pdf

Author : Maritime Books Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0785552952

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HMS Ganges - Roll on My Dozen by Maritime Books Staff Pdf

Author : Rachel Field
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2014-11-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750957786

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Ipswich Book of Days by Rachel Field Pdf

Taking you through the year day by day, The Ipswich Book of Days contains quirky, eccentric, amusing and important events and facts from different periods in the history of one of England’s oldest towns. Ideal for dipping into, this addictive little book will keep you entertained and informed.Featuring hundreds of snippets of information gleaned from the vaults of Ipswich’s archives and covering the social, criminal, political, religious, industrial, military and sporting history of the town, it will delight residents and visitors alike.

Author : Peter Broadbent
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781911105091

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Up Spirits by Peter Broadbent Pdf

Until that fateful day in 1970 when the Royal Navy abolished the rum ration, the one thing that every Royal Navy sailor could rely on was that ‘Up Spirits’ would be piped at approximately 11:45 each day . ‘Tot-time’ was the cue for plenty of banter and lamp-swinging, but also for baffling negotiations as to who might have sippers, wets, gulpers, halfers, sandy bottoms, or their share of ‘Queen’s’. With the same humour, affection and story-telling ability that characterised his earlier naval memoirs, including HMS Ganges Days and HMS Bermuda Days, Peter Broadbent tells the tale of his nine months as an Able Seaman on board HMS Gurkha, touring the Persian Gulf with a few detours to the Seychelles, Kenya and the Mozambique channel. Along the way he coxswains Royal Marines on a RIB to track down smugglers, pits his wits against a line-up of ultra-intelligent dolphins, persuades dozens of girls from a jam factory in Leeds to write to ‘lonely sailors’, is one of the transfer team that initiated the ‘Beira Bucket’ when used to trade its contents for desperately needed toilet paper from HMS Eskimo, and makes it to Gibraltar in time to celebrate England winning the 1966 World Cup. Ayo Gurkhali!

Author : John Beeler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 534 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000341713

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The Milne Papers by John Beeler Pdf

Alexander Milne was the pre-eminent naval administrator of the Victorian Royal Navy, spending eighteen years at the Admiralty between 1847 and 1876, over six of them as First Naval Lord. His administrative career coincided exactly with the greatest technological upheaval in warfare at sea since sails supplanted oars, and he played an important role in almost every step of the Navy's transformation from sail to steam, wood to iron, and in the equally critical processes of devising a modern system of recruiting and training enlisted personnel, and evolving a coherent strategy suitable for a steam-powered fleet. This collection is drawn from a rich documentary record of Milne's and the Board's labours during the late 1840s and 1850s. It also encompasses Milne's earlier sea service, furnishing a unique glimpse of the maritime policing operations of the Navy during the Pax Britannica.

Author : Neil R Storey
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750952255

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The Little Book of Suffolk by Neil R Storey Pdf

The Little Book of Suffolk is a repository of intriguing, fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts and trivia about one of England's most colourful counties. It is an essential to the born and bred Suffolk folk or anyone who knows and loves the county. Armed with this fascinating tome the reader will have such knowledge of the county, its landscape, people, places, pleasures and pursuits they will be entertained and enthralled and never short of some frivolous fact to enhance conversation or quiz! A reference book and a quirky guide, this can be dipped in to time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.

Author : Tristan Jones
Publisher : Sheridan House, Inc.
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1574090194

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Heart of Oak by Tristan Jones Pdf

Following the account of his childhood and his early years aboard in A Steady Trade, Tristan Jones now looks back to his years below decks in the Royal Navy during World War II.

Author : David Yates
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473812567

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Bomb Alley by David Yates Pdf

This is the untold story of the Falklands War as experienced by a below-decks seaman on one of the most important ships to be despatched to the South Atlantic. It is a no-holds-barred account as seen through the eyes of a Royal Navy matelot who shared the terror of the first encounter with Argentinean forces when South Georgia was retaken from the invaders in Operation Paraquat. Then HMS Antrim lead the first attack into the North Falklands Sound where she destroyed enemy defences and later became part of the main force anti-aircraft defences in the infamous 'Bomb Alley' or San Carlos Water. During one of the many air attacks the ship was struck by a bomb that destroyed her defensive missile system, but through pure chance the bomb did not explode and remained aboard wedged in the aft 'heads'. All around the stricken ship other RN vessels were taking extreme punishment from the almost continuous onslaught from low-flying Argentinean jets. HMS Antelope, HMS Coventry and the Atlantic Conveyer were all lost within a short period whilst the army was trying to establish a bridgehead.

Author : Patrick Boniface
Publisher : Periscope Publishing Ltd.
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1904381359

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Cats and Cathedrals by Patrick Boniface Pdf

Author : George Wyndham
Publisher : London : Hutchinson [1925]
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : UOM:39015008865597

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Life and Letters of George Wyndham by George Wyndham Pdf

Author : Don Price
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781524632564

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A Football Fan's Story by Don Price Pdf

Like most kids back in the day, Don dreamt of being a professional footballer and scoring the winning goal at Wembley. Unfortunately for Don, he was not much good at football. He grew up in Manchester in the fifties and sixties, and even joining the Royal Navy in the late sixties did not dampen his passion or enthusiasm for the game. Don founded one of the largest football supporters branches in the country and was chairman of it for ten years. This is a gripping account and a humorous look back at his time in the Royal Navy and the supporters branch meetings including sportsmens dinners, and charity events he organised with some of the top names in British football. Celebrity guests included Kevin Keegan, Nick Leeson, and Francis Lee. He also recounts some of the hilarious away trips he organized. It is a real life supporters story that will appeal to all football fans.