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'Financing John Phillip Holland's Designs' January 2020 ClubScene Events Burns Night Dinner Photos Chairman's Supper and Battle of Taranto Dinner Feature 'Silent Service 2' and 'Financing John Phillip Holland’s Designs' Directory ROYAL NAVAL CLUB AND ROYAL ALBERT YACHT CLUB Established 1867 | 17 Pembroke Road, Portsmouth, England, PO1 2NT Direct Lines _____________________________________________________________ Reception and Membership Carlie Robbins 023 9282 5924 [email protected] Events and Managemant Sarah Kosti 023 9282 5931 [email protected] Head Chef Gary Cook 023 9282 9131 [email protected] Accounts Alison Tagg 023 9282 5926 [email protected] Club Secretary Tracy Cotton 023 9282 8266 [email protected] Additional Contact Details _____________________________________________________________ Chairman John Hill [email protected] Commodore Adrian Saunders [email protected] Bridge Club Rosemary Niner please contact Reception Wine Appreciation (WAGS) Miles Linington [email protected] ClubScene Editor Carlie Robbins [email protected] Feedback & suggestions Reception [email protected] Club Opening Hours _____________________________________________________________ Weekdays: Weekends: Club Open: Monday - Friday 0930 - 1500 Club Open: Sunday 1200 - 1500 Bar Open: Monday - Friday 1200 - 1500 Bar Open: Sunday 1200 - 1500 Tuesday 1700 - 1900 Carvery: Sunday 1300 - 1400 Thursday 1700 - 1900 Bar Lunch: Sunday 1230 - 1400 Friday 1800 - 2200 Food: Monday - Friday 1200 - 1500 Friday 1830 - 2100 Dress Codes _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________________________________________ A smart casual dress code is applicable in the Member’s Bar during general opening hours. For specific events please see the event information for the required dress code. Smart Casual – Gentlemen - denims, chinos or suit pants with a shirt or polo shirt. Ladies - equivalent dress with flat or heeled shoes acceptable. No ripped denim, sports clothing, flip flops, t-shirts with offensive slogans or illustrations, baseball caps. Jacket and Tie - Gentlemen – lounge suit or dress trousers, jacket and tie. Ladies formal equivalent, cocktail length. Black Tie - Service Mess Undress, Royal Yacht Squadron Mess Kit or equivalent, Gentlemen – Formal dinner suit with black bow tie. Ladies – formal full length attire. Miniature medals and decorations to be worn. FROM THE BOARD marketing agency to increase our GET ON THE WATER market visibility. That will cover the To continue the theme of getting on venue business as well as helping us the water the next step from seek and engage new members. dinghies is progression to day or John Hill One of our members said to me keel boats. There is nothing better CHAIRMAN earlier in the year “We all joined in than a warm summers evening our 50s and now we are in our 80s,” sailing around the buoys off As we go into January Anthea and I and there has been no push for Portsmouth. The Club has a very will have returned from spending more 50-year olds or to retain those close relationship with the Victory Christmas with our daughter in San we attract”. Class, a one design class based in Diego. We hope that you all had an Finally, last month I announced that Portsmouth harbour. They sail enjoyable festive period and are our club Secretary who has been Tuesday and Thursday evenings, now looking forward to enjoying the with the club for 7 years is leaving at Saturday afternoons in the season club and the exciting times ahead the beginning of March. If you wish and there are always opportunities for all of us in 2020. to join us in thanking Tracy for her to sail. If interested do contact me. It is now the beginning of the new hard work and to wish her well, year and the major drive to move please contact Carlie our the club forward. Since May we Membership Secretary. have been planning and preparing, establishing what we want to do and discovering a few climbable foothills. Adrian I have drafted a letter offering the Saunders £5000 each debenture loan. This is a 5-year loan offering a return of 4% COMMODORE with the investment secured against COMMODORE'S SUPPERS all the club assets. We have decided AMERICAS CUP CHALLENGE With the New Year upon us we have that the club is badly unused and if The launch of Sir Ben Ainslie’s AC an exciting series of Commodore’s we want to create value for challenge in October revealed a Suppers lined up for 2020. Firstly on members, we must hire out more spectacular racing yacht. Her and all Thursday 9th January is the and make the building work for us. the crew are off to Sardinia for welcoming supper for Sir Robin Eventually this should lead to better winter training in preparation for Knox-Johnston to his Honorary levels of staffing, greater availability the first World Series event 23-26th Membership and he will be giving a (with the club open more) and a April. There is a possibility that the presentation on his “80years”, better level of social and fo rmal World Series could be coming to certainly an event not to be missed. events. Unless we can raise £80,000 Portsmouth in June, fingers crossed. initially then we will have to find another way forward. This is critical to prime the pump to increase hiring business significantly over the next 5 years. Part of the issue is that we need to tell people we are here and one of the limiting factors is the rather long and cumbersome name We will also hold the auction and - we are no longer a Club exclusively raffle to raise money for the racing for Royal Naval Officers and mark sponsorship, so bring your Yachties. All and any suggestions cash and cheque, more detail on the are welcome - in the suggestions items very soon. In April we have the box please. On which issue we are privilege of meeting the new Queens Any questions do not hesitate to contact also in the process of selecting a Harbour Master. me on 07833226999 or commodore@rnc- rayc.co.uk FROM THE BAR SMALLER PORTIONS FOR LIGHTER APPETITES NOW AVAILABLE January STARTERS MENU Olives, crusty bread (v) Creamy broccoli soup (vg) Haggis Bon Bon's, rocket salad, spicy tomato dip Crispy whitebait, bread and butter, lemon, mayonnaise Chicken timbale MAIN COURSES Spanish omelette, chips, salad (v) Mixed bean chilli, rice, home made tortilla chips, salsa (vg) Liver and bacon, onions, mashed potato Sticky orange and sesame chicken, rice noodles Steak and ale pudding, seasonal vegetables Roasted cod, lentils, vine tomatoes Home cooked ham, egg, sauté potatoes, tomato, peas DESSERTS Orange and lemon tart Raspberry Cranachan Chocolate tart, coconut ice cream (vg) JANUARY OFFERS Bring three friends to lunch on a Monday or Tuesday in January and enjoy a bottle of house wine for your table on us! Offer redeemable once per member with the purchase of four main courses One member per group can redeem this offer per visit Please indicate when booking if you wish to redeem this offer January Roast Wednesday Deal Escape the January cold by taking advantage of our warming 'Roast Wednesday' offer. A Roast Dinner with a sumptuous pudding for £10! Offer valid throughout the month of January on Wednesdays only A touch of Frost... Silent Service 2 In the first article on the silent service the T Class was introduced. They were to replace the O, P, and R classes. Work started in 1934 and a number of compromises were required due to the restrictions imposed by International Treaties, of which Britain was a signatory, following WW 1. Sir Noel Laurence, Rear Admiral Submarines, a very distinguished submariner of the 1914-18 war, insisted that a powerful, forward, pod of torpedoes was essential. The Imperial Japanese Fleet was considered a definite threat and he believed that it would be difficult to reach the capital ships, through the destroyer screen. It was therefore necessary to fire a salvo of torpedoes, to have a chance that one or more would get through. The result was the characteristic bulge in the bow of the Class. (LEFT) HMS Trenchant (RIGHT) A WWII Charriot HMS Trenchant embodied the realisation of the design parameters. Serving in the Pacific, under the command of Commander Arthur Hazlet DSO, DSC, she fought the Japanese, sinking both transports and warships by use of her torpedoes, her gun and even ramming. Notably she sank the German submarine U-859, in the Malacca Straits, taking eleven prisoners. A month later carrying chariots into Phuket Harbour, she sank a major Japanese cargo ship, the Sumatra Maru. Many would say it is brave enough to wage war in a submarine. To sit astride a torpedo and guide it to its target, takes it to a completely different level. Most famously she sank the Japanese Cruiser Ashigara, carrying 1,600 men and vital military equipment. Significantly 5 out of 8 torpedoes hit at 4,000 yards; thus, fully vindicating Noel Laurence’s design input. At the end of the war, all surviving T-class Group 1 and Group 2 boats were scrapped, but the Group 3 boats (which were of welded rather than riveted construction) were retained and fitted with snorkel masts, snorts in Navy slang. Earlier submarines were designed to spend most of their time on the surface. They usually dived only to avoid detection or make a daylight attack. Until radar came into general use, sonar was the danger. It could easily detect a submerged vessel but was virtually useless at detecting a submarine on the surface. As radar systems improved submarines, particularly U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic, were forced to spend more and more time submerged, relying on battery power, with the resulting lack of speed and range.
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