There Is No Sense in Being Pessimistic, It Probably Wouldn't Work Anyway!
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Derbyshire Submariners Newsletter Issue Number 255 January 2021 Freedom of the City of Derby to RN Submarine Service Granted 28 April 2002 Page/s Subject EDITORIAL 01 CONTENT & EDITORIAL Dear God, My prayer for 2021 is I would like a Fat 02 WELFARE Bank account & a Thin Body. Please don't mix these up like you did last year. AMEN! 03/04 POLITICALLY INCORRECT PAGES I know it is impossible to quantify what 2021 will 05 JEFF BACON © TWO TIFFS bring, but the Heading of 06 REMEMBER 2020 & RMA MUSM SOLD this NL is given on the sincere hope it cannot be 07-08 NEWSLETTER FEEDBACK worse than what 2020 09 MICK SHARRAT & JOHN DE’ETH RIP threw at us? Sadly, one 10 A MESSAGE TO ALL SUBMARINERS DS Member has not renewed, but we gained Andrew Wood and Chris Tuckwood who we 11 RN & RM CHARITY REPORT welcome wholeheartedly to DS and look forward to 12 PLYMOUTH COLD WAR X REPORT meeting in 2021. Thank you to all Members who 13 LOCATION OF HMS URGE J.P. Misson have paid 2021 Subs & we have only one in default, but someone has to sail on the Bombers! With all 14-15 FRIENDS OF RNSM STANCE ON URGE subs in, I can then get our accounts audited ready 16 WORLD SUBMARINE NEWS for the AGM in April, so please start thinking about 17-18 UK SUBMARINE RELATED NEWS that too. I hope you had a good Christmas, & we wish all Submariners and readers of the ‘Trade 19 SOME NOT SO OLD NOSTALGIA Journal’ all the very best for the whole of 2021. 20 WORLD SUBMARINE NEWS TOO MEA(L) Michael (Mick) Sharratt P/M 982382 21 DS THE WAY AHEAD 2021 & AGM We were sad to learn 22 CONFUSSION OVER MOD BUDGETS! that ‘Mick’ who had suffered recent ill health 23 WRS, HMS/M ANSON & FISH WARS issues had Crossed the 24 DS 2021 DIARY & LONGCAST Bar. Mick served on Totem, Renown, Dreadnought and Resolution. Obituary Continued: On Page 9 Col 1 DS Members please read the article on page 21. DS works as one group of Submariners; thus, we need your decisions to be able to work! Well, it Feels Very Hard to be Joyous with Greetings at this Christmas Time, and like Ann & I, we are all feeling DS BIRTHDAYS 2021 the sadness of restrictive Family Gatherings, and 02 Jan Daniel Simmonds Socials. We normally say Resurgam at Funerals: But the meaning: ‘An increase or revival after a 05 Feb Tony Greaves period of little activity, popularity, or occurrence’, Will be Relevant to all of us in 2021, God Willing? A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE MONTH Terry Hall There is No Sense in being The Trade Journal Newsletter Editor Hon. Sec/Treasurer, Derbyshire Submariners’ Pessimistic, it probably Wouldn’t [email protected] Work Anyway! www.godfreydykes.info/derbyshire_submariners_page.html 1 WELFARE MATTERS you may not be able to get your money back if Investment Safety Tips Released after a Spike In something goes wrong and its more likely to be a Derbyshire Fraud Offences. A spike in investment scam. Don’t assume it’s real, just because a scams over the last year has seen victims in company has a glossy website and glowing reviews Derbyshire lose more than £6million to faceless from ‘high net worth’ investors, does not mean it is fraudsters. It’s a crime that even the most careful genuine. Fraudsters will go to great lengths to investor can fall prey to, whereby someone offers convince you they are not a scam. Do NOT provide you a fake but often very convincing opportunity to your identity documents. These fake trading make a profit. Scammers persuade individuals to platforms will request proof of your identity. They move money to a fictitious fund on behalf of your will tell you this is to comply with anti-money business or to pay for a fake investment with the laundering regulations; however, the criminals will promise of a high return with little to no risk. Since use your details to sign up for accounts with other Sept 2019, 200 people in Derbyshire fell victim to services in your name without your permission. Do this scam, and offences have been steadily rising NOT allow anyone remote access to your computer. since the COVID-19 pandemic began. Reports You may be asked to download software such as Any Desk or TeamViewer. show that young people, aged between 20-29, are now also becoming more vulnerable to fraudsters, Be cautious of bank transfers. There’s very little you who are targeting them through advertisements or can do to get your money back if you’ve made the posts on social media. transfer. Remember, if something sounds too good Scammers are leading their victims to professional to be true - it probably is. Reporting Fraud: If you looking websites, where they’re persuaded to invest think you’ve been a victim of an investment fraud, in the bogus schemes or are led to invest in report it to Action Fraud online at cryptocurrency scams. With more and more people www.actionfraud.police.uk or by calling 0300 123 looking to invest, we are now launching a campaign 2040. For more information about investment fraud, to raise awareness of this type of fraud, and how visit www.fca.org.uk/scamsmart Message Sent By you can best protect yourself. And to mark the start Jonny Birkin (Police, Media, Media team) of International Fraud Week tin Dec, a video featuring an actress telling the story of one Neighbourhood Watch Launches Protect Your Derbyshire investor was released. It is a true story, Pa$$W0rD Campaign with 3 Quick Steps one in which the victim was tricked out of more than As we spend more time at home and on our online 1 £210,000. Watch the video here: devices, over /3 (34%) of people say that they’re https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY6gfmJAG-Y more concerned about cybercrime than physical crime and a startling 1 in 5 people are a victim of Derbyshire Constabulary’s Cyber Protect Officer, cybercrime! You could be more at risk than you Jodie Nevin, said: ‘With the coronavirus outbreak might think. If strengthening your passwords is causing job losses and having a financial impact on something you keep putting off, or you feel incomes and our economy, more people are online overwhelmed by the sea of online security looking for ways to make money. Sadly, these information, you’re not alone. factors may leave victims more susceptible to fraudulent investment scams. Though these PROTECT YOUR Pa$$W0Rd in 3 Easy Steps offences are getting harder to spot, there are some 1. Create a separate password for email accounts tell-tale signs to help protect your hard-earned 2. Use Three random words money.’ In collaboration with Action Fraud, we are 3. Turn on two-factor authentication (2FA) also sharing critical tips on how to protect yourself, To find out more about how to do each step visit our and your money. Password Protection page on our website. Be suspicious. If you are contacted out of the blue But we won’t stop there! Whilst taking those 3 easy about an investment opportunity, this could be via a steps will go a long way to protecting yourself online, cold-call, an e-mail or an approach on social media. we want to protect not just you but your whole Don’t be rushed into making an investment. No community! To do this, we are asking you to spread legitimate organisation will pressure you into the word and help protect your family, friends, making a transaction, or committing to something colleagues and neighbours by sharing these 3 easy on the spot. Take time to do your research. Seek steps with 3 others. To share with others, you can advice from trusted friends, family members or forward this email to at least 3 of your friends, share independent professional advice services before the information from our Password Protection page making a significant financial decision. Even in your local newsletter, or share our campaign on genuine investment schemes can be high risk. Use your social media channels using our Protect your a financial advisor accredited by the Financial Pa$$W0Rd Campaign Pack, and for those that Conduct Authority. Paying for professional advice think ‘it won’t happen to me’ we want to shock them may seem like an unnecessary expense, but it will into action, so that they realise how prevalent the help prevent you from being scammed. Use the problem is, even amongst young people. For more FCA’s register to check if a company is regulated. If information contact Deborah Waller on you deal with a firm or individual that isn’t regulated, [email protected] 2 THE UN-PC PAGES A Woman sent a text message to her Husband. ‘Darling, don't forget to buy the bread on your way A Submariner, Jesus, and the Pope were home from work with your girlfriend’. Husband: walking through Pompey after a run ashore, when 'What Girlfriend?’ Wife: 'Nobody, I just wanted they came to the Gosport Ferry, which had a sign you to answer to have confirmation that you saw up saying next Ferry 08:00hrs. ‘Follow me’ said my text.' Husband: 'But I’m with the girlfriend right Jesus and walked across the water. The now, I thought you must have seen me?' Wife: Submariner followed and walked across the 'What??! Where are you?' Husband: 'Near the water. However, when the Pope followed them, bakery.' Wife: 'Wait, I’m coming right now!' After he went straight under and came up spluttering’ 10 minutes, his wife sends another message: saying, ‘How can this be’ he said in despair? Wife: 'I’m at the bakery, where are you?' Jesus turned to the Submariner and grinned and Husband: 'I’m at work.