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Rum Tub February Volume 6, Issue 1 February 2017 Editorial The Rum Tub or Norrie’s By Shipmate Norrie Millen Nocturnal and Nautical Hi! Shipmates, Natter o how was your Festive Season? I hope that a bit In this issue better than mine. I had attended a Memorial church Editorial ............................... 1 Sservice at St James in Teignmouth organised by local Norrie’s Natter ...................... 2 funeral director for all those that had lost a loved one A slice of Guzz history ............ 2 Battle of Jutland ................. 3-7 during previous 12 months. A beautiful candle lit service Farmer Fleming..................... 7 and I am glad that I attended. A few hours later after a HMS Temeraire Mutiny ........... 7 Joseph Watt – Fisherman ..... 8-9 short rest I set off for Scotland to spend HMS Lusty ..................... 10-11 Christmas and New Year with my eldest son. Cod Wars ....................... 11-12 Rather than make my usual break at a Travel Hos-Peace-Care ................... 12 Lodge an Ulster shipmate had suggested a two day break of journey with him. The Will Mr. Smith is on his deathbed and On getting into my car, I found that my knows the end is near. The nurse, Satnav was defective. I had only bought it two his wife, daughter and 2 sons, are months previously. Well obviously, I knew the way to with him. Scotland having driven it hundreds of times, however He asks that 2 witnesses be present without the Satnav, I had no idea how to find the way to and a camcorder in place to record his last wishes, and when all is ready my old shipmate who lived in Widnes. he begins to speak: The M5 was a nightmare, down to one and two lanes every "To my son, Bernie, I want you to few miles with a 50 mph speed limit. Then somewhere take the Mayfair houses." south of Birmingham the M5 was closed completely and "My daughter Sybil, you take the signs indicating to take the detour and follow the Triangles. apartments over in the east end." "My son, Jamie, I want you to take At top of exit ramp was a ‘Y’ intersection with no the offices over in the City Centre. indication (or triangle) of which road to take. I took the "Sarah, my dear wife, please take all left road (and wrong one) and spent about an hour roaming the residential buildings on the east around country lanes and hamlets before I saw a sign bank of the river." stating M50 15 miles. The nurse and witnesses are blown away as they did not realize the After getting back on track, I eventually reached Widnes extent of his real estate holdings, via the M62 at about 0400 and then had to ask no less than and as Mr. Smith slips away, the six people for the road I was supposed to stay. nurse says, After my stop and continuing my journey; with M6 being "Mrs. Smith, your husband must have worked very hard to have shut north of M62, I had a long detour via M57 & M58 to accumulated so much property". To get back to M6. Once in Scotland contracted a severe which the wife replied, chest infection and had left emergency COPD kit behind. "The pillick only had a paper route." It hissed down with freezing rain for 9 days and I had to have a £110.00 emergency car repair not long after arrival. Final total Ulster donation to Ten hour, over 500 mile return with detours and with the Rowcroft Hospice £387.00. Bravo thought, maybe maps aren’t so bad after all! Zulu to you all who donated. The way I see it anyway! Volume 6 Issue 1 February 2017 Norrie’s Natter "Your glass is empty O'Flaherty, will you be having another?" "And why would I be wanting two empty The venue for 2017 is proving popular as I glasses?" replied O'Flaherty. have 23 confirmed bookings to date. Now A slice of Devonport Royal Dockyard's history; all you Hampshire ratings and nearby shipmates can attend and have fun with During most of the 18th century rates of pay us. never changed since first agreed in 1650 which up until 1788 ranged from 2s 1d per day for a All those on my Ulster database will have top shipwright down 1s 1d per day for a by now received applications from IOW labourer. Hours were long, In Winter, 0600 to Tours; apart from those who have stated 1800 with an hour for dinner; in summer, they have no further interest in attending or sunrise to sunset, with an hour for breakfast are unable to for health reasons. If anyone and 1½ hours for dinner. Overtime was has slipped through cracks my sincere worked freely and was paid as "tides" or apologies. "nights". A "tide was a period of 1½ hours and 2017 is at The Royal Beach in qualified for a payment of 7½ d and a "night" Southsea, with a shuttle bus longer periods of 5 hours for which 2s on the Saturday to and 1d was paid, Unfortunately the from hotel to local overtime was not always properly attractions. I did email supervised or measured and left out a survey which drew itself open to abuse. An example little response but came of this a clerk at Plymouth Dock out in favour of the in 1710 claimed for and was shuttle over a dedicated paid 94 nights and 151 tides in a bus trip to a local single quarter. The Navy Board, attraction. in conducting an enquiry into overtime, came across this claim An idea I floated a couple and remarked. "Now it is plain that of years back about bringing 'tis impossible for him to attend so much along family members fell on ‘stony extra time for that he could not have had above ground, but I am delighted to report this 2 hours in 24 to eat and sleep". year we have at least three family At least he tried! members of shipmates joining our ranks. The faithful few that manage to attend SCOTTISH WEDDING reunions each year, often ask why more At the Scottish wedding reception the D.J. yelled don’t attend. I wish you would, I would "Would all married men please stand next to love to see you all again, as would all the the one person, who has made your life worth others. We had a unique commission and living." a great crew, let’s keep the memories (and The bartender was almost crushed to death. Black Cats) going as long as we are able. None of us are getting any younger and us ‘boys’ are 75 or close to it. So make that effort, come and enjoy ‘Swinging the lamp’ I guess one of the joys of reaching 75 is that I now get a free TV Licence – Whoopee|! Not that there is much worth watching these days. I tend to watch the National & Local news and the odd documentary then switch it off. d d d d d d d d d d d d Rum Tub Page - 2 Volume 6 Issue 1 February 2017 Battle of Jutland May 31st – June 1st 1916 Transcript of the Journal of Petty Officer (Writer) Albert Symonds Submitted by Shipmate Mike Seaward PART II and B.C. against German B.C. and About once a minute or High Seas Fleet). perhaps thrice in two minutes a The fact of this being so was of series of ear splitting reports course due to our relative would indicate that another positions and the time of day. salvo had burst around the Though at 4 PM the sun was ship. Against my will I could still high in the heavens it was never resist hanging over the to the N.W. of us and we were edge and then I saw half a to the West of the enemy. As dozen or four muddy foamy this wonderful afternoon drew looking circles in the water over on and the sun sank lower which black smoke hung. towards the N.W. horizon the Sometimes these pools were one British ships were silhouetted side, sometimes the other. Some against the illumination in the sky. were literally absolutely alongside Writer Symonds The enemy showed up the ship and those indifferently threw masses of water Journal transcribed by Ian Mackenzie, against a mass of onboard drenching us HMS Lowestoft Association low lying dark grey to the skin. and purplish I should say (and this is a carefully clouds. reasoned and considered estimate) that 40 Having stated this most important point I large shells fell within 75 yards of us within can now describe how at 6.17 PM I heard the hour and many others at varying with the keenest satisfaction that Sir John distances out. We seemed to bear a Jellicoe who had been hurrying South with charmed life but it was obvious that such a the Grand Fleet Battleships and armoured position could not last forever. How we cruisers had been sighted right ahead. It escaped for an hour amazes everyone is neither my place nor my province to from the Commander downwards discuss in a descriptive account such but providence was with us. as this, the tactics employed on the st st We did escape until the arrival at 31 May – 1 June. But I cannot allow 6.17 PM of Sir J. Jellicoe and the myself to go any further without Battle Fleet, this caused the expressing my admiration and action to enter a 3rd phase.
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