September October'1977 manner 7_, 1. manner

Journal of Ihe Marconi lnternational Marine Cohpany Limited

Vol 15 No 181 September October 1977 Price 8p

CONTENTS

Editor Rosemary P. Gibson MAIE l4 New chairrnaD !nd gcnerrl nrrnrger for Marconi M!rinc

AppointncDt rnd rctircrncnl at Clxsgow

l5 r.r1.r, order lor Marconi Murine

Th( t/ital Lntk assists t^tlio ofiiccr rccmilnrenl

It IREECON 77. conrtrny nrD prcscnts opening pxpcr

OpcD dry rt Crinrsby

More Radiolocalor 16 radars lor Uniled Arab Shipping

Eighteen Telex systems sold in 18 days

1l London s Lord Mryor in Poznrn

( larl." in s€rvice

GEC -qroup Dc$s

46 Nc$ littnr-qs b) Mrrconi Mirinc

50 A shofl hislorical guide 1o the uasl Coast pon ol Halwich. by rrdrc ofilcerJohn Moody FRONT COVER

55 Bill Be vis rnd his dog go bcrchcombing

Sergoing strfr. Obilu.rrr

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l' .4. \lg, c.nr burions r. Malire. illusrared il oossible, are we come The Mart e. is poblished bi-monthly by Marin€ Company Limit€d Suo."r pnol. pdl"1,1" Io VJ' ol Vd si JP! The Marconi lnternational '1c.75p'o ' Elett.a House, westway, A! contrib!rions, s!bsc'iptions and cotrespofdence should be Essex ro Tne lo'ro. l4r,rFl CtC Ma'on rle.r'on . Chelmsford, cM1 38H "odres,ed *s sr Mary's House, Vicloia Road, chelmsfo'd, Essex cl\11 1NY Telephone: Chelmslod (0245) 53221 New chairman and general manager for Marconi Marine

The Marconi Inlenralional Marinc Co Ltd has uo,,ou! ced !he appoinlments ofMr David Furneaux as chairman and Mr Iain Dick as generalmanager oflhe company. Mr Furneaux was formerly managing director and Mr Dick thecompany s operations manager and a director.

MR D. P. FURN EAUX MA{cantab), Bsc(Lond), Fns^

Afler graduating lrom Trinily College, Cambridgc in 1939. Mr Furneaux taught Physics at Ch€ltenharn Collcse for six months beforejoining the Royal Air Force in February 1940. Hc rosc 10 thc runk of Wing Cornmander in thc lcchnic{l (radar) branch.rnd was menlioned in desp.rlches. Aft erdemobilisalion he held comm€rcia1 appointnrcnls in South Africa and. returning to the UK. joined The MR I, W. DICK Marconi Marine Company in 1953. He became general maDagerin 1959 and maDaging director in January I962. Mr L W. Dick. who is 54. joined Marconi Marine in 1948 Mr Furncaux. 60. is n{rried. has one son and a as a seagoing radio officer follownrg activc service iD the daughter and lives in Danbury ncar Chclnsford. Ro)ul Ar Fo .c Ar rheend of lq)). he lelt the'cu Vn'. c to join rhc company s Liverpool depot. In 1958. after carrying oul sev€ral assignmen!s in lhc Far East he went rr S.ngdpore r' rcprc\cIrJIr\c. Sourh-Lh l A'.". He then became. in 1962, general manager of the company s Norwcgian associales. Norsk Marconi. laler becoming thal company s managing direclor. OD his retum ro the UK in l967lre was appointed management execDtive Mlrrconi Marinc. Fronr I96E lo 1970 hc was the conpany s commercinl manacer und LheI lool .rn rne posr oI operrrion. mana-ser. which he hcld unUl his latest appoin1ment as lhe

Mr Dick became a direclor of thc company nr 1971.

Glasgow appointment and retirement

The appointment of Mr Ccorge Cockburn as tbe conpany s are.r man.rger. based at Marconi Marincs resional oFcc in Gl.rssow. has been arnounced by Mrrconi Marine. This appointmenl bec mc cfrcctivc oD ls1 Ocrobcr whcn Mr William Rattray retired from the post lraving served the company for 48 ycars. Mr Cockburn. who was born aDd cducatcd in Scothnd. commcnccd his career with The Marconi Marine Com' pany on tbe seagoing stafr.

34 Mainet Seplenber Octobet 1911 Hc latcr camc ashorc lo Lhc compaDr" s tcchDical sl lt l Liverpool belore joining the UK sales srrll rl rhc Chelnrsford hcrd oflitc for ,r pcriod of Lwo yc rs. Following this spcll of duly Mr Cockbuflr becrme reprcscntaLi!c South Easl Europc. based in Alhens. wherc he spenl some three ycars. He then crme back to Eleltra House to become rssislant ro Mr E. Dllto]r.

export srlcs nranrger (c.rstcrn arca) belorc being apporn- ied manager, South-Easl Asia. based in Singapore. Mr W. J. Rallrry. joined rhe company in l9l9 and. lollowing service at sea rnd on ibe lechnicxl stxd ol u number of Marconi Marinc s depors. was appointed rs maDager at Glasgo\! in 1959. Somc ycars lrtcr hc bccamc area nranager. Scolland (deep sea) and it is lrom rhis posilion that be has now relired.

to dial ashore as well as erch ollrcr. DocumcDt tnns Tartan order for mission between the pl.rlfornr rind shore is anolhcr tucility Marconi Marine Addilional platlorm to shorc conrnrunicaLion facililies will be provided by nrqhl a tclcprin tc r/r ndiolelep h o ne Tatlan ,, nevL drillnrg .rnd oil produclion phllorm system bascd on rhc highly succcsslul Com,naDdanl HS destined lor the No hcnr Nonh Sca. is to bc cquiptcd lransmiller. an EC958i7 rcccivcr a Spector error ^Dd wilh irs comprchensive communic.rlion syslems by Mar' coDi Marinc. uDdcr thq tcrns ol a contrrct placed by For communication wilh supply bo!rs. 1{o ArgoDaut Tcxaco Eurcpc Purchlsnrg on bchrll ol Tcj(aco Norllr SS vhf radiolelephones will be supplied while helicop(er Sea UK Conp.rny commu'rications willbe via an mllhf ftrdiolelepb o ne rnd The m in coInInunicrlion systcm ollhc phllorm which an arnplirudc nrcdulatcd vhl radiolclcphoDe. An Inl will be sited in Ulock l5i 16. will bc a liDc ofsighl be.'con$,ll provde horrrng -rrlIc. l"r lLlh''trrr, microwave relay to thc Occidcntrl Picr plrtlorm. Fronr Ernergency requirements lor lilcbort and turvivalcl.ln P"?rcomnrunic tions willbc rcuted Lhrough lhc Lropos- willbe mel by six Survivor II trrnsnrillerirecei\,ers. sij( vhl phcric sc.LLcr drtion t Morn]ond Hill inlo 1be main Post beacons. and 25 vikiDg IV budhailers. Oflicc tclephone slstenl. lbus givirrg direcl dialling Three vhfand l2 uhfporlrble lransceivers will providc facilitics frinn 7l,1an ro.rny subscriber in UK on the STD on-borrd conrmuDic!tions rnd thc cranc cab will bc litted system. ln addition. supervisory rnd engineer-order- wilh vbf lm l.rcililies. wire equipmenl necessary 1o ensure the high qurlily llnd { compreh(n r\e publ.c..ddrc-..nd clr.rr.,I 1r 1r. integrity of the system. carricr nrultiplcx rnd voicc system is to be supplied .rnd. for use or rhe drillmg lbor. lrequency telcSraph equipmcnt will .rlso bc iDcludcd. an inlrinsically sufe l.rlk back system. An eleclroDic lclcphoDc cxchrngc (PABX) is ro be A Forccrstcr K wcathcr lacsimilc systcm will keep the this rhc 100 tclephone subscribers .rt ,.' r $ir\ .'!i( ,l ir io-r , supplied and willrllorv f. Il lr d. rlrlrnr' 'ri.r

Malt er Seprember October 1977 35 :r /.6\ \u__/ Ih8. r"! Uilal linlr ASSISTS RADIO OFFICER RECRUITMENT

The Marconi Marine Company has commissioncd a ne$ recruitmenl film entilled fl,(, I/nal r'lri. This new p.oduclion replaces I/,? Mcrdattt Natr Ra.ft) o1r.{r which has been a very popular radio ollicer recruitrnenl aid sincc its inlroduction by the company in t961. l'he new nlm is specificaUy aimed at schoolle vers with the intention of iDtcrcsting lhcrn iD laking thc first slcps towards goiDg io sc as radio ofliscrs in thc M erchaDt Navy. Scenes 1(r illusrrale radio and eleclronics ofllcer lraining were filmed at thc Mcrchant Navy Collcges of Greenhilhc and Sourh Shields while

1 Ttu Matarti Mttnt.<4ubt\'.r kuli. hun al th. r(r .aryo tcs*l l.uhlcd in th. /ih

2 Cnh1.ftt r1.u a l.litqk, at rark iit tht kulrt ':i, 3 o nl th! ruln) oht r itl itrb k\,, al Ct.tuhitlr( l,l.khu t Ndtt lruininselLs(

36 Mainet Seotenbet Actaber 1971 al-sea sequen(cs were shot rborrd., , r.\(-ch.'nncl r.rr!'i! ne$ ( ruo \cs\el and a rcccntly commissioncd ;rill ship thc cquipment abotrd which includes some ofthc rnosl advanced clcctronics for bo!h communicatioDs and engine roonr and machiDcrY conlrol giving (he Young vicwer an excellcnt insight into thc duties likely !o be pcrformed by onc oflhe company s highly quali6ed clcclronics omcers. Anong the staFmcmbers ofMarconi Marine 1o gain insight into the glarnorous world of6lm makiig and to rnake appcarances on th MessrsT. Hunler. D. O'Sullivan .tnd T. Bridgc. Mr R. Merry Wesl olGEC Marconit publicily depar1m€nt. besidcs appearing in the produclion. also .n$rrL:d lhe film's rechnical contenl wrs aulhenlic throughout. Made for lhc company by tlyclinc Films L1d. the nlm runs for approrimately l8 minurcs. and I6mm sound-on-61m copics in colour are available on Ioan from lbe company. Sumcient copies arc available to givc Th( I/ital Link a \|;dc distributioD. and ilis hoped thal schools.lechnical collcgcs and youth cmployment organisalions throughout thc uK and Eirc \rill make good usc of il on a repetition basis for showing to successive classcs as they appronch school leaving rgc.

4 Tha dituk, and tdmrc Lrt lu i thril al.nlion 10 th. dn!.knu |tur dl. nl ol th. htuk-ur htids. d1 Ih( ere.nhilht kdnlkol

This tlut oJ th. h,r .t t tnlitq nti, Worceslcr I ar ./.rr rt.,/./i,r rht trltits n

6 Th. otltin tx, ol Etdil. filtr\ \'ho?rhc Yit lLink loak on its.h al lb r

MrlDsr seplember Oclober 1977 37 A[4ALO IREECON'77

Company man presents 0penrng paper'down under

Mr Slcphcn Appleyrrd. cFi!. rlrfRr: MRrN. chief ol Marconi Mrrine s navigalioDal aids secrion. $,ent to Ausrralir in Augusr ar rhe invirarion of Radio and l:lcctronics En-sinccls. Auslralia. 10 presenl the opcning prpcr at thc IREEs lanh lnternarional Convenrion slaged lhis year in MclbourDe from 8th lo l2tb Augusr. His rddrcss followed thlt olthe covernor ceneral of Ausrralia. Sir John Kerr. a(M(;. KsLr. a.. (Parron ol ^K. .h. Lr.r rur.'r', {hooflrc.. ll},,t.rrcd nccon\cnl or'. Mt Stqh.r.lnlt)a lllt!1) ?vlai,\ Mdkatu Mdtrt.:On.ra AD cxhibilion of equipment supporrcd lhe wide rrngc tk.iat b Sir JahD K.u ar.l lisht) prcsentcd. ollcctures Pt..t, \.1 J t.R.tt.'ttt, Pt,t.-,,, .t t e.,,,p9a, ... Complcmcnring Mr Applclard s papcr was Marconi Unnusil.t d Nat Sarn' ,ratus Marincs Onrcg.r navigationrl rcceivcr which was dis, flaycd I thc crhibirur oD thc stlnd ol Amrlgamaled wi ..*.'A,r,(r'h'i:,r Lro lh. .orrf.,n)..'*,,.i,,rc\in Reprcduccd hcre is an abbr.virt.d vcrsion ofrhc paf,.r prescnl.d 1o lhc convenlion. Marine hyperbolic navigational systems

lntroduction been thc sclfgenerated rcquircmenr ol rhc maritime The iDtroduclory parasrlphs of lhis papc. skclch rhe induslry lvhich has providcd an incentive ro dcvclop ever l,:r' i.. b.!k!rornd,,t .lcLLronics and n,.,rirc n"r- morc sophislicalcd varianls. ig.rlion. tocsllblish the tirnc ll!mcrhrough which rovicw lh. post-r!ur n vigrtion devclopmcnls discusscd in the Economic factors pnp!r" Tbe abiliry ol rhe navigalor 1(r dclinc his posirion either ln lroN. nl\ rhr(( )(:,r..,lrcr rl J I.l d(mon,trarror,, continuously or a1 fiequent regular intc.vals cnsures rhal of trrnsnrission ol wirclcss w.rvcs givcn by cuglielmo thc ellccts ofscl and driR are mininriscd and rhus voyage Mrrrconi. rhis ndf invcnlion r!rs plrying a trrcrical role Lli.rlrce ,nd rm. .I. . .o."du(

Mdde, Seprcmbe' October l9?7 boundary. both for rhc {ishcrmcn wishiDg !o confidcntly spccialcharls which are often slandard n{vigarion charls operate only marginally oulsidc lhc limil rnd lor thc overprinted wilh hyperbolac in discrcct stcps. I1 is now authorilies policiG thc Icslrictcd arcas. common terminology 1() rcfcr to.tll such hyperbolic lines Onc final influcncc which in recent years hrs sel greal as lincs ofposiltun (LOPS). Since several sels arc usually dcmands on thc clcctronics induslry. is thal ol oflihore printcd the whole is known as thc hypcrboUc latlice . cxploralion. While mrny olthe requiremenls are specinc to tbis induslry. the maritime userhas benefilled from the LORAN inlense developmenl programmes instigated by the Simultancous wilh rhe developmenl ofGEE in Britain. in exploraiion requirement. 1940 the US National Dcfcnsc Rcsc:rrch Commillee commenced devclopmcnt ol their own hyperbolic navi Navigation for safety galion systcm for long range airc.afi operation. Thc The navigation requircmcnl conducive witb safely is besl systcm known as LORAN (LOns RAnsc Navigator) summarised by tablc I drrwn up ar the Iniernational bccamc fully operalional in the spring of l94l Ltlilising Meeting on Radio Aids !o Marine Navigalion frcqucncies in the band I800 2000 ktlz. This systen now (IMRAMN) hcld in London in 1946. Of course there known as LORAN A io difcrcnlialc il liom lhe hler have been changes in all aspccrs ol shipping since this variant LORAN-C is stilliD opcralion lodaj bur phasing tablc wrs compiled. so perhaps a review is long overdue. oul ofthe SS lransmittcrs has conrnrenced rs outlined in Onc recent concepr is thal of 1laffic separalion lanes. the US National Plan for Navigation. uhich 11 \.mc (aie. rL\ n.,\rp,llron rn area\ 'rqu trc{!c $h,ch would preriou.l\ ha\ e been de.rgndted u. o(ear ic. LORAN.C D ring the lxle 1950s and cnrly 1960s thc US Deprrlnrent ol Deiense commcnccd a progrunrnre lo devclop a ne\! lype of LORAN systcm. One lundamenlal diferenc. bel$een .1i,.,.u .)srLnr {IORA\-4, dnd .lrc prcr ou. LORAN'A is its operrtional liequency of lookHz. resulting in irnproved accuracy and greally cxleDdcd

Thc IORAN-( i)'tcrn J' il \rr'rudiy(omprr\e\r(n chains oftransmi!tiDg s!.1ions whicb provide a consider- able arca ofcovcrage in the northern hemisphcrc. The LORAN-C syslem has been dcsignat.d by the US Dcparhcnt ol Trinsporlation as lhc rpproved navi- gation syslem for the US Coastal Confiuence Zone (CCZ). This is the area ofwatcr cxtcnding lionr Ihe shore oulward for 50 naurical rnilcs or to lbe l00 f|lhom line. The hyperbolic principle whichever is fa(hcst ftum rhe sho.c. More con Rclcrcnce has already been madc to thc cnlorced lrovcrsinlly thc US Coaslguard has proposcd rcccntly devclopmcDrs during the 1939 45 war $hich produccd that it bcco es mandalory for all vcsscls ol over 1600 rhe hyperbolic Davigation syslem and thus acceleratcd gross lons. entering US lvrtcN. to carry a LORAN-C mdr) rinc\ rhr truprJss made in rhe held ol rr\igrri"n aids. Hypcrbolic navigarion syslcms all opcrutc on the pdnciplc thal rhe difference in time of arrival ol signrls An rsscssmenl of a navigarion system particularly i'(rm from two slalions obscrved r( a poinl. is a mcasure ofthc the user view poinl nrust consider the shipboard cquip difcrcncc in dislance ftom thc poinL of obscrvalion to menr and this is parlicularly lruc ol LORAN-C. ln the eachoflhesralions Thclocusolallthepoinlshavinglhis early ycars of the syslem its adoplior b), cornme.cial sJme ob.er\cd Irm",}fl.rcncc ro:' p.ur ol ..,rion. i.,, cnrcrprisc ras probably limitcd by thc rehrrvely high co!1 hyperbola. Thc inlcrscction ol 1wo or more hypcrbolac and opcralion lcomplcxity ol rccciving equipmcnl. This defines thc positioD oflhc observer: siluarion hrs Dow chnDgcd, lime delay mc.rsurcnrcnts .Lre no longer performcd nrnually on calhodc r;ry lubcs. insread digital proc.ssing produces rimc ditr rcDcc values which clln b! displ.ycd in r simplc digir^l lornrar GEE The ljrst practicrl hypcrbolic radio navigarion syslem wtls DECCA NAVIGATOR pul into opcralioD in Engl.tnd during 1942. This sy-stcm As wirh the prcvious systens considercd. Dcccr has its (noqn .1rI|"ll) der

Mr.ne, Seplenber Ocrober 1977 39 lrcqucncics. Unlikc rhc pulscd rrns issions ol CEE xnd Thc Onrcga syslem s eighl trrnsmitling statidrs should LORAN this syslcnr lftinsmils busicrllr":r conlinuoLrs ulrinrrrcly pro!idc a globul nN!igatioD capibilit) $ilh rn curricr Ihc tiD. dclr) mcrsurcnrcnl csscnlirl lor any accurrcy of onc nrulic.rl nil. by day rDd 1\'o nautical hypcrbolic srslcnr bcin-r rchicvcd by thc mersurcnrcnl o1' mil.s by night. phrsc diflcr.ncc. ln rltcnrpling to discuss (he current pcrformanc. olLhc Ag!in lhc Dcccr Nrvisrtor stncm cnrploys thc OmcgN systcm t$o l-:rctors. covcragc rnd uccunicy. willb. chrr aclcrislic ch!r rs ol h j_perbolic n!\igrtion i in lhis casc de!lt rith separrlcly thc lincs corrcsriond lo thc loci olzcro phtlsc diR-crcncc Co!cr:rgc is considcrcd inilirll) b), rcc.ptiDg lhal lhc rllhcr (hrn co slir t liInc dilicrcncc. sys(c is of vrluc providcd rhc occrnic crirerir ol IMRAMN lrc conrinuousl)- richiclcd. rrlhcr rhln lbe nrcrc stringcnt I 2Dnr gorl rccuracy. f .r, tl. i'.r.r. .irp.'ir t rlR Dr(r., )-,r, i r"'r 8,.".l) rl" r.*.r., 'l I rr, r,"r ...urfri..nr.rc: inlcndcd lirr lnylhing othcr IhIn corstuliconiucncc s)sLcnr accur.rcy will bc achicvcd in thc mrjority of rh. opcrrlion. rind has thus bccn conllgurcd lor optiJrlum l"J.J.r.., ncomn(li"r'.['1, Ar.l,l'.r',,r"i,ilr'_ qi ' rlc \..fr ", ..1 r\. n:,ffo$ .rro e\r..rdinr '.r... I Lr.'f( I I i..rff, .r. r,, \. d.r 'ru ,hJ .n.,b 1,.\ ro r.!,i\( OMECA thc North Dakolx lr^Dsnrissions with rn rdequatc -1h! llst ()1 (hc con!cnliorrl hypcrbolic sysrcms dis- signallnoise ralio al ll limes .r cusscd in this tritcr is thril oi Onrcga. r sysrcm which I',. '.rur.,.) ui rh(.urr(r'r Otrg.r ' r' i'.r shurcs chuI1rctcristics $i1h thosc rlrcild\ discusscd but hrs considcrably morc dificult p!r^mctcr Lo quanlil-! !r thc nlrnr {hich arc unrquc. prcscnt tilnc. Thcrc are arers of wcll cslablishcd Om.gr Rcs.rrch iD thc c. r" 1950s by thc US N.rvrl lilcc colcrxgc rlhich urc rlrcrdy consislcntly mccling thc go^l tronics Lltborrlort (cnrc nd Hrrurrd Univcrsily rccuracy- thcr. urc othcr .rcrs ol coleragc in $hich lixes colnbincd wirh mrny y.!rs ol prclious VLF (V.r) Lo$ vcry rar.ly rptroach thcse ligurcs. lrcquc cy) rcserrch rcsLrltcd bJ" 1958 in rn cxperiment.rl Thc accurrcy oblaincd lrom lhc slstcm is lurction ol ^ Omcgr rypc syslcm. By I966 cxpcri enlul Omega lh.,r(.,r.,r\ b $h L\ p rbli.h.d pr^t.rg:,r:.r ' nrr.. rinr,, lr nsmissions had (rkcn plrcc lrom silcs in Norwry. ..r(..blr.ocon,pcn.,rr .r J.,:1. rnJ -'-'n.,1 \,,ri,,,i'r.. Trinid.rd. Walcs. Prnrmr and Nc\\ York and bJ" 1968 in thc proprSrlion ol thc VLF sisnrls Thcsc publishcd *orld widc implcnrcnlrtion ol lhc syslcm hud com proprgation corlcctions !rc bascd on a glob.Ll pro- prgrlion modclshich iDcorporaLcs both thco.ctical rnd Onrcgr is:r conlinuous tr rnsnrission sysrcn (rs Dccca) c,rt-i..,1 r.,,,.'r, Qr,..1-\'.r ,..,n rrrtrv\Jm.n rn bur rxdialion is rn rhc VLF brnd (10 l,1kHz)andiListhe Lhcsc publishcd corrccrions $ill bring aboul r cor prcpagalioD qualitics ol lftnsrnissions at these ftcqucn responding rccuircy inrprolcnrcnt. WiLh this !s oDc ol its crcs thd m.rkes possiblc this sorld $idc system cmploy- rinls r world widc nclwork olatproximately 60 lnonrtor ing onlf ciShr trirDsnrirting sl tions (Frg 1). thc Lrsl of stutions is currenlly bcing implcmcnrcd. $hich is in coLrrsc olco'rslruclion in Ahtrrlir. Thc moniloring programmc lcrds on to thc \ lid{tion proSrrmmc Thc timc scalc ol the lalidrrion procedurc is givcD in lhis t!blc: 197? Wcsrcrn Pacilic 1978 Nonhcrn Atlrntic 1979 Nonhc.n I'llcific D 1980 Southern Alhnlic l98l Indirn Occ.rn 1982 South.:rn Pacilic I1 will thus bc in l9ft2 rhcn $c kno$ rhcther the eight starioD Omcgr sysrcm is providing glob.rl colerrge wilh t' daylinrc accuracics ol onc nrutical mile rnd night accuracies ol lwo nxulical ilcs. .rl F D I I-' FI]R FNTI AL OM E(;,\ rh. .I in . |- Areas of inadequate lr .. Jr'... 'J '.r'i.l|i"r. n "t..r,,,ion ditions.vcn aftcr propagrlion nrodelling is lully rctincd which will scr x syncm rccuftrct ior O cgl which is good b) the occrn sllndrrds ol Tilble l. bul inadcqualc for 11 is nor Lhe inlcnlion ol lhis prpcr 1o rcitcratc the co slal n:rvigation. lf coasl.tl accutuci.s {cr. rchiNrblc tcchnicalchar rcLcristics ol lhc Omcga syslcln and ofVLF wilh thc Omcgr system by thc samc proccss th. r.sulting fropag!rlon. co\cred in rcccnt yc.trs by nr^Dy txccilcnr systen \\ould hrlc two oblious rdlrntrges. (i) Onc papcrs lDstcad. ro conccnlratc on lhe currcDt systcm systcm would lulfil tNo nrvigarion roles and (ii) thc pcr lbrnrrncc:rs sccn I onr thc coDrm.rcirl useri lo look.rl coasl.rl rolc could bc !dopred globally. prescnt u|d lirturc rccci!iDg c.luipnrents xnd 1(r discuss l Onc such rtlempr 1o providc this improvcd pcrlor vrri.rnl ol thc Onrcgr syslem nrrncc lo the Omegr system is lhrough th. tcchDiquc ol

Matinet seprembet Octobet 1917 ve$er!omeea corecrsd Posn ( u ncor ) Poertor

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diferential Omega. illusrratcd by Fig 2. Here the use of claimed generally thal thcacctrracies at I00 nautical milcs predicled propagatioD correclions is replaced by cot from the lraDsmiller will be belter lhan 0 5 nm (95 pcr recron dhra reccr\cJ tonr rrrurL nron.lonng .tJlior'' ccnt) and 200 nrn better than I 5 nm. Thesc motritoring sl.rtions are little more than coDvcD Thc cosl olselling up !ransmitling slalions at 200-mile tional Omcga rcccivcrs. which comparc thcir'rcceiv.d' intervals around the world's coastlincs would appear at position wi!h thc known Onrega co-ordinates for !h!1 lirst sighr to be prohibitivc. A proposed method of localion. Th. rnalhcrnalical diflercncc is thc propag.r- mrnimr,.n. l hr, co.t r,lo u.c an almosr rdeal lran,miLLirg ron corr(clron rcqJir. d lo rh:,r '.r.,ron..r rh:rlrrmc network already in existencc; thc r.tdio direclion-6nding Thcsc correclions are thcn broadcast and reccivcd by beacons. It would simply be necessary to choose a vcslcls in the vicinily. whcrcin they are used in Ueu of modulation folma! wlriclr did nol interfere wrth the DF publ.hed coff

Concluding remarks This paper is not intended 1o bc crhr ustive in itsapproach 1o the subjecl of marinc hyperbolic navigation syslems. bul sets.oul 10 providc overviews of the navigaloN' problems. of somc ol 1be hislorical background to thc curreDl syslcns and ol the siluation prevailing lodry. Il is hopcd lhat thc subject is sho$o to be a broad onc: h.td satellitc navigation systems bccn included it would have appeared even broader. lhr approprirre (\oi.c ol n"\rgiUon s)\rem\ .\ , problem which is today continually besetling ship o$ner.. )et lfcir prohlcrr' are as likel) ro incrca.c a.

The messagc nust clearly be thal a maximum efor! in Fig 3 inrcnationiilco-operation is required in futurc to prcvcnt furlher diversification in marinc navigation syslems. oiff6rential Omesa coveraqe

Malrel Seprember Ocrober I977 Forty of the 60 ships of the United Arab Shipping Company s flee1 are fi11ed wilh a full range of Marconi Marine equipmen! including main radio stations. vhf equipmenl. automatic direction-6nders. echosounders. lifeboal equiprnent afld .adar. Some of this company's older Russian-buill vessels have becn refitted with Marconi Marine main radio slalions and the United Arab Shipping Company policy is to r€place original equip- mcnr on rhe\e \e\\elr wirh Murconi Marine equipmenr as and when necessary.

Eighteen Telex systems sold in eighteen days

In just l8 days Marconi Marinc has received orders for Telex installations on l8 ships. These orders, which have been received from Esso Open Day at Grimsby Petroleum Company Ltd and T. & J. Harrison Ltd each call for radioteleprinter inslallations based on the The annual Open Day at Grimsby was staged this ycaron company's Spector automatic €rror-correction syslem. Saturday l01h July. The Marconi Marine Company was among a large number ofcompanies to supporl the evenl with a display stand. Equrpmenr or \ie$ to rhe public on rhF occasion included an Apollo receiver. a Lodeslar IIID direclion- findcr and a wcalhcr facsimilc receiver. These were supplcnrcntcd by graphics illustrating recordings ob- lained from Marconi Marine IisbJnrding cchosoundcrs and net monitors wilh. alongside. an enlarged wealher

The leam rnanning the stand piclured abovc th.ough- out the day was headed by Mr Ceorge Hill. manager ol the company's Grimsby ofiice.

More Radiolocator l6 radars for

United Arab Shipping A t)t1nal Marconi Mari . Trh\ innallation Following rccen! consideralions of i1s operational re quircmcnls. the United Arab Shipping Company (SAG). Al1 18 vessels will be equipped with Apollo high, fomrcrly lhe Ku!\ait Shipping Company. has placed a .rabrlfly..b recei\ e's and r\c.c q ill be u\ed rn conjuncrion furlher order with Marconi Marine for the supply of45 withthe Spector and radioteleprin ter to provide rhe Telex Radiolocalor 16 equipnents. These wili be fit1ed as facililies. secondary radars 1o thecompany s cxisting Radiolocator T. & J. Harrison Lld has also ordered Seacall selective l6s which incorporate true motion units. calling unils for seven of their vessels. Seacall enables The new equipment will be supplied wilh synchroni, coasl stalions lo eslablish contacl wiih ships 24 hours a sation and interference suppressor unils wlrich will allow da) wherever rhe ,hip. ma) be rhereby rncreasing simultaDcous operalion ofthe two radars on board with operating efrciency by saving the ship operators both no mulual inlerference. Furthernore. this arrangemcnl will climinale the possibility of inierference lrom the The Esso Pelrol€um Company shipsto be equipped radar rransmissions of cquipment fi1ted on any other wi!h the new T€lex facilitiesarc Esso Anglia, Esso vessel in the vicinily. Bemkia, Esso Caledania, Esso Canbtia, Esso Caftlif,

Ma,nerSeprember October 1977 E.t.ta Dahiada, EsK] Denetia, Esso Hibenlia, Esso Nor- rhumhtia. Esso S(olia and Esso Ulidia. Speclor and Sed.all'nstallations will be fitted on the T. & J. Harrison vessels ,.1/rr?r, Astronamet, Specialist, Sttategist, Wanderct, Wal/iol and t/,1&/r'r. These ships are allcurrently in s€rvice andwillreceive the new fitlings as soon as operationally convenient.

Iondon's lord mayor in Poznan

One ofthe many interested visitors 1o Marconi Marine s demonslration vehicle during its stay at the Poznan Inlernational Trade Fair durin-q June was the Lord Mayor ol London. Commander Sir Robin Gillett. Bt. impressed by the latest communicalions unils 6tted in the console installed aboard the company s new !ehicle. Sir Robin. the firsl masler mariner ever 1o be elected to He is piclured here seated ar the console wilh Mr Aart the offjce of Lord Mayor of London. displayed a keen Van Bruggen. a membcr of M.rrconi MariDc s cxport awareness of the equipment on display and was very sales ream.

Clarkspey in service

The Marconi Marine Company has provided a fullranse ofequipment, including radar and Tclex facilities, to the new 18.500 gross ton bulk carrier C/.rr,(sp?1, seen here passins under Sydney Ha.bour Bridse.

This vessel was conslructcd a1 thc Hiroshima yard of The Apollo receiler. togcthcr with a Spcclor autonratic Mitsubishi Hcavy Induslrics Ltd lor H. Clarkson & Co error'correcling equipmcnL and tclcprhtcr will providc Lrd and is managed by Denholm Ship ManagcncDt. rhc vcsscl with a Tclcx slalion whilc vhl radio com- C1r,'Irrr?r'was filled in Japan in late April with a main municarion willbc crtcred lbr by lbe supply ofArgonrut communications slation bascd on thc Conqueror HS SS and Corvelle SS vh I rad io telepho nes. transmitter and Apollo receivcr. A consolc unil. contain- A Lodestar IIID fully aulomalic direclion findcr is ing a Salvor lll reserve lransnittcr. an Apollo rcserve included in the vessels navigational aids rs.rc tuo receiver- Autokey aulomaric keying unjl. Lifeguard N Radiolocalor radars onc with a l6in and thc olhcr $irh auro alarm and ancillary ilems. has.rlso been inslalled. l2indistlay lullyinlcrsrvitchcd.

Mrmel Seplember October r 977 43 ol .r lnlly cquipped rldio cubicle. identical 1o thosc currentlJ_ in usc on oil rigs in both thc North Sea and the /A TF= /A Easr. also on display. news Middle $as (5 ltr tL/'group Marconi Space and Defence Systems Ltd SuNey systeNs took pride ofplace in (he MSDS drsplay. and thc highlight of lhc cxhibil was the first public . nn,ar.,r"r in rhr UK .l rh. hrg\ dcfinir.on m.n.- Hydroscarch scclor scanning sonar This new sonar $as cvolvcd lrom lhc Hydroscarch sonar developed ior HM Ma r coni Acou st ic Posit i o nin g Hydrographcr. Rcprescntative itcms ol cquipmcn! fr om Sygte m f or semi - submersible thc Hydroplol hydrographic survcy systems. including a Hydroplot data'logging system adapted lor usc on ofl a,/?.'/. Jol,7. thc ncw Holrldcr Ofrshore semi-submersible shorc plalfornrs was also on display. A wellhead marking support vcsscl. has now enlered Norlh Sca seryice syslcm was shown logclhcr with a range of .rcoustic carrying an acoustic positioning system designed and transpondcrs. A comprchcnsivc display of AMI equip' manulacturcd by Marconi Space and Delencc Sysrems mcnt iicludiDs thc AMF AlDav II and Sub-Arnav Lrd. precision navisrtion sysrcns lor whi.h MSDS has the Tlrc Marconi Acouslic Posilioning Syslcn (MAPS) exclusive markeling rights in the UK was also fcaturcd on giles the ne\\ vesscl pii-poinl navigaiion accuracy 'rl,Ii\r rn,\c *r bed and one ol rr. 1r..r rmforrunr Marconi-Elliott Avionic Systems Ltd lun.ron' $Il h( rr f nULlc i b'olutL r(".-rime poirron t:\rn. rniormirrn ior rhe vc..el. dln: mrc po.rr.onrn. Anong thc conpany s widcly us.d industrial lelevision syslem supplied by GEC'Electrical Projects Ltd. sysLcms on display was the interDationally approved MAPS uses a number olacouslic beacons on thc occan lh eprool V0091 camerr which is currently being floor 10 radiale signals at known intcrvals which arc supplied lbr use in Nonh Sea oil ngs. Thc V0091 is dcrccLcd by . six-elcmcnt hydtuphonc array and pro- belicvcd to bc the oDly safc flameproof camera so lar ccsscd simLrlraneouslj ro producc oulputs lor lhe main certi6ed by BASEEFA as ln.cting th. rcquirements of trop

Tlre decp in!olvcncnr of the CEC Marconi Elccrronics group in elecrronic systenrs lbr rhc od\hore oil !nd gas induslries was denronstraled on the CEC corporxrc strnd. No 68. rt Lhis t car's Oflshorc Iuropc c\hibition in AbcrdccD. Fivc of th. group s companics Marconi Marine. Marconi Spacc and Dcltnce Systcnrs. Marconi-Ellioti A!ionic Slslems. MarcoDi Conlmunication Systcnrs and EASAMS exhibired hardwrrc as wcll as graphicalll, pr..Jnr n! d.r.Ir, ol rhf r .\t! r".n,l f\t, .nf. rn syslcms ior cxplorulion igs. producri;r piallornrs. srpplr- ships nd hclicopt.r scr!ic.s. Dr D Mdhor. l,litlitkt llr E'krst k k\ r'ith ltr L Bo shta,. t t-,t.,,,ttt., .,t,,t,h,.t,t,t tr t t1t,t,,, tM,-r" The Marconi lnternational Marine Co Ltd Marconi Marine shored a Telex syslem based on the Marconi Communication Systems Ltd lkW PrcspccLor isb trunsmittcr. This {as opcr!tionall} The M Connunicxrion Syste s e)ihibit fcaturcd ^rconi ^ liDkcd to dcnxDsl.alc thc sinplicity of cr u-corrcctcd n'd.l"'n, "r rr hShl).ucce..tJlUutn.p,.ri. \.rller radio-leleprinlcr operation. comnrunication systems. (1hc company hrs. Iirr exrnrple. On. ol Lhc n.$ M!rllx sonrr dctcclir)n sr-stcnrs logelhcr prolided I00 pcr ccnl olrll such.quipm.nt used in rhe wirhrn.rcousriclransporrdcr\\'.rsalsodisplaycd.A odel UK s North Scr oil scclors). and delrils ofits sidc rrns.

,,l,ral-e, September Oclober 1971 The ovcrall systcm is conlrollcd from a main engine control desk which is fitted with a minic diagram and ,A TFA comprehensive alarm system. news Local provided (t] control slations are forthe fouranchor ltr [L'erouP winch stations. the pilo! house and lhc drillcr's and mud pump control stalions. the last lwo being pressurised lor usc in hazardous areas. Twelve GEC Unidg drillins molors are scd lor drilling and anchor winch drivcs. The equipmenl was built at GEC faclories in Rlgby, of communicalions €quipmenl usedby the world's Kidsgrovc. Ncwton-le-Willows. Broadstairs. Birrlcy. offshore hydrocarbon industries were graphically illus- Colchester. and Staford. GEC Electrical Projecls has also provided f8 n1illion- worth ofequipmcnt and scrviccs for thc four BP Fol1ics EASAMS Ltd platlorns opcrating in the North Sea. EASAMS demonstrared graphically its cxpc.tisc aDd The equipmenl supplied includes gas'lurbine gen' experience in syslems engine€ring andproject manage- crators. oil break switchgcar! vacuum contaclors. lrans- ment. The company undertakescomprehensive feasibiliiy formers. converlers. drilling motors and multi-motor sludiesi projcct dcfinition: idcnlification of dcvelopmenl conlrolccnt.cs. allofwhich wc.c nanufactured bv GFC risksi assistancc with system designi projecl conlroli cosli design and fabriclllion con!ro1; dala prcpariition and control; inierlace analysis and control; documen- EASAMS to carry out Iat on lor dr'ren. f,rhlcatron. comnr*roning 'utportrnf Algerian fis/ring study

Pwuer and equipment for EASAMS Ltd ofCamberley has been awarded an export conrracl worth approximalely f400.000 io undertake a two semi- submersibtre d tling rigs comprehcnsive study oflhe Algerian fishing industry. its por! structurcs and all associated facililies. snpplied by The contracl was awarded by the Secretariat d Etat au GEC Ele.trical Projects Ltd Plan. on behalfofthe Alserian Governmenl. The aim of the study is 1o propose methods of improving the The power generarion andd.illingcquiprnent supplied by efiiciency of the fishing industry. CEC Elecrrical Projecls Ltd lor two Aker type H3 semi Algcria wilh nearly I l00km (700 milet of Mediter' submersible oil exploration drillins riss has now been ranean coastline has considcrable but. as yet. only successiully commissioned and handed over to lhe partiaUy exploited potential forfish produc!ion. This. and lllc fdcr rhir rhc counrry', er,.ring h.hing indu"rr, i. nor The firsl rig. s..r Co,r4r?s1. supplied !o Celtic Drilling operating at peak capacity. prompted the govcnmcnl lo Co has been on charter to BP Pelroleum Ltd since lake aclion designed to tap this valuable food source and Ociober 1976. The rig is opcraling succcssfnlly in the rcvirrlisc thc 6shing induslry with all its associaled Norlh Sea and has already conpleted one hole. The second rig. Atlanti( 11, o\|ned by Thc Bcn Linc Th€ study encompasses the entirc iDdustry and its Steamers Ltd and managcd by the Atlantic Drilling Co rcsourccs. from {sscssing and catching the fish. through Ltd. bas compleled trials and has recenlly commenced a the landing aDd proccssiig slages and finally to tbe drilling contract with BP Pclroleum Developmenl Lld. marketingand distribution ollhelish products. The work Thc two rigs wereoriginally ordered by OdljeliDrillin-q i1.luJ., \rnrng cvcr) h'hrng pofl .n Algena ro rn- and Consulting Co AiS ofNorway. and were built in the vcstigate thecomposition. stafiing and equipping oftheir Rauma Repola Yard a! Manlyluola in Finland io Det h.h.ng d<Ruston 12 cylinder dicscl cngiics. The rigs are sell- the 6shermen for the maintcnancc oftheir boats. propelled by two dc molors drivingthe propeller through The prese n t con lract is a na turrl follow-on 10 the work a twin input reduclion gearbox. One such unit is fitted in wilh which EASAMS has been involvcd in Algcria sincc each pontoon givinsa total propulsion power;f6800 hp. lohq.Thc LI Lonr"cr$n, ro,.udy lund .rdn.ponJtion The generators arc connccled to a 600 voh air break roadandrailway andadv;seonlheinvestmentinrolling switchboard which feeds l2 lhyristor armature con slock and civil works required. This was followed by an vertors. €ach with an output of 1000 amps at 750V dc. and investigation ofmanagcmcnl and invcstrnenl in the lood lwo I200 kVA step-down iransformeru lor supplics to lhc rnd agricullure processing industries. EASAMS then 440V switchboard. Also supplied wcrc lhc assignmcnt undcflook d comprehennve .rud) of rc1 m-jor porl' switches. which permit the dc powcr 10 bc uscd lor either culminating in the submission of shorl' and long-term propulsion or drilling purposes. the thyristor field dcvelopmenl plans. A studylo definelhe requiremenls for converters. 1be mulli-molorcontrol centresand the diesel cold storugc and trrnsport olperishable commodities has auto slart and synchronising panel. recenlly been completed.

Mainet Sep\enbet Octobet 1971 by Marconi Marine

Phorog'aphs by courlesy ol the bu ldeE and owneB

mv Streambank

Tornagc 12.000 gross Speed l5 knots Callsign GVHX O{ncrs Eank Linc Lld Buildcrs SundcrlandShipbuildcrsLtd Sc! trials 8th Mrrch 1977 Fitlcd with ConqucrorSD nain fansniuer. Nebuh main receiver.Salvorlll reserve lransmitrer, Senlinelreserve receiver, Autokcy N auromaric keying Dnit. Lifeguard II auro alarm. Argonaur S vhl radiolelephone. Survilor Ill portable equipmenl ior lifeboals. Lodcst.r III automatic dircclion-findcr. l$o broadcast receivers. talkback systens. t*o colour television receileB and lelelision

mv lbn Hazfi

Tonnagc l5-940 gros Speed l8 knols Callsign 9KFG owncrs Kurvait Shir'ping Co Ltd Buildcrs Scolstoun Marinc L1d Sed lrirh l6rh February 1977 Irnred $irh Conqucror SD m!in lransmitler. communicrlions consolc coriaining Apo1lo main receiver. Salvo! III reserve transmrlrcr. Scntincl rcscrve rcceiver. ADlokey N automalic keling unit and Lileguard N auto-alarm: Argonaur S vhl rldiorclephone. Srr!ivor ll ponablc .quipmcnl for lileboats. Lodestar IIID aulomalic direction-finder wirh Autoguard coupling unit. Sclchad C rccording echomcrcr. Flcxicom rclcphone system, four broadcast rccciveG. and Radiolocator l6 radar wilh lrue

mv Ksar Chellala

TonnaBc l9.77ldc!d*cight Spced l8 knors Crllsign TTHD Owncrs Comp.gnicNalionalc Alg$iennc dc NrviBrlion Buildcrs KrnasdshiShipbuildingCo Lrd Sc. rriah April 197? Fi(cd wirh Conqucror HS m{in lraflsmiucr. communi.dtions consolc conlainins Apollo nain receivcr. Sahor lll tese.ve rransnritrrr. S$rinclr.sdvc rccci!cr, Aurokcy N nuromarickeying dnir and Lilcguard N auto-alarn; Survivor II ponablccquipmcnt for li1.bo!ls rnd I od.srxr IIll) rnlon.ti. direclion nndcr

Mainet Septenhet Octot'et 1971 by Marconi Marine

Photosdphs bv counesy ol lhe b!ilde6and owners

mv Riverbank

Tonnase 11,280 Speed 15 knols Call sigD GWHW Owners Bank Line Ltd Builde6 SunderlandShipbuilde6Ltd Sea triak 3ls1 May 1977 Fitted with Conquero. SD main transmilter. Nebula main receiver, Salvor Ill rese.!e transmitter, Sentinclrcscrve receiver, Aulotey N aulomalic keling uni1, Lifeguard II aulo-alarft, Argonaul S vhl radiolelephon€. Survivor III ponablc equipmenr lor lilcboals. Lodestar III automaric di.ecrion,finder, two broadcasl receivers, talkback syslems, tvo colou. television rebeileB and lelevision

mv Lackenby

ll?.850 gros Speed Call sign GXER Ropner Ship Managemenl L1d Builde6 Hadand & Wolf Lrd 2lst/22nd June 1977 Fjrled wjrh Conqueror SD main rrarsmirler, Nebula main receiver. Salvor lll reservelransmitler. Senlinelrescrvc rcceiver. Aulokey N aDtomatic keyine unir. LileCua.d Itauro-alarm, Ar8onaur S vhlradiotelephonc, Wcstminster 15MN !hfradiotelephone. Sur!ivor II ponable cquipment ior Iileboars. Lodesrar IllD automaric di.rclion lindcr. Seachart CDS rccordins echomerer, Scasc!pc visual deprh meter, Heratd broadcasl receiler wirh eighr loudspcakers, rso lelevision rcccivers. and Panrenna III comdunal aerial with 50

/rv Vallabhai Patel

Tonnase 62.5618.os

Call sign ATMM Owners The Shipping Corporalion oi India Ltd Buildcr BrodogradilisleSplit Sea rriah March 197? Fiued wirh Conqueror SD main transmiuer, communicarions console conlainine Apollo main receilcr. Oceanspan VllE reserve iransmitter. senrinel resc.ve receive.. Aulokcy N automatic kcyins unir and Lilcguard N aurorlarmr Arconaut sP lhf radiorelephonc. Survilor ponabtc cquipmenr for lifeborls. Lodesur II aulomaLic dir*lion lindcr- Loran A C eccivcr. ibur broadcasr rece've6 and Panlcnna lll communal actjal wirh 65 cabin outlel poin6

nra,t er September-Ocrober 1977 by Marconi Marine

Pholosraphs by co!ftesy oi the bullders and ownerc

mv Sibonga

Tonnlg. 11.300 gros

Callsisn CUZP Own.6 Bank Linr Ltd Btrildes SundcrludShipbuildcrsLtd

Filtcd with Conqucror SD main trNnsmitter. Nebuh main rccciver, Sdilor I rl rcscrvc rr.nsnillo. S.ntin.lreserve rcceivcr. Aurokcy N rutonrLic kcyine unil. Lifcgudrd N autcaldrm. Argonaur S !hi radiotclcphonc. Survilor llt ponable lilcboar cquipnenr. Lodcshr lllD ruronuric dircclion lind.r. two brcldcrst rccciv.A. ralkbrck slsrcms. l*o colour relevision receivcrs and tclcvision iI

my lbn Al-Haitham

Tonnrgc 15.940 gnxs

Callsi$ 9KEO Owne.s Kuwait Shirping Co Ltd Bdilders GounShipbuildcrs Sca rrirh l0rh Scprcmb$ 1976 l_illcd airh Conquctur SI) nrain trrnsmitlcr. comnunicarions corsolc corrdiniog Apollo mrin re.diver. Salvor lll rcscrvc Lrdn\millcr. Scnti|cl rcservc rcccilcr. Auk)kry N autonrlic kcyine unil rnd LniCuard N dutoalrrni Argon or S vhl rrdiotelephonc- Surlivor II portablc cquipnrcnt lor lirrh.xrc I^ilp(rrlrrD1"r.h,'ri.,llre.r;on-6ndcrwilhAutoguardcouplin-E unir. Scxchlrl C rccordnre cchomcter. Flexicon rd.phonc slnem. two telerisio,r rcccivcrs. and Radiolocator 16 radrr snh rue

mv lbn Zuhr

Tonnag. 15.940 srcss Speed lli knots Call sign 9KFH O{n.6 KusriL Shippins Co LLd Buildcrs GovanShipbuildc6 sea tidh 22nd12l.d Junc 1977 Fitred \rith Conqucd HS tuain L.ansmnLcr..onmudicarions console conrainins Apollo main recciver. Salvor III rcsrvc rfudsmi(er. Srntincl rcscrlc.cccivcr. Autokcy N !ulomatic kcyins unit dnd Lilcguard N ruto-ahrnr: Argonaut S vhl Radiorelephon.. Sur!i!or ll porrdbl. .quipdcnL lor lif.boats. Lodenar IIID aurohatic dnection-finder *irh Aurosuard coupling unil. Scach. C rccordinB cchom.lcr. Flcxicom tclcpbonc syst.m. tso colour tclcvisior rccci!c6. ard Radiolocator l6 fidar wnh

48 M,/Del Seotember October 1977 by Marconi Marine

Phorooraphs bv courtesy oI rhe buildersand owners

,?v Cedarbank

Tonnage 12.000 gro$

Callsign OUQY Owners Bant Linc Ltd BDildes SunderlandShipbuildeALtd Filtcd with Conqucror SD main l.ansmiLtcr. Ncbula main recci!er. Salvor III .cscrve 1r!nsmittcr. Sentinclrescrve recei!.r, Aurokey N automatic keying unn, Liteguard N auro-alarm. Argonaut S vhlrndiorclcphonc. Survivor II ponablc equipnenr lor lileboals. Lodesl!r lllD auromaric dnecrbn-finder. rwo broadcasr receivers. ralkback systenr5- tlvo colour relevision recei!eB and lclcvision

l,v lbn Sina

Tonn.ge 15.940 gros

Callsien 9KFl Owners KuwNit Shippin-s Co Ltd Builders GolanShipbuild.A sea rriah lorh/lllh May r977 Filtcd with Conquc(r HS nuin rnnsmnrer. communications consolc contairing Apollo main recei!er, Salvor III reserve lransmiucr. Scntircl rcscrle rcceilcr. Autokey N allomatic keying unil and Lilcguird N auto-alarm: Argonaul S vhl radiorclcphorc- Sur!ivor ll r'orrable cquipnenr ior lileboils. Lodest.r IllD autorMtic dirstion-finder. with AuLoguard coupling unit. Sedch.rt C rccording cchomclcr- Flcxicom telcphone sysrem. rwo colour tcl.visicn rcccivcE. and Radiolocdlor l6 radar *ith

I

Tonn.ec 18.550 gro$

Callsign YTFV Ownc6 AtlantskaPlovidba Btrildc6 SundcrhndShipbuildcrsLld Fiucd wilfi Conqucror HS ddin trdnsnitL.r. Apollo nain receiver. Salvor III reserve fansnitlcr. Scntinel rcs.rve receiver. Aulokct N automatic kcying uniL. Liicgurrd N arro dlarn. Argonrul S vhlradior.lcphonc. Survivor lll portabl€ equipmenl lor liLborts. Forecnsrcr K wcarh$ f.csimilc rccci!cr. Spccror ruromtLUc ctror!orc!ufg cq!irnrrnr cnrrrr.',nmtnLunirs.lwolclcvisionrrcci!cB with lclcvision lcrirl systcm lnd P!ntcnn comnrunal aerirl*irh 4l cabin ourl.r poinc

Mariner Seeremhet Octobet 1971 A shor.t historical guide to the East Coast port of H4IRITIGH 'a prettie little towne'

BY RADIO OFFICER JOHN MOODY

For many people Harwich and Felixstow€ are only warehouse lacjli!ies. storage lanks for bulk liquids.jellies convenienl ports to escape 10 the continent for a holiday. for ocean-going tankers and roll on/roll otrberths. From Or they are places of entry for thousands of hard- the porl th€re are regular general cargo and container currency E ropeans lo enter for a cheap holiday and to services to Scandinavia. near continenlal and Norrh American ports. Besides being a flourishing port. Felix' enguge in 'ome legal pilldgrng A modern vdrrarion on an stowe is also a very popular s€aside resort. It isa pily that the hurrying h ordes do not pause awhilc At this point there is a choice ofcontinuing straigh! up to enjoy the local scen€ry and see the places of great the river Orwell to lpswich or lurning to port !o pass historicalinterest. Forthisarcacanrighllyclaimtobclhe Harwich and up the river Stour. birthplace of EngUsh greatness and eventual maritime The trip up rhe Orwcll is well worthwhile. This is a l2- supremacy. It is revealing to nole that many oflhe great mile siretch of allractive unspoil! rurtl scenery. some of sea capiains of the past had associations with Harwich. the fincsl in Britain. Afler clearing F€lixstowe. on tbc This parl of the country supplicd a bre€d of intrepid starboard side can be seen Grimsron Hall. ihe horne of rugged sea'nen down the ages who sailed and fought rhe Thomas Cavendish. He was the second Englishman to enemies ofEngland on every sea. sailaround theworldand ther4,.tr man 10 sailfromwcsl to easl circunnavigaring th€ globc in his Harwich ship

Nex1. on the same bank. is Broke Hall originallv lhe 6Y\ home ofRear Admiral Sn Philip Broke ( 1776 l84l) The admiral's clnim to fame is thal he achieved Brilain's imporlanr naval viciory in the liltle known war of 1812 ^g^ and the USA. 1n this $ar Arnerica tried ili-.--'l{ E belw€en Bdtain e 10 invade Canada. thcn a Briiish colony. as they fearcd il posed a threat to rheir newly won independence Admiral Broke in the Sr/rtfi defealed the U S Cl,esateak? in I 8 I 3 affit of Boslon alter a long gruelling batllc The Cr?rqcak? was takcn inlo Halifax. Nova Scolia, as a prize to thc great rejoicing ofthe local residents. In this short war on Thc bonugh o?st shors a ship r'rc S Nar cJmc our on rop $ hrh r'.urprinng oj EdMt.! III s inre.sinilar in bdhnce t ) apratun@ 10 those on tht as Brilain was lhc acknowledged supreme navalpower of sold rabtc oins 01 the rtiod the day. However. many US warships were nanned parlly by hardened British naval velerans who saw the For the v;sitor or returning tripper the first place of chance ol a better life in the new republic. 11 was vcrl interest is lhe Landguard fort ncar Felixstowe- It was here much in thcir own interesls to 6ght to win. in 1667 tbal th€ Dutch. under rheir formidable Admiral Continuing our journey past Brokc Hxll there li€s de Ruyter,landed soldiers and atlempled tq take the forl. Orwell Park. once thc residence ofAdmiral Vernon who After very hard fighting they were repulsed. This is defcaled the Spaniards ai Puerlo Bello in 1739. The claimed to be the last occasion on which enemy troops admiralwas an early naval reformcr. He was appalled by acrually landed on English soil. the drunkenness and debauchcry prevalent in rhe navy a1 Happily loday the Dutch continue 1() invade in their thal time. It musl be remenbered lhat the daily ralion of thousands every summer bu! wi!hou1 the need ofscaling raw rum. taken straight. was fantastically high. Thc ladders. In the Duich wars of tbe lTth century thcy grve solace belped the men to forgel lhc extremely harsh Brilain a very rough 1ime. successfully raiding llrc Thames conditions under which they livcd. worked and fought and Chatham. Admirrl Vernon ordcred that ihe rurn ralion be diluted Nearby is the modern conlainer port of FcUxslowe on with water and onc can well imrgine some of rhe old the east side of Harwich harbour. There are €xcellent hands grumbling aboul lhe navy going soft.

50 Ma,ire. seprem ber oclober 1977 When appearing on deck the worthy Vernon always wore a cloak madc from a French material called 8/o.' grari, which rusdtd as he paced the deck. His en corruplcd the French word to 'grog by which narne he was known. From then on lhroughoul th€ navy therum ration became known as grog. Pin Millis siluated on the po.t side ofthe river. Here a "Jmou. )"rd bui,r Thrme' brrgc. ind srrll cdrfle. our repair work on tbc few survivors remaining. Il is now a thriving yachting centre. A more recent claim to fdme is tbal the Butl and Oysler pub a! Pin Millwas a rendezvous for the Duke of Wjndsor aDd the then Mrs Wally Simpson. Nearby is the Cal House. Nor thc site of a medieval bordello. Tradilion has it that the occupanls oflhe house possessed a whilc cal lo which they were very mucb arrached The ccr s f.,\ou'rre pl"ce $r' nuing gdlirB oul ofa window. Unfortunately it met an untimcly end and lhc bererved owners had the moggy s1utred and placed in wiDdow. so good a ils acc slomed seat a1 the So lar j... rolrching story. But folklorc also relates thal when the - r-;-- white cat was rTrrira from rhe window. then this was a $rr ning ro rhe \mugCler. rhul rhc c\(rse men were dclrve in the immediate vjcinity. During the 100 years war againsl France. lpswich Next. also on the port side- is Wolverstone now the suppiied and Inanned lnany ships for the King's nav),. A hcadquarters ol the Royal Harwich Yacht Club and massivc flee1 of 300 ships galhered to invade France for wolverslone Hall a GLC bo.trding school for boys. the Battle ofCrecy under Edward IIL In I588 ships were Close to is Freston Tower. a l.lll l61h cenlury square fi11ed out rnd crewed lo combal the Spanish Armada In cdillce six sloreys high. Ir was built by William Lalimcr rhc l8th cen(ury the yards a1 Ipswich built many line and for lhe fair lady Ellen, heiress to lhe De Frcstons. There is famous Easi Indiamen for trade to the East. .rep\ no sound reason as 1o why it was buill in this ralher Rct'acrng our down the nver Orwell $e "ffi\e ar peculiarmanner. However, a nice lcgend whichcould well Harwich at the enlrance to the dver Stour. At Harwich beficlitious ofers a charming explana tion. It appears that just about everylhing that could happen has happened. Elien was a very dedicalcd lady given 1o serious sludies Volumes ofhistory could be written aboul it quitc beyond and good works. Shc had six main inlerests. nam€ly. thc scope ofthis short article. In lhe Dornesday survey ol astronomy. litcralure. painting. music. tapeslry and 1087. Harwich does not get a mcntion bu1 nearby charity. Each oflhe six rooms was devoled 1() one ofthese Dovcrcourl does. Apparently thercwcrc sorne hairy web- worlhy pursuils. If charity \ras on thc top Soor then it was footed Britons paddling around in the Harwich ,rcep (lrmb ro drspen.c lrrgc* Io Ihe deser\ ing poor Finally one arrives al rlre porl of lpswich. In oldcn With the rise of Ipswich in the wool trade. Harwich limes Ipswich was an imporl.tnt centre for the woollrade grew in inportance. By thc l2ih cenrury il is recorded as 1() Flanders. Unlorlunrlely its great importance made it being a walled town dcfcnded by a castle. These an object 10 be pillaged by nerce raiders lrom across the precau!ionswcrcancssenlial necessityforsurvival. From North Se.r. According lo the Anglo Srxon Chronicles in tbeD on cverybody seems lo have had a go at rdnsacking AD885 the Danes endcavoured 1o takeand sack i!. Tbey Harwich. Livins dangerously' is no modern pbcnomena. were met by King Allred (ol cake-burning fnme) at the In 1340 Edward III sailed from Harwich wilh a fleel of enirance !o the river Orwell and afler a long gory baitle 200 ships 1o win lhe naval battle ol Sluys. Beside the the Danes v,e.e defealed. Such was lhc ferocity of lhe viciory il was an historic momenl for another reason. The strugglc thrt the sea lurned red from thcblood spill. hence occasion for one of lhe first nrval dispatches. The king rhe name loday of Bloody Poin!. senl the good news to his son. lhe Black Prince. then Il world be nice to say thal rbis was a decisjve English quart€red a! Sholley just opposite Harwich. During the nival!icror) Ho$ cr c'. s h le rhe \ rcloriou' BI iron' sere 50years rcign olEdward III, Harwich musl havc becorne knocking back buckels olmead in celebtution. a second a second bome for him as he was continually harrying the Danish flccl hove in sight. look thcm by surprise and French from that port. The borough crest shows a ship of Jrughrcred ever) man jucl Bu' hc c, new' rn rerLrn the Sluys period. It is inlc.csting to nole thrl this is very match. The Chronicles continuc. In 1050 the oullaw similar in appearance 1o vessels shown on the gold noble Osgood with 39 ships attempted Harwich. bul a strong coins struck in Edward s reisn. wind canre against lhem so that all the ships were The valuable wool trade was too precious for ships 10 destroyed. excepl four. whosc crews were slain bcyond the sdil sinCl) ucro$ rhc Noflh Sea ro the loq coun'ric' sea. The lasl senience leaves mucb 10 the imaeination. Instead they sailed in convoys based on Harwich. They ltlrdr was beyond the sea? werechaperoned across by a genlleman luxuriatingin the

Marine. septembet Octobet 1971 magnificent iitle of The Wrfter oflhe Wool Fleet.'Thc Spain. Porlugal and France. thc kingdom was now intent words rre p re poelry. or getling a slice ol lhe mercantilc trade overseas. All this Evcry bilas in1pdrtrnt asa town w{ll and c.lsllewaslhc mcani increasing imporl{nce for Halwich and ils sur- building of a church. Aftcr all no lo$n aDd Do person could expect to survive withoul God s prolection The For thc local citizens thc limes could be diflicull church was esrablished in ll77 and dedicated to S! depending oD thc religion ofthe rcigning sovereign. Thc Nicholas. the palron saint ofrllseamen. Il was hcre in the accoDnrs book lor June l5lh 1555 (under thc rule ol comlorting shado{ ol lhe banner of rhe cross that the Bloody Maryi slates in a cold irnpersonal manncr the Crusrders rested bcfore setting oul on their long trck chargc for the burning ofa Proteslanl as this. ./rrrr. Pui./ rcross Europc 10 the Holy Land pillaging and lootnrg lbr tha thdaaes ol !h( road and athtt things at the hu litlg rl'er Chr.,i:,n brflhrert rN rlc) $(nr. ol th( nvn hcrc (Hahri(h) .. . ru"r 5s 6d. If this Many crorvned heads have worshipped hcte before unfoflunalc man could havc laid low until 1558 when setling ou1 on the d ngcrous crossing 10 thc continent and Proresiant Elizabeth came to thc throne his life would !o givc thanks for a s le return. Among olber patrons have bccn safe and the Harwich ralepayers betrcr oll lo werc Drake. Howard. Frobisher. Willoughby. Samucl thc rune of 5s 6d. Pepys. Daniel Dcloe and Lord Nclson. Thc gr€at event of 1588 was. of coursc. the Spanish Arnrada and here Harwicb hil the headlnres. The por! boasted some of thc hrgesl naval ships in the whole The illustrations appearing with this article counlry I00lonners. huge vessels for those days. Many have been rcproduced from the guide book Harwich scamen served wilh Drake and Howard. It is A walk around old Harwich probablc lhal Drake was fdr rnore familiar with the by kind permission of The Harwich Society HaNich bowling green lhan that of Plymourh Hoe. It may not be coincidencc ihal both bowling greens were situdted with a clcar view olthe sea. No doubt lhe players Boswell. beforc embarking on his Grand Tour of cocked a wary cye 1o seaward on (he lookoul for any Fur"ne. prJ)ed $rrh Dr Jo\rrron lor Uod' oroLecl:or' menrcing slrange sail on ihe horizon. The master ol the ntdr',flor?r, Chrisropher Jones. was The namcs of Harwich seamcn are now prominent in twice marricd in 1593 and 1603 in llre old church and war and discovery: Thomas Grey. master ol Lord some of his children were bapliscd there. The church Howard s uagship .1/k R,r'al (Arnada 1588): Chris- rcgister datcs back to 1559. Among llre names recorded topher Newport. one of the founders of Virginia. afier are Richard Gardincr lnd John Alden who were among whom Ne$ po11 Ncws. Virginia. is namedi Roger HankiD. the Pilgrirn Falhcrs. John Aldcn. howevcr. was no1 an masrerofRalcigh s llagship on thcexpedition toCadizin originalPilgrin Father^s he sailed on rhe nrrar',4,r.r.rs a 1599. the famous singeing the King ol Spain s beard' cooper. Hc is recordcd as an crrlv setllcr in Mrss' episode; Thonras Tbompson. m.tslcr olHawkin s ship the achusetts. Today lherc is an Aldcn hmily living in St Danr-r. (M.rybe r rather doubtlul credit as Hawknrs Jobn- New Bruns$ick. wlro claim direct desccnl lrom pioneered thc lucralive black slave trade.) Christophcr John Aldcn. This {ould sugges! tlral their aDccstors were Joncs. probably the lown s lavourite son. miister of the among the Unircd Loyalisrs who lrckkcd North to Can.rda ro rcmain under the Cronn during llre AmericaD war ollndependcnce in 1776. Thc church linally fell into disrepan rnd the prcsenl cdillcewas buill in I822. Ceorge lV donated I1.000 1(r the rcbuilding cos1. His co.t-of-rrms beneath thc organ commemorarcs this gif!. Mrny inrcresling rclics rem irr lrom the earlicr church includinga l21h cenlurv lbnt and the early rcgisler. Thc church is well worrh r visil and in evcry sense of the \rord is a n ulilrl church bcing so closcly associared wilh the sea throughout its long

In these formulativc drys Htrrwich lived.t siccelike cxistence. Evcry strangc sril sighlcd lnusl htrv.c bcen cause for alarnr xnd a mrnnurg of lhc dcfences. For sevcnl centuries tbe lown sufiered thc unwelconrc rllenlion ol rNiders. pi tesand privateers lroln the Dancs. Sp.rni.rrds. French nnd Dutch. I1 goes wilhoul s.tviDg th:rl Hrnvich seanrcn were also engaScd nr this daDgerous bul some' nrrdr',4afrr carying thc Pilg.im Futhers 1o Massachuscrts limes lucftrtive profession. in 1620. His home slill sl nds in Hrrwich. Evcn carlier The l6th ccnrury na.ked a change lrom . defensivc than lhis Harwich was a basc lor trading wilh the posirion 1o r more offensivespirir' English sc^powerwas colonists in Virgini.t. emerging lcd by advcnlurous sca capl iDs such rs Dr.ke And so ir goes oD wilh Chanccllor rnd willoughbv rnd Frobisher. Although Bril.riD shrled l.rtc. $ellbchind selrchnrg fur thc north west passrgc in an rttcmpt lo lind

52 Mainet Septenber Octobet 1917 -i

Th. Hahtirh Rcdouht huih i1 l8I8 gr:r dwng th. Narohantu Wuts. .ne ollo r tcdoublt ihittl, rith a thuil ol Md .lb k\t\\s. ./o ,t.t a d4. s^\' tt1or1 dtou".l nt sou tusl

a shon roule to the fabulous .ichcs ol the Orient. a feat can only hope that ihe men werc paid special danger rhat was nol finally accomplished unlillhe 201h century. money becausc the braking syslem was very inadequale. Frobislrer commenced his lhree voyagcs of discovery Similar cranes were used in prisons wilh a sublle from HaBich. ditrerence. ln these thc nen walked on rhe ,rriid? ofthc Back to thc Armada again. Alter the Spanish flccl was wheels $hich made then very accessible !o any per dispersed rnd victory assured. the news was carried froin suasion that mightbc thought necessary. Thebasicdesign HaNich 10 Tilbury A1 the same lime Drake and was nothing ncw as the Romans were using i1 in 25BC. Frobishcr relax€d in the Three Cups hostclry celebraling The famous diarist, Secrelary for the Navy. Samucl thc great viclory. This hotel was built in the early I61h Pepys. was MP lor Harwich in 1678 in thc rcign of the ccnrury and is still a going conccrn. although now ol ne y monarch. Charles ll. He is known to have taken a cotrrse much altered in appcar{nce. I1s name crops up all pcrsonal inrer€sl in the dockyard. thc lime in Harwich history bccause everybody of any From the old local rccords ollhis period it would seem importance lodgcd there a1 some time or other. Anrong that the members ol Hdrwich Council were slicklers for the famous was Admiral Lord NelsoD (with of coune €liquette. Any mun could be 0ned up to f50 for rrli?rt?.q Lady Emma in tow) and the Hanoverian Gcorgcs who 10 be Mayor. Aldcrrnan or Burgess. Certainly a lot ol werc lrequenl visitors in the coursc of llreir trips 1o the noneyin thosedays. It\ remarkablc that anybody would coDtiDcnl and back. refusc ofiice as corrupl pront was rife in high places (a In i600. Lord Burlcigh. Queen Elizabeth s wise far' situalion nol unknown today). However. one person did seeing statesman. rcalised the vital strategic importancc prelerto paylhefineralhcr than lake omce. Even then lhe of Harwich ds an invasion area fronl Europc. He members had io roe the line. They could b€ fined the sum of !hereforcdecreed thal the necessary prccautions belak€n. 3s 4d for no! wc.rring a decenl gown' for each day in Wirh Spain tenrporarily delealed the main danger nr the council. On the olhcr hand long hair was acceplablc. near future would come from lhc aggressive thrusting Afier the Dutch somewhal caltucr a!mosphcrc prev{iled but not for long. In thc early l81h ln I660 Harwich bcc!mean important navaldockyrrd cenrury Harwich became a smugglcr's paradise along (tberc lrad been a shipyard there beforc which was \rrh many olher porL\ uorcrnmcrrs. nr all trme.. rrc inspeclcd by Elizabeth in l56l) buildiDg miny fine and alwayscasting around 1o seeiflhereis arything they havc lamous ships extending up 1o thc Napoleonic wars. The lefl untaxed. (A1 one !imc il was €ven windows!) Heavy Errcllent and Conquerct 74 gun ships oltheline fougbt at duties were now imposcd to raiserevenueon such itcmsas Trafalgar with dislinclion. The site of thc old naval liquor. tea. lacc and silks The rewards for running the dockyard is now called Navy Yard from ivhich a roll revenue men wcrc higb 10 the smug.slers and manyworlhy waxed rich. oI r.ll url 'er!ice run' ro rhe con'irr.nr dirl). local merchanls A relic of the naval dockyard is the tread-$heel cranc Allhough i1 may well havc no connection with buill in I667 which now sraDds on Harwich Green fasnrs smuggling the following old couplel may well havc bccn the sca. lt is said ro be the only exisling Brilish example penned wilh somc lccUng by an irale frustraled cxcise remainiDg of this type ofcrane. Thc crane lvas worked by men watking inside the 'D.al DotI a .l Hutfith inlcrior of th€ two massive oak driving wheels which Th( D.til *.trt 10 his daushl.r in klaniag? ^re .p.ced loL. lc.l . t. rr. I hr' parr ol rheconlrutl:or $tr. A1 the limc all three pons were lops iD thc snruggling boused under ! roofwillr ihc jib protruding oulsidc. One lcaguc.

Mainer septenhet october 1971 Towards the end ofthe l8thcenlury carnedanger from potential with every promise of conlinuing growth. l1 thc Napoleonic Wars. Harwich onc€ more reverted to a €ncompasses lhe ports of Felixslowe. Ipswich. Harwicb state ofsiege. Sddiers wer€ biileted in the town ready to Town, Harwich Parkeslon Quay and up the river Slour repel an) French in!drion The delenderi kcpr un un\iou' as far as Mistley. This entire porl complcx is ideally eyeon French frigales cruising otr the port. All lhis had its siluated to take advantage of increasing trade with tbe brighter side as hostilities always brought prosperity 1o conlincnl since Britain entered the Common Markel. In Harwrch uhile periods ofpeacc mcanr hdrd rimcs. some ways it is a return to the early mcdiaeval trading Besides the gliitering balls and dinners there was pallern of the wool expofts to the low countries. Alas tremendous aclivity in throwing up anti-invasion for' there is no modern equivalcnl lo 'The Wafter ofrhe Wool tifications. The Harwich Redoubt was built in 1808 in a Fleet'. recordtimeofthreeyearsatacostof€55.000 avaslsum. No visitor 10 Harwich can fail io be aware of the It is probable that French prisoner-of-war labour was prcsence ofTrinity House. This very ancient inslitution used in lhe construclion. It was one of four redoubts has associations going back to lhe I3th century. It was forning achain around the coast. The others were built at incorporated in l5l4 in the reign of Henry VIIL Thc litle Dungeness. Hylhe and Eastbourne. derives f.om the religious concept ofthe'Blessed Trinily' Besides the redoubls a chain of one-gun Martello and the charler lays down its duties as being threefold. towers was €rected having a garrison of only ten men. Firstly it is lhe g€neral Iighthouse authorily for Whereas the redoubts mounted ten guns. had a large England. Wales, thc Channel Islands and Cibraltar. garrison and could hold oul lor a long period ev€n illhe berng re,pon\rblc lor provrdine aid, ro navrgar.on. enemy did manage to land. The Martello forts were lighthouses. 1igh1-vcsscls. buoys and beacons. Secondly it towers erecled above the ground level but rhe redoubts isthe principal pilolage aulhority in !he United Kingdom. had frontal concealing €arlhenworks whichmade them And lastly as a charitabl€ organisalioDfor the relief of very difflcult to hit or capture. The Harwich rcdoubt is mariners and dependants in nnancial distress. Harwich is now being restored to some of its former glory by the largest Trinily House depot in Britain and serves the voluntary help and is worih bolh a visit and a donation €ntir€ east and soulh coasts as far west as lhe Isle of towards its rebuilding. Wight, plus the Channel lslands. As if the French were not enough to conlend wilh. a most unwelcome visitor lurned up of Harwich in 1790. This was tbe notorious Arnerican privateer Paul Jones. founder of the US Navy. How€ver. discr€lion being lhe better pa( of valour. he sailed away quietly to the great relief ol thc local cilizens. The year l8l5 saw the final defeat and exiling of lF4-T' Napoleon. Once more danger receded and normalily I returned. The threats from Spain. Holland and France had ended and so the stralegic importance of Harwich declined. The citizens of Harwich by now may well have I" thoughl that th€y could settle down peacefully 10 cullivating cabbages in their ailotments and growing roses. Bul thal was nol to be. ln less tban a hundrcd years an ominous new threalening. The rapidly growing German naval slrenglh in 1902 was causing the British Naval chicfs much anxiety. As in the pasi. Ttitii,Housa Auo\ Yatul Harwich was back in thc forefronl ds an important naval The port and seaside resort ofFelixstowe is 34 miles by In thc l9l4-18 war, the Harwich naval base played a road from Harwich but only one-and'a-half miles by vital role with its mineswecping florilla. deslroyers and water across th€ harbour. Forlunately an excellenl ferry submarines. lt was fitling justice tha! thc Germnn U- scrvicc is mainlaiDcd by rhc 8,rar|ldasza lrom April 10 boats came into Harwich 10 surrender in 1918. tlre beginning of Octobcr. In addilion the sdme vessel The shore-based naval training station HMS Gdngsr at undertakes evening cruises up the riversOrwell and Stour Sholley played an impo.tant role in training men for the d. a ver) reasondble charge. I or lhe ri5r,or rhr. ir h \er) firsr and second world wars. Sadly for Harwich it became pleasant. peaceful way ofspendinga summer evening a nd redundanl in 1976 and was closed down. lnstead the learning aboul the district. An interesting informalive recruit trainingwas moved back toTorbay where, in fact. commentary is broadcast. Full bar facililies are available il firsl started in 1866. and no Viking raids guarantecd. Thc Second world war again lound Harwich in its The greatOrianr musthavethe finalword on Harwich. tradilional role as an imporbnt srralegic naval base- Queen Flilabcrh had complered )e. dnorher expen\i\e From hcrc 100 ships sailed on D-Day 1945 for lhe Royal Progr€ss io the lown. Afler the retinue had left the invasion ofthe beaches of Frdnce. outskins. the queen turncd lor a Iasl look and gave hcr Today. inslead of waiting for the next war for g.acious blcssing -'a preltie little towne and wanls prosperity. the wbole area is building up a solid economic nolhing.'Whal nror€ canbe said'l

54 Ma.ne. Seplember Ocrober I977 \\

B;lIBu"vL, arJ l:t /ot f lu'4,ao/t4^,ht Latelypeople have been complaining 1o m€ lhat whenevcr old packing cases for burnings. I even took home a small they ask my dog for his paw. he givcs them the Masonic tree once although i1 was a bit tricky navigaling between handshake. Now l haven'l bothered to discover the the branches. and worrying too for the neighboum. reason nor indeed did I mean to lalk about him. Only to ( Ohlit syou shesaid peerinsin through the leaves as I ..,) rha r $hen )ou '\Jrr., hou'e w.rh u {rJntsc. \ecrelrve reached our to op€n thc front gate. l thought you were and very large animal like this. lhen you do tend !o one ofthose urban gu€rillasl') comply wilh his wishes. I mean when he wakes up in the Of course none of rhis stufr is actually mine. I'm jusl morn ing. slides under our bed and arches his back, I know lookingafterit forth€ Receiver of wrecks. one day I sball ir's time for his'walkies'. And it did occur io me to say dump the whole lol inlo a barrow. wheel il around to his that if anyone else wakes up on the fl oor with a long slicky office and spread it all ovcr his lealher-lopped desk. tongue across the back of lheir neck then an early Legally. any object found on the beach belongs 10 the morniDg walk can be very rcwarding, especially ifyou can Sovcreign and to abscond with it is breaking the law. Although. on th€ other hand, ifl sent the Que€n sone ol Beachcombing, the only occuprlion I know whcre the the things that I vepicked up on the beach that too would guarantcc of serendipity docsn t spoil i1: for you're be brcaking the law. absolulely sure 1o find something. True I m nol su.e yel Some peopl€ cheat and se mine'deteclors. little what to do wirh the bikini top I'vc gol but perhaps lied tran sistorised jobs. Bu! I ve no need for lhosc. Wh€n you undcr tbechin. or theotherway up with a hrt locover the havc a dog whose anccstors hunted wilb the kings of kno!. i1 would make a sporting pair ofear mufs lor the Europe. whos€ everysensc. every muscle and libre is wintcr. For that's halfthe fun you undcrsland. thinking inh€r€ntly conditioned1o seek out and relrieve lhen you up various uses.lt may lake a liltlc lime 1o find a homc for don't need these lechnological aids. (Nol lhal my dog has all the bi!s and pieces;ihe possibililicsdo nol alwayscoIne aclually demonslrated ihese qudliti€s yet on accounl ofa in an instanl. You may have to slow lhings for months. liaison his mother had with some smoolh lalking but yearseven, before thcidea hitsyou. Ahlbutwhen il does I olherwise useless dalmation.) You havejust the nalerial ready. . . it's under ihe boat? Bul however much fun i1 is thinking up thc uses lor all No i1 s out in the shcd? No . . . behind the greeihouse?. rhi.rubbr,honecollccrs, r'muchmore nrere'Ilnp rOing up in the loft? Ifs that damn dog again. he hides things to iInasine where they all came from. Tha! bikini lop my all over the place. dog brought back for example? was il daintily cast away If you are building a boat as I dnr. then you cannol or did some poor woman have to spend the rest ofthe day aliord to miss an carly morning scouralong the beach for facedown in thesand with no!hing visible above the waisl a hi, reerh mdrk.I And Ihere olher more excilrn. your timbcr and fittings. In a ycar I r€ckon I couccted bur "re full sct of fenders. a full s€l of sail battcns. buckels. things. like th€ namel€ss Iilebuoy! Did il perhaps come bailcrs. a baby's pottie, (?) anchor buoys. numerous from thc rrrri.?(Probably not since rhis onc had a Kite' litlings and a huge quantily oftimbcr. Timber ofall sorts. mark.) Then there was the message in lhc boltle: ,/,[o.r?/ cxolic hardgrained $oods lor making cleats and bils of finds this bottle rillf d the beet aI son,.

Ma.lrer S€ptember Odober 1977 Some people 6nd valuable. exolic thnrgs likc Phoe- thing up the clin (lf the corporation care 1o send me nician coins, Roman pottery and Spanish doublooDs. but a SAE I'll send il back.) the only artcfacJrl've ever found liom the .rncient world Bul ofall the hundreds ofbils and picccs I've picked up was a plaslic shopping bag from the duly free shop in on the bcrch.l have neveryel be€n able 1o rnatch upa pair Piracus. Apart from that the only olher tbing ofdefinite ol thosc rubbcr. Japanese flip-ltops. I ve gol all tbe ownership I have found is a Bournenrouth Corporation colours.l€f1s and rights, and yet none ofthem malch upl deckchair: came up wilh the llood I supposc. Mercifully By the law of rveragcs you wouldn't believe it possible. there wasn't anyone in it or I could never havc pulled the Can it be.l wonderthal theJapanese haveoddsizedfeet?

Rad io traffic awards The rollowing Marconi Marine radio ofllcers have recenrly rece.ved lrom Lhe comf n\ rc.ol "$:rrd. 'n Appointments nilion of their etrorts in promotiDg thc various gilt services available oD board ship The radio omcers have been appointed to followins J. Bdldwin R. J. Gill S. Moris Marconi Marinet seagoing stafduring July and August A. N. Gray W. R. Nicol A. P. C. W. PateNon W. Bhck G. J. Hughcs P. D. O Toolc Gray P. Body P. W. R. Rorvell A. P. Caslin E. M. Koskiw J. M. Phiuips Harber H. J. Brdd! L. S. Ha(ncy D. J. Salmon A. F. Cros K. G. Lamb L C. Shcridan R. K. A. Douslds D. H. Langle! K. J. Ryan Johnson A. Bridger S. Kelly C. E Soulsby R. S Duf E. Lowrl D. S. Brough T. S. C. Kucharski H. G. Sparkcs A R. Fry R. Luc.s M. M. Sweeney M. P. N. A. Srickhnd W. D. Ccorghcgan P. D. Lugg Lambert P. G. Carew F P. Lawton A. L Thomson A. R. Cibson J Maitland B. P. Clark J. A. C. Mcconrbe w. Tobin P. J. G.ist N P. Marshall C. S. Currie J. G. P. J. Townse.d M. J. Hennesy S. F. M.Bhall McMullen R. H. Mrmo N. S. A. Vdrry SSB tra in ing courses CONOUEROR/APOLLO/NEBULA

Thc followiDg r.rdio ofiiccrs ssb trrining courses a1 Clasgow reccntly T Baile! N. R. Hddley J. Monticrh Radio officer Frank Paterson C. P. Beveslock G. Hanlcy C R Orpen Tbe derth ofradio ofiicer Frank Paterson occurred al his D. Conno. P. J. Hor$nr honre while on leave on 61h Aususr. C. Constanlilou J. Hlncs Mr Paterson. who was 50 ycars olagc. had bccn with W. FrtTparrick M. Lrrch.r H Schrtyrdski Thc Marconi Mrrinc Conrp:rny since 1953 serving aboa.d L R. D Lccson 8. J. Strccy Forsrer Ben Line vessels lbr most ofthis tinle. H. Foslcr R. Lynn A. W. Gas.r J. Mccnln Thc lollowing radio ofiiccrs compleled ssb uaiDiDg DU BLIN OFFICE MOVE courses al East Ham durnrg Jirly and August Marconi Marines Dublin rcsional officc has P Murphy nrovcd 1l] new prcmiscs {t No 9 North Wall. T. Bcrthc D J Mrfay Dublin L The telephone number. 749157. is as

G. R. C. Lcnon Radar tra in ing courses Popularity in naval postels BADTOLOCATOR 12l16 According 1o collectors and dealers lhe 1920s and l9l0s were the heyday ofthe naval travel postcr a comnodily The following radio oficcrs cotnplcrcd radar training which is becoming norc and morc collccled. Colleclors. it courscs at East Hum during July and A gusl sccns. a.e now looking for old poslers onc€ issued bythe shipping Unes. as well as ships buUetins. menus. calendars D. J. Muruy and relaled publicity sheets. High on the list ofcollectable T. Bcalhc T. J H ris P. J O Shea D. Bradshrw J. Ryan itcms is the work of Kennelh Shoesmith. A former Merchant Navy man his work is most soughr alLcr by S. K. Burton G. R. C. Lenron historians {nd collectors alike because of its guaranteed P. Murphy D. Wright

56 Ma.ne, Seplember Ocbber 1977 hdd ils usurl lrrgc quola ol visilors silh lhc rcsultrnl accommodrri{rn f'R)blenrs. Whilc }e regreL rhe r'assins ol NE\^'S summer rhc more pcr..iul s i.rer donrhs rherd hrve rheir o*n ANEtVIE\A'S BELFAST Contrlbuted by R

wc lc.rn rhtll rhc ncs Ropn.r vesel aarl?,rr. our l.rest bis lirlins has rclurncd ro thc UK alicr complcrin-s hcr m|iden voyrgc Li) B.azil Her ror( ofcrll beine Po Tllbot. The ,rilldr?n a/.a21'lrn r( prcscnt undcrgoin-q ovcrhaul at ABERDEEN H., .nd.'. h" nl,,.dvi5R.,.1(+",r!' Io.\',,1 r'a Contributed by J. L. We ls thc ship hrs b.cn kno$n ofllcially ds airrr ,./w bnr hrs noN revcrlcd to hcr old namc. Wc havc lo ilDloei\c 1or our rb\cncc lion rhcsc tur rwo Ycl uolhcr schcnc lo salvlgc Ibc Bclltsl buill !nd ill filcd rascs q.1'Jr(..5cJ isnrcs Thc rcasof bcing nuinlyduc lo nrcs$N 01$o.k ind sllfl' ...- / r4, 1'r A\c:(('crm-r.on,orlr r|, chrngc\ 'l h. sumnrc. ho.rhs r.e gene.rll) r bus! rinc ln us prept.d ro pur up t6 milltun ro.ove. rhe opefurion Thelikcly rnd thi\ )cu hr\ bft)k.i all rccords nrclhod. il thc schcm. Coes throu-qh. wotrld be oil lllled nybn On Lhr oilc\plo.rrioi sidc $c hrvc lntcd r rc.ord number ol srlvrgc bags which should bc buoyanl cnouBh lo briig rhc 100 isb ndSl]eclo, lclerirnrlhri{)ns Sc\efulolrhcscbei.gdueLo lrrd long lNirrhrn i'on her resrins plrce rso milcs dccp in rhc srjrl.'rd r ',n.1,r. I r. r..r ui ll c.' rda.rj.r' .' !nllhin! lo go bl s! n,r! \cll sre I mrjor dcvclopmrnL in rhis DurlrgJuly r.dio ofiiccrJ. Dunnc w.s prescnr.d $nh his long rrc! \imiL 11) rhrr on Lh. ern olrhc iih.ds Thc.xpLd.rion scr!icc asrrd by our rnrnagcr Jim. whom sc havc kno$n lor rr.r\ ol Lh. trn l.{ !.rA r!c os bcirg.xfloi(.drnd$c{ind mrny rear\. had chosrn t() receiv€ r Aold wrtch. Wc *crc vcr! ri incrcrsi g dcn nd liI our lcchnlcirrs or fhlJorm\ on r tl'.,.d,.'{'+.m.V,\D-nn h,'- i., .,'i,,,'.,J, nridn. lo thc occrsion. Aft.rtr.rds. Mr rnd MA Dlnne trer ln lhc li.ld ol .rdn) ollic!,\ *c hr\! rgrin br)kcn orr tr\L cnlcrtrincd lo lunchcon. record nr rhe nunb$ cmploycd in the Norrh Sea rhis sunnrcr On9rhlul! MrJ M (ampbellol ourtcchnicolsrxfl.!ndthc No rrlL\ .rc\ .hrnpcs .rc snoolhh orgNniscd wilh rrdio hn ol our brch.lors. wns danied ro Mis\ Cathe.inr Burkr ofliccrs usirchcliconlcB trLrh thcdi\drin rhc! rc\crvcd lor locrl Opporunuy $rs rNkcn to prcscrl Johr rrd Clllhl anh r cur bus.s r lttr Icr6 Ngo. tJnhrIiDilt. liom linrc (o linrc. lilc \teps ghs\ bo*l Bd wishcs rnd r11 happincs\ lor nrc futur. ro thc i! $ilh r g.lc ol *ind or pcrhrps r bhrkl oi lig rnd ll)ing \Lor's Our ollic. n nrg.r hrs licqucnr nighrD.rcs 1n \hich hc Our lorm$ rypin M6 Ir.ne Nixon crlled in ro see us whiic hrs ro lind rc.onrDod.rion lbr r dozcn rrdio ofliccrs N1.1.30 on N o!.r h.rc on holidry from Gomuy.lrcnc. slillin herusrrlhigh Fndrr rlrcrfooi whilc on rhc subjccr ol ,rdio oflicc.s $c sprrils. ro$ hNs r b!byson. Noukl likc ro r hink rhos. u ho op., rtc liom Abcrdeen ln. rh.ir Bclla( shipyr.d hrs bcen congnrulrrcd br rhe Minincr ol' cor)pc'rri{m rnd !ndcrnr,rding ol our froblcms Srrre on rh. srccesslul complerion. well in rime, oir irbricxrcd Much ns s..tprccirtc thc oil boonr in rhc lrcN \c rrc !qr srrucrurc shich rill lbnn p.rr ol r Nonh Sc. oil producrion nu.h rtrrrc lhal llc linrLng induslr). will r1*rys bc rn plarlirm Thrjob $rs \ub-conLrrcr.d ro Hrrhnd & wolH by imporrnl pdr ol ou! uo.k I'ix\ibl\ lhc t.rhrntnl brerd rnd lrish Bridge. b!u.r. wc rrc lhcr.li).. fler\ed Li) rcf'o thrr $c rrc sri11 busy We r.cci!.d .n u.cxpcclcd phonc crll fiom lormer fudio in (hls rrca ir spirc ol n$ lnni1s rid .scrILing.orLs ofli.cr Mr A. E. AdrDs xnd wcrc surpnscd to lc.rn rINt h. On rh! sllfl sidc $. $.lconrc Lo rhc funks ol oil induslr! oos lhco[ncrolrgucsl housc.ol Kcsh. in lhcpopuhrCount!'s lcchnicirns Mesrs.l A Nlrrluc. A. Mrcluc. R. E. Vin.ll rnd Fermrn{Ah lake dislrict T. D Mcl).,morL Mr Vinrll is. olcoursc..n old Mrrconi Mn.inc hrid $ho hrs.hi ecd hrs Jicld ol opcrition lionr lcelnndic \ar.rs ro rhc Norlh S.r Wc rrc $r1r lo losc Mr G. Craig liom our dock rechnicirn rcrtu d.d $ ish hjnr lvcll lo. Lhe BOMBAY As \t $rirc $c drc lookirg Jor{Nrd ro thc oil e\hibirion Contributed by'Ooza shich n du. ro srrrr or llLh Sctrcnrt'cr. Wc n.. hoping lhrr th. *crLhci nrr\ r.r$irblc r,)d s. do ror hr!c Lhc $ind rnd rrjn A norablc cvcnr rhrr (x)k plrcc in our onicc $ns thc $hi.h dinurbcd rhc lidrclci cxhibilron rr rhi\ (imc L\r yea. prescnraiion by ou' manager. Mr S D. Golikeri. of r long Thc locrl .ulhorjlles rre rcguh,l). rd!r, risins li)r p$plc in rh. servicc.\!ard lo our desseng.t. Mr L. K Sa8lieker. {ho has (.,"n A e.r.t .'plrrN..,r, 1 Nrcr ro rrkc nr lniL{F du.n1e rhc c\hibilion. rs. -qcncrrlly .,os rrJ.^cr o spcrlins. rhe onl) horcl ..comnrodx(ion rqil.blc sccmr lo bc liom rhe mdMein-q djrector. Mr D. P. Furncaux. {a\ handed .10 J0 nil.s our ol ro\n Whilc thc cxhrbirion will ro doubl over to him alone $irh a cheqtre.lo enablc him r(, purchase a glli bring !s rhc u{.1 r.lion ol hc.dr!lc\ ir rlnr rn)vidc\ r ,ziv,, oi hn .hoice Thc prcscn l!Lion was lolloNcd by ! ge( roger her o I ,/|t1 lor $clconrc \Lsilor\ lionr h$d olllc. rnd v)me ol thc Thc Nrnurl prizc di\lriburior ol thr rtuining ship R/r?,ll,r, A\ *c rptRleh rhe.id oi lhc sunN.r \. hrlc 1o rdmi( thrl *as held on 2(nh.lulr Th. Govehor olMrhrfu shlfu . Mr S.diq $crLhcr ri\c ir hns ror bccn sordc Ll. /\bc ccn hN ho$c\c. Ali. $rs th. chielgucn. Th. Prcsidcnl ol1nd1. s cold mcdal k)

lralt./ September Oclober 1977 57 ol lhc mosl ldvcnturous Nnd gruclling trips. ns thc GNnBN. which c.n bc mosl unprcdicllblc ar normrl scason. is al ir's hcishl oltrqchcrr and turbulencc al this tinre ol rhc monsoon serson. We wish tbeerr'ednbn the besr oflu.k lor their sale rnd

As we srile. a lorthcoming !rtraction lbr rhis ciry is lhc visir ol Kins Pclc. rhc world s src.rcst wizxrd nr socccr. Nho is anLicipated to becomins herc $me time in Setrcnber with Ne* York\ Cosftos Club. The rern will .onsisr ol ou$trndinS BrlziliNn. Wcsl GcnnNn. RusiNn. Ponugucsc dnd English phycs. and aho n lamous Ihlian forwrrd Thc !isit has bccn stonsorcd br our locallcadinscllb Mohun Raean *hosill play asrinst Cosmos Club rt thc Edcn Glrdcn-s crickct

MrL Sa{tilko l l.[1 ) r(.'rrt hi lory s.rti.? dn dtul Thcfnry ofthc monsoon hrtsabrt.d Nnd s no\ in ifsdy'ng J"[c. hu hd. tr $ dr.r,. d.'T..r.. nJ't Jr\.'r.,,. 1 n r'. rhebesrcrdet wasawarded ro senior cadet captair D. Chruban. 'J wake. We can no{ expecr lile to return to nornrl in this cil! The Mfconi M.rine prize lor the highcsl mNrks Mo6c W.,1. .'. u.J.,l. n g.,ire.n n. n..ll\ h.r 'h. r.nr, l signalli.gand knowlcdSc oi dncction -li ndine was won'n by cadet caplain G. s Talwalklr. This is the Golden .Jubilee yea. ol rhe esublishhent of rhe inslnution ol p.c{ca training in lndia ll was in 1927 rhar the ll,l/iri, $as conftissioned xs r merchanl marine training slip and its place has now bccn trkcn ovcr by the R4i4,./,4 CAPE TOWN Thc house oi Garwa.cs. an industrial group lamous for rhe Contributed by'Oubaas' marulaclurc olnylon ud fish nets. have enlered shipping wilh the lormalion ol Garware Shippin8 Corporation LId. Thcy Wirh rhe wi.lrt Capc Ncal hcr con linuing and troducing sone have already acquired a 8,000 lon liner. i'rrr l/'rrndr,t/a and oflhe roughcst sc!s sccn loI yc,^ wt have once rgain had ships are neBoliaringforlhc purchasc ofa simil.rvcsscllo be renamed going ashore rtulnd lhe coan. Nlthough lbrrunatcly *i(hour

Anorherfirh ro enrer shippingisJay ShrceTea.nd Industries Firsl lo go wNs lhc T.i*ancsc trrwlcr (!,u/ /2 who dragged Ltd *hich hrvc slartcd Jay Shree Shipping. This comprny has her dnchoA in rhc bny and cndcd up on the solt srnd ol already acquired two bulk carrics, crch oi 16.000dvt. 10 be Woodstock bcrch Hcr careo ol lro^n runny $rs dischfged tenlned Jdr Anlhika afi Ja| Catati. onto rhc bclch but ro drre eforrs to reftole her havc f!ilcd. Ma l,nr,,n Vd.ler/ira ro I rd h.'\e.'cquircd L niq.cr\pc More spe.u.uld wrs rhe areckirg ofrwo 30.0001on tdnkes oI \c\el deic-FJ irh r.u . n\et' ,o dete.,' co1Be..io, in the Anliylis Ror,.,ta who cndcd up on the rocks near pons Tbe ship ol l.840dst is a Bargc Aborrd Cahmaran Cimps Bay sithin^nd a iew houA ofedch other and only fou! (BACAT) typc. which wc undcrnand is able to coftplere kilonrctrcs aplrt The L$o ships which were emply wcrc bcing loadinS and unloading operalions injusl .boul six hous. Thc ro$FJt,. m fUone'or..r'ppi, B ..hcf.'rF.' . Ir'..rrcmfri,'e veselhas becn nancd r.rC,lrland consists ofa mother vessel b enrer Tablc Bry the Japrncsc rug lo$ing thcm \upped her ol a catamaran rype thich cdries 10 brrges on deck and thrcc 1ow in rhe bad {calhcr lnd bolh ships $ere quickly bloan bdrges afloar berween the hulh. An elevNlor lords and unloads !shorc. As thcy!resrcunded nerr thelamous Marine DrivctlN tso bargcs al a timc chaos caused hy' sighrseeA rr the week.nd hNd to bc sccn lo bc We welcome Mr K K Trir'atbi sho hasjoined rhe technicdl bclieved. Hundreds olcr6. somc lrom towns morc lhan 200 stafand hope his stay with us will be a lons rnd pleasant onc kilomebes rway jammcd up roads lbr considerrble dnLrn.es. ForlunNtcly. only slighl oil pollution oc.ured rnd rher.lNti!.\' small rcsiduc in the etupry trnks wds burnt ofl on borrd. Seveful ol our st.ff serc lorlunrlc cnough lo escape lh. ainrrr wclrhcr lbr w!rmer clines Firsl lo so rvus our mana,tinq dneclor, Mr Smith. rnd hjs CALCUTTA lirmily. sho spent v)ne rifte in grmc rescrves in rhc Eancr! Contributed by S. George Transvarl. Shonl! rflo his rctLrrn our manaser. Mr Richrrd- $n. and his wile Jcan. lcll lbr a sumnrcr holiday in rht llniL.d Our manager. Mr K. D. Panicker. has returned recenrly hom K,ntdo-. F,on rhc.:.., rh.r l,c r.rL .d rh. n-$ :in.'.,, Chelnsford lfter a lisil ol aboul two {eeks. during which rnd umbrclla il dppcors to h!ve been r rer'l English summcr. period he had discusions *ilh thc man.gcmcnl. wc !.e also Nexr on *!s Vrle eThompson rhodrolc 1.500kilomctres to gldd to s.y lhat he wrs fortunarc Io bc thc.c !t drc timc olthe WindhoekinSourh WcstAlilcN rnd lronr thcrcspenta L$ drts cerenony lor thepresenrrlion olrhc Quccn sA$ard lor Exporl in rhe world hmous Etosha Crmc Reserlt FinrllI. Dennis Achievement by rhe Lord Licurcnant olrhc County ofEsse\ on YounshusbrDd.nd fumily left br rhe.orshlroure to Durb!n r4rh July. lbr sonrc lndian Ocern sunshine. Rumour hrs ir lhtl hc i\ Mr H P Cl-.lrr\',r),\1c.nr'nr'_ .t,io,Sirg.,to(on rclunrins vi! S$ari[nd nt r quick flip .1 th. crsno. l2th AugusL for rechnical rr.ining. vhich wc arc surc sijlprovc In closing we otrcr rhis llmc a vNn dcr Mcr*c no.! \irh r oiimmensc bcnctil on hrs rcturn aicr completion oirhe.ouBe. Sn Edmund (ol Evercst tumc) Hilary\ Occln 1o rhc Sky An immigrNnt disenrbrrking rr Trble B y hrrborr sx$ vrn expcdition lcit the Haldia jetLt noorings on thc liFr lcg of d dc McNc silline on I bolhrd rnd rpptunch.d him. 2.000kh trir' shich {ill hke themlronhcrcuprhcG!nsr 10 thc 'Excuse ne. my mdn. whcr.s lhe uriull' Hinrlayrsin thrccjcr powcrcd bo!rs Thisissoinstoproleone 'I dunno. ho$ mrn! lurtrcls hrs jt sol'l'

58 Mrmel September Ocrob€r 1977 CHELMSFORD With thccrickctirrg scason nowclosed we havechcckcd on thc Contributed by A. T. Southerle perlbrm!ncc ol the Elc(ra House side. Ahhoush lor vlrious .a rersons. includins inju.y. lhcrc was somctimes dinculty in Ar the end olAugun wc said goodbyc to Mr Dalid HopkiN. thc rxisirga sidc rhc t,-Nm finished aGeditable lou(h nr the MASC comp!ny s tcchnical mdnrSer, who hN lelt Marconi Marine to lnter depanhental crickcr compclition. This sxs due ro rake up an appointnent in Hong Kong. David joined Lhe oursLandins ba tting and bowling pcrlormances by Tery Owers. !omp.n\ i. La16.,.., bdiooF\fl ird.dmcrorhccngrncennC S1e!e Bundy. lan Slaincs and Bob Ca(cr. Welldone.lads. division hcrc in Chelmsford in 1964. Weend wirh.n rdvenisehent. MarconiMrrinc s hcad ofrce At a hrgcgrthcring in the de6onsfation room Mr I!in Dick. annual dinncr and drnc. will be held rhis yef aL rhe Marconi the company's generrl mlnagcr. prcscrlcd him wnh d set ol ALhlclic lnd Social Club on Srrurddy lrd Decedber Tjckcts. oystal shnk y glasses and conveled to Drvid rhcgood wishes ol whicb $il1 be on s!]c from lhc bcginnin8 olNovember. rvill be rvaihble fton rhe cashieri onicc and ar!ngcments lorsearing *il1 be in the hrnds of MB Pat CrouchmaD. thc linancidl dircclols secreiiry. Thisevent was ! hugesucccss hst ycNr rnd our advicc is book eady.

DUBLIN Contributed by'Brian Boru

Wc opcr our notcs ro this issuc by announcine tlul wc hnvc at lasl movcd 1o our ncw prcmiscs at No 9 North Wall. which is ncxl to lhc B+ I oliccs. The building we have lacaled is owned b) CIE. which, for our rh Dut H.rknh tkll) ! r.r n.l ht\tltriirl) lriends across lbe wdler. is thc public lranspofl aulhorily in lhc ou th..t1dlntt rl hi tuN L'( Republic. Sincc the buildi!s *as nrsl completed it has seen Wc havc Nlso said farewell to Mr Roger King rho has len aJn) (5onse. Lom rhe ini hl Je,,. ot "., \e t' ri. in,r,^n in Elettru Housc lo lakc up his new posirion rs mdnager (salet the general adbinistdlion ol lhe tansport syslem through lo NW. based on the company\ Livcrpool reSional omce. To Mr the presenr day. when only lhe piSeons movc in thc loft spacc. George Coctburn we said a quick heuo when he.erurned to Thc buildingis silcnt no! and long rcmovcd from thc d!ysolthc EIeltra House lrom Singapo.e then soodbyeagain when he lelt shourcd or murcd word and thc clauer ofhob-nailed bools on to lake up his new posr in Glasgo*. Wc wclcomcro Elcur! Housc Mr RusellWoodlord sho has Marconi Marine llrst took up occupancy in l9l8 in the lorm joined thc comp!ny as a drluehlsman. Russcll rcccntly olJohn Fogarly He rasjoired a short whilc larcr by Rodncy complered l'i btr,rn'.!:hin { rh Vb,..1i C.,mrJni,?riu1 Joncs *ho is now our storckccpcr. In lhosc early days our osn S)srem\.,nd B.'iled rhe Bo$c . As.',d Sin.!.^rilt r^ u\ il klnsporr sysleh was not as ftechdnised as ir is now and for April hc has aho bccn awnrdcd the Cily and Guilds Bronze many years thc a nnurl inven tory conmenced wilh tbe perennial Medal lbr thc sanre coursc oi sludy lbr thc yca6 1975j76. Thc 'cycle, BSA. complete with bell. pDmp and thrce spced 8eaa. A nedrl *as presented by Mr G. C lohnson- Chairnun ol the pecDliariry oitbecycle was tbdl one sidc olthc handlcbas was BoNrd oi GolernoA ol rhc Chelmslord College ol Funher worn flal. thc rcason for *hich was never tno*n excetr thar n Fdncrti.n on 24lh J n. was ! sradual Process ol*ear. Visirors ro our new home willfind us srillsomeahdt bemused by rbe .odplicarions ol noling but be.rine up well trnder the strin. Lesl we lorSet. do not rine lhe bcll. Nalk slrnight in nnd bc wclcomcd by our loundsrwho looks kindly npon yo! ds you

ln September. rhe Commissionen ol lrish Lights vcscl .-1l/d,r, will be drydockinS dnd during this pcriod shc Nillbc litted with tvin intcBrilchcd Rldiolocator rada$ as was the trtt wtle lo.t drJ Jo(l l1 rddi'un ,u tr'] ,ur''nbri. Lodestar Ill direction-finder will be insralled ro-selher Nith a

Work on the new B+ I car lerry at Vcrolmc Cork Dockyard is progresing and wc shrll ar rhc appropriate time be $1ting ou1 the vessel wirh a conprehensive range oi communication, navigarional rnd echosounding eqDipmcnl. Rumous ola large oilfrnd ofi lhc Chrccoasl were increased recenlly when il was discovcrcd that Shell hdd chartered the mosl up to dale exploratory drilline rie in lhe *orld tojoin the cxhling rie ir d.illing in the Porcupine Trough ared. Aooco l.eland L1d is expected lo commence drillinB in ils in Lhe Kish Basin in Oclober whilc Dcmincx arc Tl'( ( 1r & ArrLl\ B'. 1 Mttul flt trln\ kl k' Mt Rit:?ll concession area w.onL,i hr MtA C .h] *,t. cluitJ,un ol Grtu n,\.(hth,tlid conrinuing their drilling programne somc 40 milcs irom thc (t)I|q..1 rndhft &hk| n,r

Mariner septembet oc\obet 1971 DURBAN lL is wilh dcct rcgrcr lhr $c rccord lh. prs\ing ol rrdio ofliccr Contributed by Glorla Blom I B Cochlin on lln Jul) Ilebrdbcctrilllorn,nc.on\idsfublc lrnrcrnd wrs firccd ro r.ti.r on hclllh groundsc. icr rhis lcr'. Looking brck Lhrough thc M/rn./ file rhe othcr dry. Bron$en Orr sirccrc symfrlh! gocs ro his ()rhcr in thi\ vcr! srd lojs. Lylc camc .cross our lcry lirst contribution t. thc lllaui.t, Wc Drust cnd on .nolhcr sttd rnd rrrgic note rdlisi,rs thc dared 22nd July 1957. The aurhorc$ bcirg r M6 E. M Mldscn. dcrrh olJohn Murphy. our inspcctor rr Tilburt,lor rhc prn l$1 ahom we know ncither rhe he.eabouls or whcrerbours ol bur ycr6. John sas rrken ill in Mr! !nd vrs 1n hospitrl .r Hrnnd rl,L according Lo the lcrtcr tbc lrtdy cenainly€njorcd rhc canoons on Hill ,r".lh( t:srd.,s..), n A..Lu{ llr\(r.n..'.^n\v....,. theblck pageofrhe MdrD./!nd rcquested to seemoreofthcm. Chclnr(ind on lsl Scfr.mb.r rnd $rs rtlendcd by nrcnrbcrs ol As this mrkcs it 20 yefs ofcontribuling ro the ,t"ri,"r, m!y I rhc compnry nrNnNCcnrcnL rrd collcagucs Lon, hcad oficc Nlso rdke the oppo(unitl ol cdngr!tul!ting !U olhe. 2o-year rhc nrnng.rrnd collersuc\ lrom rhc$holc rcgion Ourd..pe\r conlribukrs I m surc il we could r11 set togcther we would sympalh! rod co.dolences rre e\(cndcd to John s $iic .nd naDilesr r M/ )L, lhal *ould probably lake 20 wccks to rcrd. druahler on (his srcrt aod unri'ncl! k\s ln the lasl issuc I told you that you vould be readins ! bil more about Cay. lechnicirn Ter.y Young\ *ifc in r furure issue. Wcll Gay prcscnred her husbrnd with a gorgeous litlle son, CraiS Pa!I. on l4rh June. The ofice w.s somewhar surpriscd lo receive r hugechocohlccakc. oeab scones dnd thc GLASGOW most delicious milk rar1, all homemadc ro by Gay\ mod_ Contributed by M. C. Dewal celebraretheli(lech!p\Nrrival Sreadyonno* cay!DdTery, no morejun yer, we havc wlistlines to wrlch Somc l0 ycrrs reo- rlo pcrsuxdcd yours rruly lo lrkc on lhc A nolher bnth among r hc onlcc clxn rv!s to thcwitolouronc norcs ior M4rr.r lo scc il oll lhc ground //0 id rlas. no- and only Amos. His wilc presenred him wi(h dnothcr bouncinc one clsc volunlccrcd lor lhc lrsk- *hich n,Qn( thrt lo rrc!nd sofl, mrking rh.r lhe sixrh son now our olhis cisht childrcn. wc 180 issues lrom quill ro birc yonh rruly sdibbled on bur might add hellso hls fivc grdndchildrcn loo..lrhorgh h. mon now reriring nr end ol Ocrober This rhrnk goodrcs )ou mr) cc,.-inl) due.nr,.'1,.,lJfl,.,u[5r,r.'!r'ld'- sry mcrns r lresh oullook to fulur. NcNs .nd Vi.ss lronr Bcl*ccn now rnd thc hst tihe we wrctc. r*o of ou, rcchnicilns. Ncvillc Wcsr Nnd Gcorgc Glas hrve be.n on lexlc. My pervnrxl consrarulrtions ro rhc.diL{Jr rnd ro rh. '- l 1*c\'rcmc.\ hr.'r'd rc..dr roruh:rc'crmirhr ru n .f n publishing sr.[ on rhc succcss ol lhc ,l./d,tfu, couplcd sirh lhe w!! olwork- on theirre(urn sincerc cood $ishcs {br conlinuins succcss lor nrrnr rc.rs rc Gnletul rhnnks go tu Brcn$en l-)lc who crtnc rn lbr thc nronth olJuDe{hilc Mdrilyn Txylor wrs r{ry ove.seas. Th,nks Thc produclion ol rhc rv44r./ is indccd \onrclhing 10 bc Bron. ir was lLtn hrving yo! brck even iljtrn nr a short whild prcud ol ud !n cxcellcnt u!y olkecping ir t()uch durins ont s M.rilyn who rerumed rL Lhe bcsinnins ol.rull. is now back aL thc swirchbor.d onc. morc rnd Ltping out scrvicc reports with Looking blck lo onc oJ lhc enic( cdiliors $hercin *e such I l-rown o! her fdcc. Trling v.Lir.rly ro rerd r ce.rain f,i-rrrl. J ,!l-tuln...,'rr, ,',L r.r ni.i'., \i.i t r, technicirn \ handsrilins. No^vegian shir' and being .hfminSly scrlcd sirh hshin8s ol The ws!ther in Durbrn Nl thc Dromcnt is srrm rnd mnny tca and sdndsiches by r smdshing blonde rhc fudio ofll..r $iLh a 10( ofwind blo*ing. Flcrllhing is lcry dry ud a. could who incldcntNlly was DrN jcd to thcchiclo'llccr The unprinl- do with r bn nore fuin. having hrd only abo!( rh, ec lo lburdrys ablc prrt ol rhc srory rr rlc rime. sls thrr during Lhe \hi! s thc lbolc ol this winrcr sc.son Antbody kiorv oir fuinnrktr voyasc to Gllssow. ce.hi,1 brrrerics hrd gi!.n rroublc lo rh. radio ofilcer. add she.onLscd ro lir.fullt rhro$ing rhem o!.. Thrr's all Lon l)u.b!n rhis timc. scc you ncxr isnrc. Our Classo$ F!irholida! rvcckcnd began Nith r bu0tr lunch The strI grearl! apprecirred this sr), ol prrti.ir'rLing in thc co mpN nl\ cclebrN tions on 18.in rccciving Thc Quccn s ANrrd to Induslry lor Expo Achicvcmenl I)rrcwcsuggcsl lha( evcry EAST HAM Fridry should be like rhis i well. nralbc ( h'ishras L!e. sa!. ntr Contributed by'Eastender' Could ir bc rhrr onc ol our marinc rcchnicrl srrli hNd A longservicc rwrrd which $as not covercd in our l.st i$uc wNs sonrcrhins ro do sirh rlis asrrd? Ar ld( \'c did givc rhoushl (o Lhat mlde reccnlly lo rxdio olticcr Eill Cunrnirg ud hc ars this on l)on,ld l_inhy\on\ visiL ro rhc o0ice $h.i hom. or subkquenLly.nrenrincd lo lunch br rhc nunrecr. Mr T. O. lerve lron r Mericrn proj.cL. Huntcr. Mr Cummnre is vcr! trcll known in rhc re-sion lor hn We.xtend. hcfry Sco[ish wclcome ro MrG. M. Cockburn servicein Po( L.inc!nd morc rcccntly in vc$cls ollhc Bcn Liic who. on his 1rlnsicr lrom Sinslporc. hls been uokirg $ilh us fleel. W. rll wish hid nrny !crr\ ol u\r liom nis gold *1isl since AugusL. prnr ro hking o!.rrs rrer nanrgerfron Mr W. L R.'.r.') on l{ Oc,obur. Morrol\l F.'.r..r" R'..mc i Consrarul.tiors ro Gcofl Room. dnd oicourse ro his wile. on the birth ola dau8h1cr. Fionr Carolnc. on lrd Aueusl. Gcofl s A sprlc olsick lcovcduring lhc pqk pcrii)d olrnnMllervc one olour re.hnicinns baicd on'I ilb!ry ofilcc nc!nt lhe lcmporarr tr!nslerolJin hrsrsrr. lroh Ch.ln$ tud. Our celcbrurions for rhe Quecn s Asrrd rook phce in rhc to keep things tictingoverin o ur (or.s depftm.n t. Jim srid he rc-q'onr1 oflicc .nd !Nrious cstrblishnenls throughour rhe fex. verr much enjoyed rhe chrnge. rnd $c ..rtiinlt cnroycd his Thc lcslivnics NcN Brcrtly rpprcci.tcd by rll rhc slrff. Our cohprny and hdp ior 1hc wcck hc wNS hcrc. summer lclve pQk sccms to be ovcr nos Nnd wc !rc nost Simjlar cjrcunNlanccs rcslllcd in I rc(urn visi( lionr RoJ sr!Lelul lor Lhe ablc rssi(uncc of Mr Flslsood lrom FIull lbr Forsdick, accompanied on rhis occrstun bt Tony Mcnden Iwo weeks during the blsy period. Added to rhe plersure olrheir.odprnl rv.. rs u al.lc!rncdI

60 M aine r septenbet o ctabet 1 97 1 bit morc!bour Lhejob. rnd rc!pcd lhebenefir ftomcloscli!isoD As rlways Open Day on the docks srs a Sreat succes. The aith pc$onncl rt Wcstsa) sun shoncro make rhedry. Wcwish to thank lhe technicians. J News ofrhc sudqip dq(h ofrddb onccr Frnnk PateAon on Burgess. D. Cdrter. drilcr 'Jimll'nxil Shc'idan and H Salurdry. 6lh Ausust. came as r greal shock to all asocirled Bloomficld lbr all their hdrd work in preparing the MNrconj wnh hin i,r Marconi Mdrnrc lnd the Bcn Line. Mr C. H. Marine sland and nanning it. MrG. G. Hil1. Crirnsby managc. Robcrlson arrended thc luncr!lscrvice and internmcni !t Salcn- headed the Marconi Marine leam presenr on lhe stand. During Islc ol Mull. on Wedncsd.y. loth Augusr. Floral rtibulcs lrod the aflernoon music was played by meftbe6 ofthe CleeLhorpes Mllconi Mdine and fiom lhc Ben Linc driled i| Sood lime Band and the Sea Cadets. There was a displav bv the ,edr. r {drcn re'cue he.r orrer demon'Lrdrion lnd in erceuenr condition Mr Robe(son pcrsolallt trtresed Coa.rgudrLl "nd our dccpcsr s!tupdthy ro thc lir mily. Although MAPdtc60n.lhc and an RAF Training Command Buudog aerobaric displav rrdio ofilceis norh$. Nrs un!blc to rlrend thc llncral. shehad ream. Il *as a ftosr enioyable afternoon. .' lcd l,c, -,n T.n roLorrcJroV R,.h/.\o \cr-pprccr-rio1 we11. after nol having much sunshine weallhopcd thal maybe olrhc lcucr olsymprth! she had rcccivcd frcm the managemcnl n would shine on thc dar the Queen visitcd Crinsby. b!1 it xl Chdln$ford. Frnnk Plterson lvrs rell knosr and higbly didnl il drizzled Anlwdy. unpcrlurbed. $e all lined the dock respecrcd on the lsle ol Mull wherc fie spenr hjs boyhood road. Althoush lhis rvds not part olthcQueen\ proBrammc $e hohdNys. !nd larer on nadc his honrc knew shc wls passing by rhe officc so. easer ro see rhe Royrl Our ssb cou6e insrruclor. Tommy Balmer. had a lery couplc *c urited. nor only lhc Marconi Marine crowd but intcrening seek in mid A ugusl rvhcn rhe Conq ucror cou rse was clcryone. from shops. oficcs dnd lacrories vNs oul linins the specidllysct rside Lr sir fudio officcrs lnd a lechnicrl irNpcctor Royalroutc ftom onc end olrhe docks lo lhe olher While on rhe subject oi Roy!lty rve rvere delighled whcn se Wcighing in dt 7lb I 1oz. is Traccr Hende6on. thc bounci,rs h rd rluL rhe compNny had rvon rhe Quecn\ Asard to baby girl born lo Maureen (nee Wdlkco. Mother and daughler Indusrr) Not.hrvinS ! cnnlcc! in our bDilding ourcelebraLion aredoingfinc. Not so sur. ol Gus thc husbrnd. Although lairlo lunch was hcld at thc Cou.Ly Holel{hcrc a builet *as hid on say he \!rs dblc ro tclcphon. to givc us thc slad ne$s NoN on 1o ourofllce long servicc awatds. The fiBt one Socs 1o Sid Beedie GtaI clerk/c.shier). Sid starled {ith The Marconi 77'rttk Mt D.rtt th.rq?orrIr!14(snr2, M.rincrh lo lit in 1940 where he served six yeab as fudio t.lrldlt rdt\ ol Glu":a\ olli.( \ attititr't ot.t \a Marine Comprny r ^ild! ofilcer on deepsca ships. Lrrer he lrarslcrrcd to lrawlers wherc he served l7 ycars sailing out ol the port oi Hrll. LNtcr hc lranslcrred ro the shorestatr!l Grimsbr shere he hrsrcmained wc hrve aho becn nolificd Lhnr ChrrlesWihon. radio ofi.er. is in linc lor r longscrvicc asard, and, awNiting thcrelurn lrom GRIMSBY sca ofRobert Bryson. is a gold *ar.h, his!rv!rd lbrlong se.vice. gcnllemen. Contributed by Mrs Jessie To thcsc we serd our congraLnldtions. At tbe time olwrilinB tlrcsc notes ue reporl that thcrc !rc no It has becn somc monLhs sin.e *e hsl scnr news oi G.insby menbers on thc sick lisl all seft ro bc Iil and well. Sotue who offl.e actrvilics 1o the Mdlr)trr, so wc thought we would do our hdve tdken rhcil!nnuallerve look extrcmcly fi1. the orhe6. $d1. utmost to calch uP wilh lhc nc{'s. rhey look lbrward ro the wcll catncd break. Alllhrl rcmdns to A shorr Linc a8o wc suid d lond irrewell to our lcchnician s|y nos liom rhis end. is wc hope Lhar you too hNvc xl1 had a clcrt. John Colc John nrcled vith his parcnts to Aberde.n. sood sumnler holiddy. whcrc fic is nrkinC good progrcss in his ne* linc olwork. wc h.d u sneeky leclinS lhdl John hrd bought Nn oil rie bul he .ssures us rh.l thNl rs lol so AnyNny, be(er lNtc than neverae would.lhrough thc ,Vzrnkr like to wish John and his pdrents rllrhe vcry bcsl in Lheir nes home. AnorIr mrnbr' ,o fl! rhi nc. $'. Drvid I csi.. . orc. HULL rsinNnt Rcphcins Dxlid wc wclconrc Mr T. Srarl|nd. Conrributed by B. K. Anorhe! n.tr srrfl Dcnb., is MrricAllingron $hois!1soin lhc srores rsjunior clcrk typisr. To Mrric ud Ted sc sNy wc hope Ir{.sr brcarh ollreshse| rtn toscc British lishin8lesclslincd jo-h.'...' ort.r'!l''nT) J'\ urI'V r'1 ni\'l rin. upNirh thc fi-{hringshipsoltbc Royal N!vy to sdlute HM Thc

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Queen at thc Spilbead Jubilee Review. Thc freeze rrawle. By the timc these noLes appear print. rhe Muslim\ holy Prrrr ?.$ -r,,? witb M arconi Ma.ine .rdio ofilcerCharlic Sheen monlh ofRamazaD, durinS which rhe'n fairhfulobse.ve dawn to aborrd represented Hulllor.lhis occasionand on herrerurn vas dusk fastine. will have ended lollo*cd by two days ol Eid opened !o visitoB 1o mrrk the commenccDcnt of the city s Jubilccweek. Manyvisitors shoNcd greal inleresr in thismodcrn Tbe st!fcelebraled the Queen s Avard lor Exporr Achicvc trawler which posed an imrressive picturc dre$ed olerall in nsnt. I977. by haline a 1ca parry dr a local resr.uranr. bunting spelling oul God Bless the Quecn and the Royal Our servicc cngineer. Mr S MuDccr. took rhe matrimonidt plunge reccntly and the srall prcscnted the couplc $ith a On rhe deep sea sidc Hull is ro gel a ne$ convcntional cargo domestic appliance. se.vicc lo Wcsl Airica conftencing in October operaling on a monthly basis. Sdnbro InrernaLional Lincs Ltd oi London will be ofe.ins lhe scrvice from Hulllo Apap!/Lagos and expecl to be able 1o otre.a laster than normalturn round b, usinE lightcn to speed up discha.ge !t thc Nigcrian pons. The agenrs ior thc ncwscrvicesare Edstern Liner Serviccs Ltd. who willlook afler thc ar.nSemcnrs on the Humber. As wc wrile the sho.e sraf are lully i'rvolved in rnnual holidays b!t unlikc hsI year the serlhe.could wcllbc dcscribed as inclenenr although sc h!vc heard it described somcwhat difcrcntly in lhe pln iew weeks. It should not 80 unnoLiced. ho*ever. that durirg rhose briel snatches of sunshine se managed 10 relax Australir\ hold on the lsfics. Pcrhnps .ext yeNr we should Boycotr' rrtin:rlrogelher. On l5rh July rfie Hul1 rcsional once strll duended a bufct M'S Mu,r.tfith h^ htnl( lunch rl The Madboro H otcl to cclcbrdle thecompddy s second Quccn\ Awrrd Lo lndustry. A shor spcccb wds made by Mr Anorher happy evenl * as thc matriage o l lhe daugh rer ol ou r Ron DdvisoD. nNnager. on behalldlthc nanascDrcnt lollored Mr HafeezDllan. rho r service ensinccr. when rhe sull werc by r rhoroughly enjoyablc occason. enlertrined by him to a sumpruous didn.r. Thc bridc *!s At a sbort meeLing later it wls proposed thrr rhis should be prescnted wilh a music!lclock. madc an anrurl evenr ahhough it *as not nrudc clcar whelher Our schcdulc ofrcplaccmcrrl IiltinSs invoh,nrg ins llartun oi they meant thc award. the luncheon or botfi. Commrndrnt. Ncbuh and Apollo on l2 vcsscls old local flcct w' hir< bccr plc...cd ro qclLomr n,., ou, mid.r o_!! JpJrn hr' h'. n rnn,n rd ..',.t(.,i1) o,'J our .. c,Uo., r. .., v Mr G. H. W. Johnson. manlgcr. Iishnrg rnd oil. logerhrr wilh lurned 10 the installdtion work on t/.7n, ! l-r-000dwt Mr R. C. Seaton. pcrsonncl manaSer. ncabuildjnS.t KNrichi Shipyrrdand EngineeringWork\ This Finally mny se.ongratulate Mcssrs Holl|nd dnd Smnh *i1l br knlowed by fiui,rs ofour cquipmcnr or sclcn corneN havins slfely ncgotiatcd rheir 100rh pupil through thc Hull bcin.e builr here lor rhe ltuninn N v). reSiondl ofll.e .ollege of knowlcdgc surelyacrseoi *ecame. wc srw, we conqueredl' LIVERPOOL ...t Contributed by'Merseysider' I 'L-' D!ringthel).riod undcr rcview our manNgcr. MrF Ne*ell. hrs I(ARACHI been busy presenling long serlice arvards. Contributed by M. Husai Radio officcr F. Mur.nl receiled a gold wrisr urtch in lccoerilioD of 34 yer6 service. while on 8th August rNdio An urprecedented downpolr ol l0 inches ol r{iD as mnny ofllccr G. A. Fc xnd rcccilcd his'alch in respect oi16 yer6' 'n hou6 in June ldsr resllled in this city s worst c!lamity when service. and finally Mr L Se*en o I o ur Flcctwood brse received nearly 500lives wcrc losl duc ro gushing floods engulfing most a aold *.lch nr rccognnjon of 34 yea6 servic€ On each pfls ollhe low ltingareas. Thous!nds wcre e!NcuNled to salery occlsion tfic ,:cnllcnan concerncd losclhcr wjlh his silc rvrs by lhc armed forces deployed in rescue operalions.

Mamel Seplember Ociober 1977 ConeratulaLions td radio oflicer A. L Wcbstcr o! beine on 2lrd Aug!s1a rdthcr spccirl Austin Princes saloon crr !$!rdcd a Qu.en s Silver Jubilec McdNl. Mr Wcbstcr is srs loaded abodrd thc vcscl Aoot.r rlkr?s at Lilerpool. The nr5enrl) \erv,nB orL.rlrc 4rltd Pdr, car is ro be used by HM Thc Quecn and Prince Philip when thcy t onpr:rul.'ron.Jr.Jl..i, o,Ll., t., V R.l.Wrlro.. v, makc thcir Silvcr Jubilee tour olAnligur in thc lulumn. who rdliscs us hc hls prssed rhc Cily dnd Guilds Tclcco'ns Wc again 1! kc lh is opportunity ro invile antr rctircd or fonnet lc(hn,.;r'.lu l4 hno'oC.il ( cr h.., ! c\.mir.uuh mcmbcrs of stafi to the old boys mcclings held on the ldst On Fridry 22nd July thc stun $€re enterlained by our wcdnc.dd) ol (..1" morrh. On.r.{ AJBU.T rhe meF,nf \d. mNnaecr on bchallolthe company ro r bDfcr lunchcon rl lhc atlcnded by MessB J. O Brien. .l Bourkc. T. F. Ed{ards. F. Bradkrd Horel to celebfllc lhc comprny s second Queen\ Park and F. Markham. The neelings arc held at Andeson\ Awfd 1o Industry lor cxports. Thc bufet sls very much Cdle. Exchangc Slrccl East. Liverpool irom ll Nm. A warn enjoyed and grcltly appreciatcd by rhe shll xr Livcrpool. Mnnchcslcrand Flcer*ood. Finally. we halc jusl heard ol an unusurl launching which Or lsl Augusr we selcomcd Mr R. w. P. Kine to the onice. took placc on I 9rh A ugust d t lhc Golan Shipbuilders yard when Mr King joins us ds sdlcs mNnagcr. NW. We hope he $ill soon the lhn Juhar vas scnl down the slipwdy. There aNs no seule inlo his ncw suroundings and enjol u'(fling with Ds at champagne. no naning cerenory and no crowds watching. There $as no alternative to an c!rly launch as the levelolwater On rhe shipping lront T. & J. Harison Lld. has sold rhree in rhe Clyde at this timc of ycar and the {eight ol lhe vesel. ve$eh to Ocern TrNdnrs Co Lld ol Hong Kong. The vesels 23-000 ronnes. dictNled lbc tcrms oi the operation. To delay conccrncd rfc tlrc ,rrdr o,?ru t. S letts unnndPhilo th?t.Thcsc would havc pu1 the launching back at leNsl a month. As far as is ships have been delivered ro thcir ncw owncrs and rcnamtd. known Lhis is rhe nAt time lh.l such a launch has happened on The 1r, J,r.o is the I 3th ol l9 Dc$buildinss for the Jn\ha s. Jianthanq nnd lor./izrs, rcspcctively. thc Clyde. ' The ldrgesr trn ker in thc world paidherfi^tvisitlothe UK on Uniled Arab ShippinA Co building !t Covan. llrh Augusr delivcring lhc hrscsl cargo oi dude oil lo be disch|r-qcd ir this.rcd. Anorher notrble drivdlsas thc Ftcnch las shcll tanker a1l/,aa. which bcnhcd rt thc ne* Aml*.h Buoy te.hinal ar Anglesey, Noah Wrlcs. dischrrging irto the new S hell pipcline which provides a link ro rhe Srdnlo* relincry. NEWCASTLE Thc nc* rcrminal wnh iG singlc poinl mooring buoy is contributed by 'WP' inrendcd 10 cul rhe cost olimportantcrudcoilinlo Stanlo$ and is likely ro be rcceprinSshipmcnls ofabout 200.000 tonneserch. Holidays have been in luu swingduring tfic past monrhs.lhough previouslr thc largesr carSo shich could bc brcught inlo rhe thcre rvas litlle holidry {calhcr about Mcrscy *as about l20.000lonncs The highlight ol thc su mmer $rs the Queen s visit lo the north eist inJuly. Thc Royalyachr benhed Nl thcqu!yside. The Ro}rl routc was alons Ciry Rodd fron thc yachi and on Lhe relurn, alons Melbourne Streel, so cvcryole had a good view. Thc {earher was kind rhroughout lhe tour. We hNvc onc longsrrviceawdrd ro record thalnadetoradio o$iccr C. Clark Mr Clark wds prcscnlcd with u wrisr {drch suitably inscribed. Mr Cldrk hasscrvcd forlfie past l6led6 on

We regrer lo record thcdcdtfi ofradb ofljcer C. K. Colchire. Mr Corchine hrd becn ill lor some rimc. Thc luncral took phce al Darlington dnil rhe comprny sas reprcsenLed by Mr W. Pfielan. tuanrger. Newcasllc. Finally. se {ould mcntion lhe Queent Award cclcbralions. This took thc form ofa luncheon arrendcd by thc staf rnd $as

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SINGAPORE Contributed by'Dee ElqV' Having nnsed rhe Silvcr Jubilcc celebrations in rhe Unned K,ntdor sc cnlo\cd tl,c N'ri.1..1 D:v JclebrJt on. in Snreaporc even ftore rhan u$rrl. NNtion!l Duy uhich falls on 91h Aueusr was !nlorlunNtcly mrrcd by thc $earher which proled 10 be very un-coopcrative. and selerdl ol rhc dc centrrlisedparadcshcld throughourSingdporeendcd$ilhvcrt bravebutlcrywctparticipanls. Howelcrthchc.vyrairdidnol

delract ftom lhc occasion dnd ne.11y al1 buildiDCs * cre H ying the Sin-qrporc flag. rnd bunring. and mosr wcrc wcllilluminated ar nighl The many bigh rise buildings i! the Singapore busines districl looked pdrticularly attractive. In thee!ening r fire{ork Pn tuk rl htk f it h M, N tt tll l r i(h t ) ir Ll t R < tf hi t i4 r hoa ldlg stti.( \as pN e.l it th( Mdl.hiAttil olMatiner displdy was hcld on the detlched mole oppositc Cliford Pier. ll ^tut

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appcrrcd lh.l.llSingrf'o.e turncd out to sec lhisdisf'layas (hc Rrd:o oliiccr Rrlph Toultclionlcd th. conrfan) in 1941 rrd approNch ro.ds to collyer Qu!y wcrc prckcd wrll ro $ rll *irh wr\ rhc firn rNdro oflic.r on rhc.tr (7dt //*hdr sbc *r\ {urk bl en.m! rction hrer rhar ycdr. l! I9.l? h. *rs rpfoinlcd lo thc wr$,1c\.J-l(.'..J o.r..' o o'r'.i'mf'r\h.i yrchr .\r",,/,2 shich $as rhcn ourcd by Si. Bcrnrrd t)ockcr ! 'u.'rdcd ,Lc Oucc_. Ak:rd,u Indr{ r 1(.oen,.on o .i.,, .\r,r, achievcmcnls Tbc occxsion srscclcbrdrcd tinc sryle whei rhe stalIolSirgrporc offic. aceentenrincd to lunchcon'n rnd beer rr lhe Sealood Pllace Rcsraurxrt. Hosevcr. nol to gilc rhc inr'rcssion thrr Nc spcnd rll our days and nigh$ in re.joicing. rhe vesel..l/a,@dra is presenlly in Se,nba*xne Shipyfd undersoins an cxrcnsilc reln. wfiich /n includes thc innrll.tion ol r ne* radio surion brsed on rhe Commrndrnr HS. Apollo Nnd con$le i,r\rrlhlion. rogcrhcr *ith a lcry comprehensire src systcDr. Thc vessel ti,i/ F4r$ reccnrly !nivcd rt the sahe y!.d to undcrgo i r.lir. She will be h!!ins I Corqucror HS. Ar'ol10 and auxili.rics rdck in, slalhtion. Thrs dho to be firLed by Snrsaporc dock srxtr OLher ilttin-ss rcccnlly conplered by Sinsrporc sl!fl includ. the i!st!ll.lior ol an Argonaur SS xnd Scachanisedscape cchosoundirrB cquipmenr on rhe mishl\ 6!n, rv/rrrnlr.rr. It One olou.oldcnclicrrsSlr.its ShippinS re..nLlydisposcd ot' thcir acll known lesel. K!,!4*. Hoscvcr. Bc rre plersed ro rd!ise rhrt th. ,.1,,,4/r h{s bccn boughr by rnorherotou, clienrs. Plcilic Intcrn.lionrl Lines. iurd ha5 bco rcn.ncd li!r,, &,irnd sill thcrclorc re'min in the rrca. , ,& L jinll SOUTHAMPTON I Contributed by Mel P aw $

It srswirh Brc.r plcrsurc th.r thc srrfl ofthis ofllcc rsscmblcd I rr rhe Royal Hotcl. Southrnpron. 1o enjo! | buflct lunchcon givcn by the.odprny ro..lebfure the rcond occrsn)n on which t Mrrconi Mdrirc hns rcceivcd Th. Quccn s Asrrd for Expon I

All membcr\ oi tic stlf $erc {elcomcd on bchrll ol thc compan! br our mrnrgcr. Mr A. 8uchrn.n. who in N short ,5. ^f. ni-d . Jd,.. h,,,u[5r ,. , 1, ." .1', u,' ,r r\.' r ro,',. m.dc by Mr Furnc.ux in his spc.ch whcn rccepting th. rsdrd on bchall ollhc compuy J During thc cclcbr!tions Mr A. BuchNn.n rook thc oppor t.4. B&h. d t,(anti Nlt,t!\1in!^uh|\tu|r't) ,' tu!irt ol prcscnring thrcc ol thc srrll in rhis Nrc. Nlh lone Mt K.k rtlr 6n\q k, |( b! ) Mt Rdlth n,.kl onl Ih.lo' ) i|It \c^.J .'s-rd . Tl.) tr.r. Vr R. H,r.'n. \"vi'. rn, n i lend.ni. Mr K. Grocock rnd Mr R. Tourtel. both r.dio on.en. and rctnNincd thcrc until rhc !c$clwrs sold ii l9am. Hc Lhrn Bclwccn thc thrcc ol thcnr lhcy havc gjvcr rhc conrp|ny 106 joined uno(hcr yrcht lhc ryu /,//n,Nnd sNilcd sirh hd !nril she ycn$ ol loyalscrvicc. roo {.s sold in 1972. WiLh rhe dry olrhe bis \rcht\ olcr Rrllih /. ti.f.HJ J,'j^1.11 ,5.. Tf'1J,, J. \ Ir,1'.'.. \'r.Ur,c rclumcd lo thc rcrl M.rch.trl Nr!) h 197,1 rnd jonrcd th. 'spe.i.l . ln 1954 he.rmc ashorc rs ryrA rr Lildrpool ud srs Mukrli Puh an $hich lcscl he is curcntl) scNing. For his m|dc pcrm|rent on lst lNnu|o.l957. In 1959 hc $ds gfurlcd r r$ard Rrlph rllr chosc I C r.rd sris( $rlch trrnslir to Avonmoulh rnd in 196.1$xs promolcd lo NssslrDl To rlllhcs. geidcnrcn *c sr\ *cll doDc and $i$r thcm n n\ inspccrorshortlybcftrc going to.lrprn lor leDrporar! dut! sith nrorc succcsh'l!cr6 ro comc. Cohes & Co Lrd.ln 1967 he $ns ptunrted L{J inspe.rdrnd the Ncws oiND old rimo $rs brolghr ro us by l)oc w!(ur. \ ho. fdlowing ycrr no!.d kr Southrmpron to trtc up his p.esenl rlhilc on holidxl in Gucnrscy. lisned Mr.nd M.s FJic Shrrp posl rs scrlic. supcrintcfldcnl. t-or his!wNrd Boblhosc r fudio L.. \.F....{.'rrm r'.'p.rrnso,r ... f,nLlr,ll ,.1, n.,', in 1948. Borh hc rnd his wili wrre iit and ucll .nd scnd kitrd R,oro.d,.r Kd,rcrh L,ro.o(l hr. t r'cd l,c.omp.'nJ rn rcgards lo all lhcir liiends 1940 Allcr scNina on !.rious vcscls hc joincd thc RFA Wc hrlc onc lirrcwcll to rc.ord nr rhc is$c. Lofu ine no\s. rhe Pr r,.ru,\ in 195E. Since rhen h. hrs renrin.d on Adftirdlty m n!gers sccrcl.ry. rcccntly lcli us to prcprrc iorr ns!rriul leseh by special request lron rhe mrsrds. nnd is .u(ently lare. rhis ycrr Al a llrovcll s!thcring Lorainc ]xs fr.senred scrvingoD thc RFA tu8 nrll'.tf, bascd Nt Porlsnouth. For his wirh !driors bnby sundrie\ tos.thc. wirh our eood $ishcs lbr r aurrd hc chosc Carad $rist Mlch.

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Mr.r,e/ Seplem ber October 1977 MARCONI MARINE radio and electronics officers' appointments

Clrr*. i H.

Baris. T J

BelL. C D Duf. R S

Ellis. R. M.

Git1. R.l.

Crill. P. J

S! pp emenr 10 Mr.lre. seprember Oclober 1 977 Philhp\. M L

Miller. R (l

I:\r, taihlnktltn. .

Supplemenr ro Marr€l Seprember O.tobe' 197? Richards. W. C. Prlhatoqh Townsend- P J. Fon(shun( R'chard\on. w. R. a Norlond Tow.scnd-Rosc. R. L. C. /br v,,,,r Rirc. R. M Co on Fote! Tumbull. J. H.rc Roberrs. G P u.lcn Mill(t Turner. R. Hdnl(t R@hn( Robinson. C. T.a Mu\r Poh Tyffcll. G. C. Tatihg Robinson. D Ih Khd .t t Vane SIobbs. R. C. w?fia k Rdbinson. C. M T.xar. Cot. l'a!( Vinrll. J. F Mdk FiDbinson. P J lh" Ru:l vinccnr. P G cilr ol mihhuryh Rosc. P J Tt\a..Gh?,1 Wallinsron.P J Cn!.louildfotd Rowe. P. J. Hu:.l' ..t walsh. M. C. A tu.lal. Rowell. R. Sh.aJ t \tp walsh. M D A .4:in" Rdov RoNlcy. (. B? ar^ Warc. R. L T.rdu B.h'bat Rowsell.J H. thn Mai warner. D. L Du rtanhuryhan k Rlan.D A (irtolRit., Waren.l W Susot Ca ill Ryrn-J T^aN M.lhou t( Wr h- D J B!" Orq Lanru Ryan. K. J. ttilh Elh' wcbn$. A. l. .4lrna Pah" Ryan. v. J Tddu lv.n iihn.t Webner. M Ewa Frcish!.I Sadlcr. R. Baart! wcedon. J C Ma"thlnlt Curqt Sams. J E B. Pttotntio Wencort. W. P. n4.hank Samuel. N Terd.. D.h,xrk While. P Ras Caal. Savase- C M tthh Skn white. S A. Aton Forea Scanran, M. Mohil P?i.leun whirtaker, K. slt.al Fitld Scarf. R. J lri:h Mullt Willians. M. H. B.nalhd a.h Schrrynski. H B,mtah P.arl Wilson. A. J Cotaha,k Scorr.l. L. P. Citrol W.lh\kn Wilson. D. J G.atqntu v. Ektunl Shaurhncsy. C. J lhr 11 Raoni Wilson. F ,44tu r Sha\'. C. w La t. tit Wilson. P Ci,| ol Tatonl' Shcchan. J. Lin( il wnhall. M. C. Lnxk thall Shcchy. M. R. w. Mhil P'odu(t woodhall, D w. tbn .tl Modt!: Sheehy-P L Nanorrll Wooi R C. Ihhd.ats Sheldon. M J wnhdt.r Worthinston. A. M. Elh'itn Nlnl Shelton. C. N. Li.h Yarnold. S. P. th, Zrid.tn Sheth.rd, R. r. Cit\ ol Glou.!\e' Yim. S S i:ia Li .t Shcridan. C F Ele htid( Zccman, D W. r.\a.o Lo don Shrinpron. R. C. Susut Curi4 simpson. A J. O ?: Sinpson. F. C. co d. Lrtor. Skuse R P Mabil Fal.o Slanery. T J. Fl(khitls Smnh R Eso Hih? ia Smirh R A Es$Cdl..la ia Smirh W A ,4shari.hltt Smyrh. F X. lvn kl.nr Slacey. B J. .!l Rwnithiah Srcin. P. Ya u,^t tsklt.l Srephen.DC OilChalknE?r Sreven$n. T. J C. Cal.donia Fo at src{ar..{.D t r- v.r-d thna Sre*rn D Culo.lia Stclvan, R. Rarttn Sri.klrnd P N A Glohtik L.nd.h Srreerer. D..J A Su"nalkt Strrdy. L T. Cl'(\iol su(clitre P D. liino Sulron. T v. Tt.ti.ld swxn l) R H?to Ssinncdd. R. L ncr,,/lt Symonds. P. C. In.lun' iu T,n. C J. M. Con..o Ettqt Tapcrell. M. Bqtuatltut Trrranr. N. P. Susat Ctllnl T,!.rn.r R C Tt\ato W?lDtihst.l Taylor. D. Btk.lonn Taylor. L C SE Rasn. Taylor. P. Ukt.t Ptiht. Thompson. K. P. (itt ol Ri,,t Thomson. C. S ouk\adh To(oh. M D .11Sokrihiuh

Supplemenr ro Odober 1977 ^,arnerSeprember Officers on leave

EAST HAM

Snnh. S. C.

LIVERPOOL

NiyhilL. H I

ONcill.T

Killilc.. 3 I'

Supp emenl to Mdrre.September O.rober 1977 Miller. T. G.

Mccill. P. J. McCill. T.

O Reilly. c

suBscRlPTloN FoRM Prcasen,airnrrcopvLo: To 'I he Ediror. Mar,1k,. CiEC Mrrconi Eleclronics t-td. Mr Sr Marr's House. viclorir Rord. t ' h. ir.lurC. l-..c\ a\41 l\Y : Plcasc cnrcr rcnc\ lrii subscriptlon lbr : ...... i\'..,r.-. l l/,,1 , (n[rr( ,.i ! $rr , rn-rJ Nu...... Icr'.l \r'-'t r" !. \r .,5..,.,n tral.,!\'

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S!pplement to Mdze. S€ptember October 1977