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THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION Incorporated by Royal Charter Patron: Her Majesty the Queen THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION Incorporated by Royal Charter Patron: Her Majesty The Queen Unity - Loyalty Patriotism - Comradeship Registered Charity No: 1068408 NEWTON ABBOT BRANCH NEWSLETTER Jack Chat Issue 4 – July 2014 1 DAILY ORDERS Editor’s Bluster………………………………………………………………pg. 2 Contacts…………………………………………………………………….....pg. 3 CrosSea Cadets D-Day…………………………………..,……………..pg. 4 Words of Wisdom?…………………………….………………………...pg. 6 The Loss of HMS Amphion.……………….…….…………………...pg. 7 Longcast……………………………………………………………………....pg. 10 The Secretary lays a wreath.…………………….……………..…..pg. 10 Ship’s Biscuits…………………..………………………….………………pg. 11 Falklands War Memories …………………………………….………pg. 11 Annual Dinner………………………………………………………………pg. 12 Area 4 Meeting…………………………………………………………….pg. 12 Plea for Chairman…………………………………………………………pg. 13 Port and Pate / Skittles………………………………………………..pg. 13 D-Day Dodgers………………………………………………..…………...pg. 13 General Shute……………………………………………………………….pg. 15 EDITOR’S BLUSTER D’ye Hear there. Issue four, who would have thought it? Since my last epistle quite a lot has happened. We had our annual dinner at the Ten Tors Inn at the end of May. A very enjoyable evening was had by all and a very erudite guest of honour in Commander Dunn OBE. I will let you know the part of his speech that he left out to save the Ladies blushes later in this Newsletter! 2 The Branch successfully hosted the Area 4 meeting, so good was it that the Area Secretary wrote to thank us, and said the tea and stickies were “the best for many a year” A fair number of Shipmates attended Decoration Day at Wolborough Cemetery and three of our members laid crosses on Naval graves. Afterwards we all repaired to the Royal British Legion for a fine buffet. June the 7th saw Nicola and I travelling between Trago Mills and Torquay and back again. We commenced the day by beginning our Flag Day collection at Trago. We then had to make a mad dash to Beacon Quay for the D-Day Commemorations hosted by the NVA. We arrived just in time for the parade followed by an absolutely fantastic service. On completion we hightailed it back to Trago for a few more hours flag Day collecting, and a very successful collection it was, raising over £600 The pitch for the Carnival has been booked, 12th July. We will need volunteers to help man the stall and to assist in putting up the gazebo. Unfortunately Nicola and I will not be able to help this year as Nicola has made me take her on holiday for her birthday. Hopefully we will have another prosperous Carnival. Remember this is YOUR Newsletter. If there is anything you would like to see in it please say, and if there is anything you can contribute please, please, do so. That is all! Yours Aye Dave Cair CONTACTS President Pat Mole 01626 369180 [email protected] Chairman S/M Roy Butler 01626 361916 [email protected] Vice-Chairman S/M Dave Morris 01626 351678 [email protected] Secretary S/M Dave Cair 01626 333603 [email protected] Treasurer S/M Nicola Cair 01626 333603 [email protected] Welfare Officer S/M Dave Morris 01626 351678 [email protected] 3 Branch Delegate S/M Roy Butler 01626 361916 [email protected] Social Secretary Vacant Standard Bearer S/M Mike Davey 07522 446678 [email protected] Asst.SB S/M Dave Cair 01626 333603 [email protected] Slops Bosun S/M Nicola Cair 01626 333603 [email protected] Rum Bosun S/M Dave Cair 01626 333603 [email protected] Tea Bosun S/M Joyce Kiff 01626 351557 PRO Officer S/M Nick Maylem 01626 879467 [email protected] Branch Chaplain Vacant Jack Chat Editor S/M Dave Cair 01626 333603 [email protected] SEA CADETS D-DAY On Sunday the 9th of June, Sea Cadets from TS Canonteign, Teign Valley Unit 609, joined HMS Dasher an Archer class P2000 patrol boat as crew for the Torbay 70th Anniversary D-Day sail past. The Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Roger Skelley RN and his training team gave each of the Cadets a turn at the helm instructing them on compass bearings, high speed turns, slow speed manoeuvres and handling a large craft in amongst more than 140 yachts and power boats taking part in the build up to the parade of boats across Torbay. 4 At the slow sail past in line astern behind lead ship HMS Pembroke and HMS Exploit, standing forward, 4 of the Cadets manned the rails whilst other Cadets manned the stern, Cadet Edward Stirland piped the side a traditional boatswains call whilst Cadet Sam Rencher took the helm, under the watchful eye of Dasher's 1st Lieutenant. Lt. Skelley saluted 30 plus D- Day veterans and members of their families, who had been joined by Rear Admiral Tarrant Flag Officer Sea Training (FOST) on board the stationary WW2 motor torpedo boat "Fairmile" along with members of the press. The sail past continued across the bay passing the old battery at Brixham where signal cannons were fired, before returning to Torquay Sam Rencher Haldon Quay where Cadets enjoyed home made cake and tea before disembarking. 17year old Senior Cadet Edward Stirland said, "It was exciting and an honour to sail a Royal Navy patrol boat taking part in the parade of boats at Torbay, a parade to mark an historic national event that may never happen again, it's days like this that make me determined to join the service" 5 WORDS OF WISDOM? If you're not familiar with the work of Steven Wright, he's the famous Erudite (comic) scientist who once said: "I woke up one morning, and all of my stuff had been stolen and replaced by exact duplicates." His mind sees things differently than most of us do. Here are some of his gems. 1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize. 2 - Borrow money from pessimists -- they don't expect it back. 3 - Half the people you know are below average. 4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5 - 82.7% of all statistics are made up on the spot. 6 - A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good. 7 - A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. 8 - If you want the rainbow, you have got to put up with the rain. 9 - All those who believe in psycho kinesis, raise my hand. 10 - The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. 11 - I almost had a psychic girlfriend... But she left me before we met. 12 - OK, so what's the speed of dark? 13 - How do you tell when you're out of invisible ink? 14 - If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. 15 - Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. 16 - When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane. 17 - Ambition is a poor excuse for not having enough sense to be lazy. 18 - Hard work pays off in the future; laziness pays off now. 19 - I intend to live forever... So far, so good. 20 - If Barbie is so popular, why do you have to buy her friends? 21 - Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. 22 - What happens if you get scared half to death twice? 23 - My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder." 24 - Why do psychics have to ask you for your name. 25 - If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried. 26 - A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking. 27 - Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it. 28 - The hardness of the butter is proportional to the softness of the bread. 29 - To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research. 30 - The problem with the gene pool is that there is no lifeguard. 31 - The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. 32 - The colder the x-ray table, the more of your body is required to be on it. 33 - Everyone has a photographic memory; some just don't have film. 34 - If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you. And the all-time favourite: 35 - If your car could travel at the speed of light, would your headlights work? Submitted by S/M Marione Athorne 6 THE LOSS OF HMS AMPHION IN WW1 HMS AMPHION At 2300 on August 4th 1914, England declared war on Germany. In anticipation of war the Konigin Luise, a former Hamburg - Holland holiday ferry, had been converted to an auxiliary minelayer by the Germans. On the night of 4th August she left her home port of Emden and steamed south through the North Sea to lay mines off the Thames Estuary. The ship resembled the steamers of the Great Eastern Railway that plied from Harwick to the Hook of Holland, and so she was painted in their colours of black, buff, and yellow to disguise herself. Meanwhile, at the port of Harwick 80 miles north of London, HMS Amphion (Capt.Cecil H.Fox) and the destroyers of the 3rd Flotilla were preparing to sail. They departed in the early hours of the morning and by daylight on the 5th August they were well out into the North Sea sweeping towards the Heligoland Bight. A few hours after leaving port a destroyer on the screen spoke to a fishing vessel who had seen an unknown vessel "throwing things over the side" about 20 miles north of the Outer Gabbard.
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