Issue 3/2016 Volume XXIII No. 015

The Journal of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners

Livery Company of the City of London Founded 1926, Incorporated by Royal Charter 1930 Contents

Court of the Company Wardens and Court from 1 May 2016

MASTER Captain F K D'Souza FNI

SENIOR WARDEN Captain M Reed MNI RNR RD*

IMMEDIATE PAST MASTER Captain H J Conybeare

WARDENS Captain R B Booth MNI ; The Honourable Company Captain W J Barclay AFNI; Captain D Chadburn

of Master Mariners COURT OF ASSISTANTS Commander P R F D Aylott MNI RN; Captain R F A Batt; PATRON Mr M F Burrow; Commander L Chapman RN; Her Most Gracious Majesty THE QUEEN Captain G Cowap FNI; Captain B A Cushing; ADMIRAL Captain G English AFNI; Captain I C Giddings FNI; His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Captain P T Hanton RFA; Mr J Johnson-Allen FRIN; Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom, KG KT OM GBE Captain J K Mooney AFNI; Captain R Nosrati BA(Hons); Captain T Oliver; Commander D G Phillips MVO MNI RN; FOUNDER Captain M R Powell FNI; Captain M M Reeves MNI; Sir Robert Burton-Chadwick, Bt. Captain R S Richardson FNI; Captain N F Rodrigues; b. 1869 d. 1951 Captain I A Smith FNI FRNI; Mr I P A Stitt FRIN; Mr T Starr MNI; Captain J R Freestone MNM; Captain J W Hughes FRIN FNI; Captain S S S Judah MBE FNI

CLERK OF THE COMPANY – 0207 845 9871 Contents Commodore Angus Menzies FCMI MNI RN – [email protected] BUSINESS MANAGER – 0207 845 9872 Mrs Alison Harris BA (Hons) – [email protected] Company News Page 913 FINANCE OFFICER – 0207 845 9875 Mrs Penny Burningham – [email protected]

Latest News Page 927 RECEPTIONIST Mrs Phyllis Holder – [email protected]

Ports News Page 930 HONORARY CHAPLAIN The Reverend Reginald Sweet BA RN

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attention and interest given to our famous From the Master badge and the rich history of our Company. We are sorry to re cord the death of the following members of the Captain F K D’Souza The Queen’s Garden Party on 24th May was Honourable Company of Master one of the spectacular events I attended Mariners: along with my family. It was a wonderful afternoon in the Palace gardens besides •Mr Matthew Taylor elegant gentry out in their finery and in (Junior Associate), 5 May 2016 close quarters with the Members of the •Mr Martin Braime Royal family. (Member), 22 June 2016 •Captain John Maurice Woollen (Freeman), 28 June 2016

of the highlights of her visits was to Smithfield’s Market in the very early hours of the morning by kind invitation of the Master Butcher’s Consort Mr Angus Dart. She also attended the Mistresses and Consorts lunch for Weavers, visited Fortnum and Masons courtesy of the HM The Queen's Garden Party Chartered Accountants, a Lightmongers’ It was very kind of Sheriff Dr Christine lunch at Vintners Hall and the Duke of Rigden to invite me to the Old Bailey on Kent’s 80th birthday celebrations at a 3rd June. This was one of the highlights of Choral concert at Westminster Central Hall. my last quarter, sitting shoulder to shoulder A quarter of a year has flown past since I with the Sheriffs, Aldermen and nine was installed as Master of the Honourable judges of the Old Bailey, ceremoniously Company of Master Mariners. Since then dressed. They explained to me the workings there has been no time to stand and stare of the criminal justice system. I had to except for the summer break in August. The choose one of the court sessions to witness Master’s duties are in full swing again and and chose one which was a murder case. my Mistress and I are well into the groove Both Mina and I attended the most sought of embracing every moment of the same. after Ironbridge weekend from 10th to To start with I had to go through and glean 12th June. This was a well-organized Livery Mina and others with the Master Butcher a series of invites with the Clerk, kindly weekend with more than 100 Masters at Smithfields sent by various Livery Masters and City attending along with their Mistresses and A very interesting visit to Taunton was institutions to formulate my diary for the Consorts. The Right Honourable the Lord organized by the South West Outport to year. This wasn’t always easy because at Jeffrey Mountevans, the Lord Mayor of the the offices of the UKHO. We were made times we had more than one overlapping City of London graced the occasion. privy to the original charts complied and invite. Our Clerk’s wisdom prevailed in Ironbridge, apart from its seat of industrial navigated by James Cook around New making the right choice. revolution and natural beauty became a Zealand We were all very proud to view The age old traditions and procedures to be venue for making contacts and friendships the sundial, a gift to the then followed either be at Banquets, Church amongst Masters, Mistresses and Consorts. Hydrographer Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh services or Livery functions were soon This being the 350th centenary of the in 1995 by Past Master John Gray, in briefed by Angus who most often escorted Great Fire of London, the Masters formed recognition of 200 years contribution to the Master. I found myself attending many their Past Master’s Association under the safety of life at sea. fine afternoons and evenings at the banner of Phoenix whilst the invitation of some ancient and some Mistresses/Consorts formed their own modern Liveries spending time amongst group as Firebirds . other Livery Masters and Prime Wardens many of whom have now become good friends. To give you a few examples, Master’s invitations came from the Carpenters, Brewers, Apothecaries, Carmen, Weavers, Tobacco and Pipemakers, Drapers, Grocers, Chartered Surveyors, Innholders, Water Conservators, Leathersellers, Insurers and Butchers. Ironbridge I am very pleased to note that quite often Mina has attended several functions too on the Master Mariner was given the honour her own as well as our Company events of being seated at the head table and much which have all been very memorable. One At the sundial with Captain Tony Davis www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 913 Company News

In May we visited Chester for the North a marked man. On 22 nd June 1916, he left Congratulations to the following West Outport annual Ladies’ Lunch; a most Rotterdam in the BRUSSELS for Tilbury; out on being sworn in as: enjoyable occasion and a good opportunity from the Hook of Holland just after Freeman: Captain Alan Adamson, to meet members and wives – the visit midnight, at least four German destroyers, Captain Kiran Benny, Captain Jeremy coincided with the Chester Races, which showing no lights, surrounded the Davies, Captain Philip Gilbert, Captain certainly added to the colour of the event! BRUSSELS. The ship, her crew of 47 - Gordon Lowe, Captain David Morrice, On 27 July, I laid a wreath on the memorial including five stewardesses - and 100 Captain John Strathearn, Captain John to Captain Charles Fryatt VC at Liverpool refugee passengers were takes to Bruges, Vercoe, Captain Alistair Whyte, Captain Street Station. Captain Charles Fyratt was Belgium then under German occupation. Christopher Williams the master of the SS BRUSSELS, one of the In spite of being a civilian non-combatant, Great Eastern Railway Company’s ferries Member: Mr Christopher Farnfield, Mr Charles Fryatt was regarded by the that operated between Harwich, Tilbury Tony Gosden, Mr Robert Hodge Germans as a franctireur or guerrilla . and Rotterdam, the Netherlands’ neutrality th Associate: Jessica Boulton, Joe Furness, allowing the service to continue during the Court-martialled on 27 July 1916, the Caroline Graham, Reese Holland, Luke First World War albeit resented by death sentence was passed at 4.30; Short, Joe Whetton Germany. Of an encounter in March 1915, confirmed at 5 and at 7pm was carried out by firing squad. Apprentice: John Spofforth Fryatt informed his employers thus: “I beg to report that on Sunday afternoon The annual Maritime Ball was held on on the 28 th instant, when from Parkeston board on 8th July and the theme was to Rotterdam, I sighted a German Bollywood . All attending did us proud by submarine. I sighted him about 2 points on dressing for the occasion in Bollywood my starboard bow at a distance of 4 miles attire. Thanks go to Alison Harris for her steering to the southward. As I got closer to organisations and charity fundraising skills. him he turned round very quickly of his port helm and steered towards me, very fast from starboard to port. I at once altered my course E by S to ESE, which brought him on my port bow about one point. I could see if was no use trying to get away from him as by steering my course to the southward he could easily have torpedoed me and his speed was far greater than mine. He hoisted two flags for me o atop but I did not like the idea of giving up my ship so I decided to ram him ”.

The Bollywood Ball As Master I have enjoyed my task of interviewing our new joining members all of good calibre. I have also thoroughly enjoyed the induction of Freemen, members and apprentices, meeting their mentors, families and guests during the Curry Lunches. On being elevated from Member to Freeman: Mr John Bonham, Captain Peter Rasmussen On being clothed as Liverymen: Captain John Reid, Captain Chris Ryan, Captain Ken Sprowles Congratulations also to the following on being awarded the 2016 Merchant Navy Medal for Meritorious Service: Captain P J McArthur, for services to the Merchant Navy (Manchester Ship The Master & Clerk at the Liverpool Street Canal amongst other things) memorial Captain D S McCallum, for services to Fryatt’s actions were lauded in the Commons the Merchant Navy (Marine Manager and he was presented with gold watches by Northlink Ferries, Aberdeen) both the Admiralty and Mayor of Harwich. Germany, however, was enraged: Fryatt was Merchant Navy Day Commemorative Service

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indeed Freemen, Court Assistants, and Wardens (as well as their spouses and partners who are very welcome to accompany). All are at 1700 for 1730 in the Guildhall, and are over by 1930. Registration and bookings are preferred via the website www.liverycommitteecourses.org but if this presents difficulties, please contact the Course Administrator at Guildhall, Claire Holdgate [email protected] telephone 020 7332 3176. Monthly Livery Briefings These Briefings are produced monthly and contain details of interest for City Liverymen. They are posted on the Company Website in the News Section. Merchant Navy Senior Officer’s Courses This Masters and First and Second Mates Course runs three times a year and is aimed at fostering relations between the two services; the programme is a mix of lectures, visits and practical demonstrations all tied together with a strong social thread. It includes briefs on the Royal Navy’s ships, weapons, and worldwide operations. It also includes a day at sea in a warship during a Thursday War – a visit to Royal Marines Poole provides a slant on anti-piracy initiatives and indeed the UK Chamber of I, along with the Senior Warden Martin Read Shipping also brief from their perspective. and Immediate Past Master Jim Conybeare, Clerk’s Corner The whole course runs for 4½ days. had the privilege of attending the Merchant Commodore Angus Menzies RN Briefs will be provided from Northwood Navy Day Commemorative Service and HQ, the FCO Piracy Desk (Gulf of Guinea), Reception at Trinity Square Gardens on DfT and the UK Centre for the Protection Sunday 4th September. The service was held of the National Infrastructure (CPNI) and with great dignity and splendour for the European Union Naval Force (EUNAVFOR). Merchant Navy souls who lost their lives at Also a brief and buffet lunch will be sea. I as Master Mariner had the privilege to provided by the UK Chamber of Shipping. be seated right in front of the congregation Numbers as ever are always tight, and if and read the homage and also laid a wreath you wish to attend any of these Courses, on behalf of our Company. please email to Lt Cdr David Carter RNR On Sunday 4th September also, at 2030, (formerly Shell Tankers) at: navyoptrg- the model of the City of London as it was [email protected], or write to, Royal 350 years ago -made of pine wood by Navy Merchant Navy Liaison Officer, school children, floating abaft HQS Maritime Trade Section, Maritime Warfare Wellington - was set ablaze as part of the School, HMS COLLINGWOOD, Newgate centenary celebrations of the Great Fire Lane, Fareham, Hampshire PO14 1AS of London. It was a spectacular rare sight at close quarters and the fire was Committees eventually ‘put out’ by Massey Shaw one The Company operates five Standing of the historic London Fire Brigade fire- Committees (this means permanent and fighting vessels manned by veteran reporting direct to the Court). They firemen. Massey Shaw also served at generally formally meet four times a year Dunkirk in WW2. City of London Briefings and cover the following areas: Mina and I thank all for allowing us to Freemen and Liverymen are encouraged to • Finance . All aspects of the Company’s enjoy the Master’s duties and look forward attend the City of London briefings which investments, subscriptions and accounts to actively supporting the events of the tell you about the City and its structure • Membership . Policy on membership next quarter. and are designed for all Liverymen, and criterion, recruiting, and numbers www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 915 Company News

• Education &Training . Oversight of Honourable Company of Master WELLINGTON: training standards and the Mariners and Howard Leopold The Committee Room Apprenticeship Scheme Davis Charity – seats 16 at the table. • Technical . Oversight of professional Members are reminded that our associated The Medals Room practices in every area of maritime HCMM & HLD charity is focussed on the – seats 14 at the table. business and shipping support of needy Merchant Navy Deck The River Room • Treasures . Management of all models, Officers and their dependents. Any member – seats 9 at the table. art, library and silverware collections knowing of a mariner or widow in need All three rooms have large-screen wall should contact the Clerk. Members are invited to consider joining one mounted computer monitors (HDMI) and or more of those committees and thereby Our Charity also oversees our presentation conference call facilities. All have room to take more part in the day-to-day life of at Christ’s Hospital School. The presentation for additional seating round the our Company. Membership will not take up covers all fees, uniform and equipment at bulkheads. Contact the Office for details much personal time and a great deal of the the School for the full secondary course. and for bookings. work is achieved by email. If interested, I am This presentation is currently not filled and In addition, the Catering Company can always delighted to update members on the a suitable candidate is being sought: details offer business meeting facilities in: the Clerk. Christ’s Hospital, Horsham, workings of the Committees whose Minutes The Model Room are published in the Member’s Area of the West Sussex RH13 0YP; – seats 20 at the table Company website. Tel: 01403 211293 Fax: 01403 211580; Email: [email protected] The Court Room Strategic Plan 2016 (The Passage Plan) – seats 52 at the table The Royal Hospital School at Holbrook The Honourable Company’s Strategic Plan offers generous bursaries to the sons or The Court Room is provided with full IT and for 2016 – 2020 was approved by the Court daughters or the grandchildren of male or sound facilities and both are booked Assistants at their meeting last October and female officers of the UK Merchant Navy. through the Cook &The Butler – Gwen, you are strongly encouraged to study it. The School also offers generous whose office is onboard WELLINGTON can The Plan is available on the Company Scholarships in four areas: Academic, Arts, be contacted on 0207 240 9888 or website; hard copies can be obtained from and Sports and, in particular, Sailing. The [email protected] the Clerk. Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Ipswich, Cruise Ships The Company Mentoring Scheme Suffolk, IP9 2RX; Tel: +44 (0)1473 326200; The Association of Cruise Ships Lecturers is Email: [email protected] There are over 200 Associates and seeking former Master Mariners to present Apprentices in our Mentoring Scheme and Accommodation 4 to 5, forty-five-minute power point presentations on topics relating to the sea if you are not yet a Mentor you are There are two ensuite cabins, one double and other subjects on the world’s cruise strongly encouraged to consider signing up and one twin, in WELLINGTON for the use ships. The Association founder has, since with the Professional Development Officer, of members (£50 single, £60 double retiring ten years ago, cruised worldwide Captain Geoff Cowap on occupancy). Both cabins have colour lecturing with the leading British and [email protected] and he can provide full televisions, digital radios and full Wi-Fi American cruise companies on a full and details of what is involved. facilities. Please let us know if you will be part time basis. The aim is to deliver experience based arriving after normal working hours to mentoring, not training, through both check in and collect your key. Associates lecture on a wide range of topics from Astrology to Royalty and have a full personal contact whenever possible and by If unable to book onboard, The Vintner’s season ahead. There is an associate’s three- electronic correspondence (70% weighting); Company, Upper Thames Street, year fee of £125. Should a cruise not be provide an insight into the Company’s London EC4V 3BG (close to Cannon Street offered within 12 months a full refund will activities and the Livery (10% weighting) or Mansion House District/Circle Line Tube be given. There is a daily charge of £15 per and to leave Mentees with a lasting feeling Stations) offers our members access to their person for the duration of the cruise. The both for the Company and from their overnight accommodation; some rooms are Lecturer may be accompanied by a guest mentoring experience. en-suite and start at £60 + VAT. Contact: and both will enjoy full passenger status, [email protected] Also, for Mentors to support the aims and the best available accommodation and, Tel; 0207 651 0748. aspirations of the Company by providing an dependent on the Cruise Line, on board and opportunity to make a difference to the Members, who are still serving, may make excursion discounts. For more information, Mentee’s development and outlook in their use of the facilities of the Union Jack Club check their website. maritime career and perhaps with the City at Waterloo Station, where a single ensuite Income Tax Relief on Annual and with that the personal satisfaction that room begins at £72.00 and a double Subscriptions and Livery comes with mentoring (20% weighting). ensuite room begins at £126.00. Contact: Quarterage Sign up today! Daiva Sobole, Advance Reservations Manager ([email protected]); The Honourable Company is approved by Office Direct Line Telephone Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs for the Numbers Tel: 0207 902 7379; Fax: 0207 620 0565; Union Jack Club, Sandell Street, London purposes of Section 334 of the Income Tax The direct telephone numbers for Company SE1 8UJ. (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (which staff are listed on the inside cover of the replaces the previous legislation). Where a Journal and you are encouraged to use Meeting Rooms member is employed in a marine or marine them whenever possible in order to speed There are three bookable rooms for related occupation, the Annual Subscription up and improve our service to members. business meetings available onboard and Livery Quarterage is allowable as a

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deduction from earnings for tax purposes confusing as it is sung for the Loyal Toast conform, although Lounge Suit is (but not Freedom or Livery Fines). Section but not for the Royal Family. For example, perfectly acceptable. 334 is limited to earnings from when the Master says “The Queen” all stand, • The annual Christmas Lunch on Friday employment, but members who are self- the National Anthem is played and 16 December 16 (1230 for 1300). This employed receive relief under Schedule D. everyone sings the first verse. The Master lunch is for us and our spouses and For our newer Members then repeats “The Queen” and then glasses partners and the aim is to have fun at are raised for the response, which is “The Being a modern Livery Company is our final event of 2016. Santa Claus will Queen”. For the second toast, which is to be in attendance once again this year. something special bringing with it a mix of the Royal Family, we do not sing while the heritage and traditions of the City as well The dress theme for all is Go for Gold, first six bars of the national anthem are with a prize for the most extravagant. as our own seagoing craft. Our Dinners and played. Beware, some Companies sing the Lunches allow us to display our customs And, available for collection by pre- first two verses of the National Anthem; order through Alison, is the perfect and ceremonies and our dress code serves best to practice the second unless you wish to support that aim. Firstly, the dress code Christmas Gift, the Company’s own to be seen by those opposite to you labelled delicious Champagne at the Black Tie means, for men, strictly black and mouthing like a fish as you pretend to join special price £25.00 white only so that we all look the same in! I am always available for advice! (Company Cummerbunds accepted), unless Wardroom in military uniform. Wild waistcoats are Social The Wardroom is available for members and discouraged. For ladies, strictly long or • Curry Lunches on: Friday 28 October their private guests from 0900 until 1700 cocktail dresses should be worn and of 2016, Friday 25 November 2016 either to relax during busy visits to London course colour and variety being de rigeur. [currently both FULLY BOOKED with a or to conduct business. You should advise if waiting list], Friday 27 January 2017 and The expectation is that all electronic you will be onboard, to prevent congestion. Friday 24 February 2017. Members are devices will be turned off – if this rule is The bar opens from 1230 to 1430, when reminded that guests must conform to broken I encourage a donation to the the Chief Bar Steward, Simon, serves a full our Curry Lunch dress code of jackets and WELLINGTON Trust to make up for your range of drinks and cold and hot food (hot ties. A stock of maritime type ties is held faux pas! You should not network or leave food should be ordered 24 hours at Reception. Also, that set tables and the room during the meal; sometime, beforehand) and is available when Roy the individual groups will be called forward particularly at ladies’ events, there will be a chef is on duty; please check beforehand). comfort break after the loyal toast. If you by the Catering Manager when they wish to swap business cards or catch up should rise to select their curry lunch. Members are reminded that during bar with a colleague, there is usually an • The Annual National Service for opening hours any formal business opportunity before and after the event. Seafarer’s at St Paul’s Cathedral on meetings underway in the Wardroom must Wednesday 12 October 2016 (1700), be put on hold and, that dress for members There are four major elements at major and their guests in the Wardroom is jacket City events: followed by our traditional Hot Pot Supper onboard (1900 for 1930). The (optional in the summer) and tie. A stock of 1 The Rose Water ceremony Service is usually attended by our Past spare maritime ties is held in Reception. 2 Sung Grace Master, HRH Princess Anne and by the Merchandise 3 The Loving Cup ceremony majority of the maritime sector in The back inside cover shows the revised 4 Formal Toasts London. Tickets should be ordered as soon as possible from the Office. Both Company (and WELLINGTON Trust) You will always see some or all of these at the Service and Hot Pot afterwards, are merchandise items including, for the Livery Lunches and Dinners (although the for us, our ladies and partners and summer, white or navy blue logoed Polo first is rarely seen at our events and the private guests. Members do not have to Shirts. I am currently trying to source second never) attend both events. Wardens will be logoed baseball hats but if any Member has The Rose Water ceremony is a mediaeval wearing Mid-Morning Dress; Court any proposals for additional merchandise nicety that is meant to promote cleanliness Assistants and members, who wish, may items please let the Clerk know. and health. The singing of Grace harks back conform, although lounge suit is Library to the most ancient roots of Livery perfectly acceptable. New publications received recently are: Companies being fellowship organisations • The Ladies’ Night Dinner on Friday 7 that worshipped together as communities. October 2016 (1900 for 1930). This • The Sea Chart (2nd Edition) – John Blake Finally, the Loving Cup is the first incidence event is for our Ladies and Partners and ISBN HB 978-1-8448-6314-3 of health and safety regulations in function we; private guests are also most donated by the author terms! It too is medieval in origin and welcome if there is space available. The • Sailing Ship to Super Liner – Falmouth designed to ‘protect the drinker during his dress is Black Tie so that our Ladies can Docks – David Barnicoat sup’. The number of toasts varies but is outshine us! ISBN 978-0-9558914-1-0 rarely below three; it is not unusual to have • The Member’s Lunch on Friday 18 • Making Waves – A History of the Royal six or seven toasts at a major banquet. November 2016 (1230 for 1300). This Yacht Squadron 1815-2015 – Alex Martin Some are confused regarding the traditions event is for us and private guests ISBN-978-1-910787-35-9 around the loyal toast; it is the custom that (not spouses or partners), where the at City events glasses should be left on the guest of honour is the (new) Lord • The Battle of the Atlantic – Jonathan table until the toast is actually spoken. If Mayor of the City of London. Wardens Dimbleby musical accompaniment is available, the will wear Morning Dress; Court ISBN 987-0-241-972-10-6 National Anthem may be sung – this can be Assistants and Members, who wish, may donated by Terence Burke www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 917 Company News

and Nurse Edith Cavell who were executed. Wardroom Notes The Wellington Trust The exhibition has been supported by P&O John Johnson-Allen Captain Guy Brocklebank RN Heritage which owns many of the associated Honorary Wardroom Mess Secretary Chairman of the Trustees artefacts and pictures we will use. They will conduct the majority of the design work. The exhibition will run from July to December, similar to our previous exhibitions funded by the HLF, but on a smaller scale. Work on the Wellington Future bid (WEFT), now renamed Welcome Onboard WELLINGTON (WOW), is proceeding with the aim of being ready to apply for funding by the Heritage Lottery Fund London Committee in September, subject to progress on the Garden Bridge project, or more specifically our move to the new step-free berth. As part of the discussions with the Garden Bridge Trust we have agreed to a set of design drawings and illustration of the new access to be displayed onboard and hopefully it will be mounted soon. However, delays have occurred due to issues over land ownership and the date for our ship move is now looking like early 2017. The Maritime Charity Ball was a great In the education programme we are now We still seek support from Master Mariners success. The weather was, once again, building on the success of the primary to run aspects of the Education glorious. Tori Freestone’s band, with Kai on and secondary programs with an programme; the secondary and 6th form vocals, kept the dance floor full and the extension into 6th form with a focus on introduces new aspects, closer to Bollywood themed food was thoroughly Science, Technology, Engineering and professional mariner work. We are still also enjoyed. We are still awaiting the final result Mathematics (STEM) from a maritime looking for volunteer guides again for the so that we can award the cheque to this aspect using the whole ship as the Medals & Martyrs exhibition on Sundays year's charity. educational space were appropriate. Our and Mondays. If anyone is interested in We are already thinking about next year's initial STEM meeting had support from a more detail of what is needed, please do Ball; we have a tentative theme already but number of STEM ambassadors and schools not hesitate to get in touch with me. there is much to do. and there was sufficient enthusiasm to proceed with the project. It seems slightly odd to be sitting here in Wellington Trust shirt sleeves thinking about the Christmas We plan to start classes in May 2017. The Lunch. However, as I write this, the Olympics ship offers a number of opportunities for Heritage Committee are about to start so the dress theme for this practical aspects of STEM for specific study Glynn Evans topics. STEM is also supported by a wide year's lunch will be Gold - Go for Gold! Chairman, Heritage Committee Santa will, of course, provide a first line for a range of organisations so there are Limerick. He has pointed out, yet again, that opportunities for additional support. The From the Wellington Trust Chairman’s notes wit will be prized above obscenity, but is no education programme remains a success and in Issue 2/2016 of the Journal you will longer surprised when this comment is is highly praised by the schools who attend. understand that I have assumed the role resolutely ignored in some cases! The The lecture programme for the coming undertaken by John Johnson-Allen for over Christmas Lunch does get booked very well year is finalised and has been published; nine years in organising the Heritage in advance; last year it was fully booked by as always, Members are most welcome Lectures. During that time John consistently the end of October. Book early – you have to attend. presented a programme of erudite speakers been warned! to entertain and educate us, for which our Medals and Martyrs, our 2016 exhibition, grateful thanks. A hard act to follow indeed. The Clerk’s Column will expand on the opened on 31 July. It is about the two opening hours of the Wardroom and dress Merchant Navy Victoria Cross awards of On handing over to me, John, in his usual code. Hot food must be ordered at least 24 WW1 to Captains Blisset Smith and Parsloe, efficient manner, has already put in place hours beforehand. It is also advisable to also Cadet Drewy; we also will include the the programme for this season and beyond order sandwiches in advance. stories of the two martyrs, Captain Fryatt so that, in the unlikely event of a lecture you do not enjoy, blame John not me! I am, as you may imagine, on the lookout for future speakers on maritime related subjects who might continue the tradition of education through an entertaining presentation. I will be pleased to hear from any member with offers to fill a slot or

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Heritage Lectures 2016

Monday 10 October 2016 A Baltic Escape David Parry MA

Monday 14 November 2016 Operation Husky Vanessa Jenkins

Institute of Seamanship Annual Lecture - No Moon & Monday 12 December 2016 Rear Admiral John Lang Night Landings: Special Operations by Sea in World War 2

Heritage Lectures 2017

Monday 9 January 2017 Captain Bligh Robert Fitzwilliams

Monday 13 February 2017 Historic Ships UK Martyn Heighton

Monday 13 March 2017 Lt Cdr Beattie VC and the raid on St Nazaire Nick Beattie recommend a speaker whose presentation and what to avoid, such as too much text, those 168 members who responded. It was they have perhaps enjoyed at another venue too many menu options, unnecessary your comments that determined the site Email: [email protected] clutter on the home page and, importantly, plan of a new website. the physiological impact by subtle use of There are some interesting results: colour and shading. Too many prime colours First, the demography of respondents which PDC Column can be distracting and confusing, as is a is a good indicator of the whole membership Captain Geoff Cowap cluttered page. − 30% are seagoing, of which 30% are The Company website has for some time Warden Derek Chadburn suggested that we Masters been the cause of concern amongst attended the North East Meeting in − of the non-seagoing members, 40% are members. Our original website was seriously Newcastle to put ideas to members of that retired and 16% are self-employed hacked some 18 months ago and an Outport. It was decided at that meeting that consultants emergency update was undertaken. This this was such an important issue that the − 28% are Liverymen, 39% are Freemen, update was a necessary fix to ensure that membership at large should be given an 17% are members and 16% are HCMM had a presence on the web. opportunity to express their opinions on the associates or apprentices The PDC approached the Wardens and the design and content of a new website. The Master and Wardens were all in agreement − 99% use email regularly, 53% use Clerk at the end of June with a suggestion LinkedIn, 43% use Facebook, 12% use that this was a high priority project. The that we should consider a proposal for the twitter, 31% use Skype and 19% use website is the window on the Company. It design and implementation of a new Facebook messenger should convey who we are and what we do website. The proposal met with a positive The purpose of the Website is to: reaction and as PDC, I took up the challenge. to, not only to our own members, but to the I was ably assisted in this venture by Warden maritime community worldwide. The website − Create a window to the world on who Robert Booth must be attractive, informative and hold the we are and what we do interest of any visitor. − Offer an information system for The first step was to ask a number of members. pertinent questions: A google form questionnaire was 1) What is purpose of the website? designed to identify the answers to those − Enable members to communicate important questions. 2) Who would be the potential visitors? − Promote information about the Honourable Company. 3) What information should be displayed A link to obtain that questionnaire was − Provide an application form for those on the website? emailed to the whole membership of the Honourable Company (or at least to all those who wish to join. 4) What would our members expect who had an email address). There are 3 groups of potential visitors: from a website? 1. Our own members The link was sent to 179 Liverymen, 357 5) What devices would our potential 2. Those with a maritime connection who visitors be using to access the site? Freemen, 109 members, 2 life members, 172 associates and 42 apprentices on the are researching the Company 6) How will we maintain and update the Neptune database - Total of 861 members. 3. Casual visitors who may have been content? given our URL by members or those who Some initial searches for information on The response was both overwhelming and came across us by chance encouraging. 168 members responded, some website design, enabled me to form an The one outstanding response to the 20% of the membership which gives a initial concept on a layout which would question “which single page or facility would representative view of the whole membership. appeal to visitors such as use of graphics you visit most frequently” is the need for and images, consistency and layout of pages May I take this opportunity to thank all easy and quick access to a calendar of events www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 919 Company News

Answers to the question “which are the 5 rest of the website is of no value if the Liveryman Matthew Burrow most wanted primary pages” revealed 5 visitor is not encouraged to delve beyond • James Edwards on achieving a First Class front runners above all others: the Home Page. Honours Batchelor of Science Degree. 1. Events calendar The Home Page must convey the full extent James is being mentored by the Master, 2. Information about the Honourable of what the Company is about by use of Captain Flavian D’Souza Company - who we are and what we do scrolling, interwoven, continually changing • For obtaining Master’s unlimited 3. The Mentoring Scheme images/patterns perhaps inter-mingled with Certificate of Competency : a few key words. 4. Chartered Master Mariner Paul Shepherd, James Winterton 5. A section for use by members only My vision of this Home Page is that it will • For obtaining Chief Mate’s Certificate convey messages/concepts by subtle use of of Competency: The results from the questionnaire have dynamic images and colour which leave the Paul Askew, Sarah Berry, Anthony proved crucial in designing the site map for visitor in no doubt as to who we are and Bordoli, Sam Caulkin, Stuart Chapple, a new website. what we do. Mark Ellis, William Fellows, Robert Questions were asked about the need to Goodall, Mark Hart, Rhys Herd, Alastair Also on the Home Page will be buttons to Mazumdar, Alan Pitt, Richard Porter, redesign or add on to what we already had log in (requiring user name and password), in the current website. Could our current Jordan Ruse, Michael Stannard, Chris option to recover password if forgotten, and Willetts, Oliver Wingfield website be modified without incurring the a link to Contact us and to How do I join. expense of a rebuild which some thought • For obtaining Officer of the Watch could be unaffordable? NB these links should be available from any Certificate of Competency: page. Rachel Arnold, Robert Bellis, James To answer the question of whether or not Edwards, Scott Edward, Reece Holland, we should rebuild or use what we already From the Home Page, the visitor will have access to the 5 main themes: Daniel Pile, Chloe Sandell, Jordan Small, have, it was necessary to learn more about Connor Ward modern website design and to understand 1. Events what elements of design were necessary to 2. About HCMM create an attractive and user friendly Ship affiliations website that would appeal to all of our 3. Mentoring Scheme membership, 75% of whom are currently 4. Chartered Master Mariner HMS SUTHERLAND over 50. However, the average age of our 5. A section just for members and only Captain Christopher Laycock membership is dropping dramatically and visible if a member has logged in Following a very busy period of operations will continue to do so due to the influx of Switching to any one of these five themes throughout the period April to July, young associates and apprentices. The use will open up a whole new vision which SUTHERLAND’s team got away from the ship of smartphones to access websites must be a focuses on each major aspect of what we for some well-earned summer leave. major consideration and one which do. Both the Events section and the Although much of the Ship’s Company live influenced the decision to design and build a Members Only section are aimed at our own in and around the Plymouth area, many website for a younger membership. members whilst About the HCMM will took the chance to travel overseas for a attract a more general audience. Those Choosing a Designer short break. The ship’s company having only embarking on a career at sea will be most It is essential that we select a website recently returned on board; SUTHERLAND interested in the mentoring scheme whilst designer who can deliver and with whom we has actually sailed again for a post-leave the more experienced seafarers and those can work. shakedown which will allow the ship to be within the maritime industry who have ready for whatever challenge comes along 1. The selected company must have reached positions of responsibility will be next. As ever, the taxpayer is most certainly technical expertise and experienced in drawn to the section on the newly getting value for money from SUTHERLAND! programming or configuring the developing project on achieving the status modules that build the website and be of Chartered Master Mariner. conversant with the Content Management System (CMS) they use. Five potential designers have been identified and each is expected to prepare a 2. The selected company must have artistic proposal and quotation which will be and design expertise and be aware of presented to the Master and Wardens of psychological effect of triggers and use the Company in September and on whose of colour to create attractive images shoulders rests the responsibility of and graphics that immediately convey selecting the successful bidder. the intended message to the visitor and encourage the visitor to explore the It is anticipated that the website will be live HMS SUTHERLAND in action website. on the internet early in January 2017. On top of an extended period at sea, 3. The Company must have a solid and Congratulations to the following: SUTHERLAND has also successfully completed a complex engineering maintenance and proven sustainable business record and • Robert Bellis on achieving a BSc Degree in upkeep period to ensure the material be able to work with the Honourable Nautical Science, with First Class Honours, readiness of the Ship for future tasking. Company and provide backup long after and OOW Certificate of Competency at the web site is launched. Liverpool John Moores University. Robert Morale is high and everyone is looking The design of the home page is crucial. The is sponsored by the Conway Merchant forward to the coming months which will whole of the planning and content of the Navy Trust Charity whose chairman is include further periods of operations

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alongside various high profile international exceptionally time consuming. Mentors do exercises with our NATO partners and others. The Honourable not teach or train which is the responsibility Company Mentoring of the colleges and ships’ officers. However, mentors themselves will have experienced Scheme that journey and can offer a good listening Sir Nigel Essenhigh, Chairman of ear, support, guidance and the the Membership Committee encouragement that mentees need on their career paths to their Masters’ Certificates Lieutenant Commander Peter and possibly beyond. Aylott, Chairman of the Education Training Committee. Understanding is the key, combined with the life skills that have been gained over many The Honourable Company’s campaign to years at sea where conversing and swell membership figures by attracting interacting with diverse cultures and peoples younger mariners is having considerable generates invaluable knowledge that success and we now have on our books, or Mentors can pass on to their charges. The on a waiting list, a record number of impact of digital technology on the Apprentices and Associates. operation of ships may have altered many Those under the age of 21 join the tasks, especially on the bridge, but the basics Firefighting training Apprenticeship Scheme where they are of seamanship and navigation remain at the Four photos are included here from the most supported in achieving the goal of obtaining heart of our profession. That is exactly the recent period at sea, but we must their Masters’ Certificates of Competency area where a mentor’s light touch on the understand that much of the detail of with help and encouragement through the helm can be of great value to an Associate. provision of a Master as their guide. This SUTHERLAND’S operations on high alert at We are therefore asking all members if you takes place under the rules of the Livery this time is not for our eyes or ears. would please consider joining the mentoring Companies’ Apprenticeship Scheme. team and passing on your invaluable life However, a much greater number of skills. Upcoming mariners who, hopefully, will applicants are now over the age of 21 and be our future members will benefit greatly ineligible to join as Apprentices. For them we from your knowledge, calm voice and steady have the Associate category of membership. hand and you can feel justifiably proud of To cater for the needs of that group, the ensuring that the Honourable Company and HCMM’s mentoring scheme has evolved to the United Kingdom’s proud maritime support these older applicants who are heritage will continue into the future. designated as Mentees with their guides Mentors find it advantageous to have a being Mentors. reasonable knowledge of email and some Whilst the number of Mentees continues to social media, but, particularly in the case of grow, Mentors are in short supply to the the latter, we can provide some simple extent that a waiting list of potential assistance to help new mentors. Associates has developed and there is some Please contact Captain Geoff Cowap, the evidence to show that this serves as a Professional Development Consultant for disincentive to our young people to join. additional detailed information of the Mentoring is not difficult nor is it scheme. His email is [email protected]. Diver training As ever, SUTHERLAND sends her very best ´77RRP WRU"µ wishes to the Honourable Company, and is looking forward to having the opportunity to catch up in the near future, and would be delighted to host us on board at a 0HQWRULQJ        FKLHYH WKHLU  JRDOV

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views and give advice on important me in touch with the Jubilee Sailing Trust The life of an HCMM decisions is a crucial element of the which offered a Supernumerary OOW Apprentice programme. However, I don’t believe it is a position for two weeks with the prospect one-way street and I feel the scheme is just upon recommendation to sail in rank as Jamie Edwards as useful for the mentors themselves. A Third Officer for future voyages. I I was offered the opportunity to shed some mentee can offer different viewpoints and immediately took the opportunity and light on the life of an HCMM Apprentice. I can provide feedback or opinions on what boarded STS LORD NELSON in London. This am a newly qualified deck officer who, as a life is currently like for this generation of was to be somewhat a busman's holiday, cadet, was sponsored by CMA-CGM and seafarers. This opinion can help ensure that and it brought back memories - I first sailed studied at Plymouth University. My the Company can continue supporting the on this ship at the age of nine and cadetship was split between lectures back generations of seafarers at sea. remember writing a message to the Captain at the university and sailing on ships When starting their cadetship cadets are for a bridge visit. This started my desire to gaining experience. The university course, given a Training Record Book (TRB). This work at sea. like nautical colleges run courses, is an folder, among other purposes such as the I joined LORD NELSON on the 27th May MCA approved course. The course covered place to record sea time or ship particulars, alongside HMS PRESIDENT. Prior to boarding every aspect required from stability to serves to list the many tasks that must be I took the opportunity to visit HQS bridge watchkeeping principles using a full completed before the cadet can take his final Wellington for a Curry Lunch as a send-off bridge simulator. exam. This TRB is taken in with the cadet, before my adventures began. I enjoyed along with the Navigation and Operations meeting with other members sharing stories Workbook (which provides evidence that of their time sailing with the JST. they have completed the aforementioned tasks) to their MCA Oral exam. I was introduced to the crew and settled in. It was then that I met the infamous The MCA exam, for me anyway, was a Captain Barbara Campbell. I was suitably daunting experience and despite revising for informed that one does not look for many weeks beforehand it felt as if I didn’t Captain Barbara but to remain in one know anything. However, I passed and position and you will see her numerous having spent another year back at university times running backwards and forwards. In completing my degree I aim to start sailing addition, I discovered this was usually the seas again shortly. followed by a series of charts trailing in her wake. A few hours later a pre-voyage Jamie Edwards STS LORD NELSON meeting was held with the crew to discuss the route. The initial plan was to sail My seagoing experience was on 2 container – a busman’s holiday… around the East coast; however, winds ships, sailing as part of a multi-national deck Jonathan Hemingway became northerly and increased so the crew. The ratings and junior officers were Captain decided to follow the West coast mainly Filipino and the senior crew were Associate to Greenock. German, Croatian or Montenegrin. My two I qualified from Warsash Maritime Academy The LORD NELSON is unique as a tall ship vessels were CMA CGM BELLINI and CMA in December 2015 with an Officer of the because it's not classified as a passenger CGM THALASSA. BELLINI was a 72,500 DWT, Watch (Unlimited) licence. I decided to fulfil ship. It takes both disabled and able-bodied 280 m LOA, 5,500 TEU container operating a long held ambition and apply to the Royal men and women to sea to teach them how as part of a weekly liner service from Europe, Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). After extensive to crew a tall ship. The LORD NELSON is one Middle East, India and Pakistan. My second interviews I was successful and due to start of only two tall ships in the world that have vessel was CMA CGM THALASSA, which was a ten-week training period at Britannia been purpose built to enable people of all a 131,938 DWT, 348 m LOA, 11,038 TEU ship Royal Naval College, Dartmouth at the start physical and sensory abilities to take an operating on a liner trade from Europe to of June 2016. the Middle East and on to Asia. I’ve found active role in sailing. that working and living on a container ship London to Greenock May 2016 LORD NELSON usually sails with twelve is a demanding but also rewarding However, at the beginning of May 2016, I permanent crew members who are experience. A particularly fulfilling received the disappointing news that due to professional seafarers. The voyage crew experience was helping save 650 Syrian limited accommodation space at Dartmouth works as part of a watch and participates in refugees in the Mediterranean last year. my intake would be deferred to February all aspects of crewing. This could involve It was after my second phase that I was 2017. I agreed to postpone my entry but the setting sails, washing dishes, helming the sworn in as an Apprentice in the HCMM. news of my deferral was not only ship and keeping watch at night. I was naive Membership to the company has proved disappointing but it also presented a at first at the concept of people paying to both enjoyable and beneficial; between the problem. At this point, I was in the position experience the delights of waking up for the members there is a huge amount of of being a newly qualified officer with no 4-8 watch, washing decks and cleaning experience and knowledge and each time watchkeeping experience having left plates. However, nearing the end of the I’ve stepped onboard the Wellington I have nautical college six months prior. voyage it became clear that the experience met someone new who has gone to great Therefore, I decided to contact my mentor they gained became invaluable, gaining self- lengths to offer me support and advice. The Robin Mallam and Clerk Angus Menzies to confidence, learning new limits to their own mentoring scheme is similarly advantageous, enquire if they knew of any volunteer work disabilities, and friendships made would last having a Master Mariner in place to offer his that may be available. Angus fortunately put a lifetime.

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Before the ship can sail, the voyage crew June in Southampton to sail in rank as Third master, in Bridge Procedures Guide. The have to complete basic safety training. This Officer for four weeks. This would be my following are the two which I had thought I includes; safety talks, familiarization first voyage sailing in rank and it quickly would never use but this seemed more likely briefings, helming, basic seamanship, became apparent the sense of responsibility with all navigation equipment turned off: mooring briefings, harness fittings and required. As a cadet you are always mindful − If, unexpectedly, land or a navigation unassisted climbs. The first day becomes that there is somebody to watch over you. mark is sighted or a change in time constrained for the permanent crew to Whilst I was signing Master’s standing soundings occurs fulfil all the necessary training before setting orders, logbooks, contracts and SMS I soon sail. After training it became clear how realized there was no-one watching over − On failure to sight land, a navigation much responsibility the voyage crew have if me. LORD NELSON then set sail towards mark or obtain soundings by the the ship is to sail. LORD NELSON cannot sail Antwerp to partake in the Tall Ship Races. expected time with permanent crew alone. The Officers This comprises off a series of legs the first Unfortunately, due to the size of LORD onboard are there in the capacity to direct one being from; Torbay to Lisbon, Lisbon to NELSONs platforms the ship cannot brace and guide the voyage crew. The experience Cadiz and finally Cadiz to A Coruna. as sharp to the wind as other vessels. This resulted in us having to tack the ship twice the voyage crew have is completely hands The meeting point for the Race began in to round Finisterre. Despite this effort we on and they undertake tasks which other Antwerp. Upon arrival I saw a fantastic sight missed the waypoint given by race control shipping companies wouldn't allow unless with over 20 tall ships sailing into the port. which meant we would incur some penalty. they are suitably qualified. Each tall ship had its own unique character; However, after rounding Finisterre we the Mexican naval ship CUAUHTEMOC The following day we left HMS PRESIDENT headed south through the TSS. At this played loud mariachi music. The German sail behind bound for Southend Anchorage and point the ship was hard up against the training ship ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLT has along the way the voyage crew were taught wind and on our current course heading green sails. In Antwerp the voyage crew took bracing (a brace on a square rigged ship is a for the separation zone which should be part in the crew parade where all crew from line used to rotate a yard around the mast). avoided. To avoid being shouted at by the tall ships parade through the city centre. This was the first time I witnessed how the French VTS we engaged engines and retired Some crew took this very seriously and wore JST managed to bring together a group of from the race. This became a wise decision their finest uniforms whilst others wore people with different disabilities and see because it soon became apparent that with fancy dress (including one crew member them working as part of a team. The little winds reducing our speed considerably covering himself in lifebuoy lights). Upon responsibility onboard for the OOW is we would not arrive on time in Lisbon for departure the ships left for the parade of sail intensified whilst underway mainly due to the second leg. working with a crew which may have never where the LORD NELSON was the only tall sailed before. For example, determining if a ship under sail for part of the pilotage. During the passage we encountered restricted visibility with fog moving in. With risk of collision exists can become difficult if Leaving Antwerp behind we sailed towards the ship underway at four knots, the Captain the heading is twenty degrees either side of Torbay where the first leg of the race began. decided to hold a man-overboard drill. The the course you're trying to steer. Or lookouts In the Dover Straight TSS we encountered dummy was in sight for all of five minutes having never performed the task before may strong head winds and our speed dropped before losing sight of its position. Still not naturally report important information considerably. Captain Richard Cruze took the without any navigational equipment there such as fishing marks becoming closer. decision to enter the ITZ for calmer waters. was no datum point to take reference from. Upon arrival at Torbay a member of the After Southend Anchorage we sailed for the After a fifteen minute fruitless search the voyage crew became ill and had to be Isles of Scilly where we tendered people rescue was abandoned much to the comfort transported ashore. I remember a lecturer at ashore. The operation again relied on the of the voyage crew. teamwork of the voyage crew. Those in Warsash Maritime Academy saying the wheelchairs were lowered into the DOTI boat modern day deck officer consisted of Fortunately, we made landfall at the via a block and tackle with the disabled crew sunglasses, slick hair and white gloves. Well expected time. Never before have I made member relying on his fellow crew mate’s there I was living to that stereotype racing running fixes using a distant island, which strength to support him. at full speed in the DOTI boat, wind in hair became a speck on the horizon, for an and sunglasses (it was just the James Bond accurate fix. Arriving at Lisbon pilotage the After leaving Isles of Scilly the ship sailed for music missing). It was critical that the trip Captain restored the ships navigational Dublin, Rathlin Island, Lamlash, Holy Lock ashore was fast to cross the start line at our equipment with a sense of relief from the anchorage and Greenock. This involved a allocated time. fellow officers. combination of both sail and engine It was at Torbay that Captain Richard Lisbon brought some respite before the next depending on the wind direction. decided to turn off all navigational leg of the race towards Cadiz. Departure The rest of the voyage was made without equipment - radar, GPS, speed log, gyro consisted of another parade of sail towards much trepidation apart from an injured heading, AIS and echo sounder. The only the race line. Again, a fantastic sight to pigeon which continually managed to find pieces of equipment that officers were witness so many tall ships gathered metres its way into the Captain’s cabin. It was only allowed to use included a chip log (which from each other battling to cross the line. when it flew out from behind the Captain’s the cadets made), magnetic compass and a Sailing close to the wind, manoeuvring paper bin whilst she was seated at her desk sextant. The following days consisted of star becomes intensified when 20 other tall ships that she ordered it off the ship! sights in the evening and early morning with are competing for the same space when transferred sun sights during the day with crossing the start line. Tactics become Southampton to Cadiz July 2016 meridian passage at noon. It was during important and when vessels start overtaking (Tall Ship Races) passage that for some reason I contemplated on the windward side then the opportunity I re-joined the LORD NELSON on the 30th the ten situations leading to you calling the to luff them should be seized. Heading south www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 923 Company News

brought following winds, although once we going but we also have many who are in with the storm sail set and sea anchor out; altered eastwards the wind become light shore-based positions or are retired. Every that tiddly bit of ropework. Big ship sailors and southwestwardly. rank is represented allowing us to promote know it too: Commodore Warwick putting and educate in all sections of our wonderful the QE2 alongside in New York without tugs; Reaching Cadiz, the LORD NELSON crossed the industry to those learning about it for the warships replenishing at sea with a carrier finish line having come fourteenth for that leg first time and to those who find themselves on one side and a destroyer the other; the of the race. It was at Cadiz that I signed off. wanting more form what they already know. coaster winding ship in a river with the bow The Spanish Port Authority made the LORD in the mud. NELSON, once it had docked, walk back an entire ships length then changed their mind The maritime historian, Academic and and walk it forward another ships length. The Master Mariner, Alston Kennersley of Chief Mate upon completion of mooring Plymouth University quotes the Sailors' announced over the PA system ‘welcome all to Word Book: An Alphabetical Digest of Spain a land of organisation’ which summed Nautical Terms (London 1867, 1991) as up my feeling after finishing with the aft giving us a definition of a seaman that mooring station for the final time. matches this Victorian conceit: “Seaman: this is a term seldom Sailing with the LORD NELSON during the bestowed among seafaring men upon tall ship races has been an incredible their associates, unless they are known experience. It has been challenging and to be pre-eminent in every duty of the rewarding throughout. I became evermore thorough-paced tar.” confident in my own watchkeeping experience and found sailing celestially So does seamanship change with without any navigation equipment a great technology? Or, because today’s seamen no opportunity which I probably will never get Scott Edwards - Careers at Sea Ambassador longer need to (and probably cannot) hand, again. This sums up the ethos of the Jubilee It is a very rewarding role being able to talk furl and reef, does that mean they are less of Sailing Trust which provides experiences to people about being at sea, and when a seaman, less knowledgeable about which cannot be obtained elsewhere. people do find out what we do, they are seamanship, than their forebears? Or are the fascinated. Recently I found out that fundamentals of seamanship timeless: the By the end of both voyages I had a full ability to manage a vessel in all its aspects? appreciation of the work that the JST someone I had met at an event, which he performs and the opportunities they offer. I had attended and at which I had spoken, is If the seaman of yesteryear had to know hope that other Associates might follow in now a signed up a deck cadet at Fleetwood how to maintain rigging, handle boats under my footsteps to gain valuable experience, Nautical Campus where he has begun his sail and oar, tack, wear, reach, and box the which cannot be obtained elsewhere. training and journey in the maritime compass in quarter points, is the seaman of industry. Which of course is excellent, as for today any less a seaman because he can me being an ambassador for a career at sea, handle epoxy and resin, use GPS, ARPA, Careers at Sea it is what I wish to achieve. ECDIS and rely on a gyro? Ambassador With the support from the MNTB and our And what about the elements? They haven’t peers the ambassador programme is changed. But does having the ability to Scott Edwards currently the strongest it has ever been. The safely manage a 400-ton barque in a near Associate Member ambassadors are supported magnificently by gale make the master a better seaman than the master of a VLCC pushing aside an I first became a Careers at Sea ambassador everyone at the MNTB, who provide the Atlantic swell? in 2014 as a 2nd year deck cadet and materials and guidance to allow us to do throughout the proceeding years, I have what we do best - which is to go out and What then, is a seaman? And what is the represented myself, the Merchant Navy promote the industry to the next generation definition of seamanship? of seafarers. Training Board (MNTB) and the Merchant For the first let’s revert to Alston Kennersley Navy in promoting what we do as seafarers If you are interested in becoming an again for he also provides us with some at careers fairs, events, schools and in ambassador, please contact Careers at Sea formal definitions from The Shorter Oxford general day to day life. Our aim as using the e-mail [email protected] English Dictionary on Historical Principles ambassadors is to encourage recruitment to (London, 3rd ed., 1983): the industry and develop a much deeper Mariner: sailor, seaman; in law anyone understanding of what the Merchant Navy is Seamanship: employed on a ship (17C) and what it does for the UK, as of course, What is it? we are an island nation. Surprisingly when I Sailor: one who is professionally go to events, it is quite amazing how many John Johnson-Allen occupied in navigation; a seaman, people do not realise the impact the Chairman, Institute of Seamanship mariner; also a member of a ship's Merchant Navy has on everything we need company below the rank of officer (17C) It is said that the elephant is difficult to for our daily lives in the UK. describe but you know one when it’s in the Seaman: one whose occupation is on the The voluntary ambassador scheme was set room. So it seems with seamanship. sea; a sailor as opposed to a landsman. up by the MNTB to use the vast pool of Yachtsmen all know an exhibition of good Also one skilled in navigation; a sailor experienced and enthusiastic mariners to aid seamanship when they see it: coming below the rank of officer (old English) the continued development of the industry. alongside perfectly in challenging Seafarer: a traveller by sea; one whose Many of the current ambassadors are sea- conditions; riding out the gale safe and snug life is spent in voyaging; a sailor (16C)

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A sailor is a seaman and a seaman is a sailor, they are both mariners and all are covered by the generic Seafarer’ – which probably provides a useful nomenclature for today to avoid the gender specific Seaman. Nicholl’s considers itself an academic book on seamanship - and the latest edition was revised by one of our members, Past Master Captain Graham Pepper - so that says goodbye to any idea that seamanship is a wholly practical art. But it does tell us that the ideal seaman is he who says and does HMNZS WELLINGTON the proper thing in just the proper way and The next chapter in WGN’s very busy 2016 is at the proper time – useful qualities in any The founding fathers also had a go at their OP CALYPSO 16/02, a six-week operation up professional or social environment. But it definition of seamanship as: the practical into the South-West Pacific, visiting four continues to provide us with a qualification skills required to manage and handle a ship countries and ranging from Auckland to of that statement with the ideal seaman or boat effectively and safely. beyond the equator. The main purpose of being person who has developed sea sense OP CALYPSO is assisting our Pacific partners Note that there is no academic aspect as and nautical sagacity. in Resource Border Protection Operations, espoused by Nicholl’s here and no this essentially means patrolling the navigation as mentioned by The Shorter The Seamanship Handbook was the bible Exclusive Economic zones (EEZ) of our Oxford English Dictionary on Historical for the Efficient Deckhand – those who partners, tracking down foreign fishing Principles. So how good a definition is it? were commonly referred to as the vessels and inspecting cargos for seamen. However, it doesn't say what a It may be semantics, but seamanship is such infringements, such as illegal equipment, seaman’s job is other than to say that the an important, ubiquitous, omnipresent skill unreported catches and keeping on the seaman is “called upon to play a part in of all seafarers that it deserves some clarity lookout for any other illegal behaviours. the smooth running of the floating to quantify its omnipotence over all types, Throughout our patrols we have embarked community of which he is temporarily a grades and category of seafarer and every Fisheries Officers and Police Officers from member”. Every yachtsman, super class, type and use of vessel. yachtsman, mercantile seaman or naval Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and Nauru. person can relate to that – but it doesn’t If you would like to join that debate you’ll These officers participate in the planning for really get us any further forward. find the Institute, whose President is Rear any boarding operations and accompany Admiral John Lang, (Freeman of the WGN’s boarding teams for fishing vessel So, what does the Admiralty have to say? Honourable Company, Pangbourne, P&O, the inspections. The benefits of working together Surely they will make sure everything is Royal Navy and former Chief Inspector of with our partners in these operations are clearly defined – it’s a military MAIB) very worthwhile joining. Cost of invaluable to both parties, the foreign characteristic. But alas NO! Not a sniff of membership is £25 per annum. Fisheries Officers receive boarding training a definition. Clearly, the Admiralty We publish a quarterly Journal (which some into the way New Zealand does things, and presumes that everyone knows what a may have seen in the wardroom), have an their Governments receive a lot of assistance seaman and seamanship is – it’s the annual lecture - which is part of the Heritage policing their waters which would otherwise elephant in the room. Evening series - an annual lunch and arrange be unpatrolled and ripe for exploitation by foreign fishing companies. On the other So where do we go from here? Well in 2003 annual visits: recent visits have included the hand, we gained a lot of insight from them a group of people with a common interest in smack Excelsior, and a visit to the Marine into how they operate in their countries, we seamanship came together to exchange Police HQ at Wapping. About a dozen receive assistance in conducting boarding views, ideas and initiatives to maintain, members of the Honourable Company are operations and importantly to the crew, we encourage and advance the practice of already members, including 3 Past Masters. get to have port visits throughout the trip, seamanship. Out of the early conversations For details of membership, contact: David into countries that many people may never came the formation of the Institute of Parry (Membership Secretary) at visit if not for this job. Seamanship with the following aims: [email protected] or me ([email protected] ) The first two weeks of OP CALYPSO were • To promote seamanship through spent in the Waters of Vanuatu, throughout education and training as a practical these weeks the ship had two port visits, one skill that requires both knowledge and HMNZS WELLINGTON into Port Vila, Capital of Vanuatu and one common sense into Luganville, also known as Santo. • To encourage professional and amateur update Throughout this time numerous boardings seamen to extend their seamanship skills Ensign Nick O’Leary were conducted, we operated with the Royal Solomon Islands patrol vessel AUKI and Ship’s and experiences and adopt sound As HMNZS WELLINGTON (WGN) exited the Co. were able to have some rest and respite seamanship practices Rangitoto Channel on the 18th July, a lot of and were afforded the opportunity to visit • To advance the research into, and our ship’s company would have been saying many activities which Vanuatu has to offer. knowledge of, the history, present goodbye to our loved ones, our friends and practices and future possibilities the lifestyles they have established at home On completion of the visit into Luganville, of seamanship for the second time this year. 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waters to begin our patrols there. We spent lunch and a visit to the UK Hydrographic what a pity that we had only hours and not another week at sea conducting boardings Office Archive in Taunton. days to ponder! Other archive material and transiting throughout all of the Lunch in the conservatory of a convenient displayed for us included original surveys of Solomon Islands northern waters. On pub felt rather more like Singapore than areas close to our homes from South Wales completion a port visit into Honiara, located Taunton, but was nonetheless enjoyed by all to Cornwall and on to Southampton – on Guadalcanal Island, awaited us. The as we chatted with members of The Bristol someone had done their homework and majority of the crew had the weekend off and West Outport, several partners and I’m deserves top marks for it – thank you and and many took the opportunity for fishing, delighted to report, our hosts for the visit, well done indeed. diving and to visit many of the memorials Doctor Adrian Webb and 3 of his team from Conservation and preservation of fragile located on the island, dedicated to the fierce UKHO. Lunch with our hosts was an inspired paper charts is a skill that few possess, it fighting that took place on the islands way to begin, as conversation flowed freely being something of a cross between art and throughout World War Two between Japan and made the later visit much more relaxed, science, applied with patience, respect and and the Allies. focussed and interesting for all. love of the job. (Plea from conservator – Our visit happened to coincide with the Once lunch was finished, the executive “Don’t put your coffee mug or tankard of 74th anniversary of the first landings onto signal travel in convoy was given. The porter on the chart” – as if we would!) (Can Guadalcanal Island, by the U.S Marines in familiar manoeuvring for position in the car we use an ECDIS display instead?) the Guadalcanal Campaign and the 74th park ensued and rather surprisingly, order With the thermometer high, it was a joy to anniversary of what is now known as the was eventually created from chaos, without enter the temperature controlled and Naval Battle of Savo Island, which occurred recourse to semaphore, flags, or secure voice, regulated humidity of the archive, where off the coast of Guadalcanal in which many although there were a few flashing lights hundreds of thousands of hydrographic and thousands of sailors and soldiers from both signals. The convoy surely proved its worth navigational records dating from 1755 are the Allies and Japan lost their lives in the once more, as we arrived without the loss of stored. This collection represents one of the battle during which Iron Bottom Sound a single unit to mine, submarine, or air most complete maritime collections of its earned its name. threat, although there may have been some type in the world and long may it remain On departing Honiara WGN stopped atop unreported close calls with hostile surface so. We spent a couple of hours pondering the final resting place of the original units in areas of heavy traffic! just 5x10-3% of the collection; imagine HMAS CANBERRA, an Australian vessel how much more time would be needed to which was lost in the battle. A small satisfy curiosity! ceremony was conducted onboard by the Our sincere thanks go to Dr Adrian Webb Australian members of our ships Co. and and his staff who went an extra mile to was a poignant reminder of the losses make us very welcome and provide us all suffered by ourselves and our closest allies with an unforgettable afternoon’s visit to in the Pacific War. the UKHO. As Chair, I also extend our sincere We now find ourselves on transit toward thanks to The Master and Clerk for joining Nauru for our final week long fisheries the SW Outport for the very first time and patrol with a lot of the Ships companies Once arrival formalities were complete we of course, to Vivien Foster, our Secretary, attention on our next big event – The were gathered around a series of large tables who does a sterling job of arranging and crossing the line ceremony, in which on covered with some of Captain Cook’s organizing we sailor folk – Thank you all. crossing the Equator for the first time original charts derived from his surveys of members of Ship’s company are welcomed New Zealand and the East Coast of Australia into King Neptune’s Court. during his legendary voyages of exploration. Clyde Outport visit Afterward one final Port Visit in New James Cook has always been foremost to Rosyth Dockyard among my seafaring heroes and what a Caledonia awaits us and then the four-day Hew R Dundas passage home in which we will be travelling privilege to gaze upon those documents and in company with the FNS VENDEMAIRE, a wonder at his skill, determination, courage, On 19th August 2016, Capt. Stuart Millar French Navy frigate based in New Caledonia. leadership and many other attributes (Hon. Sec. Clyde Outport) (plus 2 guests) led besides. The value of his work in so many an intrepid band of HCMM stalwarts The SW Outport visit fields was brought into sharp focus and (Captains Kelso, Bailey, Smith and Griffiths, to the UK Hydrographic Office archive Commodore Bob Thornton Chairman SW Outport On what was the hottest day of the year thus far (32°C) warm welcomes were guaranteed as the SW Outport greeted The Master, a Past Master and our learned Clerk, who joined us on a glorious 19th July for

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Cdr Brown (RN retd), Professor Milne, Chief The two carriers are 280m long, 70m beam Engineer (retd) Aitken and Liveryman Hew and 56m high with an 11.2m draught (three Latest News Dundas on an expedition to Rosyth times the size of HMS ILLUSTRIOUS on which Dockyard to see HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH in I was privileged to sail recently); they World’s First UKHO the flesh. Past Master Captain and Mrs displace 65,000T (the largest ships ever built approved App Munro were to have joined us but were, for the RN), usually operate with crew of 680 sadly, prevented by indisposition. but can accommodate 1,600, have a top providing official It was an opportunity to hear details of speed of 25 knots (necessary to allow the paper chart this extraordinary 2-carrier project where fighters to take off as there are no catapults). the expected service lives of the ships are The fighters will be 40 F35Bs (known as correction service 50+ years. As the then First Sea Lord said Lightning 2s) by Lockheed-Martin which As part of their ongoing mission to enhance in a video interview, the final CO of HMS have VTOL capability. Interestingly the navigation standards in the maritime PRINCE OF WALES (likely decommissioning downdraught from the F35B’s engines in VT industry, on 1 September 2016 the date 2072+) has almost certainly not yet mode is 600ºC so the paint for the flight navigation management company Da Gama been born. deck cannot be sourced from B&Q or Maritime (DGM), launched their new Vasco HomeBase but is a sprayed-on metallic No doubt in a warm-up for the two ships’ App. Having been accepted by the United compound based on titanium. deployment of their military capacities, the Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) as HCMM team was bombarded with statistics No less interestingly, the magazines are meeting the rigorous standards to provide but what might have otherwise been OTT fully-automated and there is no human official paper chart corrections, this is the and/or sterile in that regard was brilliantly involvement until the actual loading or first means by which the information is brought to life by Babcock’s Stephen fitting of weaponry to the aircraft. The ships provided to the mariner via an electronic MacKenzie, our exceptional guide (known as also carry Merlin and Apache helicopters. tablet device. ‘JJ’), whose huge depth of knowledge was On a different tack, the ships are divided matched by the brilliance and humour of into three wholly separate firezones his delivery; the Clyde Outport greatly separated by massive steel curtains. The welcomes this opportunity to place on flight deck can carry 470 London buses. The record our warmest thanks for such a ships have 1,500,000 m2 of painted wonderful performance. surfaces. They have an operational range of After coffee and biscuits, JJ summarised the 10,000 nm. 75% of overall project costs history of Rosyth Dockyard from its origins (but 94% of the steel and 100% of the in 1902 (its official opening was in 1915); it electrics) have been sourced with UK was involved in supporting the Battle of suppliers and 800 apprentices and >10,000 Jutland in WW1 and HMS HOOD was a adults were employed. The team at DGM are all mariners with over distinguished visitor both in 1920 and in Of course, we were not allowed on board 130 year’s combined navigation experience 1941, the latter immediately before her final, but could view HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH at and therefore utilised their background as fatal, voyage to intercept BISMARCK and reasonably close range from the other side well as working with trusted clients to PRINZ EUGEN in the Denmark Strait. of the dockyard from a small display area generate an efficient and easy to use app Interestingly, we heard that the entire with storyboards and a detailed model which provides simple flexibility in chart dockyard area is reclaimed land. Further, it (approx. 1:400) of the ship. We also saw two outfit maintenance. As a distributor of has three large graving docks and is compelling video films, one making excellent UKHO products it was evident to DGM that probably the largest non-tidal basin in use of time-lapse photography to show the it was not necessary to incorporate any of Europe. Built elsewhere in the 1960s, at the assembly of the huge (up to 10,000T) units the Admiralty Digital Publications (ADP’s) as height of the Cold War, several of the constructed elsewhere (all within the UK). updates to these are already available free of Polaris-carrying Dreadnought class nuclear It was impossible not to be overwhelmed by charge from the UKHO through e-mail and submarines (including HMS DREADNOUGHT, the combination of, the enormous the internet. HMS REVENGE, HMS REPULSE, HMS magnitude of the project, the brilliance of In what is believed to be another industry CHURCHILL and HMS SWIFTSURE) are now the technology, the boldness of the concept first, the Vasco app has been developed to at Rosyth for decommissioning but, with - a warship with a 50+ year life – and much, allow for multiple copies of the same chart that programme on hold, they still require much more. to be recorded in the system. This makes it dry-docking every five years. The present All-in-all, a profoundly impressive visit, ideal for training academies to keep a record project for two QE class carriers kicked off in which will live in our minds for a long time of the correction state of every chart even 2002 and HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH is to come. when they have many copies of the same expected to leave Rosyth in March 2017 for one for their students, or for vessels which sea trials. This truly wonderful visit was rounded off have routes inked in on copies of the same The first steel for HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH by lunch in the wardroom at HMS chart for regular routes in or out of port. was cut by HRH The Princess Royal on 7th Caledonia with the arrangements having Each copy of the chart can be given a July 2009 and we at Clyde Outport were been made by Cdr Steve Brown, recently unique tag or label to identify them. retired from the RN. unaware (but not entirely surprised to hear) Folios within the app can be generated to that revered lady possessed such skills. I close with the warmest thanks to our Hon. either UKHO recommended folio listings, as For those who don’t like statistics, doze off Sec, to Cdr Brown, to the outstanding JJ unique named custom folios to that vessel now or ignore the next paragraph: and, of course, to Babcocks. or both. www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 927 Latest News

With the Vasco app available from the there is an increasing number of incidents empowered to join the fight against modern Apple iTunes or Google Play store, it can be of crew being kidnapped for ransom.” slavery at sea using new powers in the downloaded free of charge straight to any The Gulf of Guinea accounted for seven Modern Slavery Act which come into force tablet and once an account has been of the world's 10 kidnapping incidents, on 8 August 2016. subscribed to through DGM, the mariner with armed gangs boarding vessels 30 to can get straight on and start correcting 120 nm from shore. Nigerian attacks are their outfit without any software having to often violent, accounting for eight of the be mailed to the ship or engineer sent to nine vessels fired upon worldwide. IMB install it. says many further assaults go unreported Further information can be found at: by shipowners. www.vascoapp.com IMB reported two further kidnap incidents off Sabah, where tugs and barges were targeted. And in early June, a tug and barge Sea piracy drops to were hijacked off Balingian, Sarawak in Malaysia and its palm oil cargo stolen. 21-year low "This drop in world piracy is encouraging The new powers will enable officers from Piracy and armed robbery at sea has fallen news. Two main factors are recent Border Force, police forces and the National to its lowest levels since 1995, despite a improvements around Indonesia, and the Crime Agency (NCA) to board and search surge in kidnappings off West Africa, continued deterrence of Somali pirates off vessels, seize evidence and arrest offenders, according to a new report from the East Africa," said Captain Mukundan. where it is suspected that modern slavery is taking place. International Chamber of Commerce’s Low-level theft to ships at anchor has been International Maritime Bureau (IMB). brought down by introducing designated Officers will be able to intercept vessels with IMB's global piracy report shows 98 anchorages with improved security. This has reasonable grounds, arrest offenders and incidents in the first half of 2016, compared contributed to a fall in the number of rescue victims from ships in UK waters. with 134 for the same period in 2015. When incidents in Indonesia to 24 in the first six piracy was at its highest, in 2010 and 2003, months of 2016, compared with 54 in the Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and IMB recorded 445 attacks a year. same period in 2015. Countering Extremism Sarah Newton said: IMB also applauded the Indonesian Navy's In the first half of 2016, IMB recorded 72 “Modern slavery is a crime that rips prompt response in recovering a hijacked vessels boarded, five hijackings, and a victims from their families, trapping product tanker, south of Pulau Serutu, off further 12 attempted attacks. Nine ships them in a cycle of abuse at the hands of west Kalimantan in May, saying: "This is were fired upon. Sixty-four crew were taken ruthless gangs. hostage onboard, down from 250 in the exactly the type of robust response required same period last year. in response to such threats." Nine pirates Officers from the Shetlands to the Isles were apprehended and the crew of the of Scilly now have the power to arrest tanker unharmed. offenders and protect victims from this IMB’s global Piracy Reporting Centre has abhorrent crime whether on board a supported the shipping industry, authorities ship or on our shores. and navies for 25 years. It is the world's only independent office to receive reports of Our message is clear – the UK is taking pirate attacks 24-hours-a-day from across action to protect victims.” the globe. Offenders arrested at sea for modern IMB strongly urges all shipmasters and slavery offences now face up to life owners to report all actual, attempted and Captain Pottengal Mukundan, Director of imprisonment for their crimes under the suspected piracy and armed robbery IMB said: Modern Slavery Act. incidents to the local authorities as well as "This drop in world piracy is encouraging news. Two main factors are recent the IMB Piracy Reporting Centre. This first The new powers are in addition to the improvements around Indonesia, and step in the response chain is vital to support announced by the government the the continued deterrence of Somali ensuring that adequate resources are previous week, including a new taskforce to pirates off East Africa allocated by authorities to tackle piracy. coordinate cross-government action, £33.5 Transparent statistics from an independent, million in official development assistance But ships need to stay vigilant, maintain non-political, international organization can funding and a HMIC inspection to assess security and report all attacks, as the act as a catalyst to achieve this goal. police response to modern slavery. threat of piracy remains, particularly off Somalia and in the Gulf of Guinea.” Over 2013 and 2014, the NCA identified 37 Nigeria is the world’s piracy kidnapping Minister announces potential victims of modern slavery who hotspot. Despite global improvements, commencement of reported exploitation in the maritime kidnappings are on the rise, with 44 crew industry. Victims onboard vessels will be captured for ransom in 2016, 24 of them in new powers in the brought to the mainland and will be able to Nigeria, up from 10 in the first half of 2015. access tailored care and support through the Said Captain Mukundan: Modern Slavery Act National Referral Mechanism, as part of the "In the Gulf of Guinea, rather than oil Thousands of law enforcement officers government’s national care and coordination tankers being hijacked for their cargo, across the United Kingdom will be contract administered by the Salvation Army.

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particularly interesting and they witnessed for the first time the frantic Project MARTHA on demonstrates how the overall amount pace of container operations as four vast sea fatigue of sleep decreases over time on board, cranes loaded and unloaded as many and how the quality of sleep, as containers as quickly as possible. - the findings measured through disturbances to sleep, For the next part of their journey as they Captains suffer from fatigue and stress more increase the longer crew are on board.” began to cross the Atlantic, the Officers than their crews; fatigue can result in long Other important issues covered during the familiarised themselves with the sextant and term physical and mental health issues; seminar included the differences in astro publications on board and got around motivation decreases over the length of the perception of fatigue between seafarers the ship, talking to crew and performing voyage; and night watchkeepers get managed by European companies and safety rounds. significantly less total sleep than others on Chinese owned companies, and the effects With the weather improving as they sailed board, according to the latest research on of port visits on workload and fatigue. west they were able to fully embrace the seafarer fatigue. Speaking after the event, the partner navigation training they'd previously These were just some of the key findings leading the dissemination activities, Captain received and observe the Captain of the ship from MARTHA - the international research Kuba Szymanski, Secretary General of in action. study into short term sleepiness and long InterManager, said: When asked about his experience Sub term fatigue of seafarers - discussed and “Other workshop events for managers Lieutenant Walker said: debated by the UK shipping industry at a and seafarers are planned in the “We’d like to give special thanks to seminar and workshop, held at Warsash on autumn in locations like Singapore and the Merchant Navy Liaison Voyage 28 June 2016. Manila, and the outcomes of these (MNLV) staff, Vince Noyce and Master workshops will be used as a basis for a Hosted by the Project’s lead partner, Jose Trimanez. publication of all the main findings Southampton Solent University, MARTHA’s We learnt a great deal and had a very towards the end of the year”. partners from Sweden, Denmark, China and enjoyable time – a career highlight.” Speaking about the future impact of the the UK presented some of their findings, The Merchant Navy Liaison Voyage (MNLV) study, Emeritus Professor Mike Barnett said: followed by a workshop to get feedback scheme offers all Royal Navy, Royal Marine “The shipping industry has been from industry and University staff. and Royal Navy Reserve personnel the following MARTHA’s progress with opportunity to serve on deep-sea considerable interest as the momentum international voyages on-board Merchant for revising the guidance on fatigue has Navy Vessels in order to gain wider grown at the International Maritime familiarisation and experience of commercial Organization (IMO). shipping operations. The findings from MARTHA are anticipated The scheme is being supported by a select to have an influence on the eventual few Merchant Navy companies at the top guidelines to be published by IMO.” level of the commercial sector. To request a copy of the full report upon Voyages range from a week to two months’ publication please register your interest at duration and are administered through the [email protected]. Project MARTHA workshop Royal Navy’s Merchant Navy Liaison Officer. Funded by the TK Foundation, the $1million Naval Officers three-year project gathered a large database of new information from over 1,000 experience life with seafarers, and carried out a field study of over 100 seafarers working at sea worldwide. the Merchant Navy The study has collected data on their fatigue Sub Lieutenants Alex Snow and Mark levels, sleep patterns and psychological Walker, of HMS Collingwood, recently took wellbeing. Of particular importance was the advantage of the Royal Navy’s Merchant use of Actiwatches for extended periods, Navy Liaison Voyage scheme. which volunteers wore to register their On a voyage with Geest Line they joined MV periods of activity and sleep. AGULHAS STREAM on a voyage which took Attendees from the industry – including the them across the Caribbean, visiting places Sub Lieutenants Alex Snow and Mark MCA, MAIB, ITF, Lloyd’s Register, IMarEST, the such as St Lucia, Martinique and Antigua. Walker with Captain Jose Trimanez UK Chamber of Shipping and Shell – were Met by Geest Line’s Port Operations particularly interested in the impact of long Manager, former Lieutenant Commander voyages on sleep patterns, including both Vince Noyce, on day one, the officers were RFA WAVE KNIGHT sleep quantity and sleep quality. given a comprehensive view of the ship’s - reassuring the Claire Pekcan, Associate Professor at programme, how the ship ran and how the Warsash, who worked on the actigraphy company operated, before taking to their overseas territories analysis with Dr Anne Hillstrom of the cabins for a good night’s rest prior to After taking over the Atlantic Patrol Tasking University of Southampton, said: departing Portsmouth to begin their journey. (North) from HMS MERSEY, in July 2016, “The actigraphy analysis has been Their first port of call was Le Havre where RFA WAVE KNIGHT has begun her duties of www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 929 Ports News

reassuring the overseas territories and if Anguilla Department of Disaster The visit provided an opportunity for the required, providing humanitarian and Management were held to test Minister to view progress on the project, disaster relief during the hurricane season. communications while island authorities which started handling its first containers played out a table-top disaster exercise to in July 2016 as part of trials ahead of a plan a coordinated response to an phased opening throughout the summer. earthquake hitting the island. The Liverpool2 project forms part of a Natural disaster is a possible rather than wider £750 million investment programme clear and present danger on Anguilla, unlike into biomass, steel, port-centric gun crime which is on the increase warehousing and infrastructure by Peel according to the island’s police Ports at its sites in Liverpool and along the commissioner, who asked for assistance in Manchester Ship Canal. training his men. The Minister met Peel Ports’ Chief Step forward Royal Marine and skill-at-arms Executive Mark Whitworth to discuss the RFA WAVE KNIGHT at anchor instructor L/Cpl Joshua Howell-Williams, importance of investment in the north and With the Caribbean still largely devoid of who spent a day with the island’s issues on transport integration and tropical storms – despite the advent of constabulary, inspecting their weapons and infrastructure improvements to improve the hurricane season – the disaster relief advising them on the ranges. freight connectivity between the port and team aboard WAVE KNIGHT have major logistics centres. Once completed, continued community work on their the port giant’s developments will create island-hopping deployment. jobs and contribute to the rebalancing of the UK economy. Anguilla became the latest British Overseas Territory to benefit from voluntary efforts of Mark Whitworth, CEO of Peel Ports, said: the soldiers and marines especially embarked “We very much welcome the Minister’s upon the tanker for humanitarian aid duties. interest, which maintains the government’s support for our efforts to The WISE school, which provides an facilitate UK trade through this key education for youngsters aged 12-17 who cargo gateway. The timing of the visit is would otherwise struggle academically, Anguilla Police Boat particularly opportune given the recent needed some considerable TLC. It wasn’t the only help the police received arrival of the first containers at the port from WAVE KNIGHT because the radio on during our marine trials. With full their launch was out of action – and, as opening now imminent, we will soon be four volunteers from the ship found, able to offer companies ship-to-door beyond repair. Being good eggs, they access to the heart of the UK market via fitted a new one, plus aerial, and tested it the biggest container ships in the world.” with a successful communications check Commenting on the visit Mr Grayling said: with the tanker! “The major investment we are making in transport across the North West will Ports News improve journeys for local people as well as helping industry grow across Anguilla WISE School Transport Minister the region. The tanker team set aside two days to install This is part of our plan to invest in the fans in classrooms – there’s no air visits Liverpool2 North, and make an economy that conditioning in the building – removed a development works for everyone – not just the dangerous bannister leading to the main privileged few – by ensuring economic entrance, fitted catches to the wooden prosperity is spread throughout the shutters on windows to prevent them country. Better infrastructure is likely to slamming shut continuously and finally boost productivity.” painted the walls, floors and ceilings, helped at times by some of the students. The pupils, said WAVE KNIGHT’s Sheerness expansion communications officer Chris Marchant, plans on show to “expressed overwhelming appreciation for us being there and said that it made them Chris Grayling MP met with operators Peel Thames growth feel so special to have us doing these Ports to view the latest developments at things for them.” the £400m investment in Liverpool’s commission deep-water container terminal Lord Heseltine, government local growth Anguilla is twice the size of Portsmouth but The new Secretary of State for Transport, adviser and chair of the Thames Estuary with a population of fewer than 15,000. Put Chris Grayling, visited the Port of 2050 Growth Commission, has welcomed simply, it would be overwhelmed should it Liverpool on 5 August 2016 to view the the potential of the Port of Sheerness to bear the full force of a hurricane. latest developments at its container contribute further to economic development Two days of valuable exercises with the terminal, Liverpool2. in the area.

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The port of Sheerness, along with the port It also has quick links to the M4 of Chatham, forms the core of Peel Ports’ motorway; making it perfectly located London Medway cluster. The company to explore the diverse landscape of handles a range of cargo along the 27 mile South Wales. stretch of the Rivers Medway and Swale, We worked closely with Cardiff Council including forest products, steel and cars. and Cruise Wales to prepare for these In June, Peel Ports opened new grain loading visits in order to ensure passengers were facilities at Sheerness in partnership with provided with the information and multinational commodities giant Glencore, facilities needed for them to make the The Commission’s delegation met opening up new opportunities for farmers in most of their visit to the city." representatives of the port’s operators, Peel Kent and Sussex. Passengers of both vessels were able to Ports, to hear about the company’s vision for The River Medway has the largest catchment board shuttle buses into the city centre and new infrastructure on the River Medway. area in Southern England, with deep-water bay area or to venture on organised tours to The visit included a tour of the port, which access and onward connection by road, rail places such as Dyffryn Gardens and currently handles around 1.4m tonnes per and water. Caerphilly Castle. annum in bulk cargo and car importation, providing around 600 jobs. Peel Ports has a long-term plan to reclaim up to 125 Port of Cardiff ABP Barry solar array hectares for expansion, mixed use welcomes cruise generated 3.6 developments and a new marina. passengers to the city million kWh of The delegation also heard about plans to create new logistics facilities, including a renewable energy in railhead, at the site of the former Thamesteel plant which shut in 2012. The its first year tour ended with a visit to the former Associated British Ports’ (ABP) 4.5MWp Port Dockyard Church and Naval Terrace, which of Barry solar array has generated over 3.6 form part of the historic port and could be million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in released for public access, boosting heritage its first year of operating; which is enough tourism and providing community to boil enough kettles required to make over development opportunities. MS BRAEMAR arriving at Queen Alexandra 140 million cups of tea. Dock, Cardiff on 10 August 2016 Paul Barker, Port Director at Peel Ports The solar array was officially opened in London Medway, which includes Sheerness, ABP Cardiff welcomed two cruise vessels August 2015 by Jane Hutt AM and Alun welcomed the visit, saying: through its lock gates this week providing a Cairns MP. It represents an investment of £5 “We see very exciting possibilities for the gateway for over 1200 passengers to explore million by ABP and was built on 20 acres of whole area, building on the strategic the city and its surrounding areas. brownfield port land. opportunities presented by our The two vessels, the MV MINERVA and the successful port and other major MS BRAEMAR, both visited the port for one infrastructure developments close by. day as part of luxury voyages around the While there is much to be pleased about British Isles. already, I’m very confident that we can The MINERVA visited Cardiff’s Queen aim even higher by working together to Alexandra Dock on Saturday 6th August. make the most of our shared vision for The 437ft long luxury cruise liner is the Medway economy. operated by Swan Hellenic. This was the Lord Heseltine and his colleagues on the vessel's second call to the port as its maiden Commission can make a major call was in July 2015. contribution to the process by The 643ft MS BRAEMAR visited the port on An aerial view of the 14,904 solar panels facilitating the public sector leadership Wednesday 10th August; making it the at ABP Barry and investment necessary for private second cruise vessel to berth in the Queen ABP South Wales Director, Matthew companies such as ours to flourish.” Alexandra Dock in less than a week. The visit Kennerley, said: The Thames Estuary 2050 Growth also marked the Fred Olsen operated vessel’s “We’re delighted that our Barry solar Commission was announced in March 2016. maiden call to the port. Captain Jozo Glavic array has been so successful in its first It has been tasked with developing an was presented with a Cardiff port plaque by 12 months of operating. This project ambitious vision and delivery plan for North ABP South Wales Director, Matthew was designed to reduce the carbon Kent, South Essex and East London up to Kennerley. footprint of the port and make it 2050. The Commission will, by March 2017, Elizabeth Nash, ABP South Wales more competitive. produce an interim report setting out its Commercial Manager, said: We are committed to the environment vision for the region. It will then report back “ABP’s Port of Cardiff is a great location and the use of this solar energy to to the Chancellor by Autumn Statement for cruise ships to visit. Situated in power our port operations means we 2017 with a clear and affordable delivery Cardiff Bay, the port is just a five- have been able to further reduce the plan for achieving its vision. minute drive away from the City Centre. carbon emissions we produce.” www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 931 Ports News

The main use for the energy generated by of activity with five ships calling in Ayr, each the solar array has been to power port accommodating different cargoes such as operations with any surplus energy exported onshore wind turbine components, coal to the national grid. exports and timber discharge. The solar array consists of 14,904 individual In the previous week, wind turbine solar panels that were installed between components were delivered for three March and June 2015. The project was separate renewable energy projects: shortlisted for a 2015 Wales Green Energy Port Manager for Ayr and Troon Stuart award in the Outstanding Renewable Energy Cresswell said: Project Category “Along with our traditional agribulk and This internationally recognised certification ABP South Wales is also home to several mineral business, the wind turbine programme is wholly-owned by Planet First, other renewable energy projects and by the contracts we have secured this year a sustainability service provider working in end of 2016 its five ports will be home to have provided a fantastic boost to the conjunction with the iconic Eden Project in over 10MW of renewable energy projects. port and all our local supporting Cornwall, ensuring UK trade is not just accelerated, but facilitated in a more Completed projects across ABP South Wales contractors and suppliers.” environmentally friendly way. include a 2.3MW wind turbine in Newport, ABP Short Sea Ports Director Andrew and 250KW rooftop solar array schemes at Harston said: Certification was awarded based on DP Cardiff, Newport, and Swansea. A second “Following our success in supporting World London Gateway Port’s commitment 2.3MW wind turbine in Newport and a additional cruise calls this year, we are to reduce its carbon emissions by a 0.5MW wind turbine in Swansea are now actively supporting the minimum of 2.5 per cent per TEU in 2016. currently under construction. development of more renewable power The port was able to demonstrate the in south-west Scotland. systems it already has in place to reduce Renewable energy The location of ABP’s Ayrshire ports and monitor its carbon emissions, which places them in close proximity to these include high quality data and detailed business triggers onshore wind farms. The Ports of Ayr carbon measurement, automated stacking and Troon are equipped and ready to cranes and other hi-tech initiatives that busiest period at work with renewable energy companies increase efficiency, LED lighting throughout the Port of Ayr to serve their projects. the port and operations buildings and zero waste to landfill. in 25 years This has been a strong period for our two Scottish ports. ABP is continually The port will now work towards its baseline ABP’s Port of Ayr has recorded one of its investing in the ports to underpin the target to reduce carbon emissions caused by busiest days in the last 25 years, with five important regional role they fulfil in energy use, water use and waste disposal. vessels calling at the port recently. serving the needs of the Ayrshire region So far, two deep-sea berths and landside Overall, it was one of the busiest weeks in and the west coast of Scotland.” areas of the port development have been Ayr in a generation, with 10 vessels calling Across the Group, ABP has over 30 years’ certified to The Planet Mark™. The terminal, at the port - four of those for renewable experience serving the UK onshore and became operational in 2013 and is currently energy projects. The last time the port saw offshore renewable energy industry. The undergoing expansion with construction of this level of activity was when 1.1 million ports are well-placed to support this a third deep-sea berth. tonnes of open cast coal was exported sector and ABP have been involved in a through Ayr in 1991. range of renewable energy projects across Britain including: The Walney Extension wind farm development off Barrow-in- Furness, Galloper wind farm project serviced from ABP Port of Lowestoft and the Green Port Hull development with Siemens in the Humber. DP World London Gateway Port The two deep sea berths Development of that berth is benefiting is first in the world from the sustainability achievements of its to be awarded main civil works contractor, Port of Ayr VolkerFitzpatrick - another business As the UK energy industry transitions to The Planet Mark certified to The Planet Mark™. renewable energy sources, the boost in ship DP World London Gateway Port, the UK’s Another initiative aimed at reducing carbon numbers has been a result of growing most advanced deep-sea container terminal, emissions once Berth Three becomes demand to serve wind farm projects has been awarded The Planet Mark™ for operational is through the use of electric underway in the south-west of Scotland. demonstrating its commitment to carbon hybrid shuttle carriers. Sustainability The record day saw the port become a hub emissions reduction. workshops will also be held with staff

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members to ensure best practice is instilled railway, marine and cityscape. Tom across the terminal. Features Shuttleworth’s works have been reproduced as fine art prints and as This award comes just a few months after Jotting Monthly greetings cards, many marketed by the the first two distribution centres on the Medici Society. hub’s Logistics Park also received The Planet Glyn L Evans Mark™ Certificate for New Development. Thomas H Shuttleworth I thought the Medici Society’s Gallery, Liverpool would be a good place to begin Peter Stewart MVO, Eden Project, Executive – Maritime Artist expanding on this information but my letter Director, said: Some while ago I wrote an article for the to them (or rather to Rennie’s Gallery – the “Congratulations to DP World London HCMM Journal on the life and work of the re-incarnation of Medici in Liverpool) went Gateway Port on gaining this marine artist Jack Spurling; two of his unanswered. Next port of call was Sea accreditation. It is important that original paintings, featuring the sailing ships Breezes magazine, but my enquiry of them members of the transport industry are Harbinger and Torrens, being on display in elicited only the fact that, due to recent operating sustainably and thinking HQS Wellington. Recently, looking as one change of management and/or ownership, about how they can be even more does through some back copies of the information on articles and their authors sustainable, to ensure carbon emissions magazine Sea Breezes, the one for prior to that change was not available. This are reduced. November 1997 to be exact, my attention was most galling as, in the May 1999 edition It is pleasing to see that an was caught by the painting of a sailing ship of that magazine, I had found another infrastructure development as important that I thought must have come from the article by Thomas H Shuttleworth, entitled ‘A to the UK as DP World London Gateway brush of Jack Spurling. However, the caption Brassbounder’s Voyage in the Twilight of has carbon reduction and sustainability read ‘The tall ship Mermerus from a painting Sail’ which included two fine paintings by at the forefront of its thinking.” by T H Shuttleworth’. It accompanied an him of the subject sailing ship, Wray Castle. article about the ship, written by the artist Steve Malkin, CEO The Planet Mark™, said: and, as I had not previously heard of T H WRAY CASTLE – steel built by Williamson of “This is an outstanding achievement and Shuttleworth, another of my marine art Workington and launched 1892, she was we are proud to certify DP World London research projects was born. ship rigged with crossed royals over single Gateway Port. By reducing its carbon topgallants and double topsails on all three emissions year-on year, DP World The opening paragraph of the article reads, masts. She was 3,200 dwt and traded around London Gateway is also helping every Among the well-known builders of iron the world for Robert Thomas & Co (Four organisation reduce the carbon footprint ships in the 1870s, Messrs Barclay-Curle Winds Shipping Co) originally with an office of their products being shipped through & Co must rank among the best. They in Criccieth, North Wales, later of Castle the port and onwards into the supply were the designers of some of the most Street, Liverpool. Wray Castle is pictured chain.” beautiful ships that sailed the oceans of outward bound from the Mersey, setting all the world. Among these was the fleet of Cameron Thorpe, CEO, DP World London fair sail off South Stack and leaving the iron clippers of A & J Carmichaels’ Gateway, said: Liverpool No 1 Pilot cutter Francis Golden Fleece Line which bore such “We’re extremely proud to have become Henderson astern. names as Golden Fleece, Jason, the first port in the world to achieve Mermerus, Thassalus and Argonaut. Planet Mark certification from Planet First in partnership with the iconic Journal readers will no doubt smile here and Eden Project. mutter “Shades of Alfred Holt’s Blue Funnel vessel-naming policy.” Minimising impacts on the environment have shaped our planning, construction Firstly, I discovered that T H Shuttleworth and the way we operate the port’s had been a member of the Guild of Railway berths and distribution centres on our Artists, and the current CEO of the Guild, Logistics Park. Indeed, a key value Frank Hodges, kindly provided the following proposition for having a logistics hub in biographical details. this location, closer to consumers, is to WRAY CASTLE Thomas Henry Shuttleworth, b.1920 – d. reduce CO2 emissions in UK supply 2007. Associate Member of the Guild Under the heading ‘Shipping Snippets’ in chains, making this a particularly from 1983. Although a life-long painter, the Liverpool Mercury newspaper for 26th pleasing achievement. Tom did not take painting up January 1907, we read, We have now set the standard for professionally until 1975 at which time, “Com. W F Caborne, Inspector of the ourselves in terms of reducing our due to the demise of world shipping [Tom Board of Trade, inquired into the cause carbon footprint year-on-year for every worked for a shipping company] he was of the fire on board Wray Castle” of container passing through this hub – I given early retirement. Tom exhibited his Liverpool on 28th August 1906 at Lat. look forward to London Gateway works often – usually at Liverpool 22.4N and Long. 23.39W, states, “There continuing to contribute to reducing galleries, two at the Medici Society’s Bold is no evidence to show what was the CO2 emissions in UK supply chains.” Street Gallery in 1975 and 1978. cause of the fire.” The first phase of the DP World London He was regarded as both a fine railway To add to my now growing collection of Gateway Logistics Centre achieved and marine artist with an extensive Shuttleworth paintings, I found in the certification in November, closely followed knowledge about the respective September 1999 edition of Sea Breezes, a by the 316,000 sq ft joint venture building subjects. His depictions of old Liverpool colour centre spread of four ships, namely with Prologis. would combine all aspects of his work - Reina del Pacifico, Olivebank, HMS www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 933 Features

Agamemnon and MVAntenor. These came one-man crew. Olivebank [III] seen here in ignored, the war dragged on and later it was with no narrative text other than each the River Mersey about to pick up the tug Antenor who, in an act of treachery, picture’s caption and the tantalising heading James Lamey, with a Birkenhead ferryboat suggested to the Greeks they should build ‘The skill of a fine artist giving pleasure to all visible astern, was sold to Panamanian the Trojan horse. MV Antenor was built on – More from the Brush of Thomas H owners in 1978. Tyneside by Vickers-Armstrong in 1957 for Shuttleworth.’ I have taken the liberty of Alfred Holt & Co., Liverpool for their UK – adding the text to the paintings. Far East cargo liner service. Of 7,965 grt and with a length of 452 feet, she had a service speed of 15 knots and accommodation for 12 passengers. Sold to Far Eastern buyers in 1973, she was broken up in 1983. Continuing my research into the life and works of the artist, the enquiry I put to the Merseyside Maritime Museum in 2014 has AGAMEMNON yet to bear fruit, but I have to say that my experience of making enquiries of UK AGAMEMNON – King of Argos and most museums in general is somewhat akin to REINA del PACIFICO powerful Prince of Greece, was elder brother that of throwing a sausage down the Mersey REINA del PACIFICO – was built by Harland of Menelaus, King of Sparta, married to the Tunnel. This is a Merseyside expression, & Wolff, Belfast in 1931 for the Pacific lovely Helen. It was Agamemnon who was politely interpreted as ‘a futile gesture’. Other Steam Navigation Company’s passenger chosen as commander-in chief of the great feelers were put out but came to nothing. liner service from Liverpool to the fleet assembled by Menelaus to sail against My friend, Alan Hardy thought T H Caribbean and E C South American ports the Trojans. HMS Agamemnon [64 guns], Shuttleworth had attended the same church via the Panama Canal. Of 17,702 grt and pictured here, the first Royal Navy ship of as his old auntie in Liverpool, but sadly she with a service speed of 18 knots, she that name, was built at Buckler’s Hard on died before this could be followed up. carried 800 passengers in three classes. She the Beaulieu River in 1781. Her battle HCMM member, Lt. Richard Shuttleworth served as a troopship during WWII, taking honours included the two Battles of RN, confirmed that the artist was not part part in the Allied landings in North Africa, Copenhagen, 1801 and 1807 either side of of the Derbyshire Shuttleworth clan. My Sicily and Normandy. In 1947 she returned the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Her crew, who fellow-member of the Liverpool Nautical to her normal service although her later did not like the classical names that were in Research Society, Ian Duckett, who has in career was marred by an engine-room vogue with the Admiralty at that time, the past kindly made local enquiries on my explosion in which 28 personnel lost their renamed her ‘Eggs-and-bacon’, a tradition behalf, also drew a blank. The trail was lives, a grounding on Devil’s Flat off maintained by the dock workers of growing cold and I was running out of leads Bermuda and the loss of one of her four Merseyside in later years. Although she was to follow when, once again, reading an propellers on a subsequent voyage. She was wrecked in Maldonado Bay in 1809, her article in a 1998 copy of Sea Breezes, I came sold in 1958 and scrapped the same year at name lives on. After four more RN ships of across another T H Shuttleworth painting, Newport, Mon. that name we now have the nuclear ‘HMS Dolphin at the Siege of Suakin’. submarine HMS Agamemnon of the Astute- class currently under construction. The article, under the same heading, had been written by a Professor Gordon S Milne [now OBE] Scotland, co-incidentally a fellow member of the HCMM. Via a roundabout route, I was able to make contact with Gordon who emailed to say “I am very happy to assist you…I met the artist on a couple of occasions.” Sadly, it seems T H Shuttleworth was of a fairly OLIVEBANK reserved personality, but Gordon recollects OLIVEBANK – was built for Andrew Weir & the circumstances surrounding their Co. by Harland & Wolff, Belfast in 1962. ANTENOR meeting as follows: Andrew Weir had entered the ship-owning ANTENOR – When Alfred and Philip Holt “This stems from my going to Leith business in Glasgow in 1885 and eventually conceived the founding of The Ocean Steam Nautical College in 1952/3 and spending controlled one of the largest fleets of sailing Ship Company they saw this as the greatest some of the cadet course seamanship ships under the Red Ensign. In 1905 the adventure of their lives and, because training on TS Dolphin based at West Company was registered in London as Bank Homer’s ‘Odyssey’ was for them the finest Old Dock, Leith. In 1998 I decided to Line but the ships continued to bear on their adventure ever written, they gave Homeric record HMS Dolphin for posterity and stern, ‘Glasgow, as their Port of Registry. The names to their ships. Antenor was a Trojan asked T H Shuttleworth if he would picture shows the third vessel to carry the prince related to King Priam and, when accept the commission. He was quite name Olivebank for Andrew Weir & Co., the Odysseus and Menelaus came to Troy as demanding in his requirements of my first being a steel-hulled sailing ship built in ambassadors, they were received into his brief, one example of which was a 1892 and surviving until hitting a floating house. He recommended to the Trojans that cutting I had from the 1885 London mine off Jutland in 1939 with the loss of they return Helen to her husband, Menelaus, Illustrated News showing Dolphin at the her Captain and fourteen of her twenty- and thus end the war. This advice was Siege of Suakin.”

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The resulting picture that accompanied Sound. A second ship at McMurdo Sound Gordon’s fascinating article on this historic Sir Ernest Shackleton would lay depots of food and fuel for the event, is shown here. I will say no more CVO trans-Antarctic party. Scientific studies about the article as it may be that, at some would be conducted on the ships, at the stage in the future, Gordon might wish to Master Mariner and coastal bases and across the continent. share this with Journal readers. Suffice to The two vessels chosen for the expedition mention that Dolphin was launched in Antarctic Explorer were Polaris and Aurora . The former was a December 1882 and gave good service to Dr Beau Riffenburgh Norwegian-built barquentine of 350 tons, the Royal Navy until her sale to private Institute Associate which Shackleton immediately renamed owners in 1924. From then she was used as Endurance in honour of his family motto: a boys’ club until 1944 when she was taken The Scott Polar Research Institute ‘Fortitudine Vincimus,’ or ‘By endurance we over by Leith Nautical College, finally being University of Cambridge conquer.’ The later, at 386 tons, was a one- scrapped in 1974. Sir Ernest Shackleton’s maritime career began time Newfoundland sealer. Whilst aboard the cargo ship Houghton Tower and Shackleton received several large donations in 1898 he passed his Master’s examination the expedition was desperately underfunded. and the following year became an officer. His first expedition to Antarctica was as third More than five thousand men and boys (and officer on the Discovery Expedition (1901- ‘three sporty girls’) applied for positions but 03) led by Captain R F Scott RN . Antarctic experience was extremely limited. Shackleton’s second-in-command, Frank Wild, had been south with Scott, Shackleton, and Mawson; artist George Marston had been part of Shackleton’s Nimrod HMS DOLPHIN expedition; and photographer Frank Hurley had been a key member of Mawson’s AAE. As a last tribute to the artistic talent of Aboard Endurance , second officer Tom Crean Thomas H Shuttleworth, I have included his had served under Scott on both Discovery painting of the full-rigged ship Wavertree and Terra Nova , and third officer Alf hove-to off the Mersey Bar in the late Cheetham had served on Morning , one of 1890s, signalling for a pilot and tugs. The the relief ships for Discovery , then Nimrod , pilot schooner is the George Holt, the two- and finally Scott’s Terra Nova . However, the funnelled tug is the William Jolliffe and the captain, Frank Worsley of the New Zealand Blue Funnel liner is Ixion of 1892. Shipping Company, and eventual first officer, Lionel Greenstreet, were Antarctic novices. Endurance sailed from London on 1 August 1914, but was still in British waters when the general mobilisation of troops was announced in anticipation of the coming Sir Ernest Shackleton CVO war. In a grand gesture typical of the In 1913 Shackleton announced an audacious flamboyant Shackleton, he offered the ship, plan – one that smacked of his unbounded men, and provisions to the government for energy and imagination: ‘It has been an the war effort. The Admiralty declined his offer; as with Captain James Cook, WAVERTREE open secret for some time past that I have been desirous of leading another expedition exploration and science would continue Wavertree was built of wrought iron at to the South Polar regions… I am glad now despite the nation being at war. Southampton in 1885 for R W Leyland of to be able to state that … an expedition will Liverpool for the carriage of Jute from Indian Endurance sailed to Buenos Aires and in start next year with the object of crossing October continued to South Georgia, where ports to Dundee. Later, when tramping the South Polar continent from sea to sea.’ world-wide, she was dismasted rounding the whalers told Shackleton that the pack Cape Horn and limped to the Falkland Four years earlier, following his triumphant ice was unusually heavy, had drifted farther Islands. From there she was used as a floating return from a farthest south of 88°23'S on north than usual and advised him to delay warehouse in Chile and a sand barge in his Nimrod Expedition (1907–09), Shackleton his departure. Endurance finally sailed for Buenos Aires before being acquired by the had hoped to return to the Antarctic to the Weddell Sea on 5 December 1914, South Street Seaport Museum, New York in conquer the South Pole. That goal had been encountered heavy pack ice and for six 1968. Last year (2015) she was moved into pre-empted by both Roald Amundsen and weeks made slow progress as she dodged dry dock on Staten Island for stabilisation Robert Falcon Scott, but Shackleton still around or forced her way through the and restoration. The work will take twelve viewed the far south as a venue in which to heavy ice. The Antarctic coast of Coats Land months and cost US$10.6 million. achieve fame and fortune. Shackleton’s plan was sighted on 10 January 1915, and was to land a dozen men at Vahsel Bay, six Shackleton briefly considered landing, but It is unfortunate that such sums of money of whom would make the first trans- decided instead to maintain course for cannot be found to save more historic ships Antarctic journey of approximately 1,700 Vahsel Bay. 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evening of 27 October, Shackleton gave the order to abandon ship.

Shackleton and Wild survey the remains of Endurance. F. Hurley With the dogs and everything that could be readily carried, the 28 men set up five tents to form ‘Dump Camp’ about 100 yards (90 m) away on a large ice floe. Understanding the need to keep his party in good spirits – particularly the seamen, who seemed ill at ease away from the confines of the ship – Shackleton made sure that the 18 fur sleeping bags were given to the sailors and junior expedition members, while the higher ranks and scientists kept the less well- insulated wool bags. Shackleton also explained his plan: to man-haul two of the three lifeboats – James Caird and Dudley Docker – and any necessary supplies over the ice towards a well-equipped hut on Snow Hill Island, some 200 miles (320 km). The men all had new winter clothing, and each was allowed to take two pounds of personal possessions, although exceptions to this limit were made for morale, including meteorologist Leonard Hussey’s banjo. In anticipation of the hardships and deprivations ahead, on 30 October, Crean shot the three puppies and Mrs Chippy, carpenter Harry McNish’s cat – a realist, Shackleton knew they were in survival mode. Endurance in the ice. F. Hurley For three days the boats were dragged across Drifting at the mercy of the ice, on 22 other activities and entertainments, while brutally difficult surfaces before, having February Endurance reached the 77th the scientists turned their land-based made less than one and three quarters miles parallel, her farthest south. But there, with research into a sea-based programme. (2.8 km) in total, Shackleton decided such land on the horizon, the ship drifted slowly Throughout the winter, the gyre in the efforts were futile and the attempt was to the west, away from her intended Weddell Sea continued to take Endurance in abandoned. ‘Ocean Camp’ was established, destination. ‘It was more than tantalizing, it a roughly clockwise direction. In the middle and the party settled in to await the breakup was maddening,’ Alexander Macklin, one of of July, a 70-mile-per-hour blizzard struck, of the ice, when the men could take to the boats and attempt to reach Paulet Island, the ship’s two surgeons, noted in his diary. and thereafter the pressure from the ice some 400 miles (650 km) away. ‘Shackleton at this time showed one of his increased. In the following months, the ship sparks of real greatness. He did not rage at groaned as she was tormented by the ice – In the following weeks, material was all, or show outwardly the slightest sign of beams were twisted, door frames were salvaged from the ship and the area around disappointment; he told us simply and thrown out of alignment, and wooden it, including the third boat, Stancomb Wills; calmly that we must winter in the Pack, braces were dislodged. On 24 October the containers of food; materials to build a explained its dangers and possibilities; never pressure forced the entire ship to shake kitchen; and the 120 negatives that Hurley lost his optimism, and prepared for winter.’ furiously, then list to starboard. Water and Shackleton adjudged the best of the The ship was converted into more poured in by the damaged sternpost and more than 500 images already taken. On 21 comfortable winter quarters, and although Shackleton ordered the engine fired up to November 1915, Endurance ‘s bow dipped, the sun disappeared during the first week in drive the pumps and the men also frantically her stern raised in the air, and she slipped May, Shackleton kept his men busy with pumped throughout the day and night but beneath the ice. regular duties, training with the dogs, and the water continued to rise. Finally, on the A month later, concerned that they were

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drifting farther from potential safety, had consistently proved his stamina and in Stromness Bay, to pick up the rest of his Shackleton, in consultation with Wild and value; McNish; and seamen Tim McCarthy stranded crew. However, she was thwarted Hurley, determined to try again to man-haul and John Vincent. It is likely that McNish by pack ice about 60 miles (100 km) from the boats to open water. On 23 December, and Vincent were taken in part so that Elephant Island and sailed to the Falkland leaving behind Stancomb Wills , the men – Shackleton could keep an eye on them – Islands. There, Shackleton boarded the many of whom harboured doubts and McNish was an obvious malcontent, and trawler Instituto de Pesca, no. 1 , which the resentment about the decision – began to Vincent’s bullying had seen him demoted Uruguayan government had loaned. But she, drag the other boats and the necessary from boatswain to AB. too, was forced back by ice, this time about supplies west. Each back-breaking day’s The six men left on 24 April, heading north 18 miles (30 km) short of Elephant Island. labour resulted in an average gain of little to clear the pack ice, and then turning east Shackleton, Worsley, and Crean then arrived more than a mile (1.6 km), and on 27 towards South Georgia. Over two weeks, the in Punta Arenas in Chile, where, with December McNish – still aggrieved over the small boat was buffeted by gales and contributions from local residents, they loss of his cat, and bitter that Shackleton mountainous seas, including one giant wave chartered the schooner Emma . However, had rejected his offer to build a sloop from that nearly swamped her. There was little about 90 miles (150 km) north of Elephant the wrecked parts of Endurance – verbally protection from the icy water, which soaked Island, the engine broke down, and the ship abused Worsley and refused to proceed, the men and their sleeping bags below. In had to retreat. claiming that with the loss of the ship his freezing conditions, the undernourished men Finally, the Chilean government agreed to duty to obey orders had terminated. chipped away the ice that built up on the send down the Chilean Navy steel tug Shackleton promptly mustered all hands and boat and its rigging. The continuing storm Yelcho, commanded by Piloto Luis Pardo. On read aloud the ship’s articles, which, and regular heavy cloud cover also meant Elephant Island the two remaining boats had according to him, kept them under his that it was extremely difficult for Worsley to been overturned and placed atop stone walls command for the duration of the take the necessary observations for about four feet (1.2 m) high to make a expedition. On the surface Shackleton ‘won’ navigation. Finally, they sighted South cramped shelter. Several of the men had but he was evidently swayed by the incident, Georgia. Heavy seas and bad weather suffered serious physical or psychological for within two days he halted the march and prevented them from landing for two days problems during the boat journey to the established ‘Patience Camp’ where the party and threatened to wreck James Caird on a island. Macklin and fellow surgeon Jim remained for about three months. rugged lee shore, but on 10 May they were McIlroy had to amputate Blackborow’s toes, Wild led a party to ‘Ocean Camp’ to retrieve finally able to make a landing on the island’s as well as dealing with numerous other Stancomb Wills . While the drift took the south side. Unable to sail around the island, medical issues. Despite these problems, Wild party past Paulet Island, and Shackleton the men rested for several days, and turned managed to hold the party together. On 30 decided on Elephant Island as his new the boat over to create a shelter they named August 1916, after 137 days on Elephant target. On 9 April 1916, the ice finally broke ‘Peggotty Camp.’ Island, the Yelcho reached the men and up enough to allow Shackleton and his men As Vincent was too weak to continue, he departed the moment the last expedition to set sail between ice floes and into stormy and McCarthy were left under the command member was aboard, before the ice could seas. For six days the men huddled in the of McNish, while Shackleton, Worsley, and trap her. They returned to Punta Arenas, and small boats, cramped and constantly soaked Crean headed inland. Their aim was to cross then continued to Valparaiso. by freezing water, while suffering terribly the interior of South Georgia and find help Meanwhile, on the other side of Antarctica from thirst, hunger, and seasickness. But at the whaling station at Stromness Bay. the Aurora had been swept from the shore Shackleton and Worsley drove them on, and However, although the station was only 22 by sea ice. The marooned men were forced on 15 April they landed at Elephant Island miles (35 km) away, the spine of the island to lay the supply depots for the trans- and established a camp on a spit of land comprised an unmapped mountain range Antarctic party with their limited resources they named Point Wild. Although they were crisscrossed with glaciers and snowfields. and items scavenged from previous now on dry land for the first time in 16 Equipped only with an adze for an ice axe, expeditions. Tragically, Lieutenant Æneas months, they were far from safe, because screws in their boots for crampons, and a Lionel A Mackintosh, RNR., V G Hayward and their supplies were low, their health poor, rope, the three marched for 36 straight The Rev A P Spencer-Smith lost their lives. In and location unknown to the outside world. hours, ascending, according to Worsley, to January 1917, Shackleton reached the In true Shackletonian fashion, their leader more than 5,000 feet (1,525 m), rarely survivors and brought them home. determined to go for help – to South stopping for food or rest, and having to Georgia, a journey that took 800 nautical backtrack up steep hills when attempted In many senses, the Imperial Trans-Antarctic miles (1,480 km) across the most dangerous ways forward proved impossible. Exhausted Expedition was a failure. Not only had none ocean on Earth. ‘Shackleton sitting still and and near the end of their endurance, they of its geographical or scientific goals been doing nothing wasn’t Shackleton at all,’ finally reached Stromness in the morning attained, but a ship and three men had been Macklin wrote. ‘We’d had all that at and informed the station manager, Thoralf lost, along with most of the scientific Patience Camp.’ McNish carried out Sørlle, of the disaster. Worsley set out that specimens. And yet the manner in which extensive work on the 22-foot (6.7-m) very night with a relief ship to collect the Shackleton and his officers held his party James Caird , including stiffening the keel, three men – and James Caird – from King together on the ice, and then proceeded to adding an extra mast, and overseeing the Haakon Bay. rescue them earned Shackleton recognition construction of a canvas decking to protect as one of the greatest leaders in the history Shackleton was determined to rescue the its interior. of exploration. men at Elephant Island as soon as possible. Shackleton carefully selected five Having organised passage back to England [Images courtesy of the Picture Library, companions for the voyage – Worsley, an for McNish, Vincent, and McCarthy, he Scott Polar Research Institute, University exceptionally skilled navigator; Crean, who arranged for the whaler Southern Sky , then of Cambridge] www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 937 Features

raise funds and to appoint an architect. In Crown Square are the ancient Royal The Scottish Entirely by public subscription funds poured Palace, Banqueting Hall and the rooms in National War in, predominantly from Scots within Scotland which are displayed the Scottish Regalia and and elsewhere in the UK. The first subscription other Royal Jewels – the so called Honours Memorial was of £500 (£25,000) received from a of Scotland . During the Great War they were Professor Gordon S Milne OBE prominent Scottish businessman, the second removed to a vault beneath the Palace was of 2/6d. (12.5p) from an ex-tinker serving building. This was to prove fortuitous for, in Part 1 in France with the Black Watch. 1916, a German Zeppelin dropped a bomb The ancient Castle, sitting atop the crag and Sir Robert Lorimer was appointed Architect- on the Castle Rock. tail formation of an extinct volcano, looks in-Chief. After delays in the design and The design and construction of the entire down on the douce City of Edinburgh. other processes, construction started in Memorial gives a most robust presence, 1923. Under his control over two hundred well-mannered within the context of Crown artists, artificers and labourers participated Square which it completes on its North side. in the project. The result is a creation of On the exterior symbolic or representative which the World has said “This is perfect” . features are deliberately few. Of note for The Opening Ceremony took place on 14th readers of this article is a carved stone July 1927 and was performed by the Prince commemorating the Mercantile Marine and of Wales. Their Majesties King George V and Royal Naval Reserve. Queen Mary, accompanied by the Princess Royal, then entered the Memorial.

Edinbburgh Castle To the North lies the Firth of Forth and the Port of Leith, for over 700 years to the present day it is the port for Edinburgh. From 16th to 19th Century Leith was the principal port of Scotland until Glasgow gained the premier position to become The Second City of the Empire . In 1917 the Secretary of State for Scotland Their Majesties King George V and Queen appointed a Committee to consider the Mary, accompanied by the Princess Royal, concept of a Scottish National Memorial to at the Opening Ceremony,1927 commemorate the Fallen in what was to be The actual site of the Memorial was the War to end all Wars . It was suggested originally occupied by the ancient Chapel of that the location of such a Memorial should St. Mary which was restored about the be on the Castle Rock within the Capital. On middle of the 14th Century. In time the The carved stone commemorating the 31st January 1918 the Cabinet of David Chapel was demolished to make way for the Mercantile Marine and Royal Naval Reserve Lloyd George approved the concept and the Garrison Barracks building which, in turn, location. The Committee was instructed to was to be removed. The site lay vacant until Leaving the noble, very Scottish exterior we proceed. It was presided over by HRH The the timeless Memorial was created. Some of enter the building and are presented with Prince of Wales with His Grace The Duke of the stone of the Barracks building was re- the emotional splendour of the Hall of Atholl as its Chairman. This became the used and incorporated with stone from Honour, a sanctuary of calm and serenity. Management Committee. Northumberland, all giving the appearance On its North side opposite the lofty entrance The Memorial was to be a permanent, that the Memorial has been part of Crown porch stands the Shrine entered through publicly accessible record, situated on the Square for Centuries. wrought-iron gates. unique national site, embracing the names The Scottish National War Memorial frontage and other details of war service of every Scots man and woman who died in the service of King and Country. Significantly, the Memorial was to embody the spirit of remembrance of sacrifice. It was not to be triumphant, lauding victory over the aggressor. It was to be respectful, sacred but occasionally secular in design. To be included in the building above the main door would be the words: To the Glory of God, And in Memory of Scots who Fell, 1914-1918 The initial tasks of the Committee were to

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The Navy window Much is said in this window of the sacrifices by the Royal Navy and clear reference is made on the panels below to HMS The Hall of Honour Carmania – importantly the former It is only right and proper to record that Cunarder RMS Carmania – and the German much of the Memorial is devoted to the Cap Trafalgar , both armed Merchant huge losses of soldiers of twelve old Scottish Cruisers which fought an epic battle, with Regiments, Corps, other Units, newer Carmania emerging with full honours. Regiments and the Naval and Air Services. Requisitioned merchant ships became fully These respectfully dominate the Hall of commissioned Royal Navy men-of-war. Honour. It is a purpose of this article to show Many Mercantile Marine officers and ratings due deference to these military losses, but thereby served in the RNR. also very specifically and essentially to dwell on the maritime elements of remembrance. In addition to the windows many These include the Merchant and Royal Navies magnificent Memorials to the Regiments are and related seafaring services. to be seen and admired with due reverence. One is to the Royal Marine and the Royal The windows which let in such glorious light Marine Artillery Regiment which played a are adorned with stained glass panels significant part in the onboard defence of representing many significant subjects, the merchant ships in both World Wars. four Seasons of the Year, the Air Services, The Shrine the sea and a dedication to all who go down To mariners the most relevant Memorial is in A green marble stone of remembrance sits thereto. This latter window is perhaps the the West Bay. Dedicated to the Brotherhood on the highest outcrop of the rock of the most arresting, not just of service but much of the sea and the personnel whose courage extinct volcano. On top of the stone is a deeper in significance, simply designated in adversity kept safe the high seas so that wrought-steel casket guarded by four with the immortal words ‘They have no commerce within our Country would remain bronze angels, the gift of King George V and other grave than the sea’. open and free from invasion. So is Queen Mary. The casket contains the books commemorated the Mercantile Marine, Stained glass window – Minesweeping with the names of the dead of the 1914-18 Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Naval Volunteer Trawler War deposited by their Majesties on the Reserve, the mine sweepers manned Opening Day in 1927. predominantly by fishermen of the East Coast, the Q Ships, the auxiliary Patrols including trawlers, drifters and private yachts. The whole dedicated by the citation on the Memorial: To the Officers and Men of the Mercantile Marine who laid down their lives in maintaining the Services of Transport and Supply during the Great War; and to those ranks and ratings of the Auxiliary vessels who sacrificed their lives in Home and Foreign waters so that Plan of the Memorial the Merchant Fleet might keep the seas www.hcmm.org.uk The Journal • Issue 3/2016 • Page 939 Features

2004 reduced the Service representation on The Honourable the Board to the Army, the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force each having decided not to Company of Master appoint a Trustee. Mariners Editorial The views expressed in articles or in correspondence appearing in the Journal are those of the writer and are not necessarily endorsed by the Honourable Company of Master Mariners. Items appearing in the Journal may not be reproduced without the consent of the Editor. The Editor will be pleased to receive correspondence from Members intended for reproduction in the Journal.

Committees The Mercantile Marine Memorial Education and Training Committee Below lie the Rolls of Honour and to the side Chairman: Commander Peter Aylott RN is the Red Ensign. The qualifications The Red Ensign necessary for names to be accessioned by Finance and Risk Committee the Trustees to the Rolls of Honour for Let us pause here awhile. Part 2 will tell in Chairman: Mr Iain Stitt World War I were set down as: detail the maritime part of this Membership Committee internationally renowned and venerated ‘To appear on the Roll of Honour of the Chairman: Memorial. It will embrace the WWI Admiral Sir Nigel Essenhigh GCB Scottish National War Memorial, a man Mercantile Marine aspects of the Memorial, Vice Chairman: or woman must have died between the those of the Merchant Navy and related Commander L Chapman specified dates or as a result of sickness maritime losses in World War II and or wounds acquired on service between subsequent theatres of conflict. Technical Committee these dates; must have belonged to a Chairman: Captain Ian Giddings distinctively Scottish Unit, or must have Acknowledgments, Bibliography and Credits All correspondence, books, documents been of Scottish origin, as follows: or enquiries relevant to the work of Scottish parents on both sides; Scottish Acknowledgments: parentage on his or her father’s side; the Technical Committee should be Major General Mark Strudwick, CBE continued residence in Scotland.’ addressed to the Secretary, Mrs Alison Chairman, and the Board of Trustees Harris c/o HQS Wellington . It is always a cause for confusion in the of the Scottish National War Memoria Treasures Committee minds of the visiting public that all the Chairman: Captain Graham Pepper, FNI references are to the Mercantile Marine Lt Col Roger J Binks Secretary to the Board whereas today’s generations know only of the of Trustees and Keeper of the Rolls Joint Informal Meetings designation The Merchant Navy. King George Lt Col Ian Shepherd Honorary Secretary: Mr Matt Burrow V’s request in 1928 that the Mercantile Immediate past Secretary and Keeper of the Rolls Wardroom Mess Committee Marine be henceforth known as MY Chairman: Mr John Johnson-Allen MERCHANT NAVY is not clearly understood. Bibliography: Their Name Liveth The Memorial was closed during World War The Journal The Book of the Scottish National War II. In December 1944 the Committee agreed Memorial – Hay (1931 and 1985) Editor to transfer responsibility for the fabric of the Commodore David Squire, CBE building to the then Ministry of Works. This The Scottish National War Memorial ‘Trees’, 45 Esp Lane, Barnoldswick, was effected in April 1945. Official Guide (2004). Lancashire BB18 5QQ In November 1947 the Royal Charter was Scotland’s Shrine Tel: 01282 814998 granted at the Court at St. James’s. The The Scottish National War Memorial – All correspondence, articles and Management Committee was then re- Macmillan (2014) reports for the Journal should be sent formed as the Board of Trustees of the Credits: Scottish National War Memorial. to the Editor’s home address, or by Photo images of the Elevation, Hall of email to [email protected] It is interesting to note that two Honour, Shrine, Window panel, RN Window Copy for Issue 4/2016 of The Journal amendments were made to the Royal and Mercantile Marine Memorial are should be sent to the Editor by Charter in 1975 and 2004. Neither altered reproduced by kind permission of the Friday, 18 November , 2016 the nature or functions of the Memorial and Trustees, Professor Duncan Macmillan and its Board of Trustees but the Amendment of Antonia Reeve

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