If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to contact the editor here. Please Login or Register. To get to the platform you would climb out over the Devil's Elbow, legs dangling in the air, only your grip keeping you from certain death. To get out of the showers we had to stand before our instructor legs apart arms raised for inspection. The cold water often caused some boys to duck in and out of the water quickly or sometimes not at all. They looked smarter, more confident, or even downright dejected. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. It would seem those boy-sailors who were seconds ago shoving sausages into smiling faces, had all disappeared into that terrifying building, and by the cries belching from its belly were being eaten alive. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships since from 1779, but in 1905 it was chosen as title for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich where about 500 boy recruits. I was ordered to report for my test one evening after supper. One person found this helpful. You are using an out of date browser. Initially, training continued to be carried out on the vessel, but after the completion of a shore-based facility at Shotley, the ship was sent to be broken up. The inquiry was carried out by Hampshire Police after debit card transactions of 4,200 and cash machine withdrawals totalling 74,000 were made from the association's bank accounts between August 2010 and June 2012. Find out more about HMS Ganges at www.hmsgangesmuseum.com, or visit the museum, located at the end of King Edward VII Drive, in Shotley, IP9 1QJ. My DO was so unforgetable I can't remember his name, but he ponced around with his handky up his sleeve and a curled lip. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. At Gagnes they spent 12 months training, and they learned everything you need to do to run a ship. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. At the tip of the Shotley peninsular sits a cluster of abandoned buildings that were once home to hundreds of young lads right at the start of their lives at sea. It was named after a pre-existing training ship by the same name that was launched from Bombay and based at Shotley. I heard many boys saying things like , dont bend over in front of the seamanship officer, or always face him dont turn around. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. View of the iconic mast at the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Download Citation | On Feb 1, 2023, Olivier Champagne and others published Future change in amplitude and timing of high-flow events in a Canadian subarctic watershed | Find, read and cite all the . If you cracked on and didn't buckle you were okay, but I wouldn't want to do it again. It. yes I was there in 92 .Essex, Nolfolk , Herts Suffolk and Cambs police all used it. May 46 to HMS Wakeful, Training Flotilla for a twelve-week tour from . A history of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. Martin Foster, 54, of Haig Road, Uxbridge, had already admitted two charges of fraud by abuse of position. July 27, Awarded the Freedom of Ipswich. You are using an out of date browser. Today lots of those instructors (JIs and Badgeboys included) would be in front of the beak for various abuses, harassment and bullying. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Researched and compiled by A. S. Grimmer (Solent Division) who sadly crossed the bar 6th January 2007. Mast erected using the foremast of HMS Cordelia, which was broken up 1904. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. It was easy to spot those who had been here the longest. He had the misfortune to be placed under the care of two particularly brutal and drunken instructors whose continual bullying and abuse proved too much for this emerging free spirit . Even by naval training standards life there was controlled by a very strict regime. Finally he withdrew his hand and declared I passed the test. This was the job of the button boy at HMS Ganges who had to shin up the last fifteen feet or so to climb on the button during ceremonial parades. Our abuse contact API returns data containing information belonging to the abuse contact of every IP address on the Internet. Thanks again, D. R. WALTON the only O.E.M. Now i know why! Probably running away was the worse decision, they were always caught and returned to the camp. He was fondling my right cheek as I tried to concentrate on pipping. I just got on with it. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can I joined Ganges 30th June 1955 also as a boy telegraphist. H.M.S. HMS GANGES MUSEUM. This was followed by a leap from the diving board, as high as any tree I'd ever climbed, wearing the waterlogged boiler suit and a lifejacket. The Royal Naval Training Establishment Shotley (known within the Royal Navy as HMS Ganges) was established in southern Suffolk in 1905. 1906. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's There was one hell to come, the Ganges mast! Im here as my Son (15) wants to join the RN - Wellbeck route AIB soon. Captain Tremlett, the Senior Officer of training ships, was ordered to investigate the situation and reported that Commander Stevens 'had given punishments . First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? (LogOut/ She was the last wooden wall ship to be a flagship, and the last to sail around cape horn unassisted. They faced what was without doubt the most severe punishment, cuts. They looked like what we didn't, sailors. Report . The previous evening I'd arrived at HMS Ganges training annexe, with an assortment of other would-be-sailors, and was placed in the capable hands of a spotty-faced junior instructor and a bullet-proof gunnery instructor who wore crossed guns on both lapels. It had to be a joke! 1905. Work on the scheme, which would see 285 new homes, a 60-bed nursing home, a large retail space and areas for medical services, will not be started until a spine road through the site, which will take the bulk of construction traffic away from main roads, is built. Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. A Gannett Company. HMS Ganges organisation of meals - covering the galley in the Long Covered Way/messdeck dining, and the introduction of the CMG block /communal dining - dated 1952. c. Punishment of Juniors (U) at HMS Ganges dated 1970. d. Restrictions on the caning of boys as a punishment dated 1929-1931. Life at Ganges was recalled recently in The Evening Star when a book about the base by Alan Peck was published. My heart sank and my elation evaporated as I desperately tried to quash all fears of my body falling from the Devil's Elbow. These were all regular happenings at Ganges. ", The honours board from the HMS Ganges, showing the victories of all the Royal Navy ships bearing the name (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Jim Gitsham, chairman of the Shotley branch of the HMS Ganges Association, said: "Members will be delighted that he's going down. Shotley Marina, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, IP9 1QJ. Like lots of other boys I ran away from home when I was 14 yrs old and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Seaman 2nd class. Padre Weekes was always good for a fag and Jim Conroy (PTI) taught me to yodel. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. 'Letters back to front, remember!' There was also a degree of sexual abuse going on at Ganges, but we boys were too scared to ever complain or report such incidents. "The rest of the buildings, including Nelsons Hall and the swimming pool will be converted into flats, shops and a sports centre. Discipline was severe, routine constant and fear of punishment loomed at every turn. Steve Tarr. Name Hetzner Online GmbH - Contact Role. Anniversary Toast - HMS RALEIGH 25th Oct 2009, Telegraph: "Captain Peter Grindal Obituary", Future Ford vehicles could repossess themselves, 10 myths told by Covid 'experts' now debunked. He was the officer that tested us when we endeavoured to qualify with a bosuns pipe. The only thing I can remember of that awesome night, apart from collecting a kit bag and filling it to capacity with kit, was sobbing myself to sleep and that I ate the biggest meal I'd ever eaten in my entire 15 years of life. In 1905 when the Ganges vessel was finally retired (and towed away to Chatham), the training facility, still named HMS Ganges, moved ashore. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN, Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. First the older of the two, Maurice WRIGHT JX 657902. However, in the meantime we were still at the mercy of our instructors. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. 4 reviews When Peter Broadbent entered HMS Ganges, the toughest training establishment for young recruits to the Royal Navy, he was a naive 15-year-old Yorkshire schoolboy, entranced with the idea of seeing the world, proud of his drainpipe trousers and DA hairstyle, and eager to meet girls. interesting .. photos of the old pool. Mr Jones said: "There is a lot of truth to the statement that you entered as a boy, but left as a man. RO1 (T) Served from 1970 - 1975 Served in HMS Ganges. . 2023 BBC. The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Many spars are believed to have come from this ship too. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE, HE'S NOT HERE TODAYTHE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAYFIFTEEN YEARS OF LEARNING, HE'LL NOT GO DOWN THE MINESO WE TOOK HIM NEAR TO IPSWICH TOWNFAR FROM THE SEAMS OF THE TYNEIN A PLACE THEY STILL CALL 'GANGES' WITH TWO THOUSAND OTHER BOYSHE LEARNED TO SPLICE AND SAIL A BOATTALL ORDERS WERE HIS TOYSTHE 'BULLY BOYS' CAME NIGHTLY, DID THINGS A BOY COUNDN'T TELLBUT THEY MADE HIM WRITE IN HIS LETTERS HOME MAMMA YOU'R BOY'S DOIN WELLTHEN NEWS CAME OF SOME FIGHTING IN A FAR OFF DISTANT LANDWE NEED THOSE BOYS THUS SPAKE FOUR RINGSIN OUR BIG SHIPS THEY CAN RIDEIT'S WRITTEN ON HIS PAPERS, TWAS NOT THE DEED OF A MAN BUT A WAVE THAT TOOK MY GEORDIE BOYFIVE MILES OFF PLYMOUTH SOUNDSO NO FLOWERS FOR GEORDIE HE'S NOT HERE TODAY THE SEA HAS CLAIMED MY GEORDIE BOYPLEASE NO FLOWERS TODAY. A planning application for the site was submitted and outline permission was granted in 2015. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. The overall height is 143 feet 10 inches, with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches thick. HMS Ganges is a little bit different though, because they have to get the spine road in first and do some prep work. Coronation Day of George VI. Among his many punishments, he suffered cuts, a particularly brutal form of Naval punishment. Helpful. Boys normally signed up to a contract of 12 years, which would leave most of them aged in their late 20s after their tours. I was sent to the training Ship HMS Ganges a cruel harsh 12 months lay ahead of me and thousands of other boys. Realizing his mistake he fought back and with no way out he had no choice but to work his ticket. The kindly chef asked me whether I intended to eat the mountain of food I'd heaped on my plate or climb it! inaccuracy or intrusion, then please The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Ganges. 1905 - 1976 Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Independent Babergh District councillor for Ganges, Derek Davis. Sailors' uniforms were a familiar sight in our area until HMS Ganges closed in June 1976. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. The Cattlemarket area of Ipswich would be busy at weekends with boys in full naval uniform. Should one of letters be a millimetre out, you found the lot on the deck when you returned to the mess. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. HMS Ganges (1821) This page summarises records created by this Organisation The summary includes a brief description of the collection (s) (usually including the covering dates of the. Such a tragedy that this historical place has been left to rot. The Admiralty decided that the shore base should bear the name of the original training ship, HMS Ganges. Doesnt sound too bad does it. On the remainder of the command 'Bayonets' the left hand pulled the bayonet from the scabbard, placed it on the barrel of the rifle and, with a quick twist of the wrist, secured it in place. I was out of there in an instant, but never said a word to anyone, I was just happy it was over and I had qualified. Tony Hayden. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT. The money belonged to the HMS Ganges Association for people who served at the former naval training base at Shotley Gate near Ipswich, Suffolk. It was as we crossed the parade ground the whole bunch of us suddenly froze and spun to face a huge aircraft-hanger-of-a-building running along its length. 1907. Maurice was nothing to do with HMS Ganges, in fact he had been a crew member of HMS Hambledon. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between 1905 and 1976. Maybe we were unlucky with Instructors as one was Court Marshalled, discharged and sent to prison for so called abuse. During Ganges's time in Cornwall allegations of harsh and brutal treatment were reported to the Admiralty.One wardroom steward shot himself over the matter, and the reports aroused indignation in the local community. Recruits used to climb the 143ft (44m)-high mast in formation, with the "button boy" standing on a small, circular platform at the very top, hands-free, but with his legs resting against a metal supporting bar. ", HMS Ganges as a warship (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). George Blake joined the Navy in 1935 and served up to 1950. Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Print length 264 pages Language English Publisher Second City Publishers, Penmarth, Cornwall Publication date 22 Nov. 1995 ISBN-10 090681605X ISBN-13 The rest of the class were not pleased to suffer because of one boys stupidity and sometimes made a cruel point of letting the culprit know. Down the road we proudly thundered, the first time any of us had seen the outside words since the day of our arrival. After initial training we were marched from the training camp. Aerial artist's impression of one of the green spaces earmarked for the former HMS. I had already taught myself to swim. We had just finished PT before going to supper, so I was in shorts. I recall watching a boy, who had been thrown in the deep end of the swimming pool, struggling in the water while a sadistic instructor smiled, saying, 'Look what happens if you can't bloody well swim?' Offenders, known in the Navy as "defaulters", were mustered every morning and went before the Captain for a formal hearing, where they could be "awarded" up to 12 "cuts" -- very hard strokes of St George IOM Boys training 3/5/45 Christmas leave 45 took all kit and returned to Ipswich station, then by the ubiquitous 3 ton Bedford to Shotley where we reopened HMS Ganges as a boys establishment. There was also a degree of sexual abuse going on at Ganges, but we boys were too scared to ever complain or report such incidents. Saw your message. Charles Dickens might have penned it the best of times and the worst of times. Maybe we boxed each other in the Shotley annexe! Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. Rumour had it many years ago a boy did fall, bouncing off the safety net and through the Post Office roof. This was where the roped rigging jutted out some ten feet - above it, the platform. Ken said: It was a dreadful winter. The test consisted of two lengths of the pool while wearing a boiler suit, then floating for five minutes. Network 157.90../16 Abuse Contact API. 1914. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. A question of Religion?Maybe MaybeNot???? Roger Jones, chairman at the HMS Ganges Museum said: "HMS Ganges was originally a ship of the wooden wall, launched in 1821. There was a way to bypass it for cowards like me, but God help you if you tried using it. HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment . The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1961 - 1970 Served in HMS Ganges. BBC Blue Peter presenter John Noakes attempted to climb to the top of the mast. The 142-foot high (43 m) mast was erected in 1907. He was sitting on a stool and told me to stand in front of him and begin. Restoration of the historic HMS Ganges Mast is well under way at Barrelmans Point in Shotley. 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In 1907, its famous 143ft (44m)-high training . Our kit was stowed in small silver lockers that we polished daily, but not like any normal person would stow their clothes. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. Learn how your comment data is processed. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships from 1779 onwards, but in 1905 it was chosen for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich, where about 500 boy recruits were. what an incredible article, thanks for that dave, how far did you get up that mast? The water was freezing cold, we never had hot water. A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. Every letter of our names had to be perfectly in line. A Gannett Company. 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He was sentenced at Portsmouth Crown Court. Roe told me "I don't like you." The skipper was HS McKenzie who went FOSM. Change). contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. Once the situation eases a bit there will be tangible progress to be seen.. It was hard, often . It may not display this or other websites correctly. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships since from 1779, but in 1905 it was chosen as title for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich where about 500 boy recruits were stationed. I wrote this song a long time ago. . Didn't like it, there are better ways of teaching than violence, but it hardened me up and made me self disciplined. Bob Roberts. I had thought that our group were the only sailors, if we dared call ourselves that, in this annexe, but I was soon to discover there was a continuous rotation of faces, each at various stages of initiation, a small factory taking in baby civilians at one end and throwing out almost sailors into the real HMS Ganges at the other. "It's very high - you get a good view though.". 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Sadists most of them and that's from a 15 year old who was in a council care home before he joined, streetwise to fcuk and kept my head down. HP10 9TY. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Welcome Guest. These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience the local community. Every new recruit was required to climb it, not to the very top but to the half moon, about thirty-feet from the top. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich and Shotley . Ganges will for ever be the legacy of every young boy who passed through those distant gates to emerge as a sailor and a man. I knew a gentleman who said when he was at Ganges in 1947 he had his first taste of hot food. I knew that once the weather was respectable, when it was no longer dangerous, my skinny little skeleton would be transported, step by trembling step, up that perilous rigging. Outbreak of World War One. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can From the top of the mast, its a long way to come ! Most boys just wanted to complete their year and go to sea. This was the job of the button boy at HMS Ganges who had to shin up the last fifteen feet or so to climb on the button during ceremonial parades. She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. Babergh District councillor Ganges, Derek Davis, said: From my own personal perspective I have seen how closely our officers and our planning team have worked with the owners of the site and I can imagine that once the lockdown is over and the guys get started, progress will be made very quickly. No way would the Royal Navy let the opportunity to instill fear into a young boy pass them by, So began another nine months of laughter and tears, disaster and joy. The lower portion of the mast is steel, extending 18 feet (5.5 m) below ground and 30 feet (9.1 m) above ground. I took a bowl and ate the lot. Thus was the nature of Ganges harsh training regime. ", The sailors in training doing exercises outside the gym (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). [1] Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 June 2021 . Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 1903. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. On his 15th Birthday he was sent, with 2000 other boys, to the notorious HMS Ganges training establishment at Shotley Point where a harsh regime held sway. From it came bloodcurdling cries of command, so frightening that I most surely would have obeyed them myself, if had I understood what they meant. The greatest fear was of messing up, this meant the whole class was punished. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. July 5 The old HMS Ganges sails out of Harwich Harbour. Heard so much about HMS Ganges though and it sounded very good for developing 'real sailors ' but as much as I hate to admit it I suspect it would have been too much for me . George Douglas Blake HMS Warspite. CPO (OPS) (EW) Served from 1966 - 1991 Served in HMS Ganges. HMS Ganges was the name given to several Royal Navy ships from 1779 onwards, but in 1905 it was chosen for a new training base at Shotley Gate, near Ipswich, where about 500 boy recruits were stationed. Im quite sure few if any boys receiving cuts ever thought to run away again. Standing at 143ft, the mast is made up of three main parts; the main 75ft mast came from HMS Cordelia, a steam corvette built in Portsmouth, the top mast of 47.5 ft wooden ruffle box from HMS Agincourt, which was renamed HMS Boscawen, and then Ganges II. Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestrasse 25, D-91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany +49 9831 505-0 abuse@hetzner.com. We were ordered to turn around and bend over, if the instructor was satisfied we were clean, we were allowed out. However lessons, culminating in a test, were much more difficult. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. After sewing on a tag and sporting a proud smile as I offered it up for inspection to that gorilla-of-gunner, I was sent scurrying away, ears ringing from slaps and vehement words, asking myself, 'How the hell did I mange to sew the tag on upside-down?'. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. the top rung of a six foot ladder is about my limit! Royal Navy 238217 Boy 1st Class HMS Ganges II. "In 1860 she was decommissioned and laid up, and in 1866 she was turned into a training ship, and her guns were removed. The HMS Ganges training base, which opened in 1905, closed in 1976 and has remained . Old men on the HMS Ganges Facebook page and it helps keep alive my time spent there. "I remember another of the Ganges boys, they were talking to a visitor at the museum, and she said 'it was quite brutal, wasn't it? Royal Navy 238217 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe . HP10 9TY. later times). Even if it amazingly stayed put, as soon as I slammed the rifle onto the parade ground off it popped again. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? It would not be an exaggeration to say not one of us had the slightest idea of what lay in store for the next year. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is due to take place at Portsmouth Crown Court on 23 January. www.amazon.co.uk/H-m-S-Ganges-Dozen/dp/0906418003/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269273975&sr=1-1, www.navy-net.co.uk/Forums/viewtopic/t=134/postdays=0/postorder=asc/start=0.html, www.veterans-uk.info/vets_badge/vets_badge.htm. AboutPressCopyrightContact. We caught up with Jim Dines, Director of TS Rigging, whose team. . This page is dedicated to the memory of Tony whose commitment to the Royal Navy and especially HMS Ganges was unlimited. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. Two other ratings are recorded as 'drowning' whilst on the books of HMS Ganges and both were in 1944. Free (donations towards running costs are welcome) Richard Dunn. Observer career path/ real life experience. A Gannett Company. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and signed on for 12 years. ', and he replied that it was the first time he had a warm bed, three hot meals a day, and a roof over his head that didn't leak. 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