HMS Ganges

Walk around the outside of abandoned HMS ganges, Feb 2008. Traffic is passing through the site while work rebuilding the marina road is carried out, hence the large fences. Most of the buildings appear securely boarded, with suprisingly little vandalism, although the blocks near the gate look in a bad way.

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[IRememberTheOldDays]

@CHILLO1231 fucking miserable isnt it :(

[IRememberTheOldDays]

@blagger56 all three women at once!? Christ!

[blagger56]

@Llamehtdos2 I remember having to run up and down Faith, Hope and Charity...that was bloody murder.

[krisfirth]

Oh what a state this place is very sad I started in the Annexe as a nozzer in Oct 67 then transferred to Granville division mess 25 It was hard graft but I look back on it very fondly it surely shaped my life I still use some of the same values to this day. Also joined the Bugle Band Sgt Rickard from the Royal Marines was the musical dorector he was a great guy and like anything else you did if you put the effort in the PO's CPO's noticed and would help you out CPO Ritchie was our Leader

[superpeploe]

" Walk around the outside"???????? the cameraman is walking along the hallowed Quarter-deck, where I was fell in as part of the guard to welcome the new CO, Captain Geoffrey Place VC in 1964. The building on the left was officers admin. The long covered way was to the right. Shame to see it in such a state now...........Jim Peggie

[Llamehtdos2]

@Llamehtdos2

By the way, does anyone else remember a tour of the Tolly Cobold (shpelling?!) brewery? I seem to remember so young lads sat on the bog the whole of the next day!

[Llamehtdos2]

@carl2456

Green Gilbert! I had forgotten that but the again I am getting long in the tooth (1969 entrant!) I remember Doby dust thought and those excellent dryers in the laundry. Also have memories of spray starch and doing creases using the id card to separate them! Anyone remember the small hovercraft at the top of Frobisher Division? I was on the deck next to it! and the PTI's making us run up and down that bloody hill! Swines lol Truly life making days!

[gotland483]

16 September 1975.......Lovely.

[Pommey82]

Only just found this, joined in september1970, spent 12 months here before going to HMS Mercury, tough but great fun too. Very fond memories, looked it up on Google Earth to find it all gone!

[CHILLO1231]

feb 75 .....633 class( leander )...our p.o was p.o.snowball....ibought a zippo lighter at the naafi with the ganges crest i still have it n it still works ......shame the same cant be said for the establishment