Royal Navy, HMS Ganges.

Royal Navy old style, Ganges Mast was and could be manned at any time, in snow and ice, during the night, c/w pyjamas! Clean your kit all day only for an Officer to throw a bucket of mud over it..character building. Sounding a bugle at 4am go for a cross country run, and back to bed again, woken at 6am for a cold shower. Training young boys to become good seamen. So He can take his place in the fleet, and He can carry out any task or Duty at any time.

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[Pigloop1]

memories .memories memories. wonderful place Ships company there then on to HMSFlintham

I remember VEPS sessions VP sherry and beer with a guy Ginge Bissett Jed Stone if I remember correctly was a tall built guy with a permanant 7 oclock shadow on his chin.Sad

that my thoughts are dimmed But a huge debt is owed by the country to some of the guys who passed through Ganges

Sad to see the place as it is

[WELLBRAN]

@Pigloop1 Nice that it brought back memories for you, and your quote :

"a huge debt is owed by the country to some of the guys who passed through Ganges" is the best quote made here.

[bgm1948]

This vid sent a tingle down my spine, I was there in 63, hated the place. So glad when I left there and joined my first ship, things only got better. Had a wonderful career, apart that is from Ganges, I left in 1988.

[WELLBRAN]

@bgm1948 strange as you loved it or hated it but either way you were trained well my Dad wanted to go there and he did feel like running away when he got there but after he loved the place and as a boy I only heard good things from him about it, he talked with much affection for it, but he never said it was easy!

[billydelaney1]

I joined Ganges in july 1971. Rodney Division 44mess. OEM.

Climbed the mast stood on the button of a sports day in August.

Life changing establishment that defined a lot of my life. It was the best year I have spent out of 56 so far.

All us kids, those brutal PO's and I even made it to being a badge boy and the drum major of the Bugle band.

Excellent times

All the best

Billy Delaey

[WELLBRAN]

@billydelaney1 Thanks for dropping by Bill and for the comment you are like my father he LOVED that place I still to this day Clean my shoes a la Ganges style like he tought me...lol

[hazz21]

Can't belive that's what my grandad had too do. Makes me proud.

[type42sheff]

Button boy got some balls

[7thsubmarines]

I was at Ganges in 1957 Blake Div 4 mess -class 272. Really tough place to learn how to look after yourself . Very tough instructors but mostly very fair. Punishments like double around the parade ground in full gear with rifle above your head and the dreaded Shotley Routine up and down Laundry Hill was a killer. Fezz Parker

[IRememberTheOldDays]

@billydelaney1 I am extremely jealous of you! Id love to have gone to Ganges and continue that proud naval tradition! It was an absolute farce that they even considered closing her down. god, I wish Id been born 60 years ago : /

[dave2806]

turn the clock back and give the kids today a chance to shine . god bless the senior service