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 Shotley Marina, Shotley Gate, Ipswich, IP9 1QJ. However lessons, culminating in a test, were much more difficult. Contents 1 Foundation and early history 1.1 Allegations of abuse 2 Ganges at Harwich 3 Ganges at Shotley 3.1 1906 changes 3.2 Later developments 3.3 First World War 3.4 Post war developments 3.5 Ganges in the Second World War 3.6 Postwar and closure 4 References 5 External links 11.00 to 17.00 Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays between Easter and the end of October. HMS Ganges moved moorings from Harwich to Shotley. Outbreak of World War One. HMS GANGES MUSEUM. We had no one to confide in, our instructors would more than likely told us not to tell tales. 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. It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. I was sent to the training Ship HMS Ganges a cruel harsh 12 months lay ahead of me and thousands of other boys. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). According to the HMS Ganges Museum, her timbers were used to make objects including a grand staircase on an estate, and a cocktail bar in a small hotel, both in Devon. She remained in service at RNTE Shotley until October 1976. Thanks again, D. R. WALTON the only O.E.M. Some boys failed the initial inspection which only lengthen their time in the freezing conditions. First Royal Navy ship to visit Eire, post independence? Abuse Details. Its really difficult to give a definitive time scale but once things get going I would imagine that progress will be very visible whereas a lot of the work going on over the past two or three years hasnt necessarily been seen by the public.. 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. Dec 30, 2016. 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This website and associated newspapers adhere to the Independent Press Standards Organisation's Observer career path/ real life experience. At about 60 feet was the Devil's Elbow, the most dangerous and frightening part. I knew only when it was over would I then be able to call myself a true Ganges Boy and, some years later, a real sailor. However, for most of us boys, qualifying meant we could wear the Bosuns chain with our uniform instead of a lanyard. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. A Gannett Company. I shuddered to the bone, as I'm sure did other boys. "Boys came into Ganges at age 15 and went into the navy as men at 16. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Ganges. 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. The site was closed in 1976 and was used as a maaried quarter estate by the RAF. JavaScript is disabled. contact the editor here. Please Login or Register. and I got seven days 9s. Ganges training establishment. I was at Ganges in 1955 and went to visit Shotley in 2005 and was surprised to see police signs near the old swimming baths. Martin Foster was treasurer for veterans who served at HMS Ganges training base in Sufffolk. Helpful. The former treasurer of a naval veterans' organisation has been jailed for 18 months after nearly 80,000 was withdrawn from its accounts. Helpful Report abuse Kindle Customer Sorting The Wheat From The Chaff Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2014 A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. The mast was erected in 1907 for boy entrant training purposes using the lower foremast (steel) from HMS Cordelia (1881) with other sections from the mizzen mast of HMS Agincourt (1865). 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. 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. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). May 46 to HMS Wakeful, Training Flotilla for a twelve-week tour from . "A lot of the boys came from foster homes, or Barnardos. Even by naval training standards life there was controlled by a very strict regime. While I was going through the various calls I felt his hand slipping up the back of my shorts. If you cracked on and didn't buckle you were okay, but I wouldn't want to do it again. Indeed, I have never met a shipmate would ever claim otherwise. Editors' Code of Practice. Posted on February 5, 2019 by irishroverpei. We caught up with Jim Dines, Director of TS Rigging, whose team. The showers at Ganges were just one bare room with several shower heads, no privacy. 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. Mr Davis added: They have had the last conditions, including the fire hydrants agreed. He was fondling my right cheek as I tried to concentrate on pipping. There was one hell to come, the Ganges mast! Welcome Guest. 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. Martin Foster, 54, of Haig Road, Uxbridge, had already admitted two charges of fraud by abuse of position. ", HMS Ganges as a warship (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). 1907. At 14 he ran away to join the Royal Navy and 'signed on' for 12 years. HMS Ganges was also known as Shotley Training Establishment . The showers usually took place at the crack of dawn, summer or winter we ran from the barrack towel around our waist to the showers. Mast erected using the foremast of HMS Cordelia, which was broken up 1904. Report abuse. He deserted on numerous occasions and willfully disobeyed orders . Nevertheless, as bad and as cruel as I have describe Ganges, I remain proud to call myself a Ganges Boy. This punishment was something I never witnessed and can only describe from what other boys told me. Read about our approach to external linking. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. From the top of the mast, its a long way to come ! 2023 BBC. HP10 9TY. This site uses cookies. This gallery has been set up as a home for images that have not so far been added to the Museums Official Website https://www.hmsgangesmuseum.com/ Saw your message. It had to be neatly folded and stacked, each item one above the other, with each item measuring exactly nine inches wide and one inch flat. 10/01/36- 08/02/36 HMS Pembroke. Ganges Tales of the T.R.O.G.s Paperback - 22 Nov. 1995 by John Douglas (Author), John Wheatley (Illustrator) 6 ratings Paperback 12.00 8 Used from 8.90 H.M.S. A question of Religion?Maybe MaybeNot???? Probably running away was the worse decision, they were always caught and returned to the camp. Each of us was required to construct a printing block using letters carved in wood. Observer career path/ real life experience. Who would have believed us, this was 1955 words like pedophile and sexual abuse were unheard of. Within ten minutes, a second pair of gates appeared, the gates of the real HMS Ganges. Engineer commander had been on Amethyst up the Yangtse and was quite sympathetic when he was OOD. Maybe we boxed each other in the Shotley annexe! The Duke of Edinburgh visiting HMS Ganges in June 1973 Picture: ARCHANT (Image: Archant). Didn't like it, there are better ways of teaching than violence, but it hardened me up and made me self disciplined. 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. Boys were permitted to march through the streets of Ipswich with bayonets fixed. I just got on with it. LEADING SEAMAN Served from 1961 - 1970 Served in HMS Ganges. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between 1905 and 1976. For breakfast porridge was on offer, that salt-coated gruel I'd been forced to eat every morning of my schoolboy days. I allowed my head to tilt backward, sending my gaze to the very top, to the lightning conductor where the Button Boy stood on ceremonial occasions. Mr W Im sure the surprise and very welcome CD that popped through my letter box today was from you dear sir, so thanks very much and Im looking forward to listening to it very soon. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. HMS Ganges is situated on the Shotley Peninsula in Suffolk. This site is part of Newsquest's audited local newspaper network. Several tales about bullying and the harsh regime generally, not so much about the famous and frequent official canings. These were all regular happenings at Ganges. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. Statistics for the 1930s indicate some 200 official canings per year in HMS Ganges alone, an average of four per week. Once the situation eases a bit there will be tangible progress to be seen.. CMEM (M) Served from 1972 - 1987 Served in HMS Ganges. It was easy to spot those who had been here the longest. Rumour had it many years ago a boy did fall, bouncing off the safety net and through the Post Office roof. "We're hoping that we can get some of the money back from him, but we don't know if that's going to be possible.". Learn how your comment data is processed. After initial training we were marched from the training camp. Doesnt sound too bad does it. The mast has been a local landmark since it was erected a century ago this year at the end of the Shotley peninsular. HMS Ganges was a training ship and later stone frigate of the Royal Navy. In attendance was a senior officer, medical officer and the master at arms. Tony Hayden. The white letters would then be transformed, by our nimble fingers, into red with silk thread using the chain stitch. I took a bowl and ate the lot. It was a facade hiding unknown treasures unknown tricks for us to perform, the first of which was to mark our kit with our names. She had taken on the previous duties from the wooden ship H.M.S. If you are dissatisfied with the response provided you can It is important that we continue to promote these adverts as our local businesses need as much support as possible during these challenging times. The test consisted of two lengths of the pool while wearing a boiler suit, then floating for five minutes. (LogOut/ If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to 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. STANDING on a wooden disc about a foot in diameter, and saluting, does not sound too much of a challenge, unless it is 143feet above the ground and you only have a lightning conductor to grip between your knees. The noise was excruciating. HMS Ganges being broken up after training was transferred to the land base at Shotley (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). 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. A history of the Royal Navy Training Establishment HMS Ganges. They say you never forget the place and I agree. Was anything in this navy free from fear? Ken said: It was a dreadful winter. Discipline was severe, routine constant and fear of punishment loomed at every turn. contact IPSO here, 2001-2023. In the first week of January it was snowed even harder and it snowed until March. Our abuse contact API returns data containing information belonging to the abuse contact of every IP address on the Internet. 1937. The number of air raids at Shotley began to increase dramatically and its ratings soon had to go to the air . After such a long time I think it will be a welcome relief for a lot of people. Picture: CLAGUE ARCHITECTS, Independent Babergh District councillor for Ganges, Derek Davis. Discussions between developers and Babergh District Council planning officers have been concluded five years after plans for the huge project were given outline planning permission in December 2015. 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. Hetzner Online GmbH, Industriestrasse 25, D-91710 Gunzenhausen, Germany +49 9831 505-0 abuse@hetzner.com. 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. Im quite sure few if any boys receiving cuts ever thought to run away again. Justin I saw the mast fully manned three times and it was a wonderful sight to see as it was so well choreographed and I was always amazed how the button boy could even get onto the button, when there was a breeze the mast moved a few good feet at the top of it and as I said all he had to hold onto was a knee high lighting conductor. 1905 - 1976 in the RN with the nickname Doc. The HMS Ganges training base, which opened in 1905, closed in 1976 and has remained . The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. I had already taught myself to swim. GANGES was the shore training establishment for boy entrants into the Royal Navy from 1905 until 1976. Jon Sparks. Royal Navy 238217 Ordinary Seaman HMS Niobe . 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, . "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? She was established as a boys' training establishment in 1865, and was based aboard a number of hulks before moving ashore. 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. Every new recruit was required to climb it, not to the very top but to the half moon, about thirty-feet from the top. Early in 1940 Admiralty decided to close Ganges as a Boys Training Establishment and in April it became a Hostilities Only Training Establishment. 1905 to 1976 saw 150,000 recruits pass through HMS Ganges. There's something to be said for finding how finding out how good you are at living with other people, and finding respect for yourself. The HMS Ganges site was initially opened in 1904 acted as a boys training facility for the Royal Navy. 1903. Captain Tremlett, the Senior Officer of training ships, was ordered to investigate the situation and reported that Commander Stevens 'had given punishments . the top rung of a six foot ladder is about my limit! 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 If you have a complaint about the editorial content which relates to I was ordered to report for my test one evening after supper. MT2 Served from 1965 - 2021 Served in HMS Ganges. JavaScript is disabled. Every letter of our names had to be perfectly in line. 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. I knew a gentleman who said when he was at Ganges in 1947 he had his first taste of hot food. Joined Ganges Feb '61..went through the same as everyone else. She was based alternately in Falmouth, Harwich (from 1899) and Shotley (from 1905). Attempts have been made to contact developers Haylink Ltd but have been unsucessfull. "They had a hard life, but they were fed and looked after. 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. Sad to see such an establishment close as it was so full of history and meant so much to so many. AboutPressCopyrightContact. An appeal by Woolverstone Parish Council was turned down two years later. (LogOut/ Many spars are believed to have come from this ship too. Today in Naval History - Naval / Maritime Events in History 13 March 1653 - Death of Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601, Rotterdam - buried 13 March 1653, Weesp) Simon de Vlieger (c. 1601, Rotterdam - buried 13 March 1653, Weesp) was a Dutch designer, draughtsman, and painter, most famous for. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN, Artist's impression showing the view across a residential street at the redeveloped HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Ronald Carr. As a subscriber, you are shown 80% less display advertising when reading our articles. The cold water often caused some boys to duck in and out of the water quickly or sometimes not at all. George Blake joined the Navy in 1935 and served up to 1950. 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. It may not display this or other websites correctly. I joined up in 1968,three years after my brother, he hated it I was one off the sad ones that loved it, even the kit musters on the mast! HMS GANGES 6th May 2009 - YouTube. But, because of the lockdown nothing has really moved and I think, even though construction workers havent leagally been told theyre not allowed to do anything, the owners are a bit reluctant to move. [1] I was so fearful of that oncoming event I was becoming a nervous wreck, each night reading the next day's daily orders, wondering if tomorrow would be the day I crapped my pants in public. Photos showing the rusting mast at the former site of HMS Ganges at Shotley peninsula have been released on social media, prompting concerns that the 142ft high structure is not being properly. Unfortunately HMS Ganges is no longer there apart from a few buildings and what is left of the mast. "The rest of the buildings, including Nelsons Hall and the swimming pool will be converted into flats, shops and a sports centre. As a matter of interest how many of you did your 22 and beyond not many I suspect therefore you look back with nostalgia, fcuking hated the place and made certain I never treated any of my guys the same as the youngsters were treated there. All thanks to my Instructor CMEM LUCKENS . Thus was the nature of Ganges harsh training regime. You are using an out of date browser. We were ushered in as a group of naked boys and told to wash thoroughly. Frederick "Ben" Rodgers author of "Lily & Me", "The Royal Navy & Me" and collector of Rover automobiles, Review from Newfoundland CraigChurchill. A Proceeds of Crime Act hearing is due to take place at Portsmouth Crown Court on 23 January. He was the officer that tested us when we endeavoured to qualify with a bosuns pipe. Some 100 boy-sailors were in the canteen, chewing and chattering; clattering knives forks and spoons against plates and bowls. 1976. It was named after a pre-existing training ship by the same name that was launched from Bombay and based at Shotley. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Two other ratings are recorded as 'drowning' whilst on the books of HMS Ganges and both were in 1944. Editors' Code of Practice. While the training ship was originally based in Cornwall, she was moved to Harwich, and then Shotley in the 1890s, in order to be closer to a centre of population. Boys normally signed up to a contract of 12 years, which would leave most of them aged in their late 20s after their tours. This page is dedicated to the memory of Tony whose commitment to the Royal Navy and especially HMS Ganges was unlimited. contact the editor here. The overall height is 143 feet 10 inches, with the button being 11 inches diameter and 3 inches thick. Crowned on June 2, 1953, at the age of 25, Elizabeth II went on to have the longest reign for a British queen. LRO (G) Served from 1975 - 1998 Served in HMS Ganges. Data returned from the Piano 'meterActive/meterExpired' callback event. Network 157.90../16 Abuse Contact API. Those ads you do see are predominantly from local businesses promoting local services. H.M.S. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. HMS Ganges is a little bit different though, because they have to get the spine road in first and do some prep work. A Gannett Company. One not only suffered the punishment such as doubling up and down the steps of laundry hill with a 303 rifle held high. It had been HO (Hostilities-only) traing during the war. From the annexe, I had sometimes seen it, partly hidden by snowy skies as it towered above the buildings, and it looked frightening then, but now, marching beneath its cobweb rigging, it looked truly awesome. The kindly chef asked me whether I intended to eat the mountain of food I'd heaped on my plate or climb it! 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. 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. 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. Read about our approach to external linking. I wrote this song a long time ago. Restoration of the historic HMS Ganges Mast is well under way at Barrelmans Point in Shotley. Down the road we proudly thundered, the first time any of us had seen the outside words since the day of our arrival. Developers Wavensmere Homes and Galliard Homes plan to build almost 300 homes on the site and include a restored mast in the development. A planning application for the site was submitted and outline permission was granted in 2015. Real posh supercilious bastard. HP10 9TY. In 1907, its famous training mast was erected on the parade ground. On the parade ground the order went something like On the command fix! The left hand went behind the cheek of your left buttock and twisted the bayonet and scabbard upward. Roger Jones, chairman at the HMS Ganges Museum said: "HMS Ganges was originally a ship of the wooden wall, launched in 1821. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. contact the editor here. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. Jim Gitsham, chairman of the Shotley branch of the HMS Ganges Association, said: "Members will be delighted that he's going down. First time ever looking at any RN sights. Recruits are shown how to stow a hammock - date of photograph unknown. I arrived at Ganges in the late afternoon on March 15th 1955, along with roughly a hundred other fifteen year old boys. The culprit was brought before the Commanders table, the punishment was awarded as six or twelve cuts. 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. Finally he withdrew his hand and declared I passed the test. Registered in England & Wales | 01676637 |. Newsquest Media Group Ltd, Loudwater Mill, Station Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. One person found this helpful. October, new Shore Establishment created and commissioned as Royal Navy Training Establishment, Shotley. Ken Smith, who now lives in Brighton, sent me memories of arriving at HMS Ganges in the severe winter of 1963 and his fear of the dreaded mast. last entry 16.30 We are also please to welcome visitors at any other time by prior appointment - please telephone 01473 788315 or 01473 788723 to arrange this. HMS Ganges as a training ship in the 1900s (Image: HMS Ganges Museum). Richard Dunn. One lad, a Geordie, was drafted early to a Destroyer bound for the Mediterraniann sailed from Plymouth He was washed overboard on his first few hours at sea..His parents never knew of the misery he suffered at Ganges. 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. It was hoped that Developers Haylink Ltd would start work early this year, but their plans were scuppered by the Covid-19 pandemic. 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