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Name:	Dave Whitfield	Recognition Scroll Order a recognition scroll of Dave Whitfield
Nick Name:	Davey Crocket
Service Number:	psk934920
Ship/Establishment 1:	HMS Raleigh - (1953-1954)
Ship/Establishment 2:	Engineering Branch - (1953-1973)
Ship/Establishment 3:	HMS Victory -
Ship/Establishment 4:	HMS Whitesand Bay - (1954-1956)
Ship/Establishment 5:	HMS Loch Killisport - 2 (1955-1956)
Ship/Establishment 6:	HMS Zest - 3 (1956-1958)
Ship/Establishment 7:	HMS Ceylon - 5 (1958-1960)
Ship/Establishment 8:	HMS Cochrane -
Ship/Establishment 9:	HMS Lochinvar - (1960-1961)
Ship/Establishment 10:	HMS Orwell -
Ship/Establishment 11:	HMS Sultan - 6
Ship/Establishment 12:	HMS Bellerophon - (1963-1964)
Ship/Establishment 13:	HMS Excellent - (1964-1965)
Ship/Establishment 14:	HMS Sultan -
Ship/Establishment 15:	HM Dockyard Rosyth - (1966-1967)
Ship/Establishment 16:	HMS Barbican -
Ship/Establishment 17:	HMS Cochrane - (1969-1971)
Ship/Establishment 18:	HMS Lochinvar - (1971-1972)
Ship/Establishment 19:	HMS Victory -
Rank:	CPOM(E)
Year Joined:	1953
Where are you now?:	Living at a sea side resort on the coast of West Cumbria named: SILLOTH ON SOLWAY. an old Victorian built town from the 19th century.

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LOCH KILLISPORT ENTERING SYDNEY HARBOUR, great little ships,
3 drum admirality boilers,reciprocating engines,kie/limers each watch---sweating your guts out,dobie rash--oh happy memories!!!!!!!!! Can anyone beat that????

taken in Belguim on a 1st WW tour, the years take their toll!!!!!

taken on a trip thro` Japan, me in my younger days.

Slave Island,Colombo. Ceylon
A place where you had to keep your hand on your wallet, a lot of shady natives about.

My old mate Bryn Jenkins at Inchon Korea 1959

RFA WAVE MASTER WAITING TO FUEL A DESTROYER DURING AN EXERCISE
VIEWED FROM HMS WHITESAND BAY 1955

RFA TIDESURGE AWAITING A CUSTOMER FOR FUELLING 1956 AS VIEWED FROM HMS LOCH KILLISPORT

ANYONE OUT THERE WHO CAN PUT A NAME TO THESE STOKERS FROM THE CRUISER HMS CEYLON 1958/60 OR KNOW OF ANY OF THEM,PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

RFA TIDESURGE REFUELLING A CUSTOMER FROM STERN POSITION,1958

HMS WHITESAND BAY COMING IN TO REFUEL FROM RFA WAVE MASTER 1954

REMEMBER THE OLD RMS ORION SHE CARRIED THE FORCES MAIL FROM HOME--TAKEN JUST OFF ADEN 1955- AMOST WELCOME SIGHT

HMS RALEIGH NEW ENTRY STOKER BRANCH TRAINING 1953/4

HM Submarine TURPIN 1953--Later sold to Israel in 65 and renamed
LEVIATHAN

MV.HERTFORD.11,275 TONS.Federal Line.
New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd

Photo taken in 1954 in Timaru.New Zealand.

New entry HMS RALEIGH future stokers 1954

Passing out guard 1953 HMS RALEIGH
Note the old black hats (winter wear)

Main gate 1953 Note the old wooden huts,accomodation blocks.
HMS RALEIGH

The square bashing finished Part 1 HMS RALEIGH 1954
Stoker training

INS DELHI CROSSING THE BOWS OF THE CRUISER HMS CEYLON

HMS CENTAUR CROSSING BOWS OF THE CRUISER HMS CEYLON

HMS WHITESAND BAY PREPARING TO CLOSE ON RFA FORT CHARLOTTE TO TRANSFER STORES 1954

THE NAVAL CAMP ENTRANCE FOR HMS COCHRANE SITUATED AT DONIBRISTLE FIFE,THIS WAS BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT THAT WAS BUILT AT ROSYTH DOCKYARD,THIS CAMP WAS A WW2 RNAS.

Stokers of the lower messdeck Xmas 1958 HMS Ceylon

This was the Stoker handbook handed to you on joining the Stokers training establishment HMS RALEIGH--- 1950s ISSUE.

WE ALL REMEMBER THE NAAFI CLUB PLYMOUTH---SCRUMPY A PINT FOR A TANNER (6p old money)--strong stuff for raw recruits from Torpoint 2 of these and you were legless!!!!!!!!

NAME: ELSA a German shepherd full pedigree died this week age 15, she never put a paw wrong in all the years that we had her,the grand children would pull her to bits and dress her up in glasses and hats, a great and faithful friend and we will miss her.

HMS CAPTAIN THE TIME OF WOODEN DECKS AND IRON MEN

RFA RESURGENT. supply stores ship, life lines to the Royal Navy

S34-- THE NEW LOOK HM S/M TACITURN 1950s

HMS TRUELOVE-- IDEAL NAME FOR VALENTINE DAYS NOT REALLY GOOD TO WEAR A NAVY FLAT TOP(hat) WITH A NAME LIKE THAT ESPECIALLY DOWN UNION ST,PLYMOUTH!!!!!!!!!!
Ilast saw this ship in Chatham in `55.

HM SUBMARINE THETIS SEEN AT HER LAUNCH, SHE WAS LOST ON TRIALS IN Liverpool Bay June 1939 Recovered and renamed THUNDERBOLT served for a while in WW2 but was lost with all hands in the Med later in the war.

W class destroyer BATTLEAXE converted radar picket with the 2nd DS was in collision with HMS URSA in 62. towed to Blyth for scrapping in 64.

HMS ZEST shortly after her conversion from a Z class destroyer to frigate status

Ariel view of HMS FEARLESS on her final voyage seen here in Portsmouth harbour--- is she to be scrapped or preserved?

HMS LOCH KILLISPORT SAILING UNDER THE SYDNEY BRIDGE

HMS CEYLON LEADING THE ESCORT FOR THE ROYAL YACHT INTO SINGAPORE

HMS SOLESBAY COMING INTO THE NAVAL BASE SINGAPORE PASSING HMS CEYLON TO STARBOARD DURING THE VISIT OF THE R/YACHT TO MALAYA

HMS IMPULSIVE SPORTING THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR RECOGNITION BLACK BAND

HMS NELSON SHOWING THE ORIGINAL MAIN GATE TO RNB PORTSMOUTH WHEN IT WAS NAMED HMS VICTORY

HM Sub AFFRAY , SHE WAS LOST IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL IN APRIL 1951 , NO SURVIVERS,CAUSE WAS A FAULTY SCHNORKEL.

HMS RALEIGH NEW ENTRY STOKERS BRANCH 1953/4

On tour in Japan 1959 as a young 20 year old LM(E)
serving aboard HMS Ceylon

Me now as a bald headed OAP aged-------?????

HMS Hogue after her collision with
the INS Mysore 1959 ---Trincomalee

HMS PROTECTOR 1937- DRESSED AND OVERHAULED

HMS CLEOPATRA 1953, LATER ON IN 1956 SHE WAS THE ACCOMMODATION SHIP FOR THE RESERVE FLEET PORTSMOUTH

HMS ORWELL 1960 STATIONED AT ROSYTH,was taken out of reserve in
1959 and commence sea trials down to Portsmouth before returning back to Rosyth to be commissioned.

HMS ORWELL came out of reserve at Rosyth in 1960.A steaming crew took her on a trip to Portsmouth and back before putting her back into service.

HMS BULWARK AWAITING DISMANTLING AT CAIRN RYAN IN 1984
BUILT IN BELFAST IN 1953/4 AT H & W YARD =22,000 TONS.
SERVED AS A COMMANDO/HELICOPTER CARRIER.

HMS BULWARK AT THE BREAKERS AT CAIRN RYAN SCOTLAND 1984

HMS CEYLON 8,800TONS SERVED MOSTLY IN THE FAR EAST.
KOREA 1953. TRANSFERRED TO THE PERUVIAN NAVY IN 1960 AND RENAMED

HMS BIRMINGHAM SERVED IN KOREA 1953.
BROKEN UP AT INVERKEITHING SCOTLAND 1960

AN OLD FAVOURITE, HMS SHEFFIELD. 9,100 TONS.ENDED HER DAYS AT THE BREAKERS ,FASLANE 1967

Royal Navy pay scales for servicemen in the 50s

USS PHEONIX later bought by Argentina and named BELGRANO sunk in the Falklands conflict by a RN submarine

Navy using live bait to catch fish!!!!----any idea where or who took this one?

This is my wife and best mate for the last 56 years, we were at school together and were married while I was in the Navy, I could not have picked a better person to share my life with, God Bless her.

This is the imprint of a Japanese suicide plane that smashed into
the side of the cruiser HMS SUSSEX in the Pacific, a friend from another site gave me permission to post it, the wings,wheels and propellor can be clearly seen on the ships side---how lucky was she on that day.

HMS ZEST on her final voyage to the breakers, served aboard this ship in Londonderry in 1957

RFA RELIANT.nicknamed the YACHT because of her good looks.
Was used as an aviation stores ship. scrapped in 1977

The Isle Of Man STEAM Pack.Co. ferry boat seen here coming into Liverpool in the 60s, she saw service in the D-Day landings ferrying US troops to Omaha beaches.

Destroyers CROSSBOW & BROADSWORD seen here a Copenhagan on a goodwill visit in 1952

HMS WHELP W class destroyer transferred to the South African Navy and renamed SIMON VER DER STEL ---put on the disposal list for scrapping in 1976

This Sherman tank stands in the main square at BASTOGNE as a reminder of the German attack on the town and of the resistance of the US troops that held out against them and the famous words of the US officer in reply to the Germans to surrender

German BILBER type midget submarine, one on view at the Submarine Museum (HMS DOLPHIN) Gosport

Captain of HMS CEYLON 1958/60 on her last commission in the
RN---Admiral F.R.Twiss RN. instigator of stopping the rum issue in the Royal Navy substituting it with a extra beer issue to the lower deck.

HM S/M ALLIANCE open to the public at the Submarine Museum Gosport

HMS DUNCANSBY HEAD arriving in Malta during the 50s

HMS EXETER PICKING UP SPEED ON LEAVING PORT

HMS NOTTINGHAM hitching a lift back to Portsmouth from Australia.

HMS DARK AGGRESSOR launching a full set of torpedoes at speed.

HMS HERMES in 1982 on her way to the FALKLANDS

HMS MAGNIFICIENT after her return to the RN from being in service with the Canadian Navy--she is seen here at the end of her days awaiting her fate in the RESERVE FLEET

HM Submarine OSWALD sunk by Italian destroyers whilst on the surface in the 40s all but 2 of the crew were saved and spent the rest of the war in P.O.W camps

Captain now Admiral Sir Frank Twiss skipper of the cruiser CEYLON in 1958/60,sadly no longer with us---RIP.

HMS HOGUE refuelling out in the China Seas 1958/9, she was later in collision with the Indian cruiser MYSORE during an exercise, so badly damaged that it was too costly to repair and was scrapped out in the Far East.

Indian Navy Ship MYSORE which was in collision while on exercise with the destrOyer HOGUE in 59

HMS WHITESAND BAY on her way to the breakers, this was my first ship on joining the navy, served in her from 53-55,the funnel deck cracked during a gale in the Bay of Biscay and her fresh water system was always breaking down, this was my first experience of messdeck cooking where you had to prepare your food before taking it to the galley to cook.

HMS CEYLON before her final Far East commission 58/60, she was sold to Peru in Feb 1960 from Portsmouth.

HMS CEYLON on patrol in Korean waters 1949, notice the carley floats attached to the bridge structure.

Christmas Day Hanger mess HMS CEYLON 1959

Some of the Stokers from the Hanger messdeck sadly one or two have crossed the bar.HMS CEYLON 1958

Stokers relaxing in the Hanger messdeck HMS CEYLON 1959

Yours truely as a young 22 year old taken on tour of Japan 1959.

On the war walks around the 1st WW battlefields, thought that this shell would do for a door stop!!!!!!!!!!!!

I.N.S MYSORE seen here at Trinco prior to taking part in exercises in the Indian Ocean and her collisin with HMS HOGUE 1959

Minesweeper base at Port Edgar HMS LOCHINVAR

HMS HOGUE awaiting to be scrapped out in S`pore the results of her collision with the I.N.S MYSORE in 1959

HMS LOCH KILLISPORT on her visit to Sydney Australia 1961

The frigate ZEST entering harbour, she served in the Londonderry in 56/8 under the motif of the Red Hand of Ulster displayed on the funnel.

Old shipmates from the Loch Killisport 1955-Ginger Welby in the centre and Soapy Watson on the right.

CELTIC PIONEER paid a visit to the West coast of Cumbria this week.

HMS BLAKE arriving in Portsmouth harbour on completion of her final commission in 1979,she later spent 3 years in Reserve before being finally sent to the breakers.

The BELFAST, now open to the public in the Thames near Tower Bridge.

The Peruvian cruiser CORONEL BOLOGNESI, She was the Royal Navy`s HMS CEYLON until she was sold in 1960 to Peru.

HM Submarine TIRELESS on the surface in Artic conditions.

The midget submarine SPRAT on trials in the Solent in 1957

ALLIANCE as a show piece at the old navy submarine base HMS DOLPHIN, Gosport, now a museum.

TIRELESS in the ice during her patrols (secret).

HM Submarine GRAPH alongside the mother ship FORTH in the Holy Loch in 1943

HM Submarine OSWALD sank by Italian destroyers, 3 crew lost their lives when the sub went down, the rest of the crew were taken prisoners by the Italians.--WW2

A memorial to submarines and crew who failed to return to the mother ship based in Holy Loch during WW2.

M.V WILSON TEES unloading in a West Cumbrian port

MV MICHAEL DUDIN discharging cargo at Silloth, Cumbria.

M.V BEN VARREY a regular visitor to the West coast of Cumbria.

ARKLOW RIVER with another record cargo for the Silloth port.

A view of the Port of Silloth with Carr`s Flour mill to the left,
Molasses Tanks and the disused Cement Silo`s in the centre.

Evening scene showing the old ruined pier at the entrance to the Silloth Docks and the old light house in the distance.

Early morning scene viewed from the stern, homeward bound in the NORTH Sea the French coast in the back ground

Aboard the Cross Channel ferry bound for Hull,taken just as dawn was coming up, decks empty of passengers.

Wave Ruler at anchor out in Singapore(credit to Capt. Shaun Jones)

RFA TANKER refuelling the Colony class cruiser HMS CEYLON out in the South China Sea 1959

Wave Ruler in 1963,replaced by the present day ship of the same name

WAVE KNIGHT taken from the WAVE RULER (credit to Shaun Jones)

U995 was transferred to the Nowegian navy after WW2 served until the early 60s before being returned to Germany and is now a museum piece at Laboe.

The inside view off the engine room of the U995

U995 at Laboe now open to the public,served in the Norwegian navy after WW2, returned to Germany in the 1960s

HMS LOCH KILLISPORT in dry dock in Columbo, Ceylon 1955

Watch keeping on the old shore boiler supplying water to the old cruiser CLEOPATRA at Portsmouth 1956,I`m the one in the boiler suit and white cap and only 20 at the time, oh, happy days!!

Remember the old BSSI Club in Columbo, Ceylon. taken in 1955.

Dogs graves at the old Celonese Navy Camp at DIYATALAWA up country Ceylon.

Stokers showing off their muscle .PG 55
HMS LOCH KILLISPORT

Taken at the swimming pool at Juffair PG 1955

Royal Navy recruiting poster when the navy was urgently needing Stokers to man their ships.

An unknown coaster entering Ardrossen Harbour in1962

Shore boiler watchkeeping for the cruiser CLEOPATRA in 1956 at Portsmouth.

My old shipmate from the CEYLON sadly passed away 2years ago--taken in 1959

Ships and shore bases served in during my service career.

Sanctuary wood, WW1 battle field--ammunition was still being found in 2002--taken on tour of the battlefields in Europe.

King Hussain inspecting the CEYLON in 1958 seen here with her captain F R Twiss when we were at Abaddan taking a Scottish regiment off shore and transporting them to Mombasa.

4 of the Engineering branch from the LOCH KILLISPORT on R&R somewhere in the Persian Gulf 1956----a fine body of men!!!!!

Navy & RFA having a night out at the Brittania Club Singapore 1959----- the 3 lads in the centre were from the RFA RESURGENT
our supply ship out in the Far East.

Old favourite--HMS CEYLON served in her in 1958/60--great ship and crew.

HMS BATTLE AXE one of the ships that Cliff served in back in the 60s

One for your file Bill--Britannia Club --ME,3 lads from the RESURGENT+an unknown M(E)

Trinco 1959 aboard the CEYLON --- taking a breather--RN Base HIGHFLYER in the back ground.

Crane used at Silloth docks to unload the dreaded windmills that now litter the country side thro out the UK

HMS WHITESAND BAY arriving home to Portsmouth from service out in Korea 1954

The days when the RN had a navy --Light cruiser CEYLON on duty in the Far East 1958

Here`s one for your collection Bill--Commander Stobies report on ships movements to Aug.1959 HMS CEYLON

Captains report for the ships movements on arriving back in the UK 1959--this should be of interest to you Bill.

Commander D Stobie. RN who died last year. He was 2nd in command of the light cruiser CEYLON on her final commission to the Far East in1958/9. Promoted to Captain and was CO. of HMS VERNON 1963-5,retired in 1971.

Russian cargo vessel in the port of Silloth,Cumbria seen here after discharging fertiliser,they requested a diver to inspect the hull,no reason given.

Commissioning day for HMS CEYLON at Portsmouth in1958, this was to be the last commission to the Far East before she was sold to Peru in1960

This was taken when we were leaving harbour out in S`pore in 59 and no I was`nt the boiler room PO making the smoke Bill!!!!!

CEYLON in dry dock in Gibraltar or was it Portsmouth----memory lapse!!

HMS LOCH KILLISPORT entering harbour in Malta 1955

The old guard house at HMS LOCHINVAR (Queensferry).

The carrier EAGLE in rough weather,date unknown.

I`m told that these are boats of the Finnish Navy in reserve compounds.

Alf, the Canterbury ships Bell ringer- an ex RN stoker from the days of the Russian convoys in WW2

HMS LOCH KILLISPORT on duty in the Persian Gulf 1955 in the days where you could fry an egg on the steel deck, the days before she was fitted with air conditioning.

Remembrance Memorials

Remembrance Name:	BRYN JENKINS
Remembrance Name:	Dave
Remembrance Name:
Remembrance Name:	Ginger Welby
Remembrance Name:	Allen Woodward

Reunions Arranged

Reunion Name:	Loch Class Frigates
Reunion Name:	Z class DESTROYERS
Reunion Name:	Z class Destroyers

By chance i found this web page didn't really did not know what to make of it, maybe another bunch of chancers, on becoming a member, within ten minutes of browsing the web pages, a good mates details from thirty eight years ago appeared in front of me,we went to h.m.s.st.vincent for basic training and then posted to r.n.a.s. h.m.s. condor for trade training, on completion 1969 i went to h.m.s.goldcrest r.n.a.s. brawdy, he went to h.m.s. fulmar(lossiemouth) then we lost touch, our paths crossed but we didn't know it until nowJohn Lovell

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