Well do i remember my first draft from Mercury - The Maidstone alongside Faslane as SM3.
This was just a naval base without the base - well we had a submariners bar which was rather lively then there was the chippy every night just outside the gate with his haggis and chips etc.
We actually went to see once on a flagwaver to Liverpool.
I went back several years later - what - a base with flash bar - discos etc - couldnae believe it jimmy.
Also spent time in Chatham after that joining Defender. Went back to Chats 2 years ago for a HMS Hermione reunion - they have made a good job of the historic dockyard and could even have a look round Pembroke which my wife being a steno enjoyed immensely.
Shame about Mercury though - wasted in the wilds of Hampshire. The most unsecure secure established in the mob no doubt as anyone could walk thru the middle of it as it was a public road. ah well nuff of this
This was just a naval base without the base - well we had a submariners bar which was rather lively then there was the chippy every night just outside the gate with his haggis and chips etc.
We actually went to see once on a flagwaver to Liverpool.
I went back several years later - what - a base with flash bar - discos etc - couldnae believe it jimmy.
Also spent time in Chatham after that joining Defender. Went back to Chats 2 years ago for a HMS Hermione reunion - they have made a good job of the historic dockyard and could even have a look round Pembroke which my wife being a steno enjoyed immensely.
Shame about Mercury though - wasted in the wilds of Hampshire. The most unsecure secure established in the mob no doubt as anyone could walk thru the middle of it as it was a public road. ah well nuff of this