Me too Badges. Nice one Uncle.2badge_mango said:BZ Uncle Albert
I remember it well. As a youngster with his heart set on joining the RN it had a great effect on me.
Rest in Peace Lads.
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Could Talent's be the incident Badges?:2badge_mango said:Rivet,
Your post jogged my memory and I had this sense of several tragedies close together just before I joined (May '52). Truculent obviously sticks in the mind, and I have established the dates of the loss of Affray (16.4.51) , and those poor kids in the Gillingham bus tragedy (4.12.51), but another one, in my mind involving a submarine and a dock caisson, I cannot drag from my memory. I'm almost certain it was a Chatham incident, but at my age and condition of mind, cannot be sure.
Can you help me?
Regards,
Peter.
2badge_mango said:Thank you Rivet. That's the one. My memory is obviously only working part time these days, I had it down for pre 1952 and wasn't sure if there was loss of life. I just had that feeling that for a few years, culminating with Sidon in 1955, the Submarine service had more than their fair share of peacetime losses.
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G_Rivet said:2badge_mango said:Thank you Rivet. That's the one. My memory is obviously only working part time these days, I had it down for pre 1952 and wasn't sure if there was loss of life. I just had that feeling that for a few years, culminating with Sidon in 1955, the Submarine service had more than their fair share of peacetime losses.
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Age dims our memories Badges. With regard to Sidon, I had the honour to attend her Memorial Service in Portland, June 2005. The 50th anniversary of that tragedy.
Yes Janner. I presented you with a bottle of Bubbly for your Association.janner said:G_Rivet said:2badge_mango said:Thank you Rivet. That's the one. My memory is obviously only working part time these days, I had it down for pre 1952 and wasn't sure if there was loss of life. I just had that feeling that for a few years, culminating with Sidon in 1955, the Submarine service had more than their fair share of peacetime losses.
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Age dims our memories Badges. With regard to Sidon, I had the honour to attend her Memorial Service in Portland, June 2005. The 50th anniversary of that tragedy.
GR did we meet??
Standard_Bearer said:I remember the incident quite clearly although I was still at school. Wasn't the film 'Morning Departure' based the Truculent disaster?
G_Rivet said:Yes Janner. I presented you with a bottle of Bubbly for your Association.janner said:G_Rivet said:2badge_mango said:Thank you Rivet. That's the one. My memory is obviously only working part time these days, I had it down for pre 1952 and wasn't sure if there was loss of life. I just had that feeling that for a few years, culminating with Sidon in 1955, the Submarine service had more than their fair share of peacetime losses.
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Age dims our memories Badges. With regard to Sidon, I had the honour to attend her Memorial Service in Portland, June 2005. The 50th anniversary of that tragedy.
GR did we meet??