Amateur radio. Collingwood 36 mess at the top of Benbow Lane. For more information, please see our Privacy Policy, Please enter a password with 6 characters or more. Ganges could have been up-to-date easily, but the Brit class system got its anchor fouled up well. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for British MT Beckenham& HMS Woodlark in pool of london 1984 ship photo at the best online prices at eBay! Family ww1 research. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! 1969 - Presentation. I passed out, but transfered to the Bootnecks(!!!) H.M.S. It went on to become a landmark for the forces and for Suffolk . 1966 - RO Chappell. Happy days, tough but did us no harm in the long run. Is he listed in the CWGC Roll or does he just have a CWGC style Headstone?? It is just a pity that Ganges could not have been transformed into a correction centre for some of todays youths,then I think we might have not much bad behaviour. I joined Ganges 6 Feb 1961 for entry into the Fleet Air Arm as a mechanic. 29 recruitment Duncan 11 mess 1960 to 1961. h4 {font-family: calibri; font-size: 17px; text-align:left; color: #000000;} 1969 - Dr David Owen. These photos show the current state of the Ganges. Little did I know. I went into the old hospital to poke my nose, and then it was going to rack n ruin then, recall an old polio iron lung. All admin will read your Timeline, if no mention of Ganges or of time served in the Royal Navy will be refused entry. It closed in 1998 or something. joined a cold Feb 65 Duncan 12.. still remember thinking what old salts the junior leaders were compared to us new boys ,(all of 16) but what power,I can still hear them bellowing out Eft (left) Iht (right) .