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The 7.62 and how I did it.

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Neil said:
I was the gunnery officer in hms Crichton, I used to order the ammunition from RNAD Crombie or Coulport, it was easier than finding it on the beach!
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Was the Crichton a Hunter/Sweeper Neil? made from grp? I guess its a ton class by the name but I don't remember it while I was in although I do remember a new class of boat being commissioned. I was on the Wilton which was the first plastic boat and the Bildeston. I was beer bosun on the Bildeston, a far more important job. :whistling::whistling::whistling:
 
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Neil said:
I was the gunnery officer in hms Crichton, I used to order the ammunition from RNAD Crombie or Coulport, it was easier than finding it on the beach!
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Ah having just looked it up I see it was a ton class sweeper. I love the pennant. Strange that I never new it while I was in the mob although I was only on Hunters, was it base in Rosyth?
 
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paulm said:
Ah having just looked it up I see it was a ton class sweeper. I love the pennant. Strange that I never new it while I was in the mob although I was only on Hunters, was it base in Rosyth?
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Yes, based Rosyth spent most of the time in the fish squadron jumping on and off errant North Sea trawlers in the winter seas in between Scotland and Denmark. Oh what joy, and everyone is whining about the weather!!!
 
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paulm said:
Ah having just looked it up I see it was a ton class sweeper. I love the pennant. Strange that I never new it while I was in the mob although I was only on Hunters, was it base in Rosyth?
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Yes, based Rosyth spent most of the time in the fish squadron jumping on and off errant North Sea trawlers in the winter seas in between Scotland and Denmark. Oh what joy, and everyone is whining about the weather!!!

I take it by pennant you mean the golly! Had forgotten all about that -wouldn't have got away with that today! Saw that there there was one of the lapel badges that we had made go for £410 on eBay. I remember having pocket fulls of the damn things that we gave out to the kids in a hospital at Dumfries one year!
 
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Neil said:
I was the gunnery officer in hms Crichton, I used to order the ammunition from RNAD Crombie or Coulport, it was easier than finding it on the beach!
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Thing was Neil ...I didn't go for the spent shells I went after the gold and trinkets that the grockles used to lose ,my last gold weigh in netted me £700 +, if anything the ammo just got in the way :winking:
 
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Neil said:
Ed, much of the ammunition that we were using in the 80s was manufactured during and just after the Second World War. Up until the 90s, there was still unused stock of 40mm shells. Unfortunately the same could be said for some of the ration packs, they had manufactured dates on of 1944. The biscuits in them remained in the memory (and colon) of all ex servicemen along with the bromide laced tea.
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To this day I can remember the taste - and it didn't work on a 16 year old ....making tents in the mess....:funny::funny:
 
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Neil said:
Yes, based Rosyth spent most of the time in the fish squadron jumping on and off errant North Sea trawlers in the winter seas in between Scotland and Denmark. Oh what joy, and everyone is whining about the weather!!!

I take it by pennant you mean the golly! Had forgotten all about that -wouldn't have got away with that today! Saw that there there was one of the lapel badges that we had made go for £410 on eBay. I remember having pocket fulls of the damn things that we gave out to the kids in a hospital at Dumfries one year!
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I saw that badge... Ah if only... I was lucky enough to have been on STANAFORCHAN on both boats.
 
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Hi, Paul'

Thanks for the tutorial - and for the thread you started, which has given rise to a very interesting set of posts!

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Well I would have never thought I would have learned so much in a thread :thumbs:

The tutorial is really good and the posts as Bob has noted are really informative. It just shows how much we learn on here from you oldies..:face:

It just shows that at times there is more in a topic then we really think..

Brill guys, keep it up..
 
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The tutorial is really good and the posts as Bob has noted are really informative. It just shows how much we learn on here from you oldies..
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Ummm, Next to Alex I'm also very young... ish :mooney2:
 
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Spent most of the time in night magic in Dunfermline lol
I lived in the families quarters in Rosyth
used the drink in the social club there good times.
 
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Spent most of the time in night magic in Dunfermline lol
I lived in the families quarters in Rosyth
used the drink in the social club there good times.
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Very good times indeed. A pint of heavy... and then another pint of heavy......
 
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