handy4454 Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 5 hours ago, Stuarta said: Last time I played was on HMS Wollaston in Hong Kong, so many years ago. Small world matey, last time I played was also Hong Kong, HMS Monkton, 1980-82, happy days. 1980-82, happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted January 9, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 24 minutes ago, handy4454 said: Small world matey, last time I played was also Hong Kong, HMS Monkton, 1980-82, happy days. 1980-82, happy days HMS Monkton Eh Real sailors "small ships" You have my respect. I was always on destroyers. Left the Navy just after Monkton was commissioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy4454 Posted January 9, 2021 Report Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, DUNKS said: HMS Monkton Eh Real sailors "small ships" You have my respect. I was always on destroyers. Left the Navy just after Monkton was commissioned. It was always reckoned that Ton class sweepers would roll on damp grass, bridge wing lookout was bad for the nerves in anything other than a flat calm, it seemed to take forever to roll from beam to beam. Biggest ships were Leander class frigates, different world, 270 crew rather than 32 and they expected you to wear uniform, sweepers rig of the day shorts tee shirt and flip flops........... good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wymberley Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 @ DUNKS, Thanks for posting. Had a good few chuckles last night. Handy is right, they were happy days and your post brought back some good memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuarta Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 14 hours ago, handy4454 said: Small world matey, last time I played was also Hong Kong, HMS Monkton, 1980-82, happy days. 1980-82, happy days I was there in the late sixties on HMS Penston then on HMS Wollaston, they were wooden ships then and small ship men always said, “ wooden ships and men of steel” we were joking of course. the smallest ship I served on was HMS Rampart, an LCT, they have just put one on display ashore in Portsmouth and there were even less crew and with a flat bottom and blunt bow doors it rolled worse than any ton class sweeper. Yes I was sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handy4454 Posted January 10, 2021 Report Share Posted January 10, 2021 2 hours ago, Stuarta said: I was there in the late sixties on HMS Penston then on HMS Wollaston, they were wooden ships then and small ship men always said, “ wooden ships and men of steel” we were joking of course. the smallest ship I served on was HMS Rampart, an LCT, they have just put one on display ashore in Portsmouth and there were even less crew and with a flat bottom and blunt bow doors it rolled worse than any ton class sweeper. Yes I was sick. One of the safety boat outfits here in Wells had a landing craft, I think it was more of a novelty than a serious tool but I did some work on it for them when they had electrical problems, I can honestly say it is the most awkward thing I have ever worked on, it seemed like the engines which were two six cylinder Perkins had been bolted down then the deck laid on top leaving around two inches clearance. I did decline the offer of a trip out to sea on it.... You were twenty years ahead of me in HK, was there married accompanied for two and a half years and my daughter was born there in BMH Kowloon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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