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Autumn Events
K16 Crew
Autumn events at the Museum, have been announced. The programme includes a brand new submariners tour into Fort Blockhouse, the former home of the submarine service, a celebration of the first submarine CO's love of the Banjo and a new programme of evening talks.
Bill Sainsbury, Event Manager said, “This autumn, we are delighted to be sharing more of the unknown and fascinating stories of the submarine service with the public”
A new tour into Fort Blockhouse, aka HMS Dolphin is being organised as part of the national event Heritage Open Days on Saturday 10 September. This will be a submariner led tour from their point of view of the former home of the British submarine service which will include a visit to the submariner’s chapel and into the Wardroom to see the Harold Wylie paintings and the rooms where Commanding Officers would receive their patrol orders.
October is the 110th anniversary of the launch of Holland 1. The first submarine CO Arnold Forster was known for his love of the banjo, so to celebrate on Sunday 2nd October, the museum will be holding an afternoon of Banjo and Ukulele music which will feature leading Banjo musicians of today.
The Holland 1 celebrations continue and will be the subject of the first of a new season of evening Third Thursday Talks. On Thursday 22 September Ian Clark, one of the UK’s leading engineering conservationists will be outlining how a rusty submarine can be saved. This season will also include a talk on the development of the submarine service in the interwar period and culminate with a talk on contemporary submariners by bestselling author Tim Clayton.
Bell of HMS Talent
During her time in service HMS TALENT undertook patrols in the Far East and the Mediterranean. In 1948 whilst returning from the Far East, HMS Talent embarked a team of scientists from the Admiralty Compass Laboratory and conducted an innovative gravitational survey of the English channel. This laid the groundwork for the subsequent development of the Ships Inertial Navigation System so essential to the modern nuclear powered submarines of today.
During her service life Talent was fitted with a snort system and was streamlined and modernised. She decommissioned and was broken up in February 1970.
Post War Medals Leading Steward Gordon CF Scott MBE
This set of medals was purchased by the Museum in March 2010 at a cost of £2800. Whereas the Museum has many sets of medals from the First and Second World Wars, we did not have any post war medals. Therefore these were a real find.
The medals are: Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Members MBE (2nd type, military), Campaign Service Medal 1962-2003 with Northern Ireland clasp, Nato Medal 1992 with bronze Kosovo clasp, Operational Service Medal with Afghanistan ribbon, Iraq Medal, Jubilee Medal 2002, Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, 2nd Type post 1954.
Gordon Scott served on Resolution and Swiftsure class submarines in the 1980s and 1990s. He saw the practise use of Tomahawk (cruise) missiles in 1998 whilst serving onboard HMS Splendid and served on her for several conflicts including the Kosovo Conflict, Afghanistan and the second Gulf War.
HMS Splendid was the first submarine to fire the Tomahawk missiles in anger in 1999 in the Kosovo Conflict then was involved in Afghanistan in about 2001.
HRH Prince William.
The Prince, who is Commodore-in-Chief of Submarines, opened the Area of Remembrance on 10 Jun.
To coincide with Prince William’s visit, Clarence House announced today that he has taken on the role of Patron of an appeal to help preserve HMS Alliance.
The Area of Remembrance lists some 5300 names of submariners who gave their lives in the service of the country from 1904 to the present day.
New Submariners Association DVD.
To see details of the Submariners Association DVD "A Breed Apart – A Band of Brothers" click the link below:
