N.B. Most photos, including those of MCDOA activities & social events and past LMCDO & MWO Courses, have been moved to the Members Only area.
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MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS |
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1949 - LS (later Lt Cdr) Doug Barlow with best man PO (later SofD and Capt RN) Arthur Checksfield |
1950 - Diving Tender HMS Dipper |
1951 - PO (later Lt Cdr) Doug Barlow (last in middle row) with PO (later Lt Cdr) Tag Caisley (first in front row) - HMS Liverpool |
1954 - Lt Cdr Morty Drummond (second officer from right) in Algerine Class minesweeper HMS Jaseur in Malta |
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1958 - Far East Fleet B&MD Team - CO Peter Messervy |
1968 - LMCDO course at EGUERMIN, Ostend |
1973 - Barlow & Hoole in one of Vernon's Bosun dinghies (N.B. all the windswept hair!) |
1973 - LMCDO night out in Southsea: Moore, Stribley, Dance, Bayliss, Leach, Kooner, Epperson (USN), Rasleigh (RAN) |
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1975 - Hoole on board Cousteau's Calypso in the West Indies |
1980 - Hoole (left) & Wiseman (right) hang around towards end of 55m dive off Cyprus |
1980 - Wiseman (centre) & Hoole (far right) after 55m dive off Cyprus |
1981 - Hoole (right) with best man Barlow (left) Bonvilston, South Glamorgan |
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1986 - Wiseman & Hoole at Rosyth |
Sherman takes a giant leap for Diverkind |
Sherman reports well |
Dougie the Diver (open at your peril!) |
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Examples of RN Diving Equipment |
1989 - HMS Berkeley (now HNS Kallisto) in Gulf - Hoole (CO), Davies (XO) and Ashcroft (Ops) |
1989 - HMS Cottesmore in Gulf - Mansbridge (CO), Poole (XO) |
Compass Swimmer |
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2002 - Hoole's last dive in RN |
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The five pictures below were provided by John Lang. All relate to his time as 1st Lt of HMS Kirkliston, 1969-1971 in Hong Kong as part of the Minewarfare Squadron. His ship was 2nd in command and the Kirk's COs during his time were Lt Cdr Mike Cole (Pilot) and Lt Cdr Ian Robinson (Gunner). |
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Lt John M Lang with a young disabled girl on the foc'sle of Kirkliston. |
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One of the projects he was very keen on was entertaining disabled youngsters. Kirkliston adopted this crowd from a special school in Hong Kong and this was a day at sea for them. As you can see everyone was thoroughly enjoying themselves. |
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The famous Suzie's Sideparty painted their ships and here's John with Lt Dave Forsey, 1st Lt of the squadron's senior ship (HMS Maxton if memory serves right) chatting to two of the girls from the side party. The girl to the rear was a sidekick of Suzie and was in charge of the gang painting Kirkliston during John's time as 1st Lt. |
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Dummy mine being recovered during exercises. |
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Minehunting short-scope buoy being recovered. |
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GOLDEN JUBILEE OF THE RN CLEARANCE DIVING BRANCH
The thumbnail photos below (click to enlarge but expect longish download times) feature mainly MCDOA members during RN CD Branch Golden Jubilee reunion events in Portsmouth over the Bank Holiday weekend 3-5 May 2002. About 300 attended the reunion in the Home Club on the Friday and over 400 attended the dinner dance at the Guildhall on Saturday.
There was a good cross-section of divers past and present that ranged from ex-'P' Party members, Surgeon Vice Admiral Sir John (Doc) Rawlins KBE, FRCP, FRAeS (pioneer of naval diving medicine), Capt Chris Massie-Taylor OBE (MCDOA President & senior serving member of the Branch), Cdr Simon Nicholson (MCDOA Chairman & Superintendent of Diving) and Cdr Chris Ameye (CO of the Defence Diving School) through to current members of diving teams and ex-CD 3s (many of whom now seem to be company directors); not forgetting, of course, all the wives and partners at the dinner.
The weekend was rounded off nicely with a thanksgiving service at St Barbara's in HMS Excellent followed by refreshments in the Whaley Club. At the church service, Trevor Lynn (twice former Padre of HMS Vernon) delivered a highly entertaining address. It seems that when he first joined Vernon as a green young chaplain, he was told he would be expected to conduct baptisms in the diving helmet. "However will I get it on?" he asked. Some time later, he was actually photographed in the mining trials tank wearing full standard dress complete with taped-on dog collar and cross.
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GOLDEN JUBILEE REUNION |
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GOLDEN JUBILEE DINNER DANCE |
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