Satanism In The Royal Navy

The British Armed Forces pride themselves on welcoming people from all backgrounds.

The message: If you're prepared to accept what the forces are all about, then whatever your gender, race, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, or religious belief - there's a place for you. 

But it may still come as a surprise to hear that a registered Satanist has served in the Royal Navy.

In 2004, it emerged that 24-year-old Naval Technician Chris Cranmer, 24, had been allowed to register by the captain of the now-decommissioned HMS Cumberland - and even to perform Satanic rituals on board.

Mr Cranmer told the Sunday Telegraph he realised he was a Satanist when he was a teenager, after stumbling across a copy of the Satanic Bible, written by Church of Satan founder Anton Szandor LaVey. He said: Read more Here   

ROYAL NAVY

Royal Navy opens fire off Falkland Islands as South America summit debates sovereignty

A ROYAL NAVY ship today opened fire in the Falklands - at the same time a group of South American governments held an extraordinary meeting to discuss the islands' sovereignty and 'colonialism'.The frigate, HMS Iron Duke, fired 136 shells as part of a training exercise with the Army in San Carlos Water and Falkland Sound - where British servicemen staged landings 32 years ago, in order to retake the islands following Argentina's invasion.

Troops from the South Atlantic islands' Roulement Infantry Company and 148 (Meiktila) Battery Royal Artillery teamed up with the warship for the joint exercise.

The activities were described as an opportunity for the Portsmouth-based warship "to show off her gunnery skills".

HMS Iron Duke is currently nearing the end of its six-month Atlantic deployment.

Major Mick O'Connor, the naval gunfire liaison officer, said: "In my many years of conducting naval gunfire support this was undoubtedly the most accurate display I have seen."If I were to be ashore calling in the gunnery I would have no hesitation if I knew it were HMS Iron Duke providing the cover." Read More   HERE 


"The Falkland Islands have absolutely nothing to do with anyone apart from the Falkland Islanders themselves and the British Government."

Admiral Sir Hugo White - obituary

Admiral Sir Hugo White was an officer who repelled Exocet attacks in the Falklands and later became Governor of Gibraltar Admiral Sir Hugo White, who has died aged 74, overcame repeated attacks by Exocet missiles during the Falklands War and rose to be Governor of Gibraltar. In the Spring of 1982 White was Captain of the 4th Frigate Squadron, known as the “Fighting Fourth”, a flotilla of fast well-armed frigates which were urgently needed in the South Atlantic to combat the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands. When the war started in early April, White’s own ship, Avenger, was being worked on in the dockyards. He hurried the work forward and sailed on May 10, to make the 8,000 mile passage through seas at an average 28 knots. Collectively the captains of the ships in his squadron were known as the “Boy Racers” and when White arrived on May 25, shortly after two Types 21s, Ardent and Antelope, had been sunk, he was greeted with a signal: “Blimey, that was Formula One.”Read more HERE R.I.P.

THE FALKLANDS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

Kevin Porter was a radio operator tactical on HMS Fearless in 1982. His role to to work in the ship’s bridge area, manoeuvring ships by voice and silently with flag signals, flashing lights etc. It was his first ship in 1982 after joining in 1980. He left in 1989. He sailed to the Falklands aged just 18.At such a young age, Kevin talks about how he felt leaving home for war:Read more HERE

HMS Conqueror’s biggest secret: a raid on Russia

BAE launches latest nuclear-powered attack submarine

HMS Artful will begin the next phase of its test and commissioning process ahead of sea trials next year.BAE Systems has launched Artful, the third of seven Astute-class submarines being built for the Royal Navy, into the dock at its site in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

The 97m long, 7,400 tonne nuclear-powered attack submarine began edging out of BAE Systems' construction hall last week and was lowered into the water over the weekend.

Stuart Godden, Astute programme director for BAE Systems, said: "Building on past experiences we've been able to launch her in the most advanced state of construction of any submarine to be built in Barrow. This allows us to now fully concentrate on the test and commissioning activities required to get her to sea.

"Moving a submarine of this size from its build hall to the water is very challenging. It's testament to the experience and careful planning of the team involved that Artful is now ready for the next phase in her programme.”Read more HERE 

For the record I would just like to say how proud I am of my home town for building these amazing submarines from World War One to the present day and keeping our Nation safe, God Bless HMS Artful and all who sail in her.

Tony McNally.

Captain Paul Bootherstone Frigate commander whose skill saved 225 men Dies of a heart attack.

After 26 years in the Royal Navy, Captain Paul Bootherstone, who has died of a heart attack aged 62, faced the supreme test of his career in the Falklands war of 1982. He won the Distinguished Service Cross as commander of HMS Arrow, the frigate that rescued the crew of the doomed destroyer Sheffield. Both ships were in the first wave of the 27-warship task force sent to the south Atlantic after the Argentine invasion on April 2. Arrow was one of an eventual total of 10 escorts with the carrier task group formed to seize control - with alarmingly slender resources - of the 200-mile exclusion zone around the islands. The frigate fired the first shot in a bombardment of Port Stanley airfield on May 1. Arrow was also the first British ship to be hit by the daring Argentine pilots who, flying at the very limit of their range, constituted the main threat to the expedition. One sailor was wounded and the ship lightly damaged. The bizarre conflict passed the diplomatic point of no return the next day, when the nuclear attack submarine HMS Conqueror sank the old cruiser General Belgrano outside the zone, with the loss of more than 350 men. On May 4, determined to exact revenge, the Argentine navy sent two Super-Etendard bombers against part of the task force commander Rear-Admiral Sandy Woodward's screen. These were the type 21 frigates, Arrow and Yarmouth, and type 42 destroyer Sheffield, patrolling between 40 and 70 miles south of Stanley and helping to cover the aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible a further 40 miles out. Read more HERE R.I.P.

HMS Glasgow in the Falklands War

Falklands veteran says support can be better for those returning to civilian life

A FORMER member of the Royal Navy has spoken out at the problems members of the armed forces from the Midlands face when returning to civilian life. Nigel Fielding was stationed on board HMS Glamorgan during the Falklands War and is now working at the Mecure Hotel in Newton Solney. He left the Navy in 1998 after serving for 24 years. However he says that when he first left the navy, the support available to him was minimal. He told the Mail: “From my experience I found that there was little or no after-care available to ex-servicemen, you were left on your own. The only thing was a commitment by the forces to pay your pension on time, but that was about it. Read more HERE


When I left the military I didn't even know what PTSD meant?

SAVE HMS PLYMOUTH

Post by Steve Hale.

ROYAL NAVY LAUNCHES NEW SLIGHTLY SMALLER SUPER CARRIER.

Perhaps I'm being over optimistic ?

Yes Argentina, we do have nuclear submarines.

Argentina has stepped up its sabre-rattling rhetoric over the Falkland Islands by accusing Britain of sending nuclear missiles to the South Atlantic.The South American country's foreign minister claimed that Trident nuclear missiles were being carried on board a submarine deployed to the region by the Royal Navy.
It comes as tensions continue to rise over the islands, which are claimed by the Argentinians as their territory.
The allegation was immediately rebuffed by a senior British diplomat, who also described claims by the Argentinians that military bases on the island could be used to launch attacks on South America as "absurd".
Hector Timerman, the Argentinian foreign minister, accused the British of sending the nuclear submarine into a nuclear-free zone and lodged a formal protest at the United Nations.He said Britain was "militarising the region" after the Royal Navy sent one of its most advanced warship to the islands, and as Prince William enters the second week of his six-week tour of duty there as an RAF search and rescue pilot Read More   HERE


Yes Argentina, we do have nuclear submarines, we even have conventional ones, you don’t like our submarines do you? Remember the Belgrano? Your navy is rotting and sinking away in your dockyards, your Country is broke, you even owe us millions. But rather than pay your debts you would rather make idol threats. So unless you want the Royal Navy to change Buenos Aires into a car park, you would be advised to wind your necks in. Don’t worry you would be able to build some slums again in a thousand or so years.

Royal Navy Ensign placed on wreck of HMS Antelope

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

ROYAL NAVY EMERGENCY HELICOPTER LANDING PADS.

My dad’s terror as HMS Coventry sank

TV star Miranda Hart has told how her father was “convinced he was going to die” when his ship HMS Coventry was sunk by enemy fire during the Falklands War. David Hart Dyke was captain of HMS Coventry when the Royal Navy destroyer was hit by Argentine war planes on May 25, 1982, with the loss of 19 lives. Miranda, who was just ten at the time of the conflict, revealed he never really spoken about what happened. “He didn’t speak at all when he got back but he put everything on tape,” she said. “And then when I was in my early 20s he allowed me to type them all up which was amazing and quite emotional listening to his voice, going through it so close to the event because he was absolutely convinced he was going to die. “And then he just heard a voice saying ‘Go to your left’ and he thought rationally that makes so sense because the ladder isn’t to the left but the ship went down in 15 minutes, so it was at such a strange angle at that point that actually it did make sense to go to your left and he got out, and he was so lucky to get out alive.” HMS Coventry had shot down or hit several enemy aircraft, but during another air raid she was hit by three bombs, causing her to list and sink. Read more HERE

In memory of those that gave the ultimate sacrifice

WE WILL REMEMBER THEM

Petition gathers pace to protect the last Type 42 destroyer

A campaign to save the last of the Royal Navy’s Type 42 destroyers is gathering pace.

Almost 2,000 people have signed a petition supporting plans for the decommissioned HMS Edinburgh to become a floating museum.

The Portsmouth-based ship was decommissioned this year but her fate has not yet been decided.

Veteran Paul Gibb, who served on board as a marine engineering mechanic from 1991 to 1994, has launched a Save HMS Edinburgh petition.

Mr Gibb said: ‘I went on board Edinburgh when she was on her farewell tour and it brought back a lot of memories.

‘I realised I couldn’t just sit back and let this happen and decided I had to do something.

‘I would be gutted if she was scrapped but I’m optimistic.  Read more and sign petition HERE 

Falklands veteran killed himself by deliberately crashing plane into a cliff after his wife left him

A Falklands veteran killed himself by crashing a plane into a cliff-face as he struggled with leaving the Royal Navy and splitting from his wife. Retired Royal Navy lieutenant commander Andrew Stillwell-Cox, 55, hired a light aircraft from his flying club for a solo flight, an inquest heard. As two friends waited for him at the airfield, he turned off-course and deliberately crashed, dying instantly.He nosedived on to beauty spot Sheep Rock just north of RAF Portreath, Cornwall, on July 21 last year. Horrified onlookers saw him circling at an altitude of around 500ft before his blue Cessna C172 M slammed into the ground and exploded on impact. An inquest heard Mr Stillwell-Cox, who was twice awarded the Sword of Honour, had struggled to cope after retiring as first lieutenant from RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall in 2007.A letter left on the dashboard of his friend and flying partner’s car described his difficulties at coming to terms with life as a civilian and a recent split from his second wife Ellie. He also left his car and house keys and police found a note addressed to his estranged wife at his home in Retallick Meadows, St Austell. The Truro inquest heard how Mr Stillwell-Cox had made one previous attempt to take his life a few weeks earlier by trying to gas himself in his car. He was taken to A&E but his risk of potential suicide was recorded as low. Read more HERE   R.I.P.


ANOTHER ONE GONE FROM THE CLASS OF 82, R.I.P.