Another coincidence. I was on the Scylla from 1973 to 1975. Best ship I ever served on.

Whilst we are at it

HMS Cleopatra - (1971 - 1972)
HMS Argonaut - (1974 - 1976)
HMS Charybdis - (1977 - 1977)
HMS Danae - (1979 - 1983)
HMS Cleopatra - (1984 - 1986)
HMS Sirius - (1992 - 1993)
HMS Alacrity - (1993 - 1994)
HMS Montrose - (1998 - 2000)

not that is has anything to do with the thread but I served on the Cleo as well (86-89-i think). Joined it as a POMEA and left as a CPOMEA-great ship, lots of laughs -best of all no flight so the flight deck was for sport or bronzying- still serving now (just). Seem to remember that tiny little was XO for most/some of that time but could well be wrong.

Steady boy steady !! Who fetches the mail, gets the fresh fish from foreign fishing boats, identifies the targets, get all the baywaych birds at the ''cockers p'', collects the flying pay and .... actually has to talk to the PWO :facepalm:

not that is has anything to do with the thread but I served on the Cleo as well (86-89-i think). Joined it as a POMEA and left as a CPOMEA-great ship, lots of laughs -best of all no flight so the flight deck was for sport or bronzying- still serving now (just). Seem to remember that tiny little was XO for most/some of that time but could well be wrong.

Steady boy steady !! Who fetches the mail, gets the fresh fish from foreign fishing boats, identifies the targets, get all the baywaych birds at the ''cockers p'', collects the flying pay and .... actually has to talk to the PWO

LOL! All true

But we genuinely didn't have a flight as the hanger was filled by a portakabin housing the geeks listening to the towed array. we were super silent so spent our time listening to others. The flights on my many other ships have always been great (well okay) -and served some useful purposes e.g. getting the mail; but the old 'one flight only' (normally to culdrose) was always guaranteed to cause much merriment-last on , first off (apart from the stewards) and not much in between- jealous, you bet!

go on then, while we are at it

HMS Fearless 1982
HMS Blackwater 1984
HMS Plymouth 1984-86
HMS Cleopatra 86-89
HMS Brave 92-95ish
HMS Northumberland 97-99
HMS Sutherland 2007-2009

plus lots of good jobs in between!

go on then, while we are at it
(approx dates only)
1978 BRNC / Culdrose / Portland
1981 824 Squadron*
1984 Conversion Course / Lynx Trials Flt* / HMS Danae Flt*
1986 750 Squadron
1988 HMS Cormorant
1990 815 Squadron
1992 Staff of Flag Officer Aviation
1994 750 Squadron
1996 (as a civvy) RAF Cranwell
1997 (as a civvy) RNAS Culdrose
2010 Got thrown out to save the nation :thumbup:

[Andy_S]

Oh go on then...while we're at it!!

Ganges
Mercury

Was supposed to have been drafted to Victorious but while we were on the Pussers Bus taking us from Mercury to Pompey Dockyard, a lot of fire engines passed us...Victorious was on fire!! So we were drafted to Fearless but...Fearless got diverted to Aden and Pusser didn't want baby sailors running around all over the place.

So I ended up with...

Wasperton (Lochinvar)
RNSS North Queensferry
RAF Pitrevie Castle (down "the pit" in the Commcen)
Hermes (with a loan to HMS Diana)
Scylla (Captain D1FE at the time) (with a spell at Sembawang Commcen and Kranji)
Hermes (with a spell as a Radio Operator with 42 Cdo RM)
Flag Officer Plymouth (Commcen)
FOF2 (Flag Officer 2nd Flotilla)
Norfolk
Commcen Whitehall (Down the pit!!)
Pension time!!

Oh go on then...while we're at it!!

Ganges
Mercury

Was supposed to have been drafted to Victorious but while we were on the Pussers Bus taking us from Mercury to Pompey Dockyard, a lot of fire engines passed us...Victorious was on fire!! So we were drafted to Fearless but...Fearless got diverted to Aden and Pusser didn't want baby sailors running around all over the place.

So I ended up with...

Wasperton (Lochinvar)
RNSS North Queensferry
RAF Pitrevie Castle (down "the pit" in the Commcen)
Hermes (with a loan to HMS Diana)
Scylla (Captain D1FE at the time) (with a spell at Sembawang Commcen and Kranji)
Hermes (with a spell as a Radio Operator with 42 Cdo RM)
Flag Officer Plymouth (Commcen)
FOF2 (Flag Officer 2nd Flotilla)
Norfolk
Commcen Whitehall (Down the pit!!)
Pension time!!

Did you ever meet a raging Rangers man called Graham McEwan?

[Andy_S]

Doesn't ring any bells mm.

Oh go on then...while we're at it!! :lol:

Ganges
Mercury

Was supposed to have been drafted to Victorious but while we were on the Pussers Bus taking us from Mercury to Pompey Dockyard, a lot of fire engines passed us...Victorious was on fire!! So we were drafted to Fearless but...Fearless got diverted to Aden and Pusser didn't want baby sailors running around all over the place.

So I ended up with...

Wasperton (Lochinvar)

:D

Wasperton - good sea keeping qualities - :lol: :sick:

For a whole week I haven't read this thread because I thought it said 'Any Argyle fans abroad', oops.

My brother was on HMS Lancaster for a little while, and has some very interesting stories from his travel. Including one which, well, involves the crew and a man who had been lost at sea for about four months. It's not pleasant.

Oh go on then...while we're at it!!

Ganges
Mercury

Was supposed to have been drafted to Victorious but while we were on the Pussers Bus taking us from Mercury to Pompey Dockyard, a lot of fire engines passed us...Victorious was on fire!! So we were drafted to Fearless but...Fearless got diverted to Aden and Pusser didn't want baby sailors running around all over the place.

So I ended up with...

Wasperton (Lochinvar)

Wasperton - good sea keeping qualities -

Wasn't that Prince Charles Command?