HMS Defiance: Devonport's Submarine Base

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The Marine List". Lloyd's List. No.4329. 21 February 1809. hdl: 2027/hvd.32044105232938 . Retrieved 22 January 2022. In 1948 I joined the RN Electrical Branch from civvy street via HMS ROYAL ARTHUR then the Electrical School HMS DEFIANCE ,Devonport . I did the Course and became an Electricians Mate 2nd class , then a draft to HMS HOWE where I became an EM 1st class mainly doing telephone system maintenance . Then Submarines >>> until 1955 . My own discharge papers leave no doubt. As the Defiant reaches the fleet at Rochefort, they receive word that the main British fleet has already mutinied, with the Admiralty agreeing to all of the sailors' demands and granting an amnesty to those who took part. The crew's jubilation at the news is cut short when a hot-headed seaman, Evans, murders Scott-Padget. Realising that they are now all doomed to punishment as mutineers, an enraged Vizard kills Evans. Their only course now is to try to escape with the ship. Just then, the French fleet sallies out from port, and a French fireship is sighted heading straight for the British flagship. As the only ship under sail, the Defiant has the unique opportunity to save the flagship. Once again, Crawford appeals to the crew's patriotism, making no promises but convincing them to intercept the fireship. Vizard is killed in the ensuing action, living just long enough to hear a message from the British admiral thanking Defiant for their honourable actions. The mutiny is over and HMS Defiant joins the fleet.

When requesting crew lists please quote the reference number and the year of the crew list required The museum’s size inspired the the idea of positioning the figureheads high up. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The GuardianFunnily enough , even in my time when I was an Electrician on a submarine , I was known as the POLTO and friend of mine tells me that in his day on the SSBN , the Electrical PO was still known as the POLTO .

I didn't have any particular reason for not copying my old L-Sparks-Crown badge , maybe I just thought the LTO was suitable without being obvious and as a lad had served with men who had worn it in WW2 . Very proud to have known these brave men . Captain F R Main, closed at Easter 1954 and moved to Portsmouth."Defiance III" (ex-Vulcan) was towed away in December 1955 and scrapped HMS Defiance (1675) was a 64-gun third rate launched in 1675. She was rebuilt in 1695, reduced to a fourth rate in 1716, hulked in 1743 and broken up in 1749. HMS Defiance (shore establishment 1884) was the Royal Navy's torpedo school, established in 1884 in the second rate HMS Defiance (1861), and in subsequent ships that were renamed HMS Defiance. These included:

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Her next Captain was Thomas Revell Shivers, who took command on 27 February 1797 at Torbay. In 1798, some of her crew were court-martialed for mutiny. [5]

Another challenge has been restoring the colour of the carvings. Experts carried out microscopic analysis of the paint the figureheads had been decorated with over the years. My irritation stems from a derogatory comment (8.5) about the Acting Electrician only being ACTING . There is no absolutely no evidence that the Electrician (acting or otherwise ) had anything to do with the mysterious loss and I have asked the web owner several times to remove the paragraph that contained this sentence - he refuses -it doesn't help the article author is dead

HMS Defiance (shore establishment 1970) was the Fleet Maintenance Base at HMNB Devonport between 1972 and 1979, and again between 1981 and 1994 when it was absorbed into the main base. One ship was renamed HMS Defiance whilst serving as the establishment's depot ship. On the plaques 'tis Eric H ORWELL (as Engineering Mechanic 1st class), accepting your view that his rate (and the rate of Dennis BARTUP) at the time was 'Electricians Mate 1st Class'. William IV is too hefty to be hung from the ceiling of the Box and has instead been given a prominent position at ground level. Photograph: Jim Wileman/The Guardian Defiance was a gunboat that the garrison at Gibraltar launched in June 1782 during the Great Siege of Gibraltar. She was one of 12. Each was armed with an 18-pounder gun, and received a crew of 21 men drawn from Royal Navy vessels stationed at Gibraltar. Brilliant provided Defiance 's crew. [1] So to repeat , if anybody knows if and when Electrician's Mates became Electrical Mechanics I would be most grateful .

She was sold on 26 June 1931 to Castle's Shipbreaking Yard for dismantling at Millbay, Plymouth. [9] Doige's Annual for 1932 poignantly describes her as "the last of England's 'Wooden Walls'". The stationing of the Army troops was required because the ship sailed without its contingent of 60 Marines, which later embarked at Sheerness.

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Some of the figureheads were so ravaged by spending decades at sea, in addition to being poorly looked after following their retirements, that their insides had turned into a soggy mulch; one or two were still so wet that water poured out when they were pierced. Parker made the signal to discontinue the action, which Nelson would not see, Rear-Admiral Graves in the Defiance repeated the signal at the lee maintopsail yardarm, from whence it could not be seen on board the Elephant. The Defiance continued firing until 3h. 15m. p.m., when the action ceased; and her spring being cut and sail made, she dropped out of the station she had occupied. Shortly afterwards, the Defiance grounded, and was with difficulty hove off, after starting thirty butts of water. During the action the ship was frequently set on fire by the hot 42-pound shot fired from the batteries, and her damages were consequently serious. Her loss in killed and wounded was as follows Lieutenant George Gray*, Matthew Cobb, pilot, 17 seamen, 3 marines, and 2 soldiers, killed; and the boatswain Lewis Patterson, James Galloway, Midshipman, Harry Niblett, Captain's Clerk, — Stephenson, pilot, 35 seamen, 5 marines, and 7 soldiers, wounded: total, 24 killed, and 51 wounded. Finnisterre and Trafalgar [ edit ] TUI Bird – Regarding the Electrical Branch’s early days - I assume that the original source branch identifier badge was the four diagonally opposed lightning flashes [with a central letter ‘L’ for Electrical and ‘R’ for Radio Electrical. Theory instruction was dispensed by Officers, practical work by Chiefs. We learnt (?) maths, electrical principles, RN history (official and unofficial), how torpedoes worked, trimming gyros, sound powered telephones, Y-dischargers, depth charges, machine shop practice, fitting skills and other bits and pieces. The best bit of fun was fire fighting and use of breathing apparatus in smoke filled ships. There was one fire alarm on Androm which I had to attend fully kitted. There was a smallfire which I found and extinguished, I never admitted I had started it accidentally. At the Gosport Memorial inauguration service we heard heart warming testimonies from some widows and dependents of the long-term support they had received from the large public fund (initiated IIRC by the Daily Mirror) following the disaster, especially so in those years of austerity. Plus their sincere gratitude that these Memorials now perpetuate their lost loved ones