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Youngsters and Submarines
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I didn't want to join the sun dodging, shower shy brigade because of the smell!!!
Or maybe I was scared! :whi5tl:
Seriously, long before the tinterweb, in the days when we actually had to write letters, they were struggling to get volunteers for the submarine service and were talking about drafting people there. Pretty much all of us had decided how we would fail the the escape tank test and therefore avoid being drafted to subs.
There were of course a few money grabbing smellie twats that wanted to go anyway. 8rfl@
Do I assume from the story that it is now no longer voluntary? And if so do you still get extra pay?
Or maybe I was scared! :whi5tl:
Seriously, long before the tinterweb, in the days when we actually had to write letters, they were struggling to get volunteers for the submarine service and were talking about drafting people there. Pretty much all of us had decided how we would fail the the escape tank test and therefore avoid being drafted to subs.
There were of course a few money grabbing smellie twats that wanted to go anyway. 8rfl@
Do I assume from the story that it is now no longer voluntary? And if so do you still get extra pay?
Don't know when you were in but I was in from 74 to 80 & submarines wasn't voluntary then, when I left Northwood I was sent to Drake to do my submariners Radio operator training, I managed to avoid going on subs due to braking my neck in a swimming accident when I was 15, I had to see a psychiatrist to prove I had a fear of being underwater, finished my submariners radio op training & was drafted to HMS Hermes, best ship in the fleet. Happy days.
Really heavy braking was it Derek? :-0)
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maybe they should employ older people ;o)
I was in between 87 and 96 so a bit later than you. Even so I may have my facts skewed a tad. Someone else has told me that they tried to get what ever numbers they needed per intake through volunteers but if there were not enough then it was luck of the draw. It was not looking good for our intake hence the plans to fail the escape test. None of us went as far as breaking our necks though!:-0)
My first ship was the Bristol, which at the time, for me, was the best ship in the fleet. Of course your first ship is always the best though right?
My first ship was the Bristol, which at the time, for me, was the best ship in the fleet. Of course your first ship is always the best though right?
Heavy enough to break my neck :-0)
I'm in contact with a lot of ex shipmates & for some of those, Hermes was their second or third draft, they all say she was the best.
Hermes was sold to the Indian Navy & became Ins Vraat, heard earlier this year that she was being scrapped so contacted Dan Jarvis to see if she could be brought back & turned into a museum, he was all for it but secretary of state refused.
Heard now that the Indian Navy are turning her into a museum @tu*