MAST REFIT 1988 - 1989 Photo Gallery by H.M.S. Ganges Museum at pbase.com

MAST REFIT 1988 - 1989

MAST REFIT 1988 – 1989
WHILST GANGES WAS OPEN AND WE BOYS/JUNIORS WERE CLIMBING THE MAST FOR CEREMONIALS AND LEISURE PURPOSES
THE MAST WAS REGULARLY MAINTAINED, BY RIGGERS FROM CHATHAM AND USUALLY TOOK PLACE DURING THE SUMMER LEAVE.
WHEN GANGES STOPPED BEING A BOYS/JUNIORS TRAINING ESTABLISHMENT IN 1973 THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE WAS DISCONTINUED.
THE MAST WAS LISTED AS A SUFFOLK GROUP 2 BUILDING IN 1976, SADLY THIS DOESN’T QUALIFY IT FOR MAINTENANCE GRANTS AND NO MAINTENANCE WAS BEING CARRIED OUT. BUT ON THE POSITIVE SIDE IT DOES MEAN THAT IT STAYS ON SITE.
IN MARCH 1980 THE MAST WAS INSPECTED FOR THE SITE'S OWNERS ANGLO-EUROPEAN PROPERTIES LTD. REPORTS BELOW.
AROUND 1982/83 TWO FORMER BOYS GEOFF HILL AND DICKIE DOYLE SET UP THE SLOP ROOM, SELLING VARIOUS ROYAL NAVY BADGES, CLOTHING ETC; IN ORDER TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THE MAST RESTORATION FUND.
AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOS IN THIS GALLERY THIS WAS A BIG SUCCESS AND ALONG WITH THE NEW OWNERS POTTONS, THEY FINANCED AND ASSISTED WITH THE REFURBISHMENT IN 1988/89.
ON THE 22ND APRIL 1989 THE NEWLY REFURBISHED MAST WAS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ALL WHO UNDERWENT THEIR INITIAL TRAINING FOR THE ROYAL NAVY AT HMS GANGES BETWEEN 1905 AND 1976.
THE PLAQUE ON THE MAST WAS UNVEILED BY THE [THEN] ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT AND FORMER CAPTAIN OF HMS GANGES, REAR ADMIRAL GODFREY PLACE, VC, CB, DSC.

THE DOCUMENTS AND PHOTOS BELOW TELL THE STORY BETTER THAN OUR WORDS CAN.

YOU SHOULD ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE SLOPS ROOM http://www.sloproom.co.uk/history.htm
AND MAST HISTORY
http://www.sloproom.co.uk/mast.htm

ALSO DON'T FORGET THE MUSEUMS eHIVE ARCHIVE https://ehive.com/collections/5987/hms-ganges-museum

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1980, 20TH MARCH - DICKIE DOYLE, INSPECTION OF THE MAST, FIRST REPORT ON ITS CONDITION, PAGE 2..jpg	1980, 20TH MARCH - DICKIE DOYLE, INSPECTION OF THE MAST, FIRST REPORT ON ITS CONDITION, PAGE 3..jpg	1980, 20TH MARCH - DICKIE DOYLE, INSPECTION OF THE MAST, FIRST REPORT ON ITS CONDITION, PAGE 4..jpg	1980, 20TH MARCH - DICKIE DOYLE, INSPECTION OF THE MAST, FIRST REPORT ON ITS CONDITION, PAGE 5..jpg
1980, 20TH MARCH - DICKIE DOYLE, INSPECTION OF THE MAST, FIRST REPORT ON ITS CONDITION, PAGE 6..jpg	1980, 2OTH MARCH - DICKIE DOYLE, INSPECTION OF THE MAST, FIRST REPORT ON ITS CONDITION, PAGE 1..jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P10.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P11.jpg
1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P12.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P13.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P14.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P15.jpg
1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P16.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P17.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P18.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P1.jpg
1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P2.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P3.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P4.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P5.jpg
1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P6.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P7.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P8.jpg	1980 - DICKIE DOYLE, 2ND MAST INSPECTION REPORT, P9.jpg
1986, 5TH JULY - DICKIE DOYLE, ARTICLE FROM EAST ANGLIAN TIMES.jpg	1986, OCTOBER - DICKIE DOYLE, ARTICLE FROM EADT ABOUT FUTURE OF GANGES SITE, MESS DECK FLOORING BLOCKS AND MAST FUND RAISING	1988, 16TH APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, ARTICLE FROM EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES.jpg	1988, 18TH APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, DAILY TELEGRAPH ARTICLE, SEE NOTE BELOW FOR LINKS TO FULL STORY
1988, 6TH MAY - DICKIE DOYLE, EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES, LETTER NO. 1.jpg	1988, 6TH MAY - DICKIE DOYLE, EAST ANGLIAN DAILY TIMES, LETTER NO. 2.jpg	1988 AND 1991 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, RESTORED MAST, STEPPED [88] AND BEING PAINTED [91]	1988, APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, CLOSE UP OF THE ROT IN THE TOP MAST.jpg
1988 APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, JACOBS LADDER ON THE DECK.jpg	1988, APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, MAST WITH ALL 3 YARDS REMOVED.JPG	1988, APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, THE MAST BEING STRUCK.JPG	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE AND GEOFF HILL SURVEYING THE ROT TO THE MAST OUTSIDE THE OLD GENERATOR SHED.jpg
1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, ANOTHER VIEW OF THE RESTORED MAST AWAITING ITS YARDARMS.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, BARRY McGREGOR LEADER OF THE MAST RIGGERS FROM PORTSMOUTH.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, BOB MILLER REWARDS DICKIE FOR ALL HIS EFFORTS.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, CLOSE UP OF NEW FIGHTING TOP.JPG
1988 - DICKIE DOYLE HOLDING THE BUTTON DURING THE MAST REFIT.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, JIM TOVERY, DSM AND GEOFF HILL, DURING MAST REPLICAS PRESENTATION, SEE SEPARATE PHOTOS OF THE REPLICAS	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAIN MAST BEING RE-STEPPED IN PREPARATION FOR THE YARDS TO BE REFITTED.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST REFIT, BUTTON BEING ATTACHED BY RIGGER HOISTED IN A SKIP.jpg
1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST REFIT, DAMAGED LOWERED YARD BEING LOWERED.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST REFIT, LIGHTNING CONDUCTOR ON THE DECK.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST REFIT, RIGGERS RE-STRINGING RATLINES.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, FINAL ADJUSTMENTS BEING MADE TO VARIOUS BRACKETS.jpg
1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, MAIN MAST COMING DOWN.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, MAST DEPRESSED READY FOR REMOVAL OF THE HALF MOON.JPG	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, PRESS RELEASE.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, REPLICA OF MAST PRESENTED TO DICKIE AND EILEEN DOYLE ON COMPLETION OF THE MAST RESTORATION.
1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, REPLICA OF MAST PRESENTED TO GEOFF HILL ON COMPLETION OF THE MAST RESTORATION, FULL DETAILS ON BRASS PLAQUE	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, RESTORATION OF THE MAST AT BRISTOL, SEE INFO BELOW PHOTO.JPG	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, RIGGERS PREPARING TO REMOVE THE TOPMAST FOR REFURBISHMENT.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, SHOWING THE TOP OF THE LOWER MAST, ORIGINALLY HMS CORDELIA'S LOWER FOREMAST.JPG
1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, THE BUTTON ON THE PARADE GROUND.jpg	1988 - DICKIE DOYLE, THE WHITE ENSIGN BEING FLOWN ON COMPLETION OF THE REFURBISHMENT OF THE MAST.JPG	1988 - JIM TOVEY, DSM, [GANGES 1926], DICKIE AND EILEEN DOYLE AND GEOFF HILL AT REPLICA MASTS PRESENTATIONS	1988, JULY - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, HALF MOON IN SQUARE SALE'S YARD AT BRISTOL.JPG
1988, JULY - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, IMAGES TAKEN AT SQUARE SAILS' YARD AT BRISTOL.JPG	1988, OCTOBER - DICKIE DOYLE, FLAG HOISTS AND SIZE 14 ENSIGN HOISTED AFTER FINAL STEPPING OF MAST FOR BBC LOOK EAST PROG.jpg	1988, OCTOBER - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST REFIT, LOWER YARDARM BEING HOISTED.jpg	1988, OCTOBER - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST REFIT, LOWER YARD GOING UP.jpg
1988, OCTOBER - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, FLAG HOISTS FOR BBC LOOK EAST FILM 'SUNSET' AFTER RESTEPPING.jpg	1988, OCTOBER - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, NEARING COMPLETION.jpg	1989, 15TH JUNE - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, EXTRACT FROM BIRMINGHAM EVENING, PRESENTATIONS TO DICKIE DOYLE AND GEOFF HILL	1989, 22 APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, THE DEDICATION CEREMONY, DICKIE DOYLE, GEOFF HILL AND MAC BRODIE.
1989 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE AND GEOFF HILL AFTER THE DEDICATION CEREMONY.jpg	1989, 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, DEDICATION OF THE MAST, MAC McBRODIE MAKING A SPEECH AFTER THE PARADE.JPG	1989, 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, DEDICATION OF THE MAST, R.A. G. PLACE. V.C., PAST CAPT. OF HMS GANGES, UNVEILS THE PLAQUE	1989, 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, DEDICATION OF THE MAST, RNA AND OLD COMRADES ASS. AT THE SERVICE.jpg
1989, 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST DEDICATION, ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL BAND.jpg	1989, 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, THE DEDICATION CEREMONY.JPG	1989, 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, MAST RESTORATION, THE DEDICATION CEREMONY, MORE SCENES.JPG	1989, 22ND APRIL - DICKIE DOYLE, SIZE 14 ENSIGN FLOWN FOR MAST DEDICATION CEREMONY.JPG
1989 - DICKIE DOYLE, EXCHANGE OF LETTERS TO FLY ENSIGN, A REPLY FROM H.M., A..jpg	1989 - DICKIE DOYLE, EXCHANGE OF LETTERS TO FLY ENSIGN, PERMISSION GIVEN BY C IN C HOME FLEET, B..jpg	1989 - DICKIE DOYLE, EXCHANGE OF LETTERS TO FLY ENSIGN, REPLY FROM C.C.Y HMY BRITANNIA, C..jpg	1989 - DICKIE DOYLE, EXCHANGE OF LETTERS TO FLY ENSIGN, THE ENSIGN FLYING, D..jpg
1989 - DICKIE DOYLE, THE SIZE 14 WHITE ENSIGN BEING LOWERED TO 'SUNSET' PLAYED BY RHS BAND, SEE NOTE BELOW.jpg	1990 - DICKIE DOYLE AND WIFE EILEEN AT NAVY DAYS PORTSMOUTH, MANNING THE SLOPROOM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR REFITTING THE MAST, D.	1991 - DICKIE DOYLE, CLOSE UP OF FIGHTING TOP.jpg	1991 - DICKIE DOYLE, REPAINTING OF MAST, GEOFF HILL IN BOSUN'S CHAIR.JPG
1991 - DICKIE DOYLE, REPAINTING OF MAST, GEOFF HILL PAINTING BASE OF MAST.jpg	1991 - DICKIE DOYLE, REPAINTING OF MAST, GEOFF HILL PAINTING THE BUTTON, TAKEN BY A MAN RIDING IN THE SKIP.JPG	1991 - DICKIE DOYLE, REPAINTING OF MAST, GEOFF HILL PAINTING WHILST ON THE DECK.jpg	1991 - DICKIE DOYLE, REPAINTING OF MAST, MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, GEOFF AND DICKIE.jpg
2011 - THE BUTTON BOY.jpg	2023, 23RD JUNE, DAVID WATSON, WAVENSMERE HOMES, PLAQUE ATTACHED TO MAST DURING THE 1988 REFIT..jpg	1988 - CROSS JACK YARD ON PARADE GROUND.jpg	1988, OCTOBER - RIGGER IN BOSUNS CHAIR FIXING THE RATLINES.jpg