Welcome to HMS Ulster! 2003

2003 Updates
2003 Spring Mini "Meet & Greet" L - R: "Lofty" Carlisle, John "Pringle" Prince, 3 wives, Fred Bright, John Rowe, Yvonne, Pat Rowe and Pete "Buck" Taylor
		2003 Mini "Meet & Greet" L - R: John Rowe [back view], Yvonne, Pat Rowe, Pete "Buck" Taylor "Lofty" Carlisle, John "Pringle" Prince, 3 wives, Fred Bright
2003 Mini October Reunion
HMS Ulster "Meet & Greet" Anglebury Hotel, Wareham, Dorset, 2003. "The Lads" From Left to Right: AB "Doc" Livingston, SA Jesse Owens, AB Alan Smith, LS PTI Mike Speake, LS Fred Bright, LS John Rowe, OS "Pringle" Prince.
		HMS Ulster "Meet & Greet" Anglebury Hotel, Wareham, Dorset, 2003. "The Lassie's" From Left to Right: Norma Smith Pam Speake, Val Prince, Pat Rowe, Mary Bright and seated Flo Livingston.
Photographs below were submitted by "AB" Michael Burry late 2003 and are views of the 1958-60 commission.
HMS Ulster		HMS Ulster guard parade along Front Street in Hamilton Bermuda
HMS Ulster guard on Front Street in Hamilton Bermuda.		HMS Ulster guard on Front Street in Hamilton Bermuda. Ulster in background
Entering Eisenhower Lock June 1959		Entering Eishower Lock June 1959
HMS Ulster guard march past on Front Street in Hamilton Bermuda. RMS Queen of Bermuda in background		AB Michael Burry "Up Homers" in Alpena Michigan
HMY Britannia in Nassau taken from Ulster Quarterdeck		HMS Ulster in St Lawrence Seaway Lock with merchant ship
HMS Ulster enters St Lawrence Seaway Lock - June 1959		HMS Ulster for'ard seaman's mess. [Note Food Heater above fire]
Christmas Menu [Note Chicken substituted for turkey when it was discovered it was off!]		AB McGregor & AB Michael Burry
Photograph submitted by John Rowe ? & AB Pat Murden [Anyone ID seaman on left?]		AB Darby Allen [Or is it Allin as per commissioning card?]
[Click on image to enlarge] Visit to Henry Ford car plant in Detroit July 1959 L-R: Bermuda Regiment sergeant, "Jumper" Collings, Mick Stewart, Bob Andrews, Norrie Millen, ?, M(E) 'Dusty' Rhodes [See 2008] Kneeling: ?, Mick Dowling, POME 'Bungy' Edwards. [Anybody supply missing names?]
2004 Updates John Rowe sent these in for us to identify. [Any ideas on any of groups or where it was taken?] The pictures were found in a bag of wool. The lady who gave them to John, does a lot of crocheting and buys odd bags of wool for her hobby. Strange coincidence isn't it? What are the odds against that happening again? STOP PRESS: First picture personnel identified by Pete Twyman!
Leading Steward Jim Hardie [Captain's Steward], Leading Seaman Hirst & Steward Brian Godbert.		Any surfer identify these Ulster crew? Note that the person in left foreground is is possibly a Royal Yachtsman.
2004 Updates Where is the skipper now?
Vice Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby Warden of Neidpath 2004	Neidpath Castle	Neidpath Castle
Material below is extracted from Peeblesshire News which is under copyright for other than private use. I have made spelling and date corrections from original To mark the 75th anniversary of the Neidpath ceremony, Sir Cameron Rusby, the grandson of the man who introduced it to the Beltane Festival —Dr. Clement Gunn — was named as Warden of Neidpath for 2004. A retired naval vice-admiral who in his years of naval service has been to many parts of the world, Sir Cameron specialised in communications during World War Two. In 1958 he was given his first command which was HMS Ulster. Promoted soon after, he served two years as the Executive Officer on the Royal Yacht Britannia and several other postings followed. In 1974 he was promoted to Rear Admiral and in 1977 he was promoted to Vice-Admiral and Flag Officer for Scotland and Northern Ireland. He later retired from the Navy as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander for the Atlantic. Peebles was always in Sir Cameron’s mind and in 1948 he married Peebles woman Marion Bell, the daughter of local dentist Danny Bell. After retiring from the Navy, he was Legislative Advisor of the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a Director of the World Society for the Protection of Animals. He is also a life vice-president of the St. George’s Fund for Sailors. Currently living with Marion in Melrose, he told the “Peeblesshire News”: “Beltane is Peebles festival of the year and was the centre piece of the year for the whole town.

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