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H.M.S. Ulster

 

H.M.S. ULSTER

[Click on images to enlarge - some distortion caused during recovery, original donators are invited to re-submit their Ulster photographs]

2006 Photos Joe Wraight

HMS Ulster entering Eishenhower Lock - St Lawrence Seaway 1959
 

 St Lucia Hike
Front Row L-R: O/S Beagley, Ck
Pusser Hill O/S "Buck" Taylor, AB Mick Dowling, O/S Joe Wraight
Rear Row and others not known

O/S Joe Wraight, LSA(V) Roy Clifford, & Ldg Writer Bernard Cooper

HMS Ulster in Nassau guard ship to HMY Britannia
2006 Photo HMS St Albans

F83 Lives again!  HMS St Albans is first ship to have F83 since HMS Ulster paid off.

HMS St Albans in Scottish Lochs 2005, sent by Lt Cdr RN John Palmer - Weapon Engineer Officer at CO's request.
2006 Diagram circa 1959 submitted by Harry Coppenhall

The above diagram was on Harry Coppenhall's office door in 1959.  He recently 'discovered' it whilst going through old papers.

Altitude Signal

This facsimile created from memory by webmaster Norrie Millen
2006 Pictures and a note from Ken Kendall

Ken Kendall [Ldg. Writer] recently surfed into our website and reported a grave discrepancy in ships company lists.  Neither he nor Leading Writer Danny Rutter are mentioned.  Does anyone know who complied the 1958-60 Commissioning Booklet?
[Trust it was not a writer!]

Antigua Reception 1959 - Naval Group
From L-R:
Ck (O) “Pusser” Hill, O/Sea “Freddy” Fox, O/Sea “Buck” Taylor, O/Sea Jack O’Sullivan, SA(V) Ginger Seale & Wtr. Ken Kendall.

L-R: Norman (Canteen Assistant), Unknown Civilan, Sharkey Ward & Ken Kendall in Montreal

L-R: Norman (Canteen Assistant) Ken Kendall & "Ginger" Seale

L-R:Ginger and Ken in Guantanamo Bay

L-R:Jock Pattie, Ken Kendall & Ginger in 11 mess

L-R: "Jessie" Owens, "Doc” Stancliffe, Ken Kendall, “Ginger” Seale in Ponta Delgada


Ken Kendall acquired the original "Splice the Mainbrace" signal from his office door back in 1959.  Long since disintegrated, he has sent me the words and I have laboured to produce a reasonable facsimile of what it might have looked like.  See below.  Webmaster


Ken & Lilian Kendall in 1962 taken in Singapore

Ken & Lilian Kendall in 2005 taken in Spain [where they now live]
2006 Picture from John Rowe

Sir Cameron Rusby - Our Skipper
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