I joined Ganges in Feb 55 at the tender age of exactly 15 and 4 months. Left 18 months later as a Junior Signalman. I loved every minute of it. Went back as an instructor in 1964. Loved that too. Best things I ever did. Bit of a different story now.
Must be a very, very late 1950's recruitment film, it shows a County class destroyer firing missiles and the first of those wasn't commissioned until 1960.
Me to as a stoker, loved HMS Raleigh, top of my class,, stupid decision come out of the navy and got married to the most best wife I loved ..her dad was a Japanese POW 4.5
Ahh, I'm just not feeling it, the way other recruitment ads do! A little dramatic background music probably would've resulted in more recruits signing up.
Good point. All the ones I used were right handed. In fact we were encouraged always to use our right hands, even if your were left handed. The American equivalent has a handle on both sides. Happy days.
Entered the Annexe gates on Oct. 12th. 1948. Best thing I have ever done. Still get nostalgic at 92!
@dabtoe48 bless you for your service.
I joined Ganges in Feb 55 at the tender age of exactly 15 and 4 months. Left 18 months later as a Junior Signalman. I loved every minute of it. Went back as an instructor in 1964. Loved that too. Best things I ever did. Bit of a different story now.
I joined the US Navy 42 years ago. Would retire 21 years later.
In Iraq I'm dying to enter the military college , but they want you to pay for them to get approval to join the army . What a shame .
These were the days when the Royal Navy was the second largest Navy in the world, and most modern.
Today it is a mere shadow of its former self.
@@skylongskylong1982 2 brand new aircraft carriers and the Type 45 destroyer, still at the leading edge of tech, even if the size has shrunk.
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The Royal navy existed before the United States was established.
@@tonyelliott7734 Very true Tony , only a Landlubber would make such an ill informed comment. Fair winds.
Must be a very, very late 1950's recruitment film, it shows a County class destroyer firing missiles and the first of those wasn't commissioned until 1960.
Yes ! Early 60s ! I
noticed exactly the same !
HMS Devonshire was
commissioned late
in 62.
I was on a county class from 81 to 84 so we got our money out of them.
Joined HMS Raleigh 15th November 1965 has a seaman ..signed on 12 years .
Me to as a stoker, loved HMS Raleigh, top of my class,, stupid decision come out of the navy and got married to the most best wife I loved ..her dad was a Japanese POW 4.5
it reminds me a song of frank sinatra: we join the navy to see the world, but all we see is just a sea
Fred Astaire.
@@carltrotter6532 it could be
I watch this to look at the country we have destroyed. To remind me what we had...
Same here in the states.
@@richcook2007 You have some hope though with Trump. We have a Labour government who will remove ever more freedoms.
@@dulls8475trump is a fascist, not much hope there
@@dulls8475 Hope with Trump??????
@@cathybrind2381 Either that or communism.
I like the 1969 Monty Python Navy recruitment video better...can you dig it?
.......PS. Left the RN in October 1989 at the not so tender age of 50!
I say you chaps. Hurry up and join the navy while we've still got one left to join.
Ahh, I'm just not feeling it, the way other recruitment ads do! A little dramatic background music probably would've resulted in more recruits signing up.
It's not exactly exciting, is it? The clipped 1960s RP accent doesn't help, either. "The pay is good". Well, I should hope so!
A left handed 10” signalling lamp
Good point. All the ones I used were right handed. In fact we were encouraged always to use our right hands, even if your were left handed. The American equivalent has a handle on both sides. Happy days.