A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between ...

While my wife and I were visiting Malta during the Christmas and New Year period, I read with interest an article in the half a century ago column: "Maltese boy seamen at HMS Ganges" (January 6). I ...

Archive footage from 1978 showed Blue Peter presenter John Noakes climbing to the top of tall ship He was taking part in a mast-manning ceremony with naval cadets on the HMS Ganges training base in ...

The historic landmark HMS Ganges mast was removed during a special ceremony as former Royal Navy seamen, museum trustees and Royal British Legion representatives looked on. Restoration work will be ...

On Thursday, 12 Apri1, a total of 60 former HMS Ganges personnel, wives, partners and friends will be coming to Malta to join in the celebrations for the 70th anniversary of the award of the Cross of ...

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Intent on becoming sailors, 15-year-olds Ian Thomson and Ken Anderson entered HMS Ganges Boys Training Establishment for the first time. Fast forward to 2011, and 17,000 kilometres from the place ...

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HMS Ganges was Britain's largest Royal Naval training establishment from 1905 until it closed in 1975 A former soldier has started a campaign to save an old Royal Navy swimming pool described as "an ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The ...

HMS Ganges was Britain's largest Royal Naval training establishment from 1905 until it closed in 1975 A former soldier has started a campaign to save an old Royal Navy swimming pool described as "an ...