Nick Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 Can anyone give me an explanation as to why some RN Cap tallies have a full stop after the ships name and other do not.For example.
John Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 I don't know why some had a full stop and others differed , apart from maybe a change in manufacturer or a Wartime shortage of braid.I do know that during WWII, Royal Naval personnel were forbidden to wear the ship's name on their cap, for security reasons, so each 'tally' normally only had 'H.M.S.' on it. There were some who were allowed to have 'destroyer' or 'minesweeper' on it, but not the ship's name.
Craig Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 I thought this was true. didn't Lord Haw Haw claim on " Germany Calling " that the German navy has sunk several British ships that were land bound training facilities like HMS Nelson.
John Posted June 5, 2004 Posted June 5, 2004 Interesting. I bet that shocked some of the recruits at thoses Trainng Establishments!
Firefly Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Nelson was actually the British Navies first 16-inch gun Battleship, completed in 1922 with her sistership Rodney. Very distinctive ships with three triple turrets forward of the Superstructure. They were built within the confines of the Washington Treaty of 1922, and were originally intended to be much larger 'Super Battleships'. The design, which had been laid some time before, literally had an entire centre-section cut out to drop the tonnage to that allowed by the Treaty. This apparently left the ships with very poor handling on the seas.Luckily Haw Haw was wrong. She happily made it through the War in one piece, despite being torpedoed off Normandy. She was scrapped in 1948. I get ever so hot in my anorak in this weather........ wub.gif
Firefly Posted June 9, 2004 Posted June 9, 2004 Just of interest to the Chairman, i have actually visited the site of Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. It involved a short but quite scary ferry journey over the Pentland Firth at Orkney, one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world (which i can certainly vouch for).The ship was attacked on the night of 14th October 1939, by the U47 commanded by one Gunther Prien. She still lies there today, apparently visible from the air at low tide. All i saw was the marker buoy close to the shore and possibly a dark shadow in the water. An official War Grave to 833 men. It was a very moving experience for a naval buff like myself.
John Posted June 12, 2004 Posted June 12, 2004 Can you actually see anything of these huge ships, or would that be a diving expedition?
Firefly Posted June 15, 2004 Posted June 15, 2004 You can't see anything now, i think the salvage work finished in the mid-fifties. There are still a few wrecks down there but they were so deep as to make it uneconomical to try work on. I had a fantastic short photo book called 'Wrecks of Scapa Flow' but somehow lost it when i moved into my new gaff, gutted. It had pictures and maps of all the wrecks. I think people don't realize just what a massive expanse of water it is till they see it. A very eerie and baron place.
james Stewart Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I heard that in recent years oil was removed from the Royal Oak as the contents of the rusting bunkers threatened an on going potential for a major pollution incident.The Royal navy (I am almost certain) dived and removed what oil they could from her.Also in the past few years special permission was given to place the ashes of a widow of a crew member on the ship, this again was done by the Royal Navy.
Laurence Strong Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) Just of interest to the Chairman, i have actually visited the site of Royal Oak in Scapa Flow. It involved a short but quite scary ferry journey over the Pentland Firth at Orkney, one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the world (which i can certainly vouch for).As I don't know the area, why is the ferry ride scary, and what makes the waters treacherous.Nice cap tally Mr Chairman Edited October 10, 2005 by Laurence Strong
Bob Hunter Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 The explanation on the presence or absence of a stop is probably as simple as, who set up the machine that day...?
SICHERHEITSDIENTS Posted May 17, 2011 Posted May 17, 2011 (edited) a person told me than all pre war and ww2 royal navy cap tallies had a full stop behind the ship name and cap tallies without full stop behind ship name are post-war and my question is:could anybody confirm or not this point of view or anybody who posted a ww2 period cap tally with no full stop behind the ship name? Edited May 17, 2011 by SICHERHEITSDIENTS
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