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Sunday, May 02, 2004 3:31 AMSubject: Proposed New Forum on RAN Skilled Hands (Under Forums)
Hi Ned, Chris, John, Derek, Les, Alan, Terry, Dusty, Norzahari, John, Rod, and Dennis,
As a result of the interest expressed by our Membership, and by those I've personally contacted from Allied Navies, we have decided to elevate current the RAN Skilled Hands Topic (currently listed as: HMS Fisgard, Royal Navy Artificer Apprentices School Website appearing under General Discussion Forum) http://www.ran-skilledhands.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=274 to a 'Forum' in it's own right...
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Proposed New Forum on RAN Skilled Hands (Under Forums) http://www.ran-skilledhands.org/forum/index.php
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Ex-RN, RCN, RNZV, RMN and PNGDF Naval Artificer Apprentices
Forum Summary:
Connect with Ex-Naval Artificer Apprentices of Allied Navies who shared our experiences both here and in other parts of the World. A forum for Ex-NAA’s who went through HMS Fisgard, HMS Caledonia, HMS Raleigh, HMS Sultan, HMS Collingwood, HMS Ariel, HMCS Cape Breton/HMCS Naden as well as those who went through HMAS Nirimba from the RMN and PNGDF…
Forum Goals:
To encourage RAN Skilled Hands Membership from ex-NAA's from other Navies who shared a commonality of training/ serving experiences, to exchange experiences of life as Naval Artificer Apprentices, their treatment in the 'The Fleet', antics they got up to to entertain/ survive the rigours of their respective Apprentice Training Establishments...
We propose that we'll make the move in the next week or so, after we have received a few more Membership Registrations from those ex-NAA's invited to join us... Sharing this e-mail amongst your own respective Websites/Memberlist will go a long way to speeding up the process of establishing the forum and rapport with our counterparts...
Joining RAN Skilled Hands is
FREE, the entire non-commercial Forum/ Website is privately funded by Ned and myself, created with the sole motive of connecting all fellow ex-Naval Artificer Apprentices where ever they may be....!Ned and I look forward to your feedback...
P.S.
Our 500th Member is in fact Alan Rickards, an ex-HMS Fisgard 'old boy' now living in Vera Cruz, Mexico...!!!Best Regards,
Rick Pengilly
W.J. 'Rick' Pengilly
Ex- CPOMTH3 - RAN - 13th MOBI Intake - HMAS Nirimba - R.A.N.A.T.E. - July'62 to July'74 -WEBMASTER- www.RAN-SkilledHands.orgAn un-official NAVY Forum for all ex- MOBIs, Muppets, Phasies, Mechanicians, DENS and other Direct Entry Tradespeople of the
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY