Irish Navy In the Call of Duty

[Jetjock]

Excellent post Murph! Thanks!

[BANDIT]

Murph
Thanks for that excellent post and Info

[hptmurphy]

Its all taken from Tom MacGintys book on the Naval Service ...'The Irish Navy A story of Tenacity and Courage' published in 1995.

If I'm not mistaken he was the grandfather of someone who posted here in the past.

From recollection the man who wrote the book has passed on but the book remains one of the best ever written about the NS in its time.

[Jolly_Jack]

Don't forget.... 4 rounds of 7.62...

over the head of Martin Ferris TD, in 1984 onboard the Marita Ann, from the L.E. Emer.

[spider]

over the head of Martin Ferris TD, in 1984 onboard the Marita Ann, from the L.E. Emer.

Now that was great work. God alone knows how many lives were saved when that stuff was intercepted.

At the risk of sounding glib, and please don't take it that way....

Thanks Lads.

[Able]

over the head of Martin Ferris TD, in 1984 onboard the Marita Ann, from the L.E. Emer.

The perfect suprise... it worked well that night, thank god for that damn big rock we were able to hide behind.......

[hptmurphy]

His ( Feriss's) daughter is on the campaign trail for Europe I wonder does she know how near to an untimely end her old fella nearly came to..might jog her memory about the party she has joined.

[PeterCull]

Here's a link to a good article on the CIL website that describes the Macha depth charging the hazard..

http://www.cil.ie/sh623x4204.html

[vladimirputin]

Don't forget the Bas trying to put the Emer into orbit on a foreign cruise around 89/90 I think. Smoke billowing from the magazine. L/Gnr (I think swaney) wanted to flood. Bas having none of it. It took Fr. Des SDB to save the day.


cc Naval Int (ha ha)

[hptmurphy]

Fires on ships were a common occurence, just not news worthy at the time.

You just weren't in the clique unless you had a fire. Eithne had three in one week.. yes Damo you slept through the first one.

[damo de muff diver]

Fires on ships were a common occurence, just not news worthy at the time.

You just weren't in the clique unless you had a fire. Eithne had three in one week.. yes Damo you slept through the first one.

I have commented on this before when one is fighting a fire there is no need for all that screaming & shouting (it was not easy to try & sleep throught )
That was the reason we have watches so they can deal with any emergency (quietly & like professionels) without bothering everyone

Fire & flooding are always the big dangers
As for firing on runaway fishing boats normal naval procedure in my time was to pull alongside and just let them see you taking covers off guns & that did the trick
Didn`t even need a trip to the magazine to get ammo

[Aidan S]

Very interesting post, I know a fella from Kerry who shall remain nameless, (in case this turns out to be a wind up by him), who apparently, so he claims, was in the NS about 15 years ago, cant remember what ship he said, anyway, according to him, he and some mates went on the tear one night, got smashed out of their skulls and upon returning to the ship early the next morning, Mr Nameless, still stoned out of his box, supposedly loaded the main gun and blew some yatch or similar vessel clean out of the water for the hell of it. Has anyone heard about such an event, or is Mr Nameless just bull shitting. I've met him a few times and he's a great character, but I can also vouch that he certainly is the kind of guy who would be crazy enough to pull a stunt like that.

[damo de muff diver]

Very interesting post, I know a fella from Kerry who shall remain nameless, (in case this turns out to be a wind up by him), who apparently, so he claims, was in the NS about 15 years ago, cant remember what ship he said, anyway, according to him, he and some mates went on the tear one night, got smashed out of their skulls and upon returning to the ship early the next morning, Mr Nameless, still stoned out of his box, supposedly loaded the main gun and blew some yatch or similar vessel clean out of the water for the hell of it. Has anyone heard about such an event, or is Mr Nameless just bull shitting. I've met him a few times and he's a great character, but I can also vouch that he certainly is the kind of guy who would be crazy enough to pull a stunt like that.

If he was in the Navy,then there is definitely a smell of bullshit in the air
We are all known for it , it is the first thing they teach you in recruits even before they teach you to walk in the same direction as a group----happy days !

[golden rivet]

Very interesting post, I know a fella from Kerry who shall remain nameless, (in case this turns out to be a wind up by him), who apparently, so he claims, was in the NS about 15 years ago, cant remember what ship he said, anyway, according to him, he and some mates went on the tear one night, got smashed out of their skulls and upon returning to the ship early the next morning, Mr Nameless, still stoned out of his box, supposedly loaded the main gun and blew some yatch or similar vessel clean out of the water for the hell of it. Has anyone heard about such an event, or is Mr Nameless just bull shitting. I've met him a few times and he's a great character, but I can also vouch that he certainly is the kind of guy who would be crazy enough to pull a stunt like that.

what a load of ca ca. you cant beat a good story and most of them are true but that one is definitly off the rails,and if you pm me a name i will tell you his character.. otherwise tell him to pi.. off ..

[hptmurphy]

Didn`t even need a trip to the magazine to get ammo

ha..you just sent me instead!

Originally Posted by Aidan S
Very interesting post, I know a fella from Kerry who shall remain nameless, (in case this turns out to be a wind up by him), who apparently, so he claims, was in the NS about 15 years ago, cant remember what ship he said, anyway, according to him, he and some mates went on the tear one night, got smashed out of their skulls and upon returning to the ship early the next morning, Mr Nameless, still stoned out of his box, supposedly loaded the main gun and blew some yatch or similar vessel clean out of the water for the hell of it. Has anyone heard about such an event, or is Mr Nameless just bull shitting. I've met him a few times and he's a great character, but I can also vouch that he certainly is the kind of guy who would be crazy enough to pull a stunt like that.

Of course he did..we all did..used to do it on a regular basis, it was happening every weekend.

Not even a bullshitter, ****ing liar is more accurate.