";s:4:"text";s:4333:"Current HMS Ranger. The New HMS Sussex 1968 . The following ‘orange’ story was recounted for me amidst much hilarity at HMS Sussex where several ex-KA officers had come to recall their memories of that time. With thanks to Dave Walker, who is second from the right, ex Sussex RNR & TCA Member. H.M.S. Pictured are members of the former Sussex Division RNR. ... the Brighton unit was Sussex; however it wasn't merged with KA - KA was formed as a result of the merger of Sussex, Wessex and Southwick. Front Page HMS L 16 (submarine) (Atlantic Fleet) [tender to HMS Conquest] (1932) HMS Titania (submarine depot ship) (at the time of the loss of the submarine HMS M2 which was carrying out trials as an aircraft-carrying submarine 26.01.1932) 03.09.1932 HMS "Sandpiper" after acceptance in August 1977 was to be allocated to the RNR Channel Group, which includes the London, Sussex and Solent Divisions, ande based at HMS "President" in London. Additional TCA Members are – from the left 1st Chris (Daisy) Adams, 4th Keith (Stumpy) Durrant & 8th Dave (TF) Walker. Each division had to put on a show at Lancing College when they had finished their course and before they proceeded to Hove. HMS Sussex (1693), a third-rate ship of the line that sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 1694; HMS Sussex (96), a County-class heavy cruiser, launched in 1928 and scrapped in 1950; HMS Sussex (RNR) was the name of the Royal Naval Reserve unit in Brighton that closed in 1994 Feel free to browse through my photos below. Media related to River class minesweeper at Wikimedia Commons References. Members who served with HMS Sussex. Welcome to Forces Reunited the place where you can find information and friends from HMS Sussex.. We are the largest and fastest growing community of UK forces veterans on the web with over 500,000 members! Sinking. Well done to HMS Ceres I know you put a lot of effort into getting that place going. Several ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Twelve ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Twelve ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named Sixteen vessels and two shore establishments of the Royal Navy have been named Thirteen ships of the British Royal Navy have been named Five ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Eight ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Seven ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name Four ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name In 1991 she went to form part of the Gibraltar Squadron and returned to the UK in 2004 to be allocated to Sussex URNU. Web site built using the Instant Site builder from Official Opening Ceremony of the new Headquarters by HRH Princess Alexandra Sat 6th July 1968 HMS Shoreham Letter Spring 2017 Sussex, Sussex Division R.N.R. ***** HMS Shoreham Letter Summer 2017. You can click on any image thumbnail to expand it. Official Opening Ceremony of the new Headquarters by HRH Princess Alexandra Sat 6th July 1968. Front Page Everything was signed! Feel free to browse through my photos below. Sussex Division RNR - HMS Sussex NI Squadron Sold to Brazil Babetonga (P63) Small patrol corvette See also. The current HMS Ranger was built in Shoreham in 1987 and was originally allocated to the Ulster Division RNR for Junior Officer training. Regularly manned by a combination of Sussex and London Division RNR personnel (from HMS President), she sailed from Shoreham on 11 September 1976 with a crew largely drawn from London Division RNR to take part in Operation Teamwork, a NATO exercise in the North Sea.Following the exercise, on 20 September the ship proceeded in company with six other British minesweepers … “My first RNR unit, HMS Sussex closed down, along with HMS Wessex, in the 90’s and then HMS King Alfred was commissioned in Portsmouth twenty years ago so I moved across, travelling down to Portsmouth regularly and getting around the RN schools and training establishments in the country supporting my specialist branch activities. You can click on any image thumbnail to expand it.