The mast will be restored and returned to Shotley Gate where there are plans for almost 300 homes A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast is being taken down so restoration work can ...

Five royal navy veterans will return to HMS Ganges six decades after starting their training at the base. The servicemen joined the navy on August 24th 1964, at the age of 15, spending the first year ...

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 ...

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 ...

Over the years I have written a lot about the boys' training establishment HMS Ganges at Shotley Point near Ipswich. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The News, you can get unlimited access ...

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For decades, HMS Ganges in Suffolk was the first taste of naval life for generations of Royal Navy recruits. But 40 years ago, on 6 June 1976, it was decided that the training base would close. In the ...