“The Ship That Never Was” Part 2

Unto The First Sea Lord And Lords Of The Admiralty.

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To You Obdurate Morons Purporting To Be Hon Ministers Within

The Ministry of Defence

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Fifty Nine Years ago come the 30th April 2008 the Commander-in-Chief, Far East Station, Admiral, Sir E.J. Patrick Brind, K.C.B., C.B.E. ordered the British, Royal Navy, Destroyer, H.M.S. Concord, into China’s Yangtze River, and to make its way towards the Woosung Forts, and train its armament on the Woosung Forts, in readiness to respond, in the event of H.M.S. Amethyst, being fired upon in passing that location whilst making its escape from the river Yangtze.

 

To this day and time fifty nine year on from H.M.S. Amethyst’s dramatic escape, it has never been officially declared that H.M.S. Amethysts, m ain armament was in malfunction, and that her secondary armament was lying in a dockyard shed. (See photo below).

That photograph was taken as H.M.S. Amethyst, was being secured alongside H.M.S. Tamer’s, dockyard jetty at Hong Kong, following her assisted escape. The encircled area that termed the ships wing, starboard side and within the drawn circle is an orlikin gun mounting, mine-us the orlikin gun. Here is another photo that shows the same area but taken from a different angle.

These photo’s might just provide an insight into why Lieutenant Commander Kearns, requested covering power from H.M.S. Concord, and why in a signal dated 30th April 1949 from Amethyst to Concord, Kearns, is seen to have stated; “Never has a ship been more welcome”.

Here are some of the signals Fifty Nine Years ago, come the 30th and 31st July 1949.

There you have been provided with the irrefutable proof or evidence which shows the effort made and the part played by H.M.S. CONCORD, in the Yangtze Incident. Surely now consideration has to be given to providing remedy and reparation to this appalling situation that has been allowed to exist for Fifty Nine years come the 30th July 2007.

 

So from me seen here, seen below, to all of you out there, please join in with me by singing the Marmalade version of the song, to the tune now being played.

 

News Just In

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As can be seen that being shown below is from the Office of the Naval Secretary and in one sentence stating; “ So long after events in question, there are no plans to review the qualifying criteria for this award” Well it will be interesting to see or perhaps read the what the News Media, and Members of Parliament might have to say about that, considering what’s been posted on this site.

Navy Command

Office of the Naval Secretary

Navy Command Headquarters

Leach Building (MP 3.1)

Whale Island

PORTSMOUTH PO2 8BY

 

 

 

 

D/NAVSEC(H&A)1760/4/4/9

Telephone:  023 92 628675

Military Net: 93 832 8675

Fax:             023 92 625100

E-mail:         steve.spear611@mod.uk

 

 

 

Mr W Leitch

c/o 'sonnyconsort@btinternet.com'

           

 

 

29 July 2008

 

 

Dear Mr Leitch,

 

Thank you for your e-mail of 16 July about HMS CONCORD and the 'Yangtze 1949' clasp to the Naval General Service Medal 1915.

 

I regret that there is nothing I can add to earlier correspondence on this matter; the letter from Minister for the Armed Forces, The Right Honourable Bob Ainsworth MP to Mr Jim Devine MP, reference D/Min(AF)/BA MC05786/2007 dated 18 November 2007, and my letter of above reference dated 20 February 2008 to Mr Hodgson that he has made available to you.

 

So long after the events in question, there are no plans to review the qualifying criteria for this award. 

 

Thank you for writing.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

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