......................... BREAKING NEWS...

....................... HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, a.k.a. to us nautical
....................... types as Lord High Admiral of the Navy (gifted to him by HRH QEII,
....................... ten years ago, to celebrate his 90th birthday,) has shuffled off this
....................... mortal coil, just 2 months shy of his 100th birthday,
...................... ...so no centenary pissup...
........................................ ...no telegram from the Queen...

.........................

............ I had a soft spot for Phil, pretty much your regular sailor actually...

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

Yep, I also had a soft spot for The Duke. Loved his wicked sense of humour.

RIP Philip, may you have have fair winds and following seas.

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Brian Carney
R43371
Ex-WOMTP5
22nd Mobi Intake
Jan 67 - Jan 89
RANATE, Sydney, Swan, Creswell, Stalwart (FMU), Cerberus, Derwent, Nirimba, Parramatta, Nirimba, FHQ (FMMO).

And I also, great, wicked sense of humour and a devoted sense of loyalty. Shame he didn't quite make his ton, would have been a great shin dig.
Vale Philip, fair winds and following seas.

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Mike (Pony) Moore
O42860
Ex-LT GLEN(ME)
16th MOBI intake
Jan 64 - Jul 88.
Anzac, Nirimba, Stalwart, Moresby, Creswell, Waterhen, Penguin, Vampire, GMGID (PJP), Coonawarra, Attack, Ardent, Cook, Kuttabull, Cerberus.

May your walls know joy; May every room hold laughter and every window open to great possibility.

My Father-in-Law was in the RN and served as a LS Flag Waver.He served with Prince Philip at sea in either HMS KG V or HMS Kempenfeldt,I cannot remember which one.

Anyway he was hanging around the Bridge when Prince Philip was OOW and was asked what was he up to.Eventually Prince Philip told him to " off my Bridge"

RIP Prince Philip

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Peter Ferris
R65102
Ex-WOMTP5
Direct Entry
Mar 1966 to July 1987
Cerberus X 3,Waterhen x 4,Supply, Gull,Ibis, Paluma, Lonsdale, Flinders x 2,Curlew, Snipe, Carpentaria, Nirimba, Adelaide, FHQ (DEE)

Not only his sense of humour, but low tolerance to fools, and given his many so-called 'gaffs', I suspect he held similar thoughts on 'political correctness' as the rest of us do...

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Rick Pengilly
WEBMASTER
Ex-CPOMTH3
R42630
13th MOBI Intake
July'62 to July'74
HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane

Have to agree to all the above. He would have been an awesome addition to the Rocks Run, a real Man's Man.

Vale, Phil. You were - and are - an inspiration to the people that count in this world.

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Chris O'Keefe
R43136
Ex WO Chippy
19th MOBI Intake
July 65 to July 85
HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra.

Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!