Robert Hanley's Pictures of Shotley Gate

HMS Ganges mast.

When in commission this is how the Ganges mast would have looked when fully dressed. Note the Button boy at the top and consider it was 143 feet in height.

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HMS Ganges mast.

The bravest of them all, the Button boy surmounting the last obstacle.

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Shotley Gate

HMS Ganges mast.

The view of the Button boy looking downwards.

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HMS Ganges.

HMS Ganges was a Royal Navy Training base at Shotley, Suffolk. Ganges in the early years was afloat in Harwich Harbour and from 1905 until 1976 as a shore base. Life there was tough and the site included a 143 foot ships mast, which was manned during training and annually for a ceremonial mast manning with a “button boy” standing high above the parade ground. Around 150,000 boys were trained at HMS Ganges.

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The mast at HMS Ganges.

Here are a couple of pictures of the present day mast at HMS Ganges now that it is in the hands of the vandal property developers.

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Shotley Gate

Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-TZ4

The mast at HMS Ganges.

Here are a couple of pictures of the present day mast at HMS Ganges now that it is in the hands of the vandal property developers.

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Shotley Gate

Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-TZ4

The mast at HMS Ganges.

Here are a couple of pictures of the present day mast at HMS Ganges now that it is in the hands of the vandal property developers.

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Shotley Gate

Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-TZ4

HMS Ganges mast

This is a picture of the mast at HMS Ganges when it was closed as a Royal naval training establishment and prior to the property developers taking over.

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Shotley Gate

HMS Ganges museum.

Here is the HMS Gages museum on the marina front at Shotley. It is well worth a visit I recommend it.

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Shotley Gate

Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-TZ4

The mast at HMS Ganges.

Here are a couple of pictures of the present day mast at HMS Ganges now that it is in the hands of the vandal property developers.

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Shotley Gate

Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-TZ4

Ancient Mariner.

An ancient mariner ( Self ) in the HMS Ganges museum looking at a photograph of himself taken in 1952 when he was a young lad of 15.

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Shotley Gate

Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-TZ4

HMS Ganges Museum

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Shotley Gate, Suffolk

Camera Make: Panasonic Model: DMC-TZ4