Shortcast - Sep 2025
SHORTCAST AND DAILY ORDERS
19 Sep 22
INITIATING SHARPNERS
Venue: TBC: Admiralty House HMNB Portsmouth - entry via Trafalgar Gate PO1 4QT. PHOTO ID REQUIRED. No ID, No Entry. Buffs,
Startex: 1830
Endex: 2100 – proceed independently to Ship Anson, Ship Leopard, Lady Hamilton, Mucky Duck, Spice Island and Still and West a/r thereafter. Over-correction not compulsory, but almost inevitable for most.
Cost - £tbc
20 Sep 22
STEP BACK IN TIME
Venue: Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - Victory Gate, Portsea, PO1 3LJ
Startex: 1000. Cost for Veterans (Bring your pay book) £20. Guests at £35.
Historic Dockyard open 1000 - 1700. RN Submarine Museum and Explosion - Museum of Naval Firepower open 1000 - 1630
Allows entry to HMS VICTORY, Mary Rose Museum, Boathouse 4, Museum of the RN, HM Monitor 33 (WW1 Dardanelles veteran), Action Stations! in the Historic Dockyard and via a water taxi available to/from Gosport for RN Submarine Museum and Explosion!
Grockle Boat Harbour Tours run from 1115 - 1515 - on a first come first served basis. Cost tbc.
Endex: Whenever the fun stops - don't forget to leave time to dhobey, change and get to HMS EXCELLENT for scran.
I/C – Mid Hood
SAILING EXPED
RV: Heritage Vessel Pontoon, turn hard a'Port after exiting ticket office. If you reach No4 Boathouse a swift Williamson's Turn will see you right. Pontoon should now be on your Starboard beam.
MGB 81 - The lucky prize draw for 9 pers - 1 hour trip around the harbour and out to Spithead. Departing 1300. Cost/head would be £125/hour. If there is interest in this as a trip option, further charters can be arranged.
LCVP F8 - One of HMS FEARLESS' LCVPs from 1982. 4 x 1 hour trips for a harbour tour for 10 pers / trip. Provisionally booked for 1200. 1300. 1400. 1500. Cost £25/head
Endex: Whenever the rum runs out.
Dress for the weather.
I/C Mid Hood
All that Glitters is Not Gold - Guided Tour of RN Trophy Centre
1100 - 1230. RN Trophy Centre. Muster point tbc. 12 pers.
I/C S/Lt Cunningham
COMMEMORATIVE DINNER
Photo ID required (Veterans Railcard will not work!)
Rig: Black Tie. Negat decorations. Cost: TBC/head. It'll be a bargain.
From 1900 – Guests may arrive HMS EXCELLENT via the Main Gate only. No boat routine.
1900 – Pre-dinner drinks – Wardroom Anteroom
1930 - Dinner in the Wardroom
Menu:
TBC
Wine:
TBC
Port - sponsored by ARNO/RNOC - if you 're not yet a member, you know what to do.
O/C Dinner – Cash bar (Wardroom Anteroom)
2330 – Bar Closes.
0045 – Guests to have departed Wardroom Anteroom
0100 – All guests to be clear of BRNC grounds. Exit by Main Gate only. No sleeping on the cricket pitch. Investigating mini-bus shuttle a/r.
I/C S/Lt Bennett
21 Sep 22
Recovery Lunch
1130 – RV at The Old Customs House, Gunwharf Quays
1230 – Lunch
O/C - Disperse.
I/C Mid Carruthers
