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Unedited rushes of rushes of Type 23 frigate HMS Grafton (F.80) during a goodwill trip to Singapore 15 September 1998.
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(Tape 1) Grafton arrives in Singapore harbour, berths and is greeted by a contingent of local school children. The officers and crew enjoy a local lunch, followed by footage of the hotel they are staying at and general views of crew in and around the hotel. Crew members visit the Raffles Hotel Museum and local shopping arcades.
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(Tape 2) [Contents taken from the shot list provided with the tape ] Preps for fashion show: Wren QM [sic OM] armed [Wren is OM S. Skinner]: 2 shot m/f armed sentries: Wren writer on phone: Wren checking breathing apparatus: L/Steward folding napkins [Leading Steward is Carl Roper]: LAEM checking Lynx on flight deck: MEM on DG head: MEM on phone in mach space: Sales / Fashion show reception: Fashion show. Includes sailors / senior rates taking part as escorts.
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(Tape 3) [Contents taken from the shot list provided with the tape ] Singapore shopping GVs: Sightseeing: Interview CWEA Steve Elliot: Interview Wren OM S Skinner: Interview MEM Phil Powis: Singapore GVs: Interview MEM Daniel Miles.
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(Tape 4) 6 of the crew go sightseeing, visit the Kranji War Cemetery on the north of Singapore Island and visit Sentosa Island, where they see Fort Siloso, the Merlion statue, Underwater World, Volcanoland, and stop off in a water park at Fantasy Island. Views of Singapore Island from Sentosa Island.
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(Tape 5) After more sightseeing and lunch, 3 male sailors visit the Kranji War cemetery to pay their respects to some of the Royal Navy war dead from the Second World War. Whilst there, Leading Steward Carol Roper sees his missing relatives name [756508 David Richie Roper of the 2nd battalion, the Cambridgeshire regiment, who died 21 September 1944, presumably whilst in captivity) in the cemeterys Memorial Register and is pictured pointing his name out on the Memorial to the Missing. The Rugby team from HMS Grafton play a local side in a friendly match.
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(Tape 6) [Contents taken from the shot list provided with the tape ] Mail coming aboard: Interview L/Steward Carl Roper: Interview OM Robert Austen: And the rain came down!!: Interview LOM Darren Damerell: Interview with Commanding Officer: Radar display: Navigating Officer at chart: Navigating Officer at Pelorus: Interview Admiral Forbes: Dusk over Singapore GVs.
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(Tape 7) [Contents taken from the shot list provided with the tape ] Ships aerials: handling power cables on jetty: Painting cable Seamanship: Greasing guardrails Husbandry: Singapore Nay Patrol craft: Interview Wren Writer: Fire fighting equipment brief: Fire: Fire fighters down hatch: Smoke: Interview LMEM Mark Stokes (picture loss part way through).
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(Tape 8) [Contents taken from the shot list provided with the tape ] Interview LAEM Kevin Briggs (no good green tint to visual): interview OM(C) Curtis: Lynx on deck: CU fire being piped: Painting ship Husbandry Seamanship: Union flag: Grafton sailing shot from tug: Ensign: Grafton leaving harbour from tug: Ship from tug good shot.
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