Interview with Christopher Patrick Ridsdale Collis

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British midshipman and officer served aboard HMS Anson, Home Fleet in GB coastal waters and Arctic, 1942-1943; officer served as gunnery officer aboard HMS Leeds Castle, Escort Group B3 in GB coastal waters and North Atlantic, 1943-1946; various appointments with Royal Navy, 1946-1968

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REEL 1 Background in Dawlish, GB, 1923-1942: family; early education; education at The Nautical College, Pangbourne. Aspects of period as midshipman aboard HMS Danae during voyage from South Africa to GB, 1942: taking passage aboard SS Empress of Russia from GB to South Africa; story of hospitalisation for injured hand on board HMS Vindictive; transfer to HMS Danae, 7/1942; treatment on board ship during voyage from South Africa to GB. Aspects of enlistment and training with Royal Navy, 1942: early interest in aviation and reasons for joining Royal Navy; training at The Nautical College, Pangbourne; reaction to declaration of Second World War, 3/9/1939; German Air Force aircraft attack near family home. Aspects of operations as midshipman and officer aboard HMS Anson, Home Fleet in GB coastal waters and Arctic, 1942-1943: appointment to ship, 8/1942; character of cruiser; journey to join ship at Scapa Flow. REEL 2 Continues: reception on arrival on board; life on board ship; keeping midshipman journal; ship's complement; presence of Admiral Bruce Fraser on board; messing arrangements for midshipmen; details of ship's armament and firing broadside; role of ship's Supermarine Walrus; screening duties on Arctic convoys; weather conditions in Arctic; occasion when ship ran into ice flow; clothing worn; use of hammocks; duties at action stations; description of star shells. REEL 3 Continues: incident of hearing radio signal from Simonstown in South Africa in Arctic waters; differences in construction of Royal Navy and German Navy naval vessels; conditions at action stations for six days; use of anti-mine para-veins; relations with Icelanders; failing submarine course on leaving ship, 1943. Aspects of operations as officer aboard HMS Leeds Castle, Escort Group B3 in GB coastal waters and North Atlantic, 1943-1946: standing by ship during construction; character of ship; description of Squib anti-submarine device; convoy escort duties to Gibraltar. REEL 4 Continues: visits to Spain whilst ashore in Gibraltar; proposed role of ship's BL 4 Inch Naval Gun; boarding German Navy submarines boats at end of Second World War, 5/1945; duties at end of war in Europe, 5/1945; shooting practice; side arm carried. Various aspects of service as officer with Royal Navy, 1946-1968: story of female Chinese gash collector aboard HMS Hermes, 1960-1961; construction of HMS Hermes; transfer to Royal Navy; case of being mistaken for aircrew during time aboard HMS Ocean, 1947-1949; hockey games; Maltese stewards; story of recovery of officer's wife's necklace on Malta; role as training officer aboard HMS Anson, 1949. REEL 5 Continues: nature of laws in Canada; appointment to HMS Warrior; 1966-1968; retirement from Royal Navy, 1968; employment as captain of sail training ship Sir Winston Churchill, 1968-1978; insistence of calling crew by surnames; need to strengthen masts on sail training ships; story of visit with doctor to see sick baby. REEL 6 Continues: appointment to HMS Triumph, 1953; training duties on board HMS Triumph; ashore in Barbados; standing by and working up on HMS Salisbury at Devonport, 1956; appointment to HMS Cavendish in Mediterranean, 1958-1959; landing Auster aircraft on board HMS Ocean, 1947-1948; problems during torpedo firing exercises aboard HMS Cavendish; appointment to Royal Canadian Navy, 1964-1966.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1990 to the present day (production), Second World War (content), 1945-1989 (content), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Yeoman, Lyn (Recorder)
Collis, Christopher Patrick Ridsdale (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 2002-12-02
Dimensions: whole: Duration 180, Number Of Items 6
Catalogue number: 24629

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