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The Death of the Tot

Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:42 pm
by Pelican
Please see the attached - I am puzzled about the date on the top line?

Re: The Death of the Tot

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:35 pm
by jbryce1437
Pelican wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:42 pm Please see the attached - I am puzzled about the date on the top line?
Not sure either, but could it be 1200Z on 17 December 1969

Jim
Ps I was a greenie not a signalman :-)

Re: The Death of the Tot

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 6:11 pm
by Pelican
jbryce1437 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:35 pm
Pelican wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:42 pm Please see the attached - I am puzzled about the date on the top line?
Not sure either, but could it be 1200Z on 17 December 1969

Jim
Ps I was a greenie not a signalman :-)
Tks Jim, I read it as giving 6 months notice. Happy Christmas to all 1969. An ex Captain of HMS Ganges gave the order - but someone had to.

Re: The Death of the Tot

Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:34 pm
by jbryce1437
Pelican wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2020 6:11 pm
jbryce1437 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2020 12:35 pm
Pelican wrote: Fri Feb 07, 2020 10:42 pm Please see the attached - I am puzzled about the date on the top line?
Not sure either, but could it be 1200Z on 17 December 1969

Jim
Ps I was a greenie not a signalman :-)
Tks Jim, I read it as giving 6 months notice. Happy Christmas to all 1969. An ex Captain of HMS Ganges gave the order - but someone had to.
Yes, the saddest RDP - run down period - of all, with six months notice.

Jim