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i 14 THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1929 TEACHING NAVAL GUNNERS 70 SHOOT Whale . Island is Britain's - Great Training Ground for Experts London--~The British Navy is world-renowned for its excellent shooting, and behind this continuous proficiency lies all the romantic se-| crecy of its great school of gunnery, the finest in the world, at Whale Is- land, Portsmouth. That is the giant nursery where all our naval gunnery officers and other ratings have, for bd many years, been taught the ly involved science of modern gunnery. Although the uninitiated might think that the number of different types of guns used in the Navy is small, yct as a matter of fact it is very considerable. These weapons range from the huge 16 in. guns mounted in the triple turrets of the Rodney and Nelson, and whose sheils weigh over a ton, down through those of 15 in. anc 13.5 in. calibre carried by the super-Dreadnoughts and battle cruisers, right down to tiny 3-pounder quick-firing guns fitted to coastal patrol craft, while in between are 8 in. and 6 in, guns of our latest "Washington" cruisers, the 47 in. guns of the most recent des- troyers, and many others. As Whale Island has to teach the handling of all these, one can easily ur:lerstand why it is such a large establishment and perpetually busy. . When the Navy first took Whale Island over it was simply a small whale-backed mud islet' in Ports- mouth harbor, on which they built a solitary hut. Since then, with the steady expansion of naval require- ments, both island and school have grown enormously, the former by umping large quantities of "spoil" excavated from new dockyards which, have been mage. Today, Whale Is- land is one of the biggest of all the naval scliools. The heart of "Whaley" as the Na- vy calls it, is a series of large sheds which contain one or more examples of 'every gun used in the Navy They are complete in every detail, and housed in mountings precisely as on board ship. Here, the greatest ex- perts in the Service pass their knowl- edge on to their pupils, who may be young sailors or officers on their first course or tanned veterans back after long years on foreign stations for re- freshers" in the very latest methods. Wonderful Controls Naval gunnery is an infinitely more difficult proposition than - artillery shooting on land. In the latter case the gun and its target are usually perfectly stationary. At sea, how- I> Recipe for | delicious uncooked "Salad Dressing 2 eggs beaten until light. 1 teaspoonful salt. 1 teaspoonful mus- tard. 1 can Eagle Brand Milk li eyer, things are vastly different, for the gunner's own ship is moving, per- haps at full speed, his target, the enemy vessel, is probably doing like- wise, and 'in addition to that his ship is heaving with the motion of the sea. Then again, when two ships are approaching each other, or the|. reverse, the range may actually alter by as much as 900 yards in a single minute. Furthermore, a shell may take 1° seconds to pass from gun to target, and consequently the posi- tion of that target changes consid- erably before the shell gets there! Mist and wind are also ticklish con- ditions which must be reckoned with. These few points give some idea of the amazing complexities of sea shootine, and Whale Island has won- derful appliances which take them all into account and enable gunners 'o be turned out who are experts at the job. In front of each gun used for teaching is a cardboard target re- presenting a ship at some definite range, the target is moved up and down in a vertical steel frame, and also sideways, by means of very in- genious eléctrical apparatus, which gives it the precise movements it would appear to have to the gunner on board his warship rolling in the waves, The man under instruction keeps: his sights aligned slightly ahead of it, that is one secret which makes hits by allowing for shell and ship to reach the same spot simul- taneously, and presses the trigger, His shot pierces the target, which is only a few feet from the gun, and gives the same result that he would have obtained at sea firing at the normal range of several miles. The uninitiated will scent a mystery here, how can a gun they will sal which throws a heavy shell many miles; be fired inside a school at a card target only a few inches square, and but a few feet distant? The secret of it is the fixing of a Morris tube in the centre of cach gun barrel. This is really a very long air rifle, firing or- dinary air gun pellets, and connected with. the big weapon's trigger, 50 that pressing it shoots a tiny pellet-- familiar to myriads of air rifle en- thusiasts--at: the torget. Economical Working Firing full size ammunition from the big guns of a ship at sea is very costly, for the whole crew must be fed and paid, the boilers are burning large quantities of oil fuel, and ex- pensive stores are consumed, while each shell and its charge add heavy expense. There is also the cost of running a target towing vessel. So by using Morris tubes, the. Navy saves millions of pounds sterling each year, and yet gets the experience © countless practice rounds. & Another interesting "Whaley" me- thod is the use of "the dotter." A small target a few feet from the gun muzzle is moved in a similar way, and is electrically connected with the firing apparatus. When the trigger is pressed an electrically worked pen- cil "dots" the target, and affords in- fallible evidence of correctness--or otherwise--of the: gunner"s aim. All Whale Island's shooting is un- der the supervision of experts, who are adepts at discovering and cor- recting faults in their pupils' aiming and firing. Sandwiched in with ac- tual gun work is much theoretical in- struction in the many lecture rooms. Careful records are made of the pro- gress of every officer and man at the school, and frequent tests and exam- inations are held. These tests are very difficult, the instructors are the highest experts in the Navy, and consequently those who pass success- fully are real scientific gunners, and afterwards man. the gunnery branch of the Navy. : Despite the pérfection of, Whale Island's land teaching, no man cai really be described as a trained gun- ner until, he has actually fired many rounds at sea, and so several small tenders are attached for this purpose. They carry small calibre guns, and are constantly employed in making trips out in the Solent, where they enable parties from the school to get f | when passing, precisely as that holy Above is a modish little cloche of gray felt, trimmed with blue and gray braid in interesting design. It is from the house of Rejane.-- Photograph is by Henri Manuel, Paris. i lics of battles and expeditions. In addition to the gun sheds and lecture rooms already mentioned, there are splendidly equipped kitchens where the human side of the island is ca- tered for. . The general effect in Whale Island is one of surprising beauty, for the buildings are set amidst grass tennis lawns, well-cared for flower beds, and neat gravel drives, "Whaley" figures in the Navy List as a warship, H M.S, Excellent, and as far as possible it is run with all the routine of a ship at sea. Thus, parties of men jolaing the school for a course have to re- port that they have "come aboard, sir!" Then again, a great gravel ter- race there is called the "quarter- deck," and all ranks have to salute it of holies 'is saluted on a war vessel. The final nautical touch is provided by ringing a bell every half hour to denote the time, and consequently "two bells)" "eight bells," and other appropriate "bells" are part of the MISS HELEN GROSSMAN grery day language of that island ship. Inside this secret heart of the Na- vy's gunnery is another even more secret heart, the experimental de- partment. This inviolable centre has by incessant research work been lar- gely responsible for the astonishing improvements in guns, fire control, projecticles, and in the methods of teaching gunnery, which can be trac- ed even between the days of the Dreadnought of 1906, the inaugurator of the modern epoch of the "all-big gun" ship, and these days of the mighty Nelson and Rodney. Its ex- periments. produced most of the ~na- nery equipment with which the Navy went through the Great War so splendidly, and even today its brains are ceaselessly working out new plans for making naval shooting even more formidable in the future. "Whaley" has made history, for her superbly trained gunners and gunnery officers proved their efficien- cy the world over during the last war. Their shooting hammered the German Fleet so terribly at Jutland that it was unfit to leave harbor again while hostilities lasted; anni- hilated Von Spee's squadron at the battle of the Falkland Islands; and effected a thousand other imnerish- able feats up and down the seven seas. Other Whale Island gunners manned the guns on' trawlers, sub- marines, the mysterious "Q-ships" and armed liners, and fought the U- boat menace with heroism and fine gunnery. 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