The Sunday Post: Hospice News

Flying the flag on (and under) the high seas

By Gary Moug

THE ROYAL NAVY will go to the ends of the earth when it comes to raising funds for our appeal.

When HM Naval Base Clyde heard CHAS was challenging people to get a photograph of the CHAS flag being flown in as many unusual places as possible, the race was on to find out which of their ships or submarines was deployed to the most far-flung place.

The winner was nuclear-powered submarine HMS Sceptre — on deployment to the Caribbean and America. The ship sailed from Faslane on March 28 and has been test-firing Spearfish torpedoes while conducting tactical development trials in the Bahamas.

HMS Sceptre’s Lieutenant Gordon Taylor
comes topside to fly the famous CHAS flag.

Despite this busy programme her commanding officer, Mark Titcomb, was delighted the sub could do its bit to raise the profile of CHAS.

The reason the CHAS logo has been seen aboard navy vessels is because CHAS is this year’s chosen beneficiary of the Royal Navy’s annual fund-raising event, the Faslane Fair.

The event, at Helensburgh Pier this Saturday, runs from 12-5 pm, with all proceeds going to our appeal.

Taking centre stage will be the warship HMS Campbeltown, which will be anchored off the pier and will open her gangway to visitors at 10 am to give as many people as possible the opportunity to visit.

Finale to the day’s events will be a display by RAF aerobatics team, The Red Arrows.

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