HMS Daedalus Mast Manning Team 1992 at East of England Show

Well done that woman! 💯

That is not fun! Done rigging on a sloop and that was enough! Christ

Nothing but admiration for this courageous young woman

What a brave girl !

Ganges was the best manning the mast ceremony, full mast not the piddly one st Daedalus

No no thrice no. Brave people but no. 😂 she is my hero. Can you imagine what this was like on the open seas. Oh my word.

Do they still do this?

It's not even a real ship :/

OK but wonder how they would have done on the HMS Ganges mast? 2-3 times the height even John Noakes didn't quite make that one!! Good try though

Omg I didn't know this was on here! My dad was at daedolus and we went to field gun every year and loved the climb. I saw this team, and this girl there, was awesome!

Absolutely wonderful

So very proud of a member of our family ...he did this and the Field Gun Competion then went on to be part of the Falklands war ...going through hell. Does he speak of this after all these years...no... I doubt he ever will !

I was the last button boy at HMS St Vincent. 7pm November 5th 1965. For this I received a Churchill 5 shilling piece from admiral Sir Varyle Begg. A taller mast at 130ft. And to dismount the mast it was a 130ft trip down the forestay in just over 10 seconds.

Amazing, compare these boys and girls to today’s youth! - there is no comparison!

A really brave girl.

I was on that team.

That would certainly shiver me Timbers …

I think she needed that tot of rum.

Where is this lady now what happened to her, I would love to know

Is she wearing any type of fall-arrestor device?

one of my uncles was in the Royal Navy during World War two. On board H.M.S. Isis a destroyer

think the bravest aspect of this is the wearing of white trousers... bloody terrifying !!

Heart of Oak ..

From an ex squaddie, that last few yards of the button boys descent when the arms start to ache was some stuff, well done that woman!

I too was a button boy in the early 60"s at 15 and half and yes it's scary stuff

My part of the world, should have joined the Royal Navy !!

shame it was handed back to the raf in 2018 . rnas lee on solent .

i was at hms ganges in 1972 . that mast manning isnt easy . but turns you into a different person .

More stones than any of the blokes below.

I'd buy her a pint anytime.

wow, talk about no room for error that is IT.

HMS Ganges ! That was the proper mast climbing

Well done to that young woman, I hope she’s still talking about her that day today she deserves all the respect in the world.

I'd need a very different colour of trousering to attempt that.

Wonderful ceremony and tradition.
And WELL DONE "little" LADY. !!!
One hand for the Ship, one hand for yourself !!
God bless them all !

I used to live right by the naval base hms daedalus in gosport used to watch navy days and the planes taking off from daedalus oh yeah my dad was stationed there he was a w.a.f.u or electrical artificer and a chief petty officer. Good memories of that base.

And that is the training that makes your Royal Navy the envy of the world.
Regards from Ireland.

wissey62 did she stay in the navy and if so where is she now

That was incredibly brave, we’ll done young lady

I wonder how many fish they killed with those balloons.

Shame it's gone along with Royal Tournement, just an assault on our history and traditions

Excellent work

Very, very impressive!!!

I was often been at this height on a mast, even twice as high.... but very much better secured!
Hats off!

OMG the health and safety mob would have had a heart attack watching this, not a safety rope or airbag in sight. I remember watching this and thinking then you couldn't pay me enough to stand on top of that mast.
excellent display of trust and team work..

Well done, young lady...

Okay, I get it; Britannia no longer rules the waves - but she could if she wanted to.

Bravo, Nicola Howard, a true stalwart.

Sea Cadets?

That tot must have been the most deserved ever issued. I can't tell you how impressed I am. I have been aloft in a small square rigger at sea a number of times and it never felt as exposed or insecure as that mast looked. I called in to the old HMS Ganges site at Shotley a few years ago having last been there as a Sheffield Sea Cadet in 1963 and the sight of the mast there still gave me the willies . Quite a girl, your daughter.

Blimey, what a special lady 👍👍