Hi to all of the ex crews. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you all

Very merry Christmas to the Danae shipmates I served with and the other fine bunch I met at this years reunions!!
Buck Rodgers Ex LMEM(L)

Merry Christmas to all the guys who served on the Fighting 47 .
Sounds a great idea to have a reunion in Gib ,if whoever arranges it wants a hand drop me a line I'm close to the location .
Hope to hear from some of you guys soon ,
Regards ,
BlackGambo

served 1987 to 1989. great site - not sure what drew me here but so glad I found it. The Falklands pictures reminded me of how crap (and red) my beard was too!

HMS Danae was a grand ship and a great crew. Your old shipmates from the USS Taylor FFG 50 (STANAVFORLANT 87) still talk about all those good times we shared when we gather. Wish all of you the best, and happy holidays this season...

Splice the Main Brace!

Steve "Hoss" Novell
USS Taylor (OPS)

hello all my old Danae shipmates from 84 - 87. It was good to see you all had a fantastic time at the latest reunion in Bristol.It looks like a lot of effort had gone in to making the event very special. Sorry I couldn't be with you but some of us have to work nights you know !!!!!! Hopefully I will see you all again soon. Nice to see Bad Ass still looks mean and moody and as usual half cut. I assume the photo was taken early in the evening if Guzz was anything to go by!Take care fellas and hope to catch up soon. P.s the reunion in Gib sounds like a top idea Dicky......

Very well summed up in your message Dicky. The reunion really was fantastic and it was great to meet so many old and new friends there.
Many thanks Ray, Julia, Paul and everyone at Flying Fox who helped to make it such a very enjoyable and memorable occasion.
Looking forward very much to seeing you all again next time and also hoping to meet even more of you Danae 86-87 crew members out there who I have not seen for many years.

Ray,
Just to say a massive thanks to you for all your hard work and efforts in putting together a wonderful evening and joining together of two Ships companies. Both my wife Michelle and I had a tremendous time at Flying Fox and my only regret is not getting on the mic to put out a BZ to you during the evening so apologies for that. I will make it up to you next time. A couple of points worthy of mention on Daily Orders:
1.Food was of the highest order. I had to go round again a couple of times...
2.Bar Staff were wonderful, polite, pleasant and extremely courteous (Bar prices fantastic...)
3.Venue was very well dressed up and no doubt took a lot of organising inc Perry buoys that looked great side by side.
4.Your organisation efforts (inc Mrs Lester) overall including: raffle, money return, venue, DJ, Danae T'shirts etc... great stuff.
I can't praise you enough for what you did for us all and I say that on behalf of all present on the night, those that failed to show or did not bother is their loss and an opportunity missed is one lost forever.
I hope you managed to relax on the night and enjoy your hard work and toil from a long time organising and arranging. Thanks again mate and I will look forward to our next gathering at a time, date and venue to be decided. I intend to have a sneaky look at a possible gathering in Gib 2010/11...???
Warm regards to you and Mrs L and I look forward to seeing you in the not too distant future. Bravo Zulu...
Yours Aye,
Dicky

Thanks Ray and Julia for all your hard work for a successful reunion. Best wishes from Kate and myself to the new friends we made - anyone ex-Danae is an oppo as far as I'm concerned. Jack, Taff, Mitch etc., see you at the next reunion and you '70-'72 commish lads, lets see some more of you at the next one I don't want to be father all on my own!

Hi All
Many thanks to Ray and Julia for a great night at the Flying Fox reunion. And to all who attended Friday or Saturday for helping to make our weekend Pam and I had a great time. But will Mitch remember me this time Pud???