A historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast has been taken down ahead of restoration work. HMS Ganges in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based training centre for recruits between ...

Restoration work on a historic Grade II listed former Royal Navy training mast should be completed by May, a museum trustee has said. HMS Ganges, in Shotley Gate, Suffolk, was a land-based ...

Two weeks ago I reported on the state of affairs at Shotley near Ipswich, the former home of the boys' training establishment HMS Ganges ... the museum and the old mast.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. The iconic mast of the former HMS Ganges site is finally back in place, after a whole year of being absent from the Shotley skyline.

Plans to restore the historic HMS Ganges mast are being moved forward, as part of a scheme for nearly 300 new homes. The team at the HMS Ganges Museum has welcomed the news that the mast and ...

They got much more out of the lads. At first there was no mast, like the one at Ganges, to teach boys how to go aloft. Ceremonial Guard, HMS St Vincent 1964. None of these boys would have been ...

The 143ft tall mast on the HMS Ganges site at Shotley Gate has been there for over a century and was the centrepiece of the establishment which was an offshore training base for Royal Navy recruits.

Haylink Limited's plans for the former HMS Ganges naval training base in Shotley Gate near Ipswich, Suffolk, will be reviewed by Babergh District Council next Wednesday. Plans were approved in ...

The mast at the former Naval college HMS Ganges is made from timbers from the time of the Battle of Trafalgar and thousands of teenage cadets had to climb it Former Blue Peter presenter John ...

Image caption, A pupil band from The Royal Hospital School performed at the event The HMS Ganges Museum previously said restorers would remove the wooden part of the mast for refurbishment off ...