For his heroism, he was rewarded posthumous. She was named for Pieter Mahu, a Dutch Navy pilot, shot down and killed by Japanese aircraft on during the Battle of the Java Sea. Joining The Royal Navy, Prince Charles followed in the footsteps of his father, The Duke of Edinburgh, grandfather, King George VI and two great-grandfathers. The Mahu is one of the van Straelen -class minesweepers build during the Cold War for use in the estuaries of Dutch rivers and nicknamed Dinky Toys. In 2006, The Prince was promoted to Admiral in the Royal Navy, General in the Army and Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Air Force. His Royal Highness was again promoted in all three Services on his 54th birthday in 2002 becoming Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Air Marshal in the Royal Air Force and Lieutenant General in the Army. On November 14, 1998, the Ministry of Defence announced that The Prince of Wales had been promoted to '2-star' Rank in all three Services of the Armed Forces to coincide with his 50th birthday. He was promoted again on his 40th birthday in 1988, to Captain in the Royal Navy and Group Captain in the Royal Air Force. The following January he was promoted to the rank of Commander. She carried a complement of 26 officers and ratings and was equipped with magnetic minesweeping gear as well as acoustic sweep ‘Kango hammers’ for acoustic mines. In 1973, he was promoted to Acting Lieutenant.įollowing a lieutenant's course at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, The Prince was given command of his own ship, the minehunter HMS Bronington, for the final ten months of his active service in the Royal Navy ending on December 15, 1976. Ship History: She was a Castle-class minesweeper built in Auckland and commissioned as HMNZS Hinau on 23 July 1942 and was paid off 4 September 1945. The Duke of Edinburgh, and his great-uncle, Lord Mountbatten, had both been at Dartmouth.ĭuring the next two and a half years, The Prince attended a four-month course at Portsmouth and served on four more ships. Using various mechanisms intended to counter the threat posed by naval mines. On September 15, The Prince joined the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, under the graduate entry scheme, as Acting Sub-Lieutenant. A minesweeper is a small warship designed to remove or detonate naval mines. The Prince had already gained his private pilot's licence, when he began advanced training to qualify as a jet pilot.įlight Lieutenant The Prince of Wales was awarded his RAF wings at Cranwell on August 20, 1971. Mantel of Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom. You can organise online Minesweeper tournaments on Scoreganizer which uses the. The first tournament in Budapest 2005 was won by Damien Moore (Canada) with the last in person tournament in Vienna 2015 won by Kamil Muraski (Poland).
He began his career in the Armed Services in March 1971, when he started a four-month attachment with the Royal Air Force at Cranwell, Lincolnshire. Navy as a Coastal Minesweeper, MSC-112, 7 February 1955 Placed out of service 8 July 1972 Struck from the Naval Register in 1975 Sold for scrap in 1979 to W. This page documents the international and country Minesweeper tournaments where players competed in person.
Prince Charles is Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal and Marshal of the Royal Air Force.
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Lord Mountbatten and Prince Charles wearing full naval uniform, on a visit to Nepal in 1975 and right, the Prince of Wales in his uniform
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