IF MARK PATTON READS THIS PLEASE E-MAIL ME AS I HAVE SOMETHING I NEED TO DISCUSS WITH YOU. IF ANYONE IS IN CONTACT WITH MARK PLEASE ASK HIM TO CONTACT ME AT HMSCOURAGEOUS@BTINTERNET.COM
We have been asked by friends of Mrs Margaret Fitton, the widow of the late WO (TSSM) Allan Fitton, a well known member of Courageous ships company, if anyone knows the current whereabouts of an old shipmate and personal friend of the family called Harry Lowden who was a member of the Sonar branch. Harry may not have served on Courageous but certainly served on Warspite along with some of the ex-members of Courageous, so hopefully someone out there has a recent address or contact number for Harry. If you do have contact details for Harry please let us know using the following e-mail address:
Many of our members will know the identity of “Eric the Submariner” who has taken the Edinburgh Festival by storm for the last two years and has just returned from his smash hit tour of Australia. Eric is now in the early stages of a UK tour and making headlines wherever he appears. If you would like to see one of Eric’s shows please click on the picture below for UK Tour Dates.
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The Courageous Book, “Submarine Courageous - Cold War Warrior” has been reviewed in Navy News and judged to be an excellent read. (click HERE to read the review) The book is now for sale in the Association Shop. Please click here to go to the shop
A photo gallery featuring pictures of the 2010 reunion is now available on the Reunion Page.
WELCOME TO OUR WEB SITE
Welcome to the web site of the H.M.S. Courageous Association which was founded in 2000 to bring together old friends and crew mates who had, at one time or another, served in the Royal Navy Fleet Submarine, H.M.S. Courageous.
Within only a few months of a search for old friends commencing the number of those wanting to meet with ex crew-mates had grown to over thirty and it soon became obvious that just a pint or two in a pub would be out of the question.
In 2002, 146 men met at The Britannia Hotel, Birmingham, for a weekend and the very first reunion took place. It was such a success that regular reunions are now held attracting friends and crew mates from all over the world.
The current paying membership of The Association stands at almost 250 and we are in touch with approximately 300 men who served in Courageous.
For those of you who served in Courageous or have an affiliation with her, please have a look at the membership, members and reunion pages as they will be of special interest to you.
The 2010 took place over the weekend of 5th, 6th and 7th of March in Plymouth with over 160 attending the reunion dinner on Saturday evening. For a full reunion report please visit the reunion page.
This web site is not just intended to serve the men who went to sea in Courageous. We also hope that anyone with a general interest in the sea, the Royal Navy or submarines, will find something to interest them. The site contains general information on submarines as well as some that is a little more technical for those with a deeper interest in the subject.
H.M.S. Courageous was in active service for 21 years and was a cold war warrior. She served in the South Atlantic during the Falklands Campaign as well as carrying out a large number of classified patrols around the world. Much of the work she did is still classed as too sensitive to release into the public domain so there appear to be gaps in her history. We are now trying hard to fill those gaps but, in the meantime, we hope that what you do find on the web site will be interesting and entertaining.
If anyone has photographs which could be used on the web site please e-mail them to me at
courageous_society@btinternet.com
Chas Cooke (Website Manager)
Alan (Sugar) Cain, 1st commission, runs Heart of England Mobility Ltd., selling mobility scooters. Anyone considering purchasing a mobility scooter can contact Sugar on 0845 4635089 or visit the website
Scooters range from 4 mph pavement scooters, up to 8mph road legal scooters. Many can be dismantled and can fit in a normal saloon car boot. Home demonstrations can be arranged, subject to area of U.K. A generous donation will be made to the Courageous Association for any scooter sold through this advert.
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