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This page details the main national and regional submarine centenary events. Events are listed in cronological order and to save space, the following abreviations have been used. Unless you are viewing the table of events on a very large screen, you will need to use the scroll right facility which is normally at the bottom of the page.

ABBREVIATIONS    

EVENT OPEN TO  

SSM Serving Submariners
XSM Ex-submariners
PUB Members of the public    

ACCESS BY  

INV By Invitation only
APP Apply in advance
TIC By ticket
OPEN Open access
TBA To be advised
POC Point of Contact         

For further details of these events, please click here for contact email addresses, and phone numbers.

DATE MAIN EVENTS NATIONAL & REGIONAL EVENTS SUBMARINE CENTENARY APPEAL EVENTS LOCATION EVENT OPEN TO ACCESS BY RESPONSIBLE AUTHORITY POC GENERAL REMARKS
Su 5 Nov   Submariners Association Memorial Parade.   Embankment, London SSM, XSM OPEN Mr John Houlding, National Secretary of the Submariners Association. Mr John Houlding or Branch Secretaries of Submariners Association. FOSM take salute.
Tu 14 Nov.     Bath & Bristol Submariners Run Ashore Bath Rugby Club SSM, XSM APP CSSE Lt Cdr J Waddington  
Tu 14 Nov.     Lunch hosted by Second Sea Lord HMS VICTORY, Portsmouth   INV Director RNSMM. Mr Colin Way  
Fr 17 Nov.     Lunch hosted by First Sea Lord     INV Director RNSMM. Mr Colin Way  
Th 23 Nov     City and Serving Black Tie Dinner Armourer’s and Brazier’s Hall, London EC2 SSM, XSM APP Cdre Macpherson. SSM-Cdr Andy White, XSM-Cdre M Macpherson Guest speaker Sir John Harvey-Jones
1 – 3 Dec     De Profundis' Maritime Art Exhibition Pallant House, Chichester PUB on 2nd & 3rd INV on 1st; TIC at door on 2nd & 3rd. RAdm P F Grenier. RAdm P F Grenier. Exhibition includes a lithograph generously donated by HRH the Prince of Wales, and a wide variety of art work kindly provided by friends of the Submarine Service. Opening by Admiral Sir John Woodward. Raffle draw by Sir John Mills.
Sa 20-Su 21 Jan   K13 Memorial Weekend.   HM Naval Base Clyde, FASLANE SSM, XSM APP West of Scotland Branch of the Submariners Association. Mr Jim McMasters  
Tu 23 Jan     Linch hosted by FOSM Dolphin House   INV Director RNSMM Mr Colin Way  
We 31 Jan   Submarine Centenary Media Launch, Astute Keel Laying Ceremony.   Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria   INV Media Launch - FOSM Centenary PRO Lt Cdr Kate Brown, RNR, Centenary PRO. Media launch of Centenary Programme linked to keel laying of Astute, 100 years after keel laying of Holland 1.
Sa 10 Feb     Submarine Centenary Concert Chepstow Leisure Centre, Chepstow, Monmouthshire PUB, SSM, XSM TIC Wales No. 1 Branch Submariners Association. Mr John Huntley, National Chairman of Submariners Association. Morriston Orpheus Choir, the Chepstow Town Band, and the Principle Chellist of the Finnish Symphony Orchestra.
Th 15 - Sa 17 Feb   Mountbatten Festival of Music. FOSM Box   Albert Hall, LONDON PUB TIC INV Royal Marines FOSM (Flag Lt.) RM website Flag Lieutenant  
Feb     Dinner hosted by Second Sea Lord HMS VICTORY, London   INV Director RNSMM Mr Colin Way  
Th 15 Mar   1 day seminar on submarines at the National Maritime Museum   Greenwich, LONDON PUB TIC Open Museum Susan Bayliss. Joy Affection, Stacey Hine. Tickets available from Box Office - see List of Contacts. Price including lunch £35, concessions £28.
Sa 16 Mar   Submarine Medical Branch Reunion   Inst. of Naval Medicine, Alverstoke SSM, XSM APP Mr Paul Stock Mr Paul Stock  
Mar/Apr   Naval Records Society – Book launch – History of UK Submarines to end WW1.   Location TBA   INV Prof. Andrew Lambert Cdr Mike Mason Launch planned by Prof. Andrew Lambert. Book by Dr Lambert.
Tu 10 April LAUNCH OF ROYAL MAIL SPECIAL STAMP TO MARK SUBMARINE CENTENARY. Modern submarine media event in support of Royal Mail launch.     Location TBA     Royal Mail Captain SM2. Mr Greg MacNeil Commander SM2 4 Special Stamps featuring submarines over the last 100 years.
Tu 17 Apr   Affray 50th Anniversary   Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport PUB, SSM, XSM OPEN Director, RNSMM Cdr JJ Tall, RNSMM.  
Tu 24 Apr   Submarine Race Day   Devon and Exeter Race Course. SSM, XSM APP Captain SM2. Commander SM2  
Fr4-Mo7 May (Mo 7 May-BANK HOL) SUBMARINE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS, BARROW. Freedom of the Borough Parade for the Submarine Service .     Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria SSM, XSM, PUB APP INV BSCMC Captain SM1 Mr J Houlding, Nat. Sec. of Submariners Association. TBA This event is being jointly managed by the Borough Council of Barrow-in-Furness, BAE Marine Systems Ltd, and the Submariners Association. Sat 5 May - Freedom of the Borough Parade for the Submarine Service. Visit 'www.submariners.co.uk' for latest developments.
Tu 1 May     Submarine Centenary National Raffle tickets go on sale.       Cdr Ian Anderson Cdr Ian Anderson, RNSMM.  
Th 17 May OPENING OF HOLLAND 1 (SUBMARINE TORPEDO BOAT 1) EXHIBIT.     Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport SSM, XSM INV Director, RNSMM Cdr JJ Tall, RNSMM. Recovered after 70 years on the seabed, HOLLAND 1 is nearing completion of a 4 year conservation programme. The new exhibit will provide much improved access to the Royal Navy's first submarine.
Sa 19 May   Plymouth Lord Mayor’s Show   Plymouth PUB OPEN Captain SM2 Commander SM2  
Su 20 May     SOLMA Ladies Day Fort Blockhouse, Gosport. SSM, XSM APP Director, RNSMM Cdr JJ Tall, RNSMM. Annual event - Church Service followed by buffet lunch.
Sa 26-Mo 28 May (Bank Hol)   Chatham Historical Dockyard Navy Days   Chatham, Kent PUB TIC World Naval Base Mr Bill Fowler  
Mo 28 May – Tu 05 June. Fr 01 Jun (Mo 28 May BANK HOL) SUBMARINE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS, CLYDE. Centenary Parade - Queen's colour     HM Naval Base Clyde, FASLANE SSM, XSM APP Captain SM1 Cdr Knox, SM1. SA-Mr Dave Barlow SOLMA-Cdr JJ Tall 18 nations invited to sent submarines. Thu 31 May & Fri 1 Jun - Industry Days. Fri 1 Jun - Centenary Parade with Queen's colour. Sat 2 Jun - Faslane Fair. Ground rules for applications will be published in due course.
Jun   Submarine Cox’n’s Dinner   Fort Blockhouse, Gosport SSM, XSM APP Cox'n Jeffery Cox'n Jeffery  
Jun?   Launch of 'We Come Unseen' by Jim Ring   Location TBA.   INV Director, RNSMM Cdr JJ Tall, RNSMM. Book based on British Submarine operations during the Cold War.
June   Annual Constructors’ Dinner   Location TBA     TBA TBA  
Sa 7 Jul SUBMARINE CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS, DEVONPORT.     HM Naval Base DEVONPORT SSM, XSM (West Country) APP Captain SM2 Commander SM2  
Sa 7 Jul   Devonport Centenary Ball   HMS DRAKE, Devonport SSM, XSM (West Country) APP Captain SM2 Commander SM2  
Sa 21 July FOSM’s SUBMARINE CENTENARY BALL.     DORCHESTER HOTEL, LONDON SSM, XSM APP FOSM (SPO) Cdr Chris Reynolds £110 per double ticket. Appication forms published in DCIs and STMs. Closing date 15 Dec '00.
Fr 24 -Mo 27 Aug -BANK HOL   International Festival of the Sea (IFOS 2001) Submarine Interest Island   HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PUB TIC Festival Management Group TBA Capt Paul Canter, Maritime Director. Cdr Norman Howden, RN Events Director. TBA Plan is to include a submairne interest island.
11-14 Sep   DSEi (Defence Systems Exhibiton)   EXCEL, new exhibition site in London Docklands     Spearhead Liz Jones Plan is to include a Submarine Centenary theme in this major biennial defense equipment exhibiton (successor to RNEE and RNBAEE).
Late Sep CORPORATION OF LONDON LUNCH FOR SUBMARINE SERVICE     Mansion Hall, London SSM, XSM INV, APP FOSM (CENTO) Mr Adrain Barnes, Remembrancer. Cdr Frank Worthington The Corporation of London is generously honouring the Submarine Service, during its centenary year, by hosting a lunch in the Mansion House. Ground rules for guest lists will be published in due course..
Fr 05-Su 07 Oct SUBMARINE CENTENARY REUNION WEEKEND     Fort Blockhouse, Gosport SSM, XSM APP CO, HMS COLLINGWOOD. SA-Mr John Houlding SOLMA-Cdr JJ Tall Ground rules for applications will be published in due course.
Su 7 Oct     Submarine Centenary National Raffle - last day for sale of tickets..       Cdr Ian Anderson Cdr Ian Anderson, RNSMM.  
Fr 2 Nov ROYAL NAVY SUBMARINE CENTENARY THANKSGIVING SERVICE.     Westminster Abbey, London SSM XSM INV APP FOSM (CENTO) Allocation of block booking FOSM (CENTO). Cdr Frank Worthington, CENTO. SA-Mr John Houlding SOLMA-Cdr JJ Tall Seating capacity 1,800. Ground rules for invitations and applications will be Published in due course.
Fr 2 Nov   Reception after Thanksgiving Service   Royal Horticultural Hall 2, LONDON SSM, XSM TIC FOSM (CENTO) Cdr Frank Worthington, CENTO. Reception for those attending the Thanksgiving Service
Sa 10 Nov   Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance   Albert Hall, LONDON     Royal British Legion. TBA  
Su 11 Nov   Cenotaph Service Submariners Association Platoon   Whitehall, London PUB   Royal British Legion FOSM (SPO) Cdr Chris Reynolds Submariners Association plan to raise a platoon.
Fr 30 Nov ? (St.Andrew’s Day)   Faslane Centenary Party.   HMS NEPTUNE SSM, XSM (Scotland) APP Captain SM1 Cdr Knox, SM1. Ground rules for applications will be published in due course.
Nov     Submarine Centenary National Raffle Draw TBA     Cdr Ian Anderson Cdr Ian Anderson, RNSMM.  

  Last updated 21st December 2000