:00:11. > :00:15.weekend has been hosting an impressive array of the world's
:00:15. > :00:20.naval vessels. It was during the Second World War that Liverpool was
:00:20. > :00:24.home to Western Approaches headquarters, from where the allied
:00:24. > :00:28.convoys were directed as they acrossed the Atlantic. It was from
:00:28. > :00:33.here that thousands Set Sail, risking their lives to bring vital
:00:33. > :00:38.supplies to a Britain at risk of starvation, supplies like food, but
:00:38. > :00:42.also fuel, raw materials and ammunition. This weekend the city
:00:42. > :00:47.has been buzzing with some reliving the past and others hearing about it
:00:47. > :00:51.for the first time. Ships have been arriving from the Merchant Navy,
:00:52. > :00:59.Royal Navy, Canadian, Russian and German knavies, all eeger to play
:00:59. > :01:03.their part in -- navies, all eeger to play their part. This morning we
:01:03. > :01:09.remember those sailors who played their part in the longer, and
:01:09. > :01:14.arguably the most crucial battle of the Second World War.
:01:14. > :01:19.Good morning from Liverpool Cathedral where the first of 2,000
:01:19. > :01:23.invited guests have taken their places for today's service to
:01:23. > :01:27.commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic. We're
:01:27. > :01:31.sharting to be joined by the Princess Royal and Sir Timothy
:01:31. > :01:35.Laurence. The focus for today is about remembering the tens of
:01:35. > :01:40.thousands of sailors from the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy who never
:01:40. > :01:45.made it back. At the outbreak of war, both Hitler and Churchill
:01:45. > :01:49.realised that Britain as an island nation had an Achilles heel. It was
:01:49. > :01:53.dependent for its survival on the trade routes from across the
:01:53. > :01:57.Atlantic. If supplies were interrupted, particularly from the
:01:58. > :02:03.USA and Canada, Britain's war effort would collapse. Hitler sent his
:02:03. > :02:08.forces to stop that trade coming in. The result was the Battle of the
:02:08. > :02:13.Atlantic. Churchill's Britain's wartime leader
:02:13. > :02:21.wrote that during the war the one thing that ever frightened him was
:02:21. > :02:25.the U-boat peril. There was always that worry there that a U-boat could
:02:26. > :02:30.be stalking. You always slipped your lifejacket on, always. If you didn't
:02:30. > :02:38.that was your fault. The Battle of the Atlantic wasn't even a campaign,
:02:38. > :02:42.it was a series of campaigns conducted over six long, hard years
:02:42. > :02:51.and it was essential to the winning of the war. I was 14 years old when
:02:51. > :02:54.I joined the merchant they'vy. My first ship, I was a cabin boy. The
:02:54. > :03:01.old sailors used to come in the Gooly in the night-time and say, "
:03:01. > :03:04.Oh, another one gone down." Every night, I tell you what, it was
:03:04. > :03:10.frightening. It was really frightening. But what can you do?
:03:10. > :03:15.There's no back doors to the sea, is there? When the war broke out, the
:03:15. > :03:19.only chance of a job being a rather big lad was to get a job as a
:03:19. > :03:24.fireman, a ship's fireman. Every time you signed on you knew darn
:03:24. > :03:31.well that the chances of you coming back was practically none. But
:03:31. > :03:34.without the Merchant Navy, the country could never have survived.
:03:34. > :03:40.The predominant threat was from submarines. But there were other
:03:40. > :03:47.things as well, such as surface raid oars and, to some extent, aircraft.
:03:47. > :03:56.One has to look at the struggle as a whole, not just individual bits.
:03:56. > :04:02.When we were attacked, there were no warnings at all. Bullets were come
:04:02. > :04:09.being -- coming and I was not being hit. I was aware where the explosion
:04:09. > :04:18.took place and it blew me up in the air. I said to myself, blimey, can
:04:18. > :04:25.you breathe. Then back onto the ship and everybody else was dead. When we
:04:25. > :04:34.were in the Gooly, we knew the torpedo -- Gooly we knew because the
:04:34. > :04:38.torpedo hit. It was a thump. She had two torpedoes into her but she never
:04:38. > :04:44.sunk for about an hour. There must have been four or five packs of
:04:44. > :04:52.U-boats around us, it's no wonder they bumped all those ships off. We
:04:52. > :05:02.had no chance. What chance did we have? Churchill said sink the
:05:02. > :05:02.
:05:02. > :05:07.Bismark. He knew, like we knew, that if that ship had got free and joined
:05:07. > :05:13.up with the submarines waiting for it, nothing would have got across
:05:13. > :05:22.that Atlantic. They would have starved this nation into submission.
:05:22. > :05:27.15 of us set off to try and get rid of that ship. We hadn't gone more
:05:27. > :05:36.than ten minutes in that direction, when all of a sudden, all hell let
:05:36. > :05:46.loose. I was petrified. I was. I decided that it was time I got rid
:05:46. > :05:49.
:05:49. > :05:58.of this torpedo. Off it went. I got a message, in the year 2000, that
:05:58. > :06:07.maintained it was my torpedo that struck the stern of this big ship.
:06:07. > :06:17.Eventually, of course, it was sunk by another ship. That was a sight
:06:17. > :06:27.that's haunted me ever since. All those hundreds of sailors in the sea
:06:27. > :06:33.
:06:33. > :06:36.and no hope. No hope at all. They were sailors, and so were we.
:06:36. > :06:42.Jock Moffatt finishing us off there, a true national treasure. Remarkably
:06:42. > :06:45.today is the 72nd anniversary of that raid he talks about, dropping
:06:45. > :06:50.the torpedo that apparently hit the business mark in the rudder.
:06:50. > :06:54.Extraordinary. -- Bismark in the rudder.
:06:54. > :07:00.Extraordinary. I'm joined now by Jock Gardner, historian at the naval
:07:00. > :07:04.historical branch. The Battle of the Atlantic is remembered rightly as a
:07:04. > :07:10.royal naval but also Merchant Navy commemoration. Why is it important
:07:10. > :07:16.to remember them both equally? right, we should remember them both.
:07:16. > :07:21.Merchant ships and their men carried the cargo across. They faced a
:07:21. > :07:26.similar peril. Absolutely. The sea is no respecter of the cap badge. It
:07:26. > :07:33.is rough out there. It's difficult enough to live out there without any
:07:33. > :07:37.intervention on behalf of an enemy. Of course, many of the merchant
:07:37. > :07:40.seamen caught themselves up in the warfare they hadn't signed up for
:07:40. > :07:45.necessarily. Absolutely. It was something they would not expect to
:07:45. > :07:48.find in normal times and they were involved in the thick of things.
:07:48. > :07:54.Even when the enemy was not doing its worst, it was hard work being
:07:54. > :07:59.out there and living in constant fear of what might happen. It's
:07:59. > :08:03.2013, we know the Battle of the Atlantic went on for all the years
:08:03. > :08:07.of war, why remember it now? 1943 is always particularly
:08:07. > :08:11.remembered by Liverpool particularly because it was in May 1943 that two
:08:11. > :08:15.things came together: One was that the Germans had been putting more
:08:15. > :08:21.and more effort into less and less result, going back over several
:08:21. > :08:25.months, but the other thing that happened was that the Germans lost
:08:25. > :08:30.over 40 submarines in that month of May and this marked a strategic gear
:08:30. > :08:34.change. Although it continued and went on for a long time, there were
:08:34. > :08:37.peaks and troughs of the violence, there was never an easy time
:08:37. > :08:41.crossing the Atlantic. Right the way through that six years, it would
:08:41. > :08:45.have been very tough for everyone involved. It was. It was hard work.
:08:45. > :08:52.The weather was a constant concern. Not just rough seas but things such
:08:52. > :08:55.as fog in what was large largely a pre-radar earament trying to keep a
:08:55. > :08:59.convoy together under those circumstances was difficult. You're
:08:59. > :09:03.not under attack from U-boats or aircraft, there's always the threat
:09:04. > :09:10.of it. Absolutely. You never know when it's going to come and this is
:09:10. > :09:13.a constant fear factor working on everybody, no matter what their cap
:09:13. > :09:16.banks. For the many people that you've met that are involved how
:09:16. > :09:21.important is it to commemorate it today? It's extremely important
:09:21. > :09:25.particularly as 70 years on, the people who actually took part in it,
:09:25. > :09:31.many have already gone after 1945, there are not many left to remember
:09:31. > :09:36.it. It is a particularly important that this should be done to pass it
:09:36. > :09:41.on to further generations. Very much. Not surprisingly, strong bonds
:09:41. > :09:45.of friendship were formed on board ships during the war by the sailors.
:09:45. > :09:54.Even from ship to ship, in fact. We've been finding out from two men
:09:54. > :09:57.that bond can last a lifetime. The Wellington is the last surviving
:09:57. > :10:00.Second World War escort ship in Britain. She is now a floating
:10:00. > :10:05.museum and headquarters to the company of master mariners. There's
:10:05. > :10:12.only one man still alive who served on her during the Battle of the
:10:12. > :10:18.Atlantic. It was about January '44 when I joined the Wellington. It was
:10:18. > :10:23.anness tort for -- an Escort for patrolling, dropping depth chargers
:10:23. > :10:28.all the time. Peter gives his lifelong friend Kenneth a tour of
:10:28. > :10:38.his ship. He also served in the Royal Navy on convoys during the
:10:38. > :10:39.
:10:39. > :10:44.war. There was a gun here. I was always on this side. Oh, yes, yes.
:10:44. > :10:52.Got them here, like. Why were they called hedgehogs? Because they all
:10:52. > :10:57.had spiked bomb, 24 of them. They all fired off, boom, boom, boom.
:10:57. > :11:07.Where the bridge is there, about a distance from here, where they would
:11:07. > :11:08.
:11:08. > :11:13.land. , yeah. Did you ever sink a U-boat? Yes.You did? Yes.Blimey.
:11:13. > :11:18.1945 we fired them off and they all blew up underneath us. We all
:11:18. > :11:25.cheered, then we carried on. About a quarter of an hour after, that came
:11:25. > :11:35.up the stern of us. It had no tail on it. It blue the tail right off
:11:35. > :11:45.Every time we went out to sea we were at action stations. My first
:11:45. > :11:58.
:11:58. > :12:04.you got a rat running down. When I was in the hammock, it's the best
:12:04. > :12:10.sleep I've ever had in my life. Yeah. I was mostly on look out. We
:12:10. > :12:14.had to call the crow's nest. When it was rolling, like, you used to be
:12:14. > :12:18.rolling around the mast. When you first started a little bit
:12:18. > :12:21.nervewracking. To give you an idea, that building
:12:21. > :12:26.there, about four storeys up, that red building there, that's the
:12:26. > :12:31.height of some of them wavescould could be. Know it was!When we were
:12:31. > :12:35.in the hurricane that time it ripped one of the anchors off. Right.You'd
:12:35. > :12:43.never credit it. The sea was so strong, it could do things like
:12:43. > :12:48.that. If we had a quiet time we dropped a depth charge. The fish
:12:48. > :12:55.come up to the top. I never had that experience. Fish and chips. It saved
:12:55. > :13:01.the catering a few bob. That's why the catering a few bob. That's why
:13:01. > :13:05.they done it! What a marvellous ship it is. When we paid off in 1945, I
:13:05. > :13:10.never believed I would see it again, never. No, no. You wouldn't.
:13:10. > :13:18.Unbelievable. It is true, unfortunately, there was a lot of
:13:18. > :13:23.lives lost. We always think of them. Right. We are both so lucky that
:13:23. > :13:30.we're here to tell the tale today. think we'd better go and have a to
:13:30. > :13:36.think we'd better go and have a to the of rum! -- tot of rum!
:13:36. > :13:41.remarkable portrait of wartime friendship enduring. We've been
:13:41. > :13:49.joined now by Lieutenant John-Paul Fitzgibbon, a navigator on HMS Ball
:13:49. > :13:53.washing here in Liverpool for the -- bulwark here in Liverpool for the
:13:53. > :13:58.weekend. It's interesting because times have changed now. We don't
:13:58. > :14:02.have hammocks on Royal Navy ships. However, you know a lot of our ships
:14:02. > :14:08.still have 40-man messes and have you a lot of people living in close
:14:08. > :14:11.proximity. The only privacy is behind one curtain. Also, a lot of
:14:11. > :14:17.modern technology, times have changed and expectations have
:14:17. > :14:22.changed. We have had to provide modern technology. Some of that
:14:22. > :14:28.stuff you do recognise. Absolutely. The camaraderie and the link between
:14:28. > :14:33.them is very similar today. About the jobs that the navy does? In many
:14:33. > :14:37.ways it is similar. Yes, it's never really changed and the same with the
:14:37. > :14:41.Merchant Navy. We talk about how pivotal that the Battle of the
:14:41. > :14:48.Atlantic was. Over 95% by weight of all British trade still goes by sea.
:14:48. > :14:53.We need to protect that. The convoy system you've seen in the Battle of
:14:53. > :14:58.the Atlantic is still used to to protect the legitimate users of the
:14:58. > :15:03.sea. You studied in Liverpool, is it fun coming back? It's fantastic. I
:15:04. > :15:11.graduated in this building so very good to come back. Weather has a
:15:11. > :15:18.strong link to the sea and the navy. Yes, it is. It's always been a
:15:18. > :15:24.popular place for them to come. My experience comes back to the 1970s.
:15:24. > :15:28.Did you still enjoy time ashore? do, and we did last night. You were
:15:28. > :15:33.actually in the Merchant Navy as well before the navy. I trained with
:15:33. > :15:38.them, yes. I did a degree in navigation. And worked with a
:15:38. > :15:41.company setting up jobs in the Merchant Navy. I understand the
:15:41. > :15:46.conditions they are working in as well, which is very similar to
:15:46. > :15:51.ourselves. It's good to hear there's still close links to the Merchant
:15:51. > :15:54.Navy and Royal Navy. We hear that Her Royal Highness the Princess
:15:54. > :15:56.Royal is arriving now. The car is Royal is arriving now. The car is
:15:56. > :16:03.Royal is arriving now. The car is Royal is arriving now. The car is
:16:03. > :16:13.pulling up there. She will be greeted by the Dean of the
:16:13. > :16:13.
:16:13. > :16:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:16:55. > :17:05.cathedral, and the ceremony can the Dean, and there is the Bishop of
:17:05. > :17:05.
:17:06. > :17:11.Liverpool. James Jones, though. -- James Jones, there. We should say,
:17:11. > :17:15.this cathedral is extraordinary. It is the fifth biggest in the world.
:17:15. > :17:18.It was only completed in 1978, partly because it suffered damage
:17:18. > :17:28.during wartime. Liverpool suffered quite heavy bombardment during the
:17:28. > :17:29.
:17:29. > :17:32.Blitz. Liverpool did suffer a great deal. Its principal job was the
:17:32. > :17:39.reception of cargoes and the fact it managed to do it says an awful lot
:17:39. > :17:47.about the resilience of the people of Liverpool. The cathedral was on
:17:47. > :17:52.in September 1940, and May 1941. -- was bombed. Liverpool was the most
:17:52. > :18:02.bombed place outside London in the whole of the UK. 4000 people on
:18:02. > :18:06.
:18:06. > :18:10.docks, where you are happiest. There is an incredible atmosphere down
:18:10. > :18:17.there. I went there yesterday afternoon and there was a tremendous
:18:17. > :18:21.is to the place. People who were interested, people from all over the
:18:21. > :18:28.country, there were all of the warships, the memorial ships. I was
:18:28. > :18:32.amazed, perplexed to the amount of attention that people were paying to
:18:32. > :18:41.those. It clearly had an effect upon them. Her Royal Highness, now
:18:41. > :18:51.meeting members of the clergy. The Dean, introducing her. There are
:18:51. > :19:02.
:19:02. > :19:06.also a number of important military remembered here in Liverpool this
:19:06. > :19:14.weekend, but it was a truly international struggle. There have
:19:14. > :19:17.been events in London, Derry Londonderry. It was decided for this
:19:17. > :19:23.important church service, Liverpool would be the place to do it. Why
:19:23. > :19:27.would that be? How important was Liverpool? Liverpool, in many ways,
:19:27. > :19:31.was the central place of it. It was not the main port before the war,
:19:31. > :19:36.but it became so during the war, because of the effective closing of
:19:36. > :19:40.the channel by German air power in France. It's therefore became the
:19:40. > :19:45.place that was not only the main reception port into the United
:19:45. > :19:52.Kingdom, it was a naval base as well. For that reason, Liverpool is
:19:52. > :19:57.central to the Battle of the Atlantic. Her Royal Highness is
:19:57. > :20:03.meeting the first Sea Lord, and now the second Sea Lord. The first Sea
:20:03. > :20:09.Lord is in charge of the maybe -- the Navy. The second Sea Lord is in
:20:09. > :20:14.charge of shore establishments. main responsibility is for
:20:14. > :20:17.personnel, because the Navy needs the goodwill of its people. Looking
:20:17. > :20:27.after them as efficiently and safely as possible is very much his
:20:27. > :20:39.
:20:39. > :20:44.with the Navy, she is the chief commandant for women, she is a keen
:20:44. > :20:50.sailor. She is among friends here, not just with the naval personnel
:20:50. > :20:54.but the people from Trinity house, which is Britain's biggest naval
:20:54. > :21:04.charity for the she will be meeting representatives from Trinity house
:21:04. > :21:12.
:21:12. > :21:18.Army officer in north-west England. Brigadier Fitzgerald. All of the
:21:18. > :21:28.services are represented. Now, air Marshal Bagwell there, deputy
:21:28. > :21:34.
:21:34. > :21:37.commander of operations. The RAF's senior war fighter. The RAF played a
:21:37. > :21:41.huge part in the Battle of the Atlantic, it shouldn't be
:21:41. > :21:46.forgotten. You have to admit they were quite useful. They were more
:21:46. > :21:51.than quite useful, they played a huge roll right from the beginning,
:21:51. > :21:54.and even when they weren't able to do very much, they played an
:21:54. > :21:59.enormous part in making the submarines realising they were in
:21:59. > :22:07.danger and ask submerging. By the beginning of 1941, the Germans
:22:07. > :22:12.decided to move well-to-do West, -- well to the West, out of the range
:22:12. > :22:17.of the rest of the aircraft. It was only with the deployment of
:22:17. > :22:22.swordfish aircraft from escort carriers that it was possible for
:22:22. > :22:29.Earth -- air forces to be brought on the German submarine force the whole
:22:30. > :22:32.way across the Atlantic. She is meeting Captain John Hughes, master
:22:32. > :22:40.of the Honourable Company of master mariners, another charitable
:22:40. > :22:46.organisation. All of the people here today are intimately connected with
:22:46. > :22:50.the sea, either the Royal Navy or the merchant Marine. And of course
:22:50. > :23:00.representatives from the great city of Liverpool, whose fortunes have
:23:00. > :23:35.
:23:35. > :23:45.been tied to Britain's trade escorted by Vice Admiral Sir Timothy
:23:45. > :24:14.
:24:14. > :24:19.Laurence. He served in the Royal there. It was designed by the same
:24:19. > :24:24.architect who designed Battersea Power Station, and those red
:24:24. > :24:34.telephone boxes, those iconic telephone boxes that used to be
:24:34. > :24:34.
:24:34. > :25:14.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:25:14. > :25:24.scattered across the country. Gyles precision. The procession are just
:25:24. > :25:48.
:25:48. > :25:58.famously, Sir Paul McCartney as a young man failed in his audition
:25:58. > :25:58.
:25:58. > :27:50.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:27:50. > :27:58.choir but an increasing number of to sound the fanfare. Above the
:27:58. > :28:03.door, the one in the middle is the Royal Navy. On the left, the
:28:03. > :28:12.Merchant Navy, and on the right, the blue and some of the Royal Naval
:28:12. > :28:22.reserve. Constant reminders through this service of the joint nature of
:28:22. > :28:22.
:28:22. > :31:57.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:31:57. > :32:00.Reverend Doctor Cannon Pete Wilcox, # Glad when they said unto me.
:32:00. > :32:10.# We will go. # Will go into the house of the
:32:10. > :32:28.
:32:28. > :32:38.Lord. # Our feet shall stand in thy gates.
:32:38. > :32:42.
:32:42. > :32:52.# O Jerusalem. # Our feet shall stand.
:32:52. > :32:54.
:32:54. > :33:04.# Shall stand in thy gates. # Our feet shall stand.
:33:04. > :33:13.
:33:13. > :33:23.# Our feet shall stand in thy gates. # O Jeru - sa - lem.
:33:23. > :33:25.
:33:25. > :33:35.# Jeru - salem. # Is builded as a city.
:33:35. > :33:39.
:33:39. > :33:49.# As a city. # Is builded as a city.
:33:49. > :33:49.
:33:49. > :34:40.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:34:40. > :34:50.# That is at u - nity. # O pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
:34:50. > :34:54.
:34:54. > :35:04.# They shall prosper that love thee. # O pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
:35:04. > :35:30.
:35:30. > :35:40.# Peace. # Be within thy walls.
:35:40. > :35:45.
:35:45. > :35:50.# And plenteousness. # Plenteousness.
:35:51. > :36:00.# Within thy palaces. # And plenteousness within thy
:36:01. > :36:01.
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:36:46. > :36:51.process up the aisle. Now the welcome.
:36:51. > :36:57.Welcome to Liverpool Cathedral, built to the glory of God, to serve
:36:57. > :37:03.the mission of God in a diocese at whose heart lies this great port
:37:03. > :37:09.city. We gather this morning for an act of remembrance before God and
:37:09. > :37:13.particularly as we commemorate its 70th anniversary, to recall the
:37:13. > :37:21.sacrifice of those who gave their lives during the Battle of the
:37:21. > :37:25.Atlantic. We gather also to seek God's help, as we play our part in
:37:25. > :37:32.the quest for peace and reconciliation throughout the world
:37:32. > :37:38.today and for the just and courageous reconciliation of those
:37:38. > :37:43.conflicts which still divide nations and communities. We gather this
:37:43. > :37:50.morning thirdly to give thanks to God for the special riches which
:37:50. > :37:56.come to a maritime nation and to a city with a great seafaring
:37:56. > :38:00.tradition on account of our openness to the outsider onned our access to
:38:00. > :38:08.cull -- and access to cultures beyond our own and because we
:38:08. > :38:12.continue to depend on the peaceful passage of maritime trade we also
:38:12. > :38:21.salute contemporary seafarers who put themselves at risk on the oceans
:38:21. > :38:27.of the world and who hone their skills as sailors and mariners.
:38:27. > :38:34.Rejoicing in every blessing we have received at his hand, let us give
:38:34. > :38:40.praise to almighty God our eternal father.
:38:40. > :38:42.During the hymn 69 standards led by the royal Royal Fleet Auxiliary
:38:42. > :38:50.standards will process towards the standards will process towards the
:38:50. > :38:53.standards will process towards the # Eternal Father, strong to save, #
:38:53. > :39:03.whose arm hath bound the restless wave, # who bidd'st the mighty ocean
:39:03. > :39:33.
:39:33. > :39:41.deep # its own appointed limits for those in peril on the sea. # O
:39:41. > :39:51.Christ, whose voice the waters heard. # and hushed their raging at
:39:51. > :39:55.thy word. # who walkedst on the foaming deep, # and calm amid the
:39:55. > :40:05.storm didst sleep; # O hear us when we cry to thee # for those in peril
:40:05. > :40:26.
:40:26. > :40:36.on the sea. # O Holy Spirit, who didst brood. # upon the waters dark
:40:36. > :40:41.
:40:41. > :40:48.and rude. # and bid their angry tumult cease.
:40:48. > :40:58.# and give, for wild confusion, peace:
:40:58. > :41:05.
:41:05. > :41:12.# O hear us when we cry to thee. # for those in peril on the sea.
:41:12. > :41:15.# O Trinity of love and power. # our brethren shield in danger's hour; #
:41:15. > :41:19.from rock and tempest, fire and foe, # protect them wheresoe'er they go;
:41:19. > :41:29.# thus evermore shall rise to thee # glad hymns of praise from land and
:41:29. > :41:29.
:41:29. > :42:39.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:42:39. > :42:47.Now the naval prayer which has remained almost unchanged since the
:42:47. > :42:52.1660s. 1660s.
:42:52. > :42:59.O eternal Lord God, who alone spreads out the heavens and rulest
:42:59. > :43:09.the raging of the sea, who has compass the waters with bounds until
:43:09. > :43:10.
:43:10. > :43:15.day and night come to an end. Be pleased to receive into thy and
:43:15. > :43:21.almighty and most gracious protection the protections of us,
:43:21. > :43:30.thy servants and the fleet in which we serve. Preserve us from the
:43:30. > :43:37.dangers of the sea and of the air and from the violence of the enemy
:43:37. > :43:44.that we may be a safeguard unto our most gracious Sovereign Lady, Queen
:43:44. > :43:51.Elizabeth, and her Doe minions and the security for such as pass on the
:43:51. > :43:59.seas upon their lawful occasions, that the inhabitants of our island
:43:59. > :44:05.and Commonwealth may, in peace and quietness, serve thee, our God and
:44:05. > :44:14.that we may return in safety to enjoy the blessings of the land with
:44:14. > :44:23.the fruits of our labours and with a thankful remembrance of thy mercies,
:44:23. > :44:29.to praise and glorify thy holy name through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
:44:29. > :44:39.Amen. Let us pray with confidence in the
:44:39. > :44:44.words our saviour taught us. Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed
:44:44. > :44:50.be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in
:44:50. > :44:54.heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses,
:44:54. > :45:02.as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into
:45:02. > :45:07.temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the Kingdom, the
:45:07. > :45:13.power and the glory, forever and ever, amen.
:45:13. > :45:19.Sir George Zambellas there leading the congregation in prayer.
:45:19. > :45:23.While the choir sing psalm 107, a remarkable record of the Battle of
:45:23. > :45:33.the Atlantic authored by participants in the fighting will be
:45:33. > :46:03.
:46:03. > :46:05.brought to the altar. # They that go down to the sea in
:46:05. > :46:08.ships # And occupy their business
:46:08. > :46:16.# In great waters # These men see the works of the
:46:16. > :46:23.Lord # These men see the Lord
:46:23. > :46:33.# And his wonders, his wonders his won-ders
:46:33. > :46:53.
:46:53. > :46:58.# His won-ders in the deep. # For at his word and stormy wind
:46:58. > :47:01.arise ariseth # For at his word of stormy wind
:47:01. > :47:06.ariseth # Which lifteth up the waves there
:47:07. > :47:16.# They are carried up to heaven # And down again to the deep
:47:17. > :47:33.
:47:33. > :47:43.# They are carried up to the heaven # Their soul melteth away
:47:43. > :47:44.
:47:44. > :47:54.# Because of the trouble # Their soul melteth away
:47:54. > :47:56.
:47:56. > :48:06.# Because of the trouble # They reel to and fro,
:48:06. > :48:07.
:48:07. > :48:17.# And stagger like a drunken man # They reel to and fro
:48:17. > :48:21.
:48:21. > :48:28.# And stagger like a drunken man # And are at their wits' end
:48:28. > :48:34.# So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble
:48:34. > :48:39.# He delivereth them out of their distress
:48:39. > :48:49.# So when they cry unto the Lord in their trouble
:48:49. > :48:49.
:48:49. > :50:01.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:50:01. > :50:11.# He delivereth them # And so he bringeth them unto the
:50:11. > :50:11.
:50:11. > :50:21.haven # Where they would be
:50:21. > :50:31.
:50:31. > :50:41.# To the haven where they would be # To the haven where they would be.
:50:41. > :50:41.
:50:41. > :51:21.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:51:21. > :51:24.man's soul, the strength of his spirit and his irresistible power,
:51:24. > :51:27.the greatness of his heart and the height of his condition, His mighty
:51:27. > :51:31.confidence and contempt of dangers, His true security and repose in
:51:31. > :51:33.himself, His liberty to dare and to do what he pleaseth, His alacrity in
:51:33. > :51:43.the midst of fears, his invincible temper, Are advantages which make
:51:43. > :51:50.
:51:50. > :51:54.him master of fortune. His courage fits him for all attempts, Makes him
:51:54. > :52:04.serviceable to God and man And makes him the bulwark and defence of his
:52:04. > :52:34.
:52:34. > :52:41.# Cannot quench love. While the choir sing, we have a very
:52:41. > :52:49.poignant moment in the ceremony with the wreathlaying. We have a
:52:49. > :52:59.connection of family and history. Vice Admiral Mike Gretton will lay a
:52:59. > :53:07.
:53:07. > :53:12.also in the Navy and is also a descendant of a distinguished
:53:12. > :53:22.forebear in the Battle of the Atlantic. He will lay a wreath on a
:53:22. > :53:29.
:53:29. > :53:39.# Cannot quench love. Here is Mike Gretton going up to
:53:39. > :53:41.
:53:41. > :53:45.Admiral Horton's Memorial. Horton was commander-in-chief from
:53:45. > :53:50.late-night 42 -- late 1942. Sir William Gretton was a brilliant
:53:50. > :53:56.anti-submarine officer, he played a big part. Yes, during 1943,
:53:56. > :54:01.Commander Peter Gretton commanded the escort group which was involved
:54:01. > :54:07.in two convoy actions, both of which were conducted extremely
:54:07. > :54:10.distinguished league and furthermore, Gretton's group was one
:54:10. > :54:16.of the most efficient and important ones. So much so that at one stage
:54:16. > :54:22.to ring the first one, Gretton had to leave the post to refuel and his
:54:22. > :54:29.group continued on, which was a great tribute to his training.
:54:29. > :54:34.have Captain war, another naval descendant. -- Captain Walker. His
:54:34. > :54:41.father was a brilliant anti-submarine officer. His
:54:41. > :54:51.grandfather sorry. He is a sub Mariner, so an interesting choice --
:54:51. > :55:01.
:55:01. > :55:05.significant. Indeed, Noble was the first commander of Western
:55:05. > :55:09.Approaches in Liverpool. He has become slightly obscure in history
:55:09. > :55:15.but nevertheless, he was very important in laying down the)
:55:15. > :55:21.suppose and trying to establish some of the things that later put into
:55:21. > :55:24.action -- laying down the principles. He was limited by the
:55:24. > :55:30.resources he had and Horton took over and ran with it. Both made an
:55:30. > :55:38.excellent job. Captain Walker, he was described by Churchill as
:55:38. > :55:42.Churchill's for most U-boats killer, who was a remarkable man. He was
:55:42. > :55:47.coming at a near passion for sinking submarines. He also developed
:55:47. > :55:54.innovative tactics to be able to do it. I think it is very apt that the
:55:54. > :55:58.statue to him is looking out to sea. He paid a terrible price? He did
:55:59. > :56:03.indeed. He worked at it so hard that he fundamentally died whilst still
:56:03. > :56:13.doing it. He actually died on the shore but he was still in
:56:13. > :56:13.
:56:13. > :58:12.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:58:12. > :58:22.appointment and he died at a young Anderson, reads from Acts of the
:58:22. > :58:34.
:58:34. > :58:37.A reading from the Acts of the Apostles.
:58:37. > :58:39.When a moderate south wind began to blow, they thought they could
:58:39. > :58:43.achieve their purpose; so they weighed anchor and began to sail
:58:43. > :58:48.past Crete, close to the shore. But soon a violent wind, called the
:58:48. > :58:52.northeaster, rushed down from Crete. Since the ship was caught and could
:58:52. > :58:57.not be turned with its head to the wind, we gave way to it and were
:58:57. > :59:02.driven. By running under the lee of a small island called Cauda we were
:59:02. > :59:05.scarcely able to get the ship's boat under control. After hoisting it up
:59:05. > :59:15.they took measures to undergird the ship; then, fearing that they would
:59:15. > :59:17.
:59:17. > :59:21.run on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea-anchor and so were driven. We
:59:21. > :59:24.were being pounded by the storm so violently that on the next day they
:59:24. > :59:27.began to throw the cargo overboard, and on the third day with their own
:59:27. > :59:30.hands they threw the ship's tackle overboard. When neither sun nor
:59:30. > :59:40.stars appeared for many days, and no small tempest raged, all hope of our
:59:40. > :59:50.
:59:50. > :59:53.a long time, Paul then stood up among them and said, 'Men, you
:59:54. > :00:03.should have listened to me and not have set sail from Crete and thereby
:00:04. > :00:13.
:00:13. > :00:17.avoided this damage and loss. I urge you now to keep up your courage, for
:00:17. > :00:21.there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship.' For last
:00:21. > :00:24.night there stood by me an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I
:00:24. > :00:27.worship, and he said, "Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before
:00:28. > :00:31.the emperor; and indeed, God has granted safety to all those who are
:00:31. > :00:38.sailing with you." So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in
:00:38. > :00:48.God that it will be exactly as I have been told. This is the word of
:00:48. > :00:54.
:00:54. > :00:58.Rememberance for the Merchant Navy and the Royal Navy boys book which
:00:58. > :01:07.contains the name of the 16 and 17-year-olds who died during the
:01:07. > :01:11.war, it will be brought forwards towards the altar.
:01:11. > :01:21.# O God, our help in ages past # Our hope for years to come
:01:21. > :01:32.
:01:32. > :01:39.# Our shelter from the stormy blast # Under the shadow of thy throne
:01:39. > :01:49.# Thy saints have dwelt secure # Sufficient is thine arm alone
:01:49. > :02:04.
:02:04. > :02:14.# Before the hills in order stood # Our earth received her frame
:02:14. > :02:18.# From everlast lasting,000 art God -- thou art God
:02:18. > :02:28.-- thou art God -- thou art God
:02:28. > :02:33.
:02:33. > :02:35.# A thousand ages in thy sight # Are like an evening gone
:02:35. > :02:45.# Short as the watch that ends the night
:02:45. > :03:00.
:03:00. > :03:10.# Time, like an ever-rolling stream # Bears all its sons away
:03:10. > :03:21.
:03:21. > :03:31.# They fly, forgotten, as a dream # O God, our help in ages past
:03:31. > :03:32.
:03:32. > :03:40.# Our hope for years to come # Be thou our guard while troubles
:03:40. > :03:50.last # And our eternal home.
:03:50. > :03:58.
:03:58. > :04:04.Next, the call to remembrance. We have come together today to offer
:04:04. > :04:09.to almighty God our thankful remembrance of the courage and
:04:10. > :04:19.sacrifice of all who took part in the Battle of the Atlantic during
:04:19. > :04:29.the Second World War. In particular, we remember the men and women of the
:04:29. > :04:42.
:04:42. > :04:44.Western preaches command, the Sir Max Horton, members of the Royal
:04:44. > :04:50.Air Force coastal command who supported them from the air, the
:04:50. > :04:58.brave men of the Merchant Navy who did not flinch from their duties and
:04:58. > :05:08.the maritime regible who served with them. To their courage an perrer is
:05:08. > :05:14.
:05:14. > :05:24.veerns we owe, under God, our very # We will remember them
:05:24. > :05:32.
:05:32. > :05:42.# At the going down of the sun # And in the morning
:05:42. > :05:53.
:05:53. > :05:59.# We will remember them # They shall grow not old as
:05:59. > :06:09.# We that are left grow old # Age shall not weary them
:06:09. > :06:15.
:06:15. > :06:25.# Nor the years condemn # At the going down of the sun
:06:25. > :06:25.
:06:25. > :06:35.# And in the morning # We will remember them
:06:35. > :06:57.
:06:57. > :07:03.faith and courage of all who have lived and died in the cause of
:07:04. > :07:13.freedom and justice and especially for those who gave their lives in
:07:14. > :07:21.
:07:21. > :07:31.devotion and sacrifice, strife and hatred may diminish and a just order
:07:31. > :07:31.
:07:31. > :07:41.be established throughout the world. Rest eternal grant to them O Lord,
:07:41. > :07:42.
:07:42. > :10:41.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:10:41. > :10:45.and let light perpetual shine upon At the end of the Reveille they will
:10:45. > :10:49.leave and the standard of the RAF and three books, well several books
:10:49. > :10:53.of remembrance will be brought forward. Three Merchant Navy books
:10:53. > :11:03.of remembrance, a roll of honour containing all those who lost their
:11:03. > :11:04.
:11:04. > :11:10.lives and the Royal Navy boys book, recording the names of 572 boys,
:11:10. > :11:20.young men, aged 16 and 17, who died during the war. It's being presented
:11:20. > :11:21.
:11:21. > :11:31.and it was written by Jim rover eid, who D Reid, who wrote the book and
:11:31. > :12:08.
:12:08. > :12:14.he knew some of the boys personally James Jones the bishop of Liverpool
:12:14. > :12:19.joins by Bob Evans the chaplain of the Mersey mission to seamen. Here
:12:19. > :12:26.comes Jim Reed with his Boys' Book. He will present it to the cathedral
:12:26. > :12:33.lie braer so it will be on -- library, so it will be on public
:12:33. > :12:41.display. This Book of Rememberance of the royal knavive boys -- Royal
:12:41. > :12:51.Navy boys for your safe keeping in this cathedral church. On behalf of
:12:51. > :12:51.
:12:51. > :12:59.the chapter of Liverpool Cathedral I gladly accept this charge. Reverend
:12:59. > :13:06.father in God, I invite you to dedicate the refurbished lectern and
:13:06. > :13:15.library of remembrance for those who have given their lives in service of
:13:15. > :13:20.a nation during times of war. dedicate the lectern and library of
:13:20. > :13:25.remembrance to be held in honour and respocted with care in the name of
:13:25. > :13:32.the father, theson and of the Holy Spirit, as we hallow the memory of
:13:32. > :13:35.those who gave their lives that we might live in peace and freedom. To
:13:35. > :13:42.the Lord our God who created all things, by whose will they were
:13:42. > :13:52.created and have their being, to him alone who is worthy to receive them,
:13:52. > :13:58.
:13:58. > :14:01.be glory and honour and power. Amen. Next Danielle Thomas will sing a
:14:02. > :14:03.Gallic blessing following her performance last night at the
:14:04. > :14:13.performance last night at the performance last night at the
:14:14. > :14:14.
:14:14. > :15:05.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:15:05. > :15:15.you. # Deep peace of the flowing air to
:15:15. > :15:21.
:15:21. > :15:30.# Deep peace of the quiet earth to you.
:15:30. > :15:40.# Deep peace of the shining stars to you.
:15:40. > :15:40.
:15:40. > :15:50.# Deep peace of the gentle night to you.
:15:50. > :15:53.
:15:53. > :16:03.# Moon and stars pour their healing light on you.
:16:03. > :16:12.
:16:12. > :16:22.# Deep peace of Christ. # Of Christ the light.
:16:22. > :16:55.
:16:55. > :17:05.# Of the world to you. Is our strength and Redeemer, are
:17:05. > :17:24.
:17:24. > :17:27.elements that define the character of an island nation. Their currents
:17:27. > :17:29.not only chisel the seaboard, they lick into shape the men and women,
:17:30. > :17:36.the children and families, the communities connected to their
:17:36. > :17:43.coast. Never more so than in a time of war, when the island nation is
:17:43. > :17:46.under threat of invasion. Thus in the Second World War the two
:17:46. > :17:50.theatres of conflict that continue to stir both the imagination and the
:17:50. > :17:53.pride of the nation are the battles of the air and the sea - the Battle
:17:53. > :17:57.of Britain and the Battle of the Atlantic. Lost in the mists of time
:17:57. > :18:07.is any sense of just how near to defeat the nation came in its
:18:07. > :18:14.
:18:14. > :18:17.struggle with the tyranny that was marching across Europe. Not only
:18:17. > :18:27.marching towards this island nation but sailing and flying - with terror
:18:27. > :18:29.
:18:29. > :18:39.in its wings. Crucial to the defence of the allies was the engagement of
:18:39. > :18:39.
:18:39. > :18:42.America. The King and Queen had made a successful visit to the States in
:18:42. > :18:45.1939. It was decided that Queen Elizabeth should do a radio
:18:45. > :18:55.broadcast to the women of America in order to gain more support for the
:18:55. > :18:58.British war effort. Her Majesty and her advisers knew what every family
:18:58. > :19:03.in Liverpool knows, that whereas the women let the men think they're in
:19:03. > :19:06.charge, it's the women who really run the street! Not least because
:19:06. > :19:16.when tragedy strikes a seafaring city, it is indeed the women who
:19:16. > :19:21.
:19:22. > :19:25.hold in their arms the flock of "To you, tyranny is as hateful as it
:19:26. > :19:29.is to us; to you the things for which we will fight to the death are
:19:29. > :19:34.no less sacred; we fight to save a Cause that is yours no less than
:19:34. > :19:36.ours. That, however great the cost and however long the struggle
:19:37. > :19:46.justice and freedom, human dignity and kindness shall not perish from
:19:47. > :19:59.
:19:59. > :20:03.the earth". And so it was that America came to the Cause. And
:20:03. > :20:13.through a naval line as vital as an umbilical cord the wealth of America
:20:13. > :20:15.
:20:16. > :20:19.was transfused into the Allied Body and the struggle to be free. But as
:20:19. > :20:22.The Queen so presciently confessed, it was a sacred Cause to be defended
:20:22. > :20:25.at a cost and with lives lost in a long struggle for "justice and
:20:25. > :20:28.freedom, for human dignity and kindness." What we remember in this
:20:28. > :20:38.service is that those who bore the cost were themselves denied that
:20:38. > :20:54.
:20:54. > :21:02."human dignity and kindness" in order that others might have it.
:21:02. > :21:05.From the command headquarters here in Liverpool, ships of the Merchant
:21:05. > :21:08.Navy sailed the Atlantic back and forth in convoys protected by ships
:21:08. > :21:13.of the Royal Navy, constantly under threat from under water - the
:21:13. > :21:23.U-boats that wreaked such devastation. 5000 ships sunk, some
:21:23. > :21:26.
:21:26. > :21:28.80,000 crew members lost. The writer Christopher Lee recounted how seamen
:21:28. > :21:30.talked "of the constant fear engendered by U-boats; of mangled
:21:31. > :21:33.and screaming ship mates; of recurring nightmares; of donkeymen
:21:34. > :21:43.and greasers who drank because they dreaded the prospect of a torpedo
:21:44. > :21:48.
:21:48. > :21:51.bursting into the engine room and the certain death it brought". These
:21:51. > :21:57.are the realities of the cause of freedom, this is the true cost of
:21:57. > :22:00.the Battle of the Atlantic. The ocean became a harbour for their
:22:00. > :22:10.souls so that, denied it themselves, "human dignity and kindness shall
:22:10. > :22:12.
:22:12. > :22:14.not perish from the earth". Yet the convoys continued. Eventually the
:22:14. > :22:17.disciplined fortitude of the Merchant Navy, the strategic skills
:22:17. > :22:20.of the Royal Navy with such men as Captain Johnnie Walker, the
:22:20. > :22:23.brilliance of the Bletchley Park Codebreakers, the courageous cover
:22:23. > :22:33.offered by the Royal Air Force all combined to turn the tide against
:22:33. > :22:36.
:22:36. > :22:42.the aggressor. Winston Churchill wrote that the U-boat peril was "the
:22:42. > :22:52.only thing that really frightened him during the war". It was he who
:22:52. > :22:55.
:22:55. > :22:58.named it the Battle of the Atlantic. He of all people understood the
:22:58. > :23:08.severity of the threat and the strategic significance of the
:23:08. > :23:10.
:23:10. > :23:13.victory for this island nation. Marbled into the human heart by the
:23:13. > :23:18.Maker of Heaven and Earth is a streak of freedom - it's an impulse
:23:18. > :23:28.that can be neither ignored nor forever repressed. It keeps coming
:23:28. > :23:29.
:23:29. > :23:33.to the surface of human society like a drowning man coming up for breath.
:23:33. > :23:36.The human spirit was made out of the free Spirit that is God himself. A
:23:36. > :23:46.Spirit that is according to Christ as free and as unpredictable as the
:23:46. > :23:48.
:23:48. > :23:51.wind itself. The Spirit of freedom cannot be contained. Indeed the
:23:51. > :23:54.story of the human family told in the Bible is of a journey from
:23:54. > :23:58.enslavement to liberation when one day the whole of creation will be
:23:58. > :24:00.set free from the tyranny of evil, sin and death. And in that future
:24:00. > :24:03.final freedom there will be reconciliation not and never with
:24:03. > :24:13.evil itself but with all those delivered out of its dominion of
:24:13. > :24:22.
:24:22. > :24:25.darkness. Oppressors can intimidate and tyrannise, can oppress and
:24:26. > :24:35.suppress but in the end the human spirit cannot be bound in chains and
:24:36. > :24:37.
:24:37. > :24:40.will fight to be free. That's what we commemorate here today as we own
:24:40. > :24:50.the sacrifice of those that "went down to the sea in ships", who went
:24:50. > :25:04.
:25:04. > :25:07."down again to the deep" and were and freedom, human dignity and
:25:07. > :25:10.kindness shall not perish from the earth", nor from this island nation
:25:10. > :25:20.whose contours and character are forever shaped by both the air and
:25:20. > :25:20.
:25:20. > :26:18.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:26:18. > :26:27.# Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
:26:27. > :26:37.# Him serve with fear. # His praise forth tell.
:26:37. > :26:52.
:26:52. > :26:57.# Come ye before him and rejoice. # The Lord, ye know, is God indeed.
:26:57. > :27:07.# Without our aid. # He did us make.
:27:07. > :27:07.
:27:07. > :27:17.# We are his folk. # He doth us feed.
:27:17. > :27:25.
:27:25. > :27:28.# And for his sheep. # He doth us take.
:27:28. > :27:35.# O enter then his gates with praise.
:27:35. > :27:41.# Approach with joy. # His courts unto.
:27:41. > :27:51.# Praise, laud, and bless his name always.
:27:51. > :28:00.
:28:00. > :28:10.# For it is seemly so to do. # For why?
:28:10. > :28:17.
:28:17. > :28:26.# The Lord our God is good. # His mercy is for ever sure.
:28:26. > :28:36.# His truth at all times firmly stood.
:28:36. > :29:01.
:29:01. > :29:11.# And shall from age to age endure. # The God whom heaven and earth
:29:11. > :29:18.
:29:19. > :29:28.adore. # From men and from the angel host.
:29:29. > :30:07.
:30:07. > :30:17.Burns, commanding officer of HMS Bulwark, currently the flagship of
:30:17. > :30:23.
:30:23. > :30:26.O God our Father, ever calling us to live in peace and harmony. We
:30:26. > :30:29.acknowledge the hatred, injustice, envy and greed which has so
:30:29. > :30:39.afflicted your world in the past and to which peoples and nations so
:30:39. > :30:42.
:30:42. > :30:52.easily succumb. Grant that, in our day, the Armed Services of our world
:30:52. > :30:55.
:30:55. > :30:57.may be forces for good and not for evil. Championing justice, upholding
:30:57. > :31:07.freedom, keeping the peace, protecting the weak, helping the
:31:07. > :31:15.
:31:15. > :31:25.needy. That through service and sacrifice the kingdoms of this world
:31:25. > :31:48.
:31:48. > :31:57.may reflect the kingdom of our Lord commander -- commanding German naval
:31:57. > :32:00.officer. Our God and father of all, we ask
:32:00. > :32:07.your blessing on all who bear the responsibilities and leadership
:32:07. > :32:11.among the nations, through their endeavours and righteousness be
:32:11. > :32:17.established, in international relationships, may fear and
:32:17. > :32:27.suspicion be removed and lasting peace ensured. Through him who has
:32:27. > :32:28.
:32:28. > :32:36.shown us the ways of generosity, reconciliation and mercy, Jesus
:32:36. > :32:45.Christ, our Lord. Amen. Bitter enemies 70 years, now united in
:32:45. > :32:53.remembering. Next captain Jeff Hamilton, commanding of Her
:32:53. > :32:57.Majesty's Canadianship the Iroquois. We pray, O God, for all seafarers
:32:57. > :33:06.throughout the world, as they fulfil the duties and face the dangers of
:33:06. > :33:15.their calling. The officers, men and women of the Merchant Navy and
:33:15. > :33:21.fishing fleets of many nations, the pilots of our ports, all who carry
:33:21. > :33:31.out the services of docks and harbours and those who man lifeboats
:33:31. > :33:31.
:33:31. > :33:41.and guard our coasts. Grant them your strength and protection and
:33:41. > :33:45.keep them in the hour of special need, for Jesus Christ's sake.
:33:45. > :33:51.During the war the ship was a destroyer that saw service on the
:33:51. > :33:59.Atlantic and on the Arctic convoys. Grant us, O God, a vision of our
:33:59. > :34:04.world, fair as it might be, a world of justice, where none shall prey on
:34:04. > :34:13.others, a world of plenty, where poverty shall cease to fester, a
:34:13. > :34:20.world of fellowship, where success shall be founded on service
:34:20. > :34:27.honour be given to worth alone. A world of peace, where order shall
:34:27. > :34:36.not rest on force but on mutual respect, both within and between
:34:36. > :34:41.nations. Through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
:34:41. > :34:48.We pray together. Lord, on the way of goodness, when we stumble, hold
:34:48. > :34:57.us. When we fall, lift us up. When we are hard pressed by evil, deliver
:34:57. > :35:06.us. When we turn from what is good, turn us back and bring us, at last,
:35:06. > :35:16.to your glory. Amen. During the hymn the standards,
:35:16. > :35:29.
:35:29. > :35:39.representing over 300 associations, # All praise and thanks to God above
:35:39. > :35:40.
:35:40. > :35:48.# Praise, praise him for his boundless love
:35:48. > :35:58.# Alleluia, alleluia. # All down the ages still the same
:35:58. > :36:04.
:36:04. > :36:14.# Tell out the honours of his name. # O praise him, O praise him
:36:14. > :36:18.
:36:18. > :36:23.# Alleluia, alleluia. # Alleluia.
:36:23. > :36:33.# Praise for those saints who served God here
:36:33. > :36:38.
:36:38. > :36:44.# Witnessing in his faith and fear # Alleluia, alleluia.
:36:44. > :36:51.# They wrestled boldly for the right # To gain for all both light and
:36:51. > :37:01.life. # O praise him, O praise him
:37:01. > :37:19.
:37:19. > :37:29.# Alleluia # Each age has battles to be fought
:37:29. > :37:33.
:37:34. > :37:43.# Each generation must be taught # Alleluia, alleluia.
:37:44. > :37:44.
:37:44. > :37:54.# God is at work, his time is now # To serve him well must be our vow.
:37:54. > :37:56.
:37:56. > :38:06.# O praise him, O praise him. # Alleluia, alleluia
:38:06. > :38:19.
:38:19. > :38:29.# Not the beginning of the task, # But the continuing we ask
:38:29. > :38:42.
:38:42. > :38:47.# Till it be finished thoroughly # Yielding true glory unto thee.
:38:48. > :38:57.# O praise him, O praise him # Alleluia, alleluia
:38:58. > :39:17.
:39:17. > :39:27.# This is our God for evermore # In gratitude let all adore
:39:27. > :39:30.
:39:30. > :39:36.# He gave that we might learn to give
:39:36. > :39:46.# O praise him by whose death we live
:39:46. > :39:48.
:39:48. > :39:58.# O praise him, O praise him # Alleluia, alleluia
:39:58. > :40:19.
:40:19. > :40:25.of good courage, Hold Fast to that which is good, render to no-one evil
:40:25. > :40:33.for evil. Strengthen the faint hearted. Support the weak. Help the
:40:33. > :40:41.afflicted. Honour all people. Love and serve the Lord, rejoicing in the
:40:41. > :40:51.power of the spirit and the blessing of God almighty, the father, the Son
:40:51. > :41:21.
:41:21. > :41:31.and the Holy Spirit be among you and # God save our gracious Queen
:41:31. > :41:33.
:41:33. > :41:43.# Long live our noble Queen # God Save the Queen.
:41:43. > :41:45.
:41:45. > :41:55.# Send her victorious # Happy and glorious
:41:55. > :42:06.
:42:06. > :42:16.# Long to reign over us # Thy choicest gifts in store
:42:16. > :42:26.# On her be pleased to pour # Long may she reign.
:42:26. > :42:27.
:42:27. > :42:37.# May she defend our laws # And ever give us cause
:42:37. > :42:37.
:42:37. > :43:55.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:43:55. > :43:58.# To sing with heart and voice 69 standards processing out of the
:43:58. > :44:03.cathedral. Jock, what is the importance of these standards, these
:44:03. > :44:09.been at the centre of the ceremony? Absolutely, the standards are emblem
:44:09. > :44:14.attic of the people who still, to this day, cohere socially and for
:44:14. > :44:24.other purposes in order to remember and to stay together with their
:44:24. > :44:24.
:44:24. > :46:43.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:46:43. > :46:46.Liverpool as they process out of the cathedral. We have seen other
:46:46. > :46:51.services of remembrance and events all around the country. Derry
:46:51. > :46:57.Londonderry, very important place, the place that all of the U-boats
:46:57. > :47:02.ended up being impounded. Also the HMS Illustrious in London, all sorts
:47:02. > :47:09.of events in the country. The battle of the Atlantic was not confined to
:47:09. > :47:17.a single location in Britain. London's importance, although
:47:17. > :47:23.diminished, it was also where the intelligence was and the Admiralty
:47:23. > :47:33.collected trade thoughts. London was an important base for escort vessels
:47:33. > :47:33.
:47:33. > :48:25.Apology for the loss of subtitles for 42 seconds
:48:25. > :48:33.out of the cathedral. It feels like a great state occasion, has this
:48:33. > :48:36.been an historic weekend? It has been like -- been an important
:48:37. > :48:42.historical weekend. Looking back to the events of 70 years ago and also
:48:42. > :48:47.ahead, because this is a diminishing facility. This will be the last
:48:47. > :48:51.event for many people of any such sort. Do you think we will go on
:48:51. > :48:57.having events like this once the veteran start to pass on? I hope so
:48:57. > :49:01.because it is an important matter for people to take on and learn. It
:49:01. > :49:04.is a difficult matter to understand because it is a complex basis but
:49:04. > :49:13.the veterans are one of the best nuclei for understanding what went
:49:13. > :49:15.on, and with them diminishing it will become more difficult. Do you
:49:15. > :49:19.think for the 100th anniversary, perhaps, we will still have a sense
:49:19. > :49:23.of the importance of the battle? hope so but we can say almost
:49:23. > :49:26.certainly that we will have nobody here who took part in it. That will
:49:26. > :49:33.be a pity and that is the responsible at he placed on future
:49:33. > :49:38.generations, to attempt to keep bringing it up and recurring in the
:49:38. > :49:40.national conscience -- that is the responsibility. One group in
:49:40. > :49:45.Liverpool remember all the Battle of the Atlantic from a very different
:49:45. > :49:48.standpoint. They are the men who fought the battle from the air.
:49:48. > :49:53.Royal Navy pilots to launch themselves off aircraft carriers
:49:53. > :49:57.which were often specially converted merchant ships.
:49:57. > :50:02.When I was a schoolboy I used to read the magazines that were popular
:50:02. > :50:05.at the day, the rover, the adventure. There were two stories,
:50:05. > :50:10.one was about someone who flew aircraft from an aircraft carrier. I
:50:10. > :50:14.thought, I would like to do that myself. The other one was a story
:50:14. > :50:20.about a deck officer on the Merchant Navy. That sounds interesting as
:50:20. > :50:26.well. I actually became both. I achieved my ambitions at the age of
:50:26. > :50:29.18, I didn't have any ambition since then. I was a pilot during the
:50:29. > :50:34.Battle of the Atlantic, I flew swordfish aircraft from a merchant
:50:34. > :50:40.aircraft carrier on Atlantic convoys. The main purpose was to
:50:40. > :50:43.keep the U-boats underwater. Sink them, if you saw them. But if you
:50:43. > :50:49.kept them under water, they were slower than the convoy, so they got
:50:49. > :50:54.left behind. It was a kind of preventative medicine. It wasn't so
:50:54. > :51:00.dramatic, it was rather boring, a lot of the flying, but it was very
:51:00. > :51:06.important. We used to fly at 600 to 800 feet into our, to three hour
:51:06. > :51:10.patrols ahead of the convoy, around the convoy. If the engine coughed
:51:10. > :51:15.while you were flying, your hair stood on end, believe me.
:51:15. > :51:20.Altogether, the swordfish sank more enemy shipping than any other allied
:51:20. > :51:26.aircraft. They were very dependable. Simple, straightforward
:51:26. > :51:30.quite handy to crash in because they had a lot of give. I had one or two
:51:30. > :51:36.incidents in the swordfish. I got through five British aircraft
:51:36. > :51:42.altogether during the war in crashes. If I was German would have
:51:42. > :51:46.got across for that, I think. It is great to be here in the Western
:51:46. > :51:49.Approaches building. Such an important building at the time of
:51:49. > :51:55.the Battle of the Atlantic, the whole operation of the convoys was
:51:55. > :52:00.monitored from here. It was a very busy port, there were factories
:52:00. > :52:03.working hard. It was very important town altogether. The people suffered
:52:03. > :52:08.great deal from the bombing in Liverpool, an awful lot of
:52:08. > :52:11.casualties. They suffered in many different ways. Of the 200 odd
:52:11. > :52:19.convoys that were escorted by merchant aircraft carriers, there
:52:19. > :52:25.were only two ships sunk. The ammunition ship blew up totally, a
:52:25. > :52:28.big bang and a flash, we saw it quite clearly. The tanker caught
:52:28. > :52:32.fire and started going around in circles with flames going over the
:52:32. > :52:36.deck and that was a horrible thing to see. I saw at close hand just
:52:36. > :52:46.what it was like for the ships that were attacked during the war at
:52:46. > :52:47.
:52:47. > :52:53.various times. I have friends in the Mersey group. We meet once a month
:52:53. > :52:57.and have lunch on board HMS Eagle. Part of the Royal Naval reserve
:52:57. > :53:03.officers club of Liverpool. You have always got plenty of conversation,
:53:03. > :53:09.plenty to talk about. That was a wonderful aircraft. We used to sing
:53:09. > :53:13.songs, didn't we? I don't think we could repeat them. Except the first
:53:13. > :53:21.one about in the royal air force, the landing is OK, if the pilot can
:53:21. > :53:29.get up and still walk away. The prospects are grim... You soon find
:53:29. > :53:37.out if you can't swim. You are about two years older than I am. Two years
:53:37. > :53:40.in the Fleet Air Arm during the war was a long, long time. If we lost
:53:40. > :53:44.the Battle of the Atlantic, we would have lost the war, there is no doubt
:53:44. > :53:49.about it. I often think about the people who lost their lives and were
:53:49. > :53:55.fighting for perhaps a different sort of world it has turned out to
:53:55. > :53:59.be. Wonderful stories. I am joined by Captain Andrew Burns, the
:53:59. > :54:04.commanding officer of HMS Bulwark, and Albert Owings, you are a
:54:04. > :54:07.Liverpool boy, born and bred and you served in the Battle of the
:54:07. > :54:17.Atlantic. The Liverpool Blitz, it must have been extra ordinary to
:54:17. > :54:17.
:54:17. > :54:21.experience. -- must have been extraordinary. It was very grim
:54:22. > :54:27.indeed. I was working at a factory producing electronic components. By
:54:27. > :54:32.the time I was 17, the dayshift would go off at six o'clock and the
:54:32. > :54:36.night shift would come on at eight o'clock, and I would be on my own in
:54:36. > :54:42.a building employing nearly about 1000 people for is a bit was my job
:54:42. > :54:46.to check everything was locked up between the shifts. Of course, there
:54:46. > :54:49.were aircraft coming over and dropping the odd bomb on the
:54:49. > :54:55.outskirts of Liverpool, after finishing at the centre of
:54:55. > :55:00.Liverpool. It was a matter of getting it done at the age of 17,
:55:00. > :55:05.going around the factory and knowing that there was one bunker where I
:55:05. > :55:13.might have been so. It never occurred to me, actually, I got on
:55:13. > :55:22.the job. You are actually serving in the Battle of the Atlantic as well?
:55:22. > :55:29.Yes, I was wanted to go to sea. The chance came to be a radio operator
:55:29. > :55:39.-- oil is wanted to go to. I took the money from the -- my sister, I
:55:39. > :55:40.
:55:40. > :55:50.could not afford it. It was December 1941, not long after Pearl Harbor.
:55:50. > :55:53.
:55:53. > :55:58.That was the other part of my story. Andrew, the Port of Liverpool, what
:55:58. > :56:05.is it like to be in command of your ship at the weekend? It is a great
:56:05. > :56:09.privilege to be in command of the Royal Navy's flagship and to be part
:56:09. > :56:12.of these commemorations. Liverpool have all -- has always had a strong
:56:12. > :56:20.relationship with the Royal Navy and continues to support it this weekend
:56:20. > :56:23.will stop the crowd at the docks are extraordinary, it is wildly popular.
:56:23. > :56:27.It is fantastic, thousands of people have been visiting all of the ships.
:56:27. > :56:32.It is great for the Royal Navy to be able to demonstrate what we do.
:56:32. > :56:39.Royal Navy are here in parallel with the merchant Navy, is that link
:56:39. > :56:44.still very close today? It is and it has to be, nothing has changed, we
:56:44. > :56:48.remain a island nation dependent on the sea and those same lines of
:56:48. > :56:52.communication are still vital for our own economy. 94% of our trade
:56:52. > :56:55.still travels over the sea. It is extremely important the Navy is
:56:55. > :57:01.perfecting those lines of communication and we are doing that
:57:01. > :57:06.today all over the world. What parallels are there with the wartime
:57:06. > :57:11.service and with today's Royal Navy? There are many. In terms of the
:57:11. > :57:15.naval control of shipping, that relationship was critical to the
:57:15. > :57:23.outcome of the Battle of the Atlantic. It remains critical today.
:57:23. > :57:25.We need to maintain our ability to react to changing threats. The
:57:25. > :57:33.development of anti-submarine warfare continues today. We conduct
:57:33. > :57:35.joint and combined operations with Canadian and American allies and the
:57:35. > :57:43.Royal air force. That is an important component of what the
:57:43. > :57:48.Royal Navy delivers. What did you make of today's service? I was very
:57:48. > :57:54.moved, I have not heard a service like that in a very long time. I was
:57:55. > :58:01.very moved, tears almost came to my eyes at points. It is humbling, to
:58:01. > :58:09.feel people feel about us, something we would not have appreciated, we
:58:09. > :58:13.could not realise, and I went away in all innocence and did the job.
:58:13. > :58:19.And a very good job indeed. There is a procession at 12:30 p.m. So the
:58:19. > :58:22.rest of Liverpool can get involved in what we have witnessed today.
:58:22. > :58:28.From this magnificent cathedral here in Liverpool, it has been a day of
:58:28. > :58:36.remembering. It has been very poignant and the veterans have
:58:36. > :58:39.played a crucial central role. The bravery shown 70 years ago by
:58:39. > :58:45.thousands of sailors and the people of Liverpool, like Alberts, is