0:00:02 > 0:00:04This Tuesday marks the centenary of World War I's Battle of Jutland,
0:00:04 > 0:00:07the biggest sea battle in Royal Naval history.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10HMS Caroline is the only surviving ship
0:00:10 > 0:00:15and now she's found a permanent home here in Belfast as a museum.
0:00:15 > 0:00:18On today's Songs Of Praise, I'm taking a sneak peek aboard
0:00:18 > 0:00:21before she opens to the public this week.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24I'll be hearing about the role faith played as thousands of sailors
0:00:24 > 0:00:27risked their lives for God, King and country.
0:00:28 > 0:00:31And I meet the grandson of a young sailor at Jutland
0:00:31 > 0:00:35to discover his story from that momentous day.
0:00:35 > 0:00:39And, after Mental Health Awareness Week, Diane Louise Jordan find out
0:00:39 > 0:00:43how one mother is coping following the death of her teenage daughter.
0:00:43 > 0:00:45I just cried and I just said goodbye and,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48"We will see each other again one day".
0:00:57 > 0:01:00Later in the programme, we'll have a performance from
0:01:00 > 0:01:02an Emmy award-winning Irish tenor Eamonn McCrystal.
0:01:02 > 0:01:05But let's begin with a traditional favourite and appropriate hymn
0:01:05 > 0:01:08for aboard ship, Will Your Anchor Hold.
0:03:17 > 0:03:24On 31st May, 1916, 151 Royal Navy warships came face-to-face
0:03:24 > 0:03:29with 99 ships from the German High Seas Fleet off the coast of Denmark.
0:03:29 > 0:03:32The battle of Jutland was the defining battle of World War I
0:03:32 > 0:03:35and the largest clash of battleships in history.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43The only remaining ship is HMS Caroline and, 100 years on,
0:03:43 > 0:03:46she's been transformed into a visitors' attraction.
0:03:48 > 0:03:49I met up with the curator
0:03:49 > 0:03:53and the Chaplain to the Fleet in the powerhouse of the ship.
0:03:53 > 0:03:55Caroline was a light cruiser.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57Her role was to be ahead of the battle fleet,
0:03:57 > 0:03:59really going out to scout ahead
0:03:59 > 0:04:03and to defend the fleet from attack from torpedoes.
0:04:03 > 0:04:05We have a number of accounts,
0:04:05 > 0:04:09primarily from diaries of sailors who were on board Caroline.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13"A hell of a fight going on. Three torpedoes missed us by yards.
0:04:13 > 0:04:17"Shells falling round. That was at 7:20pm".
0:04:17 > 0:04:19You know, one minute it's calm.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22The next minute, literally, all hell has broken loose.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24It must have been very trying on the men
0:04:24 > 0:04:28and on their faith in their equipment, in their ships
0:04:28 > 0:04:30and in God, I imagine.
0:04:32 > 0:04:36Of the 250 ships involved in the battle, the British lost 14
0:04:36 > 0:04:40and the Germans, 11, resulting in a huge loss of life.
0:04:41 > 0:04:47The British lost over 6,000 and the German fleet had 2,500 dead as well.
0:04:47 > 0:04:49Some of the British losses were incredible
0:04:49 > 0:04:52because some of the bigger ships, the battle cruisers,
0:04:52 > 0:04:54had over 1,000 people,
0:04:54 > 0:04:58so, like losing a small town or a small village in one stroke.
0:04:58 > 0:05:02To lose your friends by seeing a ship that was wrecked,
0:05:02 > 0:05:05seeing the name on that ship and knowing who was in there,
0:05:05 > 0:05:07you'd know you'd lost friends.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12Most of the ships had their own naval chaplains on board
0:05:12 > 0:05:15to help the men through these troubled times.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Chaplains traditionally wear no rank
0:05:17 > 0:05:20and talk of themselves as being the friend and adviser of all onboard.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23So, we have accounts of them
0:05:23 > 0:05:26actually walking among the men to steady them, if you like,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29and helping them to get over and get on with their duty
0:05:29 > 0:05:34during some of these quite harrowing things.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37But some went beyond comforting others.
0:05:37 > 0:05:41HMS Warrior was damaged very severely in the action.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43As they were ordered to abandon ship,
0:05:43 > 0:05:46the chaplain decided that most important thing he must do
0:05:46 > 0:05:50was to rescue the sacred vessels, and I have them here.
0:05:50 > 0:05:54The original HMS Warrior from the First World War.
0:05:54 > 0:06:01Over 100 years old and you can see here is engraved, 31st of May, 1916.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03And these are still in use today.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05So, a piece of lovely naval history
0:06:05 > 0:06:08and of faith history passed down hand-to-hand.
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Visitors to HMS Caroline will be able to see how the men
0:08:26 > 0:08:27lived on board.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32Life at sea would have been pretty tough for most of the 289 crew.
0:08:33 > 0:08:37So, Claire, this is one of the mess areas we have on board.
0:08:37 > 0:08:40The majority of the ship's company would have lived
0:08:40 > 0:08:42in a space like this.
0:08:42 > 0:08:45They would have eaten here and also slept here.
0:08:45 > 0:08:49They wouldn't really have had much personal space to themselves.
0:08:49 > 0:08:52But it wasn't all eat, sleep and work.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56One of the most popular things on board were concert parties.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58On Caroline, these were known as "Carry Ons"
0:08:58 > 0:09:02and the men would have spent quite a lot of time preparing for those.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04And they also had a ship's cat.
0:09:06 > 0:09:08The facilities look fairly basic.
0:09:10 > 0:09:14Oh, this is more like it, Victoria. A bit more space for the captain.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18Yes, the captain had the most amount of personal space on board.
0:09:18 > 0:09:21I think I could have coped a bit better up here, I have to say.
0:09:21 > 0:09:23But it could also be lonely at the top.
0:09:23 > 0:09:26Quite often the captain would have dined alone.
0:09:26 > 0:09:30This was important to keep separation between him and the men.
0:09:30 > 0:09:33Our next hymn is one you can imagine the captain
0:09:33 > 0:09:37encouraging his men to sing as they gathered for services on board.
0:12:02 > 0:12:06Many of those who survived World War I suffered terribly
0:12:06 > 0:12:09from what we now know as post-traumatic stress.
0:12:09 > 0:12:11Mental health issues are nothing new,
0:12:11 > 0:12:13but we are only just beginning to understand them.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16When it comes to the numbers of young people affected today,
0:12:16 > 0:12:19the figures paint an alarming picture.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23Diane has been to Huntingdon to find out more.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27Recent studies show that one in ten children and young people
0:12:27 > 0:12:29have a mental health diagnosis
0:12:29 > 0:12:33and among teenagers, rates of depression and anxiety
0:12:33 > 0:12:37have increased by 70% in the past 25 years.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43But, of course, behind every statistic is a human story -
0:12:43 > 0:12:47individuals and their loved ones facing huge challenges
0:12:47 > 0:12:50and often suffering great pain.
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Jane Hector's daughter, Chantelle, suffered with severe mental
0:12:56 > 0:13:00illness and, tragically, four years ago, took her own life.
0:13:00 > 0:13:03Jane, what was Chantelle like?
0:13:03 > 0:13:08Chantelle was a fun loving girl, 16-year-old.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11She'd always be there for her friends regardless of what
0:13:11 > 0:13:13she was going through.
0:13:13 > 0:13:18The day that she died I'd gone and knocked on her door,
0:13:18 > 0:13:21I'd knocked on her door and she just fell to the floor.
0:13:24 > 0:13:30I don't know how long she'd been there, but, immediately, I just...
0:13:31 > 0:13:36..went on my knees, gathered her in my arms and...
0:13:38 > 0:13:39I just phoned 999.
0:13:41 > 0:13:47And the lady on the telephone she was telling me to do CPR,
0:13:47 > 0:13:49and what to do.
0:13:50 > 0:13:52But I knew she were gone.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55She were just... I knew she'd gone.
0:13:56 > 0:14:01I didn't find Chantelle till about 10:20 at night-time,
0:14:01 > 0:14:07but in that day I'd recorded a programme which was about Easter
0:14:07 > 0:14:10and it was this pastor who was talking to a single mum
0:14:10 > 0:14:15who had just lost her only son to a heroin overdose.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18And the pastor said to her,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21"God knows what you're going through."
0:14:21 > 0:14:24And she started to say, "How can God know...?"
0:14:24 > 0:14:30And then stopped, realising that God lost his son, Jesus.
0:14:30 > 0:14:32He died.
0:14:32 > 0:14:35And so he did know what she were going through.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39To me, that was God saying to me, "I know what you're going through".
0:14:39 > 0:14:43After losing Chantelle, Jane began helping with a drop-in cafe
0:14:43 > 0:14:45ran by her church.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49It supports young people through any struggles they may be facing
0:14:49 > 0:14:51and it's called the D-Caf.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55This week, we're starting a new series, Testing Times.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58There are a range of reasons that people come
0:14:58 > 0:15:00together in community here.
0:15:02 > 0:15:07I think what undergirds that all is the sense of not feeling valued
0:15:07 > 0:15:08and not valuing themselves.
0:15:10 > 0:15:14My anxiety has got a lot better since coming here, to be honest.
0:15:14 > 0:15:18I go out, I'll go and meet new people and, you know,
0:15:18 > 0:15:21I don't spend all my time sat in my flat any more.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23It just felt like the whole world was shutting me out,
0:15:23 > 0:15:27it was like no-one was trying to help me, except from this place.
0:15:27 > 0:15:31'It makes me feel that I belong somewhere'
0:15:31 > 0:15:34and being at D-Caf is basically a whole new family.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36- Did you make a wish?- I did!
0:15:40 > 0:15:44I do believe there is a stigma attached to mental health
0:15:44 > 0:15:45and suicide
0:15:45 > 0:15:48and people are just afraid to talk about it.
0:15:51 > 0:15:57She had a poorly mind and if she hadn't had this mental illness,
0:15:57 > 0:15:59she wouldn't have taken her own life.
0:16:01 > 0:16:05They took her...to the ambulance outside and then wrapped her up.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08She just looked so peaceful.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11I just cried and I just said, "Goodbye and...
0:16:11 > 0:16:14"be happy where you are and...
0:16:14 > 0:16:18"we WILL see each other again one day."
0:16:18 > 0:16:26# Good Shepherd of my soul come dwell with me
0:16:26 > 0:16:33# Take all I am and mould your likeness in me
0:16:33 > 0:16:37# Before the cross of Christ
0:16:37 > 0:16:41# This is my sacrifice
0:16:41 > 0:16:48# A life laid down and ready to follow
0:16:48 > 0:16:56# Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo Doo-doo-doo doo-doo
0:16:57 > 0:17:05# The troubled find their peace in true surrender
0:17:05 > 0:17:13# And prisoners their release from chains of anger
0:17:13 > 0:17:19# In springs of living grace
0:17:19 > 0:17:22# I find a resting place
0:17:22 > 0:17:30# To rise refreshed and ready to follow
0:17:31 > 0:17:38# Doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo doo Doo-doo-doo doo-doo
0:17:40 > 0:17:44# And when my days are gone
0:17:44 > 0:17:49# My strength is failing
0:17:49 > 0:17:53# He'll carry me along
0:17:53 > 0:17:57# To death's unveiling
0:17:57 > 0:18:02# Earth's struggles overcome
0:18:02 > 0:18:06# Heaven's journey just begun
0:18:06 > 0:18:13# To search Christ's depths and ever to follow
0:18:13 > 0:18:19# To search Christ's depths and ever to follow. #
0:18:29 > 0:18:33Here in Northern Ireland, we are very proud of our musical exports
0:18:33 > 0:18:36and one young man who has taken America by storm
0:18:36 > 0:18:39is singer Eamonn McCrystal.
0:18:39 > 0:18:44On 1st of November, 1995, I will be doing my own show.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- # Oh, Danny boy... # - APPLAUSE
0:18:48 > 0:18:51From putting on his own shows in his mother's living room,
0:18:51 > 0:18:55Eamonn now performs on some of the biggest stages in the world.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59He's recorded nine albums, hosts his own television show
0:18:59 > 0:19:02and has even appeared in two movies,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06but he's not afraid to show his faith in everything he does.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10'On a recent visit home, I caught up with Eamonn for a chat
0:19:10 > 0:19:13'in the tea room at Killymoon Castle.'
0:19:13 > 0:19:15Eamonn, wonderful to have you back here in Cookstown.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18It's always great to come home. This is where it all started
0:19:18 > 0:19:21and, I mean, if these people in Cookstown
0:19:21 > 0:19:24hadn't supported me all my life, I wouldn't be where I am today.
0:19:24 > 0:19:26This has been a very quick turnaround, really,
0:19:26 > 0:19:30from performing here in Northern Ireland to now being stateside,
0:19:30 > 0:19:31but you are a firm believer in...
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- your path is laid out for you, aren't you?- Absolutely.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38That Jeremiah quote, "I know the plans I have in mind for you,"
0:19:38 > 0:19:40it really has stuck with me all my life,
0:19:40 > 0:19:42whatever those forks in the road come.
0:19:42 > 0:19:46I had such faith in it that it's kept me strong,
0:19:46 > 0:19:48even when things weren't going so well.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51Is faith very important in which songs that you go for?
0:19:51 > 0:19:52Oh, absolutely.
0:19:52 > 0:19:55# You raise me up
0:19:55 > 0:20:00# So I can stand on mountains... #
0:20:00 > 0:20:04It really has to speak to me and it has to tell the message
0:20:04 > 0:20:07and it has to have a great story, that's always the number one.
0:20:07 > 0:20:10Us, from Northern Ireland, we're not that great
0:20:10 > 0:20:14at telling our stories in our faith and so when I went to America,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16I was blown away by how great they are at, you know,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20describing their faith and having these wonderful faith stories
0:20:20 > 0:20:22and sharing their faiths with others.
0:20:22 > 0:20:23A lot of people would say
0:20:23 > 0:20:26doing a Christian album was a risky thing to do
0:20:26 > 0:20:28because you somehow pigeonhole yourself
0:20:28 > 0:20:29or you put yourself in a box,
0:20:29 > 0:20:33that you are not accessible to other people, but, you know,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36I think it's the opposite because fans of mine in America
0:20:36 > 0:20:38or otherwise who aren't believers,
0:20:38 > 0:20:39I think it's a great vehicle,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42"Oh, look, he also does this and let's see what that music is,"
0:20:42 > 0:20:45and, hopefully, through that music, then they will come to know Jesus.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49But I do that with all roles or anything that I choose,
0:20:49 > 0:20:50even movie roles, for example.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53I'm in a new movie, God's Not Dead 2.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57To be a part of a movie that is so wonderful,
0:20:57 > 0:20:58about standing up for your faith
0:20:58 > 0:21:01and standing up for what you believe in, I've been very blessed
0:21:01 > 0:21:05that I have had the opportunities to follow all these paths.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08And you are sharing your talents with your hometown.
0:21:08 > 0:21:10I always start the shows, before we go to America,
0:21:10 > 0:21:12the tours and everything,
0:21:12 > 0:21:15I always come to Cookstown first and let them hear the new music
0:21:15 > 0:21:17and I know if they like it, then it will do well.
0:21:17 > 0:21:19Otherwise, they are a good grounding force for me.
0:21:19 > 0:21:21People in Cookstown tell you how they feel.
0:21:21 > 0:21:24Americans, not always, but people at home soon tell you
0:21:24 > 0:21:25if they like something or not!
0:21:25 > 0:21:28And do they all know that you are Emmy award-winning?
0:21:28 > 0:21:30- I'm sure they do!- I hope so! I brought it with me,
0:21:30 > 0:21:33- so if they don't know, they soon will! - THEY LAUGH
0:21:33 > 0:21:35And you are going to be performing for us now If You Listen.
0:21:35 > 0:21:38It's a very, very special song to you, isn't it?
0:21:38 > 0:21:40All you have to do is listen to the lyrics
0:21:40 > 0:21:44and listen to what God is telling us and if we just follow that voice,
0:21:44 > 0:21:48that small voice that is there then we will be OK.
0:21:50 > 0:21:53# When you're drifting
0:21:53 > 0:21:57# Like you're lost at sea
0:21:57 > 0:22:01# And you're helpless
0:22:01 > 0:22:03# And your heart's not free
0:22:05 > 0:22:08# Just keep searching
0:22:08 > 0:22:12# For your soul's desire
0:22:12 > 0:22:18# And you will find it if you reach inside
0:22:18 > 0:22:20# If you listen
0:22:20 > 0:22:24# You will hear
0:22:25 > 0:22:26# If you listen
0:22:26 > 0:22:31# I am near
0:22:32 > 0:22:34# For I am the wind
0:22:34 > 0:22:38# That steers you when you sail
0:22:38 > 0:22:40# I am the breeze
0:22:40 > 0:22:43# To warm the falling rain
0:22:43 > 0:22:46# I'll be your shelter
0:22:47 > 0:22:50# When you face the storm
0:22:50 > 0:22:53# I'll be your shelter
0:22:55 > 0:22:58# And save you from all harm
0:23:02 > 0:23:05# When you're lonely
0:23:05 > 0:23:08# And you feel alone
0:23:09 > 0:23:15# You need somewhere just to call your home
0:23:17 > 0:23:19When you're weary
0:23:19 > 0:23:23# And the mountain's high
0:23:23 > 0:23:27# And you struggle
0:23:27 > 0:23:30# Just to see the sky
0:23:32 > 0:23:34# If you listen
0:23:34 > 0:23:37# You will hear
0:23:37 > 0:23:39# If you listen
0:23:39 > 0:23:44# I am near
0:23:45 > 0:23:51# For I am the wind that steers you when you sail
0:23:51 > 0:23:56# I am the breeze to warm the falling rain
0:23:57 > 0:24:04# I'll be your shelter when you face the storm
0:24:04 > 0:24:08# I'll be your shelter
0:24:08 > 0:24:12# And save you from all harm
0:24:16 > 0:24:20# Oh
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- # For I am the wind - I am the wind
0:24:23 > 0:24:26# That steers you when you sail
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- # I am the breeze - I am the breeze
0:24:29 > 0:24:32# To warm the falling rain
0:24:32 > 0:24:36- # I'll be your shelter - I'll be your shelter
0:24:36 > 0:24:38# When you face the storm
0:24:38 > 0:24:42# I'll be your shelter
0:24:43 > 0:24:48# And save you from all harm. #
0:25:02 > 0:25:04A lot of the most revealing information
0:25:04 > 0:25:06that we have about the Battle of Jutland
0:25:06 > 0:25:09comes from the personal diaries of the sailors.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13Pat Avery's grandfather, Basil Phillips, was a telegraphist
0:25:13 > 0:25:17on board HMS Ambuscade at Jutland.
0:25:17 > 0:25:23A telegraphist's job would have been to transmit and receive messages
0:25:23 > 0:25:26from other ships to their ship,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28or vice versa, in Morse code.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31And he kept this incredible diary
0:25:31 > 0:25:34and I know that it was possibly not strictly allowed during those times.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38No, I think that authority would have frowned very heavily
0:25:38 > 0:25:42had they discovered the fact that he was keeping a diary
0:25:42 > 0:25:44with quite sensitive information.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48However, because he was trained in Morse code,
0:25:48 > 0:25:52he was able to write this down at the point of it actually happening
0:25:52 > 0:25:56in Morse code and then, in quieter moments,
0:25:56 > 0:26:00would surreptitiously write them up into a longhand diary.
0:26:00 > 0:26:02So, what did your grandfather say?
0:26:02 > 0:26:05I think that once things started to quieten down
0:26:05 > 0:26:08and they realised that they had, number one, survived,
0:26:08 > 0:26:13but secondly, you know, the impact of the enormity of what had happened
0:26:13 > 0:26:17began to sort of sink in and the following morning,
0:26:17 > 0:26:22"8.50am, rubbish from ships sunk floating in the water.
0:26:22 > 0:26:27"Passed German captain and sailors," and, in brackets, "dead".
0:26:27 > 0:26:31You know, that brings home the enormous understanding
0:26:31 > 0:26:33of what had actually happened.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36Your grandfather had another very important role. Tell me about that.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Yes, he was a chaplain's assistant.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40My grandfather had a Christian upbringing,
0:26:40 > 0:26:44which included learning to play the church organ
0:26:44 > 0:26:49and so I think that was very quickly recognised by the naval chaplains.
0:26:49 > 0:26:53And how important would somebody like Pat's grandfather, Basil,
0:26:53 > 0:26:55have been to the ship's chaplain?
0:26:55 > 0:26:57Incredibly important
0:26:57 > 0:27:00because church services would have taken place
0:27:00 > 0:27:03largely on the upper deck for the whole ship's company
0:27:03 > 0:27:06because that was the only place you could have it and squeeze everybody in,
0:27:06 > 0:27:09so to be able to play the small, portable harmonium
0:27:09 > 0:27:12that was issued by the Admiralty for that purpose
0:27:12 > 0:27:14was really important for the whole ship's company.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19He cared very deeply for his colleagues.
0:27:19 > 0:27:24My grandfather was only 21 at the time of the Battle of Jutland,
0:27:24 > 0:27:27but many of his colleagues were younger than him.
0:27:27 > 0:27:30The fact that he had a link to the naval chaplain
0:27:30 > 0:27:33probably assisted these men greatly and I think it's important
0:27:33 > 0:27:37to remember that these men are not just statistics in history books.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41They were real men with hopes, fears, pain, ambition
0:27:41 > 0:27:44and in that sense, we must never forget.
0:30:25 > 0:30:27By Tuesday, HMS Caroline will be finished
0:30:27 > 0:30:30in time for the anniversary commemorations
0:30:30 > 0:30:33and on the day, BBC One will broadcast a live service
0:30:33 > 0:30:36to mark the centenary of the Battle of Jutland.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Also, for rugby league supporters,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41don't forget our fans' choir competition is still running.
0:30:41 > 0:30:44The details of how to enter and terms and conditions
0:30:44 > 0:30:46are on the Songs Of Praise website.
0:30:46 > 0:30:49Next week, gospel singer extraordinaire Ruby Turner
0:30:49 > 0:30:52surprises commuters at Birmingham New Street station
0:30:52 > 0:30:55with a flash-mob style performance for BBC Music Day,
0:30:55 > 0:30:57so don't miss that. But now, though,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59it's time for our final hymn
0:30:59 > 0:31:02and it's from Ballymena, here in Northern Ireland.
0:31:50 > 0:31:54# Whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
0:32:41 > 0:32:49# Whoa-oh whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh
0:33:35 > 0:33:39# Whoa-oh Whoa-oh-oh-oh. #