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INTRODUCTION This was a private investigation to raise funds for Diabetes UK. We joined Norie Miles and colleagues at UKPRS for an evening at this exclusive location that is not normally available for paranormal investigations. We all arrived and met in the John Fieldhouse Building which was to be our crew room for the night. The investigation was organized by Norie Miles and UKPRS to raise money for Diabetes. There were three areas to investigate, the John Fieldhouse building, The Holland 1 Submarine and the HMS Alliance. We were split into two teams for the night. Martin from UKPRS was our team leader for the night.
HISTORY HMS Alliance was designed for service in the Far East, but the war had ended before she could be put into action. The A-Class was larger than its predecessors and she had a range of 10,000 miles at an economical surface speed. She had six bow torpedo tubes, and four stern tubes. When she was modernized during a refit between 1958 and 1960, the external tubes were removed, leaving four tubes at the front and two at the rear; with a total of ten reload torpedoes. She also received a snorkel and better batteries. The conning tower was replaced with the 25 foot aluminium fin that enclosed all the masts and this and some other streamlining made her quieter and faster underwater. She was taken out of service and relegated to harbour training in 1973, by which time the Oberon and Porpoise Class boats formed the bulk of the submarine fleet. Alliance was transferred permanently to the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport in February 1978. She now stands as a memorial to the 4,334 British submariners who gave their lives in both world wars and to the 739 officers and men who lost their lives in peacetime disasters. Holland 1 was the first naval submarine commissioned in 1901, and while being towed after being decommissioned, she sunk on 5th November 1913. She was raised in 1981 and moved to the RNSM Gosport and treated for 4 years with sodium carbonate solution to remove the corrosive chloride. In 2001 she was placed in a new purpose built climate controlled building. One thing that I found amazing is that when she was raised, they took the battery out and it still worked, how can a battery that has been at the bottom of the sea for 60 years still do that. The John Fieldhouse Building, was opened in 2005 as part of an extension to the museum, and it holds the X-craft mini submarine HMSX24 and several other exhibits.
VIGIL 1 - HMS ALLIANCE I thought this was the best location of the night; we started in the officer’s mess and conducted a séance. At first it seemed quiet, but I had a feeling of being watched from the corridor by a Petty Officer. I had this confirmed as correct by one of the staff who works there. Martin the Team Leader suggested trying to bring the energies of the spirits forward. The team channelled their energy and thoughts while holding hands and meditating. One member of the team volunteered to have an outer facial body experience, and it was pointed out that the team member’s face was changing. We decided to try and make contact with the use of a spirit board, but this was to no avail. We decided to move onto one of the other bunk areas on the submarine, and this is where Marq decided to have a go at channelling a spirit/s. His actions were strange at first making slight movements, and then it was like he was dancing. While the rest of the group was in this room I stayed in the corridor. I had the sensation of being crushed and Marq said some one had died of a heart attack, I asked the member of staff and said that it wasn't a heart attack he was feeling but the spirit had been crushed by something and that it had been an accident. Again this was confirmed as correct.
VIGIL 2 – HOLLAND 1 Some of the team decided to use a spirit board. Some questions were asked and a few yes and no answers were received but there were some answers that came through hat did not make sense at all, almost like the person trying to communicate couldn’t spell or read. A team member Dave became very angry and felt that he wanted to argue with someone, he also had stabbing pains in his side. I went out of the submarine as I kept seeing someone walking around outside, which was strange as we were all inside the Holland 1 at the time, again this was confirmed as a regular occurrence by the members of staff.
VIGIL 3 - HMS ALLIANCE We started with a séance in the Officers mess, and Marq decided to have another go at channelling, and he started to move in a strange way twisting and turning and also came out with 2 names, one was James a name I had picked up earlier on our first visit to this submarine, and the second name was Karl. He came through with a few answers to our questions, but it was very strained replies as i think Marq was fighting the sensation at the time.
CONCLUSION All in all it was a fantastic night and I enjoyed every minute of the investigation. I have to go back and see the place again, but maybe in the daytime so I can see more. |
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