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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN
VOLUME 36 No.6 Navy News. 2 ""adeay St, POllS POint . 2011. Of PO Bo~ 706, Oarlonghu.sl. 20t O. Pnone (02) 359 23011 Fa~ (02) 359 2199
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CANBERRA 'has done
RAN proud' The guided missile frigat e HMAS CAN·
BERRA, commanded by Commander R.W. Gates, has " done the RAN proud" during her three-month Gulf deploYllIent.
"CANBER RA has been the major player in the continued success of Mult inA tional Maritime Interception Operations (MMIO),'- according 10 Commodore Destroyer Squadron 20, Cllplain O . K. Spears.
CANBERRA has completed the lasl boarding of the DAMASK 6 deployment and has left the Area of OperallOllS. after a visit to the Jordaman port of Aqaba.
She a rrives In DarWin for EaSier and Sydney on April 19.
Our correspondent onboard. Lieutenant Mudie. repons Ihal during the three months spent in the boarding grounds. CANBERRA boarded 168 merchant vessels. visually idenuficd and released a funher 5 1 and earned the respect of alhed vessels In the f!. luliinational Interception Force and merchant mariners alike.
CANBERRA also hcld the positions of Anu Air Warfare Coordinator and Helicopter Element Coord inator for much of the ume in the area; positipns which always kcpt her at the forefront of activities.
For the last few days of operauons, Com modore Destroyer Sqlladron 20. Captain O.K. Spears. and his staff embarked on CANBERRA .
The Operal1ons Room became the command cenlre for all Nonh Red Se;1 operations, and CANBERRA's team received praise for ils professionalism.
CANBERRA is due to vbit Karachi, Phuket , Singapore and Darwin on he r retllrn passage.
TRIBUTE
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RtIg,f(eled Dy A"waha POSI Publicauon No. VBH88711
O'stlOb\lled th.ougt"oOUl all RAN ships and eSlabhshments and 10 serving personnel whe.ever t!ley may be
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TORRENS' b e :tic start to 1993, page 3 •
40th bi:tbday evEalts. paSts$& 7.
In his signal to CANBERRA , Squadron Commodore Spears said. " As the end o f your time and mine in Ihe Red Sea draws near, I want to express my sincere thanks fo r Ihe contributions of t·/MAS CAN BE R RA .
HMAS CANBERRA - due in Sydnq on April 19 after bel·ng "aM'ay"for 10 of hu last II months.
"CANBERRA has been the major player in the con· tinlled success of Mliltinalional Maritime Interception Operations (Mr-.UO) dllTJng he r MM IO plilse."
"The unselfish. can-do ottitllde o f HMAS CANBERRA is highlighted by the follOWing aeeomplishments: • Conducted 252 in terrogallons and 256 boarding and \ Isu.a l Inspecrions. Each was conducted with the greatest effICIency and profeSSlonahsm. The actual boardings by CANBERRA constuuted one third of the total MMIO boardings conducted during your tour in the NRS. • Embarked CfG 152.1 as the MMIO Flagship. Your crew has the hean of a banle-eruiser. • Led the challengmg and Educal10nal Tactical Endeavour Quiz Program. CDS-20 will ensure CAN· BERRA and the Auslralian Navy get full CTeqil for the creallon of TE as we spread its ulili5,lI1on to South American Na,·ies dlirlOg UN ITAS 34. • As a leader In the MMJO spans program, panicipaled m Multinational matches of pistol competition, tug of war. uml basketball loumilments. • Unselfishly deployed Tiger 79 and T3Ipan 111 suppon of numerous MMIO and logIstics rcquiremems. • Provided one of thc most entertall1ing boarding qlleries of a crUise ship in recent history. • Spread internallonal diplomaey during pon visits to Egypt. Jordan and Saudi Arabia.
"To each and e,·cry crew member. well done. The tao lcnts of your fine ship. helicopter~ and crew will be Sincerely missed. I cannot imagIne any ship doing a beuer job. You ha\e done the AUSlralian Navy proud:' CAPT Spears added.
VISITS LEUT Mudic Sll)·S the Eastertlme viSIt 10 Darv.in
marks only the third lime HMAS CANBERRA has ente red an Australian port 10 more than 10 momhs.
A Iwo-)ear n:fit and nK>derOisallon complete. the shIp depaned Au)lralian shores for Hawai I and San Diego 111 May to p1lnicJpale 111 Exercise RIMPAC 92.
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, A derachment of C learance Divers, led b,'
Lieutenant D. Phillipson, has returned from deploy. ment 10 Somalia where it supported Australian Forces o!'crating in the a rea.
(By LEUT Sarah K ing)
Navy Quality Management (NQM) is approaching ils second birthday and daily is becoming a more recognisable a Uribute in the work place.
As it becomes more integrated within our culture. the trend should be a step away from Navy Quality Management and progress towards Quality Managemt:m as a whole.
Many have now embraced the NOM philosophy and have Improved conditions for their work mates in doing so.
Two such examples arc LCDR Jennifer Pnestley Gr:Jham and CPOETS Kim Bailey.
Both have received Australia D:Jy Honours as a result of theIr efforts in Improvmg the lifestvle of Ihelr work placc -NOM m action . .
LCDR Gr;oh;lm "a~ instrumental m the aeerediwllon of Balmoral Naval Hospital by tile Australian Council of Hcalthe .. re Standards.
Her ded,ealLon to Ihl' task of Introducmg a philosoph} of cnnllnuou~ ImproVCml'nt to al! aspl'C\s of the services pro· ~Ided w1lhlll the h()l,pllal was crilLeallo the eventual award of acereditallon S13lU5.
C POETS Bailey was the first facilitator in HMAS ADELAIDE.
III' succc."full} buill the foundations of tile necessary culture chang.: by implementmg the ship's first successful NOM project - a reorganisation of thl' ,hip's duty watch and rounds rOUline.
NOM" oonlLnuing to evolve :Jnd, wnh the conslderal)le dfom "nd talent of all personnel , will continuc to improve the qUJlity of our product>.
NOM I~ nOI wLlhout reward as shown m tile abovc two example,
However, the ultimate reward for all concerned is the euntmuous improvement of the N;tvy tow'a rd, the future and nur abLlu} , m these lime, of fiscal restraint. to do things snoaner and more effiCIently with currcnl resource"
Anzac Day march Ex-WRANS Association members participating
in the 1993 A nzac Day march in Sydney .lire asked to fa ll in by 8.45 3.m. at King Street , between George and Pitt Streets.
1\-1archers arc requested to wear while gloves. Lunchoon "ill follow at HMAS KlJITABUL at 1.00 p.m. Rooking» are essenl13J so COmact St:cret"TY Lorna Cubbin
at 14 Voa Marc Parade. Cronulla 2230 or phone 523 7443.
Tasks ranged from beach su rveys (0
ordnance disposal as part of "Operatlon Sol· ace ".
Deployment began on December 19 , 1992 with the team jommg HMAS JERVIS BAY for passage 10 Somaha.
Enrou!e , work-up~ ensured the team was at a standard wherc they were ready for an} even t uahtle~ . report~
our correspondent
On January 14 , 1993 the team disembarked upon arrival m Mogadishu and at-tached itself to Head· q uarters Australian Forces So malia awaiting the arrival of HMAS TOBRUK .
While ashore Ihe team had the o pportunity to vtew the war-torn city of MogadIshu ,,"d the su rrou ndmg coun tryside.
Un fortunatel y no di ving or explo~lve
ordnance dtsposal tasks were forthcommg ,
However it p rovided useful assistance to HQ staff in the form of improving the living conditIOns in an otherwise inhospitable <.:n\'lrOllment.
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ABCD L.~nch ... ilh sonl<' graufullocals Of Ih~ "ReslO~ Hop~" arphanag~.
on complet ion of offloading.
Team members were integr.ltcd into the ship's routine a~ she proVIded va luable assi~ · tance to allied forec~ on the grou nd and afloat.
Leaving behmd POCO Wilson and A BCD Leis to act ,,~ onboard EODIDtving response , the remalllder of the team departed Somalia on Februar} 24.
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After a three-day RAAF C130 nIgh t via the Seychelles and Cocos Islands it arrived 111 Australia a nd pro· ceeded on some well-earned le .. ve .
Th~ di"ing d~lOt:hm~n( asho~ Of AuSlralian HQ locaud Of lh~ old U.s. Emboss)', Mogadishu; (/-r): ABCD Williamson, ABCD W~ ... a" ABCD Lynch, POCO Wilson,
ABCD uis, ABCD Gray, LEUT Phillipson; boltom anl~, "S~an" th~ marin~.
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HMAS HARMAN's Wardroom. with its newly refurbished galley, has provided the ideal location for the WEE Officcl1i' Mess Dinner.
'Ibe event attracted 67 WS). WEE officers, Including The guest speaker. two Weapon, Electrical RADM N D.H. Ham-Englllecrlllg Admirals mond. proVIded an enter-(RADMs Hunt and Halll- taming and IIlformat"c mond) . twO WEE Commo- ,spl'ech on thcchangingrole dores (CD REs Walkmgton and Purcell). and ;.11 e'ght of the WEE Captam, prl'sently ,crvlllg in the RAN \VEEO~ from HMA
Reel , HMAS CERBERUS the RO}'aJ Navy and Royal New Zealand Navy attended the function III addillon 10 Navy Office officen._
of engineen. m the ncw ships about to enter servIce .
Success of the dinne r wa' a credit to the Wardroom staff HMAS HARMAN .
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And, a, any WEEO Will tell you, Ihe new Wardroom galley has now been Accepted Inlo Naval Service (A INS) with;] ratlIIS of ~crumptiou •.
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Faulkner d lbe new Minister for Inrmce Science and Pt'f'!lOf\DeI in the Kn ting ministry.
He su,,==eds Mr Gordon S ilney woo is now Minister for Development Coopern,ion and Paci fic Island Affairs.
ScnalOr Roben Ray re-malOS as Minister for Defence.
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TORRENS' Hectic start to 1993
The first months or 1993 have been hectic but very su «essfuJ ror the crew or the W est Australian-based destroyer escort , HMAS TO RRENS (CMDR MJ . Stewart).
TO RRENS conducted a shakedown as a prelude to Fep 93· 1 in the WAXA and to train personnel reo cently posted onboard.
TORRENS departed cast for Sydney to partici· pate in the successful Fep 93·\, visit ing Port land during the voyage over.
After the brief harbour phase, TORRENS sailed with the o ther participants of the FCP.
themselves. TORRENS was the only
ship to complete all gun· nery serials, as well as oonduct ing a successfu l ASW action which saw her launch two MK44 practice torpedoes.
To cap off FCP, Sea Training Group was em· barked for a tonid seaeheck. which TORRENS passed.
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Faulkner. who turns 39 on Easler Monday. is a trained tcacher and fa nner ALP official.
He graduated from Macquarie University with a SA . DipEd and was a special education tcacher from 1977·79.
The FCP was a testing time for the ship's crew, who managed to rise above all obsmeles to give a
This was a reflection of Ihe effort. tr3ining and ability of the entire ship·s crew, rewarded by TORRENS leading the Fer into Syd- IIMAS TORRENS prrsonnrl finr thr drck~~=::::::~'E~
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He worked as a research offICer with the NSW Minister for Sport and Recreation in 1980 before taking up the position of ALP Assistant Gencnd Secretary from 1980-89.
The NSW Parliament chose him on April 4. 1989 10 represent NSW in the Senate on the resignation of AT Gietzelt.
Senator Faulkncr"s elevalion 10 the ministry follows service on numerous $cnate committees and as Deputy Government Whip in the Senate.
He has been a delegate to ALP annual conferellCCS and the ALP national executive.
CORRECTION G roup General Manager
of A WA Defence Industries. MR PETER SMITH. recently prf'!lented the "sword of excellence" at " MAS WATSON. Our correspondent incor· rectly named him Mr Green on page 2 of the March 26 edition. 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111
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MANOORA, KANIMBLA and WESTRALIA.
This year JERVIS BAY win be away on Anzac Day but pas1 memo bers of the Ship·s Company ate welcome 10 march with the Association. The a5sembfy point wilf be in Casflereagh Street behind Oavid Jones at 0830. AftElf the march the reunion venue wiN be the NSW l eagues Club (cost $25).
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A ~·is it 10 Adelaide by TORRENS once again pro.·ided the opportunity to rurther strengthen bonds with St Annes Special School, a school ror menIally disad.·anlaged children .
Some 60 chi ldren and the ir parents and te3chers were provided with compliment3ryTO RRENS ball caps. followed by guided tours of the ship involving small arms display, d iving and firefighting equipment. and the opportunity to sec
.inside the 4 .5 inch turret. H ighlight of the visi t was
the chance to ride in the 26ft workboal.
For the majori ty of the children it was thc firsl time on w3te r.
In (he darkness of the .fhip's optra(ions room, offirel$ of thr ,.·arch an carefully plotting thr path of HMAS TORRENS. SBL 'r Tony Bradford krrps a ~igilant \4'arch on the radar as thr Blind Pilotagr Offirer whilr SBLT Mifh t ie Mifler tracTS rhr ship's mo.·emrnts as;t prepares 10 dock at
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'"'''''''' "'11 """ 1""'" , , , , ttl"" I t I , I , , , , , , , , , , , , , • I , , , ,. hey lie in some strange places, orten in " -loiters rar distant rrom our o,,-n shores - proud warships ",-hieh individually added their own colourful chapters to our N.AN history. reports Max Thomson.
, A dozen or them were sunk by enemy action in
Ito' t",·o great global conflicts we ("Arne to know as Great War then World War II. Others re ll ,-icto the perils or the sea. especially CO UisiOrui
o«ur despite the best or technological ad·
museum ships. housing a were pur· range of naval memorabilia -The Deep .... hile salt·stained compo
"',, ,,,d of their ser· nents from OIher warships In thai great lie seallered in parldands. for men-o-war. harbour foreshores. vessels. lUgs, maritime museums and at
;lUd even ferries service clubs all o\'er nautical miles off Australia.
I'\cads on the edge Only a listing like this n,;Continental Shelf. can exemplify the wide·
an era when it was spread locations .... ,here so
'::i~::',,;IO::, use them as many of our fine warships t arounl.l the came to rest , often with so coastline, a number of our many of the men that Navy ships finished up in manned them:-unsightly situations. TURKEV: In t"h.';."';;,;',;o;;'
Vet a chosen few sur· Marmara lies the I'
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OUR NAVAL HERITAGE
there during World War I on April 30, 1915 afler at tacking Turkish naval Units .
NEW BRITA IN: A sis· tel' submarine, AEI, had been losl a shade earlier, on September 14. 1914 . while patrolling off Cape Gazelle .
NORWA V: On September 10, 1939 the former Australian Navy submarine OXLEY. which had been re turned to Bri tain 's Royal Navy. became the first British submarine to be sunk in World War II off :'i;,~Norway coast only days '" had been
SCUffled off SJdney Heads on April 12, 1924 " 'Q.I" the 18,fJOO Il)llne bau/e cnlisrr JlMAS A USTRALJA.
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• ii'i.ASI933-built destroytr
WATERHEN was ,_ in 1941 while engaged
the renowned Tobru!: Run- I erse 0 war
ear' against the
'o<.~, in North Africa. On No\'cmber 27 of that
':;;;h,;~:'~;"anolher RAN \00 sloop m.1AS
I was in the i
torpedoed by Ihe submarine U 559.
INDI AN OCEAN: In
coaSt in morlal with the German
KORMORAN which sank.
SUNDA STRA ITS: The 1942 was the worSt
suffertd by the RAN. March I. Ihe 7(XX)
'?;~~'~i cruiser HMAS F was sunk in Sunw in a gallant aC1ion
,:;~~~an overwhelming p; for~.
HMAS , was senl 10 the after a dramalic
act ion against a force off Savo
I';;';" on the night of 9, 1942.
walers hold the ":::~ HMAS YARRA , su on March 4, 1942
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sunk in an attack
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nine torpedo bombers and three fighters of the Imperial Japanese Air Force while ARMIDALE was supporling guerilla operations in Timor.
TIMOR and the guerilla opera tions also saw the loss of the RAN destroyer HMAS VOYAGER which was blown-up after grounding at Betano Say on September 23, 19-12.
NEW GU INEA walers became the final resting place for the corvelle HMAS GEELONG which sank in collision in 1944 and on August 13 of that year one of the versatile hardworking Navy patrol vessels, ML 430 also sank in a collision in New Guinea waters.
NEW BRITA IN saw another of the Fairmiles, ML 827, lost when it capsized while under tow.
EA~'T COAST: Aumalian waters claimed several of our warnhips. The corvelie HMAS WARRNAMBOOL was sunk while clearing mines off the Queensland coast in the post-war period. In 1964 the destroyer HMAS
VOYAGER sank after a night-time collision with the airCf1lft carritr HMAS
MELBOURNE off the NSW coast.
T ..... o years later. in 1966, the crack Tribal class dcstroyer HMAS WARRAMUNGA of World War II fame foundered off the NSW coastline when the towline parted enabling the veteran dest royer to slide 10 the bonom in her own waters rather than suf· fer the indignity of being broken-up in a Far East shipyard.
WEST COAST saw the 1943 sinking. off FremantIe. of the corvette HMAS WALLAROO.
DARWIN 100 takes its place in the list. with the
.sleek patrol vesse l HMAS ARROW falling a victim to Darwin's infamous Cyclone Tracy.
GRAVEYARD In that special graveyard
for ships off Sydney Heads, lies a veri table "Ghost Fleet ~ complete even with its own massive flagship -the 18,800 tonne battlecruiser HMAS AU· ST RA LIA purposely scunled there on Apri l 12, 1924 in conformity with the Washington Peace Treaty .
The great ship was gi\'en a tearful farewell . Sehools closed and an armada ....... , '" ,"~ ,
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small craft accompanied the flagship of Australia 'S First RAN Fleet as she was to ..... ed out of Sydney and scnt to the bouom amid bugle calls, salutes and much ceremony.
But there were tears of another sort for the I(XX) tonne destroyer HM AS STALWART.
About the time she was due to be "put away~ there was berthed at Sydney's Darling Harbour Ihe DulCh freighter ALGEN IB "'hose cargo included 300 tonnes of onions condemned for human consumplion.
Originally they had heen loaded in Egypt onto another Dutch ship, the AAGTEKERK. but en rOUle to Australia that freighter became Slranded on a stretch of the Indian coasl. Its cargo was transferred to ALGENiB .
In a decision of everincreasing expediency, STA LWART was plactd alongside ALGENI B and the offending 300 tonnes of smelly onions were dumped into her hull then the lot was towed out to that graveyard for ships by the tugs Storm King and Mermaid.
At the designated position, a demolition pany opened the seacocks on STALWART sending the destroyer and its offending cargo beneath the ..... aves.
But not withoul controversy, for SQme days later some of Sydney's beslknown beaches became Ihe
of a sudden influx of unwanted onions. , , ,
In that graveyard for old war lies such RAN ships the torpedo-boat HMAS HUON. the nal HMAS YARRA . 1916-built HMAS HMAS 11MAS PIONEER. ;:,h';;'I;;' sloops n
GERANIUM . MARGUERITE. MALLOW; plus the funnelled destroyer ANZAC. to name ~.
Some of the ships survived. eumb finally to breaker's jackhammer.
Such as the wanime
ship HMAS ',. STRALIA. of ~. fame. sold in 1955 and turned to the UK to broken-up_
HMAS H(;~,~::: which. too. had tered so much drama in tion against the Navy, finally went lOw to the Far East I
breakers.
MUSEUMS Others survived in di ffe
rent form , like the corvette HMAS CASJ1..EMA INE which now serves as a popular museum ship at Williamsto ..... n, ViC1oria; HMAS WHYALLA now resting in a parkland selling at Whyalla , SA as a tourist offICe: Ihe former RAN fri· gale DlAMANTINA which is the centrepiece of the Queensland Maritime Trust display al South Bris-
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rIIc hlSloncally Mgmficani plaques were handed to the RAN ships badge adv,~er and graphiC a rtist. ~tr G~,ry Kincade. by LCDR Ian Sp;1Ulding<tt HARMAN
Mr Killeade I~ respon~ible for conceIVmg, planmng and producing RAN badge designs and graphics. maintaining and recording RAN badge hislOry a nd liaising be twcen Defence personlIel and civilians on such mailc rs as requi red.
LifUfellan( Cammalldt'r Ian Spaufding affer pusf:nling l he l hue historical na"of pfaqllf:$ la (hf: RAN ship 's advist'r
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Gary Kincade mtends to forw<trd thc s hip~ ' badges to Ihe Naval Museum on Spectacle Island for display to the public.
WESSEX OFF TO WAGGA The five Wnne, Mk 3tB Wesse~
Helicopte r below new into HMAS N1 RIMBA . frOIll ALBATROSS, in 1987.
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Th e ship's comp~n) of Darwin·based palrol HMAS V UBBO has
lhe ninlh anof the ~h i p-s
DUBBO is the 121h of 15 Fremantle das~ patrol
and was built by Ihe Quecnsland En·
Agent~ Pty in Cairns.
She was launched on 21. 1984. by Mr,
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From the time of commiSSIoning DUBSO was based in Cai rns carrying out surveillance du ties in North Austra lian and South·west Paci fic waten;.
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DUEEO's p~rsonnd _ back ro ... : I,EUT Malt Moncri~fJ, MIDN Dal'e Skinn"r, PON I'C Da~1' B;dd/~, LCDR Af/an Rankin, A IJQMG Dutch}' Mookhoek, POQMG Tu~or Smith. POM1"11 Rob Du .. ,; middf~: CPOMT/' Pu(' I.yngroln, A BCK Troy Fufl~r, LEU1· I'efu Mellick, LSRO Paul UntUay, AHEn,' NQhhy N(,bI~, LSM TP Swamp)' Marsh, LSETP Pelt Ing~rson, A BQMG HarTY Hutlu; front: ,\HQMG Niko Niklaw·, AHM1·P Spik~ Jonel, A BSIG
Mac McE .. ·an, LSMTII G/~n Burns, A BIIIT/> lJIacki~ Smith, ABSN AI Grussd and ABETC Clrrj~· Para5k~l·a5,
CD T On~ m~mb~rs IYJ O·Ni~If~:}'. AB Orkn~,r and CPO Daruy p"pa" /or di l'inK opuarim,s ar Lak~ Eildon,
Divers raise houseboat
Clearance Diving Team One and the Victorian Police diwrs have conducted their annual j llint altitude diving opef'.Hion~ :i t L:ike Eildon in the picturesque fraser National Park •
The Idea for this annual evelll wa~ propOsed after the two diving orgaDl'illlJons worked IOgelher 10 reeovel the illfated RAAF 7(17 which era,hcd oft th(' VictOrian coast In
November 1991 . T he exercise provided CDT One wnh an opponuni ty to
conduct diver tra lfHng l!I ah .,Imude of 300m . D,ven; oonfronteu 11 vanety of prnhlems associated with
altitude uivlng, meluding Ihl mcreased risk of decompression sickness (the bends) and hypothermia.
The risk o{ the bends wa, reduced hy adjustment 10 Ihe decompression til bles 10 en'l"e dIVer ,afcty, while dry sui ls a lld ari abundance of Ileoplene rubber proh:cl<:d dive rs from Ihe adverse dfect~ of ttle cold wale r.
The primary ta~k of the e~.: rcl~e was to locate and rc-agmn to her pr('sent home survei ll ance duties across jng May·93 and Exercise However. the shlp·s co,·er a Ilouscboal Ihal had , unk dunng heavy SImms. base al Danvm as part of the top end of Australia - AUSINA late r in the year. company is planning a EchO ~oundmg equipment wa~ used to pin-pomt the 10-
986 h h· the expansion of the North from Port Headland in the The ninth an111Vcn;arv of major celebrat ion for the cation of the houseboat, winch wa~ dIscovered ~mln' "P-In January I I e s Ip ' J
the Sydney Patrol Australia Patrol Boat Task west to Thursday Island in commissioning was a fairly ship's 10th anniversary on Tight on the lake bed In II! metres of water. Squadron based at Umt from four to six boats. the Torres Strait. low key event onboard March 10, 1994, which A diVing platform w,,~ then moved Into posmon above
HMAS WATERH ENand DUBBO IS currently The ship also ge ls In- D UBeo. may Include a freedom of the wreck and aJoln t plan to rmula led
d B undcr the command of volved wi th NO RFO RCE It included Ihe tradi - entry march through the Di"ers then de~ct:nded onlo Ihe wreck and posit ioned wa~ employe on ass Stral( Oil Rig surveillance Liellienan t Commander tasking as well as DSTO tional cutting of a birthday Cily of D ubbo 10 NSW. flota tion bag!- fore and afl on the \'l's~cl. patrols until October 1988. A G . RankIn and her trials and is looking for- cake by A BETC Chris depending on operation Air was pumped 1010 the ilOlallnn hags and th" housboa t
main role today is 10 con- ward 10 participating m Paraskevas. the youngest commitments and fuel W;lS raised to the surface .
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A Hobart-born and raised na.·al officer has taken o.·er lIS Commanding Officer of the Tasmanian shore establishment. JlMAS H UON.
He is Commander Paddy Hodgman who joined the RAN as a midshipman in 19n and oomes to his new posting from Canberra ,,·here he was Director Pub· lie Infonnation (N~vy).
He succeeds CMDR Des Carney who was farewelled at Divisions in the Drill Hall at HMAS HUON .
CMDR Carney is Deputy Comtrain Evaluation Officer HMAS CERBER US.
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Two commendations were presented at Divisions.
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POCK Stewart receiving his CO Commendation. PhOTOgraph - SMNMTP Coupn.
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And Soott (left) pictured with the captain of LABUAN , Lieutenant Commander Wayne Richards was wearing white again.
The cake-cutting ceremony was held at the Navy's establishment at New Farm in Brisbane. HMAS MORE.TON. where For Able Seaman Bailey.
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SMNUC Jodie Thomson has completed a Basic Underwater Control course making her the only female member of the ASW branch .
There will be no olher female UCS. SMN Thomson joined the RAN from Cooloongup
WeSlern Australia in August 1992, completing Recruit Training and a Basic Seamanship course at HMAS CER. BERUS in Victoria in December 1992.
Sonar training was conducted al the Anti Submarine Warfa re (A5W) Faculty which is a pan of the Royal Australian Navy Surface Warfare School (RANSWARS) al Watsons Bay, Sydney.
Upon completion of the Sonar course at the ASW Faculty 10die found herself being the only female Underwater COnlrol sailor in the Royal Austra lian Navy.
Jodie joined HMAS SYDNEY. a guided missile frigate (FFG), on April S.
Sonar Iraining has a history in the RAN dating back to Febn:ary 1939. some 54 years.
Jodie is the o nly female to be trained as a Sonar operator, there will be no others.
The ASW branch . along with two othcr branches. are ' being amalgamatcd to form the Combat System Operator branch in August this yea r.
Prior to joining the Navy Jodie was Australian KODAKAN Judo Champion two years running and was actively invol\'ed in the Naval Reserve Cadets for two years.
While conducting an Applied Science Studies course at Rockingham TAFE ~he was acceptcd for entry into the RAN.
Jodie subsequcntly joined the RAN onc month later. Jodie is intent on making a career of the RAN and is
striving to attain the rank of Petty Officer - a goal that she should have little trouble in achieving.
The professionalism and dedication to duty that she has d isplayed so far will set a good foundation for her future.
WIFELINE (By Julit Do ... s)
S YDNEY - Because of Tuesday. April 27. at Club the closure of Western Dis- Cerberus at iO.30am. It will tricts Navy Wives would be a cooking demonstration anyone living in the Sydney and all are welcome for a area be willing 10 com- fun day. Bookings for child mence a coffee morning/af· care can be made with Val lemoon whereby wives can on 79 3176. get IOgether fo r a chat etc? * * * Please feel free to contact NOWRA ALBAT-me on the number lisl£'d at ROSS Playtime meets the end of this article, every Monday at lOam in * * * the crcche rooms (flat I,
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* * * WESTERN DISTRICTS - (Please Note a Change of Dale) The Western Districts Naval Wives will be holding their reunion on Saturday, May 22, 1993, at 7pm at HMAS NIRIMBA , Quakers Hill, NSW. Admission is SiO a head. RSVP to 12 Cowra Street, Greystanes, NSW 2145, or phone 636 3721. 636 6459 o r 8317515 as soon as pos-sibJc.
* * * CANBERRA - A date is yet to be se t for your movie night in Apri l. Watch this space for more detaiJcd information in coming weeks. If you require any fu rther information or have any inqui ries please contact either Kerry on 282 5160 or Carolyn on 231 3992 (ah).
* * * Please feel free to call me , a lette r is not always necessary. Until next time, I look forward to receiving your upda ted a rt icles at 4 Millperra Court, Frankston North, Vic. 3200, or call me on (03) n6 6039 - Julie Daws.
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WELL DONE, JIM Chid of Logistics, Commodore David York has presented a Flag Officer
Naval Support Command commendation to CPO Jim Mcleod for his work at MCCA , particularly for his elTorts in the development of a training package for the RAN Spares Support System (NAVAllOW).
The package is used for technical and supply personnel in sh ips and establishments. MCCA - Manager Codification, Cataloguing and Allowances _ is responsible for deter
mining and documenting spares allowances to support operational equipment as well as codifying and cataloguing all items of inventory.
The o rganisat ion is controlled from Canberra (NSC Annex) and has outposts in Sydney, Melbourne and Penh.
applicalion in wilh Defence tnmUCIion ready lisled in lbe: Dt(N). Signats or t.n~rs .I>outd !'NAV C~nberra.
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CANBERRA homeward bound
(Conlinued (rom page 1).
During the exercise CANBERRA acquiued themselves well and gained 3 lot of training value working with ships from four other nations.
CANBERRA returned to Sydney on August?:7 and almost exactly one month late r sailed as Australia's contribution to the Multinational Interception Force operating in the North Red Sea.
After a rigorous training program on the way to Western Australia , CANBERRA visi ted the island of Mauritius and the Kenyan pon of Mombasa. a rriving on station in the North Red Sea in mid NO'lember.
In the North Red Sea C ANBERRA's primary role was boarding and searching the cargo of merchant vessels bound for the 10rdanian port of Aqaba. Jordan's common border with Iraq allows the port to commonly be used by vessels with consignments fo r Iraq, so cargo must be checked for its compJiance wi th United Nations sanctions aga inst Iraq.
While in the Oper-Jtional A-rca CANBERRA visited the Egyptian ports of Hurghada and POrt Suez, the Saudi Arabian ports of Jeddah and Yanbu and the 10rdanian port of Aqaba.
Christmas was spent alongside Naples in Italy, many of the ship's company of 234 getting away for a quick look at Europe.
l anuary and February 1993 saw CANBERRA in the Red Sea boarding grounds plying her ' trade, a little extra cxcil!'ment occuring during the mid January increase in hostilities in the area.
CANBERRA left the Operational Art:a on March 12 to visit the Pakistan port of Karachi before truly heading south for the idyllic Thai island of Phuket and the shopping extravaganza of Singapore.
For the ship's return to Sydney on April 19, many families will be reunited after JO oUi of 11 months apan.
CAN BERRA was last in Darn'in in 1989 for Exercise Kangaroo 89.
There are many onbo3Td who have not experienced the "Top End~ lifestyle but are wise to the ways of life in California. Hawaii, Mauritius, Kenya. Egypt , Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Italy, Pakistan, Thailand and Singa-pore. They are in for a treat . adds LEUT Mudie.
SPORT In spon and recreation, CAN BERRA's latest vic
tories have been in the lUg of war competition against sides from most of the other Multinational Force units in the a rea.
CANBERRA remained undefeated throughout. demolishing a serious challenge from USS STUMP the day before leaving the a rea for Aqaba.
SHIPS OF YESTERYEAR (Continued (rom page 4).
bane and the former destroyer HMAS VAMPIRE at Sydney's National Maritime Museum.
Several survived only in part - exemplified by the old HMAS PAR· RAMAlTA which . stripped in 1929. lay for years in the Hawkcsbury River un til its bow sect ion was retrieved. refurbished and mounted on the seaward end of Sydney'S Garden Island as a tribu te 10 the first warship specifically buil t for the RAN.
Or like the tripod forcmast of HMAS SVDNEY of EMDEN fa me, which now looks out ove Sydney Harbour from its point of dominance at Bradley's Head.
When it was fas hionable to use old warships as breakwaters, the venerable armoured turret ship CERBERUS which had arrived in Melbourne in 1871 for the colonial VielOria Navy, lies off Black Rock where she was placc:d in 1926 ~s a breakwater.
Moves to raise he r and restore the old monitor are controversial even to this day.
The fi ve old RAN J--class submarines became breakwaters in Po rt Phillip Bay J I and 12 off Barwon Hcads, J3 off Swan Island, J5 and J7 off Queenscliff.
Sold to other countries after World War II . numbers of our oorvelles became units of the Turkish, Dutch. New Zealand and other navIes. -steaming on~ under new names in new wate rs.
One of them, ronnedy HMAS BENDIGO, was said to be sti ll in operation even recentl y.
Renamed LUOVANG for the Chinese Navy, it .... as with the Eastern Sea Aeet complete with its new name and sporting two 3.9 guns and four 37 mm pIeces.
Versa tile vesse ls like the RAN Fairmi le pa trol vessels were seizcd upon by private operators who replaced the thirsty HallScott engines with more economical diesels for a renewed life of tranquili ty cruising the resorts of the Great Barrier Reef with Australian and overseas tourists.
'GHOSTS' No story of the '"Ghost
Ships'· would be comple te wi thout listing the ships that "were to be~ ye t never "came to be".
They were the frigates destined 10 be built by east· coast shipyards but which were cancelled at war·s end.
They even had been allocated names and were to be HMA Ships: BALMA IN, BOGAN, CAMPASPE, MURRUMBIDGEE, NAMOI, NEPEAN, WARBURTON. W1U.IAMS. TOWN, W1MMERA and WOU.ONDIU.Y.
As our Navy prepares for the 2000s with new Anzac frigates and the Collins class submarines, reflection upon the incredible locations where some of our warships of yesteryear fin ished-up makes fascinating documenta tion amid the eight decades of the history of the Royal Australian Navy,
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; Word from the Som~l;an 0 = ~ Wande ring PT (Sout) I i~ ". ~ . ; : that sport " 'as ali"e o n· ti"';~ -a_ .. .. ,,.js-- ... ~ ~=.-~ bollrdJH during her lrip IU "' '" ~ ..... .- f'. : Somali ~ . ' '''e o nly purl or ; ~ CllII,,·asSingapote.Sports 'AY- -GO ~ ~ conll'Sted - Rugby (1" 0 ; ; malches .. innin)! bolh ), ;
~~e; .. ~:~nn~:~~:~ri~~ ~~ ~~~ ~_~ ~~ I ; hocke} .. nd nelball. Soo,~ ~ ~ ~ ,,~ ~, 1'- : ; tells us all are looking r" r- , \ ; • nI h h ( 8.," Tony Find/o. ond \/0"''' Koro .. ') : " 'a to I e ",Ium male I'S .. :
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LSPT Salld .. Doote) PUI) i" all txlrtl tDorl during /lrt ,vIR/MilA S ,,'imming Championshipl. ; n.:..day, June :!. The fol· bars III case th~l r comp..l' · Inl e r-~enke Sports C~r- E § Io""ng sport~ "'ill bc ~'On l>CS pad i! III dod thc) gel n;'a] - ,\I a) 3 1 10 Jun .. 2. !
WIM RE Recorrl!> ha,-e a~liIin rumhled at tbe oI.""ual HMAS
~I R 11\1 KA S\o\'immmg C hOl m!'wnsh III!> .
Thr Cdrmva' commcnced ""llh the 5()m buncrfly. clJm il ~ ed .... ,th tht' annUd' 11I1" ~day dnd finished wllh the 10 ~ 'i()rn r!'lay and prcwn t Ol \j"n ccrcmun)
$om,· ',",I ~"'Ims W~"TC rcco, lleJ " rid ll,.'CllTd, werc broken. Apprenllce Dean ", on th" .Iw",d fur the wonH.~n ·, champ
ion :md \pprcntice Hodd) W,1l> the mcrf. ch .• mpooll NUl '0 be outcia"-'>Cd. 1I"",'\"cr. the ";0. C MDR Ted
\\/)'nbcrg , crul ,;cd III to Win ' '1, IOUm In f Ul l' ,,>'!c: , He p-'vcJ the "'3\ lor Ih,'l1.1", Med.c.11 Jnd SlIppl)1Air
T echm~a! ream 10 "In th" n","'~ ledm truphy - for the fir<1 trme
The ,,,)n.e n ·~ u: .• m troph;' \,,, ,", OIl ,)\ EICC1ncJIIEnglllc.:rrn)! J ficr SOIl.., 1I':lce fl mp.:lluon helw,:,:o Ihe Iwn ",omen , !cams.
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; planning muSI be the p rob· : § lem. This is nothing ne .. ; :: .. h .. n it CUnle!' to 0'1anis- :; ~ ing knockouts, hut not .. ; :: .. ithstunding the late .. ith - ; ; dr.lwals or pillyers il is still: • • :: the duh of Ihe !'T In : - ' .
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Aboard the S..t il Training Yacht "lady Penrhyn of Nirimba"
I fo und mysdf do,,'n C E RH ER US .... y for 11
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In I r~velllll!;: around I saw plenl) ot c"dc nc<: of prep .. ral lon for th.: !>Ca)()11 sl"n
I have tried to ra l ~c !>orne news on happeni ng_ in the we,1 h ut. ala" nothlllg aboul ",·hat .s happening III STIRLI NG
I dId he .. r thaI a Ie" plll )er.. ha"~' been g.-en th.: opportUnlly to ,Irul Ih.:.r Muff WIth WANFL ~Idc South Fremantle I wlil wall " 'llh gre,'1 IIllere.! the outcome of Ih:lliol
In ~)'dne) Ihe g"rn~ I~ prcpanng for Ih~' OIl~1 01 the ~a,un WIth hu,o( ppcIICC matches
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A Nwins NSC netball
HMAS WATSON has won the 1993 Naval Support Command Netball Knockout.
The carnival was played at Sydney's North Ryde RSL courts.
The early rounds were played in uncertain weather conditions with the south coast teams A LBATROSS and C RESWELL being knocked out and going into the Pla te d ivision.
One of th is year 's surprise packe ts, KUTT ABU L, also dispatched HARMAN and one of the favourites, Nonhern Establishments. to the Plate competition.
The other fa voured team. WATSON . consistently scored above 25 and left all opponents in its wake on the way to a grand final contest with KUTIAB UL.
WATSO N got off to a great start in the fin ale and at ha lftime held a slender 19-13 advantage over KUTIABUL.
In the second half the well drilled and more experienced WATSON gi rls took complete control and
The su cCt:5s/ ul WA TSON nuballuam.
ran away with the match 38-15.
The Plate final was won by South Coas t nol who beat RAAF 2SD 22-11.
For the first time the Jenny IAnnom Memorial T rophy was awarded and it went to W A TSON's Narclle Roberts.
The Dav ... Negus Mini r I was held in oon
wllh the ADF Ken Strinman ... another intrr-S..rvia triathlon. Pictu,...: ABPH Gf't'g Downs-Woollq.
In a umque finish four tn;;"';";; finished on top
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They were K. Hansen (ex·Navy). M. Breit, G. Wickham and J . Pretty (a ll
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Congratulations to all who competed and complekd the courses.
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Uhe,... is it? The half gOt'S missing during a fi1U!out in the TORRENS/ALBATROSS ma/m.
TORRENS UPSETS ALBATROSS
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In sweltering heat at Sydney's Cenlennial Park. TORRENS and ALBATROSS kicked o fT their Rugby seasou wilh TORRENS emerging Ihe winners wilh a hard foughl 12-3 .-ictor)'_
Played over three 20 minute periods, ALBATROSS slarted off strongly forcing TORRENS to defend its tryline for the first period.
However. a penalty goal was the only reward and TORRENS was lucky to be down only 3-ni!.
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The remainder of the match saw TORRENS' forwards provide better ball to its backlinc, which constantly gained ground out wide.
Best player'S for TORRENS were Shane Dickson . T im Craven and Mark Todd.
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