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ROYAL AUSTRALIAN
VOLUME 37 No.23 Navy News, Locked Bag 12, PyrmOnl2009 Phone: (02) 359 2308 Fax : (02) 359 2199
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December 2-16, 1994
lop lefl: HMAS KANIMBLA ... Ihe Navy's new Training and Helicopter Support Ship. Bottom left: HMAS NEWCASTLE first SM I firillg. Top right: Sea King helicopter refuels mid-air during Operation Lagoon in Bouganvil/e. Bottom right: The RAN Band performillg at Sydney 's TowlI Hall.
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CDF, ADM Beaumont, wjlh escort officer LCDR Kel'in CostellD during a recent visit to HMAS MANOORA in Sydney.
Christmas season 'time of reflection' says CDF
" Peace on Earth; goodwill to all mankind" is a traditional message of the Christmas season and it is thus timely to reflect upon the con· tribution to peace and goodwill being made worldwide by the men and women of the Australian Defence Force, says Chief of the Defence Force, Admirai Alan Beaumont.
In his 1994 Chris tmas Message, Admiral Beaumont says that hthroughou l 1994, as in previous years we have continued (0 play our role in peacekeeping operations and humanitarian rel ief ta sks both in suppon of the United Nations and, closer to home. in providing logistic suppo" to the South Pacific Peacekeeping Force for their s hort operations on Bouga in ville. The end of the year saw the completion of our commiunent to Somalia.
"There will be many
Australian servicemen and women separated from thei r fam ilies thi s Christmas in pursui ng peace and goodwi ll in s uch diverse places as Rwanda. Mozambique , the Middle East , Sinai an d Cambodia and a handful serving on exchange postings with their units in Haiti and Bosnia. They continue to uphold th e fine reputati on established by their predecessors and we all wish them every s uccess and a safe journey home.
o'There have been many
other family separations during the year occas ioned by our partici pation in exercises and training with ou r regional partners and friends and in acquiring new equip men ls, such as ships from the USA.
" 1 am conscious particularly onhe sacrifices made by wives. husbands, children and other family members at home under these c ircumstances and thi s is especially poignant in thi s, the Internationa! Yea r of the Family.
., 1995 promi ses to be
another interesting. challenging and even exciting year as we continue the process of restructuring. relocation and refonn we embarked upon in 1994. Fortunately, the major s teps have already bee n taken , but we now need to maintain our focu s on our core business. com bat strength and expertise, in our dri ve to improve ou r effi =' c iency a nd e limi na te the unnecessary.
" We can, however, look back upon 1994 as a year of considerable and continuing achievement and I tru St that
most of you will now have the opponunity for a restful and enjoyable leave. I thank you for your continuilJg loyalty, patience and sense of humou r and for you r mOSt profeSSional efforts during the year.
"Ours is often a dangerous profession, bu t road accide nt s rem a in our grea test enemy. Dri ve safely!
" I wish each of you and yo ur famil ies a happy and holy Chri stmas season and every success in 1995," Adm iral Beaumont concludes.
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As in recenl years, 1994 has been a "lime of great challenge a nd change" for the Royal Australian Navy says C hief of Naval Staff Vice Admira l Rod Taylor.
In hi s 1994 Christmas Message he says that "whi le we can look towards the futu re w ith op timism. we have a number of significant issues whi c h need to be resolved quickly.
"As I have ment ioned in Scuttlebutt, the most important chal lenges that lie ahead of us are personnel related. panicularly the Pay Structure Review. the Members Without Families Review and develop ment of the Nava l Manpower Slrategy 20 I o.
"These reviews are examining specific personnel difficulties and they renect the concern that 1 have for the people in our Navy.
" I know [hat many of you have remarked on the number of reviews and surveys.
"1 assure you they are necessa ry. It is importam that OUT Navy is posit ioned fo r the twenty-first century, and some adjustments are necessary as we continue to stri ve to be the most professional Navy in the Region.
'" a m co nfident that we will find sati sfactory answers. During the year J have tried to visit as many of you at sea and ashore as possible.
"Wha t I have seen ha s reassured me about the quality of our people. We have a proud and distinguished history based no t only on famous Ships. but also on the men and women who have served in and supported them.
"We must bu ild on our history to ensure the conti nui ng effectiveness of our Navy.
ROLE "Let me reassure you that
the Government recognises the impo rt ant role that the Navy plays in the security of the Nation.
"The Defe nce Whit e Paper released recently high-
Taylor) meeting ship's company onboard HMAS WHYALLA
ligh ts the growing strategic significance for Australia of maritime affairs.
"Thi s is an exciting ti me for the Navy as we introduce new equipment, new procedu res and new training to take the RAN into the next century. 1994 has seen the launch o f th e fir st of the ANZAC class frigates, the commencement of COLLINS submarine trials off Adel -aide. the opening of a new Fleet Pier an d Submarine Headquarters at HM AS STIRLING. the commissioning of KANIMBLA and MANOORA. and the announce-me nt of the purchase of six HUON class minehunters for the Navy.
SANCTIONS "Although our commit
ment to assis t with th e enforce ment of the United Nations sa nctions against Iraq ended with the return of HMAS SYDNEY earl y this year. 1994 was still a remarkably busy one for our Fleet.
"The very imponant confidence-bu ilding work being done in our region with shi p visits to our near neighbours continued, with numerous
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patrol boat deployments, and a series of Task Group visits and Exercises.
"Of co urse. the deployment of our ships and submarine for RIM PAC 94 highlighted our need to exercise in a complex and 'assetrich' environment with our, Alliance panner - the United States.
" In the laller part of this year, HMA Ships SUCCESS and TOBRUK provided sup~
port to the multinationa l Pacific peacekeeping force d ispatc hed to Bouga inville. The ir perform ance was
praised in many quaners. "Thank you all for you r
effo ri s in 1994 . 1 wan t to thank. also your families for their patience and support.
" I wish you all a happy Christmas and a prosperous New year.
"Please take great care on the roads during the holiday season.
" Drive carefully. don' t drink when you drive, and just as importantly. don' t let your mates make that mistake either," VADM Taylor concludes.
SElF demo for Ministers
The Minister for Defence of the Republic of Singapore, Dr Lee Boon Yang, accompanied by the Australian Minister for Defence Senator Robert Ray. has conducted a tour of HMAS STIRLING.
During their visit to Fleet Base West [he group toured the Submarine Escape Training Centre, the new Fleet Pier, the RAN Ranges and Assessing Unit and the Submarine Escape Training Facility (SETF).
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Joint winners in Gloucester Cup
HMA Ships HOBART an d DARWIN are joint winners of the 1994 Gloucester C up.
The Gloucester Cup is awarded annually to the Flee t 's most ope rationally efficient ship/ships.
In announcing thi s year's Cup winner. the Maritime Commander. Rear Admiral D. B. Chalmers. said he could not separate the two ships.
"Oue to the difficulty in discrim inaling between the IW O fron t-runners in this year's awa rd I am of th e opin io n that bo th HMA S HOBART and HMAS DARWI N arc deserving of sharing the honour of being the fle e t' s mos t ope ratio nally efficient unit s of 1994:' RADM Chalmers said.
HAlAS HOBART - guided missile destroyer.
The runner-u p thi s year was HMAS WESTRALIA.
Other fleet award winners for 1994 were:
OTRANTO SHIELD -gunnery: HMAS PERTH I, HMAS HOBART 2; COM· MODORE WARDLE CUP . communications: HMAS ADELAIDE I , NAVCOMMSTA Darwin 2 (special mention HMAS FREMANTLE); PAKJSTAN SHIELD - spon:
major unilS HMAS CANBERRA 1, HM AS TORRENS 2; minor units HMAS GEELONG I, HMAS BRUNEI 2; KELLY SHIELD - overall efficiency in minor fleet units: HMAS GEELONG I , HMAS IPSW ICH 2:LCH PROFI· CIENCY SHIELD: HMAS BALIKPAPAN I, HMA S LABUAN 2; VOYAGER TROPHY - ASW proficiency: HM AS D ARW IN I . HMAS SYDNEY2; SILYER PLATTER - neet food services award: major unit s HMAS NEWCASTLE I, HMAS TOBRUK 2; minor units HMAS LAUNCESTON 1, HMAS BENDIGO and
HMAS TOWNSVlLLE equal runners-up: s ubmarines HMAS ORION I. HMAS ONSLOW 2: EW PROFI· CIENCY SHIELD: HMAS ADELAIDE I. HMAS DAR· WIN and HMAS SYDNEY equal runners-up; ACTION INFORMATION ORGANI· SATION SHIELD: HMAS DARW IN I. HMAS HO BART 2; COMBAT SYSTEMS PROFICIENCY SHIELD: HMAS HOBART I . HMAS MELBOURNE 2; AUSTRALIA CUP - marine
engineering: HMAS BRISBANE ; SUBMARINE FIGHTING EFFICI ENCY AWARD: HMAS ORION.
been held to honour Chief Pe tt y Offi ce r Wr it e r Da niell t! Lillian Price.
I CPO commended I The Directo r Genera l
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Admiral A .L. Beaumont, Chief of the Defence Force (CD F), presented CPOWTR Price with a well deserved
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CPO Price has since been posted to HM AS WATSON where she is employed as the CPOWTR IIC of the pay office.
Chief of Logistics, CDRE Palll Gash/er, with Mr Peter Loz.an, S UPT General Logistics Office signing on 10
SDSS for the first time.
-" You beaut - 110 rejecls," says one happy user of th e new SDSS program.
New era for Navy supply Navy has officially
joined the ranks of the Standard Defence Supply System (SDSS) community.
For Navy, this is the cu i· mi nation of at least two years of inlensive preparawry effort from the Gene ral Logistics Office team of system developers, implemenlers and trainers, leading up to the recent switch-on at HMA Ships STIRLING and HARMA.N'. and at numerous Support Command si te s . inc ludi ng Zetland and NALO.
In what is one of the larges t compu ting projects ever undertaken in Australia, the Supply Syste ms Redevelopment Project has now replaced most of the Serviceunique supply systems in the Australian Defence Force,
The Implemenration Group at NSC Zetland.
It will complete the job in about 18 months.
A year ago, SDSS replaced the Anny's national suppl y system at Depots all around the country.
The Navy 's old s upply wo rkhorse. NAVSU P. has gone th e same way, w ith DSRMS (the mini-computer hosted supply system used at Naval Estab lishmeniS since the early 1980s) be ing progressively rep laced through 1995.
Air Force is going through a simila r tran sfo rmation , replacing its existing supply system at the end of next year.
All told. there will be we ll over 2000 termina ls both national and international on the SDSS network. hosted by a huge mM mainframe computer.
Commodore Paul Gashler, the Navy's new C hi ef of Logistics, was present during
the final Navy dataload validation phase. after which the all clear was given for Navy to commence its operational use ofSDSS.
While thanking the Navy team for their hard work in bring ing the sys tem into Naval se rvice. Commodore Gas hl er foreshadowed the need for a significan t cultural change in Navy, and the o ther Services, to gain the greatest benefit from SDSS.
''To a large extent the hard work has just begun," he said . "Unless we can accept the need to change with the times we will foreve r find ourselves fighting the system's capabi li ty.
''The more logical path is to embrace the system, and to make it work for us, espec ia ll y in area s like Single Service Logi stics Management (SSLM ), which have been in the too hard basket for years.
"The challenge is to stan thinking about SSLM as a relationship between service provider and customer, not power and lack of control.
"With SDSS, ma nag ing
Services exe rci se control over nation al ADF stocks, but their supported Serv ice customers have the tools to moni tor performance and to question the level of service provided."
CDRE Gashler said that si milar cultural c hange would be necessary within the Services, as the line between wholesale and retail stocks began to fade,
Under SDSS, managers at Zetland are respons ible for Navy nat iona l in ventory, irres pec ti ve of where the stocks are actually he ld.
Thi s app lies eq uall y to Naval Establishments, Zetland and the tri -Service facilities of the De fen ce Nationa l Storage and Di s tribution Centre at Moorebank.
Local sites are merely custodians.
It will be up to inventory managers to position stocks where they best meet Navy's requirements.
If this mean s sending stores to Cai rns, rather than holdi ng them in Sydney. then
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held ashore is never invisible or removed from control, and in time SDSS wit! also provide visibility of stock s held afloat.
'There are efficiencies in this approach that Defence is on ly now starting to comprehend." CDRE Gashler added.
" I encourage our supply community to understand the need for change with SDSS, and to appl y what we have leamed from NQM.
"S DSS is a bra ve new world. We must be ready to face it."
In conclud ing CDR E Gashle r made publ ic h is appreciation 10 the General Ma nager Supply Systems Redeve lopment Project, whose staff had delivered the system within time and budget. The achievement is very significant , putting paid to the popular belief in Defence and the medi a th at SSR P would never have reason to pop c hampagne corks, reports our correspondent.
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Mr Le w Lind, wh o fought in Crete befo r e escaping in a s ubmari ne, establish ed the Nava l Histor ical Society and the Ga r den Is land Museu m a nd wrote 18 boo ks, has died in Sydney.
Having enrolled in 2/3rd Fie ld Regiment Artillery at the age of 18. Mr Lind sailed to war in the Queen Mary. He saw the Baule of Britain before serving in the Middle East, Greece and Crete.
He fought at the Battle of Rethymnon in Crete in 1941 , when the 1,200-strong garrison reduced a Gennan parachute brigade of 1,600 men to 250 before being forced to surrender.
Bombardier Lind escaped
OBITUARY Lew Lind 1922-1994
and, with the help of local Cretans and the Greek resistance, was taken off the island by submarine.
Hi s first book. published in 1944 and updated in 1991 as Flowers of Rethymnoll . was about his ex periences on Crete. His last. Baule of the Win e Dark Sea, was published th is ye ar a nd dealt with Aegean campai gns from 1940 to 1945.
After th e war, Mr Lind completed a cou rse in journalism, became public rela-
tions officer at the RAN base at Garden Island and, for a time. ran his own newspaper in Lane Cove.
He he lped esta blisb the memorial on Garden Island to the Japanese midget submariners who raided Sydney Harbour in 1942. He was awarded the British Empire Medal for his services to history.
Rear-Admiral ( Retd ) Nigel Bertyn said Mr Lind would always be remembered for his efforts in the field of nav al hi sto ry and for hi s work to ensure that the lessons of hi story would be understood and nOi repeated.
A funeral service was held at the Naval Chapel, Garden Island.
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HMAS l\'£WCASTLE has become the first ever RAN unit to visit the Japanese city of Vbe, conducting a th ree-day vis it to promote the s ister city link between Ne wcastle and Ube.
COMMITMENT iTO PROJECTS
After two months away from Australian waters. involving visits to Jakarta. Singapore. Hong Kong and panicipation in Exercise Starfish 94. NEWCASTLE a rri ved in Ube 10 a very warm welcome.
The Ube-Newcaslle sister city relmionship was formed in 1980 and has resulted in significa nt commercial and cultural exchanges between the two ci ties.
NEWCASTLE CO, CMDR Moffilt, play;" g a traditional Japallese drum.
Friendship Associalion and such as buffalo and crocodile the Lord Mayor, wi lh kebabs. superbly prepared re sponses from CMDR and served by Ihe NEW-Martin (CO NEWCASTLE) CASTLE catering team. and Councillor Frank Rigby, Two bus lours were organ-Ihe Depuly Lord Mayor of ised by Ube Ci lY fo r mem-Newcaslle, who was also bers of NEWCASTLE - Ihe visiting Ube, firsl to Tok.iwa Park where a
local fai rground was running exclusively for Ihe ship's personne l, and the second a full day cultural lour,
=: The 1994 Defence ~ White Paper ·'Defendin g :: Australia" maintains the E fundamental commitment § to the self·reliant defence § of Auslralia, and clear l)' § states the importance of a ~ slrong, modern Navy. =: It is a comprehensive § rev iew and re-st.::lIement of § the Government·s defence § policy, and expla ins the § rationale for Defence plan§ ning over Ihe next 15 years. § The new policy paper :: takes into account the many ~ cha nges in world and =: regional affai rs s ince "The § Defence of Australia. 1981" § was published, and builds § upon the resulls of many § important policy changes
introduced in Sla te ments and reviews over Ihe lasl
grams now in progress or recently announced. includ· ing the Collins Class submarines. the ANZAC frigales and Ihe six Huon class minehunlers.
The fFGs will be given 3 mid·life capability upgrade and the Sea King helico pters are 10 be refur· bished to ex lend their lives to around 20 I O.
A number of major deci· sions affecting Naval Force structure capabililies will be made over the next few years:
• The helicopter for Ihe ANZAC frigale will be selected in 1995-96 and Ihe number to be acquired will also be decided then. Some
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The cornerstone of the relationship is the business venlUre wi th Ub e Industries, which imports five million tannes of coal every year f rom the Hunler Valley, through the pon of Newcastle. In return. Newcastle is a large importer of Ube Indusl rie s chemicals and induslrial machinery.
After a ship's tour for a number of local VIPs, CMDR Moffill and Ihe ExecUlive Office r, LCDR McDowall. proceeded sepa· rately 10 make official calls on several local dignitaries.
At the end of Ihe hislOric visit, NEWCASTLE ship's company had time 10 reneci on the overwhelming hospitalily of their Japanese hosts, Ihe effects of Sake, and Ihe sinking similarities belween the people and environs of Ube and the cily of Newcastle.
equ;pped with an air 10 sur· I = few years. needs generated by increas- increase expecled from ater :: face missile system. _
II recognises that capable ing capabilities. The present in the decade and imo the =
During a welcoming ceremony on the wharf. speeches were made by the Chairman of the SiSler City
Guesls at the official reception on Ihe firsl night were eager to sample the wide range of Hunter Valley wines and Australian food
maritime forces are the • The Fremant le Class trend to increasing integra- nexl century. To help ensure § basic requirement for Ihe patrol boats will be replaced lion of Naval Reserves into !he target is adhered to, and 10 ~ effec t ive defence of by a new class of palrol Ihe RAN lotal force will improve resource allocation =:
§ Australia. and reaffirms the combatants with a modern continue. and programming, the § E Government's commit ment combat data syslem and a • The wide ranging GovernmeOl will p rovide § § 10 th e construction pro- capable weapons system fit. rev iew of ADF personnel Defence wilh a five-year §
• Two new hydrographic po li cies and manage ment budget commitment, start- §
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ships will be acquired procedures announced earl i- ing in 1996-97. = 10 replace HM A Ships er this year will be complel· MORESBY and FLINDERS. ed in 1995. • AI pre se nt, Defence
• ·The prio rilY for addi- F inance spending is divided roughly lional submarines will be • Defence spend in g is as follows: investment 28%. reviewed in 1996-97. expected 10 be sustained at personnel 39%. o peraling
Personnel about 2% of Gross costs 33%. These propor-• The authorised full-time DomeSlic Product (GDP) tions are unlikely to change
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T he Department of Defence has accredited the quality management system developed by ADI for its base operations and suppor t contract at Naval Communication Station Harold E. Holt at Exmouth, Western Australia, to AS3901.
It is Ihe first lime that an Australian contractor has gained accredilalion to AS3901 from the Depanment of Defence for a quality managemenl syslem that covers the design and delivery of a broad range of services.
ADl decided to seek 3ccredi talion 10 AS3901 despite the Department requiring only the less stringent AS3902. The office of the Western Australian Regional DireclOr of Quality Assurance conducled the assessment.
ADl managing direclOr, Mr Ken Harris, said that the Royal Aust"al ian Navy would now be able to reduce its performance monitoring effon at the Harold E. Holl Sial ion with resullant COSI savings.
CMDR Brian Warner, the Commanding Officer, Harold E. Holl. congratulaled Mr Dennis O'Brien. Sile General Manager for ADI and his team on achieving AS3901 accredilluion .
This accreditalion provides Ihe RAN with confidence that ADI service will continually improve. The manner in which ADl approached the accred itation process was an outstanding achievemem for site managemem and Ihe emire workforce.
• CMDR Brian lihmer, Commanding Officer Harold E, Holt, (second from right) congrarulaJes Site General mnlUlger Dennis O'Brien on ADI's accreditation. Also looldng on are LCDR Des Hannah, Regional Director Defence Quality Assurance Organisation, and Gordon McDermott, Contract Manager Harold E. Holt Naval Communication Station (right).
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MEMORIES OF TRACY Navy role
vital in recovery
It was a d isas te r the likes of which Austra li ans had never witnessed before. Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin wit h awesome fe rocity in the early .ho urs of Christmas Day, 1974, leaving the peaceful city, a nd a n e n ti re na t ion , in a s ta le o f shock. Darwin Weather Bureau's cyclone measu ring instruments had been unable to cope wit h Tracy 's force, and the greater proportion of Darwin's population was left homeless by t he stronges t wi nds ever recorded on the Australian mainland.
Some Christmas present! All forms of communication in Darwin were
destroyed, and there was no power. Police and ambulance radios were off the air. there was no local radio or television and all emergency systems were destroyed by the stonn.
The water supply was cut off and there was a cntical shortage of food. Speaking to the media 11 fortnight after they cyclone, Director of Emergency Services, Mr Ray McHenry, said an estimated 9000 of Darwin's 12,000 homes had been demolished.
Apart from the damage to propeny, there was a tragic human COSt, with at least 65 people killed. including PO Les CalIon and ABMTP John Rennie from the patrol boat HMAS ARROW.
PO Catton was knocked back into the water by flying wharf cargo and drowned, while AB Rennie was washed overboard and also drowned. A memorial service is held annually in Darv.:in for the two sailors. and this year will take place on Sunday. December 18.
The ARROW sank alongside Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin Harbour, Naval Headquarters was complete ly dest royed , the communications centre HM AS COONAWARRA suffered major damage and the patrol boat HMAS ATTAC K was holed and driven ashore.
Com mandi ng Orfi ce r HM AS A RROW was LEUT Bob Dagworthy, and the followi ng extracts are taken from his account which appeared in Nav)' News in December, 1984.
"I didn ' t think I could make the mud flats in the conditions. If J had tried and failed, ARROW would have fini shed up on the rocks.
'The cyclone buoys were designed to hold patrol boats in cyclones but at about 0245 the gypsy on ARROW was pulled out of its mounting on the deck allowing all the cable to run out. The deck clench
was just ripped off and from thcn on we were no longer secure.
'1t was bloody hOrrifying. We were fighting the cyclone, staying in position and trying to use our engines to get OUI of the inner harbour.
"At 0340 my engineer POMTP Danny Grosse reponed to me that we had about five minutes lefl before the main engines would seize up. Soon after my radar also packed up. [ didn't believe I could beach the ship before the engines scized.
"If we went beam-on to the mud flats we could have had more trouble ... there was no way I could secure the ship and with the safety of the crew in mind, I tried to put the :ohlp alongside the wharf and succeeded.
"All die crew got on the wharf with Ihe exception of four. The seas were breaking o\'er the quanerdeck al Ihal stage and the ship was rapidly laking waler. By the time I was to leave the Ship I couldn' t climb on to the wharf.
" Empty cargo containers were rOiling up the wharf like children's blocks being Ihrown abou!. Waves were running al 15 feet and navigational lights eighl feel above Ihe deck at the wheelhouse were in the water.
"As I was washed up the retaining wall I was able to hang on and then climb ashore. I ran to the protection of a nearby carpark and turned on die car's lights. The force of the wind was slill so great th:1I the cars were being lifted off the ground.
" Before 0600 there was danger from flying glass and cargo containers. The noise was so strong and impossible to describe. AI about 06(X) coxswain PO Barry Spencer and several junior sailors walked 10
the town to sound the alann." Now a Captain in the RAN, Bob Dagwonhy will
return from India on December 22 in time to attend a ded ication of Street na mes at HMAS COONAWARRA in honour of his former ship and the IWO
crew memben who lost their lives during Tracy. Arrow Drive. Rennie Road and Catton Coun wi ll
be officially dedicated on December 23 in a new section of the HM AS COON AWARRA establishment.
M ajor-Genera l Ala n Sl~lton , who was head of the n edgling Natural Disasters' Organisation at the lime or the cyclone, described the horror vividly in his book ;'Soldier ill a Storm".
'1bose who ha\'e nOl experienced a cyclone can hardly imagine the terror and trauma suffered by the 45,000 res idents during Ihose fi ve boun," he wrote.
Cominued on page 8.
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Takell on the COOllawarra Chapel steps, this photo brought together 12 people who were in the Navy during Cyclone Tracy and still live in Darwin today, Some are still members of Ihe RAN, Back : YVOlme Corby (SWRROS), Second back: Brenda Pratt (S WRROS); Chris Gleeson (SWRROS); Bem ie Franklin (SWRSBA); Mrs Tess Graetz; Mr Ron Quinn. Second f ront: Gaynor Maggs (SWRROS); Keith Pratt (A BETCI); Virgillia Dowson (SWRROS now WORS).
Front: Davy Mallyon (LSAMG now WO); Bob McLellan (LSRO); Dallas Graetz (LSRO),
This was the scelle of destruction at Darwin Harbour the morning after Cye/o ne Tracy. Wh ere to start?
LEFT: CORE Eric Johnstoll.
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DOfTUlged married quarters a/ HMAS COONA WARRA reflected the awesomeJorce o/ Cyclone Tracy.
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From page 7. "In the light of the circumstances at the time I
had no doubt that my decision to mount a relief operation was right, and this was subsequemly confirmed when the full tragedy of Darwin became known."
Between December 26-31, more than 25,000 pea-pie were evacuated by air, and during the same period another 9000 left by road.
Evacuees were housed with relatives and friends or billeted in private homes around Australia. Navy. Anny and Common ..... ealth hostels and private hostels were also used.
As always. in the face of ad versity. heroes emerged. In a fitting tribute to the work he had done to help get Darwin back on its feet, Major-General Stretton ..... as named Australian of the Year early in 1975.
Then of course there was the RAN. Having completed a disaster training exercise at
Jervis Bay in October. 1974. the Navy was well prepared for the enonnous task which confronted them in Darv.'in.
The flagship of Navy's "Operation Help Darwin" was the aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE. under the command of CDRE G.R. Griffiths.
Other ships involved were HMAS BRIS BANE. under the command of CAPT M. Hudson. HMAS STUA RT (CMDR E. Keane). HMAS STALWART (CA PT I. Burnside). HM AS SUPPLY (CAPT J. Stevens)_ HM AS HOB ART (CA PT P. Sinclair), HM AS VEN DETTA (CMDR A. Ferris), HM AS FLI NDERS (LCDR J. Doyle), and the five landing craft heavy HMA Ships BALlKPAPAN, BETANO, TARAKAN, BRUNEI and WEWAK.
A total of 13 ships and some 3000 men made this the Navy's greatest peace· time operation. Navy tearns re-roofed houses and made them watenight, as well as sifting through wrecked homes fo r missing personal effects and valuables. The des troyer HMAS STALWART. anchored in Darwin Harbour. was used for secure storage of those personal dfttts which were recovered.
Na va l O fficer Com ma nding Nortb e r n Australia (l'<O OCNA) a t tbe time was CORE Eric Jo hns t on AD, AM , (M IL ), O B E, wh o la te r became Administrator or tbe Northern Terr itory.
CORE Johnston still lives in Darwin and is chairman of the Cyclone Tracy anni\'ersary commiuee.
These are his recollections of that fateful night in 1974:
"At 12.25am I made my final telephone call to Navy Office, Canberra. advising the duty staff officer of Tracy's imminent presence in the ci ty and giving my prediction that severe damage would occur right throughout the city. By 4.30am Naval Headquaners had been destroyed and my three staff and I ..... ere buried. The three of us managed to dig ourselves out and take refuge in the cent re cell which also acted as the Naval HQ bar.
'111e scene at first light was beyond belief - the harbour empty, every bui lding within eyes ight destroyed with the exception of Government House
" It was decided to repair the roof of Admiralty
dwelling place for my wife and I. as ..... ell as ~ing my shore headquarters and the stores dump. The tennis court was covered with a large Anny lent for the safe and dry storage of medical supplies.
" In an incredible response to recall procedures. 2020 of the 2700 sailors on annual leave returned to their shi ps prior to sailing, many of them having made it from country areas as far away as Nonhem Queensland and Western Australia.
'The greatest advantage in utilising the fleet for the initial disaster relief lay in the fact that the personnel who would be employed in the relief operation would be self-contained in their ships. not drawing upon the town's meagre supplies for their food. clothing and other necessities.
"Thl: heavy physical toil and the initial lack of wate-r and paucity of transpon and equipment ..... ere a constant strain upon morale already some ..... hat shattered by ..... orking through the sad remains of people's lives. Despite this. the cheerfulness of the sa ilors and officers was a SUbj ect of muc h favourable comment.
"In accordance with Naval custom Ihe fi rs t Sunday in harbour was declared a non-working day although provision was made for volunteers to wo:i: if they wished and 1050 personnel volunteered.
'111e ships' companies of the vessels employed in Navy Help could look back ..... ith a considerable degree of satisfaction upon their achievements. A total of 17.979 working days had been worked ashore and a total of 1593 blocks had been clearcd. In addition to residential blocks, schools, hotels, commercial and government buildings had had their surrounds cleared. and where possible, repairs effected.
"The diving team had worked tirelessly. They had undertaken general harbour search and surveys, they had cleared the wharves and immediate approach areas and had salvaged and raised the wreck of HMAS ARROW. I believe the only time I lost my temper during the whole clean-up operation was when a well-known TV commentator, encountering the clearance divers during one of their rest periods. asked them why they were bludging. This man does nOt know how close he came to joining the other debris in the harbour.
'" belie\'e J can sincere ly say. without too much personal bias. that the recovery of Dar ..... in after Cyclone Tracy would have been greatly protracted or possibly not even achieved without the assistance of the RAN Task Group. Such a large sou rce of manpower. fres h, physically fi t, and highly organised achieved. I believe, somewhere between fi ve and 10 times what might have been done by a similar number of residents who had gone through the cyclone.
"As NOCN A and a member of the Darw in Disaster Committee . I saw very closely what the Navy achieved an d the manner in wh ic h it was done. The almost total absence of the dead hand of burea ucracy. pa rtic ularly in the ea rl y mo nths, allowed tasks to be unden aken without worryi ng about the correct channels or the eventual cost. Be assured, however, that these mailers finally came home to roost.
House with tarpaulins and then tum the house into a Continued on page 9. r-------------------------~
CPOM TH John Fi~'her was 25 years old and lived in Ihe Sydney suburb of Harris Park in 1975. He was one of 3,000 Naval persontlel who ventured to cyclone-ravaged Darwin to help out. BEL OW; Garden Island came alive in the days immediately f ollowing Ih e disaster as supplies were loaded
onto ships bound fo r Darwin.
................................ PostCode ... Senice with a smile .. _ A liatl Ormerod (then a POMTH) gets down to the serious business of clean-up operations during Navy Help Darwin.
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CAME TO DAR N From page 8.
"Some years lalcr I received a letter from the Navy's legal advisor informing me that I had been cIled by an orc mining company as being the principal cause of their liquidation. This grew from a decision by me to employ engineers on wharf repair rather than on the repair of the conveyor belt which might have fed from the large deposi t of iron orc which was in the port area when Tracy struck.
-"This letter was accompanied by a bill for $16,900. being the market value of iron orc which I appropriated to build a ramp upon which the landing craf! discharged their loads. May I say that iron ore when packed with water and sand makes a most admirable slipway."
Peter Breeze joined the RAN in 1966 and \las in command of ADVANCE a l the lime of Cyclone Tracy. This is his \,h 'id account of the night he and his cre.w cheated death in Darwin Harbour:
·The problems associated with patrol boats being alongside during cyclonic storms had been addressed by the laying of three cyclone mooring buoys in Darwin Harbour marked ··patrol boats, for the use of·. Howe\·;:r the actual problem of quick release from the buo} had nOl been resolved. To secure the buoy with the anchor cable. the cable had to be broken and then secured with a shackle. It was rather a more perrmment arrangement than one would have liked during a cyclone.
··On the afternoon of December 24 the patrol boat skippers were ordered to leave the whan by sunsel and to eilher secure to the cyclone buoys or anchor in the harbour. Due 10 my concerns about being able 10 slip from the buoys in an emergency, I decided that ADVANCE would anchor.
··AlI onboard expected to be back alongside for Christmas lunch Ihe next day. We all senled down for the night and those with families ashore hoped they would be safe. At about 1.15am , was summoned by the urgent call of the Quartermaster saying that a trawler was drifting towards us and would probably collide in a minute or so. I raced to the wheelhouse, quickly assessed the si lUation, ordered the engines to be star/ed immedi ately from the wheelhouse control panel and then went full astern on both engines. ADVANCE moved astern, dragging the anchor. and the trawler drifted down our port side.
··Visibility in the rain squalls was only a few metres and the boat was rolling heavily, up to 25-30 degrees. The decision was made to gain sea room -and so the boat weighed anchor, with some difficulty due to the excessive rolling and the tremendous force of the wind.
bour. Due to the strength of the wind and the excessive rolling of the bo:ll. it was impossible to steer a straight course or even keep the boat heading in a genera! direction.
'The engines had to be used continually to make good a general course to clear the harbour. At about 0-100 ADVANCE eventually cleared the harbour entrance channel and by this time Tro.lcy was to the south east of us. still ravaging the city.
··By mid morning we commenced our return to Darwin and as ADVANCE approached the coast. all eyes were on the shoreline. It was a very eerie feeling watching the coastline take shape - the trees were stripped of their leaves and as buildings became discernible. damage could be seen but there was very little movement on the shore. It was very similar to the part in the book ··On The Beach'· when the American nuclear submarine returned to its base after the bomb had been dropped.
··HMAS ATIACK was aground near Doctor·s Gully, ARROW was tragically sunk by Stokes Hill Wharf and ASSAI L was alongside. ADVANCE berthed at 1130 and was greeted by some very relieved families and naval staff. Captain 10hnston·s words to me were ·1 am very glad to see you'. as most people thought we had also sunk without trace, like several of the \ro.lwlers.
··For those of us with families it was a great relief to know they were all safe. They had grouped together and stayed calm as they watched their houses disintegrate around them.
··For the next few days before the Fleet arrived, our ships' 'i0mpanies assisted in the clean-up operation around the harbour area _ We were probably more fortunate than those living ashore as we had fresh water on tap and power for meals and refrigeration - to keep the beer cold!
··On reflection, ADVANCE was quite lucky during the night. We did not lose our radar. compass and engines and were able to proceed to sea and avoid the dangers in the harbour. The ship's company performed admirably and reflected the professionalism of the service."
Peter Breeze retired as a Commander in 1986 and is now the Bursar of Newcastle Grammar School.
The tinal word on the magnificent work done by the RAN in the aftennath of AustraHa's worst natural disaster. and the undeniable spirit shown by the citizens of Darwin in the face of g reat adversity. belongs to CORE Eric 10hnston:
"Fortunately our radar kept working throughout the ordeal and we were able to continually fix our position and avoid other vessels drifting in the har-
." believe that the period from l anuary I to lanuary 30,1975, cemented a bond between the citizens of Darwin and the members of the RAN which will never be weakened. Six months later. when normality returned to our ci ty, I looked back with a feeling of great pride in being not only a member of the RAN but also a Darn'inian:·
MEMORlES: Peter Breeze was CO of HMAS ADVANCE at the time of Cyclone Tracy and recently visited the Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour to see his old ship. Peter left the Navy in /986 alld is 1I0W Bursar of Newcastle Grammar School.
BEFORE AND AFTt R: The above picture shows HMAS ARROW as she was before taking a baltering at the hands of Cyclone Tracy. The ARROW sank alongside Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin Harbour and the picture below reveals how badly
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photos of Hiroshima' The Royal Australian Navy's involvement in Cyclone Tracy call be divided illto three stages:
firstly the stories of those who fought the cyclone at sea, secondly accounts relating to those who survived the onslaught of the destructive winds on land. The final section involved the most Navy personnel - Operation Navy Help Darwin - the biggest aid program mounted by the ADF in Australia 's history. III this account, Darwin·based Sub-Lieutenant Tom Lewis - the author of Wrecks in Darwin Waters - has summarised all three parts of the Tracy story.
On the night of December 24, 1974 the port of Darwin harbour held four Navy patrol boats. By the next morning one had been sunk under the Darwin iron ore wharf with the loss of two lives, another had been driven aground on a beach and the other two vessels had sustained minor damage.
In the Navy News of January 17, 1975, it was described how, in an effon to counteract the storm, the naval crews paid out massive amounts of steel cable to the naval cyclone buoys, which were specially designed to be used to combat cyclonic winds.
The vessel used its engines to remain head on to the storm. 1be tacwas quite successful, although Lieutenant Paul de Graaf said
HMAS ATTACK was "dragging the buoy after us" as his ship was thrown around the harbour in mountainous seas. As gyro compasses
radar sets failed, stray fishing trawlers and smal ler boats had to be by visual means.
The patrol boats had been built to tough specifications: Lieutenant Chris Cleveland. Commanding Officer of ASSAIL, corrunented wryly in the Navy News that: "we proved the main engines don't fall off the mounts past 72 degrees of roll, even if the battery charger does. ASSAIL actually managed to reach SO degrees of roll and at one stage immersed her side navigation lights in the water.
lCDR Paul Blanch, then the XO of ATTACK. remembers how his sh ip survived the s torm bu t ended up beached on the rocks near larrakeyah Barracks. But while the ship was high above the waterline as Christmas Day dawned she was cenainly not dry. '1be amount of water pouring off the cliffs and down onto the patrol boat was phenomena1." he recalls.
ATTACK was later refloated by Navy divers and spent some considerable time being repaired. Paul Blanch, meanwhile. was also being repaired - he had been injured with a broken foot during the ship's rough ride.
At the heigh! of the stann ARROW had been driven into the wharf, and here she eventually sank. The majority of the crew managed to escape by leaping for their Jives onto the wharf, where giant steel shipping containers were being blown about "like children's blocks", as one survivor put it BUltwo men didn't make the land and went down with their ship. Petly Officer Les Cation of Adelaide and Able Seaman John Rennie of Mt. Gambier were both drowned in their atlempt to reach safety.
Interstate newspapers reponed initially thaI ammunition onboard the ARROW blew up, but this was found later to be incorrect. The Na val Officer Commanding Northern Au stralia, Captain E .E.
;; .'0",","00. (later to become a Commodore and the NT's Administrator) :: :=~:~~:~ January 1975 that "A RROW did nOt explode. it hil the ;::; sank".
While HMAS ARROW was a major loss. from the civilian perspeetive the shipping damage was massh·e. According to the harbounnaster 's repon: "At least 29 vessels were sunk or wrecked ... " These included several of the large prawn trawlers that were based in the
port. a passenger ferry - the DARWIN PRINCES S - and [he two biggest vessels to be lost, the J 20 foot three-masted steel schooner BOOYA - missing wilh five people onboard - and the similarly sized survey vessel ATALUMA, which had been driven ashore at Dudley Poim. Of wooden construction. she was soon brol::en up by the wind and tide. The Navy also lost a workboat and a large fuel Jighter. which was later recovered. In total 16 people died or were listed missing at sea. On shore Navy staff were scattered over a number of locations ...
In 1974. the Navy's presence in Darwin was centred around two major locations - HMAS MELVILLE. located in the city, and HMAS COONAWARRA. located some 15 I::ilometres down "The Tracl::". as the road south - Stuan Highway - is usually known. Both centres suffered substantial damage.
HM AS MELVILLE , where the Naval Officer Commanding Nonhern Australia (NOCNA) was based. was aJmostlevelled. HMAS COONAWARRA suffered from the destructive winds to the extent that many of the administration buildings were badly damaged. while married quaners on the base were largely destroyed.
The XO of the base, then Lieutenant Franl:: Densten, remembers how COONAWARRA prepared for the cyclone. By 2pm on the afternoon of December 24. the teams organised to cope with the oncoming storm were formed up. Even Christmas presents were distributed. rather unceremoniously by trucl::. At 9.30pm the cyclone warning siren was sounded.
The XO's own house was destroyed later that night. During the stann, repair teams were largely unable to prevent damage - the winds were often strong enough to I::nocl:: a big man off his feel - and the repair teams were mainly occupied in asSisting families 10 make their way to the central bricl:: buildings which were standing up to the cyclone much beller than the cladding and timber houses.
Keith Prall. who still lives in Darwin, was unlucky to be still in the Territory for the cyclone - he was due to post out for submarine training in the UK, but ended up staying for the salvage operations. At the I I mile Navy transmitting station when Tracy arrived, he was on duty and remembers seeing the cyclone Out with his partner on the two-person watch. but joined by 15 other Navy people, including Marion Morse, a pregnant woman who was expecting her baby on Christmas Day.
Keith's memories of the storm include therefore drinking "hot" SlUbbies out of the boot of a car and joining in the campaign to urge Marion to "hold on". Meanwh ile hi s own wife of five months -Brenda - was taking shelter at the COONAWARRA Junior Sailors' Cafe. "It was a good place to be," she remembers. "We had power all night and the bar was next door."
Waml.nt Officer Virginia Dowson, then a Senior Wean, remembers that many personnel from HMAS CQONAWARRA look shelter in the sickbay, as that was believed to offer the strongest roof and walls. The roof disappeared early in the cyclone, and when the calm eye arrived those in the sitkbay ran to the Junior Sailors' Cafe. There they pushed
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NOCNA and hi s staff meanwhile took shelter in the city Navy Headquaners. HMAS MELVILLE. Here Captain Johnston had control of buildings in Darwin itself and at the Anny's Larrakeyah Barracks. NOCNA also had a communications link establ ished with his four patrol boats. and also wi th Canberra. This link was lost at about half past midnight on the morning of the 25th. as the Operations Room was destroyed. At the height of the stonn four staff took to the cells. which seemed 10 offer the strongest walls. Collapsing debris buried one sailor, who remained trapped until first light. when he was dug out unhun. Operation Navy Help Darwin
Commander Geoff Ledger. now working in Canberra Navy Office, recalls flying the first military helicopter into Darwin. Taking off from HM AS MELBOURNE, the crew had difficulty locating sufficient reference points in the devastation to locate NOCNA's house, as Darwin was: ..... like photos of Hiroshima", as the Commander put it. Aying Wessex helicopters from MELBOURNE, he stayed in Darwin for six weeks, at one stage survi ving a difficult landing on the roof of what is now the Frontier Hotel. After releasing a load of corrugated iron: "our main rotor struck an exhaust stacl:: on the roof, and I had to gingedy fly the helicopter away from the roof to a nearby park to repair IwO badly damaged rotor blades."
Roofing repairs kept SBlT John Simmons busy too. He had two contacts with Tracy. On December 24 flyi ng over the city on a BOAC night he recalls hearing the message over the cabin PA that a civilian ai rli ner was trying to take off in Darwin, where there were "high winds". Some days later the now LCDR Simmons was unexpectedly recalled from holidays. and in two days he had journeyed 10 Canberra where a house was being built for his fam ily, bought a car. rented another house and then caught a cab to the airpon with IS minutes to spare. Once in Darwin John was kept busy leading roofing repair teams - one of the more memorable expeditions being to the roof of the Parnp Hotel. In Darwin's hot and humid wet season it was no easy matter working on a burning-hot steel roof. and so the repair teams worked in two shifts - one on the roof, and the other taking refuge in the hotel's cold room.
At COONAWAR RA the damage was being assessed and the Navy's personnel were quickly caught up in the huge logistical exercise that was Operation Navy Help Darwin. The XO, Frank Densten, s till has the Daily Orders dating fro m Boxing Day. The first day's
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Orders after the cyclone had depaned are headed "We are a going concern". The optimistic to,1e of the Base is reflected in such thoughts that followed over the long days of cleaning up: "So Far, so Good", " Keep the Finger Out". and no doubt in reference to the contents of "dead" fridges which quickly made themselves noticeable in Darwin's humid Wet, simply "Phewwww!"
Some members of the Operation were posted to some unusual areas to help clean up. CPO Peter Bloomfield, recent ly reti red from the Navy, remembers how he arrived on HMAS STALWART. which was immediately moored alongside the wharf, as she carried the most capab!e generators and a great stack of building materials.
However, the cushy billet wasn' t so great, because Peter and his work team were posted to repair the old Darwin Leprosarium, quite a distance away. Peter remembers they were somewhat suspicious of this: "Being your average sailor and suspicious of all things we are not expens on. we were a bit apprehensive about working out there in case we caught the disease ... the main damage was to the laundry building - roof missing and a wall down.
"Our job was 10 repair the roof and the wall. The only worker in the laundry was an Aboriginal fellow who had both hands bandaged. We thought therefore he was a leper and we avoided him li ke the pl!lgu..e.
Continued on page 19.
TOP: Two members of the huge RAN task force which came to the aid of Darwin's citizens after Cyclone Tracy had destroyed their hom es and tu rned their lives upside down. During the cyclone a nllmber of people took refuge in t lt e sickbay at HMAS COONAWARRA but the roof was blown off and they moved to the junior Sailors ' Cafe where they she ltered lIn der tables. The above photo shows COONAWARR A the morning after Tracy had lashed Darwin.
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Naval Suppon Commander RADM A.L. Hunt, Minister fo r Defence, Senator Roben ray, Min ister fo r Defe nce Sci ence a nd Pe rsonne l, Gary Pu nch , a nd VA D M Laplante USN. Joint Staff Director of Logistics USA.
lrhe ship's Senior Officer, Kevin Costello, read
Plaques were presented to LCDR Costello by members of the MANOORA Association, who served in the orig ina l MANOO R A during World War II.
MANOORA's sister ship KAN IM BLA (former ly USS SAG INAW ), which arrived in Australi a on November 18, was official· Iy welcomed into the Fleet during the ceremony.
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Afte r conve rsion to Landing Sh ip Infantry (LSI) in 1942, MANOORA took pan in the fighting at Leyle Gulf and in a series of deci-sive amphibious operations throughout the Pacific , including the landings at Ungayen Gu tf, Tarakan and BaIikpapan.
Despite Ihe wet weather in Sydney, HMAS MANOORA joined the RA N Fleet in true ceremonialJashion. Photo: ABPH Keith Heslop.
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NAVY NEWS, December 2-16, 1994 (345) 13
Pictures by LAC Michael Bott, RAAF 92 Wing and CPL Baldwin (cover).
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\ CPO Ian Spencer at the Manoeuvring Control Console of COLLINS.
LSET Troy Burnett goes abolit his duties onbiJard COLL-INS.
14 (346) NAVY NEWS, December 2-16, 1994
• I dicate Trials
a brigh future • for su marine
With the sea trials of COLLI NS underway in arguably Australia's most complex engineering project, the nation is beginning to see the results of an ambitious undertaking.
Although there is still some way to go. sea trials completed to date are encouraging: the results bring smi les {O the faces of three key figures - Project Director C DR E Geoff Rose. ASC Managing DirectOr Mr Hans Ohff and CO of COLLI NS CMDR Peter Sinclair.
CM DR Sinclair described his first experience at the helm of COLLI NS as "tremendouslyexciti ng"
"The su bmari ne handles beyond expectat ions," he said , "She's faster than we expec ted . She handles belter in !he sea than I' ve seen any submarine hand le. She will be a tremendous fighting machine."
Safety first (The trials a t the time of writing had
been in surfaced manoeuvri ng and stat ic dived trim and inclination).
" We had a stop Irim at o ne s lage between a set of buoys off Adelaide fo r some 13 hours which is longer than I' ve ever ke pt a stop tri m in an Oberon class submarine."
While de livery of the boats Oil lime is important it's not paramount - it"s a matter of "safety first" and the boats and th(! crews being ready.
On the widely publicised delay CMDR Sinclai r said it was not merely a matter of the boats not being ready.
"The delay was across the board." he said. "The navy wasn't quite ready, the training wasn't ready as well as the submarine nOI being ready. II's not that the submarine has been generically 'la te'. I( s really that the whole program has been late eight months."
CMDR Sinclair said the most difficul! aspec t so far "without a doubt" had been training the crew.
Experience
"Training has been co nducted in Western Australia and Sydney:' he said. "So we've had the frust ration of being away from the submarine while it's being built. Keeping the crew focussed while they've been interstate has been extremely difficu lt."
Mr Ohff said the RAN brought considerable experience of operating and maintaining conventi onal submarines to the Project.
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" 1 believe il is fai r to say thai the Australian submarine fratern ity had probably more experience than most conventional submarine forces in the world," he said, "So the Navy did nO( come enti rely 'cold' into the project."
(More. than 40 countries operate convenlional submarines).
Mr Ohff agreed tha t the project was ambitious, particularly in view of the fact that it depended to a certain extent on technology whi ch was ei the r being or to be developed a t the t ime the Government dec ided to proceed wi th the project.
"Today we have des igned a submarine which is automated 10 an extent not previo usly achieved: ' he sa id. " I believe that includes nuclear sub marines as well. Indeed , there is a great deal of new technology we ha ve brought into this submarine which will lake it well into the next century
Mr Ohff said that while delays are never welcome a delay of only eight months in such an ambitious program is "a conside rable achievement".
"The schedu le was established in 1982:' he said. " It was cast in black ink in 1987. Our achievements are as good as anyone hoped for but we are seven or eight months behind. I am confident we can make up the time.
Technology
"Swedish conventional submarine technology is well beyond all others."
He dismissed past media criticis m of the project with claims of faulty plate for the su bmar ines or unw anted bumps on the nose as "ill ·informed" but said development of the combat system softwa re for COLLI NS had produced some challenges.
"I n hindsight. th es e soft ware issues should have been a!lended to and detailed somewhat earlier than they were," he said. "We now believe that we understand them and ha ve a ddre ssed the problems. However. software is somewhat intangible and you will only really know how good it is when it is proven. So you need to keep a very close eye on it."
Mr Ohff believed there had been some fundamental mi sunde rst anding in the media and the pub lic mind o f what is required to develop and build a completely new submarine.
"The fact is that problems are expected
Information s per Beneath the bland, black exterior
of COLLINS lies equipment which will place Australia at the forefront of information super highway technology.
However, rather than con nec tin g the boat to all outside sources the boat's data bus will connect every piece of equipment - engine, control surfaces, sensors and weapons equipment - to multifunctional di s p lay (M F D) sc reen s a nd data display/control panel s.
Those on the screens will be abl e to tap into the sum of that information, They will be able to find the best possible solutions 10 problems and alternative ways of prosecuting set tasks.
In aircraft il has been fashionable to talk of triple or quadruple redundancy - a reference to [he number of backup system s
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available should the pri mary system fail. The computing power and software fo r
COL U NS takes this conce pt a step further. It wi ll make the boat the fi rst submarine to feature grace/Ill deg radatioll. This means that each of the sensors will have a variety of internal backup systems as well as being interconnected to all others.
Rather than just working or broken, each system will have a range from/lilly opera ' l;ollal through to IIf1Jen ';ceable and. more importantly, the transition from one to the other should be gradual and its statu s posted on the MFD screen.
And, if one item of equipme nt d oes become completely IlIlserviceable, it will aUlOmaticaJly default to other systems.
T hi s means it wi ll be possi ble for the
and occur all the time," he said, "Engineers and project managers are there to identify and solve those problems and we are doing that very successfu ll y."
CMDR Sinclair believes the software for the new boats is unlikely to ever be static.
Upgrades "I think it will be conti nually changing
because of the increasing complexities of technology," he said.
"Certainly. in the next two years, the combal'Systems software will be installed in COLLiNS in increments. but for the fo llow on submarines I believe there will be a continual upgr:lde of the software and that may include new weapons and upgrades in sonars. I don't think it wi ll ever stop."
Like hi s c rew CMDR Sinclair was looking forward 10 the improved working and living environment aboard CO LLI NS class submarines,
"It' s extraordinary. I've spent 12 years dri ving Oberon cl ass submarines around and showering once a week and living in conditions where we have no space," he said. "And we have space on COLLINS. We can shower whenever we want. It's a huge improvement!"
CMOR Sinclair sa id that in the near future female officers and sailors would be at sea in COL LI NS c lass submarines.
"The first female member of the RAN \0 '
travel in CO LLI NS has already been 10 sea." he said - a midshipman who's been doing some train ing in HMAS PROTECTOR joined us for some cross-dec king. She thoroughly enjoyed it and is defi nite ly a 'convert'."
He said that initial naivete of the design and concept of the new submarine in some engineering personnel had been quickly overcome after {raining began nearly twO years ago.
Paperwork A little more perseverance was req uired
to break the "paperwork habit" developed in Oberons,
" It' s probably my staff officer's comment because I'm a paper lover," he said. "It's something that the older generation of subma r iners will have to get used to because the submarine is totally compu terised. So in future there shouldn't be any paper onboard the submarine."
The new boats should al so be environmentally friendly.
"T hey comply with the latest regulations for waste handling and disposal." he said.
"We also expect them to be extraordinarily quiet
highway computer to see k best so lutions making use of alternative se nsors. In fact it will be able to tell operators the best se nsors 10 use if a system or systems fail.
Everything will be available on sc reen-10 name a few, engine temperature, fuel level, fuel consumption a nd propelle r speed: "tum and bank" indicalOrs showing the atti tude of the boat to the horizontal: weapon s se nso rs, s tores and au tomatic sol utions for prosec uting targets: operating instructions and records of defects.
To quantify Ihe task, providing software for the combat system alone involves writing some 2 .5 million line s of code for COL LINS (compared to between 700,000 and 900,000 lines for a frigate).
T he in tricacy is aki n 10 producing the architectural drawings for a GOlhic cathedral.
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co of COLLINS, CMDR Sinclair and managing director of the Australian Submarine Corporation, Mr Ohff
LSUC Steven Burgess and LSUC Sid Kramer (foreground) at COLLINS' Multi-junction Cotttrol Consoles,
NAVY NEWS, December 2-16, 1994 (347) 15
COLLINS provides
anew lifestyle
By A IIlOIlY Ullder~'ood
It 's b ig, b lack, fas t and manoeuvr able and in terms of lifestyle, Austra lia n submariners have " never had it so good" .
COLLINS has just begun se::! trials and after only nine days at sea is already drawing qualified praise from members of the trial s c rew ranging in rank from Leading Seaman to
Commander. They all make il plain. however. thaI there's a long way to
go before COLLINS is fully operational. Sailors. forthright in the ir opinions and quick to criticise
that which they do nOI like. expressed guarded optimi sm for
the future of the new boats. It's difticult to convey the sum of the new boat but. properly
soned. it represents a whole new lifestyle for the RAN subma
rine frmernit),. The boal is a quantum leap beyond the Oberons - and the
advances over 40 years can be seen at every turn . There' s much more space and there are mess decks.
There are muhi -function displays and buttons in the work area. There are small emenainmem centres in the roomier bunks apponioned six per cabin in COLLINS , and television SCts.
While seeing is believing, it takes more than one sense to appreciate the advances. For those who have been to sea in an Oberon. the word "submarine"' is sy nonymous with the all pervasive smell of dieso. In this context, a sniff of the interior of COLLINS begs the question "Can this be a subm<lflneT
LSET Troy Burnett was <.I lso enthusiastic about the relative abundance of f re sh wa ter and eq uipment onboard: " We haven', got racks in passageways so you're not gell ing woken up when people are going th rough doing rounds. You haven't got the constant diesel in the ai r:'
LSUC Sid Kraemer said the extra space had nOt really brought more privacy at thi s swgc: " We have a lot of ASC workers coming onboard at thi s stage. T hey're on the tri;Jl s with us and if we have a problem, they have a problem."
POET Teale did not belie ve anyone had encountered any major problems in negotiating the Oberon-COLLI NS transition: "It's definitely <.I lot more advanced. It's all pUSh-button. There's no handraulic operation unless there's a system failure which has been happening a bit. But it's all in one place operate it from there. I wouldn't say it's an arcade game but it's definitely a lot less manpower intensive. The (platform) s imulator over in the West (HMAS STIRLI NG) helps a lot. We 've been doing a lot of training in there."
CPO Spencer said the start of sea trials had shown some deficiencies in the sim ulator: " It helps, but now that we've been to sea fo r real and driven the vesse l itself. it needs a lot of work to make it similar to the boat. It's a good staning poim but needs a bit of work to bring it up to speed.
"One of the things we've found so far is that some of the training is not quite as good as it shoul d have been - especially for the nwimainers. For the ope rators it' s OK, but for the maintainers there 's a 40-year leap in technology,"
CPO Spencer and PO Teale fc lt that engineering staff. in particu lar, were heavily taxed aI thi s stage of the trials.
CPO Spencer said one change which the COLLINS boats offer is the paperless submarine.
He and PO Teale agreed that the baa! was "living up to expectations" bU{, with only nine days at sea, it waS:l bi t early to say more than that.
There had been a resu rgence of interest since the tri als beg.an, "Now that we're actually on board and doing it, people are
busy and have got things to do, The interest level has picked right up again,
"We haven' t done any underway dive trials. At the moment wc've done one sta tic dive betwee n two buoys. We haven't gOt a combat system. We've been a black thing that looks like a submarine but we haven't really been a submarine yet.
"Come back about Marc h (1995) and fire that one again."
LSCK Mark Pardoe hard at work i" COLLINS ' galley.
16 (348) NAVY NEWS. December 2-16. 1994
The newly opened Diamantina Pier al HMAS STIRUNG was an impressive sighl during the Open Day, Aloflgside are the guided-missile frigates HMA Ships ADELAlDE and DARWIN (port side) and the guided-missile destroyer HMAS BRISBANE, patrol boal HMAS BUNBURY and the submarine
HMAS OVENS. Picture: ABPH Peter Hall,
Open Day a great success in west The first Open Day staged at HMAS
STIRLING for two years proved a huge success, with a crowd of almost 20,000 pouring on to Garden Island to enjoy the many attractions.
The newly opened Diamantina Pier at Fleel Base Wes t wa s an impressive sight. with five Reet units benhed alongside for the day and open
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* ... ... ... UNCLOS: The United Nations Convention on Law of the Sea came into force on 16 November 94. While the convention obliges signatories to protect the environmental integrity of their res(X:Ctive Economic Exclusion Zones, UNCLOS will not create a need for the RAN to alter environmental protection policies, nor change the rate of progress toward compliance. MARPOL 73178 will remain the authoritative document for the prevention of pollution at sea, and unless the Commonwealth Government detennines to
increase the level of environmental compliance within the EEZ, it will be "business as usual" for the RAN.
* * * ... HMAS STIRLING is currently advertising for an Environmental Manager. The successful applicant will prepare and administer a management program for the implementation of the environmental management plan for ST IRLI NG and Garden Island. WA. He or she, will monitor the Pf9gram to ascenain its effectiveness and conduct inspections, research and reviews of the area's environmental senSitivity.
* * * * BANKSIA AWARDS: Nominations are now being received by the Banksia Environmental Foundation for the 1995 Banksia Environmental Awards. If your Ship or establishment deserves recognition for accomplishments in relation to the environment, contact DEM-N for a nomination kit.
* * * * APOLOGIES: The "Managing Our Environment"' article (21' October 94) written by work experience student Claire RUling, entitled ·'Nation's wildlife at Navy's backJoo r" , s tated that Commonwealth land managed by Harold E. Holt was over 2260 ha. The aernal area is 8229 ha.
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«Pick the Reserve" ... GE III and ANR 1/94 Passing Out parade ... all %ne company.
Can you pick the Reserve?
Can you pick the Reserve? Unlikely, due to a significant training milestone being achieved recently, when reserves in the recruit training program graduated alongside their PNF counterparts; having completed exactly the same training at exactly the same standard.
This is significant because fo r so me years many have thought it very unlikely that PNF and Reserve personnel could get to exactly the same standard, si mply because of the difference in time spent on the job. II seemed logical that this objective should be tried at where training starts for the majority of personnel - recruit training.
In February this year two
reserv ists, LEUT M. Rigg (based at COONAWARRA) and CPO R. Chr istensen , CSC (based at MORTON), were brought in by RTS (LCD R Fryer-Hornsby) to rewrite both th e PNF a nd Reserve Training Documentation simultaneously.
The result was one manual that both PNF and Reserves now use, with both groups theory and practical modules
being identical. The symbolic culmination
of this objective , however. was the graduation of ANR 12/94 (CPO Harding-Collis) in the same guard as GE 112 (LEUT Osborne),
The g raduating di vision was reviewed by CD RE Trotter, ADC. ( D i re c t o r Gene ral of Naval Manpower), who in his add ress to graduates praised both groups.
recruit training, but also contributing their experti se 10 th e adva nceme nt of PNF recruit training,
Meanwhi le, Jayne Bargwana, Miss Australia 1994, has taken time out from a busy schedule to make the trip to HMAS CERBERUS 10 thank staff and students at the RAN Recruit Schoo! for the su pport given to the Royal Spastic Society over the past 12 months.
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There was also a great deal of respect for the reserve recruits from the PNF counterparts: given reserves spend nine months in the rank, as supposed to 12 weeks.
Of Cornish descem, Ms Bargwana was a guest of RTS to receive on behalf of the Society, a further cheque for $2025.
count on us. Over the last couple of years, Australian technology company Datacraft has been involved in several maior data communications and security projects with our Defence forces, delivering local expertise, products, support and Aussie know-how for complete and sometimes unique solutions.
Solutions such as the use of Datacrah developed and manufactured OpenRouter internetworking products, to bring together the Navy's nationwide aata network called NIN.
And, the innovative message-switching application for the Army's national 350-site, multi-protocol AUSMIS computer communications network and the RAAF's AffERM network, believed to be the first of its kind in the world, based on open standards.
Importantly, they are further examples of world-leading technology being developed and implemented right here, in our own backyard.
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OIC RTS said that considerable credit was due to both PNF and Reserve staff at the school. who had worked closely 10 achieve this '·all of onc company" milestone.
He particularly highlighted the efforts of LEUT B. Ferry, RANR.
A national network has been established by RTS to
keep the II training groups around the country, who deal wi th reserve recrui ts, working towards the same standards.
These trai ning groups are now ac ti ve in not only forwarding the cause of reserve
Ms Bargwana announced thaI in recognition of over $50,000 raised on weekends for this cause, PO Gary Atkinson. ReT Natalie Jack, and POs Bruce Gibbons and Gary Redman had been recognised by the Society with Gold Appreciation Awards.
LCDR Fryer-Hornsby (OIC RTS ) sa id that the Society had advised that two officers were to be recognised with Silver Awards for their organ isation of fund raising , while 19 othe r recruits were to be recognised with Bron ze Appreciation Awards.
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HMAS CESSNOCK (above) escorts a Taiwanese "long-liner" into Darwin Harbour. Patrol boats from Darwin, Cairns and Rockingham have escorted more than 80 foreign fishing vessels into Darwin and Broome for investigation into possible breaches of Australia"s fishing laws. o Photo by Sergeant AI Green. Defence Public Relations.
Eric departs LeUR Eric Kearny,
USN. has returned to America following a sue· cessful two·year stint with Naval Support Command which saw him earn a commenda ti on from RADM Hunt. FONSC.
RAN during th e past two years and made many friends along the way.
Warren Lundblad, who like his predecessor will spend two years in Australia .
APses helps out
Coming to Australia in ,1992. LCDR Kearny took up the position of Follow On Support Manager in suppon of refits of major RAN units, and while here he aJso qualified as a diver and demoli tions team member.
CMDR Al Dici unas, Platfo rm Manager Surface Ships, sa id LCDR Kearny had comributed much to the
LCDR Kearny's commendation rcad in pan: "You consisteOily displayed high levels of competence, sound judgement and depth of professional knov. ledge in th e execution of your responsibilities. Your exceptional professional ability. self motivation, initiative and loyal dedication to dut y
reflected great credit upo n you. your country and the United States Navy:'
Replacing LCDR Kearny at Naval Suppon Command is fellow USN officer LEUT
LEUT Lundblad wa s awa rd ed a Bachelor of Science in Industria! Engineering from Nonh Dakota Slate University in 1985 and is a member of the American Engineers.
Society of Naval
Among his credemials is a citat ion from the Chief of Naval Operations in America for merilOrious se rvice as Ship Superintendenl and AERIS Deslroyer Production Engineer belween 1991 and 1994.
LCDR Eric Keamy USN, recei~es his comme"dalion from RADM H UII I , FONSC. LCDR Keamy has relllrlled to America following two years wilh Naval Support Command.
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ical demands on families with disabled children are im'ariabl), accepted with · out complaint. Howe\'er, selfless commitment of time and energy is some· times not e nough. Often, there are overwhelmi n g financial demands as well.
That is why the Australian Public Service Benevolent Society (A PSBS) has establi shed a grants sc heme to provide financial suppon to families that are unable to purchase equipment or ser-
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= = = = ! F,om page /0. port. HMAS FUNDERS "";,,d oed w", ~n b"" ,",v"ing ",. pon"'''", oed ,h,i, ti , h"nod "bl" ,= wi", ,he 'id, '" lif' ARROW ! E He was "ery pleasant Ihough:md would always ofTer us a cup of tea lions of the harbour. LeDR U . Doyle. assisled by LieUienanlS G.J. ofT the mud. The patrol boat was raised some Ihree metres from Ihe § = _ we would refuse of course. On about day three he approached us and Bond and M.A. Bolger and POs PJ. Smith :md c.T. Hillson. quickly bollom. The next pan of the operation was 10 pull the wreck away E E mfonned us that he had burned his hands shulting down the laundry provided a detailed survey of many approaches using their ship's from the wharf into shallow water and then 10 the beach. Afler a minor = =: during the cyclone and was not a leper! Did we feel like a pack of sonar. Over Ihe nexi five years many wrecks which Tracy sent to the mishap when a cable broke. the slow process of moving the whole rig E idiots or whal? Sighs of re lief. mumbled apologies and introductions boltom would be raised. but others such as the ferry MANDORAH gOl under way. On January 14 Ihe ARROW was ashore. =: all round ensued with mallY a brew (and the occasional cold beer) QUEEN were nOl found for some time. To this day the sleel schooner However. the patrol boat was beyond repair and the beached wreck :: enjoyed with good company for the remainder of our time there." BOOYA and the ferry DARWIN PRINCESS remain mbsing: their was evemually sold off to Darwin businessman Stan Kennon. He E Meanwhile on the harbour the hundreds of beached and wrecked respective crews of five and one also never seen again. illlended to rebu ild the vessel as a museum piece, but fou nd that it was = boats were being salvaged, refloated or written ofT depending on their On shore, hundreds of their personnel were carrying out tasb in not worth restoring: evelllually ARROW was cut up where she lay and i damage state . A few days after the cyclone a naval di ving team Operation Navy Help Darwin. suppl ying power, repairing. removing moSt of it was buried as fill in the local John Holland yard, :: descended the 15 metres 10 Ihe ARROW wreck and reponed her rubbish, and in nearly every home the cyclone had wrecked. burying A number of memorials to the Navy's involvement wilh Tracy exisl _ E upside-down and badly damaged. The same leam, led by LEUT Da\'e meal from fridges and freezers. in Darwin today. The Annw Bar at the HMAS COONAWA RRA Fleet = =: Ramsden, also inspecled the hulls of the IWO pauol boats afloat and Unlike female civiitans, Virginia Dowson remembers that Ihe Naval Base . located inside Darwin's Larrakeyah Barracks. was opened in E :: carried out some minor repairs. ATfACK, driven 01110 the foreshore. female personnel were not evacuated. They worked 16 hours on and 1980. and displays the propeller of its namesake. At COONAWARRA = l§ was renoaled. 16 off untillhe fleel arrived. with HMAS BRISBANE in the lead. Fleet Base the IWO ARROW crew members who were killed - Les E :: For the neXlIWO weeks the Navy diving team worked to raise the Untillhe fleet ships were offering full suppon. the COONAWA RRA Callan and John Rennie _ have been honoured firstl y wilh the high- :: E sunken ARROW. at Ihe same time carryi ng out Ihe hundreds of small members were feeding all from the surrounding area in the 1S Cafe - lighted inclusion of their names in a stained glass window in the base's E :: diving tasks needed within the harbour. They located wrecks, patched now buill over. The Wrans' quaners became the local creche, while chapeL and secondly by the naming of SlreelS in their memory. = = hulls, cleared propellers of rope and cable and cleared the wharf area Ihe comcen had one telex line and one STD line - both of which were As pan of the new "married palch" eXlensions. Rennie Road and E § of debris. AI the height of the wet season the work was hOI. exhausting used on a never~nding basis as a \'ital communications link south. Calton Coun join a main road of the base - Arrow Drive - as memori- = = and dangerous. The dive team worked 10 their capacilY and put in a Meanwhile preparation s were being carried out to rai se the als to the cyclone. The Navy's presence in Darwin remains. and as pan =: l§ minimum of 12 hours a day, po(entially hazardous for hard-working ARROW. Pontoons were found and palched and eventually divers of the ADF's push nOM, is growing stronger. It is notable that as pan E :: divers. began Ihe hazardous work of fitting cables through the hull se<:lions 10 of the palmi boal facilities in the COONAWARRA Aeet Base, there =: ~ The Navy brought a muhitude of ships illlo pon. On HMAS MEL- allow the boat to be refloated. The conditions for Ihe di vers were nOi are a number of slips 10 enable many ships to be taken out of the waler E =: BOURNE, Dave Mallyon, now a Darwin-based Warrant Officer, the best. as LEUT Ramsden's notes indicated when they were reprint- if another Tracy should ever threaten Darwin. §_ E remembers working for 16 hours on the first day. as did many of the ed in a Nav)' News' anicJe : .. ... black as pitch under 15 feet. much = crew. After a fe w more days like Ihis, Ihe men were ordered to take jagged metal - no place for divers". Tht author would iikt! to thank those people who have assisted in § E compulsory rest periods, or the Top End wet season al its height would The scuba team spent 12 days fixing hawsers to strong points on Ihe Ihe preparation of Ihis arlicle by sending him bookr. letters and = :: have caused health problems. sunken vessel. 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The Society has made available grants of up 10 55_000 to help Anned Forces families pro\ide the specialised care that the ir dis· abled children need. In operat ion Stnce last year. the scheme has so far assisted six families.
Co·ordinator of the Defe nc e Forces Specia l Needs Support Group, Mrs Marga ret Fisk, helps the Society identify and respond to families with the greatest need.
General Manager of the APSBS, Mr Harold Barton, said the DSNSG was doing a tremendous job in establishin g su ppon network s fo r families of disabled children in defence force bases across Australia.
"We are pleased to be able to suppor! these familie s where cases of rea l need exist and we are delighted to be able \0 work with Mrs Fisk and the DSNSG 10 complement what we see 3 S a very worthwhile acti vi ty." Mr Banon said.
General Manager of the APSBS. Mr Harold Barton, encouraged fa milie s who be lieved they may be eligible for assistance under the scheme to come forward.
Mr Barton said application fo rms were available from Chaplains at bases throughOUI Australia or by contacting Margaret F isk of the Defence Specia l Need s SUPP9rt Group on (0 8) 252 1600.
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Perfect present
A seven pound , three ounce birthd ay present arrived on Saturday, Nove mber 5 for LSWTR Daniel "Spike" Jones of HMAS MELBOURNE.
LSWTR Jones was celebrating his 30th birthday quietly onboard MELBOURNE, berthed at the United States Naval Base Yokosuka. Japan, when he was infonned his wife Jenelle had given birth 10 their first child. Caitlin Maureen.
Caitlin waS born at Shoalhaven District Hospital. Nowra. MOIher and daughter are both doing well. " Spike" was laken ashore by some of his fellow Leadi ng Hands to celebrate and " wet the baby's head",
LSWTR Jones works in the Finance/Accounts Section of MELBOURNE which is currentl y completing a five-month dep loyment to South East Asia. Japan and Korea. The ship took part in Exercise Tandem Thrust wi th the USS KITTY HAWK Baulegroup in late November. and returns to Sydney on December 17.
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LSWTR "Spike" Jones at work 011 MELBOURNE.
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In true Australian spirit H~IAS MEL BO URNE ran its own race meeting on the afte rn oon that stops a nat ion.
The other Melbourne Cu~ Berthed at Yokos uka, .
Japan. the nine-race event was held around the live telecast of the real Melbourne Cup - cab le vi sion courtesy of the USN.
In an effo rt to raise money for the ship's ball. small wagers were had on such classic races as the
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engines
Sattahip Stakes and the Hong Kong Handicap while the c rew enjoyed a Steel Deck SBQ.
CPOSN Don Pearson did his best impersonation of John Tapp as race caller and master of ceremonies. while the "gun" jockeys of the afternoon were ABCSO
Aaron Ox-well and PORS Colin Wil so n, who rode mo st of the short priced favourites to success.
Protests were quickly dismi ssed and while the day was enjoyed by all, it left the crew o f USS FIFE ( Kidd class destroyer), MELBOURNE's host shi p
benhed nearby, sc ratching their head for some time.
• This photograph shows wilwers altd losers alike elljoyillg Melbourne Cup day aboard HMA S MELBOURNE. You don " have to be al Flemington to feel the atmosphere of the big day.
Time trials for the HMAS HARMA N Grand Prix were recently held on the lawns outside {he main Administration Building. With only one entralll ill the competition, {he Commanding Officel; CMDR Terry Morgan won pole position in all impressive time. Observers commented that CMDR Morgan's mower handled extremely well on the tight Circllit, and thar the [wo "worked as one ". A race date has yet to be set. Our picture sholVs CMDR Morgan
negotiating the tight track with {he ease of an expert.
20(352) N-AVY NEWS, Deeember'i-16, 1994
In the hot seat!
The Medical Centre at HMAS ALBATROSS is attempting to raise a total of $1200 in order to buy and donate a monitor used for SIDS (Sudden Infam Death Syndrome) to the Shoalhaven DistriC! Memorial Hospital. 1111's appeal is being organised by Nursing Officer, Lieutenant Monmouth who kicked of the fillidraising appeal by raffiing off the Commanding Officer s position for a day. This idea was given the full support of the Commanding Officer, CORE Marron and Base persOfmel. A t~ral of $160 was raised. The winner. POWTR Alan Purdue from RANTEWSS became the CO for a day all Thursday, November 10. Needless to say, CORE Morton took a well deserved day off.
ABOVE: POWTR Purdue in the hOI seat.
Special week for courageous kid,s
Albury Hume Weir (NSW) was the destination ror 98 children and their companions for tbis year's Camp Quality, organised to provide a camping experience, and much more, for children with cancer.
Richmond Ai r Base was the meeti ng place 10 fly to Albury with the 37th Squadron of the RAAF, and the children were excited as they boarded the Hercules. Each child had a tum in the coc kpit 10 see how the airforce planes fly.
These special children and their ca ring compan io ns. including LSWTR Debra McCormick from Navy News. had a busy week in Albury, taking part in horseriding. abseiling, mini golf and many other activities.
Everyone enjoyed the de lic ious meals prepared in special ovens with the assist:lnce of the chief cook from
LSWTR Debra McCormick lakes Kylie Robens on a horse ride durillg Camp Quality 94 at Albury.
the Commercial Club in Albury.
Latchford Barracks invited the group to its heated indoor s wimming pool which proved a big hit on a cold and wet afternoon.
The week at camp went much too quickly for the chil-
dren. Camp <.,Iualit y's molto
sums up the wonderful work this non-profit organisation does for children with cancer: "We sometimes can't do anything about the quantity of a child's life. but we can do something about the quality:'
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LEur De Graauw.
An RAN student has developed a computer software package to help teach fellow s tudents at the Australian Maritime College.
He is Lieutenant Kei th De Graauw who joined the RAN at age 16 as an appre ntice Naval Shipwright.
Keith comple ted hi s Associate Diploma of Naval Ma rine Eng ineering a t HMAS CERBER US a nd was then offered a furthe r two yea rs of s tud y at the Australian Maritime College (A MC) to comple te hi s Bachelor of Engi neerin g (Maritime).
Keith 's final projec t at AMC was titled "'Development of a computer softwa re finite eleme nt analysis teaching package" .
The project, now completed. was ca ll ed VISA -Visuall y Integrated Solution Appreciation.
VISA was designed to assist third year Bachelor of Engineeri ng s tudents to understand the fundamentals of finit e e lement analysis computat ional methods for two dimen sional heat and stress related problems.
VISA is now on AMes computer network for instructional use .
Keith was the winner of the Institution of Engineers Australia (IE AuSt) 1994 Frederick Brough Memorial Pri ze.
As a student member of IEAust, Keith was eligible to enter in the Young Engineers of Australia Presentation Competition where young Engineers are invit ed to make a 15 minute presentation on a ny engineeri ng related topic.
Keith submilled a n abstract of his VISA project and was successful in gaining a place in the competi· tion.
At the presentation evening at the Sheraton Hotel in Hobart, Keith won receivi ng an inscribed medal, cash and the opportunity to present his paper at the Annual National Engineeri ng Conference.
Support and interest in the VISA software package has led to a paper being written by Ke ith a nd Dr N. Lawrence. a senior lecturer at AMC.
The paper will be published and presented at th e Six th Annual Australasian Association for Engineering Education Convention and Conference at the University of Technology in Sydney. December J 1-14,1994.
Derek sets a new course
After devoting more than three decades of his life to the RAN, former HMAS KUTTA BUL CO, CMDR Derek Robson, has left the Service to take up a position with the RSL of Australia.
He had joined the RAN as an apprentice in July 1963 and served at sea in anum· ber of HMA Ships. inCluding MELBOURNE. SYDNEY. TORRENS and DERWENT.
During his se rvice in HM AS SYDNEY in 1968. CMDR Robson was awarded the Vietnam Logistic Support Medal.
Following his selection for commissioned rank. he was promoted to Sub· Lieutenant in 1976 and anended courses at the Royal Naval Staff College. Greenwich. London, a nd the Royal Naval Engineering College MAN· ADON in Plymouth UK, before returning to Australia in 1977 to complete training as a Marine Engi neer Officer.
As a Lieutenant. he served as an Engineer Officer in HMAS MELBOURNE from 1977 to 1980 before posting to the Appre ntice Training Establishment HM AS NIR[MBA.
During thi s period he undertook an exchange post-
ing to the equivalent Royal New Zealand Navy establish· ment, HMNZS TAMA KJ .
After promotion to Lieutenant Commander in 1985. he served two years as Marine Engineer Officer in the Destroyer Escort DERWENT. play ing a major role in the moderni sation of the ship.
CMD R Robso n fondly recalls his tim e in DER · WENT as the most challenging and rewarding experi ence of his 32 years' service.
"Bringing the team togeth· er on DERWENT in 1985 was certa inly one of the highlights of my career," he said .
''There was a greal camaraderie amongSt the crew."
After leaving DERWENT in January. 1987. he was promoted 10 Commander in December of that year. and served for a short time as the Marine Enginee r Officer in the Destroyer Escort, HMAS PARRAMATIA.
In 1989 he was posted as the Ass istant Director Naval
Office rs' Postings before taking over as CO KUT· TABUL in December of 1991.
CMDR Robson said he received support from many different people during hi s time at KUTIABUL, allowing him 10 achieve a g reat deal.
It is this teamwork and camaraderie which CMDR Robson believes made his career with the Navy so enjoyable.
'The friendships that you nurture during your time in the Service will always be there. I can go to most places in Australia and run in to so meone I know," CMDR Robson said.
"There is g reat cama· raderie between the people who have made long-term careers in the RAt'l, and this makes for a ve ry healthy workplace."
On November 21 , CMDR Robson entered a new workplace to tackle a fresh chal· lenge, as National Secretary of the RSL of Australi a.
I 'Well done, Joanne'l Captain "Kit" Carson, Commanding Officer HMAS CERBERUS, has pre·
sented a Captain's Commendation to Miss Joanne Gleeson. The commendation was
presented (above) at PSO Melbourne and was wi t· nessed by members of PSO. Army Community Services, ADFILS and RAAF SWlS -a real tri-Service event.
Joanne is the Removals Officer in PSO Melbourne. She has wo rk ed for PSO Melbourne since 1986 and
has processed many Naval removals in that time.
In the performance of her dut ies Joanne prov ides a le vel of service well above that expected and tbis is often commented on by members and their families when they post in or post oul.
She has also fostered an
PARRAMATTA I remembered
The stern of Australia's first torpedo boat destroyer, HMAS PARRAMATTA , now rests in Queen's Park in the city after which the vessel was named.
This relic of the ship is now a memorial that commemorates the service of the three shi ps that have carried the name ParramaUa in the Royal Australian Navy.
Built in the United Kingdom and sailed to Australia in 1910, the original HMAS PARRAMATIA saw action in the Pacific , the Mediterranean. the Bosphorus and the Adriatic Sea during World War I.
The ship was dismantled and sold in 1929 and ended its days cani ng blue metal on the Hawkesbu ry Ri ver. She foundered in 1934 and was left as an open wreck on the north bank of the river - a sad end for such a distinguished vessel.
However. the stem that was saved is sufficient to bring the memories flooding back for 94·year-old Commander Lesley Brooks (ret"d). After joining the RAN as a Boy Second Class in 1914, Lesley was first drafted to sea service aboard HMAS PARRAMATTA in August 1916.
extremely good working relationship with DAS Transport and Storage Group personnel which is very much to the advantage of members and to the Service.
Joanne extends her duties beyond that of her duty statement by involving herself in all Navy and PSO acti vities in Melbourne.
Commander Brooks (ret'd) remembers his shipmates at the PARRAMAITA memorial.
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LATEST After the Allied naval disasters in the Pacific of late 1941 and early 1942 the tide seemed to be turning with the victory over the Japanese carrier force ' at Midway in June.
The Shame of Sava - Anatomy of a Naval Disaster. Bruce Lox ton and Chri s Coulthard-Clark. Sydney, Allen and Unwin , 1994. 318pp. lIlus Maps, Bibl io Index, rrp $34.95. Reviewed by Bob Nicholls.
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Encouraged by this. the Americans decided to go on to a limited offensive and the Joint Chiefs of Staff ordered ViceAdmiral Roben Ghonnley USN, Commander of the South Pacific Area. to use the 1st Marine Division to mount an amphibious operati on in the Solomon Islands.
TIle outline plan, later blessed with the name of Operation Pestilence, included the capture of Tulagi on Florida Island and the occupation of an airfield or airfield site on the nearby island of Guadalcanal.
Between the two lay Savo Island.
The screening and fire sUpjXJrt force for the troop transports seemed powerful on paper, for it consisted of a number of heavy and light cruisers from bOlh the United States and Royal Auslralian Navies.
Also present was a number of destroyers of the USN, none of the most modem classes,
The RAN contingent comprised the heavy cruisers AUSTRALIA and CANBERRA and the light cruiser HOBART.
Of the three, CANBERRA had not been moderni sed and was still in much the same condition as she had been when deliv-
ered from the builders in the United Ki ngdom 14 years eartier.
After cO\'ering the landings on AugUSt 7, 19-1.2 with a bombardment the force took up poSitions for the night to !;Creen the transpOrt s. The first night was uneventful but on the second night the fooce was attacked by a Japanese force of four heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and a destroyer.
Despite the dispositions of twO radar-equipped American destroyers as pickets. the Japanese achieved complete surprise and in a space of 50 mmutes succeeded in mauling the Allied force to the extent that four cruisers. including CANBERRA, sank.
The Japanese admiral then withdrew without attacking the unprotected transport force.
That is the bare bones of what happened.
Needless to say. determining the reasons for the defeat of the Allied cruiser force has led to many s tudies and analyses of the Battle of Savo Island.
About all that seems to have happened in Australia were twO reports of a Board of Inquiry into the sinking of CANBERRA. neither of which explored in any
way the external e\'ents which led up to the ship's loss.
Other accounts have included a 1992 book by Denis and Peggy Warner, but this examined the action wi th some what professionally inept eyes.
Now, finally. we are al last presented with a proper. detailed account of what happened and a thorough analysis of the e\'entS leading up to and du ring the aClion.
Bruce Loxton was an 18-yearold midshipman who wa s on CANBERRA's bridge during the short engagement.
He was later one of a group of wounded survivors who, when met on their arrival back in Sydney, was told by Rear-Admiml Geo!ge Muirhead-Gould, the Royal Navy offICer in charge of the Sydney area, thaI they ought to be ashamed thaI their ship had been sunk by gunfire without firing a shot in return,
Fifty years and a full naval career later. Commodore Loxton, who retired in 1978. has produced a s tudy which exposes many of the myths and misunderstandings surrou nding what the dust jacket of the book terms "this dismal moment in na val history",
He delves into the background
'Voyage to Destiny'
Voyage to Destiny by Richard Pym is an epic true~life story of the adventures of Australia 's early sea-farers
Based o n orig inal researc h, the book bri ngs hi sto ry to life by p roviding insight into the characte rs who explored the Australian and New Guinean coastlines during the early 1800s and the ordeals they experienced.
The book proves that tru m is more dramatic and more g ri ppin g than fictio n: the dangers and hardships faced by the key characters were not created in Hollywood, but rather have been lifted off the pages o f personal journals and official records. The shi pwrecks, stowaways, pirates. cannibals and heroic sea journeys a re rea l, and combine to make this both a
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r ipping yarn and an unearthing of our unique naval heritage.
The story beco mes eve n more fa sci nating when you di scover that the author, Ri c hard Pym. is a direc t descende n t of one of the book' s centra l c haracters. Author Richard Pym is the grandso n of th e character Richa rd Pym w ho in the 1840s exp lo red the Fly River. sailed over 1000 miles to save the li ves of his crew,
fought pirates in Nort h Borneo and was finally coun marshalled for his effons.
"I have written the book to prove that hi story need not be dull and arduous," said the author. "By g iving an account of Austra lia's maritime history thro ug h the experiences of both real and fic lional characters, I hope to instil a desire to learn more about our past. It is a great read because it conveys the adventure and romance of a by-gone era:'
These previous ly untold tales of ou r early navigators indeed add colour to Australia's history and show that there was a lot more to
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CDRE Loxton (Rtd) at the launching of his book onboard HMAS CANBERRA. Some 100 guests attended, including
NSlV Go~·ernor. RADM Peter Sinclair (Rtd).
before the battle to the exte", that he tells us that an Australian government instruction prohibited the sending of permanent RAN officers overseas to find out about the technicalities of radar becau se Ihey lacked Ihe inlelligence and education to
cope. The differing doctrines and
communications of both navies as well as the training and outlook of what were still essentially peace-time orientated officers and men are all exhaustively covered in this searching analysis, which has the unmistakable ring of authenticity.
It is a complicated tale exceptionally well lold,
As to the actual cause of CANBERRA' s loss. he con structs a persuasive case for an "own goal".
But to find out what this means you'll have to get hold of the book and read it for your-
the exploration of the country than a series of overland expeditions,
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The author, Richard Pym, was born in Mosman in 1921 and left school at age 14 during me Depression.
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As the author concl ude s: "Savo has been called many things: a galling defeat, a debacle, a shameful defeat. a bloody shambles and an object lesson in how not to fight. to name a few.
··It was in fact all those things and Ihis should never be forgo tten. But it was also the catalyst for the remarkable rejuvenation of the United States Navy which cannOt be explained o nly in terms of growing numbers and new technology."
O K. so the author, like any other in a similar situa tion , is blessed with twenty-twenty hindsight.
He re though iI 'S enti rely acceptable. not the least because this way we are treated to as good an account of what happened at Savo as anyone can expect.
fi ve years, mostly as a Tank Officer. Afte r the Wa r he s tarted a caravan business and later changed to marine equipment and the company sell s and services boats as Pathfinde r Soatland Pty Ltd at Homebush. NSW,
He is a keen sport sman, He played cricket wi th Mosman District in his youth and then Lane Cove: recently, he plays lawn bowls.
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Personal \k, health" . record The Minister for Defence
Science and Personnel, Mr Gary Punch, has launched a major Australian Defence Force (AD F), International Year of the Family initiative designed to assist the families of ADF members.
An early Christmas for Jellybean Club
The Minister launched the ADF Families' Personal Heallh Record which is designed [0
assist ADF families in keeping track of the ir own personal medica] histories.
The personal health record aims to overcome the difficully Defence families face in maintaining cominuity of their health record because of lheir mobile lifestyle.
"ADF families face a number of unique c ircumstances. On averge they will move every four years and over time thi s has a big impact on their abilit y to keep trac k of signi fic ant hea lth event s," Mr Punch said .
"The mobi le lifesty le of ADF families precl udes their being able to establ ish a long term re latio nship with the one family doctor, hence the continuity of their health care tends to be compromised.
" Due to thi s mobilit y, defence families' records are often una vaiJable or lacking in inform at ion so that past responses to drugs and treatments are lost or ignored.
HMAS CANBERRA has played host to 180 children and their families with a tour of the ship, face painting, a barbecue lunch and other fun activities.
The children belong to the Jellybean Club which is a charitable club formed by Diabetes Australia so that children understand that they are not alone in their suffering of the disease.
The "Christmas" day was organised to show the children their illness does not preclude them from enjoying them
while meeting other children who are in similar cir-
It was hard to work out who was having the most fun. Perry Officer "Box" Brennan was dressed to the nines and
did a great job as the master of ceremonies.
LSCSOAC Andy Coe was a hit with the kids as he was Mr Jellybelly for the day.
LSCSOEW "Nobby" Clarke was not to be outdone as he made a great looking and credible Santa Claus.
He was tired of ho-ho-hoing by the end of the day but not before he proved to be every parents nightmare.
"You want a BMX bike - no problems" and "Santa will gladly bring you the entire Barbie Doll collection."
Effons by LSBM Klack. who provided the much needed muscle, and the cooking team of POCK Noonan , LCDR Forbes and LEUT Dykstra were greatJy appreciated.
CPOB Pincombe, POSY Baker, Leading Seamen Schofield (games master extraordinaire), Ridley, DaviesGraham, ABs Pimm, Scott. O' Brien. Lenihan. Hayes and Seamen Dixon and Farinola ensured the day was a success.
CANBERRA was glad to be able to fit in such a large charity undertak ing duri ng its work-up phase - but the smiles on the children's faces were well worth it - even if it meant Christmas was a little early.
"The introduction of the personal health record will ass ist Defence familie s (Q
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Mr lellybelly (LSCSOEW Nobby Clarke) was a hit with the kids but needed help Jrom LCDR Roger Boyce XO CANBERRA (leJt) and PO Brennan who also got dressed up Jor his duties as Me.
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During HMAS MELBOURNE ' s week-long stopover in Hong Kong, some members of the ship's company could be forgiven for thinking they had double vision.
Amongst me family and friends waiting on the wharf at the Prince of Wales Barracks (formerly HMS TAMAR), was Mr Frank Vesco, twin brother of LSC K Tony Vesco from Cranboume, Victoria.
Unbeknown to Tony, his brother had flown to Hong Kong for a holiday and decided to meet him on arrival. Frank 's arrival in Hong Kong was known to Tony's supervisor POCK Keith Crew and the other cooks and became the best kept secret on board - not an easy thing to do in the Galley which is traditionally the source of many buzzes.
Later that week the two brothers celebrated their 26th binhday and were guests at a dinner held onboard MELBOURNE by her Commanding Officer, Commander Max Hancock.
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NAVY NEWS, December 2-16, 1994 (355) 23 ,.' . .J~' :_J~_j: .,_"_ '.' '.~ . . .... t •. "
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RAN's best takes seventh
The first RAN runne r home in this year's HMAS PENG UIN Gate to Gate Fun R u n was ABC D Shines (PENGUIN) in a time of 17mins 56secs, giving h im seventh place overall behind CPL Pat Thomas (Army) whose winning time was 16:56.
First RAN female to cross the line was LEUT Mitchell in 22:40, just over two mi nutes behind the win ne r FLTLT Scott (RAAF). The invitational team event was won by the ADI running club.
CPL Thomas is pictured receiving the Gate co Gate tro phy from CM DR P.J. Pu rne ll -Webb, CO PENGUIN.
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24'(356) NAVY NEWS, December'2.16, 1994
Gliding camp rhuge success
The Roya l Aus tra lian Na vy Gliding Associa tion (RANGA) has conducted a seven-day RAN Adventure trai ning camp at J ervis Bay airfield.
The aims of the camp were to expose RAN person~ nel lO the aviation environment and promote RANGA amongst serving members.
The week was extremely successful with five of the 10 students achieving solo slandard and the remaining students making significant progress towards achieving solo flight.
Commodore Morton (CO
I FLTLT St:~ Murphy I NAS NOWRA) and the civilian instructional staff were kept busy during the week, flying and providing one-on-one instruction. The camp was enjoyed by all. and most members intend to continue gliding with RANGA or clubs nearer their establishments.
The club owns and operates a Piper Cub lOW aircraft, two training gliders, a lower performance single seater and a high performance
fibre glass single seater, all hangared at its operating base NAS NOWRA.
The Royal Australian Navy Gliding Association celebrates its 40th birlhday in 1995 and in that time the club has enjoyed an extremely high safety standard and provided Navy, ADF personnel and civilians the opportunity for quality flying and the normal rewards clubs provide.
For any enquiries on RANGA and its activities contact FLTLT Stew Murphy on (044) 211 1755 or DNATS 867 1755.
CDRE Morton (right) pre-briefs LEUT Gavin Murphy prior to a flight. By the end of the camp, LEUT Murphy had successfully achieved his solo flight.
Three Colts tourists visit England again
I received a letter recent· ly from fellow scribe Brett Quinn who is currently in England witb the tirs t Australian Services Rugby Union (ASRU) side to tour the UK.
T hree members of the 1983 and ' 85 Navy Colts are mak ing return tri ps to the ';Old Dart" - they are Chri s Smith, Warren Latham and Brett Quinn .
Smith and Latham have returned to ASRU after completing five-year courses at RM IT in Vi c to ria , wh ile Quinn has been with ASRU since 1987, continuing a fine tradition of scribes who have
represented. All an Robinson, ;'Blue"
G uild , A ll an Frazer, "Chalky"C lements, John Mcine rn ey, Ron Givee n. "Lofty" Herrod and yours trul y make up a good li st from a small branch.
Forme r s choolie and Victorian and ASRU rugby player Jim Fern is making a name for himself in the
sailing world in Queensland.
J im has been elec ted Commodore of the Wynnum Sail ing and Motor Cru iser Cl ub fo r the second time, a nd rece nt ly won the Brisbane to G lads tone Sun State team trophy.
While on saili ng, we Il know n muscle bosun Ia n Rus hto n has teamed with ci vi l ia n Simon Ke llett to enter th e fo rt hcoming Melbourne/Osaka yacht race in the 47ft Inglis de s ign yacht "Fast Forward" .
To qualify, they must sail two-handed in the Mel -bourne/Burnie race.
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HMA S WATSON entered two teams in tlzis year 's Deloille Corporate Team Challenge which was held in Sydney 's Domain. The race was run as a relay with each competitor running four kilometres before handing the baton over. Proceeds from the race went to the Starlight Foundation Jor homeless children. Pictured above is the mixed team which finished 131st in a time of llzr, 37min, 2Bsecs. In Ilze front row are LS Brooker and AB Worseley wlzile POPT Peter Swift is flanked in tlze back row by SMNCSO Melissa Mader and CPO Baker (riglzt). Tiz e male team fin islzed 169tlz in tlze time of llzr, 44min, 9secs. From left to right are: PO Palmer, PO Fountain , PO Elsam, PO Vella and PO Wo ods ell. ............... ~ ......... ..., ~PO
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Briefs ... briefs ... briefs CRI C K ET: Navy had a
c ru shing 169-run win over Qantas in the annual fi xture at Randwick . Batting first , Navy pu! IOgethe r 8·251 from its 50 overs, w i th Ma n y Karow ( lOS) and Shane White (61) leading the charge . In reply, Qan tas cou ld manage just 82 after being 3-5 early. Best bowlers for Navy were John Met zl (4-19) and Shane Wh ite (2-14). In the I-Zingari Sh ield midweek competition. WATSON bea t KUTTABUL in round o ne, WATSON a nd PLATS/W' HEN shared the poi nts in rou nd two after a wa sho ut, PLATS/ W ' HEN (all out 44) were hammered by KUTTABUL (0-53) in the third round, and in round four KUTTAB UL reversed its earlier loss to WATSON when it crui sed to a ni ne wi c ket vic tory. After dismi ssi ng WATSON fo r 70, KUTTABUL made 1-78 to no tch its seco nd straight win and move to the tOp of the table.
GOLF: The 1994/95 Sir David Manin Golf competi tion commenced on June I
this year and will be played thro ugh until March 29. 1995. Going into the second half o f the competition. HMAS WATS O N he ld a four-point lead fro m HMAS KUTTABUL w ith HMAS C RESWELL in thi rd and NTH ESTAB founh. WATSON won 's ix of its first eight games for a total of 12 points while KU TTA BUL had won fou r of eight for its eight poi nts. CRESWELL's reco rd stood a t 3-4 (six points ) and NTH ESTA B had won just two of its fi rst se ven ma tches. The next round of ma tc he s on February I will see NT H ESTA B take on WATSON, and KUTTAB U L meet CRESWELL.
VOLLE YBA L L: In the fir s t rou nd of the Sydney Area Midweek summer competilion. HMAS PLATYPUS won all its five matches to finish with 20 points. Naval Po l ice was second o n 17 points from MHQ ( 14) then WATSON , PERTH and WATERHEN all ti ed on 8 poims. Four rounds will be played overall, with the next scheduled for January 18. The
volleyball grand final will be played on March 29, 1995.
INDOOR SOCCE R, With two of the fou r rounds comp leted in the Syd ney area summer series, just one point separates the top four sides. WATSON and Naval Police have 12 points, MHQ has 11.5 and KUTTABUL I I. The other team s taking pan, with the current points score in brackets, are PERTH (5.5). PLATYPUS (3). RANTEG (4). MH Q No.2 (2). PERTH No.2 (2). WATERHEN (I ).
NSC SPORTS DAY, Gala day ac tivities at the RAN Sponing Complex consisted o f s umo wre s tling , horizont al bungy jumping. gladiator ga mes. velcro barfly. slippery log. mechanical surfboard. bouncy boxing. volleyba ll and an egg throwing contes!. Winners were F IM A MTP on 1575 point s from ALBATROSS ( 15OD). NEWCASTLE (1350) 'and PLATYPUS (1275). Congralulations to the victo rs and well done to all competitors for making the day a great success.
Act ion hots up on MHQ sand
Tweln depa rtme nta l te ams f r om MHQ a nd KUTIAS UL contested the inaug ural As pec t S hi e ld volle y ba ll compe tition, o rganised b y PO Ga rry L ucas and AS l\hrk Weatherstone.
In a closely fought final, th e ETC/ NPC team from MHQ defeated the Leve l Four Technical Di vision side by 30 goals to 28.
The match produced plenty of hi ghlights. wi th the result in the balance umil the dying seconds - a fitting climax. to the competition.
The winning side consisted of PONPC Garry Lucas, LETP Paul Hayes. LSETC Stu Mackie, ABETC Mark WeatherslOne, ABETC Paul Meeson, ABETC Dean Rich and ABETC Steve Mackenzie.
Aspec t Computing run s the computer course s at MHQ for the N a vy , and kindly offered to sponsor the tournament with individual trophies and a shield fo r the winning team.
All matches throughout the tournament were played on the sand volleyball coun at M HQ, and the action will continue during s ummer
with a new series underway. o As pect' s Defence
Ma nager, Mr Michael
Submariners do their bit This year 's Sydney to the "Gong" MS charity bike
ride attracted a t eam of 2 1 Submariners from HMAS PLATYPUS and HMAS WATSO N.
Setting out from Moore Park at 8am, the riders immediately encountered the strong wi nds which had been lashing the east coast for the previous 24 hours.
De spite {he head winds. all but three riders fini shed the event, with POUCSM Colin "Wingnu(' Prior completi ng the 92km in a lime of 2hrs 46m ins.
The three riders who failed to fi nish were actually stopped by race officials due to dim inishing weather conditions, which resulted in the t!vent being calleu off.
On arri val at Wollongong the riders were met by a we ll organised road crew and enjoyed a well earned BBQ lunch and refreshments.
Sponsorship from GEC Marconi was most appreciated, and the Submariners have promised 10 come back bigger and faster in 1995.
ATTENTION 16th Intake Junior Recruits HMAS LEEUWIN 1966
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Spinner sends ~rmy packing
Ihan ks to some consis batting and left·arm
1 0,rtl'0(l oX spin bowler
fini s hed with a I "i",-wick.et haul in the two
I ~~'It~:;~~;to clinch the "most player of the
- probably a . " (;",, " fo r a spinner in 1 Smice cricket
With the non-appearance of RAAF, the 1994 NSW I-S se r ies fo r the NSW Cricket Association trophy was decided o n a ';best of three" series between Navy
first on each Io<:casion, Navy posted good
of 5-261 on day one 196 on day two.
Tight bowling, emhusiasfielding and a number of
catches saw Army for 172 and 145
,
respectively. Skipper Marty Karow
forgo t the severe bruising on both legs as he accepted the trophy for Navy 's first NSW win s ince 1989 and its 14th si nce the trophy's introduction in 1948. (The RA N is now level with RAAF and ju s t one win behind Army).
He mentioned the "thrashings" of the previous (our years before commending his 1994 squad, "most of them new and prev io usly inexperienced".
The ALBATROSS o val was in great shape after a $22,000 upgrade.
Navy openers Karow and Kane Vandenberg posted a 78-run stand be fore Kane fell for 35.
Newcome r Mick Westmore (SS) added a further 113 with Marty, whose 91 was one of his best contributions at I-S level.
A brisk 19 fro m John
by Guy Randell took Navy to a comfortable 5-261 at the end of the 50 overs.
In repl y, Army began confidently with an 89-run opening partnership.
The introduction of Greg Simpson 's s low, flighted spinners then turned the ga me Navy's wa y as he took hi s matc h wi nning 6121.
Kane Vandenberg 2/44 and Shane White 2/30 joined the ;'s po il s" at the other end as Army fe ll for 172.
Further player unavailability on day twO saw the appea rance of Mark Ca mpbe ll who captained la s t year's Au stralian Services' side to the UK.
Mark had made a century on debut in l-S at ALBATROSS many years ago but had not played NSW J-S
appearance and Mark a appointing 14.
Navy was s truggling at 4-77 when Marty Karow followed for another fine hand of 38.
Randell 20. John 42 and Warren Smith 27 out then guided Navy 196.
Anny lost an early wicket, struggled against a determined Na vy bo wling a nd fielding side and faced the near-impossib le ta sk scori ng nine runs an over in the last 10 overs.
Three Simpson full tosses yielded three wickets with Alan Cook taking the first catch in h is f in ge rt ips al fine leg from a top edge and Mark Campbell judging the night and the fence at his back as he leapt to rake the second.
since 1986. Army was all out for 145 Veteran opener "Bungy" (Randell 1142. Cook 2125.
Williams scored just a sin- Shane DupiHe 211 9 , Metzi g le in hi s farewell I-S 1/19 and Simpson 3122).
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The leam whicll brought tile NSW inter-Service cricket trophy back to No"'or'h,, " ,,,,time since 1989. Back row 110 r: Marty Karow, Alan Cook, Guy Rondell, "Duck" Pearson, WaTTt'n Smith, Andy BroedeL Front row: Kane Vandenberg, Greg Simpson, John MetrJ, "Bungy" Shane Mick WeSlmore. Photo: LSPH
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I LAC Andy Depree (blue/white) goes up to spike for Red Anchor champions ALBATROSS ill the semi-final against HARMAN. LEUr Shalle Firkin (J ) assists. ALBATROSS went on 10
take Ihe 1994 Red Anchor tille.
No stopping ALBATROSS
HMAS ALBATROSS bas won the 1994 Red Anchor volleyba ll championship with a controlled display of teamwork and power spiking.
NO! dropping a game throughoul the day, ALBATROSS proved too hot to handle, leaving Plate winners WATERHEN and HARMAN in their wake before kn oc king off defending champion PLATYPUSIPENGU IN in the final.
It was the '; Ki w i connect io n" of New Zealand national representative CPL Grant Morrow and LAC Andy Depree which gave ALBATROSS the edge, both players capitalisin g on ample spiking opportuni ties 10 put points on the board.
Team captain, LEUT Shane Firkin. showed
the benefil of his experience 10 guide his team to a convi ncing 15-10, 15-8, 15-7 win in the final.
PLATY PUS /PEN G UIN was gallant in defeat. wi th s trong performances co ming f rom LCDR Steve Lloyd , PONPC Bill Noland and LSSN Lisa MioneU.
In the Kuttabul Plate Final, WATERHEN bounced back from a first round defeat at the hands of ALBATROSS, (0 down PLATYPUS in three sets.
ABRO Paul Williams, WOPT Pete Gaias an d LSSN Tim Brading led the way in WATERHEN's 15-8, 15-S, IS-2 victory.
As the match wore on , WATERHEN's teamwork proved tOO much for PLATYPUS, and after a ti ght first set they cleared out 10 a comfonable win.
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26 (358) NAVY NEWS, December 2-16, 1994
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HMAS SWAN entered two tea m s in thi s yea r 's STIRLING touch football knoc kout, and it was the No.1 side which c ame through to win the g rand final 4-2 ove r t he Submarine Escape Training Facility (SETF).
After bealing SWAt\l No.2 eas i ly in th e semi-fin al , S WAN No. 1 had to work m uch hard e r in th e g ra nd final, before sealing vic tory. SWAN's besl for the day
we re POPT Lewi s. LSRO Klopper, ABMTP Sear and POEW Grogan.
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