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ATTACK
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Westland helicopters greatly increase both the escort vessels too small to accommodate the
attack and defence capabilities of modern "Wessex". A s demonstrated in recent evalua-
tion trials, it can operate successfully, even in
Naval Forces.
moderate seas, from a platform only 26ft. x 21 ft.
Now equipping the Royal Navy's anti-sub-
In commando carrier operations from H.M.S.
marine squadrons in increasing numbers, the
'Bulwark", " W h i r l w i n d s " are giving vital
"Wessex 1 " is among the finest helicopters
mobility, enabling shock troops and supplies
available today for this important duty. Turbine-
to be put ashore rapidly in remote places, and
powered, and carrying both detection equip-
ment and offensive armament, it can search
and strike swiftly and surely operating by day
subsequently providing a fast, direct transport
link between the troops and their parent
Who put the cat in the cat-cracker?
carrier. Soon a larger " W e s s e x " will bring This is hardly the right kind of Shell, as a rule, use an alumin-
or night in any weather conditions from either
even greater striking power, carrying 16 fully- cat for a cat-cracker — a cat- ium "cat" in the form of very
ship or shore bases.
equipped troops (as against 10 in the " W h i r l - cracker being an important
The smaller "Wasp"—also turbine-powered— fine powder like talc — tons of
w i n d " ) or twice the amount of freight. piece of oil refinery plant for
is ideal for anti-submarine operations from it—and out of Shell's cat-
making better petrol. The word
"cat" is short for catalyst, a crackers come highly refined,
super-charged ingredients which
W WESTLAND the great name in HELICOPTERS material which "cracks" heavy
molecules and produces a pet- help make Super Shell the
W E S T L A N D A I R C R A F T L I M I T E D Y E O V I L E N G L A N D rol of high anti-knock quality. crack-a-jack petrol it is.
Incorporating Saunders-Roe Division, Bristol Helicopter Division and Fairey Aviation Division It's got to be good to be Shell
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JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1965BATTLE OF THE NILE
Master's Medal
The medal reproduced here by courtesy
of Mr. Kenneth C Sruff Macdonnel, of
Sydr.ey. grandson of Mr. Bruff, Mostei
of on* of Nelion i ships, "Orion", at
th« Bottle of the Nile, has comt down
to Mr. MccDonnel as a family legacy.
"Orion" carried 74 guns with a com- '!> .7 JH. Ui, k
••AK-HJU * It
plement of 500 men and was com-
manded by Captain Sir James Saumo-
ret. of Norman descent but born in
the Island of Guernsey. A distinguished
naval officer, he was a member of
Nelson's Band of Brothers.
A commemorative victory medal in
gold to Admirals and Captains en-
gaged in naval actions was not ex- r^p;.; .;./j
ceptional, but the gift after the >».
OPERATING SPEEDS VH 'i • • 1: v ' 'i- 'T »: i - r i ) ) 1 /^\
Ho.its—150 ft. per m.n.
Slewing— 1 I revs, per mm M K . V I ' l 1.1 v •tti
Luffing—Mm to Max. radius 25
Designed for L.it of Vessel.
FAVCO Bottle of the Nile of geld medals to
Admirals ond Captains, silver to
Lieutenants and Officers ranking with
them, copper-gill to inferior officers
STANDARD DECK CRANES
and copper-brome to the men by a
private individual, Mr. Alexander
Davison, an intimate friend of Nel-
son's, was exceptional. Mr. Davison
ELECTRO HYDRAULIC — Infinitely variable in all motions wos, in this case, agent for sale of
the prltes. The device Is remarkoble
in another way; the engraver Is said
ALTERNATELY DIESEL HYDRAULIC lo have made the mistake, on the
reverse side, of showing the French
3 TONS CAPACITY F'eot at anchor with the British Fleet
6 TONS CAPACITY advancing to the attack and the sun
15 TONS CAPACITY jetting In the East. The flgure sup-
21 TONS CAPACITY porting Nelsan's profile on the face of
'he medal is that of Hope.
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JULY-AUGUST -SEPTEMBER 196i JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. 1965
3- THE NAVY
MAN and WOOD. . .
From his very beginning wood has been man's best and oldest friend. It was of wood that
VOL. 27 JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. 1965 No. 5
The? official organ o f rho N a v y League of Australia.
he made his first fires, fashioned his first weapons, erected his first shelter.
It was a red-letter day in man's conquest of the sea when a floating log bore him across
a stream. With awakening understanding he wrought from the log a canoe. And thus, in his CONTENTS
tiny wooden craft he searched for and found new hunting grounds and new peoples. He came
to understand the pulse of the ocean and the way of the wind. His canoes grew to caravels, to SEA CAT GUIDED MISSILE 6
clippers, to ships of the line. In them he ventured beyond the horizon's rim, and the sea-
ways and the havens of the world came to know the form ot timbered hulls and the spread A MESSAGE PROM MR. F. CHANEY. MINISTER FOR NAVY 7
of wooden spars. Wood alone made it possible for man to explore and conquer, to merge H.M.A.S. PERTH — THE NAVY'S NEW SHIP 9
and mingle, to trade treasure and exchange ideas, with lands and peoples across the sea.
NAVY WEEK IN AUSTRALIA —
With the help of modern research, the range of uses of wood is being constantly extended.
PROGRAMMES FROM ALL STATES 14
New values in engineered timber construction; new beauties in the application of wood are
continually being discovered. OPEN DAY AT GARDEN ISLAND — TIMETABLE AND MAP IS
Small wonder, then, that wood has proved man's best and oldest friend. ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVAL COLLEGE GRADUATION 25
CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS 27
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COUNCIL:
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better than ever leBretentolivet nl the Naval Board:
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A Representative from each
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JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1965
JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1965
5THE
SEA CAT
Message from
GUIDED
MISSILE
MINISTER
The Minister for the Navy, Mr
F. C. Chanty, recently impeded
'he Seacat guided missile being
for
held and assembled at a Noval
Armament Establishment in N S W
So for the missile has been fitted
to
and
H.M.A.S. DP I went Parramatta
Yarra and will be added to
NAVY
Melbourne's armament during a
long refitting next year. H.M.A.S.
Stuart will also be fitted with the
missile. The pictures were taken
during Mr. Chaney's visit to the
Navy Enters a Period of Rapid Growth
establishment.
A Message from the Minister for ed in the growth of the Navy's
ABOVE: The Officer-in-Charge of new equipment for themselves.
the Navy, the Hon. F. C. Chaney, activities. In the past year, our
the Guided Missile Unit, Mr. D. H.M.A.S. PERTH will visit all
A.F.C., M.P. ships steamed almost 750,000
A. Barkley and Mr. Chaney inspect
Our Navy is growing, and grow- mainland capitals when she
a Seacat missile on a launcher miles on operational tasks, and arrives next year.
ing quickly. We have entered a visited 115 ports at home and
before a Anal overall test. period which is seeing a rapid This year we are holding
abroad. At one stage, there were nation-wide "Navy Day" obser-
and significant growth in the eleven Australian warships serv-
RIGHT: The missile is completed, R.A.N. In this financial year vances for the first time. The
ing in South East Asian waters. Naval Board was very happy to
all systems are classed as "go" alone, expenditure on the Navy
will be £95,5 million — an in- Our ships have helped take support the proposal of the
after being checked and rechecked.
crease of £27.5 million compared troops to Vietnam and Malaysia, Naval Association for national
The missile is then packaged care-
with last year. and the RAN. has been assisting celebrations, and we welcome the
fully before dispatch. Here (from backing of other organisations,
The twenty-three vessels cur- with anti-infiltration patrols in
left) Mr. j . A. Graham, Mr. P. Malaysian waters since mid-1964. such as the Navy League.
rently on order for the R.A.N,
Murphy and Mr. W. Best put a The next twelve months will The date selected for the obser-
include destroyers, frigates, sub-
•.pecial sheath over a completed marines, support ships and patrol be something of a milestone in vance — the 5th of October — is
missile. vessels. The Fleet Air Arm is ob- the development of the R.A.N. the anniversary of the arrival of
;aining new anti-submarine air- Australia's first CHARLES F. the RJV.N.'S first Fleet in 1913.
craft. ADAMS Class destroyer, H.M.A.S. The past fifty-two years have seen
The expanding Navy demands PERTH, will arrive from the radical changes in ships and
more manpower, and the number United States, while the second weapons, but there has been no
of officers and sailors is expected of the guided missile ships, diminishing in the importance of
to rise by 1,400 to almost 15,000 H.M.A.S. HOBART, will commis- the sea to a nation with twelve
by the middle of next year. sion in Boston. The first of the thousand miles of coastline.
COVER: four OBERON Class submarines
This growth will help the Navy Our rapid Naval development
more effectively to fulfil its role for Australia's new Submarine
today recognises the Navy's con-
This official Navy photograph de-
of safeguarding the sea communi- Squadron will commission in tinued responsibility in the de-
picts H.M.A.S. Melbourne with cations of an island continent. Britain during 1965. fence of Australia.
H.M.A.S. Sydney in the back- Australia's increasing inter-
ground.
Australians will soon have an Parliament House,
national commitments are reflect- opportunity to see some of the CANBERRA.
JULY - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 196;
JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. 1965
7H.M.A.S. Perth
PARENTS !
This is your son's chance to take a part in The Navy's New Ships
Australia's ever-developing Naval pro-
gramme and learn an interesting and useful
trade. (By a Special Cotrespondent} PERTH'S Commanding Officer, Captain Ian
Cartwright, read the commissioning warrant.
A piece of Australian Naval history was enact-
ed in (he United States Navy's Shipyards at Boston A United States Navy band, performed at the
NAVAL DOCKYARD APPRENTICES on Saturday, July 17.
The occasion was the commissioning of
ceremony, and played some typical Australian
numbers with the aid of music sent specially from
Australia.
H.M.A.S. PERTH, the first of the Rj\.N.'s three
BOYS Here is an opportunity for you to be apprenticed and receive guided missile destroyers on order from the Saturday's ceremony ended with the White
training in all branches of Naval Repair and Refitting work in the largest United States. Ensign being hoisted, and the ship's company of
and best-equipped Naval Yard and Dry Dock in the Southern Hemisphere. The 4,500 ton ship represents a new era in the 332 officers and men marched on board to take
sea defence of Australia . . . it is the Navy's first charge of the destroyer.
APPRENTICESHIP is available at Garden Island Dockyard. Sydney, destroyer fitted with guided missiles and the first
controlled by the Commonwealth Government, under conditions which will American-built destroyer obtained for Australia The Chief of the Australian Naval Staff, Vice
enable you not only to become an efficient tradesman, but give you the in the fifty-four vear history of the R.A.N. Admiral Alan McNicoll, attended the ceremony.
opportunity of qualifying as a Drafting Technical or Professional Officer in H.M.A.S. PERTH is the twenty-fifth destroyer With the commissioning of H.M.A.S. PERTH,
Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, or Ship Construction. of the Charles F. Adams type to be built in the a distinguished name returns to active service
United States. in the Royal Australian Navy.
RATES OF PAY are in accordance with the Arbitration Court Award She is the first of the destroyers to com-
made between the Department and the Trade Unions. Technical College mission for a "foreign" Navy.
Fees will be paid by the Commonwealth Government and on completion of
the first year, an additional weekly payment is made, subject to satis- I KARA SYSTEM
factory progress. Three weeks' annual leave, and liberal sick leave are
granted, and an allowance is payable to apprentices who are obliged to A number of modifications have been made in
the Australian ships.
live away from home owing to distance.
One of the main changes is in the anti-
ELIGIBILITY 5 year apprenticeships are available in all trades for boys submarine weaponry.
who are IS years and under 17 years. A satisfactory pass at the External Australia's own anti-submarine missile system
Intermediate Certificate Examination or school certificate level is desir- IKARA" will be fitted in place of the U.S.N.'s
able, but not essential. •ASROC*.
This type of destroyer is considered to have
SHORT TERM APPRENTICESHIPS are available in Engineering lew equals anywhere in the world.
and Electrical trades for young men under 21 years at date of entry, and The United State Navy has been enthusiastic
having a pass in Mathematics and Physics to 4th year or Leaving Certifi- about the performance of the destroyers already
cate level. in service.
VACANCIES exist for the following trade apprenticeships: Fitter and One senior U.S.N, officer describes them as:
Turner, Scientific Instrument Maker, Electrician, Radio Tradesmen, Boiler- The ship we have been trying to build for fifty
maker and Welder, Shipwright and Boatbuilder, Ship's Plumber, Painter, years . . . it has the best of everything."
Coppersmith, Motor Mechanic, Sailmaker, Sheetmetal Workers, Joiners, PERTH will be followed by H.M.A.S. HOBART
Upholsterers, Panel Beater, Moulder, Enginesmith, Refrigeration Mech- at the end of this vear. and bv H.M.A.S. BRISBANE
anic. in 1967.
APPLICATION must be made on the form prescribed. For application COMMISSIONING
form and copy of conditions of entry, apply to your District Employment
Office, or the General Manager Garden Island Dockyard, Sydney, by letter H.M.A.S. PERTH officially became an Austra-
or telephone 35.0444, extension 325 (Mr. Kimber). Closing date is 12th lian warship at the commissioning.
November, 1965. Before a gathering of Australian and American
guests, the Australian Ambassador to the United
States, Mr. Keith Waller, formally accepted the
destroyer for the Australian Government.
JULY-AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. 1965 JULY - AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 1965
9The new destroyer perpetuates the mernorv Altogether, the store carries about 30,000 spare
ot the Second World War cruiser ot the same name parts.
which went down fighting alongside a United States
warship, U.S.S. HOUSTON, in the Sunda Strait in Supersonic "Tartar" missiles, with a range in
1942. excess of 10 miles, provide her anti-aircraft cap-
ability.
SEAGOING LINER COMPLEX WEAPONS The ship has been built to take the Australian
designed and developed "Ikara" anti-submarine
The new PERTH bears little resembrance to missile system, which will be installed when
her illustrious namesake. PERTH returns to Australia.
X or SEAWORTHY LINKS . . . She is a ship ol the missile and electronics
age . . undoubtedly one of the most complex ships
10 join the R.A.N.
Nearly seventy miles of cable serve as her
electrical arteries, and in the electronics field alone.
her ship's store contains some 15,000 items for
"IKARA", basically, is a guided missile fitted
with a torpedo.
On reaching the target area, the torpedo
enters the sea and "homes-in" on the submerged
enemy.
Z I N C galvanises it into longer life underway maintenance. In addition. PERTH has lubes for launching
homing torpedoes against closer submarine targets.
Nothing lasts forever; things wear out with use,
but iron and steel products "live" longer, giving
more years of service if they are protected from
corrosion by galvanising with zinc or the appli-
cation of zinc anodes.
"Think Zinc" — and for marine products specify
a galvanised coating or zinc anodes to ensure longer
life, lower maintenance costs and hence unques-
tioned economy.
BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION
Structural steel, girders, trusses, angles.
MANUFACTURING
Steel sheet, wire, pipes, castings.
PUBLIC WORKS AND SERVICES
Traffic signs, guard rails, transmission towers.
MARINE
Anchors, chains, cleats, rails.
DOMESTIC
Roofing, water tanks, clothes hoists, window frames,
wrought iron work.
"A-Z" brand electrolytic zinc [guaranteed 99.95 '„)
"A-Z Special" four nines rmc (guaranteed 99.99",t)
Quality products o' *orld-wid? 'eputation produced by:—
ELECTROLYTIC ZINC COMPANY OF
H AUSTRALASIA LIMITED
390 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne. Victoria.
Cables I Telegrams "ElECTZINC". Melbourne.
214 Thr duo) purpoM guns of PERTH have o very rapid rot* of fir* and can be trained on their
air or M a target by radar.
JULY A U G U S T . SEPTEMBER 1965 JULY - A U G U S T . SEPTEMBER 1965
11l*r.>.«
"TARTAR" BLASTS
!*»•:
Her t w o rapid-firing five inch turrets arc con-
sidered I he mosi modern development of con-
ventional gunnery at sea.
S u p p o r t i n g the weapons are the most advanced
#£? devices l o r seeking out targets in the air, on the
surface and under the sea.
Electronic computers automatically assess the
targets and aim the weapons.
All this in t u r n demands a highly skilled crew.
w i t h a bigger ratio of technical officers and sailors
and other specialists than in any ship of the R.A.N.
The new warship is fully air conditioned, and
her crew accommodation is of a good standard.
As in all modern warships, however, space
is at a p r e m i u m .
Amenities include an ice-cream machine,
barber's shop and a well equipped laundry and
pressing room.
A u t o m a t i o n comes to the chore ol washing the
thousands of d i r t y dishes.
n
Melbourne take* en fuel at seo.
Cutlery w i l l be dropped through slots straight
into the washing-up machines.
r FORMIDABLE ADDITION
T. J. PREST & SONS PTY. LTD. t H.M.A.S. P E R T H , speed better than 30 knots,
is under the c o m m a n d of Captain Ian C a r t w r i g h t .
Captain C a r t w r i g h t , born in Melbourne f o r t y f o u r
vears ago, graduated ' r o m the Roval Australian
Naval College in 1938.
SHIPPING CONTRACTORS He was twice Mentioned in Despatches in the
Second W o r l d War, d u r i n g w h i c h he served in the
N o r t h Sea. the Medilarranean, the Western Ap-
proaches, the East Indies, Burma and the Pacific.
July 17 was one of the proudest days o f his
long Naval career, as he took c o m m a n d of a ship
that is a milestone in the history of the R.A.N.
e BULK GRAIN FITTINGS His feelings were shared no less by his twenty
utficers, and by his 312 sailors proudly wearing
e REPAIRS TO INSULATION AND CARGO FITTINGS
H.M.A.S. P E R T H ' ' on their cap bands.
e FITTING OUT FOR GENERAL AND REFRIGERATED I n t r o d u c i n g , as it does, a new era in Australia's
e CARGOES, DUNNAGE, TIMBERS AND BURLAP m a r i t i m e defence, it is a commissioning of no
-.mall importance to all people of our island
continent.
109 BEACH STREET, PORT MELBOURNE 64-1494 — 64-4507
RIGHT: A TARTAR Missile it blosted off from o guidod missile
also at: Portland, Victoria Portland 740 destroyer, sister ship to H.M.A.S. PERTH. The stn to air
missile is supersonic and has a range In excess of 10 miles.
It is radar controlled from the ship.
JULY. AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1965
JULY.AUGUST-SEPTEMBER. 1965NAVY WEEK I N A U S T R A L I A TS. Tobruk (Newcastle).
R.A.N. Drill Hall.
QUEENSLAND the Wardroom on completion.
The arrival of the ships in 1913 it has received, and which it holds off Nobbvs Road. Celebrations in Navy Week The Naval Reserve Officers in
Navy Week is one week in each
was an event Australians had and cherishes as an inviolable NEWCASTLE. throughout Queensland will be MORETON will hold a special
year when Australians from coast
looked forward to for half a cen- trust. It is in this spirit that Aus- necessarily limited as there will dinner for Mess Members the
to coast are urged to pay grateful T.S. Warrego (Woolwich).
tury. They were their own ships, tralia welcomes its Fleet, not as be no H.M.A. Ships present in following evening.
tribute to those who have served Gale Street,
paid for by their own money and an instrument ol war, but as III • port during the period.
and those now serving Australia WOOLWICH. The Naval Association are co-
at sea. During this week it is fit manned in large proportion by harbinger of peace." In Brisbane, the main event will operating fully with the Navy and
Monday. 4th October. 1965: be a Church Service at St. John's the Navy League in all activities
and proper that a nation of free their own men; the nucleus ol
what they hoped would be their NEW SOUTH WALES Ships and Establishments dress. Cathedral at II a.m. on Sunday, and will be staging functions dur-
men and women give well-
deserved honour and recognition own Fleet. The following is a summary ol Tuesday, 5th October. 1965: 10th October. ing the week.
to the patriotic and victorious the Navy Day activities decided Performance bv E.A.A. Band at
The Squadron comprised I he This Service has for many years
achievements of its men of the upon for the Sydney area: Hyde Park Irom 1230 to 1320.
Battle Cruiser, Australia; Light been conducted by the Missions
sea. It is the week for Australians Saturday. 2nd October, 1965: BAA. Band to lead the Wara-
Cruisers, Encounter, Sydney and to Seamen and other organisa-
Australian Sea Cadet Corps tah Princess Procession from WESTERN AUSTRALIA
to rededicate themselves to those Melbourne and the Torpedo Boat tions connected with the sea on
Hyde Park to Town Hall at
principles of freedom and self- Destroyers, Warrego. Parramatta Headquarters Units Open — the nearest Sunday to Trafalgar OCTOBER—
1330.
government which they cherish. and Yarra. 1400-1600. Day. The Naval Colour, Battle
It is a week in which grateful T.S. Albatross (Wollongong), Wednesday, 6th October. 1965: Honours and Merchant Shipping 1st Navy League Flag Day (Pro-
citizens should salute their Royal It is appropriate at this time Wollongong Harbour Front. Performance bv E.AA Band at House flags are paraded during ceeds in Aid of H.MAS.
Australian Navy and make sure to recall the words expressed by Below Flagstaff Point. Hyde Park from 1145 to 1245. the Service. Perth Memorial Fund).
that it is adequate to fulfill its the then Prime Minister of Aus- WOLLONGONG. Thursday. 7th October. 1965:
This year the Service will be 2nd Race Meeting.
contribution to our national tralia, The Honourable Sir Joseph T.S. Condamine (Manly). Perfotmance bv E.A.A. Band in
Cook: preceded by a Memorial Service 3rd A.M.: Church Parades:
security. East Esplanade, the Town Hall from 1210 to 1250
and from 1310 to 1350. at the Shrine of Remembrance St. Georges Cathedral
"Since Captain Cook's arrival, MANLY. at which the R.A.N., R.A.N.R. and (Governor to read the
In the Royal Australian Navy T.S. Parramatta (Parramatta), Friday, Silt October. 1965:
the month of October has always no more memorable event has Sea Cadets wilt muster. On com- Lesson).
happened than the advent of the Macquarie Boys' High School, Naval Association DinnerDance.
held special significance. The 21st pletion, there will be a march St. Marys Cathedral.
Australian Fleet. As the former Rvdalmere Avenue. Saturday. 9th October, 1965:
commemorates the 160th anni- to St. John's Cathedral. P.M.: Wreath Laying Cere-
marked the birth of Australia, so PARRAMATTA NORTH. E.A.A. Band to play at Saluting
versary of the victory of the Battle Other Church Services will be monies at War Memor-
the latter announces its coming T.S. Shropshire (Canterbury). base at Town Hall for Waratah
of Trafalgar. Fought in the At- conducted throughout Birsbane. ial, Fremantle.
of age. its recognition of the Hutton Street, Festival Parade — 12-15 to 1330.
lantic, off the southern coast of Sea Cadets and Navy
growing responsibilities of nation- CANTERBURY. Garden Island Dockvard Open It is expected that approximate-
Spain, it was the last great Naval League Members to attend
hood, and its resolve to accept T.S Sirius (Arncliffe) S.C., Day — 1330 to 1700. (Displays ly 250 Navy League Sea Cadets
battle to be fought under sail all functions.
and discharge them as a duty both Cahill Park. and demonstrations by Diving from the three Units in Brisbane
alone. 4th Naval Dinner H.M.A.S.
to itself and to the Empire. Th : Levev Street, team, helicopters. Ships open, — T.S.s. GAYUNDAH, MAGNUS Leeuwin. 500 expected to
Fifty-two years ago. on the 4th Australian Fleet is not merely the ARNCLIFFE. Band performance. Sea Cadets and PALUMA — will take part.
to assist).
attend.
October, 1913, the Australian Fleet embodiement of force. It is the T.S. Sydney (Snapper Island), On the 8th October the Navy
steamed into Sydney Harbour. expression of Australia's resolve Snapper Island. Sunday, 10th October, 1965: League will stage a Navy Dinner 8th Naval Ball H.MAS. Lee-
Navy Week 1965, was planned to to pursue, in freedom, its national (Boats leave Elliott Street, Ro- Commemoration Services (fore- in H.MAS. MORETON. The uwin.
coincide with the anniversary of ideals, and to hand down unim- /elle 2 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 3.00 p.m., noon) — Guest of Honour will be the 3rd 9th Trotting Meeting.
the Fleet's entry. paired and unsullied the heritage 3.30 p.m.) St. Mary's Cathedral 1000 N.M. — Rear Admiral F. L. George, 10th Open Day H.M.A.S. Leeuwin.
St. Andrew's Cathedral 1100 C.B.E. — who will give a talk in Sea Cadets to take part.
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2.30 Diving display including 'Drop and Pick Up' drill from
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2.30 to "Crossing the Line Ceremony" enacted by lumbers of
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dunking Sonar Buoys and manoeuvring displays. (3) Helicopter and Diving 8. Ladies Rest Room.
3.15 to Marching Demonstration bv the Band of the Royal Display. 9. Ladies Toilets.
3.45 Australian Navy. (13) Navy Clearance Divers 10. Dockyard Chapel.
3.50 to Sea-Air Rescue demonstration by Iroquois helicopter (3) and Crossing the Line 11. Sail Loft ^ ^
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Band will conclude the ser-
In Newcastle Navy Clearance In Victoria the main events vice at the shrine in the
Divers will give exhibitions of arranged to commemorate Navy afternoon with "Beat Re-
"drop and pick up" drill, which Week are: treat."
simulates the landing of "sabo- Tuesday, 5th October: R.A. Navy
teurs" in enemy territory. Band recital outside National
An Iroquois helicopter will also Gallery. SEA CADETS
give displays of the winching of Wednesday, 6th October: R.A.
"The Civilian Arm uf the Navy" a man from the water. EFFICIENCY AWARD
Navy Band recital at lunch
The principle objectives' of the Navy League The displays will take place in lime in Treasury Gardens. The Training Ship Tobruk has
ot Australia is to stress the vital importance ol the Hunter River during the been adjudged the most efficient
Sea Power to the Commonwealth of Nations and lunch hour of Thursday, 7th Thursday, 7th October: R.A. Navy
Band plays at National Sea Cadet Unit in New South
the import mt role plaved hy the Roval Australian October. Wales, with the Training Ship
Navy. Mutual Centre.
The Sea Cadet Training Ship Albatross, a close second.
The League in conjunction with the Common- Friday, 8th October: Dinner
T.S. TOBRIJK. will be open to On Saturday, 7th August, 1965,
wealth Naval Board administers and Australian Dance at H.M.A.S. LONS-
visitors on the afternoon of the Director of Naval Reserves,
Sea Cadet Corps, by providing finance and technical DALE.
Saturday, 2nd October. Captain I. K. Purvis, R.A.N., ac-
sea training for boys who intend to serve in Ihe
Naval or Merchant Services, also to those sea- A commemorative service and Saturday, 9th October: Open Day companied by Ihc Senior Officer,
minded boys who do not intend to follow a sea march will be held on Sunday. at H.M.A.S. CERBERUS. Australian Sea Cadet Corps, Lt.
career, but who, given this knowledge will form a 10th October. The march will Sunday, 10th October: Church Cmdr. L. Mackay - Cruise R.A.N.R.,
valuable reserve Tor the Navat Service. leave Civic Street at 2.00 p.m. for Services at St. Paul's and St. visited the Unit and presented a
We invite you to swell our ranks and so keep Civic Park where the Service will Patricks' Cathedrals. plaque, which was received on
up to dale with Maritime Affairs and help to build be held. The Sea Cadets will pro- March to the Shrine of Re- behalf of the Unit by Dennis
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HALVORSEN RETURNS FROM OVERSEAS
Vice Admiral McNicoll, Chief ul During his absence he visited She is being assembled along-
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from the Ministry of Defence as Chief of the Defence Staff, I have great distinction in the Rova!
Chief of the Defence Staff, Ad- visited ranks and ratings in forma Navy.
miral of the Fleet, the Earl tions and units all over the world. "It is entirely without prece
Mountbatten of Burma, asked "In this I include, of course, dent that a father and son should
that the following farewell mess- the Women's Services, I have been have both in their turn served as
age be addressed to the members as much inspired by the lighting First Sea Lord and you have
of all the Armed Forces. spirit and morale in all three added to that distinction by be-
The message is:— services, as I was during both coming the first Naval Officer lo
"Today, Friday, I haul down my World Wars. serve as Chief of the Defence Stalf.
Hag after 52 years' service. "I relinquish my active service
"As I look back over the years, "The Admiralty cannot allow
duties with the knowledge that this occasion to pass without ex-
I see vast changes in the services. ihe British fighting man is second
"I went to sea in 1916 with a pressing their gratitude for your
to none. family's great service to the Royal
coal burning fleet, with the Royal "In sending you all my best
Naval Air Service and the Royal Navy.
wishes for the future I should "Your personal achievements in
Flying Corps in their infancy, and like to express my heartfelt
with the Army entrenched in the Royal Navy are an inspiration
thanks to all ranks past and to us all, and we also take pride
France, with tank mobility only present in the armed forces."
just coming on the scene. in your unparalelled services to
"Now as I leave, I see the Navy ADMIRALTY MESSAGE all three Armed Forces, to the
moving into nuclear propulsion, The following is the text of a Commonwealth and nation in
wjth guided missilry achieved; the farewell message from the Ad- many other fields.
Army really mobile on the ground miralty Board to Earl Mountbat- "The good wishes, respect and
and air portable, and Royal Air ten. admiration of all officers and
Force and the Fleet Air Arm "Today, when you relinquish ratings in the Royal Navy and the
equipped with the latest aircraft. your appointment, marks the Royal Marine go with you."
AMNUAL SEA CADET
r AT YOUR SERVICE \ CHURCH PARADE LEGACY
The annual Church Parade, in-
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Holiday j Corps took place at Garden Island
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