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VOLUME 39, No. 15

Length overall: 78 metres

Beam: 8 metres Draught: 7 metres Displacement: Submerged - 3300

lonnes. Surfaced - 3050

tonnes Speed: Submerged -

in excess of 15 knots Surfaced - in excess of 10 knots.

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August 12, 1996

S COMMISSIONS s~~r~~ Jr~~~~~::d as a proud day in Australia's hislOry, on and in the water. cloudless sky sitti ng on

In th e Oly mpics at the AuslIalian Submarine Atlanta in the USA c!lam- Corporation shiplift faei l-pion swimmer KeiTen i(y. She is due to corn-Peritins showed his "fish- mence sea tr ia ls t hi s like" qualities winning a month. gold medal with a superb There can be no doubt performance in the fi nal tha t in CO LLI NS of the 1500 metres men's Australia has a magnifi-freestyle evenl.'>. ceOi fast. deep-div in g. Thousands of kilometres long- range submarine away in Adelaide. anoth- with a range in e)(cess of er world class Australian 9000 nautical miles.

expected to be about mid-1998, she would provide Australia with the most advanced and effective conventional submarine in the region, if not the world.

"I cong ratulate the Australian Submarine Corporation, its sub con-tractors, the Royal Australian Navy and all those involved wi th the project for what has been achieved in developing the first submarine ever built in Aust ralia," the Minister said. performer in the waler the At 3050 tonnes (sur-

s ub marine "As with many new H MAS .-------,-------, and complex systems. CO LLINS was the development of forma ll y com- the COLLINS has not miss ioned into been withou t some the RAN under challenges. There the command of have been delays, and CMDR P eter there is s till mOTe Sinclair. work to do on soft-

Before au ware integration in the audience of combalsystem. 1000 invited "However, these are guests and a only teething problems large media which are being over-contingent. come. The COLLINS CMDR Sinclair will add a form idable rea d th e deterrence and strike Commissioning capabili ty to the Or d era s 1-________ --1 Australian Defence orde r ed by Force. This will keep MCAUST, RADM faced) and 3300 tonnes Australia at the forefront Oxenbould, on the direc· submerged, the 78 metre of submarine warfare well tive of eNS, VADM I on g, two· dec k into the next century."

Taylor. ~~c~~!Np~oWp~~Si~e: f;ets:~ Designed 10 be as quiet The second submarine as advanced technology

~~::~ c~~~D~R~~ :!~!~:~hV;:~~:1 sub- ~~ea:h;e;~~C~;s~~~~~ Gallagher, provided a Described as '"an extra- marines totally designed perfect backdrop in a ordinary achievement for using computers and

_____ ~::~~;;~~~=:-;;,;;;"j;;~b~iiii1 Australia" by Mr Hans boasts a vast range offea· Ohrr. the Managing tures including high.per-Direclor of the Australian formance hull form, low Submarine Corporation. indi scretion rates, high COLLINS is said to be at shock-resistance, highly least 10 years ahead in automated controls. effj. tcchnology of anyth ing cient weapons handling else in ils field today. discharge and an optional

After ell tensive trials air-independent propul. involving 165 days at sea.. sion system. 75 trial weapons firings Sydneysiders will have and 18,000 nautical their first opportunity 10 miles, the men of see COLLINS when she COLLINS waited a long arrives for a fo ur-day time to see the submarine visi t on August 22 before commissioned.

The Minister for De fence, Mr Ian McLachlan. said by the time COUJNS was fully operational, which was

departing for her new home, Fleet Base West Garden Is land. Western Australia

• For more on the COLLlNS commission· ing lum to page 2.

To our first new sub, ~r3:S' · t 'h , M ore than 1000 peo- STORIES Shaheen and Malaysia s I S C eers plecheeredHMAS LEUTAaronMalv..o .. ,s Department of Defence G G COLLINS as the PICTURES Adviser Colonel Mohd - -• :~tl;a!::tn a~~~I::t!~S'fo~ N~~!~:d ~:a:~es from

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PUBLICATION DATES 1996 DEADLINE DATES

26 August 16 August

9 September 30 August

23 September 13 September

7 October 27 Seplember

21 October 11 October

4 Novembef 25 October

18 November 8 November

2-16 Deeember (Combined) 25 November

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the well-wishers were BishOp. Sweden. Indonesia and technological know.hOl" SO m eve r y Ve r y Foreign dignitaries the US joined the Chief in recent years. the [mponan! People. included America's of the Defence Force. Governor-General Sir

The guests of honour defence head, General General John Baker. eNS William Deane. said. were His E~ceJ[ency the John Shalikashvili, Vice Admiral Taylor lind "Together COLLI NS Governor-General. Sir Comman der of the US Air Marshall Fisher. the and ANZAC demon-William Deane, and Navy's Submarine Group Chief of Air Staff. Lady Deane. who were Seven RADM A. H . OtherscniorAustralian joined by the Govcrnor of K 0 n et z n i . the Defencc officers included South Australia, Sir Eric Commander· in-Chief of Marit ime Commander Neale. and Lady Neale. the Royal Swedish Navy, R ADM 0 x e n b 0 u I d,

Heading the list of VADM Nordbeck. RADM Purcell. Naval seven poli ticians were the Indones ia 's Chief of Support Commander Defence Ministe r. Mr Ian Naval Staff. VADM Anef R ADM Cam p bell. Mclaughlin. SA Premier K u s h a ria d i, the Trainin g Commander Mr Dean Brown and Commander of the Briggs, the local Defence Defen ce Industry. United Arab Emira tes Centre _ Adelaide head Science and Person nel Navy. Brigadier Suhail Air COlllmodore Clarrie

Stjernqvist, Submarine Project Director CDRE Geoff Rose. Commander of the Aus trali an S ubma rine Squadron CAPT Mole and RADM Si nclair. fa ther of CO LLINS CO CMDR PeterSindair.

The re were also many retired officers. including ADM L Beaumont and VADM McDougall.

strale the capabil ity of Austra lia's ship building industry and the great strides in technology in AuStralia in recent years." he said.

"COLLINS is a great credit to those who buill and designed her.

'""The nation owes them a debt of gratitude."

Sir William said COLLINS was a superb vessel.

"I was overcome by her technical excellence ... only some of which I understood," he said.

" Bul the li fe of our submariners is still an extraordinarily hard one.

''The CO. officers and ship's co mpany a re a credit to the RA N and Australia: '

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A~~~',~·~Oa~o:a;~:;: from the Royal Austr3Jian Navy and Royal NcI'. Ze:lland Na\)' arrived in Darwin on Friday for a visit prior \0 one of the Navy's mllin training 3C1ivitics of the year.

The fleet LS in port for four days before leaving today for the RAN's Aeel Concenualion Period (Fep) in the north. an intensive sea trai ni ng ac t ivi ty invo lving the RAN. RNZN. RAAF and RNZAF.

Officcr of HMAS COONAWA RRA Fleet Support Base. Captain Andy Mackinnon. said all Navy ()Crsonnel based in Darwin would be work-ing aI full capacity to ensure those at sea obtained the maximum suppOrt and traini ng value.

The flee t visit at the weekend provided a sig-nificant boost to the local economy with many of the ships stocking up on stores and g iving their crews lea\'e in the city.

Because of the opera-tional nature of the vi~it ships were not open to Ihcpublic.

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O~n~~;~d:l~~~~id~~; ~~ol~::g SH~~d~"c:~~ TERBURY and her Wasp hel icopter. While conducting her WU PE in the EAXAs in a heavy swe ll , the flight commander landed his aircraft heavi ly and damaged the frontleftunderearriage.

After examination by the flight maintainers it be~ame obvious the repair ~tion required was ~yond-the capa-bili ties of an embarked flight and the aircraft would have to be pUI ashore to effect rcpairs. This presented an ideal opponunity 10 demonstra te the considerable lifting capability of the fleet's Medium Lifl Utility ~I elicop ter - the Westland Sea King of HS 817 Squadron.

At 0700 on Friday. J uly 19. CPOA Michael Manin and LSA Leigh Bullen were spee

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Call for boffins to help trainer T~~n~~ngg ~~'~:~;~~ti:~ computer training for RAN personnel ... but it will need the assistance of Reservists to achieve its aim.

The centre assumed overall responsibi lity for all software application training for Ihe Fleet last year. on behalf of the lead school. the Communications School at HMAS CERBERUS.

TC East. at 99 Forbes Street. Woolloomooloo. in Sydney has two ded-icated computer train -ing classrooms. one for teaching software applications and the other for DEFM IS

training. But with only one full-

time civilian instructor. training is rcstfictcd.

Instructor Mr Richard Murphy said RANR vol-unteers would be wel-come to assist with the projec l. .. and would undenake a dl'tailed one-wcek "train the traine(' course.

The usual tWO-day courses are programmed on a three-month cycle and include introduction 10 computers, Word 6.0. Ellcel 5.0 (Illd Powerpoinl 4.0. with the introduction a pre-requhite for all courses

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Graduation for 'i nstant' officers T~~f~~~~. h~i~~ ~~: gradu,l1ion of members of the Qualified Enny Officer Course 21 at HMAS CRESWELL.

The newcomers have completed 18 weeks of intensive Iraining at the RAN College. most of the m ha\' ing graduated from civi lian universities in medical and related degrees.

However. CRESWELL CO CAPT M ike Petc h

~aid five had previou~ militarysenticc.

Two were fornu.'r Royal Navy sub-mariners, one a seaman and the other

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Argument left behind I r...~ I T~;',:~~::': :.~::.': ~';,';'·:':~:;.':"7 ;,~"~ [!:EUi"::m-y;:;;] ~~:~~,~,~,:,:;,~""'"~~ ;;':"o~:::; :;:.; °7'~"~: 1J(I/,p~l,IIJ'. li ve ly dIScu SS Io n o n a lo be cstabhshed course lhe U S prooU1lC1 heard New Yorkt'f S JUSI V'VVV~~ manume hlSlory Internci Actually, there doesn' t argues for the softer pro- allon would not have led 90 m Iles north of malhng hSI. My onglnal seem to be much confu nunclalmn, but With even to one o f my fa vounle Phlladeiphw definll tly

:~n~:e ;:l~ :::~:":. ~~~:k5 a~itlhe~~~ ~~g~i~~ m~: ~~a i~~~~~ce should ~~~~s .~~: I :~I ~~:::~ ';,::o~~{~:t"a5 p:~?O~~ A~~~~e~e:OOls~nSOf: ~al~O:' b Y I h e poral!: a few quotations if language aut hority. the first syllable be pro- govcmor called· ... " "LEE-OO" is I'U), subtle, the error in our item on fou nd . BU I it then Stephen Murray Smith . noun ced "LOO ". The Wi lli am Schlei hau fo f andmoybe missed by lh~ HMAS SWAN in th e seemed bener to letrneSt In hi s exce ll enl book closesl to Ill e original Ihe group agrees on Ihe casual listen er. Chri s original thinkers and Right Words, he says: "In French would be interchangeabi li ty: Andersen had a more writers speak fo r Ihem- the Royal Au s tra lian "LYOO" (wilh a long U To fur/her con/use the basic query: selvcs, Navy the word is pro· as in "lute"). flow Ihe issue, I heard +bolh+ pro· Speaking of "lieu-

For those new to Ihe nouneed ' /TEN, ant. In British came to pro- nUll cialions inttrc in tenants ..... Can anyone Internet , note the interesl- the Arm y and the Ai r nounce it "LEF " is Canada except in th e tell me where Ihe Brilish ing way of us ing em- Force il is pronounced beyond me, bul il is deft· clueof lhe ROYAL locum, pronuncial ion "left . phasis with capitals and lef-TEN -an!" . However, nitefy rhe case. Just one tire "fef' lenant-General. enant " comes f rom ? + and such like. Texi dis· he does not give hi s of Ihose I'agaries o/ Ihe Anylimt' I 'm in earsho/, Given Ihm rhe French cussions on the nel gener· aUlhorilY or I'1ltionale for English language, per· i, 's eilher "lef' ,enam or pronunciation is closer to ally can ' l cany italics or Ihi s. My mega-Collins haps. Tofurlher confuse a big, boring tirade from "100-" and Ihe Gemum is underlin ing or bold, so dic t ionary is s imila r ly the issue, I heard ·bolh · yOllrs Inlly about Ihe end "Ioytnant", how did the

last edition. Of course, it was Roc kingham in WA that is the city inter-estedin acqu iri ng lhe ship when she is dccom· mi ss ioned ... and nOI Q 1.1 C e n s I a nd 's Rockhampton. Unless, of course, our proo f. readers know somelhing aboul some rival bids to buy her ,.,

Samt' bloke is trying to keep out of s ight afte r invitin g a rour-ringer f r ie nd ou t to d in n!'r. When the bill a r ri ved . a sheepi sh Lieutenant had to tell t he Ca pta in he'd left his wallet in his cabin, Well , it 's one way to get II cheap meal,

these "tradili ons" have unhelpful, and gives the pronuncia tions inter- o/cIViIi:/ltion as we know Brils (and hence most un· laken their ploce. e tymology as Fre nch changeable in Canada .. " it. Americani:.ed Canadians) II seems brogue shoes so:hee~:nsf:::~ :~ t~~ ~:i~~~'~I~= ~~il:?' :h~h~;!s;'~~r~;:i:hg;:::: ta~:~s:~I ~i~h ~;u:!~ ~::~HtP wilh "/~ft. Os \~h~ ~s~ ueC ~ or"~!n :~i~b-:r~n~ Navy over an impon ant I am aware that the pro- on lhe TEN. Ofcourse Ihe vious cont r ibution, for And so we came full CMDR Alan Johnston COL LI NS and the malter _ how should the nuncialion is different for Germans leal'e the i out presuming thai a ll circ le. But thinking o\'er has invited all prel-ious Defence Coun sel of a word "lieutenant" be pro- our American cousins: I ~ntirely and pronounce it Ame tican offi cers a re the s iluat ion, isn' l the members or her com- Defence Magi s trate nounced. Is it ·' Ieft- ten- presume all of their offi- LOYT-nant, .... ilh ani), two ca ll ed " Ioo- Ien-ant". answe r in the o rig ina l pany to the decommis- Hearing have both been ani" or " Ioo- ten-anl"? cers of Ihis rank are syllables, Wilson says: etymology? The French s lonlng ce remo ny a t observed sport ing

~:hg~~ :hia~~;;~: t~:I~: ~~~~!rs ri~~;a,;;a~t~~ Fe ll:Wr~:~~;:f an ca~~~U:I:;h~~~ ~s ~o~:; ~~;J,~.un~~elr~~o;:r:e:~ ~1:!::a~eT~V~!;.I :e~; brogues recently. copter we should PUI on American publicalion - Internet maritime hislory sound that way because haps thaI's an argument :~~~h~~i~' !~el~I~':k

~~ w~~~~~rew:a~r:~ ~~~ ~:~~_:~~~a~~~~c~:t~o:t:: ~~~Pe:~hw;~~e~i~~:iS~~ 1u;e:~;~~~ .I .~r~~;~o;:;~ ~hs~ ;~~;:;~~~~~i:~~~~~ ~':~:~'o~~:!;~~~~L~ H~~~ FI~1h~~~eS~ !:a~in~s~ r e W~~;; al~u~f ~:ntad:~~ a~~:~:s~se at~~ g~~'~:o~.as ,,~~ii~~ t~~~:~ ~%~Qllelp;,~~s:l~d I ha:: ~~b~~m ::!;VC just one Rob ert ])ufr, UMA S those lieutenants of one alternat ive. Morgiana P. ally a ll staff use ' left' , al .... ays pronounced the Who is going to lell the ~t~::: l'e rt~V:~~~,i ~:

is an interesting lot. If you r ing the Se nio r Pilot on his after hours

:~~_ ~~~~~n~~~~rt~ f~~: ~~~:y, a:tl:~:,;~~p~~~~ ~:ev::~:rn~s~iJ~~~n :~~ ;;'~~La;O~o'!YL~e;~~,:;~ ~:f~ :~~g;ir Force ca ll (09) 550 0385. num ber his a nswering mach ine ad vises you that he is ;; roaming the cou ntry with his cus-toma ry zea l in wal k soc ks, sa nda ls and sa lmon pink sara r i suit", Alternatively if )'01.1 choose to r ing the night 's other pilot after hours. )'0 1.1 are advised by his a nswe r ing machine he is " hunting wh ite rh inos on Garden Island",

ILetters to the Editor Royal Navy on loan to .the RAN. Dumaresq not

first admiral ABO has a length y

entry on Phillip Parker King(1791- 1856). lt says King wa s born on Norfolk Island in 179 1.

THE EDITOR

Sir, moted rear admi tal in He enle red the Royal In your int e rest ing June 1921. becoming Ihe Navy in 180 7 and was

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story about Rear Admiral first Australian-born om- promoted lieulenan t in J, S. Dumare sq, C8 , cer to hold that rank and 18 14. CVO, the a rt icl e say s: to command the RAN: ' Between 18 17 and ··He was promoted 10 rear Thi s is ass umed 10 1822 he explored and sur. was promoted comman-admiral in 1921 , becom- mean he commanded Ihe vivcd rne north west coast der in 1821 and elccted a ing Ihe fi rst Austra lian- Aus tra l ian Sq uadro n of Weslern Auslralia in Fe llow o f the Royal born offi cer to hold that rather Ihan the RAN as HM Sh ips MERM A ID Society in 1824. rank. his appointment was Flag and BAT HURST. In He commanded HM S

The Ausl ral ia n Officer Commanding HM recognition of this valu- ADVENTURE while she Biograph ical Dictionary Australian Squadron. He able contribul ion to was in company wi th (ABD) says: He was pro- was an officer in the Australian exploration he HMS BEAGLE to survey r---------------------------, the CoaSIS of Peru, Chile

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ta in o n hi s re turn 10 I England in 1830. In 1832

~I he rcturned to Austra lia

to manage family proper-

~~li;i'~~;;;, ties. He was commission· e r fo r the Au strali an Agric ultuta l Compan y from 183 4-49 and was appoi nled to th e New South Wales Legislalh'e Cou ncil in 1839. In the 18405 he surveyed parts oft hcNSW coa5t and led an expedition to the MUrTUmbidgee,

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In 1855 hewas promot-cd rear admiral on the rel ired li st. He died in Norlh Sydney in 185 6. King was the fi rsl and for years Ihe only Australian-born to allain eminence in Ih e world out s id e th e Australian colonies.

From IOe entry on King it could be argued Ihal he was the fi rst Australian-

born to be promotcd rcar admiral.

J . W, E llis NSCHQ-P

Detail wrong

Sir, Rear-Admiral

Dumaresq was nOI the first Au stralian -born offi cer to achi eve fla g rank.

Supris ingly, th at d is-tinction goes to Philli p Parke t King who was born on Norfolk Island on December 13, 1792,

F u r I h e r. .h , ··Du maresq" was not a ran gefind er, nor d id it ca lculale the rale of movement of enem y, or any, ships. It was a gun defl ection calculator upon whic h se tt in gs were applied for own ship 's speed, enemy bearin g, estimated enemy speed and inclination . It sup· pliedrne deflcction which was applied to gun sighls before firing.

CMDR H, R. Jarrttl (Rid) Frankston, V'1C

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Don't argue with an excited stoker

Dear Mum. Do you remember Viet-

nam where I was sent to save Australia from the domino theory and we played Crown '0' Anchor instead except every time I looked like winning, we had to go 10 action sta -tions?

All thi s was ve ry stressful , Mum,andwhen we got to go ashore we were allowed 10 lei our hair down. usually in Subie Bay.

I hear Olongapo is a respectable place nowa-days. People used 10 eal monkey on a stick, and buy ducklings to feed 10 baby crocodiles. And curious an310micai movies were screened on the bar ceilings.

There we re also "no go" areas where sailors weren't all owed to go, but did. and strange mcn [eant against lamp posts wearing corduroy caps with fags hanging limply fromslilllips.

We three Subbiesrotat -ed as Shore PatrotOfficer. We would sit in the USN Shore Patrol HQ which was located near a bridge over the pestilential river that separated Subic na ... al base from Olongapo town. We didn't ha ... e MPs so the Shore Patrol of two sa ilors was detailed o ff from the duty watch. I don't think the Cox'n liked me because I always Sttmed to end up with seven stone weak-lings.

Shore Patrol was a bit like a land ing party, Mum, except your friends became the enemy, You had arm brassa rd s and night stic ks instead of guns and you recei ... ed even less training.

WelL none at all reatly, although I do recall the 000 telling me not to arg ue with a drunken man . Th is pu zz led me because almost e ... ery vis-itor to O longapo was drunk or drugged - they wouldn't go there other-wise.

One night a call came in that the "Ossies" were on a rampage. Wondering iftheGreenieswereha ... • ing a go at the Dibbies again. my redoubtable team and I s trode int o action.

"Ossies o n the ram-page" turned out to be one exciled stoker bot the description was neverthe-le ss apt and he had demoli s hed much of a crude bar abo ... e shops in the main strcet.

He was a big man and was quite di s traught, being in what the Shore Patrol Handbook might call an "agitated sta te". He lashed out at every-

thing in sight with a panicularly as he had also des truc tive power I had gone beyond the top step. not see n in a human As he passed the point of before. His intoxication no return, hi s lunge had released his inhibi- turned into a dive which tions and frustration into ended in a s ickening. an explosive rage directed thudding impact with the

As I looked down at the now comatose, shapeless form before me. I won-dered ifhehad a Mum, too. He certain ly didn't ha ... e a fathe r.

indiscriminately. floor at my feel. He Your loving son. I puffed Oul my chest retched ... iolently. S~

and addressed him in my I"'I"'"------...::.::.::::.:::::.:::.--===================:!.J, most cens.onous manner. He ignored me. (I only

got 54% in my Power of Command exam as a Mid, Mum. and it must' ha ... eshowed,)

Three huge black USN MPs tried to restrain the man but see ing the Auslrali an shore patrol ani ... e they obviously felt they were absol ... ed of any more responsibility. They relea sed their antip«leancap(i ... e.

This turn of events alanned me for no sooner did they let go than he redirected his tantrum in my di rection. Wondering what I could have done to offend him, I offered con-so li ng words . I invited him to be a good chap and to come along home with us. I suggested encouragingly that per-haps he was one of those peopl e who shouldn't drin k. Th is reduced him to tO(al frenzy.

Maybe in his condition he didn', even recognise me as Australian - cer-tainly not a friendly one. Whatever the cause. he seemed 10 take an unrea-sonable dislike to me. I was offended by thi s because "F .. ingpig. . You don ' t like me, do you!" An accusing finger s pirall ed toward the bridge of my nose. To tell the truth at that particular time he was probably right.

Remembering that I was not supposed to argue with drunken men I motioned to the larger of my two Shore Patrol col-leag ues, who was a writer, and asked politely if he would like to dea l wi th the matter. He explained that as a writer he had a lot of typi ng to do and had to be careful nOI to damage his fingers and would I mind if he didn'l.

By now we had retreat-ed half-way down the steep flight o f stairs.

1be USN MPs seemed intrigued as 10 the: likely outcome and looked on wi th curiosity. Our quarry had gone comp letely berserk by now and rese mbled Mad Max in the Thunderdome, rather than a freedom fighter for democracy in Asia.

He lunged forward grasping for my throat with his calloused hands. This was unwise for someone in his condition,

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Swansong in last Up-Top deployment H~~!'e~:~~ fi~~~ Up Top deployment before her decommissioning next month.

SWAN (CM DR Alan Johnston) and HMAS TO R RENS v i s i ted Singapore and Hong Kong and Davao in The Philippines.

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crossing the line. with 70 Pollywogs 10 be initiated.

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Friendly exercise R:~: ~~:s :;a:~~~~l~=!;i;':~ ships from the Indonesian Navy. consolidat-ing the already strong relationship between the two navies.

C learance Diving Teams and Indonesia's Kopaska diving teams also took part, along with a P3C Orion and a Nomad aircraft for airsuppon.

The FFGs HMA Ships NEWCASTLE and JUNG RAPlIT for evolutions which included SYDNEY and patrol boats GERALDTON tactical noor games, lectures and briefings, and GEELONG spent eight days working light jackstays, towing and replenishment with six TNI ships in the Java Sea.

In the e;ttercise - "Cakrawala Baru" in Night 50-cal ibre machine gun shoots Indonesian - the Australians jOined TN I 76mm gunnery serials were demanding ships ARUN, KRI KAREL SATSUITl/BUN, crew_s" needing patience, co~centr~tion AHMAD YANI, SURA, AJ AK and TAN· enthUSLasm 10 overcome the dlfficulues .

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.. Adventure in the -north • • . .

A~~~~=~ month at a special service at the Naval Chapel on Sydney's Garden Island, the oldest and one of the loveliest naval chapels in Australia.

The peaceful a nd channing chapel hase;ttist· cd th rough both world wars and several lesser conflicts. For mOSt of ils history. it lias served as the chapel where the ships of the Australian A eethave been home ported.

CHAP Ian McKendrick said the Chapel of Remembra n ce and a memorial plaque to fami· lies would be a filling addi t ion to the naval chapel in memoryofthosc who had served in the RAN and their families.

'1beir service and dedi· cation are nOt forgo\te n," be said.

All those with a past or present association with the chapel are welcome al the dedication service on Sunday, August 25,from 2pm,

• The PLAT YPUS learn tackles the ... hite water in norther n Q uct'nsland,

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T~~rb:r~~' s ~:~~~ Sounding team, normally based at HMAS CAIRNS, has been opera-tional in Darwin.

An evening wit h the learn. on board the former commercial aeroplane. a Fokker 27. is a unique uperience. The team niesfourdayseach ..... eek. leaving Darwin at 2.30am and often nOI returning untililpm.

Silleen hour working days in the LADS learn arell()(unusual.

The aircraft, though comfortable enough. looks IlOIhing like a corn-mercial lincr. Where there were once rows of seats and lockers, the space is

I fi lled wi th computers. the operating console and the laser ilself.

\ For a whi le, a ll the

chit-chat over the inter-coms. the data nashing OntO the screen and the computer read-outs seem incomprehensible.

II all s tarts to make sense. however. when you thi nk of the combined potential of laser beams, ' compute rs, auto-pilots and a military.accurate GPS. Put simply. a beam shoots out from the bOl· 10m of the plane and measures the surface of the sea and the sea bOl-

The re s ult s are sent back to an on·board com· puter to be stored for later analysis. (The LADS sys-tem, incidentally. is the on ly operational one in the world and was entire-ly Australian designed and buill.)

The pilOiS lum the ai r· craft when advised by the console operator. guided by the GPS. to do so. The

• The LADS Super Fokker 27 on the tarmac a t RAAF base Darwin.

auto-pilot then keeps the plane on track for the ne;tlt path.

On the nigh t I was lucky ellOllgh to be given a glimpse of this unique system, we were survey· ing the Sa hul Bank s.

closer to Indones ia than Darwin .

For five hours the plane flew back and forth over the same "patch" of water at so me 150 knOls and 1500 feet above the sur-face.

The concentration required by the console operator aocl pilots during this time is considerable. When it becomes dark. it is possible 10 see the green beam of the laser playi ng on the surface of

the water below. In five hours, 25 square kilome· tres were surveyed with a depth sounding every 10 metres. To do the same in a s urfac e vessel Lieutenant Kerby-Eaton tell s us after some rapid ealculations. would take about 29 days.

When the designated "patch" for the night has been su rveyed. there is time to relax a lillie duro ing the homeward jour· ney and enjoy a RAAF-supplied hoi: meal.

The work. however. is far from over despite the lat e hour. Once safely landed at Darwin Airport the discs which record all the data mUSt be processed. This is long. painstaking work. Literally thousa nds of depth soundings mUSt be aver-aged out and screened for false readings.

With its own aircraft.

maintenance and ground crews, pilots, computers, trucks for mobilising the unit and highly trained hydrographers. LADS is not inexpensive.

Eventually though. there is the satisfaction of the fini s hed product: highlyaccuratenaviga-tional charts used by navies, merchant vessels and yac htie s the world o\·er. It is certainly a far cry from heavi ng a lead-line off the bow and one ca n't help wondering what Matthew Flinders would think of it all.

The LADS team now returns to Cairns. its job in the far north completed for now.

Certainly HMAS COONAWARRA and o ther nava l units in Darwin have enjoyed the opportuni ty to see thi s unus ua l branch of the RAN in action.

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• Plenly of space . •. checking oul the new sloragc rooms are HMAS HO BART sailors. left. LEUT Ian Menzies and PO Nigel Jesson and right from top. A 8 Darren Malthews, CPO Mick Bradley and AB

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A ·boxroom with a view

[LEUT;::~ I t's the bo:uoom with a view.

Naval Support Command's new personal storage racili ly at Sydney's Garden Island boasts not only 66 secure lockers for sailofli on deployment. but il also has one of the finest views of Sydney Harbour. look-ing out over the bridge and Opera Hous.e.

Sailors and officers going on deployment can use the roomy lock-ups. each more than two metres by about a metre and a half. to store their valuables. sound systems and personal gear whi le they areaway. There is even enough room for a motor bike.

The facili ty, in Building 108 on West Road. Garden Island. is in the old cable testing building.

It was opened officia lly by Naval Suppon Commander, RADM David Campbell, who said the Navy had been "'frustrated" for many years by not having such a facility.

"'For donkey's years we have wanted something like

this."' he said. And he promised to consider favourably any need tocxpand the storage.

'"If there is a demand for more storerooms we will have to look around and find some more space," he said.

Personnel wishing to make use of the facility can book a locker with the Pon Service Officer.

Building 108 was constructed in ]933 at a cost of $9,780 and had $16,400 wonh of extensions in 1948.

The con\'efliion and upgrade, canied out as an in-house Naval Su ppo rt Command projec t , cost $ 180,000.

It was originally used by Ships Production Group painlefli and to store larpaulins and laler was conven· ed to a cable testing area. The building was vacant for three years before being guued and renovated.

Footnote: Po rt Services will accept suggestions from Navy members for a suitable name for Building 108. Send your ideas to Navy News . .. and there will be a trinket as a prize for each of the best three sug-gestions.

Sub surfaces in country NSW T~~ t~~~ I~!t~e~lb~:~h west of Albury in southem NSW, has a population of 1400 and has erecled per· haps the most breathtaking monument to the Navy's submarine service.

To the hundreds oftrav-

name change which took place in 1915. Pr ior to being called Holbrook the town was known as Ten Mile Creek.

In 1825 Johann Pabs, a Gennan born sheep expert. migrated to Australia and worked for a local sheep farmer, Thomas Mate. In time Johann became licensee of the loca l Woolpack Inn and with ils popularity the inn's name changed to''The Gennans" and even\llally Ten Mile Creek changed its name to Gennamonin 1858.

During the closing days of World War I fierce anti· German fee lings held by the citizens of the town caused a move to change the name ofGennanlon.

In December 1914 British Submarine Com· mander. LEUT Norman Holbrook, and his crew guided a BII submarine below a mine field and lor-pedoed a Turkish battle-shi p. News of this brave action sparked the imagi-nation of people around the world and il provided the people of GermaJlton with the answer.

Gennanton became offi-cially gazetted as " Hol-brook" in 1915. LEUT Ho]brook was awarded the Victoria Cross for his deeds and it is beli eved Holbrook is Australia's only town 10 be named after a Victoria Cross recipient.

Last month. LCDR

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TOUGH EXPEDITION FOR CYCLISTS Ae::~ff!Omm~~a:: CE RBER US has con-ducted a mountain bike expedi ti on to Moun t Buller to learn and Pr:JC-tise th e variou s skills associated with the spon.

LSPT Darren Dyball conducted the expedition. with local mountain bike enthu!>iast and racer LSPT Matt Wood provid-in g instruction and demonstnllions.

The group was accom-modatcd at the wonder-fully equipped RAN Sid Lodge at Mount 'Buller and enjoyed all the com-forts of home.

The group arrived at the road. Mount Buller early in the After the wann up most evening on the Friday and were weary and some spent the remainder of the strong persuasion was fligh t becoming comfnn- required for the aflemoon able with the ski lodge cross country and down-surroundings. in partieu- hill session. lar the open fire and bar LS Wood had dOne his area. homework and used the

Saturday came too assistance of the resident early for so me after a ranger to get the team rruher late Friday night, on10 the mOTC open trails. however it was into their away from the bushwalk-cycle gcar and off on a crs and tourists.

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wereo\·er.theteamsettled back at the lodgc to clean itself and the bicycles..

After Saturday's cffon some were not too keen on joining Sunday's sum-mit ride.

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The com petition involves the best athletes in the under 20 age group from more than 140 countries.

Volunteers from junior sailors (MAB) are required to panicipate in the official medal presen-tation ceremonies. panic-ularly in the raising of the national flag s on August 22t025.

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ships (ADFOC-96) will be held at Crows Nt'st in Queensland from August 191023.

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All ADF members are eligible to emer ADFOC-96 \Ioith the intra-service championships and ADFOC-96 qualifying races from August 1910 20, h!am training lIud adminiqration day on August 21,the team and indiVidual ADF champi-onships on Augu!>t 22 and the ADF and introl- '\('r\ ice reillY c hampionships o n August 23.

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Nomi nations are to be made 10 Petty Officer Peter Gi lbert, N WOC , HM AS AL BATROSS, Nowra. N$W 2540.

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b~n~,~~yc~~:i~!I~I~.lted to RAN Ships would An excellent remuneration package will be offered 10 Ihe successlulapplicant dependin.9 on relevant experience and quallficallons You may be required to satiSfy Australian Department 01 Delence reqUIrements and you should, thelelore, be an Australian cit!zen or be e ligIble for Australian citIzenship. Please send your Wflllen application detaIling your qualificatIons and experience either by fax (03) 9244 4393 or to the address below:

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Only ten pOints in -carnival result Ai~:P;: l~~ C~~1t~S CE RBER US perspnnel has converged on RAAF Base W:lSS:l fortheannu-31 Tcchoical lnterschools Winter Sports Carnival.

The spo n s of Australian rules. basket-ball. hockey, indoor crick-CI. netball, rugby, soccer and volleyb311 were coo-tested wi lh mixed results across theb03rd.

Having commenced training and trials during CERBERUS' !Cam train-ing and sports afternoons IWo month s before the competition se lection there were some tough decisions 10 be made.

With mo re than 240 personnel trying OUI and onl y 130 play ing posi-tion s avai lable, there were some very di sap-pointed face s al the teams' announcement.

Navy teamcamiva] co-ord inalOr LSPT Darren Dyball ' set an aim of boosting the overall pro-file and pride of wearing the service colours.

With the ho no ur of being the previous year's winner. the pressure o n the com petition's first day was a lillIe too much for some teams.

Navy was defeated in the hockey S-O, indoor cricket 137-60, soccer 2-I, basketball 96-S0 and volleyballIS-13.

• A jubilant SMNET Fox reeeh'es the rugby trophy from Comma nding Officer "MAS CERBERUS Capta in Scarte.

Howeve r, there were many victories.

The Navy's Australian rules team convi nc ingly defeated the RAAF by 7S points,

CPOPT Matt y Thom so n' s rugby co lts blitl.ed a ph)'sically stronger RAAFteaml7-1O.

The netball team won its match in comfonable fashion4S-18.

On day two, the win-ning teams rested, while the o thers bauled it o ut with Army.

Navy began with a 6-0 loss in the hockey.

The indoor cricket then buried the Army team, winning the match IIS-73.

The volleyball team al so had a good day.

defeating Army 3-2, The soccer team pre-

pared for its match with an early morning tac tics session under the watch-ful eye of LCDR Steve Basley but unfonunately it was not enough. ~he Army won the match 2-1.

To increaSClhe spectator appeal. the baskelball was played in theaflemoon.

After a basket for bas-ket battle fo r the first three quaners, the Navy team was looking to be on the losing end until the arrival of the Navy's win-ning Aussie rule s and rugby teams.

Just like in the NBL. thechanling and cheering was overwhelming wilh SO seconds 10 go in the

match. After twO very ordinary fou ls against the Na\'y learn. the Army went 10 a two point lead .

With 27 seconds to go. Navy shot inside the three and missed. Army then rebounded. but Navy's Harry Harbourne sto le the ball, He then went the length of Ihe court, and with Ihree seconds on the clock. shot a sensational three pointer which won the game by one point for Navy.

Credit must go to CroET Andrew Thomas, who coached the team. without having any previ-ous basketball ex pe ri -ence.

On Sunday, the teams battled il oul for the Phoenix Trophy. the car-nival's majorprize.

ELECTRONIC INFORMATION ABOUT HECS The Aussie rules boys were triumphant. defeat-ing Army by a massive 12goa1 5.

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The rugby boys again played beyond expecta-tion and defeated Army 29-10.

The netball team got off to a shakey stan. but after coach SBLT Steph Cannon reg ro uped the girls at three quaner time. the team held on to win 2S-22.

The netball leam coached by SBLTCannon has won the trophy fo r four series.

Having won the Aussie rules, rugby and netball trophies for the past two carnivals and also being the current overall trophy holder, all Navy eyes were on the soccer final between Arm y and RAAF.

The series was in Ihe balance. To win the o\'er· all competition we need-ed the Army to win but to the disapointment of all Navy learn members. the RAAF upset our wishes and stole the trophy from our grasp.

The final trophy plac-ings we re RAAF STT Wagga ( 190 poinn), Navy (180 pointii) and Army ( 110 points).

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Gulf sports successes ~e~~~ to the Arabian Gulfhas brought both opera-t ional and sporting success.

So far the crew o f MELBOURNE has played a wide range of sports against man y nations since reaching the OperationaJ Area.

The MELBOURNE rugby union {cam started the trip off well in Bahrain by downing Ira-dilionalrivals, the Brilish, defeating HMS YORK 15-9.

The cricket team has had varied success, start-ing off poorly against Awali when playing on din.

However, in a game al the Sharja International Siadi um in Dubai , the team came up with a con· vincing win over the Sharja Cricket Club.

The next team to fall to the MELBOURNE rugby team was the local Kuwait Nomads s ide which led at halftime but could nOI stop the late charge of the MEL-BOURNE team, which won 17-12.

Also in Kuwait, MELBOURNE's soccer side had a win against the Kuwait Nomads soccer team,3-1.

The mixed netball team was outdone by the local ex-pat schoolteachers.

The rugby team suf-fered its first loss when the ship vis ited Dubai meeting the local Dubai ExhilesClub.

The game was full o f opportunities and both sides were scoreless at halftimc.

The second half was the key turnover for MEL-BOURNE with fatigue

and mistakes taking away all the good play from the previous half and Dubai crossed the line twice.

The French were in Dubai during MEL-BOURNE'S port vis it and a friendly game of soccer was arringed against FNS SOMME.

Many predicted a whitewash in France's favour, however, the Australians were strong, only being defeated 2 - I.

The American Support Unit - Bahrain has an excellent facili ty and the perso nnel of MEL-BOURNE have taken full advantage of it, playing ten pin bowling against YORK and basketball against USS LABOON.

Softball was also played against the loca l ASU team which proved too good for the MELBOURNE side.

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DOD R&Mwai AOdtessCflange_~

Climbers conquer P a-n Twolieutenan~sand a Defence civiilan have conquered mud andalti-tude to climb Papua New Guinea's seaso nall y s n ow-ca pp e d Mt Whilhelm - PNG's high-

est mountain. Usi ng RAAF CJ30

Hercules aircraft, LEurs Paul Toohey and Pe ter Beaumont and Mr Kim Matthews ventured into the PNG highlands to

climb 4508 metres. High lights of the trip

included fre sh mountain trout, passing the memo-rials of previous climbers who had not been as cau-t ious on tbe trek and

sighting the wreckage of American WWII bombers.

The ex pedition mem-bers thank 36SQN and NTC for their support of the exercise.

Navy bowler.s win back to back titles N~!to~~ :ac:~~~e~a:~ win in the inter-service ten pin bowling competi-tion.

The competition, he ld at Sydney's Li verpool

Lanes, atlractcd a good representation from the three services.

Navy was hot favourite going in with a 172 aver-age between its team's bowlers.

Navy trai lcd in the first block by some 100 pins.

The second block saw Navy bowling higher games with Bob Dokter achieving a Navy high of 232.

By the cnd of the sec-ond block Navy was lead-ingby240pins.

H M fi S WO RT PRESENTED BY L J HOOKER ROCKINGHAM (09) 527 5055

Each Navy tcam mem-ber bowled well , wit h Wayne Watherston bowl-ing a 600+ third block to attain a 194 average after mnegames.

Wayne received the DlOSI va luablc p layer award for Navy.

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Final scores were Navy 18,711. RAAF 18,109 and Army 17.852. Selection for the NSW combined team was held after the competition.

Bob Dokter, Wayne Walherslon, Shaun C ummin gs, Steve Reynolds and Paul Beavis were sele