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Illegal fishermen hauled in

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were involved in an inciden t w here an Indonesian fish ing boat crew did not li ke being "caught".

One of five fishing long- l iners held near Hibernia Reef and taken in lOW tried 10 ClIl it.~

tOW linc in an escape bid In a 20 minute operation RAN sailo~ round­

ed up the boal and reconnected it [0 the palrol boat.

they can catch using long lines or other meth­ods. O ne officer told of photographing turtles which had been taken alive. their abdomen.~ sli t open and their eggs removed and lefl 10 bleed to death.

The arrest of the five took 10 15 the numbcrof illegal craft lakcn 10 Darwi n

LCDR Smythe said IPSW IC H used loud hailer and flags inilia lly to lellthe skipper of the illegOlI craft to SlOp and be boarded. The boat ignored the order and kept going.

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Another 12 have

,The warning ~~;;~ ~~fI~: ~i~~:S:r~h: was ignored' ~;:~~n~ra:~.dgnOred.

She swung lowards us and we look evasive 3ction." LCDR Smythe said.

bee n towed to Broome. 27 illegal craf! arrested by the RAN in northern watcrsin the past seven weeks.

Earlier the masterofanocherfishing boat had threatened 10 cut the thruats of a two·man "steaming party" from HMAS WOLLON­GONG while another skipper became so bel­ligerent the commanding officer of WOLLON­GONG ( LCDR Steve Duffy) threa tened to handcuff him and bring him aboard his boat if hedidn'tbchave.

Australian naval officers say Indonesian fish· ermcn finding their own waters fished out arc coming into Australian waters and taking what

LCDR Smythe said 50 cal ibre machinegun shots were fi red by IPSW IC H but they 100 were ignored.

"Wc then fired 3 volley of shots from Ih~ Bofors ... six .~hells in all." he said. j

But again the fish ing boat ignored the warn­ing :md kept heading further in to the Arafura Sea

He said twO sailors carrying sidearms then took to one o f IPSWICH's rubber boots. came along.~ide the fishing boat. climbed over the rail and lold the skipper to stop.

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Minesweeper I • Ives on By

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M~~~~~~~::c a:~ t~~ Roya l Aust ra lian Navy s hips and submarines which have been saved f rom s hipbrea kers' torche.~ and pre.'\erved for fu ture ge nerat ions o r those ea rmarked fo r ruture pn:servation.

RANR. She served under the Wh ite Ensign as an escort on e:lst coast coastal convoys and as 3 tender to Dutc h sub­marines in Australian WOlters until May 5. 1943. when she was officially returned to the ROY3! Nethe rl ands Navy at Sydney.

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We have come a long way in recent yean; with the preservation of the Daring-c lus destroyer VA MPIRE. the RI VER­class frigate DIAMAN­TINA, BATHURST<la~~ corvelle/minesweepe rs CASTlEMA1NE and WH YA LLA, pal rol boat ADVANCE. an d th e

• A.BRAHAM CRUNSSEN during hef" RAN wr-vice.

It was the ABRAHAM C R Il NSSEN wh ich swept ahead of the R,AN ships which entered Koepang Harbour. Timor. on September ] I. 1945. where the su rrender of the Japan ese fo rces in Timor was sig ned on board HMAS MORES­BY. Later she canied out anti-revol ut ion patrols in the Netherlands East Indies prior to indepen­dence be ing granted to Indonesia in 1948.

or C'OOtemplatlng gelling Into the sub game for tM first time. The UK has announced initial plans for a new class of nud ear a ttack boats, the Chinese and Indians ha~e ordel'ftl more of the ubiquitous (and cheap) Russian k. i1o-cll ss to supplement those tMy a lready operate and Si nga pore has bought th ree more of the decommission~d Swedish Sj oor men­class boats to join their sister SJOBJORNEN, which they purchased in 1995. Indonesia has purchased four ex-German Navy TyJK 206 submarines to join the IYI"O Type 209 boats it has in operation. Se~'e ra l other nalions ,,·!thln the region hal'e examined the idea o f start ing the ir own submari ne a rms, wi th Ma lays ia a nd T haihl nd m os t o ft t n mentioned, although lbailand's rK-ent nnaneial crisis may ha~'e

put paid 10 tha t idea. a t !east in the short tenn. Department (Z- Force) mi~si le de~t royer HMAS OU I for Co lombo vessel KRAIT. BRISBANE (possibly the Austral ia, the innovative

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H MAS ONSLOW sweeper to AUSlrolia. Subsequently converted into a boom defence gate vesse l AB RA HAM CRIJNSSEN served until 1960 when she W3S deleted from the Roya l

length and armed with It 76mm main annament and 3 mix of 40mm and two 20mm cannon and machine guns. the ships wi ll be optimised for general purpose duties. In panicular they should prove useful for anti­pirdCY operations in the Gulf of Thailand. where such activity is on the increase. Laid down in March 1997 the ship should commi!>Sion by mid-I998.

(National M:lritimc Mus- Next ta~k wa~ to make eum) Bnd OR ION (Iaid- 13rge camouflage net s. up in reserve at HMA S cove r them with lu s h STI RLI NG awai t ing a vegeta t io n and stre w decisiononherfulure). them over the Ship. the

One ex·RAN World funnel posing a particular Netherlands Navy Li st This roIumn lIu bHn C"Ompllw h) dn .. in!: On nU lMrous War Two veteran. problem . A so mewhat and used as a sto r3ge .. ortd-.. itW _~.nd .n)· <'IopInio-Mnpre.wd.~ tho:WsoIdy

seemingly forgonen. ambitious pl3n in placing hulk before being handed ofIM.Ulhor. T'Mydo not R'flf<'t llnyolT"lciat ~ie ... ol IM Koy.t which has been preserved a tree in the funne l for

~:~~tt~~s ~~t:~~~;na~ ~A"::'t::n'::i.n::N::·"::Y.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::; on the other side of the camo uflag e was s ho r t world is the former Royal lived as it caught fire on

vessel. Netherl3nd.~ Navy mine- the fi rs t night shortly

Once again the veteran

Preserved on other side of the world LEAVING THE NAVY?

sweeper AB RAHAM C RIJ NSSEN which served in the RAN for eight months in 1942-43 a~ a convoy escon vessel.

The 60-year-old war­shi p wu officially opened as a museum ship at the Du tch Naval Museum in Den Helder. 65 kilometres from Amsterdam. in August this year by Crown Prince Wi lhelm Alexander of the Netherlands.

Bui lt by Werf Gusto of Schiedam. Holland . the 525 ton mi nesweeper. wi th a complement of 46. was one o f a class o f eight constructed between 1936- 1939. Her length is 55.8 metres and she was launched on September 22. 1936. and completed the following year.

Al so equi pped fo r minelaying. ABRAHAM CRIJ NSSEN. armed with one 75 mm gun and four 12.7m m anti-a ircraft guns, was stationed in the Dutch East Indies when Japan entered the war in December, 1941.

Things looked dedded­Iy grim for ABRAHAM CRIJ NSSEN, her com­mandi ng officer. LCDR van Mie rt, and his ske leton crew wi th the Japanese hordes sweep­ing rapidly south th rough Java and threa tening the majOf" pon of Soerabaja.

As many c rew mem­bers ha d left the ship. e ithe r paid -off o r evacuated by trai n with the bulk. o f Dutch nlval personnel before shipping

after its insenion. minesweepe r surv ived Finally after an anxious although many reference

three days ABRAH AM books have listed her as CRIJNSSEN after stori ng being broken-up for scrap ship set sail on March 6, in I% l. 1942, with the plan to sai l Earl ier th is year the a t nigh t and hide ABRA HAM CRU NS-

~:t~;~:;s ~~~~~nd: d::~ SEN was returned to the light hours. Royal Netherlands Navy

On the first night out whe re the decis ion was she passed six Japanese made to preserve the ship \'essels without detection at the Netherlands Naval plus another seven over Museum because of its the next two nights before interest ing history and fi nally breaking away and amazing wan ime escape head ing sout h for from Java to Austra lia

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A~~~:~~~nntah~~9'fue l r"'",","","5",5-"=""-"""",ro,,,,,.~..J .. ============ ..... would not ge t h im to Fremant le LCOR van Mien decided to head for the pan of Geraldton on the West Australian coast. Finally on Frid3y, March 13, 1942. ABR A HAM CRIlNSSEN a rrived at Geraldton still festooned with the re mains o f its o nce lus h pa lms and tro pica l d isguise . After refuell ing and taking on stores the ship continued her voyage south to the sanctuary of the Port of Frema ntle where she finally arrived on March 20 as one of the last ships 10 escape from Java.

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Following inspections earlier thi s year to observe work of Navy clearance divers. the tri ­bunal heard submi ssions on a review of clearance diving allowance and div­ing allowance in Canberra on October 2 :lnd3,1997.

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For the Navy. DCS is tasked with rational ising and market testing base and administrative ser­vices across Navy. as well a s othe r service and defence sites. DCSplans to make savings from this unden aking.

The formation o f DCS u nder the Dc:fence Refonn Program requires considerable reorgani.~a­tion and negotiation about services tand " that cor porate se r vices can be delivered efficien t ly and effec ti ve ly ac ross the whole of Defence.

" I welcom.: the signing of the MOU between Rear Admiral O)[enbould for Na vy and myself:' head of DCS. Mr Peter Sharp, said.

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Hence the long queues which formed when CMDR John McCormack and his officers and sai lors at HMAS PLATYPUS opened HM AS OTAMA 3nd HMAS ONSLOW for public inspection.

More than 3!XlO people visited the base as part of anopend3y program

Almost as popular with the largc crowd as the sub­marines was a Navy helicopter nown in from HMAS ALBATROSS and displays by the Navy Museum Nowra and the Spec!acle Island Mu~um.

The RAN Band Sydney played and historic films were shown in the cinema.

S3ilors found themselvcs paimi ng the faces of chi 1-dren and sizzting sausages.

The basc madc public auendance easy by operating a shuttle bus from the nearby mi lway statiuns and a fcrryfrom C ircu larQuay.

Staff conductcd an open day las t year and plan another in 1998 prior to the d osi ng of the establish-

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W~a~::e~V~:~~~ Na, 'Y for 32 years a nd had ne,'er encountered a review o f RA N sa il ors by a V IP in a wheelcha ir. That was until he saw the Lord Mayor o f the City of Wol l o n go ng , Co unci ll or Dav id C a m pbell. inspect t he co mpl e m e nt from H l\'1A$ WOLLON · GONG a nd t he RA N Ba nd Sydney from the se at of a pu s hed whee l c h ai r . C r Ca mpbell is co nfined to the chair or c rutch· es beca use he bad ly b roke a leg in a sky. diving accident.

**** A~~lr~~~o~~ ie~~~~ quaTie Island we re taken aback when a black and while bird flulteredtoa landing on Ihe island. They knew penguins can·t ny and on capw re and inspec­tion found the bird wa~ a racing pigeon from a lofl at Tarallna. Ta.~mania. 1500 miles 10

the north. The bird. according 10 its owner. was released from Devonpon 10 race back home but is thought 10

have been pushed out 10

sea by s t rong north ­westers. The pigeon is now on its way back to Tasmania by ice-break­er for a period in quar­antine and then retum to its brothers and sisters.

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more about soccu Ihall rugby ulliall. BUI afler his ship clime back /() pOri he alld his mmes were discuss ill/( tht Imfortllnate Ifi-nation series. ··Ho ... did Australi(l go illlhe sec· ond mutch against the South AfricaIlS?" 0 111"

asked. Pele opened the back of the paper lind said it "'(lS a drow. "Ausualhl 15. SOl4fh AfriC(1 15." he illformed the throng oboul Ihe match that was the Wallabies' worst-e~er defem. He was looking al the leamS'USI,

I:r~~:~;aes~~~see:~ o pera tion, A mililaria shop in the main street of Auck land , Queen S treet , has a wi nd ow displa y of dozens o f handsome ship 's crests .,.RANcrests.

**** T~~t~'~o~~ a~~~~~ about a suburban coun­cil being sued by a pet owne r for allowing a hungry pelican 10 eat the family chihuahua as the tiny dog gambolled on the beach. But there's no myth about the Pon Stevens. NSW, fisherman who lakes his

puts the pooch in a padded shoppi ng bag hanging from the rear­vision mirror. Well. irs different from those run-of· the -mi ll blue ganers, fluffy dice or St Christopher medals

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Tillie who is looking for an old sailor mate who emigrote"lo AllStrolia in thl" 1950s. If you know Ronald Walers who lived in Epsom. Sllrrey. ulllil Ihe eml of Ihe Secolld World lVar }'ou'/1 make Mr Tuite ref)' hoppy. Ron joined lhe Merchont Navy. with hisjirsrship IheSS SAMDONARD. Mr TUlle hasn'l seen Ron since the /mler's ",ed· ding ill lhe lale 1940s. If )'014 con help. write 10 Mr Tutte at 61 Dirdene Gardens. Epsom. Surrey, KT 174Az' UK.

w;~a:ha~~~ ~oo~ A message c irc ulated informed Navy people that the tri-servict' cross country running ha d been abando ned because there were no rnlries rromtheArmy or Air Force. Voiupipe

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M~: ~~~::,S;~:~: looking through a Royal Navy publication which included all the ships in the various Second World Wartime fleets. Under "US 7th Fleet'· were cruisers HMA Ships AUSTRA LI A. HOBA RT. SH ROP­S HI RE. destroyers ARUNTA, WARRA­MUNGA. BATAAN and HMI S HI NDUS­TAN. the sloop HM AS SWAN. frigates BAR ­COO. BURDEK IN, DIAMANTINA. GAS­COYNE. HAW KES­BURY and LACHLAN. corvettes BATH URST. BROOME. CAST LE­MA INE. COLAC, DUBBO. FREMAN­TLE. KAPUNDA, KIAMA . M ILDURA, STAWELL STRAHAN and WAGGA, H M Submarines S IR DAR, S PIRI T. S PIT EFUL. STURDY, TANTALUS, T ANT I VY. T ELEMAC H US and TRADEW IND and the infantry landing sh ips HMA Ships KAN IM ­BLA, MANOORA and WESTRALIA. That 37 made up a pretty solid backbone for the Americans.

• Some of the ship 's company of HMAS WOLLONGONG at the City or Wollongong's council chambers. Picture: ABPH Torrin Nelson.

Freedom march for patrol boat ry;iha~ o:;J "H:~~'re~,hO e;l~;~

anniversary of the found­ing of Wollongong Ci ty Council. Only three other grou ps had been given

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Superintendent Jim Baillee as he barred the way of a squad of well turned out officers and sailors in the main street of Wollongong. NSW.

"freedom" in Wollon · '1iir.ljiiiiiiiililliiiilii gong. the 34th Battalion II ( 1I lawarra regiment ) in 1959. the 4th Battalion in 1980 and HMAS ORION, also in 1980.

T he Com manding Officer of HMAS WOL­LONGONG, LCDR Steve Duffy, responded: "HMAS WOLLON­GONG exercising her right and privilege to pass through the City of Wollongong with swords drawn, drums bealing. band.~ playing and colOurs flying:·

So. in a ceremony uncommon in the IJlawarra and watched by a largccrowd the 25 ofti­cers and sailors of the patrol boat were given the freedom of the city.

Accompanied by the RAN Band Sydney. WOLLONGONG had been invited by the Lord Mayor. Councillor David Campbell. and his council to panicipate in the 50th

WOLLONGONG arrived in the ci ty after a hectic six-week period in the oorth during which s he arrested 15 illegal fishing boats and 70 fish­ermen,

Dubbed the ··bu .~ iest

ship" in the RAN. LC DR DutTy and hi~ XO, LEUT Ron Brown, were .~oon

fielding queslioos about the arre s ts from local media.

LCDR Duffy and his ship'scompanyalsohost­cd a cocktail pany attend· ed by 36 V II's during which the visitors wi t­nessed a Be;ltto Quaners and a Ceremonial Sunset performed by the RAN Band aod the Sydney Area Standing Guard

Durio!; the visit the officers and sai l or.~ also

Sub back in WA H~!~!a~~;;~~!~~~~:r~:so~~~!~ra;:a~~~~ STIRLING - A eet Base West after a successful 53-day deployment.

The submarine was mel by Captain Peter Clarke, Commander of the Australian Submarine Squadron.

The 3050 tonne COLLINS sailed from Garden Island on July 30 and participated in the internation­al naval exercise Kakadu 97 in northern waters before visiting Malaysia during her first South East Asian deployment,

Commanded by Lieutenant Co mmander Steve Davies, COLLINS carries a complement of 42 and spent most or her time at sea submerged.

Commissioned on July 27. 1996. COLLINS will be joined by the second of the clas~. FARNCOMB. when it commissions in January. 1998. All six of the class will be homeponed at Aut Base West as they enler naval service over the next four years,

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T~!::::: ~~~~~~'~~ remembered in RAN ships and bases across Australia.

Instructions wcre: gi\'e:n that the White Ensign and the Australian National Flag were to be nown at half·ma~ t from 8am 10 sunset on the day of her funern!.

Al so drawn down was one of the nation's largest National flags. a huge pen- 30 thi s year and ~he'~ nant flown daily at Darling growing smaner with age. Harbour in Syd ney. The BRI SBANE is leading museum ship VAMP IR E the fleet with hercomp;my li es be low the Darling maintaining contact with Harbour flag. family and fricnds by

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crew ha s 3n E-mail address and can send and recclve me~~ages at sea without relYing on the convemional postal sys­tem.

BRISBANE arrived at the port of Brisbane fol­lowing Kakadu 3 to panlc­ipatein freedom of the city celebrations and at the wharf .... aiting for Comoot Systems Opcrnwr AS Paul Hard y were hl~ Wife Karmen and their young son Joel.

A sailor's homecoming after momh~ of arduous duly at sea sums up for many the impact of being separated from loved one~ for such a long time. The useofE-mailha,m:lIlethc lime a .... ay ea~Ier for Paul aod his family

BRISBANE's captam. CMDR Simon Hart. said his ship was leading the push with E-mail.

"We may be 30 years old but we are the power users of technology. We are the leaders in the RAN at sc:a:' he said.

E-mail has proven a far more efficient way of com­municating to home. LaSt )eafthc Stccl Cat 'pcm 35 weeks away from her home pon of Sydney and according to CMOR Hart E-mail iscenainlyimprov­ing lifeal sea.

"There would be a mutiny here if we cut it otT ... he said.

One of the positi\e SPin­otTs is that most sai lor; 00

board BRISBANE arc becoming computer liter­ate with more than 80 per cent of the ship'scompany sending or receiving at Icast one message a week .

,. , don', ha\e to train them to usc the computer any more. they teach thcmseh·cs.

"" In fact some membcr~ of the c rew have even bought computers for their wives and girlfriends to

communicate with:' CMDR Han said.

The speed and ease of communicat ion .... ith E­mail is perhaps the great­cst benefit to the Nav)'. No longer is there a constant need for mail runs by hell -

copter. A sailor can receive an

E-mail message and by u"ng otT peak times send a reply to hi s family in Australia the next day.

Even Australia Post can't do bctterthan Ihal.

• C MDR Hart . "Wr a rr Ih e pO~'er users or lechnojogy".

Back with a buffet H~sIAbSa~E~B~~~~~ aflera two- month refit and her company celebrat­cd the move back on board with a giant seafood buffet and Sydney ]'Iarbour scenic cruise.

After eating nearly Jm.g of prawns. 35 dozen oysters. 15kg of mussels and morc than 15kg of MurelOn Bay bugs, MFLBOURNE's compa­Il) vowed never to eat ~eafood again ... well, not fora couple of weeks.

With the ~un high on a glorioos Friday aftemoon MELBOU RNE let go all line~ and turned toward the harbour. Spiri ts .... ere high after the s plendid butTet a~ they enjoyed tile glorious views of Sydney Harbour.

Howcver, a major ncet unll did not really sail for a jolly around Sydney Harbour. MELBOURNE wound shIp so the dibbies could paint the starboard ~ide.

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During hcr refit colour tactical displays were in~talled in the ops room and on the bridgc, the ship's combat system underwent a major upgradewllh the installa­tion of UYK43 and con­siderable worl wa~ car­ried out on all four diesel genc:r.l\OfS.

Her majoraddtl1on was the inSlallatioll of Nulka.

the RAN 's new hovering rodet decoy. MEL­BOURNE i~ the lead !.hip fillcd with this new tech­nology.

Th e S R A i ~ MELBOURNE's second ~ince ~he was commis­sioned on Februarl IS, 1992. MELBOURNE came out of her SRA last month with all work com­pleledwschedulc.

MELBOURNE satls for qualification triul~. fol­lowed by a work up peri­od in company with HMA Ships HOBART and CANBERRA In the We~t Au~tralian Exercise Area hcfore ChmtmM.

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• FARNCOl\.tB pa...ses astern or PROTECTOR during tr ials in the S[M!ncer Gulr.

H~:ySI::kO~;c:i~~ l ines and bristl ing weapons of most war­ships. but her diverse and sophist icated array of below-deck equipment has stood her in good stead du ring a circum­navigation of Austra1ia.

And the

from her usual routine. In the rivalry between

mi nor wars h ips. a derision often thrown at tnc crew of PRQTEcroR

tash in the sou th west Pacific and south cast Asia. PROTECTOR has the not-so-g lamourous. but nevertnclcsscs~ntial. miss ion of supporting HM AS CO LLINS and th e new submarines FA R NCO M B and WALLER.

country over the lasilwo months.

On board 17 trans­ducers feed 12 different sonar systems.

These protrude or are streamed from the ship making PROTECTOR well-p laced 10 search Dnd cl ass ify th e sea fl oor

Di\'ersity of equipment progress at some stage. were LS RO Steve Lunt. means multi-sk ill ing. in And the s hip' s without whom Iht: ship's PROTECTOR' s case technical department. led role as a pocket-size C3 le:lding to junior seamen by C PO MT Greg unit would not happen. with the capability to Daebeler. ensures daily Ilnd ship's cher. ABCK drive remote submer- reliability of almolit twice Nicole Farley. who was sibles. undertake comple!l the number of mechanical adjudged "troop of the diving operations and syMem.~ trip" by COMAUS -conduct uni\jue .~eaman- AI.~o responsible for a PABFOR during the .~ hi p t:volution~ as well a.~ successful deployment ship'sseacheck.

the usual tasks involved ~ir'jim~iliDmimii!ij with watchkeeping. l :j jhJ i ~ i f$jil ! ;I+!ii Ove r the past two

months PROTECTOR's company has conductcd everything from .\ur\·cil­lance in the north. surveys in the west. ~ealift.~, submarine and repleni~hment evolutions in the sou th through to diving ops, satcom trials and training tasks in the

Led by CPOCD Corrie Van De n Broek. the sai lors in the ship's seaman department. all of whom are clearance divers. over tnc COUNiC of the deployment demon ­strated all the flexibili ty necessary to undertake these roles.

Bu t perhaps mOSI remarkable about PRO-

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PROTECTO R's flex- recovery purposes, the 10 circumnavigate the ibilily has been the ship also carries !>Orne: of country, senior engineers hall mark o f the ship 's the latest diving faci lities, believe none has achieved nearly- IO.OOO nautica l in addi tion to three heavy the jo urney wit hout a mile journey arOu_"d_ '_h' __ lif_i"_" _",_' _,"_d_w'_",_h'_"_-,-d,,,,',,-,,ect d elaying its

Taking tender care of future H~~~ ::~~~tR~~ a tender for Australia's new submarines. but she also has been taki ng tender care of some of Australia' s new naval

hel p prepare th em fo r their Defence Force Academy selec t ion boards.

One of the Adelaide recruiting team officers. CPOSN Marty Brimage. said the taste of Navy life would benefit the appli­cants when they faced their interviews.

They were required to have a realistic view of the life they could expccl.

"A visit to a wars hip. particu larly while it's underway. i.~:ln invaluable way for applicants to gain an appreciation of the rcal Navy:' C PO Brimage said.

··It also provides them with the opportunity to show their competiveness when compared with applica nts from other States that have a greater naval presencelhan SA.

Red-nosed ARUNTA T~~Mn~: G~J~~~r~~ was quickly in tnc swmg of the Navy supporting charities when she sported:l giant red nose on her bow for the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation.

In the Prince Alfred Graving Dock at Will ­iamstown. ARUNTA has had her main annament filled and was undocl:oo last month.

"The Navy provides me with accommodation, but Ausdef made

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lfyouhl>"e as little a$ $6OOO*.u a m .. mbcr of the Defenc .. Forc .. s you rould quality for Au..Jef'. "EaS)·_Start"finlncepacka~andpurcha...,an .. w "bedroomin>"estmentprl)p."tywilh guar.lI1teedrentaJincome. ~

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And so it was when rugby players from the RAN 's HS 8 16 Squadron mel with the RNZAF s No 2 Skyhawk Squadron, both based at HMAS ALBATROSS, in the annual Boot Trophy.

The match was a chance for the Australians to redeem the ir prov.'css on

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• An 816 Tiger. CPO Mkk Williams, goes high in the match against NZ.

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'1be g3me was played in good spirit, wilh !he Kiwis s31vaging some dignity by winning the boat race at the post m3tch festivities."

The 816 players donned the yellow and black jumpers of the Balmain Rugby League C lub for the clash.

Before the main game 3

Are you 3 sailor who sails a Tasar?

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You will be competing for the Regalia Trophy, an award presented 10 the

round-robin game of touch football was con­ducted involvi ng teams from No 2 Squadron. jun­iorsail~andaircrev.',

The touch fi nal was won by the 8 16 aircrew.

The team wore its new A y Navy outfit. led by CPOA Michael Mart in.

The South Coost Reg­ister newspaper attended !he malches and provided Na vy News with these photographs.

best placed Navy Tasar sailor.

The entry fee is $ 10 of which $5 goes 10 the Sir David Manin Foundation.

Those seeking to enter can contact ABRO D. Kikkert on 9362 4323.

Shoot out N~~~~ :up~ ~a:~ paisn resulted in a com­bined pistol shoot for Canberra based boats­wains mate sailors and local Queanbeyan police. utili sing the range facilit­ies at HMAS HARMAN.

Local police still per-

severing with their .38 revolvers. were given an insight to the greater range and accuracy 3ttained with the Browning 9mm semi aUlos which left them in eager anticipation of receiving the new Glocks planned for introduction into the NSW Police Service.

'(OUR HOLIDAY lOUR RESORT

The RAN Central Canteens Fund owns and operates,

three holiday resorts. These resorts offer excellent

standards of accommodation Including cottages, units,

caravan and camping sites (not Forster Gardens). as well

as excellent facilities at significantly less cost than other

similar commercial holiday resorts.

BUNGALOW PARK l ocated at Burrill Lake, 4km south of Ulladulla on the mid South Coast of NSW. Bungalow Park fronts the shores of Burrill lake and is only minutes from the beach .

Burrill lake offers safe swimming for children and is ideal lor fishing and all water sports.

A highlight at Bungalow Park is the spectacular daily bird feedings,

Contact the manager, Ken Veitch, for bookings or further Information. Bungalow Part, Burrill LIke NSW 2539

TELEPHONE : (02) 4455 1621 FAX: (02) 4454 4197

AMBLIN CARAVAN AND CAMPING PARK

Situated 240km south west of Perth , Amblin Park is right on the shore 01 Geographe Bay.

The beach offers safe swimming for children and is ideal for fishing and all water sports.

Amblin Park also has a fully enclosed healed swimming pool.

Contact the manager, Frank Fr/mston for bookings or further Inform,t(on. Amblfn Ca"~lIn Park, PO Box 232 Bussenon WA 6280

TElEPHONE: (08) 9755 4079 FAX: (08) 9755 4739

FORSTER GARDENS Occupying a prime location in Forster on the mid-North Coast of NSW. 331 km from Sydney.

Forster Gardens provides a pleasant village atmosphere with all the delights and attractions of Forster only a few minutes walkaway,

Contad the m6Mf/8r, fin MdAughlin lor bookings and further Information .

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Bookings accepted up to nine months ahead. Bookings for Christmas Schoof Holidays will be accepted after the Easter School Holidays. Retired RAN personnel (20 years or more) are eligible for full Service discounts at all Holiday Centres,

Write to Staff Officer (Canteens), OSUP-N, CP3-1-B1 Campbell Park Offices, CAMPBEll PARK ACT 2600 to

obtain your discount card.

Telephone, (02) 6266 4421 Fa" (02) 6266 2388

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A~ea~~ts;:n r~~~:~ senting the A DF has done well in the world 's secondotdestreguna. the Cowes Week Fastnet Race.

Sai ling the Sigma 38 class yacht AMARYL-

yachts in one event on theSolenl.

In the 6 10 mile

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' 'The result wasbeuer than expected and sur­prised many of the English pun di ts who ha d not see n AMARYLLIS perform at that level before." LEU T Br enda n O'Sha n nassy from HM AS STIRLI NG, a member of the crew. to[d Navy News.

It was the fir st time an ADFcrew had par­ticipated.

Those who took part were SBLT Bill Waters, LEUT Scon Johnson. PO Tas Curren, LCDR Geoff Nankervis. LEUT Brendan O·Shannassy. CPO Greg Stewarl. LS Luke Leather and PO

Darren Tiller. skipper of the yacht.

Bac kgroundin g the pa rt ic ipat ion in the regaTta LEUT O'Shan­nassy said: "The tr ip began wi th an intensive tra ining week at BRNC DARTMOUTH, where the team acquainted itsel f with AMARYL­LIS.

"The week cu[minat­ed with the firs t off­shore passage.

''This was to the Isle of Wigh t where the Cowes Week Regatta is held.

"Upon arrival the sigh t of 1000 yachts ready for the regalia.

• The successful team aboard its " loan" yacht in Britain.

was an eye opener. "The racing se r ies

progressed well. "However, with light

air and rapidly changing tides the Solel1llived up to its reputation as one of the tric kiest water­ways in the world.

"Not withstan ding this, the boat managed to finish 11th from over 30 (ahead of the RAF) in the class.

"The pos ition was hindered by the final race where AMARYL­U S went from first to 23rd in one leg." he said.

"After the Cowes series AMA RYLLI S was prepared for the

6 10 mile ocean race around the Fastnet Rock and back to Plymouth.

"The race began wi th an upwind start and a beat out of the Solenl.

"Again the tides were all importanl and a few tips from locals were put to greal use by the skipper.

"The first night was conducted in heavy fog and no wind.

"Fastnet Rock was rounded at dawn on day three and for all the hype it turned out to be a small rock off Ireland with a lighthouse and lintemore."

said liaison provided by the RN was outstand­mg.

" Its support enabled the trip to go ahead with minimal hitches:'

He said the trip required a lot of work by many people in Australia and the UK and thanked a ll involved.

' 'The trip wa~ a mag­nificent opportunity to experience sai ling con­ditions nOI seen in the southem hemisphere.

" It also cemented a de vel 0 p i n g bo n d be tween the RN and ADF sailing associations," LEUT O·Shannassysaid.

Sailors footie premiers T ~eus~r;l~a~T RR~~e~ Football club has extend­ed its p roud record by winning the 1997 pre­miership with a bruising 14 point win over Port Kemb[a in this season's Leisure Coast League competition.

The club now has 13 flags from [S grand final

appearances in its 29-ycar life.

ALBATROSS Jed after quarter time and won 10-8-68 IOS-6-54. in a game of tight marking and .~motheringdefence.

Lance Purdon was named best on ground. with coach Duane Unwin describing the win asan

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out.~tanding team effort , parlicular[y after the nar­row loss to Port in the second semi-final.

The c[ub has had a suc­cessfu[ year both on and off the field for 1997.

On the field the club managed to gel both first and reserve grades into the finals with the first

grade re.~ult in pari due to the good support from the reserve grade after its season ended.

Off the field the club also had a successful year. completing exten­sive renovations 10 its facilit ies and generating a sound financial bas.efrom sponsorship :lnd a hard working canteen.

• Back Vr: Duane Unwin (coach ). Tom Smith ( m a nag e r ). C hu c k Robinson, Ba r ry Trapp, Scotty Wa ke, Scott McCurdy, Ross Harris, Dave Whitehea d, Mac J\.lcG ui~an , Scott Smith, R o d E irth , T o n y Roberts, J . J . Sm ith ( runn er). Johnn y Athe rton. Middle: Dan O 'S hann esy. L ee Rickard, La nce Davis, Leigh Quinn . Royce Destrang. G reg Mosey, And y Ta bre lt. Front : Tony Brocka t . Damien Costa in, MurraySulli ­van, Ben Derwent-Smith (c). Lee Wr ight (vIe). Jua n Jewe ll , La nce Purdon.