Jan-Feb, Mar-Apr, May-Jun 1965 - Navy League of Australia

IKEEL LAYING FORMISMI I DKSTROYKRThe keel for the R.A.N.'sthird uuided missile destroyer,H.M.A*.S. BRISBANE was laidin the United States on the 15thFebruary.The keel laving ceremony tookplace in the Defoe Shipyards atBay City. Michigan.The Minister for Defence,Senator Shane Pallridge. attendedthe ceremony.All three ' CHARLES F.ADAMS Class guided missiledestroyers for the R.A.N, areheine built at the Defoe Yardsin Bay City. The first. H.M.A.S.PERTH, is to be commissioned!n Ma\. The second. H.M.A.S.SHIPS LEAVE FOR S.E. ASIAThe flagship. H.M.A.S. MEL­BOURNE, the frigate. H.M.-HOBART. will be completed towardsthe end of the year.The scheduled delivery datefor H.M.A.S. BRISBANE isSeptember. 1967.The CHARLES F. ADAMSdestroyers, the first Americanwarships obtained for theR.A.N., are versatile, all-purposeships with guided missilesystems for use against aircraftand submarines. Of 4.5(H) tons,they also have rapid firing 5-inchguns. The) are costing about£20-million each.AS. PARRAMATTA. and thefast replenishment (anker. H.M.­A.S. SUPPLY, left Sydney onWednesday. 24th February.The ships will serve with theBritish Commonwealth StrategicReserve, and take part in Commonwealthand SEATO exercises.It will be H.M.A.S. MEL­BOURNE'S regular, annual tourof duty with the Strategic Reserve.The Flag Officer Commanding(he Australian Fleet. RearAdmiral T. K. Morrison, will heliving his flag in H.M.A.S.MELBOURNE?tmmonwealth Secretary speaksto New Zealand Society12In the Strategic Reserve,PARRAMATTAwill relieve DUCHESS,one of the six R.A.N,vessels currently servingin S.E. Asia. DUCHESSreturned to Sydney on19th March.THE NAVYThe following are extractsrom the speech by Mr. Arthur3ottomley, Secretary of State forCommonwealth Relations, made:t the New Zealand SocietyJinner in London on Thursday4 2,65.If a poll were taken of the: .rst reaction of people in thiscountry to the words "New Zealand",I believe that all theAomen would immediately say"lamb", and all the men would•ay "All Blacks". I assure you,'lowever, that this should not belaken to mean that we regardNew Zealanders as "blacksheep".But it does suggest two of themany ties which bind us soMARCH-APRIL, 1965closely together — sport andtrade. And our relations in bothare, 1 like to think, marked bysimilar characteristics, a healthymixture of partnership and keen,indeed often fierce, partisanshipDefence and TradeThis is not the occasion for alengthy speech surveying all thefields in which our countries, despitethe great distance separatingthem, pursue a commonpath. I must, however, touch ontwo in particular, defence andtrade.Many of us saw the New Zealandsoldiers who mounted guardat Buckingham Palace last year.It may have served to remindsome, if any reminder wereneeded, of New Zealand's magnificentfighting record. No matterthe sacrifice, where the causehas been just. New Zealandershave been in the thick of it.We recall Gallipoli—that illfatedbut bold and imaginativeenterprise. We recall it particularlybecause of its link with thename of one who has been somuch in our hearts and mindsthese last few days. Sir WinstonChurchill. We remember, too,the tremendous exploits of NewZealand troops in the MiddleEast in World War II.Defence of MalaysiaNowadays, the call to the defenceof freedom may come frommuch nearer New Zealand's ownn