Jun, Jul, Aug 1962 - Navy League of Australia

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The tba sliipN of the Royal Navymodel'a | mill W rewarded being equipped with the safestpM>tographit-aH} bj multiple and must efficient anchors inexposures on 11 single plate, the world Design informationThe photograph shows the resulting fr these anchorposition of the how ami stern tent* has heen made freeljlights at various points durin.: available In ihe shipping andthe experiment By niialysinu shipbuilding world.these photographs the experts The Kstahlish Ill has also;nv able to assess nil the rele- produced a new type of anchorMini iiirninii eharaeteriHties »l for permanent in invr— whichihe eraft. and the senta. of weigh* onlj one-eighth of thethese experiments is now weight of those now in use butbeing widened In include the provides the same holding pull.Measurement of rildder forrea and which will SUM- millionsMIMI xig /.»i! ami spiral of pounds in the pr KS ofuianoeiivres with remote- normal replacement of thecontrolled IIIIKICIS. anchors i.. tin' pcrtnallenlThe : Ilnr tests :il the monrillll* amuild the eonsl illKsialilislniH'iil have resulted in BritainASH DISPOSAL RESEARCHResearch into the prospect*of disposal of Hue lt\ ash alsea is being carried out liy iheN.S.VV. Electricity Commissionin conjiii-tion with the I diversityof Xett Sonlli Wale* amiwith assistance from theC.S.I.Ho.The Savj ami Ihe Volunteerroastal r.'iirol are co-operatingin field test* which began offWyhutig Head, central coast,on Julie 13.In these teats, trial loads oftine asli will lie dumped throughhoses to the sea bed, anil thedispersal of the nsh trackedby skin divers and by surfaceobservers using echo soundingami charting equipment.Kly ash consists of very fineparticles collected by electrostaticprecipitators from powerstation Hue gasses before theyleave the chimney*.The research is proceeding onthe theory that such line particleswill lie carried out to seabelow the surface and dispersedin deep water.The theory will be scientificallytested for the first timeill the tests off Wylnintr.Purpo-. of tins.- ami associal..Iexperiments is toat ml} the possibility of largescale disposal at sea of Hyash from power stations in thenorthern area.Some of the investigationwork is being carried out b>the C.S.I H.i I. at its OcciiimgraphicLaboratory. Cronulla.For the ash disposal testsoff Wyliinii! Head the Xavywill provide a team of divers,and the Volunteer CoastalPatrol will provide boats usedas bases for observations.The Police Diving Squad haspreviously trained a numberof Commission engineers' indiving.Members of the Commission'sPower Development BranchProjects Division arc taking anactive |»irt in the tests, directedIn Kngineer Power l)cvclopmciit Bruce Kirkwood.Projects Division observerswill eo-oitlinate the results ofthe tests with other investigationwork, but there are nofirm plans for the use of themethod al this sialic.THE NAVYRESERVE SAILORS LEAVEFOR UKA party of twelve ratings ofthe Royal Australian NavalReserve lias lefl Sydney forBritain to help man new shipsfor deliver}' In Australia Interthis year.The men arc ihe first oflifty-six K.A.X.K. ratines whon ill go to Kllglalld to serve inAustralia's new uihleswccpingsquadron. This was one of themost significant peacetime• -out riliut ions made by Aus-I "alia 's Naval reserves.The first twelve reserves,who conic from all parts ofAustralia, are electrical andengmerooui ratings. In privatelife they range from clerks tomedical orderlies. They willundergo special trainingcourses iii England beforejoining their ships during Julyand August.Three Keserve officers havealready left for Britain, anilthree more will go later,making a lotal of sixty-tworeserve officers ami men in theinineaweeping squadron. Thereserves will comprise sixtyper cent, of the crews in fourof the six minesweepers, whichare due ill Sydney in December.RAN GETS WARMWELCOME IN JAPANThirty-tluiusaml people havevisited five ships of the AustralianCombat Meet since theyarrived in Japan,The flagship. II.M.A.S. MEL-IIOL'RNK, is heading the biggestforce of Australian shipsIn go to .lapan in peacetime.MELBOURNE. Hying theting of Bear Admiral AlanMcXiroll. the Hag OfficerCommanding the AustralianFleet, fired a national salute onlier arrival at Tokyo's seaportcity. A shore battery returnedIhe salute.June, If62The Australiaiu force comprises.MKLBOCRNK, the destroyers,VKNDKTTA andVOYAGER and the new frigates.YAHRA and PARKA-MATTA. MKLBOCRNK iscarrying twenty-one Navalaircraft, ami there is a totalof two-anil-ii-lialf'-tlioiisaml menin the Task IJronp.The Minister for the Navy.Senator Gorton, said that theAustralians were given a verywarm welcome, with the Japanesearranging sightseeing toursand sporting fixtures. In thevisits already made to Nagasaki,Kiirc and Kobe, someihirty-lhousaiid people hadtaken advantage of open daysMl the Australian ships.Host ships for the AustralianClcct in Yokohama werethe Japanese Training Squadron,commanded by Rear AdmiralNobiiro Nagai. which isto visit Australia in .Inly.NEW CAPTAIN FORFLAGSHIPA new captain has been appointedto command II.M.A.S.MKLBOCRNK. the flagship ofthe Australian Fleet.The Minister for the Navy.Senator (iortoii. announcedrecently that Captain R. 1.Peek. O.B.K.. D.S.C. wouldtake command of II.M.A.S.MELBOURNE, lie will alsoserve as Chief Staff Officer tothe Flag officer CommandingSupportthe Australian Fleet, RearAdmiral Alan McNieoll.Captain Peek succeedsCaptain V. A. Smith, D.S.C,who is to become SecondMember of the Naval Boardwith the rank of Acting RearAdmiral.Captain Peek lias been incommand of the fast troopcarrier. II.M.A.S. SYDNEY,since his return from theUnited Kingdom earlier thisyear. In Britain he was on exchangeduty with the Admiraltyand also attended theImperial Defence College.lie began his Naval careerthirty years ago when hegraduated from the RoyalAustralian Naval College(19:12). During the SecondWorld War he served as SquadronGunnery officer in bothII.M.A.S. II O BART andII.M.A.S. AUSTRALIA. Hewas awarded the D.S.C. forskill and devotion to duty atLingayen Gulf.Since the war he has servedat Navy Office as Director ofPlans and as Deputy Chief ofNaval Personnel, ami he hasalso commanded SHOAL-HAVEN. B A T A A N andTOBRCK. ,Captain Peck will Hy toTownsville to formally takecommand of MKLBOCRNKwhen the flagship arrives thereon her way home from a tourof duty in South East Asia.theRED CROSSBLOOD BANKI