The Navy Vol_49_Part1 1987 - Navy League of Australia

Spectacular £75th Anniversary Naval Assembly ss^The Review in Pics from the Navy PhotographersThe largest fleet oj warships ever to assemble in an Australian port in peacetimegathered in Sydney, early in October, to mark one of the major events in the RoyalAustralian Navy's 75th Anniversary celebrations. Over 40 warships, representing thenavies of seven nations, participated in the biggest naval review ever staged inAustralian waters.HRH The Duke of F.dinburgh, who, as anAdmiral of the Fled of the Royal AustralianNavy, was the Reviewing OfficerTwenty tout Australian warships, rangingfrom the Flagship. HMAS STALWART toFremantle and Attack class patrol boats,participated As well, there was a seven-shiptask group representing the Royal Navy, a fourshiptask group from the United States Navy.the Canadian naval training squadron of threeships, two ships from the Royal New ZealandNavy, and one each from the French Navy andthe Papua New Guinea Defence ForceThe Review proved to be the majoi highlightof the Anniversary celebrations, and wascertainly the most spectacular, with all ships"dressed overall" during daylight hours andilluminated at night A major fireworks displaywas held, while other events included a massednaval bands performance at the Sydney OperaHouseA majority of the ships arrived off Sydney onMonday September 29. and entered theHarbour as pirt of a ceremonial entryFollowing the celebrations in Sydney, manyof the visiting ships in company with ships ofthe RAN. visited other Australian portsAUSSATAustralians National Satellite SystemJanuary, 1987Six Australian Fleet units steam off the northern beaches in a series of naval manoeuvres.THE NAVYPag* Nine