Aug-Sep-Oct, Nov-Dec 1971-Jan 1972 - Navy League of Australia

INSTANT BOILING WATERAlways Available with aWHELAN ELECTRIC AUTOMATICBOILING WATER UNITEconomical Clean Safe Efficientin All Sizes from 1 Vi gals, to 100 gals.Suitable for all Requirements from Small Motels to LargeIndustrial Canteens(Reprinted wth permission trom "Yachting and Boating". April. 1971.)Recovery Bid for. . .HENRY VIII WARSHIPDiving will start next month (May) in a bid to recover one of Henry Vlll'sfinest ships which sank in the Solent while putting out to fight the French.She is the Mary Rose, lying a mileoff the Portsmouth Coast Built atPortsmouth in 1536. she was thefirst warship to have completebatteries of siege guns as mainarmament instead of an infantrybattalion The ship was re built atPortsmouth in 1536. but was sunkby accident during the Battle ofPortsmouthBetween 1545 and 1549 salvageoperations failed although someitems of gear were removedA few guns from the Mary Rosewere brought up in 1842 by diversblowing up the wreck of the RoyalGeorge After this, the position of theMary Rose was lostmOiN£EBut evidence proving the positionof the Mary Rose came a few yearsago when an 8 ft long iron gun.identical to the guns taken from thewreck in 1842 and now in SouthseaCastle, was found.The discovery was the result offour years of research by a team ofarchaeologists headed by MrAlexander McKee. a naval historianMr McKee. who had been trying tofind the site of the ship for 25 yearscame across an old chart whichmarked her position.The site of the wreck wasexamined using sonar techniquesand the Mary Rose (1967)Association formed. Portsmouthfire brigade lent pumps, the localbrewery helped out with funds forelectronic equipment and severalunderwater clubs gave theirservices.Diving on the ship last yearfinished with the coming of winter,and Mr. McKee spent the free timelooking for further funds.Timbers from the wreck have beenbrought to the surface and a cannonfound had a cannon ball inside. It isthought the Mary Rose was about tofire a broadside before she sank,because traces of gunpowder werealso found in the weaponThe wreck is not just of interest tohistorians and archaeologists. Thecorpse of a little ship worm, the NototeredoNorvagica. found in the firstpiece of wood raised by diversshowed that there were thousands ofsimilar worms in the ship'swoodwork, making it a find formarine biologists.The species of worm was notthought to have existed at the timeof the Mary Rose in the 1550 s. Atheory is that the ship might havebeen seriously affected by ship wormat the time she went down.CONTRIBUTIONS INVITEDLaurie Whelan IndustriesPty. Ltd.24 CARINISH ROAD, CLAYTON. 3168 VIC.Telephone: 544 7544The editor invtes persons to submit cuticles photographs and drawingsblack ink for inclusion in the magazine but regrets that no payment can be madefor contributions submitted Contributions should be addressed The Editor TheNavy Box CI 78 Clarence Street Post Office Sydney NSW 2000 AustraliaThe Edito* does not hold himself responsible for manuscripts though everyeffort will be made *o return these with which ci stamped and addressed envelope isenclosedOUR COVERAnartist'sdrawing of the United States Navy's DD-963 class destroyer. These innovative andhighly automated vessels will have complex weapon systems incorporating missiles, rocketassistedtorpedoes, electronic warfare equipment, automated gunfire control equipment, multipurposehelicopters and a wide range of ship support systems. Anti-submarine warfare is theprimary mission of the new vessels but they will also be 3ble to carry out gunfire missions insupport of amphibious assault and land forces.The DD-963s were designed by Litton Industries' Ingalls West division, an advanced marinetechnology centre at El Segundo. California. The ships will be mass-produced in the division'snew mechanised ship manufacturing facility at Pascagoula. Mississippi. The new ship productionplant, the most advanced in the world, will manufacture the destroyers on an assembly line,using modular building techniques.Page SixTHE NAVYNovamber-December-January,itovember-December-January, 1971/72 THE NAVY Page Seven