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

Edmunds Bros.Pty. Ltd.ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE EQUIPMENTWHOLESALERS464 LATROBE STREET, MELBOURNEPhone: 30 4171922 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin — 95 183928C Ashley Street, West Footscray — 689-2309JOHN BROWNMen's & Boys' Knitwear — Knitshirts & SocksHar Ma|aa|y • Ship ALBION, ona of tha moat raraatUa aNpa In Ma Brltlah Nary. Thla 23.300 tonvaaaal la an avary-raady. fo-anywhara taak lorea that »aa orfclnalfy a madkim .Had aircraft carrfarNo» a 'commando ahlp". ALBION la a mobUa baaa tor crack Royal Marlnaa and artUlaryman .ho.with aupportlng armour. haHcoptara and Undine craft, can carry out nacaatary oparatlont awlftlyALBION, capabla of a apaad of 2. knofa. la Naraatf aqulppad aHth rockat launctera. ant, aircraft(una and elactr onk datactton aqulpmant.Her Majesty's Ship Albion is one of the most versatile in Britain's RoyalNavy. For here is an every-ready, go-anywhere task force. On board, Albioncan carry a Royal Marine Commando unit equivalent to a full strength armybattalion. Backed by helicopters, armour and landing craft, the troops can belifted ashore at speed to deal with trouble or emergency. Albion itself is armedwith anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers and electronic detection equipment.JOHN BROWN INDUSTRIES LIMITED110 TRENERRY CRESCENT, ABB0TSF0RD, VIC.Phones: 41 7016; 41 5221One of the most versatile ships in at short notice at any trouble spot in can carry Commando Lightthe British Royal Navy. Her Maiesty's any kind of terrain in the world, to Batteries of the Royal Artillery, withShip Albion is practically a task answe' a call for assistance in deal- their 105 millimetre howitzers fromforce on its own. ever ready to mg with an armed revolt or to cope the ship to the operational area inanswer the call of a civil authority with aid and rescue operations after support of the marines The pilotsashore in times of unrest or disaster, a natural disaster. have been trained to fly in allFor Albion, originally a medium- With their mortars, anti-tank guns weathers, and in a wide variety of tersized aircraft carrier operating fixed- and light transport, they can be rain without ground navigationalwing aircraft, is now a "commando moved more than 100 miles (160 aids and to make the best use ofship" serving as a mobile base for a kilometres) inland by the ship's cover. They not only move the troopshighly trained military force of Wessex helicopters, each of which into action, but keep them suppliedRoyal Marines and artillerymen, can carry a dozen or more fully and are ready to move them quicklywith a large squadron of helicopters armed combat troops or the equival- from one point to another in theand four landing cralt to carry out ent weight m stores, such as Land trouble zone by day or night, and canland operations Rovers, light artillery or bulky loads move any casualties straight backA Royal Marine Commando Unit, of fuel and ammunition that can be to the Albion lor medical treatmentequivalent to a full strength army slung below the aircraft. The commandos have the fourbattalion, embarked in the Albion All-Weather Pilots landing craft to put them and theircan be moved into action swiftly and In the same way. the helicopters transport ashore over beaches ifPage Forty-sixTHE NAVYNovember-Deiember-January,Nov.mtwr-DK.mtMr-J.nu.ry, 1971/72 Pag. Forty-aw«nTHE NAVY