The Navy Vol_37_Part1 (Feb-Mar-Apr, May-June-July 1975)

Inserted with the Compliments olANI Australia Pty LtdNATIONAL FORGE DIVISION465 SOMERVILLE ROADWEST FOOTSCRAY, VICTelephone: 314 0200GEORGE ELLIOTAND SONSESSO SERVICE CENTREFor Friendly. Courteous Service at all timesBy Courtesy otCNR ST GEORGES ROAD &NORMANBY AVENUETHORNBURY, VICTelephone: 44 2016WELCO INDUSTRIALRUBBER PRODUCTS211 FERRARS STREETSOUTH MELBOURNE, VICTelephone: 69 5678HUDSONSDRY CLEANERSFirst-Class Cleaning Servicee Alterations e Repairs e Laundry6 STATION STREETWERRIBEE, VICTelephone: 741 2768THE MERNDA HOTELCounter Teas Friday and SaturdaySupper Dance Saturday NightPLENTY ROADMERNDA, VICPhone: 717 3404Inserted with the Compliments olLA-PETITE HOUSEOF BEAUTYHAIRDRESSERS215 McKINNON ROADMcKINNON, VICTelephone: 58 7527MACHINERY MONITORING SYSTEMSFOR BELGIAN NAVYFour new escort vessels under construction for theBelgian Navy are to have Decca ISIS 300 and ISIS 100engineroom monitoring and recording systems. The mainsystem in each case will be an ISIS 300 monitoring 160channels, with an ISIS 100 as auxiliary, monitoring 180channels.With the Royal Navy and Royal display, group alarm indication andNetherlands Navy having ordered alarm sequence recording, togetherISIS 300s already, this makes the with centralised digital display andthird navy to choose Decca ISIS data recording lacilities. Highequipment and several other navies system integrity and automatic selfhaveit under active consideration. checking facilities are an essentialfeature The Decca ISIS 300 (joinedThe use of more advanced and by the 200 and 100 in June last year)highly-rated machinery today, was designed specifically for marinecoupled with the need for remote machinery surveillance and to thecontrol under wartime operational highest commercial standards. Itconditions and economic use of has the great advantages to themanpower, calls for a compre naval user of being thoroughlyhensive but compact surveillance proved (there are 120 systems atsystem of the highest integrity sea, with over 50 on order) soFurther, the continued use of sur- avoiding both heavy developmentveillance arrangements based on expenditure and the protractedmassed gauges and hardwired lead times associated with equipalarms is incompatible with a ment specially developed for navalfurther escalation of machinery usecomplexity, the limiting factorsbeing the rate at which operatorscan assimilate such information Regarding orders for the RN.and the difficulty in verifying the unpublicised to date, a 100 channelISIS 300integrity status of piecemeal instru-system was installed in amentationnaval shore test facility tor submarine prototype machinery in MayThe Decca ISIS 300 solution is a 1970. Evaluation work was carriedhigh-speed, solid-state scanning out by MoD(N) and the performancesystem giving a coherent alarm of the system has been very satisfactory.Early in this period theequipment 'graduated' from anevaluation system occupyingvaluable space to an importantoperational tool During 1972. two240 channel systems were installedto extend surveillance, and it isintended to embody this facility inseagoing installations.Simultaneous with this exercise a100 channel system was installed inHMS Hecate, a diesel-electric surveyship, in order to gain experience ofseagoing ship operation. Again thisevaluation proved very successfuland the equipment became animportant part of machinery surveillancein a short time.Two 240 channel Decca ISIS 300systems have been specified formain and auxiliary machinery surveillancein the Command CruiserCAH. and a third of these has alreadybeen delivered to the shore trialsmachinery installation concerned.Decca ISIS 300 is also specified forthe Type 22 Frigate and has beenaccepted for use in nuclear submarines.The Royal Netherlands Navy hasordered five systems and these areat present being fitted in guidedmissile frigates and support vesselsThe ISIS 100 is a less sophisticatedsystem employing switched inputsonly. It recently followed the ISIS 300in passing the shock test specifiedfor equipment for naval vessels.OLINDA LOG CABINDon't miss our Dinner Dance every Saturday nightwith the Impalas 3-Piece Continental BandWe Specialise in Wedding Receptions and PrivateFunctionsOpen Sunday. 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