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The Navy Vol 60 Part 2 1998 5JULYULY-SEPTEMBE- R 1998 VOLUME 60 NO.3 $3.50 The Magazine of the Navy League of Australia THE NAVY THE NAVY During August. 1998. the Naval Air Station. VIEWPOINT HMAS ALBATROSS will set the scene with a major 50th Anniversary Air Day. with dozens of aircraft and helicopters The Navy Number 3. 1998 is a pot-pourri' expected on show. The public display will of news and articles from the World's span five decades, of Naval Aviation, with Navies. numerous flying, museum and static Most recently, for Australia, the first ever displays. Peoples Liberation Army - Navy (PLA-N) The new Combat Fleets of the World Task Group visit was successfully 1998-99 naval reference book is expected Navy Needs Major Modernisation Urgendy 3 undertaken in Sydney during the early part to be available in local bookshops from Chinese Naval Task Group Visit to Australia 4 of May. This edition also features a special July-August. Spanning 1220 pages, the Navy League of Australia; Statement of New Zealand feature, including a post 1998-99 edition includes more than 4.750 Policy t Defence White Paper commentary, the photographs and line drawings. This year, Canada's Naval Forres Adjust Course 7 veteran Westaland Wasp Helicopter Story for the first time, a j>Q;ROM version is New Tank Landing Ship for Singapore 9 and an update on the 'new', interim SH-2F available. A Defence Budget 1998-99 10 Seasprites, which are now flying. of The Navy. New Zealand - Special Feature An 'oldtimer' making a comeback into -After the 1997 Defence White Paper 18 Australian military service in the Lighter -Wasp Finale 20 Amphibious Re-supply Cargo Mk V. more - SH-2F Scasprites Enter Service 21 commonly referred to as the LARC V. A Ross Gillett LARC V Makes a Comeback! 23 number of the 30-year-old Army IOWA'S Legacy - The Surface Action Group 25 watercraft are being updated for service T1NGIRA (SOBRAON); Some early scenes 29 aboard the RAN's two modified LPAs. The opinions or assertions expr essed lr> The Navy are What Is an EM! 30 KANIMBLA and MANOORA. This report those of the authors and are not rmam^w those of the also includes the latest RAN photographs Federal Council of the Navy League of Australia, the of the modernised MANOORA. Editor of The Navy or the Royal Australian Navy REGULAR FEATURES Viewpoint I Naval News 11 The Navy League of Observations 16 The Old Navy 29 Book Reviews 30 AUSTRALIA FEDERAL COUNCIL SOUTH AUSTRALIAN DIVISION Corporate Members Patron In Chiet He Exceiency The GtMnor General Patron: Ha Excefcncy. The Gowmor of South Auserale THE AUSTRALIAN SHIPOWNERS' IMHnt Ge*»n M hhrrt. RFC President Abn Piesloa.RFO IS Sleeps Hi Dr*«. ASSOCIATION Vice-Presidents: RADM AJ Robertson AO DSC. 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KBE.C& DSC RAN (Rtd) Front cover The Royal Australian Navy's second Anzac class frigote. ARUNTA. on trials in Port Phillip, early 1998.1Photo - Naval Photo Unit) Copy deadline for the next edition is Southport IVFoot. POBex 946, SouehportQW 4215. John Strang, Ovuriran Strang International Pty Ltd 9 August 1998. Telephone (07) S532 2447 PAGE I THE NAVY 'THE NAVY operated over a wide range of missile types. Some of these are marginally more NAVY NEEDS MAJOR effective than those used for our basic comparison. MODERNISATION URGENTLY The worrying factor is that the first upgraded FFG will not even start trials By Navy Leaguer Firstly, the Anzacs are much newer than the until two years after the first regional FFGs so will remain in service much longer. surface combatant with new generation In reply to the article in the January- For some five years now, the RAN anti-ship missiles enters service. has been pressing to have its six During this longer period it must be March. 1998 edition concerning the fate The FFG upgrade project has undergone Adelaide class FFGs upgraded. expected that the missile and aircraft threat of the former minehunter CURLEW. I will develop to more capable weapons. a long series of examinations and re- forward some additional information. The need for this was confirmed by an To put this into perspective, surface examinations. The successive changes in The old mine warfare vessel was saved analysis of the new generation types of launched anti-ship missiles currently in capabilities, designs and plans for missile either already on the market or from the scrap mecal merchants about 14 service in the region have a speed of implementation of the upgrade give the expected to become available over the months ago by myself, an ex-submariner mach 0.9 and a range of some 40 nautical outside observer the impression of next few years. The analysis then made an Purchased for $40,000. CURLEW is miles with active radar or infra-red dithering over capability needs with the estimate of the number of missiles and currently berthed at the Woolwich homing systems. The most flexible need to get the design and capability right Singapore Naval Base, prior to handover to ANZUK. On the right is HMAS SWAN, with a launching vehicles (ships, submarines, Marina in Sydney, undergoing repairs patterns (sea skimming etc) can make the becoming bogged down in a wish to get Royal Fleet Auxiliary on the left (Photo - Bill Wilson) helicopters and fixed wing aircraft) before heading to Hobart. Tasmania in defence task more difficult. Some ships the paper process right. expected to be in service in the region. The Anzac war fighting improvement June or July. Singapore The class of frigate as exemplified by are fitted with longer ranged missiles with From this, the quality of defence likely to be program AAW phase gives the same Dear Sir. HMAS SWAN and variants was the most much smaller warheads. The work to restore the vessel to her required by the RAN and the date by which impression. A study has been followed by successful class of warship in modern Current plans - the fitting of evolved Sea The accompanying photograph was taken that defence should be provided to keep original condition is a labour of love and Sparrow missiles. Nulka active off-board another study. times and should therefore be carefully these ships combat worthy in our broader determination, as a fine example of in Singapore Harbour in 1971. On the decoys - will provide the Anzacs with a preserved for future generations. region was determined. The fact is that the space limitations and working Naval heritage. In 2003 it is right is the destroyer escort HMAS substantial defence against these 0.9 other factors limit the degree of YARRA, The arguments by bureaucrats and The primary purpose of this upgrade is to planned to steam the 50-year-old units of the Royal Navy and a mach missiles.
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