Navy League of Australia, and "The Mnrchant Navy," PERSONALITIES Journal of Tha Mnrchant Service Guild Commander John Lnngston Bath, R.A.N
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CONTENTS "'NAVY Vol. 14 June, I960. No. 6. ESTABLISHED IS6S EDITORIAL DAYTYS LION DAVEY'S FLOUR . Australia's Maritime Page Letters to the Editors 5 • jMiraal Published Monthly Editoriel 10 Established in Australia for over ARTICLES 80 years. British Tremp A Model Ship by John Clark 12 • S. H. GILL, U.S. Survey Seerches for Sardines 14 When "Coffin Face" Came tjt Melbourne by Sidney Jemes 16 Associate Editor: Our Recent Navel Visitor's Distinguished Cereer It Captain Suppliers to the R.A.N, and the R.N. The Loss of the "Truculent" 36 BRAND W. G. LAWRENCE. M.B.E. • Gravity System in Eastern M fiTIrrenee'n 31 TELEGRAPHIC AND CABLE ADDRESS Managing Editor: LIONFLOUR. • SYDNEY "In Fog. Mist, Falling Snow' JfltTCJ •' 39 BARRY E. KEEN. • * C PERSONALITIES Commander John McLauchlarT. Adams, O.B.E.. RA.N. 20 EDWIN DAVEY & SONS PTY. LTD. Incarporatlag tha "Navy League Jour- nal," Official Organ of the Navy League The Director of Studies, R.A.N. College 22 ALLEN STREET, PYRMONT of Australia, and "Tbe Merchant Navy," Journal of the Merchant Service Guild OVERSEAS NEWS. 'Phone: MW 2531 (3 lines) of Australasia. % News of World's Nevies 26 Circelatfag through the Royal Austra- Maritime Newt of the World 24 lian and New Zealand Navies, tfie Met- chant Service and to the general public. SPECIAL FEATURES Published by The Navy League, Royal Seas, Ships and Sailors by Norton 31 LESLIE'S Exchange Building, 54e Pitt Street, Syd- ney, N.S.W. Telephone: BU 5B0*. Neuticel Question Box 32 Complete Home Furnishers NAVAL OCCASIONS Subscription Rate: What the Navy Is Doing at Sea and Ashore 305 PITT STREET, SYDNEY 12 issues post free in the British Empire, (next door to Esquire Theatre) • 2/4; foreign, 16/-. ROOK REVIEWS 'Phone: M 3267. • "Basic Navel Architecture" 34 "Dream Ships" 34 A comprehensive and complete range of Quality GORDON * GOTCH (A/sia) LTD. Furniture in Bedroom Suites, Dining Rtxtm Australia end New Zealand. FICTION Suites, Lounge Suites and Kitchen Settings is available for your selection. Wishing You A Pleasant Voyage by Hermon Gill 41 • Literary communication!, photographs GENERAL I and letters for insertion (which should CASH OR EASY TERMS CAN BE ARRANGED be short) should be eddressed to G. H. IF REQUIRED. The Navy for Next Month . 3 • Gill, 258 Beeconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne. Vk. The Editor does Neuticel 9eb 40 not hold himself responsible for manu- Our aim is Courtesy and Attention to your needs scripts, though every effort will be mede Neval Appointments 42 to return those found unsuitable with at all times. which a stamped end eddressed enve- lope is enclosed. The opinions espressed ASSOCIATIONS, CLURS. in signed ertides era those of the The' Nevy League 9 writers end not necessarily those of the LESL IE'S Ex-Naval Mea's Association of Australia 41 •, It TH£ NAVYF0R NEXT M0NTH ' J^'HIS isiuc of "The N.ivy" completes our third year in the M.V. "DUNTROON •—10.500 loiu enlarged production of the Magazine. During the time MELBOURNE that wc have appeared in the present form we have made STEAMSHIP many new friends, both among our readers and subscribers, ind among our contributors. Wc have tried to widen thc CO. LTD. mterest of the journal, especially as regards Merchant Service HEAD OFFICE: material, and, from the evidence of the correspondence we 31 King St., Melbourne. have received, it would seem that our efforts in this direction BRANCHES OR AGENCIES have been appreciated. Wc intend to carry on the effort for AT ALL PORTS. MANAGING AGENTS continued improvement, and to start off our Fourth Year for INDUSTRIAL exparuion at Whyalla. S.A.. i> dearly illustrated in thi. with the forthcoming issue we have to offer: HOBSONS BAY DOCK Whyalla - Australia's aerial photograph showing the Broken HiU Proprietary's shipyard and blast furnace plant (on left). The photograph was taken prior to the AND ENGINEERING launching of the s.s. "Iron Yampi" (seen in the centre foreground) on SOME OLD "FLAP" SHIPS COY. PTY. LTD. Progressive Shipyard September 1, 1947. Four ships of this 12,500-ton ore-carrying type will SHIP REPAIRERS. ETC. be built. The yard has completed sixteen vessels to date. For ambitious In this article—which is well-illustrated with photographs and enterprising young Australians, splendid opportunities for remuner- of the ships with which he deals—our contributor "I.B." Works: ative employment exist at Whyalla. writes of ships of the world's navies which were built during Williamstown, Victoria. Flap" periods—when some unusual excitement troubled the waters of the oceans, and it looked as though there would be more than Nature's storms to disturb them. As usual, "I.B " writes authoritatively 011 his subject, and has produced an THE UNITED SHIP SERVICES article which we feel sure will be of considerable interest to lt is a our readers. pleasure PTY. LTD. NEW FEDERAL LINER "DORSET" Among the new ships appearing on the United-Kingdom- to smoke Australia run is the.new Federal cargo liner "Dorset," which was in these waters early in the year. Mr. James Stewart, CAPSTAN who regularly writes for us on the subject of visiting merch- int ships, adds to his list with a description of the "Dorset" cigarettes I 111 our forthcoming issue. GENERAL. All the usual features. News of the World's Navies, Maritime News of the World, "What the Navy is Doing," Fiction, and the latest from the Navy League and the Ex- Naval Men's Association. ALL CLASSES OF SHIP REPAIRS AND FITTINGS TIME Order your July copy of "The Navy" now! UNDERTAKEN FOR A Note: "Foul Anchors," advertised to appear in this issue CAPSTAN 88-102 NORMANBY RD., STH. MELBOURNE, VIC. will be published in our July issue. / THE EMPIRE'S FAVOURED C<OAI<<TTE Telephones: MX 5231 (6 lines). LETTERS TO THE EDITORS COCKATOO DOCKS ft ENGINEERING "ORSOVA," "ST. JULIEN," by triple-expansion engines, while "DEMOSTHENES" the centre propeller was power- CO. PTY. LTD. ed by a low-pressure turbine. Sir, "Themistocles" was a success, and throughout her long career—she Many thanks tor your letter of Contractors to . the 1st. March in which you sent was in service from 1911 to 1948, to me a copy of the regulations successfully surviving the two H.M. AUSTRALIAN NAVY. regarding signal flags used in world wars—she maintained a re- Ship-buildera, liable speed, in her heyday aver- Port Jackson. I did not answer Marine YOU before as I decided to wait aging 14j knots on the round until after I received the April voyage from the United Kingdom and issue of "The Navy" to sec if to Australia. "Demosthenes" was General Engineers. there was something in it re- not a sucess, and never steamed Inquirros Invited. garding my questions concerning well; while still comparatively the history of the Orient Line young, ten years or so, her aver- Orsova" and the Cross Channel age speed was down to between Packet "St. Julien," which ran ll\ and 12 knots. During the 1914-18 war she served as an Aus- COCKATOO ISLAND THE ONLY LOGICAL from England to Guernsey, as we came to Australia in 1928 by us- tralian troop transport from 1915 SYDNEY CONTAINER FOR MILK ing these ships Would you to 1917, being fitted for 64 offi- please also find out as much of cers, 1,570 other ranks. She also Phone: WB 1941 AUSTRALIAN GLASS MANUFACTURERS CO. PTY. LTD., the history as you can of the lin- made a voyage home from Aus- tralia with munition workers, sail- (10 linn) 428 SPENCER STREET, MELBOURNE. 'Phone FJ6101 er "Demosthenes," Aberdeen Line. With best wishes f ir the ing via the Panama Canal. She success of your journal. subsequently made some trooping voyages across the North Atlan- Yours, etc., tic. After the war she was recon- Eric Jehan, ditioned and reverted to the Unit- Sarnia, ed-Kingdom-Australia cargo-pas- Surrey Street, Scngcr trade via the Cape of Good AARONS Minto. N.S.W. Hope. But she was uneconomic, EXCHANGE Thank you for your letter and and did not survive for long. Un- •^ood wishes. Your questions re- der the heading "Liners Sold HOTEL garding "Orsova" and "St. Cheaply For Scrap Metal," the London "Times" of the 12th. Oc- S. G. WHITE PTY. LTD. lulien" have not been answered I GRESHAM STREET earlier in our pages because of tober, 1931, announced her end, together with that of Shaw Sav— MARINE I GENERAL ENGINEERS, BOILERMAKERS lack of space. Captain Dunn has SYDNEY produced the information you ill's "Corinthic": "The old lin- DIESEL WORK A SPECIALTY. want, and you will find it in the ers "Demosthenes' and 'Corinthic', Nautical Question Box on page well known in the Australian and ALL WATERFRONT TRADES EMPLOYED. 32 of this issue. Regarding New Zealand trade, have been sold for breaking up in anticipa- Demosthenes." She was built Only Hit Bosf Brandt WORKS: LOOKES AV., BALMAIN tion that tariffs will create a better for the Aberdeen Line in 1912 jTOCKVO. 'Phone: WB2170. market for British scrap metal. by Messrs. Harland and Wolff, The 'Demosthenes', which is 20 Dining Room Belfast, and was a triple-screw years old, and is at present laid steamer of 11,223 tons gross. Ex- Unsurpassed. Aaeociatrs: up, realised £9250: The 'Corin- cept for propulsion, she was a thic', which is 28 years old, ar- W. F. JAMES & CO. PTY. LTD., sister ship of the "Themistocles," rived at Wellington on Septemb- built by Harland and Wolff one 15 Nicholson Street, Woolloomooloo, er 23, and will shortly return to year earlier. "Themistocles" was England.