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News of the World's Navies CONTENTS Vol. II. JANUARY, I9S4. No. I. ZINC Without this essential metal there would be EDITORIAL? I "DUNTIOON"— 10,900 mm Oil Pollution R.March: Plotting Currents in North Atlantic 4 NO GALVANIZED PRODUCTS and Selv.g« Work On Fronoli W.r Wreck 5 MELBOURNE A "Copybook R.icu." By R.N 5 NO BRASS. STEAMSHIP ARTICLES: CO. LTD. ZINC is also used extensively in lead-free PAINTS and in DIE CASTING and is a basic require- The World's Tim.-Ko.por' 7 Head Office: ment for many industries. British Commonwealth Cruiser* To Vrtrt Australia 9 31 KING ST., MELBOURNE Eserciso "W.ldf.it"—TK. Bigg.it Y.tl 10 High-grade ZINC is produced in Australia, using zinc concentrate from Broken Hill, N.S.W., and R-A.N. Frig.te Visits N.w Guinea C0.1t W.tehors BRANCHES OR ACENCIES II AT ALL PORTS H.M.A.S. "Austr.li." To 60 Scr.ppcd from Rosebery, Tasmania, and electric power generated by tlie Hydro-Electric Commij lion of 12 MANAGING AGENTS FOR N.v.l Escort! For Toy.l Tour II Tasmania. HOBSONS BAY DOCK AND H.MA.S. "Culgoe" R.turni From Koro. 14 ENGINEERING CO. PTY. LTD. Roy.l Australian Naval Promotions II Sole Australian producers Th. Royal Lin.r "Gothic" » Works: Williamstown, Victoria and ELECTROLYTIC ZINC COY. of AUSTRALASIA Ltd. FEATURES: . HODGE ENGINEERING CO. News of tfio World's N.vi.i 15 PTY. LTD. Head Office — 360 COLLINS STREET. MELBOURNE M.ritim. N.ws of tlw World If Works: Sussex St, Sydney. P.rson.l Paragraphs 22 SHIP REPAIRERS, ETC. Sec OdditiM 24 Works — RISDON, TASMANIA Specking of Ships 26 Book Review ... 27 ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS: Ex-Nevel M.n'i Asioci.tion of Auitr.li. 31 it is a "DULUX" The durable finish pleasure Published by TV. 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Ewens, STOREY & KEERS R.A.N.V.R. and AGENCY COMPANY LTD. Tasmanian Division 23-25 MACQUARIE PLACE, SYDNEY 210 SHELLEY STREET, SYDNEY Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Wyatt, K B E , C.B., R.N. (retd.). Alderman A. R. Perk, M.H.A. Hob. Swntiry: P. F. Morris, Esq INSURANCE IMPORTANT.— Don't neglect to inure all yoor aetata to their full value mgminX aO pnrfila contingenciae. Failure to do AUSTRALIAN SEA CADET ao may involve yon m eerioua financial loea. AO rfaaan of MARINE 8C GENERAL BOILERMAKERS 8c ENGINEERS. COUNCIL buaineaa written (except Life) at lowest cuwent ret fa • M da Knl M Director of Naval Reserves, All Classes of Ship Repairs. Captein A. S. Rosenthal. D.S.O., R.A.N. (Chairman), CORRECT, PROMPT, AND SATISFACTORY CLAIM Commander F. R. James, R.A.M. SETTLEMENTS Head Office: Shipyard: Woodwotk Section: • III ol Tta Ih, [jaai Commander R. A. Nettlefold, D.S.C., SHELLEY STREET. LOUISA ROAD, LOUISA ROAD. V.R.D., R.A.N.V.R., SYDNEY. BALMA1N BALMAIN - L. G. Pearson, Esq., BX 1924 WB 2151 1066 L. Forsythe, Esq., ENQUIRIES OF ANY KIND ARE INVITED BX 1925 WB 2166 WB2621 Lieut. (S) F. G. Evans, R.A.N.V.R. R. Nefl Walford. Jenuery, IW4 mi NA 1 dates on which the envelopes will be dropped are to be announced later. A "COPYBOOK RESCUE" BY R.N. This research project arises from the report of the Committee on Oil Pollution of the Sea, set up The story of a "copybook rescue" was told on by the British Ministry of Transp»rt, and should the return to Devonport of H.M.S. "Implacable" have the co-operation and commendation of every- (Captain A. F. Campbell, O.B.E., R.N.) follow- one, and particularly of those most directly con- ing her participation in the recent Exercise "Mar' cerned. iner". It warms the blood to read it. While on passage from the Scillies to Milford ' Haven a gale sprang up. Wind gusts to Force 9 SALVAGE WORK ON FRENCH WAR were lashing the seas to very steep wave forma- WRECK. tions of some 30 feet in height. A party was working on the quarter-deck with the object of ; The British Admiralty Salvage Organisation is securing the starboard accommodation ladder, now engaged on work preparatory to the removal which was breaking loose. After a very heavy sea of the wreck of the Frcnch destroyer, "Maillc had engulfed the party. Leading Seaman William Brczc," sunk in the Clyde during the early days Woolcock noticed that Able Seaman Harry Gam- of World War II. lin, of Newport, Monmouthshire, was missing. Early last year the Clyde Navigation Trust re- The Leading Seaman ran aft, saw Gamlin in the quested the British Ministry of Transport to re- water, shouted to him, and threw him a lifebuoy. move the wreck for fear that, with the passage of Gamlin appeared to hear the hail, swam to the life- time, oil pollution in the Clyde might be caused buoy, and succeeded in getting into it. either by the corrosion of the ship's structure or Immediately the "Man Overboard" report reach- by another ship fouling the wreck and holing a ed the bridge the Navigating Officer, Lieutenant- fuel tank. In addition, there is the possibility of Commander J. S. Le Blanc Smith, R.N., stopped ' some of the ammunition becoming unstable with the ship, and the Captain manoeuvred her so that age; and this might cause an additional hazard she blew down towards Gamlin, who could be seen —and possibly a resultant loss of life and property at first but was later lost to sight. He was again ; —should the wreck be fouled. seen, however, to leeward of the ship and a * The survey started in June, 1953, and the posi- scrambling net was lowered over the flare on the postcard which is received by the National Insti- tion confirmed or advanced by it is that messenger forward lee side. Commissioned Bosun R. B. Vol. I«. JANUARY, 1954. No. I. tute of Oceanography at its headquarters at Worm- wires for the main lifting wires have been either Jones, R.N., went down the ladder on a line and Icy, near Godalming, Surrey, England. swept or tunnelled under the wreck for most of secured Gamlin, both of them then being hauled OIL POLLUTION RESEARCH: PLOTTING The cards will be numbered, and the date "and its length, that no unforeseen difficulties have to safety inboard.
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