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CALL the HANDS NHSA DIGITAL NEWSLETTER Issue No.12 September 2017 CALL THE HANDS NHSA DIGITAL NEWSLETTER Issue No.12 September 2017 From the President Call the Hands is now a year old. During the year it has evolved in terms of size and content. The most pleasing feature of which is the ‘readers forum’ which continues to grow. The comments, information and stories provided by you, our readers are highly valued and makes CTH a people focused newsletter. Naval history is multi-faceted in that it is not possible to write about ships, submarines and aircraft without including the people who operate them, maintain them and provide essential support services. We really appreciate receiving historical information and stories on non-mainstream issues. A classic example was the role played by Navy bandsmen posted to RAN Cruisers. At sea Bandsmen were part of the Gunnery Department. Having undertaken a special fire control course, they were employed manning the Transmitting Station (TS) day and night. Here they assembled all the details needed for the guns to fire accurately. They were a vital part of the Gunnery Department. The story of a Bandsman’s World War 2 experiences is the subject of a Society monograph. Our collection of 95 monographs are available for sale. Interested readers can e-mail the Society for a copy. With the launch of our new website in the coming months, the monographs and other products will be available for sale through our on-line shop. With our new website, move to e-commerce and a new format Call the Hands (HTML) in the coming months, ‘privacy’ has been a key consideration. We are conscious that in changing the format of Call the Hands to HTML and using a third-party product for its distribution (MailChimp) subscribers e-mail address will be provided to that third party. Our plan is to make the switch when our website is expected to launch in December 2017. Should this be a concern, please advise us if you wish to ‘unsubscribe’. Advantages for the Society and readers of using MailChimp as the tool for publishing CTH include, information useful to us on issues important to readers and it provides readers with better links to resources on the NHSA website. In addition to generous financial donations made by members with their annual membership renewal the Society’s research library has benefitted greatly from the donation of books from several sources. In some cases, such as that of a 1915 entry to the RAN College, heritage items, journals and diaries are passed to the Naval Heritage Collection. We hope you enjoy this, our first birthday edition David Michael President The Boatshed, Building 25, GARDEN ISLAND NSW 2011 The Naval Historical Society Phone: 02 9359 2372 / 2243 (Tuesdays and Thursdays) of Australia Fax: 02 9359 2383 ABN 71 094 118 434 E-Mail [email protected] Patron: Chief of Navy www.navyhistory.org.au From the Editor Thanks for being a subscriber to our email newsletter and celebrating our first anniversary. In the last twelve months we have enjoyed bringing interesting news and stories to you via our newsletter. We look forward to finding and sharing more with you over the next year. If you have photos or stories that you would like to contribute you can either post them onto the Facebook page or email them to [email protected] and we will post your contribution for you. David Stratton Editor Coming Launch of the Australian Naval History Video and Podcast Series On 3 October 2017 the Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett will launch the Australian Naval History video and podcast series at the Seapower Conference in Sydney. This series is produced by the Naval Studies Group at University of NSW Canberra in partnership with the Australian Naval Institute, the Naval Historical Society, the RAN Seapower Centre and the Submarine Institute of Australia. In each 50 minute episode an expert panel explores a different incident, battle or event in Australian Naval history. The panels vary in composition and include Australia’s best selling naval historian Mike Carlton, world famous ship wreck hunter David Mearns, Professor Tom Frame, Dr Kathryn Spurling and the members of the Naval Studies Group - Rear Admiral James Goldrick, Vice Admiral Peter Jones, Commodore Jack McCaffrie and Dr David Stevens. The video version includes photographs and maps to further illuminate the topic. Series One includes episodes ranging from the Oberon class submarines in RAN Service, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the formation of the Women’s Royal Australian Naval Service, the HMAS Australia Court Martial, the RAN in World War I and HMAS Sydney in the Mediterranean during World War II and her subsequent loss. After the 3 October launch, a new episode of Australian Naval History will be released simultaneously on YouTube and iTunes each week. Viewers and listeners will be able to subscribe to automatically receive their next episode. Docking the ex-HMAS Sydney On 12th June 2017, Ex-HMAS Sydney was docked at the Western Australian Government owned Australian Marine Complex Common User Facility in Henderson Western Australia by AMC Management, the Facility Manager and Floating Dock Operator. The defence contractor Birdon was awarded the disposal contract by the Department of Defence and in conjunction with Defence chose the Common User Facility to undertake the final dismantling of the ship. You can watch a video of this on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eadJBJE0qMI 2 RAN 75th Anniversary of Diver Training at HMAS Penguin This year marks the 75th anniversary of the RAN diver training transferring to HMAS Penguin, Mosman, from Garden Island. In that year, 1942, HMAS Penguin was completed, commissioned and started service as a naval hospital. It was war-time, General Macarthur had been appointed as Supreme Commander of all allied forces in the South West Pacific and Australia ramped up its contribution to the war effort. Trained divers were being turned out faster than ever before. Divers were needed for many different jobs as records show. These included more mundane tasks such as recovering items dropped overboard, clearing fouled props and making minor repairs underwater. At the other end of the scale there was some extremely hazardous work for the Render Mines Safe (RMS) men, some of whom undertook diver training. There was also the one-off event of recovering the midget submarines from Sydney Harbour. In between there was a wide range of work carried out by the divers, including salvaging ships and aircraft and laying and maintaining boom defence nets. Typically, four men were trained at a time. The officer in charge of diver training was Lt Lowrie. At the same time, he was appointed the Port Diving Officer for Sydney Harbour. Training took place on boats, including the private ferry Lady Denman and at Chowder Bay, adjacent to Clifton Gardens. An unfortunate incident occurred here in late 1943. There was an army man, a native of Thursday Island in the water transport group at Clifton Gardens. At Thursday Island he had dived for pearls. In Thursday Island, they typically used a helmet with no suit or a half suit cut-off at the waist. On this basis, he was allowed to dive in a helmet without full gear and without close supervision. Unfortunately, he became entangled in the ropes and drowned before the staff realised. On Sunday 17th September from 9:30 am, a group of enthusiasts will recreate old fashioned navy diving using “hard hats” and all the associated equipment. The public is invited to come and watch. There will be an opportunity to look at the equipment used, take pictures and learn about the history of this type of diving. Visitors are requested to stay back from the actual diving area. The divers would be keen to meet any old navy, commercial or recreational divers or their families. The day is being co-ordinated by Allan Kessler, 0487 388 975 or [email protected]. Allan’s grandfather trained as a navy diver at HMAS Penguin in 1943. For further information on the history of diving and the equipment used visit the web site of the Historical Diving Society Australia-Pacific at www.historicaldivingsociety.com.au. Pictured is Lt Lowrie with a RAN diver recovering an aircraft in 1943. Picture from United and Undaunted by R.S. Blue, published by The Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1976. 3 Book Donations: A Wonderful Response The Society is most grateful for the donation of a significant number of books following last month’s request. Three treasured collections of books were donated to the Society in August, by Graeme Andrews OAM (who donated almost 200 books), Russel Vasey, and the widow of the CMDR R (Ray) F Williams DSC MID VRD* ADC RANR. (Ray died about 18 months ago.) Graeme Andrews joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1955 at the age of seventeen. He qualified in gunnery as a fire control man and had been promoted to petty officer fire control when he was discharged in 1968. On discharge, Graeme was awarded a seaman’s trade certificate which enabled him to gain employment first as a deckhand on harbour tugs and then as a master of Sydney and Manly ferries. This encouraged him to take an interest in maritime history and to collect an enormous quantity of related books and photographs. These covered ferries, work boats, shipyards and boatyards throughout New South Wales . He subsequently donated approximately 10,000 photographs to the City of Sydney. Graeme has edited various maritime publications and is a regular contributor to Sydney’s Afloat magazine. In 2005 he was made an Honorary Life Member of the Naval Historical Society for his splendid efforts in recording Naval and Maritime history over many years.
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