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my • .-V ^% Hk ^^^k^^l v^f ^H t^^^^^^P ^ fe£& -# \ * • 4 *S5** *^' -^. i - ;i»» ..... CONTENTS "KEMBLA II JULY. 1953. COPPER, BRASS AND EDITORIAL: M.V. '•IXJNTROON"— 10.500 ion. OTHER NON-FERROUS British Admiralty's New Test Houie For Gat Turbine Engines * Liaison Between Royal and Merchant Navies 5 MELBOURNE WIRE CABLES & TUBES Oil and Our Destiny . 5 STEAMSHIP Centenary c: R.N. Continuous Service Engagement S CO. LTD. METAL MANUFACTURES LTD. ARTICLES: Hud Office: 31 KING ST.. MELBOURNE PORT KEMBLA. N.S.W. Aircraft Carriers are Indispemible • 6 Searchers of the Sea Depths 8 SELLING AGENTS The Coronation Naval Review . II fwitll DiMffhufPrj in ill Suin New Base in U.K. for Minesweepers and Patrol Boats 13 MANAGING AGENTS FOR Boyd Trophy Presentation Ceremony 13 HOBSONS BAY DOCK AND TVBbS X BRASS WIRl VntE a. CABLES Completion of Shaw Savill M.V. "Cymric'' 23 ENGINEERING CO. PTY. LTD. KNOX SCHLAPP PTY. LTD. BRITISH INSULATED Combined Indian Ocean Exercises 27 Works: Williamstown, Victoria CALLENDER'S CABLES Cadets Visit Nelon s Dockyard . .. 27 and Coronation Carrier Returning Home , ... 29 Collins House, Melbourne LTD. HODGE ENGINEERING CO. 84 William St., Melbourne PTY. LTD. Kembla Building, Sydney 44 Margaret St., Sydney. FEATURES: Works: Sussex St., Sydney. News of the World's Navies IB SHIP REPAIRERS. ETC. Maritime News of the World 19 J — Personal Paragraphs 22 Sea Oddities 24 Speaking of Ships 26 Book Reviews . - 28 ZINC ASSOCIATIONS. CLUBS: ~it is a Si-Navel Men's Association of Australia 30 Without this essential metal there would be pleasure NO GALVANIZED PRODUCTS and Published bv The Navy League, Royal Exchange Building. -
The London Gazette
2570 SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 8 JUNE, 1944 and appointments to, the Most Distinguished To be Additional Knights Commanders of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George: Said Most Eminent Order:— To be an Additional Member of the First Class, Robert Francis Mudie, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., or Knight Grand Cross, of the said Most O.B.E., Indian Civil Service, lately Acting Distinguished Order:— Governor of Bihar. Sir Eric Teichman, K.C.M.G., C.I.E., until Cyril Edgar Jones, Esq., C.S.I., C.I.E., recently Chinese Adviser to His Majesty's Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the Embassy at Chungking. Government of India in the Finance Department. To be Additional Members of the Second Class, Lieutenant-Colonel George Van Baerle Gillan, or Knights Commanders, of the said Most C.I.E., Indian Political Service, Resident for Distinguished Order:— Rajputana. Laurence Collier, Esq., C.M.G., His Majesty's Lieutenant-General William Henry Goldney Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipoten- Baker, C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E., Indian Army, tiary to His Majesty the King of Norway. lately Adjutant-General in India. Donald St. Clair Gainer, Esq., C.M.G., Lieutenant-General Thomas Jacomb Button, O.B.E., His Majesty's Ambassador Extra- C.B., M.C., Secretary, War Resources, and ordinary and Plenipotentiary to be, United Reconstruction Committees of Council, States of Brazil (dated 3ist May, 1944). Government of India. Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari, Esq., C.S.I., William Thomas Matthews, Esq., C.B., C.I.E., Indian Civil Service, Secretary to the O.B.E., Director-General of the Middle East Government of India in the Department of Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. -
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. -
The British Pacific Fleet and the 27Th Destroyer Flotilla
THE BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET AND THE 27TH DESTROYER FLOTILLA From 17 Jan 45, Rear-Admiral (Destroyers) was Rear-Admiral John Edelsten CB CBE. The 27th Destroyer Flotilla (27DF) was part of the British Pacific Fleet (BPF) in the final year of the Second World War, 1944-45. Captain „D‟ of the 27th Destroyer Flotilla – D27 - was in HMS Kempenfelt and the ships in the Flotilla were, in order of seniority: HMS Kempenfelt (Captain Eric G MacGregor DSO RN from 10 Feb 45)1 HMS Whelp (Commander George A F Norfolk RN from 28 Feb 44) HMS Whirlwind (Commander William A F Hawkins OBE DSO DSC RN from 14 Jun 44) HMS Wager (Lieutenant-Commander Roland C Watkin RN from 28 Feb 44) HMS Wessex (Lieutenant-Commander Richard Horncastle RN from 27 Mar 44)2 HMS Wizard (Lieutenant-Commander R H Hodgkinson DSC RN from 27 Dec 44)3 HMS Wrangler (Lieutenant-Commander Derek W Austin RN from 10 Apr 44)4 HMS Wakeful (Lieutenant-Commander George D Pound DSC RN from 17 Jan 44)5 Date each ship of the 27th Destroyer Flotilla (27DF) arrived in the Pacific (All bar HMS Wessex and HMS Wizard were based at Trincomalee until 16 Jan 45; HMS Wessex departed Trincomalee slightly later. HMS Wizard was in refit in UK until April 1945) HMS Kempenfelt – sailed 14 Oct 44 from Gibraltar with HM Destroyers Wakeful, Whirlwind and Wrangler in company for passage to Ceylon. Arrived Trincomalee and transferred to the British Pacific Fleet with 27DF on formation 23 Nov 44. HMS Wager – sailed Aden 31 Aug 44, arriving Addu Atoll on 7 Sep, before reaching Colombo 9 Sep and Trincomalee on 12 Sep 44. -
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CONTENTS Mat a marvellous thinq is APRIL, 1953. EDITORIAL: M.V. "DUNTROON"— 10.500 ton Admitel Mountbetten'l N.A.T.O. Mediterranean Command 4 British Admiralty Seeks New Idem 5 MELBOURNE -the glow* worm and the firefly STEAMSHIP ARTICLES: CO. LTD. but who cares! H.M.A.S. 'Vengeence" ' Hud Office: Steady Progress Marks R.N. Shipbuilding M Jl KING ST.. MELBOURNE INDUSTRY Mtmt HAVE EFFECTIVE Biggeit Ever Assembly of Warships 12 LIGHTING and SitMltX lamps are Admiralty Develops Gas Turbine* for Marina Purposts 13 New Marker Buoy for H.M. Submarines II MANAGING AGliNTS FOR the logical solution. Symbol of Unity 21 HOBSONS BAY DOCK AND R.A.N.R. Regatta 25 and the angler fish •-• ENGINEERING CO. PTY. LTD. Works: Williamstown, Victoria FEATURES: and News of the World's Navies IB HODGE ENGINEERING CO. Maritime News of the World 19 PTY. LTD. Personal Paragraphs 22 Works: Sussex St., Sydney. Sea Oddities 24 SIEMENS (AUSTRALIA) PTY. LIMITED SHIP REPAIRERS. ETC. Speaking of Ships 26 Book Reviews 2$ ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS: Ei-Naval Men's Association of Australia 30 Australian Sea Cadet Corps 31 it is a Published by The Navy League, Royal Exchange Building, 54a Pitt Street, pleasure 5HINID Sydney. N.S.W. Telephone: BU MM. to smoke BRASS and SILVER Subscription Rate: 12 issues post free in the British Empire, 18/-. Liquid Polish CAPSTAN K»r Brass. .1 richer R1O% — .i new Copies of "Herald" photographs used may be obtained direct from Photo cigarettes Sales, Sydney Morning Herald. Hunter Street, Sydney. ret ion and a pcrfecl *• For the Best Soft Drinks Shinio will not harm the most delicate surface of Silver V •••••• M 1 '*& JgnM Plate.