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Australia's Maritime Journal January, 3953 I '6 Contents AUSTRALIA'S MARITIME JOURNAL JANUARY, 3953 I '6 CONTENTS JANUARY. 1953. EDITORIAL: or an M.V. "DUNTROON"— 10,100 ion. o< New Scheme for Training Engineer Officers for the Merchant Navy 4 Surveying Australian Waters ... 6 MELBOURNE Merchant Navy Radio Medical Advice Service . 5 STEAMSHIP ARTICLES: CO. LTD. Britain Is Concentrating on Small Ships 7 Head Office: THE WONDERFUL LAMP Accommodation in R.N. Ships . • 31 KING ST., MELBOURNE M.u. in Auitt*li* lot Th« G«n.f*l Electric Co Ltd o( Engijna Pyrotechnic Signals .. 10 German S.S. Man to Salvage Rommel's Treasure . ... II Tha Monte Bello Test 14 MANAGING AGENTS FOR The Queen to Launch New Royal Yacht 31 HOBSONS BAY DOCK AND ENGINEERING CO. PTY. LTD. FEATURES: Works: Williamstown, Victoria and News of the World's Navies 15 Maritime News of the World ... 19 HODGE ENGINEERING CO. Personal Paragraphs 22 PTY. LTD. Sea Oddities 24 Works: Sussex St., Sydney. Speaking of Ships 26 SHIP REPAIRERS. ETC. Book Reviews 28 R.A.N. Awards 29 ASSOCIATIONS, CLUBS: E»-Naval Men's Association of Australia 30 it is a Published by The Navy League, Royal Exchange Building, 54a Pitt Street. pleasure Sydney, N.S.W. Telephone: BU 5808. to smoke Subscription Rate: 12 issues post free in the British Empire, 18/-. CAPSTAN Copies of "Herald" photographs used may be obtained direct from Photo Seles, Sydney Morning Herald, Hunter Street, Sydney. cigarettes For the Best Soft Drinks Always say . MARCHANT-S TIME FOR A PLEASE ! REPRESENTING (HE GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. LTD. OF ENGLAND CAPSTAN 0^ Office 8L Factory: 54 YORK ST., RICHMOND, VICTORIA THE DEPENDABLE CIGARETTE. Sydney Newcastle Melbourne Adelaide Brisbane Perth Hobart Launceston Town* vine 'Phone:- JA 3151. January, 1953. THE NAVY LEAGUE OF AUSTRALIA BUY THE BEST AND POCKET THE SAVINGS FEDERAL COUNCIL. Commander (S) "J. D Bales. V.R.D.. Keep adding to your range of R AN.VR Deputy Preeielent: 'SILENT KNIGHT" »*«** you Commander R. A. Neltlefold. D.S.C., SECURITY, QUALITY & VALUE V.R.D., R.A.N R R. Neil Walfo'rd. Esq dual-purpose Hon. Treeeurer: Lieut.Cdr (S) J. H. H. Paterson, STANDARD MODEL - - £69/10/- DE LUXE MODEL - - £72/10/- M.B.E., R A.N R. (Kerosene, Electric or Gas) (Gas or Electric) New South Wales Division Prfron: yrex NEW IMPROVEMENTS MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT THAN EVER His Excellency The Governor of New B South Wales. President: Now for the outstanding — Commander (S) J. D. Bates, V.R.D., R.AN.V.R. SEALED UNIT (ELECTRIC) MODELS Serretery: E. T. Lenthall • WELL-KNOWN KIRBY SEALED-UNIT. • INSULATED THROUGHOUT WITH Hon. Treeeurrn: • HIGH-QUALITY NON-RUSTING STEEL BONDED SLAGWOOL. D'A. M. Shelley. Esq Commander Winn L .Reilly. CABINET. • HEAVY CHROMIUM-PLATED FITTINGS. • 5 YEARS' GUARANTEE. • THERMOSTATIC CONTROL. Victorian Division • EFFICIENTLY DESIGNED CABINET WITH Petroni • HEAVY-GAUGE METAL PORCELAIN His Excellency The Governor GREATEST DEPTH OF REFRIGERATION ENAMEL BASE. SPACE. of Victoria. • WEDGE-ACTION DOOR CATCH FOR President: • COLD STORAGE AND ICE CUBE COM­ POSITIVE SEALING. Commander R. A. Nettlefoltf, DSC, PARTMENTS. V.R.D., RAM, Srmini 6 cubic feet Capacity, £117/12/ 9 cubic feet Capacity, £162/15/- R. Neil Walford, Esq Hon. Treeomer: Agee Pyrex, the ovenware that is tableware as HALLSTROMS PTY. LTD. 462 Willoughby Road, Willoughby, N.S.W. Commander C. T. Goode. R.A.N.R. well, is back again in the complete range . South Australian Division Patron: from casseroles to pie plates, from baking His Excellency The Covctnor dishes to entree dishes, from pudding dishes to of South Australia. individual ramekins. You can buy them all in Lieutenant Cdr C. C. Shinlefield, THE UNITED SHIP SERVICES R A.N.R (rctd). glorious colours—green, blue, biscuit or in Hon. Secretary: clear. As your set of Agee Pyrex increases, Lieut. Commander (S) L. T. Ewens. PTY. LTD. R.AN.V.R you'll discover just how much time and Tasmanian Division trouble a complete range can save! For Patron: cooking, for serving, for storing—Agee Pyrex I Vice-Admiral Sir Guy Wyatt. K BE , C.B, R.N (rctd). Guaranteed against breakage in oven use. The Richt Hon Mr. A R Park. M.H.A MARKETED IV CROWN CRYSTAL GLASS PTY. LTD. Hon. Serretery: P. F. Morris, Esq AUSTRALIAN SEA CADET COUNCIL NETTLEFOLDS SCREWS Rapraatntatma of ih* Naval Board: Director of Naval Reserves, Are Used In Every British Ship Captain A, S. Rosenthal. D.S.O., R.A.N. (Chairman), ALL CLASSES OF SHIP REPAIRS AND FITTINGS Commander F. R. James, R.A.N, RapraMMativM of Tha N«vy Laagna: • UNDERTAKEN Commander R. A. Nettlefold, D.S.C., V.R.D., R.AN.V.R., L. G. Pearson, Esq., NETTLEFOLDS PTY. LTD. 88-102 NORMANBY RD., STH. MELBOURNE, VIC. L. Forsythe, Esq., Lieut. (S) F. G. Evans, R.AN.V.R. SUNSHINE, VICTORIA Telephones: MX 5231 (6 line*).' Hon. Sacratarr: R. Neil Walford. Tk. Navy January, 1953. i " WW**" over one of the most treacherous marine beds in SURVEYING AUSTRALIAN WATERS. the Australian waters- The ocean bed in Bass Strait, it appears, is al­ *HJ8.. The announcement in Canberra on December most fiat except for "needle rocks" which rise CO 26 by the Minister for the Navy (the Hon. within a few feet of the surface in 30 or 40 Australia's Marittac Journal William McMahon) that H-M.A.S. "Warrcgo" fathoms of water. Such a rock is Wakapipu, which and H.M.A.S. "Barcoo" would leave Sydney on rises to within 6 feet of the surface and is only January 2 to survey the Bass Strait and Gabo Is 6 feet in diameter across the top. Although the land areas was received in Senior Naval circles area in question had been charted previously, the not unexpectedly. The fact that some Australian rock was unknown until the ship "Wakapipu" marine charts were still based on the charts of struck it and was holed in the early part of this Captain Cook and Matthew Flinders- *good century. though they were considering the conditions un­ A most satisfactory feature of the surveys, is der which they were made- could hardly be de­ that the operating ships are both of a type well scribed as a position meriting complacency and equipped to make them. Captain Tancred said satisfaction. both the "Warrcgo" and "Barcoo" are equipped It came, therefore, as no surprise when Captain with the most modern echo-sounding devices, G. D. Tancred, senior officer of the Royal Aus­ which would be used to chart the seabed. tralian Navy's hydrographic service, which has the Each vessel carries three diescl-driven motor job of surveying Australian waters, amplified the boats fitted with echo-sounding equipment. These Ministerial announcement with a press statement motor boats would do most of the actual sounding on December 27. work. After pointing out that "lers than ten per cent Captain Tancred estimated that it would take of Australia's seven million square miles of ocean another 20 years to survey the Australian waters waters had been covered by modern surveys," thoroughly. Without wishing in any way to be Captain Tancred went on to reiterate that our critical, it cannot he too strongly emphasised that maritime approaches have "all been surveyed in a the sooner the work is completed the better it will sort of a way, but some of our marine charts arc be for Australian maritime welfare and efficiency. still based on the charts of Cook and Flinders." And "in those days," he emphasised, "soundings were taken by swinging the lead- by dropping a MERCHANT NAVY RADIO MEDICAL It is known that the councils of both the Navi­ lead weight attached to :. line." ADVICE SERVICE. JANUARY. 1953. No. I. Vol. 17. gators and Engineer Officers' Union and the Mer­ As announced by the Minister on December 26, cantile Marine Service Associatoin have advocated NEW SCHEME FOR TRAINING ENGINEER the "Warrcgo" will operate east and west of the From time to time evidence comes to hand of for many years the necessity of introducing an al­ Furncaux Group and in the approach to Lady OFFICERS FOR THE MERCHANT NAVY. ternative scheme to the normal shc-c-going ap­ the very useful work which is performed by this Barron Harbour. At a request of the Tasmanian particular service which has been available for prenticeship, and accordingly will no doubt wish Government she will obtain data for a chart of success to this new method of training. It is in­ some years in the United Kingdom. A feature of In the September, 1952, issue of this lournal Lady Barron Harbour to assist shipping in remov­ the service is that it is free of charge. details were given of the new seheme tor the train teresting to note that at the inauguration of the ing primary products grown on Lady Barron Is­ Navigators and Engineer Officers* Union in 1936 Shipmasters in general are familiar with the inn of Engineer Officers for the Merchant Navy. land. procedure which is given in chapter 24 of the The enrolment of boys by Shipping Companies provision was made in the Rules of that body to promote and actively participate in the work of The "Warrcgo" will then survey Hanns Inlet, "Ship Captain's Medical Guide," but the latest has now taken plaee, and the results apparently which leads from Western Port Bay to the wharf returns seem to indicate that the facilities offered have been very satisfactory. training of Engineer Apprentices for the Sea Ser­ vice. It would seem therefore that the scheme will of Flinders Naval Depot. arc not being fully utilised. The British Ministry of Transport, in conjunc­ The "Barcoo," in turn, will survey the Gabo In 1951, 77 British and 7? foreign ships made tion with the Education Authorities, have arrang' have the support of .ill organisations, employer and employee, affected by it.
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