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	HMAS ALBATROSS - Find Friends from HMAS ALBATROSS at Forces Reunited
		Richard Crowther was at HMAS Albatross between 1975 and 1986.
		Helen Edwards was at HMAS Albatross between 1990 and 2006.
		Ernest Shepherd was at HMAS Albatross between 1942 and 1945.
	www.kiteflyers-directory.co.uk /namearchive/units/HMSNames/HMAS-Albatross.html (425 words)

	Encyclopedia: HMAS Albatross
		HMAS Albatross was a seaplane tender laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company at Sydney in New South Wales in April 1926, launched on 23 February 1928 by Lady Stonehaven, wife of the Governor General of Australia, completed on 21 December 1928 and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 23 January 1929.
		HMAS Albatross paid off to reserve on 26 April 1933, was accepted by the Admiralty as part payment for the cruiser HMAS Hobart and sailed for England on 11 July 1938.
		HMAS Albatross is the Royal Australian Navy's aviation base near Nowra and Jervis Bay on the coast of New South Wales, about 2 hours drive south of Sydney.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/HMAS-Albatross (1041 words)

	Nowra
		HMAS ALBATROSS is located in Nowra on the south coast of New South Wales.
		The primary role of HMAS ALBATROSS is to support the Fleet Air Arm that provides aircraft and air support to the fleet.
		HMAS ALBATROSS was commissioned on 31 August 1948 and the 20th Carrier Air Group, comprising Sea Fury and Firefly aircraft, were brought from England to Australia by HMAS SYDNEY.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/australia_nowra.html (464 words)

	HMAS Albatross (Royal Australian Navy)
		HMAS ALBATROSS is the largest operational Naval establishment and the Navy's only Air Station.
		The primary task of HMAS ALBATROSS is to support the four Naval Air Squadrons, which provide air support to the fleet.
		HMAS ALBATROSS is also home to the Fleet Air Arm Museum (formerly known as, and now incorporating, Australia's Museum of Flight).
	www.navy.gov.au /establishments/albatross (83 words)

	NAVY News :: Sport
		HMAS Albatross asserted its dominance on the touch football field winning the Adelaide Cup held at Queens Park Randwick last month.
		After the earlier round-robin stage, HMAS Albatross had all three of their teams finishing first in their respective groups with AUSCDTONE on top of the fourth group.
		HMAS Albatross has now won the Adelaide Cup eight years in a row to continue their dominance on the touch football field.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/EDITIONS/4720/sport/story06.htm (414 words)

	NAVY News :: Sport
		HMAS Albatross proved to be the pick of the teams during the recent running of the prestigious Mons Cup rugby tournament in Sydney.
		HMAS Albatross were worthy winners, 24-0, on the day.
		HMAS Albatross was full of confidence for the final, determined to wipe out the mighty Parramatta/ Waterhen side.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/4809/sport/story02.htm (262 words)

	Albatross Aviation Technology Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMAS Albatross, at Nowra, on the east coast of Australia, is the home base for the Royal Australian Navy’s Aviation contingent.
		HMAS Albatross currently accommodates units from Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force, and the Australian Army, and is adjacent to Jervis Bay and the south-east Australia marine and air exercise areas.
		HMAS Albatross is presently under-utilised, in terms of facilities and air space.
	www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au /region/econodev/aatp (874 words)

	Albatross articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Jan 14, 2005-->Naturalist Carl Safeen the is the author of I of the albatross.
		Albatross is only seemed to be at risk when they landed on islands to breed.
		Jan 12, 2005-->...the albatross we see on this voyage are now numbered, their graceful flight and constant companionship will have to remain etched in my mind til the next time...
	www.glowingpets.com /pets/animals/Albatross.html (2309 words)

	History - HMAS Albatross (Royal Australian Navy)
		The carriers were named HMA Ships Sydneyand Melbourne, and the shore facilities were at Nowra.
		HMAS Albatross was commissioned in August 1948 and the 20th Carrier Air Group, comprising Sea Fury and Firefly aircraft, was brought from England to Australia by HMAS Sydney.
		The helicopters now based at HMAS Albatross have restored to the RAN much of the anti-submarine capability lost when the Tracker squadron was disbanded in 1983.
	www.navy.gov.au /establishments/albatross/history.html (417 words)

	Exbirdie.com (RAN-FAA-FESR-Malayan Emergency) HMAS Sydney
		After the games, I was drafted back to the Sydney whereby we met the HMAS Melbourne in the Bight and safely escorted her to Sydney.
		With mixed emotions I left the Sydney having been drafted to the HMAS Melbourne.
		While navy life is a wonderful experience for any man it is, and always will be first and foremost, a duty to one's country.
	www.exbirdie.com /sydney.htm (669 words)

	The Waratah-Mayfield Oral History Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMAS NIRIMBA (Naval Air Station) on the Staff of Captain (Air Australia) which was transferred to the Staff of the Flag Officer in Charge East Australian Area at HMAS KUTTABUL.
		HMAS ALBATROSS, HMAS HARMAN the to HMAS TORRENS for the Naval Staff at the Maralinga Range Support Unit during the Atomic Bombing Testing period.
		HMAS PENGUIN and HMAS ALBATROSS and was discha- rged on 24 March 1964.
	users.bigpond.net.au /warrsl/oral_history1.html (2835 words)

	HMAS Advance (P 83) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Advance (P 83) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMAS Advance (P 83) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Advance (P 83).
		HMAS Advance (P-83) was an Australian Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in March 1967, launched on 16 August 1967, and commissioned on 24 January 1968.
		Advance paid off on 6 February 1988 and was transferred to the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMAS-Advance-P-83.html (156 words)

	HMAS Aitape (P 84) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Aitape (P 84) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMAS Aitape (P 84) - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation HMAS Aitape (P 84).
		HMAS Aitape (P-84) was an Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 6 July 1967 and commissioned on 13 November 1967.
		Aitape was transferred to the Papua-New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/HMAS-Aitape-P-84.html (142 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot RAN Aviation Fleet Air Arm
		The seaplane carrier, HMAS Albatross, remained in commission from January 1929 until April 1933; she embarked Seagull Mark Ill wooden amphibians operated by 101 Flight of the RAAF.
		Albatross was designed to launch her aircraft by catapult and to recover them by crane after they alighted on the water.
		The heavy cruisers sometimes carried a Seagull Mk 111 while Albatross was in commission and after she was paid-off, they regularly carried one until it was replaced a few years later.
	www.gunplot.net /aviation/aviationnavy1.html (1169 words)

	AlbatrossMemories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMAS Albatross: A Collection of Memories by Mike Lehan.
		Funds from the sale of the book are used to develop the Museum of Flight (formerly the Australian Naval Aviation Museum) at HMAS Albatross.
		The book is not an official history, rather it is a collection of reminiscences by many of the former Navy personnel who served at HMAS Albatross since its commissioning in 1948, when it was a derelict wartime base with bushes growing through the airstrip.
	www.blueflyer.com.au /Military/albatrossmemories.htm (291 words)

	History of the RAN Fleet Air Arm
		It was the intention of the Australian Government to equip the RAN with two aircraft carriers but technical advances meant that the second carrier, HMAS MELBOURNE, would require fitting with an angled deck and a steam catapult to accommodate the new generation of aircraft.
		She was converted to a troop carrier and ran an almost ferry like service between Australia and Vung Tau for the 7 years of her commitment to the Viet Nam conflict.
		HMAS Albatross was commissioned on 31 August 1948 and the 20 Carrier Air Group,comprising Sea Fury and Firefly aircraft, were transported from England to Australia onboard the carrier HMAS SYDNEY.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-air-support/history-fleet_air_arm.htm (1390 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot
		The rest of the merry mob sat on the side of the road and watched as the two buses were untangled and towed away.
		It was also the last compulsory tour for the young Ordinary Seamen of HMAS SYDNEY in 1967.
		Users of the web site shall only be entitled to copy the web site for their own personal use and may not republish or reproduce any substantial part of the web site in any manner whatsoever without the prior written permission of the owner.
	www.gunplot.net /dits/readerdit3.html (530 words)

	Navy History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMAS Collins - 1995 - profile, upper decks & sections
		HMAS Waller - 1995 - profile, upper decks & sections
		HMAS Derwent (I) - as built 1960 to 1964 - profile, upper decks & sections
	www.navyhistory.org.au /drawings/store/optPriceListExec.asp (2185 words)

	Australian Fleet Air Arm air crew roll of honour. Database of the Fleet Air Arm Archive 1939-1945
		KIA from HMAS Sydney when ship lost and sunk with all hands in an action against Japanese forces on 19 November 1941.
		Died on 1 March 1942 (Age 27) when HMAS Perth was torpedoed and sunk in the Sundra Strait.
		Most of the HMAS Perth survivers were captured and taken to Selarang Gaol and were later transferred to "Bicycle Camp" in Batavia.
	www.fleetairarmarchive.net /RollofHonour/MemorialRoll/RAN.html (1208 words)

	HMAS Albatross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Skyhawk and Tracker squadrons flew from the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne until the time it was decomissioned on 30 June 1982.
		The naval base had the unusual distinction of being shared by a small civilian passenger terminal, which at various times was operated by the Masling and later Hazleton airlines companies using small propellor driven aircraft.
		Until 2004, the Royal Australian Navy Gliding Association (RANGA) also operated from the runways at Albatross with a small fleet of gliders used by both Navy and civilian members.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/H/HMAS-Albatross.htm (341 words)

	Fleet Air Arm Association of Australia, Seaplane Carrier HMAS Albatross
		The RAN's first ship specifically designed to carry aircraft, HMAS Albatross, was built at Cockatoo Island Dockyard and commissioned in January 1929.
		After work-up, the Albatross joined the Fleet but the economic depression saw her paid off into Reserve in 1933, and used as an operating base for sea planes visiting Sydney Harbour.
		Albatross left Sydney on 11 July 1933, escorted by a flight of Seagull V amphibians.
	www.faaaa.asn.au /pictures/ships/albatross.htm (211 words)

	AHS International - Corporate Member (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Platforms, personnel and systems which comprise the Aviation FEG include all RAN aircraft, the base and airfield HMAS ALBATROSS, the Air Warfare Systems Center, the Fleet Aviation Engineering Unit, and the Aircraft Maintenance and Flight Trials Unit.
		A project to acquire Super Seasprite helicopters for operations primarily from the ANZAC class frigate is currently underway.
		HMAS ALBATROSS operates the Naval Air Station, which is integral to the development and operation of Naval Aviation.
	www.vtol.org /corporate/corp-des/anag.html (203 words)

	Nowra, New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The City of Shoalhaven (population 91,500) is the local government area that covers 4,660 square kilometres covering around 100 km from the town of Berry in the north, to Durras Lake in the south; and, around 70 km from Jervis Bay in the east to Mount Griffith Taylor near Bungonia Caves in the west.
		HMAS Albatross, the naval air station of the Royal Australian Navy, about 10 km west of Nowra.
		"Museum of Flight" an attraction at HMAS Albatross
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nowra,_New_South_Wales (225 words)

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		As I have been cleaning at HMAS Creswell for 23 years I do not understand why Serco was unwilling to employ me. No explanation was given other than to state that they did not have a position for me. 12.
		A mass meeting of all employees from Albatross and Creswell, who were losing their present employment and were attempting to get jobs with the incoming Contractor Serco, was arranged for 5pm to immediately follow our 4pm meeting with Serco.
		Mr James’ evidence was that he had been involved in the presentation meeting at HMAS Albatross in December 1999 “about Serco Sodexho and the way it proposed to provide the services under the South Coast Garrison”.
	www.airc.gov.au /decisionssigned/T0596.doc (6646 words)

	Australia's Museum of Flight - Welcome to AMOF.
		The museum is located at 489A Albatross Road, 8 km south west of Nowra and just outside the main gates of the Royal Australian Naval Air Station, HMAS Albatross.
		Having dramatically developed from it's modest mid 1970's origins, primarily due to the drive and commitment of retired naval personnel, businessmen and other volunteers, this museum is now recognised as world class.
		The museum's verandah overlooks the historic airfield at HMAS Albatross which has variously served the RAAF, the USAAC, the British Navy, the RNZAF and the RAN for more than half a century.
	www.museum-of-flight.org.au /amof-welcome/welcome.shtml (236 words)

	Australia's Museum of Flight - Museum History.
		Welcome to Australia's Museum of Flight (AMoF) and HMAS Albatross, the birthplace of Australian naval aviation.
		The Museum first opened to the public here at HMAS Albatross in December 1974, known then as the Fleet Air Arm Museum (FAAM).
		In common with most other service museums the FAAM was initially served by enthusiastic naval volunteers whose spare-time activities were sanctioned, but not funded.
	www.museum-of-flight.org.au /amof-history/amof-history.shtml (430 words)

	List of aircraft carriers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The current Sydney and Melbourne are guided missile frigates, and the current Albatross is a naval base on land near Nowra.
		HMAS Melbourne (1945) (ex-British Majestic) retired 1982; sold to China 1985.
		HMAS Sydney (1944) (ex-British Terrible) sold 30 October 1975, BU Vengeance (1944) Formerly HMS Vengeance.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/L/List-of-aircraft-carriers.htm (826 words)

	Cockatoo Island Dockyard: 3. Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Records relating to HMAS Adelaide and Brisbane, and to HMS Effingham and Glorious are included.
		This series consists of the working drawings of HMAS Canberra, some of which are the same drawings as those used to modernise HMAS Australia.
		Ships included in the series are HMAS Brisbane and Adelaide, Tribal class destroyers HMAS Warramunga and Bataan, and the refrigerated cargo steamers TSS Fordsdale and Ferndale.
	www.naa.gov.au /Publications/research_guides/guides/dockyard/pages/chapter03/a.htm (2308 words)

	The Dockside :: View topic - model photo HMAS Albatross (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		HMAS Albatross, seaplane carrier, in its “as built” configuration in the early 1930s.
		The model is a plaster cast of an old wargame model: thought to be an “Authenticast”.
		As mentioned earlier I have now made a companion model to Albatross: the Hellenic Prince, the sword made into a ploughshare in 1948.
	www.1-2-free-forums.com /mf/dockside-post-35.html (246 words)

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