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	Welcome Aboard - HMAS Fremantle (Royal Australian Navy)
		HMAS Fremantle was decommissioned on August 11 2006.
		HMAS Fremantle, the first of the class, was built in the UK, while the other 14 were built in Cairns.
		HMAS Fremantle has a range of 2360 nautical miles at 12 knots and a maximum speed of almost 30 knots.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/fremantle/default.html (215 words)

	RAN
		HMAS Farncomb (74) was commissioned in January 1998 and HMAS Waller (75) in July 1999.
		HMAS Dechaineaux (76), HMAS Sheean (77) and HMAS Rankin (78) are due in 2001.
		HMAS FREMANTLE, the first of the class, was built in the UK while the remainder were built in Cairns, close to their primary area of operations by North Queensland Engineers and Agents (NQEA).
	homepage.eircom.net /~steven/ran.htm (1695 words)

	Perth 1 History
		Subsequently the cruiser HMAS ADELAIDE paid off and her crew, who were to man the new addition to the RAN, left Australia for the United Kingdom on 15 May 1939 in SS AUTOLYCUS.
		On 29 June 1939 the cruiser commissioned in the RAN at Portsmouth as HMAS PERTH under the command of Captain Harold B Farncomb MVO RAN.
		HMAS PERTH and USS HOUSTON arrived at Tandjung Priok on 28 February after the day and night actions off Surabaja.
	www.hmasperth.asn.au /Perth_1.html (2025 words)

	Training
		I was, of course, part of the paying off crew of MILDURA and still have a pewter mug which was presented to all members of the crew prior to her departure from WA.
		I served on the FREMANTLE from June 1953 until July 1955 and during this time was involved in the Atomic Tests at Monte Bellos.
		In November, 1953, FREMANTLE was sent to the Monte Bellos Islands with scientists.
	www.hmasmildura.freeservers.com /training.htm (943 words)

	1940 - 1949
		Fremantle Ports kindly acknowledges the contribution made by the family of Saxon Fogarty in giving permission for a selection of images to be shown in this gallery.
		Fremantle was the largest allied submarine base in the southern hemisphere between 1942 and 1945.
		Fremantle was to become the landing port for many child migrants who voyaged from the UK during this period.
	www.fremantleports.com.au /About/PhotoGallery/19401949.asp (528 words)

	The Loss of HMAS Sydney
		At 0800 hours, HMAS WYRALLAH picked up an empty lifebelt in the vicinity of 24 degrees 22’ south, 110 degrees 49’ east, and what was surprising about this was that it was a lifebelt that was used by the Royal Australian Navy.
		HMAS HEROS registered her exact position, as well as the oil, some distance away was a slipper and a pipe, personal possessions that had possibly floated to the surface from a sunken ship.
		HMAS Sydney has been in action with a heavily armed enemy merchant raider, which she sank by gunfire.
	members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/HMASSydney/HMASSydney-2.html (5140 words)

	Fremantle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		HMAS Fremantle was built by Evans Deakin, in Brisbane.
		In company of HMAS Mildura, Broome, Wagga, Bathurst, Strahan and Castlemaine, she swept mines ahead of the British naval squadron entering Hong Kong harbour in August 1945.
		Her bell and ship's nameplate were presented to the City of Fremantle and were accepted by the then Mayor, Sir Frederick Samson.
	www.nw.com.au /~stella/Fremantle.htm (328 words)

	HMAS Fremantle - Free net encyclopedia
		The first HMAS Fremantle (J-246/M-246) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 18 March 1942 by Mrs.
		HMAS Fremantle paid off to reserve on 22 June 1959 and was sold for scrap to the Kinoshita Company of Japan on 6 January 1961.
		The second HMAS Fremantle (P-203) is the lead ship of the Fremantle class patrol boats laid down by Brooke Marine at Lowestoft in England on 11 November 1977, launched on 16 February 1979 and commissioned on 15 March 1980.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/HMAS_Fremantle (176 words)

	HMAS Gunbar in Australian Waters during WW2
		HMAS Gunbar has the reputation of being the first ship attacked by the Japanese aircraft during the attack.
		HMAS Gunbar was being used as Water Carrier at the time of the attack.
		HMAS Gunbar limped into the Harbour and evacuated five of her wounded and then went to the assistance of of the stricken merchant ship Portmar.
	home.st.net.au /~pdunn/ran/hmasgunbar.htm (559 words)

	HMAS Sydney Geraldton Tourism
		HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands in a mysterious battle, believed to be off the Geraldton coast.
		It is known that on 17 November 1941, HMAS Sydney left the Sundai Straits; and HMAS Sydney had a cruise speed of 25 knots.
		Blazing and under fire from the raider, HMAS Sydney limped off into the evening, she could be seen brightly until 11pm then only occasional flickerings were sighted until HMAS Sydney was gone from sight by midnight.
	www.discoverwest.com.au /western_australia/hmas_sydney.html (616 words)

	The Loss of HMAS Sydney
		HMAS PERTH was already under the control of the Admiralty and that four destroyers were already on loan from the Royal Navy.
		HMAS ADELAIDE was to act as escort from Port Jackson, and escort the ZEALANDIA as far as King George Sound south of Albany.
		With Japan close to entering the war it is possible that submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy could have been in the area, and although the authorities have stated that this would be unlikely, I think that this statement could be disputed.
	members.iinet.net.au /~gduncan/HMASSydney/HMASSydney-1.html (4557 words)

	HMAS Swan
		HMAS SWAN was laid down at HMA Naval Dockyard, Williamstown, Victoria, on 18 August 1965, and was the last River Class Destroyer Escort (DE) to be constructed in that dockyard.
		HMAS SWAN was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on Tuesday, 20 January 1970, when her Commissioning Order was read by her first Commanding Officer, Commander DW Falconer, RAN.
		HMA ships DERWENT and SWAN also participated in the event, which marked significant changes in Britain’s defence role in South East Asia, and ended the role of the previous naval command which had existed for 150 years.
	www.vvaavic.org.au /Navy/swan.htm (5516 words)

	Service details of the HMAS Sydney of the Royal Australian Navy. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Laid down in 1933 for the Royal Navy as HMS PHAETON, HMAS SYDNEY was purchased (before launching) by the Australian Government in 1934 and renamed in memory of the earlier SYDNEY which had destroyed the German cruiser EMDEN in 1914.
		Arriving on the Australia Station on 2 August 1936 SYDNEY remained in home waters until the outbreak of war and was in Fremantle on the day war was declared.
		SYDNEY remained on local patrol duties until April 1940 when she sailed from Fremantle as part of the escort for a large Middle East bound convoy.
	www.hmassydney.com.au /service.html (1156 words)

	NAVY News :: Features
		HMA Ships Fremantle, Wollongong, Dubbo, Gawler and Bendigo and Warrnambool practiced many essential skills, such as gunnery, ship to helicopter transfers, boarding drills and man-overboard drills.
		The survey ship HMAS Leeuwin played the role of a merchant vessel that had suffered an onboard explosion, which resulted in a fire and numerous casualties.
		This last concentration period may prove to be the final one conducted only by Fremantle class patrol boats, with the Armidale class due to enter service later this year.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/navynews/editions/4714/feature/feature01.htm (744 words)

	Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - HMAS Swan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On 18 August 1965, the keel of HMAS Swan, was laid at the Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria.
		HMAS Swan was the first RAN ship to visit China since its civil war, visiting Shanghai on 3 September 1981, more than 32 years after the last Australian visit.
		On 15 November 1997, the gun turret from HMAS Swan was presented to the city of Albany by the Minister for Tourism, Mr Norman Moore.
	www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info /articles/hmasswan.htm (2055 words)

	The War Years - Page 2
		HMAS BUNBURY collided with HM Submarine SEA ROVER, December 17, 1944
		HMAS CASTLEMAINE collided with a Manly ferry, August 11, 1942
		HMAS GEELONG collided with AASE MAERSK, November 11, 1942
	home.vicnet.net.au /~mildura/war_years_2.htm (2215 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot, Junior Recruit Training Scheme JRTE
		By the time we are herded aboard buses to make the trip to Fremantle we are confused and disoriented, the totally unfamiliar midnight bus ride is undertaken by all in silent darkness.
		Upon arrival at Leeuwin we were informed by the Staff and higher intakes alike, in no uncertain terms, that we were indeed "the lowest form of human existence on the planet" absolutely there was nothing as low as a JR, especially one of the newest intake.
		This was reinforced by the local populations of Fremantle and Perth whose youth never missed an opportunity to give the 'Seaweed Suckers' a mouthful of abuse or even a belting if and when the opportunity arose.
	www.gunplot.net /jrte/jrte.html (2559 words)

	Fremantle class patrol boat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From May 2005 they are to be replaced by the Armidale class patrol boats.
		The fictional Fremantle class boat HMAS Defiance featured in the later part of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV series Patrol Boat.
		This page was last modified 14:16, 4 September 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fremantle_class_patrol_boat (121 words)

	1975
		The general cargo trade between the Eastern States and the Port of Fremantle was revived in 1979 by the Western Australian State Shipping Service, which operated the unit load ships "Beroona", "Wambiri" and the multiplex design ship "Kimberley" on this run.
		The first ship to arrive in Fremantle after passing through the Suez Canal, since its reopening, was the Russian vessel "Novomoskousk".
		The ten millionth tonne of WA produced alumina left Alcoa of Australia (WA) Limited's Kwinana refinery for the USA on the M.C. "Nordic Ranger" on 11th April 1975.
	www.fremantleports.com.au /About/OurHistory/1975.asp (190 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot 20th Century Diary
		HMAS Adelaide launched first of 4 FFG's built in USA.
		HMAS Fremantle launched in UK (first of 15 FCPB's).
		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 /randiary/ranmilennium5.html (315 words)

	Do fundo do mar... Sea bottom: Out of the darkness...The Oberon Class submarines resurface
		Along with a generous donation of $100,000 by the widow of CMDR Norman Holbrook, Otway was brought to Holbrook by local fundraising.
		In the city of Hastings near HMAS Cerberus in Victoria, plans have been put into motion to develop a Naval Memorial park, in which HMAS Otama will be the centrepiece.
		Her bow was preserved and is on display at the WA Maritime Museum and her fin stands as an inspiration to future submariners out the front of the Submarine Training Systems Centre at HMAS Stirling in WA.
	dofundodomar.blogspot.com /2006/01/out-of-darknessthe-oberon-class.html (744 words)

	AUSTRALIA1941-42 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		HMAS PERTH left Sydney for the last time on 31st January 1942 and proceeded to Fremantle via Melbourne, arriving on 8th February.
		On 21st February she escorted a convoy to within 600 miles of Sunda Strait but was ordered to turn back.
		About 700 miles from Fremantle she ordered to leave the convoy and proceed to Java.
	www.spruso.com /1aust42.htm (283 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-HMAS Yarra blasted to pieces by Japanese Squadron on the 4th. of March 1942.-
		HMAS Yarra blasted to pieces by Japanese Squadron on the 4th.
		HMAS Yarra (11) the second to carry this name was a Grimbsy Escort Sloop laid down at Cockatoo Dockyard in Sydney on the 24th.
		Yarra's next task was to tow the old Australian destroyer Vendetta from Palembang in Sumatra to Batavia, as she had been caught immobilised in dock in Singapore when war broke out with Japan.
	ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/HMASYarrablastedtopieces.html (1388 words)

	HMAS Sydney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		HMAS Sydney II On November 19, 1941, the cruiser HMAS Sydney (eight 6 inch guns and eight 21 inch torpedo tubes), was commanded by Captain Joseph Burnett, RAN, and approximately 150 miles south-west of Carnarvon, W.A., and steaming on a southerly course to Fremantle, W.A. About 5.30 p.m (WA time).
		She was actually the disguised German raider Kormoran (six 5.9 inch guns and six 21 inch torpedo tubes).
		When the HMAS Sydney ordered her to make her secret call sign, the German Captain, Commander Theodor Detmers, realised he could not bluff his way clear and had no alternative but to fight.
	www.hmassydney.com.au /hmassydney.html (338 words)

	Memories - Ray Willmot
		Australia (1949) when it cruised to Adelaide and Fremantle and Able Seaman training on board HMAS Culgoa when it sailed for service with the British Commonwealth Occupational Forces in Japan from September 1949 to February 1950.
		In 1951, I was one of a crew of 1,427+ to set sail for Korea on board the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney, under the command of Captain David Harries.
		As soon as the ship cleared the harbour we ran into the gale force wind and it was not long before it was not possible to walk upright on the flight deck.
	koreavets.tassie.net.au /willmot.htm (2795 words)

	HMAS Fremantle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first HMAS Fremantle [1] (J-246/M-246) was a Bathurst class corvette built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 18 March 1942 by Mrs.
		The second HMAS Fremantle [2] (P-203) is the lead ship of the Fremantle class patrol boats laid down by Brooke Marine at Lowestoft in England on 11 November 1977, launched on 16 February 1979 By Lady Joan Freeth, wife of Sir Gordon Freeth and commissioned on 15 March 1980.
		The Fremantle was decommissioned on 11 August 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Fremantle (247 words)

	Global Atlantic Technologies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Head of the Paints Group in the DSTO's Maritime Platforms (Signature Management) division Dr Lindsay Wake explains that, while there was no doctrinal approach that precipitated the RAN re-examining its paint schemes, there were concerns that it was still using high-gloss paints while the rest of the world used lower-gloss coatings.
		HMAS Whyalla received the Federal Standard haze grey; MAS Fremantle was repainted in an Australian standard grey-blue.
		"During the patrol boat trial," remarks Dr Wake, "even the crew of HMAS Whyalla (in haze grey) found the vessels difficult to locate under cloudy and hazy conditions when returning in their 'tinnies' to the vessels, and other ships frequently had to ask Whyalla to indicate its position in the manoeuvres.
	www.globalatlantic.com /janes2.html (1284 words)

	Launceston City Council
		Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Launceston will be visiting her adopted City, Launceston, from October 28 to November 2, 2005.
		HMAS Launceston is the second Royal Australian Navy vessel to be named after the City of Launceston.
		The first HMAS Launceston (1942-46) was a Bathurst Class corvette that served in Australian waters until joining the Eastern Fleet in September 1942 during World War II.
	www.launceston.tas.gov.au /whatsnewitem.php?id=2989 (435 words)

	Untitled Document
		In 1960 he qualified as a Destroyer Gunnery Officer, was promoted to Lieutenant and joined the HMAS QUICKMATCH as Gunnery Officer until 1962 when he proceeded to the United Kingdom to undertake a long Gunnery Course at HMS EXCELLENT.
		In 1969 he joined HMAS VENDETTA as Gunnery Officer and from September, 1969 to March 1970 saw operational service when VENDETTA was attached to the US Seventh Fleet for Gunline operations in Vietnam.
		In 1973 and 1974 he served in as the Navigating Officer of HMAS ANZAC and HMAS DERWENT prior to undertaking training a s a Principal Warfare Officer in England.
	www.hmascanberra.com /command.htm (503 words)

	Executive Summary
		Before leaving Fremantle, Captain Burnett had told his ship's company that there was a German raider operating off the west coast of Australia and he intended to get her.
		On 17 November 1941, HMAS Sydney having escorted the troopship Zealandia to the Sunda Strait where she handed over to HMS Durban, set out to return to Fremantle.
		It was known by the Navy Board in Melbourne and the SNO in Fremantle that HMAS Sydney had been in action against a German raider on the evening of 19 November 1941 yet the search and rescue operation was not launched until five days later.
	users.bigpond.net.au /Sydney_search/Executive_Summary.html (854 words)

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