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	HMAS Melbourne (1913-1928)
		The light cruiser HMAS Melbourne was built in the United Kingdom and commissioned in January 1913.
		Melbourne left the convoy at Colombo on 15 November and proceeded to the Atlantic Ocean.
		Melbourne was present at the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet on 21 November 1918.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/melbourne.htm (408 words)

	HMAS MELBOURNE
		HMAS MELBOURNE was one of six 'Majestic' class aircraft carriers which were laid down in 1943, and was in fact laid as HMS Majestic for the Royal Navy.
		Melbourne sailed from Glasgow for Australia on 11th March, 1956, reaching Sydney within two months, and bringing with her 808, 816 and 817 Squadrons (the first with Sea Venoms and the remaining two with Fairey Gannets).
		Melbourne left for the Far East in May 1969 equipped with Skyhawks of 805 Sqn., Trackers of 816 Sqn., and Wessex's of 817 Sqn....A Fairey Gannet just after landing on HMAS Melbourne".
	www.mgbv8.org /hmas_melbourne.htm (721 words)

	HMAS Melbourne (1945) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		On 28 October 1955 she was renamed HMAS Melbourne [1] in a ceremony performed by Lady White, wife of the then Australian High Commissioner in the United Kingdom, Sir Thomas White and commissioned as the flagship of the Royal Australian Navy.
		Melbourne was due for a refit during the early 1980s.
		Melbourne was paid off on 30 June 1982 and laid up at Sydney, was sold to China United Shipbuilding Company Limited in February 1985 and broken up in the port of Dalian in China where it is suspected she had been studied to help design a Chinese aircraft carrier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(1945) (467 words)

	Welcome Aboard - HMAS Melbourne (Royal Australian Navy)
		Melbourne and her five sister ships were the first RAN ships to be powered by gas turbines.
		Melbourne is the lead ship for the Nulka Active Missile Decoy System, designed and manufactured in Australia in collaboration with the United States.
		Melbourne deployed to the Arabian Gulf during 2002 as part of the Multinational Interception Force (MIF) enforcing United Nation's sanctions against Iraq.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/melbourne/default.html (264 words)

	HMAS Melbourne back from Iraq - National - www.smh.com.au
		HMAS Melbourne spent 90 days on station while conducting maritime intercept operations in the Gulf and the protection of Iraqi oil platforms.
		HMAS Melbourne docked free of marriage proposals hanging from her side, but personal messages for the crew covered the wharf.
		HMAS Melbourne was replaced in the Gulf by HMAS Stuart, an ANZAC class frigate, earlier this month.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/04/23/1082616320232.html?from=storyrhs (463 words)

	Fleet Air Arm Association of Australia, Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne
		HMAS Melbourne sailed from Glasgow for Australia on 11th March, 1956, reaching Sydney within two months, and bringing with her 808, 816 and 817 Squadrons (the first with Sea Venoms and the remaining two with Fairey Gannets).
		That September, Melbourne sailed to the United States, taking on board new Douglas Skyhawk and Grumman Tracker aircraft for the reformed 805 and 816 Squadrons respectively, before returning to Australia for a major refit which kept her in dock for most of 1968.
		Melbourne left for the Far East in May 1969 equipped with Skyhawks of 805 Squadron., Trackers of 816 Squadron, and the Wessex of 817 Squadron.
	www.faaaa.asn.au /pictures/ships/melbourne.htm (669 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot Aircraft Carriers
		This air group had been intended for the second carrier, to be named HMAS Melbourne, but she had been delayed and was not expected to be ready until 1951-52.
		Melbourne landed her Sea Venom and Gannets for the last time in 1967 and sailed to America to collect new aircraft.
		After her extended refit Melbourne regularly operated a general purpose air group of Skyhawks for strike and air defence,Trackers for anti-submarine warfare or surveillance and modernised Wessex for anti-submarine warfare.
	www.gunplot.net /aviation/aviationnavy2.html (2086 words)

	HMAS MELBOURNE (II) - HMA Ship Histories (Sea Power Centre - Australia)
		On 10 February 1964 Melbourne was involved in a collision with the Daring class destroyer HMAS Voyager, off the New South Wales coast whilst engaged in night flying exercises.
		Melbourne recommissioned on 14 Februay 1969 and sailed from Sydney for the Far East on 5 May 1969 with 805 Squadron (Skyhawks), 816 Squadron (Trackers) and 817 Squadron (Wessex helicopters) embarked.
		HMAS Melbourne was decommissioned on 30 June 1982, having spent 62,036 hours underway and having steamed 868,893 nautical miles.
	www.navy.gov.au /spc/history/ships/melbourne2.html (2856 words)

	Fleet Air Arm
		During that time I was initially based at HMAS Cerberus on the Mornington Peninsula, south of Melbourne, where I completed my basic training and had my Electrical and Aircraft theory forced fed into my system in preparation for service at HMAS Albatross the Fleet Air Arms Air Station in lower New South Wales, at Nowra.
		HMAS Cerberus is located almost on the end of the Mornington Peninsular which pushes out into Port Philip bay, near Frankston south of the City of Melbourne.
		The Fairey Gannets seen here on the hard standing at 'A' Hangar HMAS Albatross were the anti- submarine aircraft along with the Sea Venom fighter aircraft that replaced the Sea Fury and the Firefly aircraft as the Fleet Air Arms carrier bourn strike force in the late 1950's.
	australasia.freewebsitehosting.com /fleet_air_arm.htm (913 words)

	HMAS Otway by Brett Green
		The town of Holbrook lies midway between Sydney and Melbourne on the Hume Highway.
		It is one of the few towns on this 1,000 kilometre stretch of road not to be yet bypassed with a Freeway.
		Holbrook has long considered itself a "submarine town", so when the HMAS Otway was decommissioned from the Royal Australian Navy, the town was presented with the submarine's fin.
	www.clubhyper.com /reference/hmasotwaybg_1.htm (352 words)

	RAN A-4G Skyhawk Pictures, Videos adn Others
		The photographer appears to be low down near the water I would assume on the "goofers" platform just above (or on) the flight deck of HMAS Melbourne but he could well have been on the bridge of a destroyer (not clear).
		HMAS Melbourne with USS Enterprise in the mid 1970s
		VF 805 on the deck of HMAS Melbourne in 1981 alongside at Sembawang, Singapore.
	www.gibstuff.net /a4_alley/a4s_RAN.html (1505 words)

	Court win for Melbourne's crew - www.theage.com.au
		HMAS Melbourne returns to Sydney with the survivors of HMAS Voyager in 1964.
		The High Court said victims of the 1964 collision between HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Voyager were free to sue the Commonwealth in any jurisdiction they liked.
		Melbourne lawyer David Forster, who represents 80 of the Melbourne's crew, said claims could now go ahead in Victoria and NSW, where courts had more leeway to decide the facts of the case than in the ACT.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/12/10/1070732282494.html?from=storyrhs (374 words)

	HMAS Sydney
		The first HMAS Sydney was a Chatham-class light cruiser[?] built in Glasgow, Scotland, between 1911 and 1913 for the newly formed Royal Australian Navy.
		She participated in many actions and created a light fleet carrier record when she achieved 89 aircraft sorties in one day.
		The ship continued in service as a carrier until 1955 when her newer sister ship, HMAS Melbourne, took over the RAN's aircraft carrier role.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/hm/HMAS_Sydney.html (588 words)

	AUSTRALIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		HMAS DERWENT was the first of the class to be equipped with the Seacat anti-aircraft missile system.
		On 28 February 1970, HMAS PARRAMATTA was involved with a collision with the Sydney ferry BELLUBERA.
		Whilst participating in a SEATO exercise in the South China Sea, the aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE was again involved in a naval accident when she collided with the United States destroyer FRANK E EVANS on 2 June 1969.
	www.xsouth.freeserve.co.uk /riverclassart.htm (3394 words)

	ADF :: Online Media Room
		HMAS MELBOURNE will take over duties from her sister ship HMAS NEWCASTLE to continue important work such as monitoring, intercepting and boarding vessels suspected of illegally trafficking oil and other unregulated cargo that diverts much needed funds from the Iraqi economy.
		This is the second time in 18 months that HMAS MELBOURNE has deployed in support of operations in the Middle East Area of Operations, after contributing to the enforcing of United Nations sanctions between May and November last year.
		HMAS MELBOURNE is programmed to conduct a short operational visit to Fleet Base West in Western Australia prior to departing Australian waters next month.
	www.defence.gov.au /media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=3223 (347 words)

	7.30 Report - 09/02/2004: Navy accident anniversary looms
		But it's a different story for the men on the Melbourne who had to live through the horror and even the misplaced guilt over the collision that killed so many of their mates.
		More than 120 of the Melbourne's crew are still fighting to be compensated for the trauma of that night, while the Government demands that each individual separately proves his case in court.
		MARQIS RISELEY: It was, Melbourne was just acting like a big tin opener cutting straight, slicing through, and the bow section went down the port side of Melbourne and the stern section went down the starboard side, scrapping down the side of the ship.
	www.abc.net.au /7.30/content/2004/s1041347.htm (1255 words)

	Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - HMAS Swan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Soon after the loss of HMAS Voyager on 10 February 1964 (in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne off Jervis Bay on the New South Wales South Coast), the Government announced that two additional River Class frigates would be purchased as replacements.
		On 18 August 1965, the keel of HMAS Swan, was laid at the Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria.
		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)

	ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers -RAN N16 Westland Sea King Mk.50A
		Pilot elected to return to HMAS Melbourne and as the helo entered hover to land tail rotor control was lost and the aircraft crashed into the sea alonside the carrier.On hitting the sea it turned upside down and began to sink.
		Delivered 08/04/75.On 10 July 1989 embarked upon HMAS Stalwart where the aircraft was used to ferry the prime Minister Bob Hawke for a visit around the fleet.
		Avalon Airshow 2003.On board HMAS Kanimbla with N16-100 and took part in the Boxing day 2004 Tsunami relief effort.Crew of this aircraft observed smoke rising from the crash of N16-100 on Nias Island, Indonesia and flew to the scene where the two survivors were evacuated back to HMAS Kanimbla.
	www.adf-serials.com /n16.shtml (1099 words)

	HMAS Sydney (1913-1928) & SMS Emden
		The light cruiser HMAS Sydney was built in the United Kingdom and commissioned in June 1913.
		For the next 18 months, she carried out patrol duties between the islands of the West Indies and along the east coast of North America, in concert with HMAS Melbourne.
		In September 1916, Sydney and Melbourne were transferred to the 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron for duties with the Royal Navy’s Grand Fleet in the North Sea.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/sydney.htm (1025 words)

	Timeline of significant events - HMVS Cerberus
		Melbourne became the most populous and wealthiest city in Australia.
		"Melbourne was a busy port, with ships bringing in a wide range of supplies and taking away valuable cargoes of gold and wool.
		The object of the plan was to destroy as much unprotected coastal shipping as possible, and to raid the ports of Sydney and Melbourne where it was expected that gold bullion worth at least £6 million could be obtained under threat of bombardment.
	www.cerberus.com.au /timeline.html (9024 words)

	COLLISION AT SEA (33 years ago today-USS Frank E. Evans ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Melbourne had signaled Evans, one of five U.S., British and New Zealand destroyers on the inner screen, to prepare to take up the position of plane guard, 1,000 yards behind the carrier.
		Melbourne had ridden over the destroyer with such an impact that one of Evans' lookouts, Seaman Marcus Rodriguez, was thrown into the air, landing on the flight deck of the carrier and suffering horrible injuries.
		However, the OOD neglected to notify the Melbourne of this maneuver and the OOD of the carrier assumed (incorrectly) that the Evans was about to cross the bow, possibly causing a collision.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/693832/posts (4294 words)

	Sigintel History - HMAS Sydney
		The purpose of this Submission is to provide the Inquiry with a description of the conduct of signals intelligence (Sigint) at the time of the sinking of HMAS Sydney, and an explanation of the involvement of DSD in the management of Sigint-related records dating from that period.
		This led, in mid-1942, to the establishment of two major Sigint units, Central Bureau (attached to the HQ of the Allied Commander of the South-West Pacific), and the joint RAN/USN Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne (FRUMEL), which was subordinate to the Commander of the USN 7th Fleet.
		It seems likely that at least some of the Unit's records of intercepted messages were lost or destroyed, since its personnel had to travel with minimum equipment and personal belongings, usually in the cramped confines of a submarine.
	www.dsd.gov.au /sigint/hmas_sydney.html (4168 words)

	HMAS Vampire II - Royal Australian Navy Daring Class Destroyers
		HMAS Vampire, launched at Cockatoo Dockyard in 1956 and commissioned in 1959, continued the name made famous by the V and W Class destroyer HMAS Vampire.
		The second HMAS Vampire was a Daring Class Destroyer, the last and largest conventional British Fleet Destroyers.
		The RAN also acquired HMAS Duchess as a replacement for HMAS Voyager which was sunk in a collision with HMAS Melbourne.
	www.internetmodeler.com /2005/november/feature/vampire.php (918 words)

	$300,000 payout to HMAS Melbourne survivor - National - www.theage.com.au
		He was on board HMAS Melbourne when it crashed.
		He was a petty officer on board the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne when it collided with the HMAS Voyager during a routine exercise off Jervis Bay on the New South Wales south coast on February 10, 1964.
		In a statement, Mr Baker said he was relieved the case was finally over, but it was a pity it the government had refused to settle the matter for the same amount of $300,000 in 2002.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/08/26/1093518002650.html?from=storyrhs (569 words)

	HEALTH ISSUES
		The dust was created during routine work on the hulls of HMAS SUPPLY and the aircraft carrier HMAS MELBOURNE and all personnel who served on the ships between the 1950s and 1985 are being urged to have medical tests.
		Mr Currin, from Baradine in northwestern NSW, who says he served on HMAS SUPPLY for nine years, said: "We knew the jason pistols were made from a special compound that stopped them sparking off the ship's metal when we chipped the paint and rust.
		HMAS SUPPLY was a refuelling ship filled with flammable oil and HMAS MELBOURNE was an aircraft Carrier which carried large supplies of aviation fuel.
	www.hmasperth.asn.au /health__issues.html (1725 words)

	OzMods 1/600 HMS Voyager
		In Australia's worst military peace time naval accident the Voyager was cut in half by the carrier HMAS Melbourne.
		For some inexplicable reason she crossed the bow of the Melbourne, being struck at the after end of the bridge.
		HMAS Vampire was paid off and is now moored alongside the National Maritime Museum.
	www.internetmodeler.com /1999/november/ships/voyager.htm (1907 words)

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		HMAS Melbourne has similar dimmensions/limitations as before with only modernised machinery and weapons/radar fit.
		EW3 RE: CARRIER FORCE 2005 - HMAS Melbourne in the modern era DB 9/24/2005 11:29:51 PM You are confounding the question.
		Cootamundra RE: CARRIER FORCE 2005 - HMAS Melbourne in the modern era - AE 9/28/2005 12:01:10 AM Actually I think you maybe right, I saw yesterday that Melbourne's unloaded weight was 15,000 odd tonnes, the new mini carriers are targetted at between 22-25,000 tonnes if i recall correctly.
	www.strategypage.com /messageboards/messages/512-17559.asp (4089 words)

	AUSTRALIA 1940 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In May, she carried out convoy escorts and exercises and on 17th was off the coast of Queensland shadowing the Italian liner "Romolo".
		On her return from there she ran into a violent storm and was subsequently docked for repairs at Sydney.
		November was spent on escorts and patrols from Fremantle and on November 30th, with HMAS CANBERRA, she steamed 800 miles into the South Indian Ocean to find a German raider but the search was unsuccessful.
	www.spruso.com /1aust40.htm (319 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for HMAS
		Fed: HMAS Collins class runs aground after upgrade
		Fed: HMAS Melbourne crew still in court 38 years after accident
		Fed: Decision to be made on HMAS Ballarat this evening
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=HMAS (182 words)

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