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	HMAS Tobruk (L50) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMAS Tobruk (L-50) is a Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) of the Royal Australian Navy, based on the design of the "Sir" class of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
		Tobruk was the first purpose built amphibious vessel in the RAN, and is designed as a multi-purpose, ro-ro heavy lift and transport vessel - the ship can be loaded via ramps at both the bow and stern, and can be purposely beached.
		Tobruk has a standard capacity of 300 troops, with an overload capacity of 520.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Tobruk_(L50) (214 words)

	HMAS Tobruk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The first HMAS Tobruk (D-37) was a Battle class destroyer laid down by The Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 5 August 1946, launched on 20 December 1947 by Mrs.
		Tobruk was accidentally hit by a shell from HMAS Anzac while exercising with the fleet off the east coast of Australia in September 1960.
		HMAS Tobruk paid off into reserve on 29 October 1960, was sold for scrap to Fujita Salvage Company Limited of Osaka in Japan on 15 February 1972 and departed Sydney under tow on 10 April 1972.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/h/hm/hmas_tobruk.html (138 words)

	Chapter 28: HMAS SYDNEY
		HMAS Sydney's crew could see the destroyers firing at the enemy and during the morning were so close to the North Korean coast, that we could see landmarks and buildings.
		HMAS Sydney sailed from Sasebo on 18 November with HMS Belfast and destroyers for the north east coast of Korea for a combined air-surface strike on Hungnam scheduled for 20 and 21 November.
		HMAS Sydney's catapult (for launching aircraft) was giving the crew considerable problems caused by malfunctions and when there was a breakdown rumours were rife that we were to proceed to the Naval Dockyard at Hong Kong for repairs.
	www.kmike.com /oz/kr/chapter28.htm (5952 words)

	Chapter 26: THE ANZAC TRADITION AND KOREA
		We were relieved by HMAS Tobruk in Sasebo and sailed for Sydney, having forged the first part of the Battle Honours for HMAS Anzac.
		HMAS Anzac had a second tour of duty in Korea in 1952 and distinguished herself as she had during the first tour.
		There can be no doubt that HMAS Anzac, in her two tours of duty in Korea, carried on the immortal tradition originated by those heroic soldiers at the landing of Gallipoli in 1915.
	www.kmike.com /oz/kr/chapter26.htm (1018 words)

	HMAS Tobruk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Two ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tobruk after the town of Tobruk in Libya, captured from the Italians by Australian and other allied forces in January 1941 and besieged by the Germans from April to October 1941.
		The first Tobruk was a Battle-class destroyer launched in 1947.
		The second Tobruk is an amphibious heavy lift ship laid down by Carrington Slipways at Newcastle, New South Wales on 7 February 1978, launched on 1 March 1980 and commissioned on 23 April 1981.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Tobruk (157 words)

	RAN
		HMAS Dechaineaux (76), HMAS Sheean (77) and HMAS Rankin (78) are due in 2001.
		HMAS TOBRUK has provided the Australian Defence Force with a heavy lift capability not available in any other Australian-owned ship since her handover to the RAN on 11 April,1981.
		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)

	Territory Live (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		This was Tobruk's first deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Catalyst, the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq.
		Tobruk has been deployed away from her homeport for over 11 weeks and she has steamed over 16, 000 nautical miles since departing Sydney on 4 April 2005.
		Tobruk has previously demonstrated her versatility in providing significant sea transport and logistic support to the Army during operations in East Timor in 1999, Bougainville in 1997/1998 and Somalia in 1993.
	www.territorylive.com /news_details.asp?id=1064 (214 words)

	Siege of Tobruk [Australian War Memorial]
		The Royal Navy and the RAN service kept the garrison supplied by means of the "Tobruk ferry" which included the Australian destroyers Napier, Nizam, Nestor and Vendetta.
		The German propagandist Lord Haw Haw (William Joyce) derided the troops as the "Rats of Tobruk", a term proudly embraced as an ironic compliment.
		During the siege of Tobruk, Australian ships such as HMAS Parramatta (pictured) shared the task of keeping the vital supply line open and evacuating the wounded.
	www.awm.gov.au /encyclopedia/tobruk (305 words)

	Tobruk - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It was a fiercely contested objective in World War II (see North Africa, campaigns in).
		Tobruk was first taken by the British on Jan. 22, 1941.
		Fed: Four hurt in pistol accident on HMAS Tobruk Defence
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/t/tobruk.asp (298 words)

	Lake Macquarie City Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMAS Tobruk will be open to the public when it is in town to take part in the Lake Macquarie Australia Day celebrations.
		The Commanding Officer of HMAS Tobruk, Commander Nick Bramwell said “We are delighted to invite members of the general public to inspect the ship between 1300 and 1500 on 24 and 25 January”.
		HMAS Tobruk is the Royal Australian Navy’s Amphibious Heavy Lift Ship and has been involved in numerous operations including Somalia, East Timor, Bougainville and the Solomon Islands.
	www.lakemac.com.au /news/news_details.asp?key=959 (136 words)

	HMAS Tobruk sets sail for Middle East - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On Monday Commander Nick Bramwell said HMAS Tobruk was ideally suited for the task.
		HMAS Tobruk has previously provided sea transport and logistic support to the army during operations in East Timor, Bougainville and Somalia.
		This is the Tobruk's first deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Catalyst, the Australian Defence Force's contribution to the rehabilitation and stabilisation of Iraq.
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/news/National/HMAS-Tobruk-sets-sail-for-Middle-Easts/2005/04/04/1112489406947.html (263 words)

	HMAS TOBRUK Departs for Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMAS TOBRUK is travelling with a normal crew complement of 140 personnel and is due in Honiara Harbour before first light on Sunday 25 June.
		HMAS MANOORA departed Honiara for Australia yesterday and is expected to arrive in Townsville by the end of this week.
		The Minister said that the primary mission for TOBRUK would be to facilitate the peace process rather than evacuating nationals.
	www.defence.gov.au /minister/Mooretpl.cfm?CurrentId=297 (283 words)

	Cockatoo Island Dockyard: Ships - HMAS Tobruk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMAS Tobruk served in Korea on several occasions, and at the British atomic tests at the Monte Bello Islands.
		This series consists of miscellaneous files which relate to the construction of the HMAS Tobruk, but are not concerned with final cost estimates, correspondence, or drawings of the ship.
		HMAS Anzac, built at Williamstown Naval Dockyard in Victoria but whose main machinery was constructed at Cockatoo Island Dockyard, is often referred to in the files as ship/job number 186.
	www.naa.gov.au /Publications/Research_Guides/guides/dockyard/pages/chapter03/tobruk.htm (800 words)

	Royal Australian Navy in Korea
		The HMAS Sydney is flanked on either sides by her destroyer escorts HMAS Tobruk, and HMCS Sioux.
		In addition to the operations of the destroyers and frigates the aircraft carrier HMAS SYDNEY and embarked squadrons were also deployed to the Korean theatre.
		HMAS CONDAMINE, in 1952, discovered about 100 orphaned Korean children living with the locals on an island off the west coast.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-navy/ran_korea.htm (1249 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot 20th Century Diary
		HMAS Arrow sunk with loss of two lives.
		HMAS Adelaide launched first of 4 FFG's built in USA.
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	www.gunplot.net /randiary/ranmilennium5.html (315 words)

	Tri-ang Minic Ships - HMAS Tobruk
		This is the Tri-ang Minic Ships model of HMAS Tobruk a Royal Australian Navy ship built to the British "Battle" Class destroyer design and named after an historical battle in keeping with the "Battle" Class naming convention of the Royal Navy.
		The "Battle" Class ships were originally designed with a view to operations in the Pacific during the Second World War and were unusual in being the first destroyers to have all of their main armament mounted forward.
		Tri-ang Minic produced identical models of the two Australian "Battle" Class destroyers HMAS Anzac and HMAS Tobruk which were distinguished only by the model number and name marked on the underside.
	www.triangminicships.com /classic_edition/navy/tobruk.htm (311 words)

	ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers -RAN N16 Westland Sea King Mk.50A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		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)

	Scoop: HMAS Tobruk To Iraq - Al Muthanna Task Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Royal Australian Navy amphibious ship HMAS Tobruk departed her homeport at Fleet Base East, Sydney, today for Darwin, enroute to the Middle East in support of the Al Muthanna Task Group.
		HMAS Tobruk will load equipment in Darwin for the Army and on completion will transit to the Middle East.
		USA: DU Leaflets Spell Detention For U.S. Vets - Four veterans of the current war in Iraq and one supporter (a total of five young men) were detained at the Pentagon today after they attended an open house and left behind flyers providing information about the lethal effects of depleted uranium.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/WO0504/S00067.htm (473 words)

	HMAS Tobruk (Royal Australian Navy)
		TOBRUK gives the Australian defence Force an amphibious heavy lift capability.
		TOBRUK can transport 18 Leopard tanks and 40 Armoured Personnel Carriers.
		TOBRUK can accommodate up to 300 troops for extended duration.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/tobruk/default.html (234 words)

	PM - Wives win battle to have HMAS Tobruk home for Christmas
		A group of wives had started to go public with their frustration and growing scepticism about the true nature of this 'operational secrecy', accusing the government of being needlessly secretive about this particular operation.
		WIFE OF MARINE: I think it was by all the lobbying by the families and the pressure put on the government to look into this with a little bit more detail and a bit more thought.
		WIFE OF MARINE: Well from all the information that I've heard it wasn't a tour of duty, it was more of a morale boosting exercise to take them to Broome and, you know, the best way to boost morale is to bring them home for Christmas, which now they have done.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s438927.htm (941 words)

	Commanding Officer - HMAS Tobruk (Royal Australian Navy)
		He was awarded his Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate in HMAS STALWART in 1985 and joined HMAS CANBERRA as an Officer of the Watch the following year.
		Later he undertook navigation courses and navigated HMAS GEELONG before instructing at the Bridge Simulator in HMAS WATSON.
		He undertook Principal Warfare Officer (PWO) training in 1994 specialising in communications and on completion he served as the Signal Communications Officer in HMAS HOBART and Signal Communications Officer and Operations Officer in HMAS ADELAIDE, where he was promoted to Lieutenant Commander.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/tobruk/co.html (329 words)

	Aussie Warships Visit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		HMAS Parramatta is under the command of Commander T.J. Scott and
		HMAS Tobruk is a 5,800 ton purpose-built amphibious landing ship
		HMAS Tobruk is under the command of Commander G.C. Biscoe and
	www.hamline.edu /apakabar/basisdata/1990/10/23/0004.html (201 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot
		These rare colour shots of HMAS Tobruk were sent to me by Terry Wright, himself a US Coastgaurd veteran (USCGC Ingam), from Missouri, USA.
		The Story has it that USS Cunnigham had been hit by enemy shore batteries and had a badly damaged Radar Wave Guide (a most important piece of apparatus).
		Tobruk's well set up workshop, together with her onboard expertise, received it by way of Underway Transfer, repaired it and sent it back.
	www.gunplot.net /korea/korea4.html (329 words)

	Catamaran for Australian Navy
		HMAS JERVIS BAY one of the most advanced catamarans ever built in Australia has been commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in Hobart.
		HMAS JERVIS BAY will supplement the current amphibious force element group that comprises HMAS TOBRUK, the two amphibious transports (LPAs) and heavy landing craft (LCH).
		She will be based in Darwin and is set to be involved in a range of ADF activities including exercise 'Crocodile 99' later this year.
	www.marinetalk.com /articles-marine-companies/art/Catamaran-for-Australian-Navy-123643N.html (229 words)

	Helicopter Database
		Reformed at Nowra Jul 1963 with Wessex 31 and embarked on HMAS Melbourne (R21, became 21).
		Stationed a Sea King Mk50A Flight on HMAS Kanimbla (LPA-51) during Operation Falconer for the Arabian Gulf from Jan 2003.
		Following the 1982 retirement of the carrier HMAS Melborne, by Jan 2004 Australian Sea Kings could still operate from the replenishment vessel HMAS Success (OR 304), the landing ship heavy HMAS Tobruk (L 50) and the amphibious transport ships HMAS Kanimbla (L 51) and HMAS Manoora (L 52).
	www.helis.com /database/?menu=31&torg=26 (1575 words)

	RoyalAustralianNavy
		The Advertiser - The frigate HMAS Parramatta has been deployed to the Gulf, becoming the 12th Royal Australian Navy ship to serve in support of operations in the Middle East.
		BBC - Nine Australian military personnel were killed when their helicopter from HMAS Kanimbla crashed during relief operations on the quake-hit Indonesian island of Nias.
		Agence France Presse - HMAS Kanimbla, which was on its way home after providing aid to victims of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia, has been diverted from Singapore back to Sumatra to provide aid to victims of the new earthquake.
	www.nosi.org /newsItems/departments/royalaustraliannavy (874 words)

	Asia Pacific Defense Forum Spring 2004
		Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) breaks away from a replenishment at sea refueling with auxiliary oiler replenishment vessel HMAS Success (AOR 304) during Exercise CROCODILE.
		HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) and landing ship HMAS Tobruk (LSH 50) steam line astern for mine-field transit during the at-sea portion of Exercise CROCODILE.
		Crew members of HMAS Melbourne haul on the “hose line” during a replenishment at sea with HMAS Success (OR 304).
	forum.apan-info.net /spring04/2/gallery_1.html (474 words)

	Fleet Air Arm Association of Australia, Landing Craft HMAS Tobruk
		The heavy lift ship HMAS Tobruk is the first purpose-built major amphibious ship in the Royal Australian Navy providing the Australian Defence Force with a heavy lift capability not available in any other Australian-owned ship.
		The ship is a multi-purpose troop and roll-on/roll-off heavy vehicle carrier.
		HMAS Tobruk - another picture; or return to
	www.faaaa.asn.au /pictures/ships/tobruk.htm (209 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Tobruk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		When the Germans under Erwin Rommel drove the British
		Benghazi, Al Marj, Darnah, and Tobruk are the chief cities.
		The Greeks colonized N Cyrenaica in the 7th cent.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Tobruk (405 words)

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