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181.
S/M
Flotilla.
PAYING-OFF OF SUBMARINE FLOTILLA.
Platypus, Huon, and " J " Class Submarines in commission are to pay
off at an early date.
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The re-commissioning of Platypus as a Destroyer Depot Ship and Fleet
Repair Vessel is under consideration. Huon will be attached to Penguin on
paying off, with a care and maintenance party.
The six " J " Class Submarines will be laid up at Western Port as noneffective
vessels.
S/M
Personnel.
2. Officers and men at present attached to Submarine Flotilla will revert
to general service, with the exception of a Battery Party selected by Captain
(S) for the maintenance of those Batteries which are retained for use at
Flinders Naval Depot.
This party will be borne as permanent supernumeraries on books o*
Cerberus.
Osborne House and Platypus
II.
3. On Platypus finally sailing from Geelong, Osborne House and Platypus
II. will be attached to the command of the Captain Superintendent of Training.
The following care and maintenance party is to be retained at Osborne
House for the present, and to be transferred to the books of Cerberus on that
date:—
Auxiliary
Craft.
Executive Officer (Lieut. Crabbe),
Barrackmaster,
1 Petty Officer,
1 Leading Seaman or Leading Stoker,
6 other ratings.
4. Platypus is to tow No. 3 Oil Lighter to Williamstown, and transfer
it to the charge of the Sub-District Naval Officer on a date to be arranged
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by Captain (S).
Platypus is to tow the Steam Launch now at Osborne House to Flinders
Naval Depot, and transfer her temporarily to the Captain Superintendent of
Training.
Motor Boat 39 is to be retained at Osborne House for disposal.
Armament and Stores.
5. The Guns and Torpedo Armament of Submarines and all Naval Ordnance,
Naval, Victualling and Medical Stores of Submarine Flotilla, including
those on board Platypus II. and at Osborne House, are to be returned to the
respective Store Officers at Sydney, by Platypus on her return to
Sydney on completion of the work detailed in paragraph 6.
Stores at Osborne House other than Flotilla Stores are to be retained for
• '-esent.
-bmarine Attack Teacher is to be transferred by Platypus from
- to Torpedo School, Flinders Naval Depot, for instructional
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Removal of Batteries from Submarines.
6. Prior to the final berthing of Submarines at Flinders Naval Depot, all
serviceable Batteries are to be removed and placed in Battery Shed. Unserviceable
Batteries will be scrapped.
This work will be carried out in the following order :—
"Jl",
"J5",
"J 2",
" J 4 ",
" J 7",
"J 3".
(N. 165/125/10.)
182.
EDUCATIONAL TEST, PART I.—SPECIAL EXAMINATION
RESULTS.
The following ratings passed the Educational Test, Part I., Special Examination,
held on the 2nd May, 1922 :—
Name.
McNaughton, Jack
Palmer, John
Waghorne, Thomas
Phillips, Edward
Robinson, Reginald
Simonsen, William
Griffith, John
Bartley, Charles H.
Pemble, Charles
Dunn, Thomas
Neale, Herbert
Harper, George
Maedonald, John
Clark, Frederick H.
Chester, John W.
Davis, Ernest
Cunningham, Thomas D.
Boy I.
Rating.
Ord. Sig. 2
Boy'l. ..
A.B.
Petty Officer
A.B.
Ldg. Cook
A.B.
Stoker
Where Serving.
Sydney
>>
Melbourne
Anzac
Stalwart
2. The necessary notation is to be made on the Service Certificates of these
ratings.
(P. 329/5/3.)
(This Order will be reprinted for posting on Notice Boards.)
183.
CHARTS S.389G.
Copies of Charts S.3896, used in connexion with the working of Navigation
Papers I. and II. of previous Higher Educational Test Examinations, are
available at Garden Island for issue, on demand,- to H.M.A. Ships and Establishments,
for the purpose of preparing candidates in these subjects.
(N. 215/2/35.)
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