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402.
SUMMARIES OF FLEET TORPEDO RUNNING.
The following Summaries of Torpedo Running of the Royal Australian
Navy from 1st October, 1921, to 30th September, 1922, are promulgated
for the information of all concerned :—
TABLE I.
Comparative Table of Lost Shots, Dangerous Curves, &c, for the Quarters
from 1st October, 1921, to 30th September, 1922.
Period.
Total
No. of
Runs.
£ O
Dangerous to Enemy.
Sf,
O =8 _
HS5
is.
O o m
Eras.
S
o .
I!
55
, CO
•a a
Lost Shots.
ll li
to
"SS .
O O «
1.10.1921
to
31.12.1921 50 48 48 96 Nil 1 1 2 4
1.1.1922
to
31.3.1922 67 59 2 61 91 2 2 2 6 9
1.4.1922
to
30.6.1922 23 23 23 100
1.7.1922
to
30.9.1922 21 17 17 82 2 1 1 4 18
TABLE II.
CM OR
Summary of Fleet Torpedo Running 1st October, 1921, to 30th September, 1922.
Light
Cruisers
Destroyers
55
65
51
61
1 52
61
94-5
94
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
4
5-5
6
Submarines 26 20 1 21 80-7 1 2 2 5 19-3
Swordsman 15 15 15 100
TABLE III.
Analysis of Reported Defects, Period 1st October, 1921, to 30th September, 1922.
Due to—
Unknown
Blowing Heads Failures
Cold Runs
Tripper Failure
Gyro Failure
Light
Cruisers.
1
1
Destroyers. Submarines.
Total .. 2 4 6 12
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
Total.
2
2
3
1
4
(S.C. 2001/2/2.)
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403.
COMMUNICATIONS TO AND FROM NAVY OFFICE-D.N.M.S. AND
COMMANDING OFFICERS AND MEDICAL OFFICERS OF
H.M.A. SHD7S AND NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
The following amendment to Article 110 of the Consolidated Navy Orders
1911-1920 has been approved :—
Insert new Clause 4B as follows :—
" 4B. The Director of Naval Medical Services may communicate
direct with Medical Officers serving in H.M.A. Ships and Naval
Establishments on purely professional matters. On questions
regarding Medical Store Accounts and other not strictly professional
0 subjects, the D.N.M.S. will communicate with the
Commanding Officer of the Ship or Establishment concerned
and vice versa.
(S. 468/2/61.)
404.
NAVAL WORKS-PERFORMANCE OF, BY NAVAL RATINGS AND
EMPLOYEES OF NAVAL ESTABLISHMENTS.
The following paragraphs are to be added to Navy Order No. 369 of
1922 :—
" 3. In any case where the estimated cost of the work to be carried
out under this arrangement is £5 or more, the approval of the Naval
Board is to be obtained before the work is commenced.
" 4. The usual procedure of preparing a Requisition for work,
including works costing less than £5, is to be followed, and on completion
of the work the Requisition, showing the total cost—excluding
labour of Naval ratings, but including that of Civilian employees—is
to be forwarded to Navy Office, in order that financial adjustments
may be made."
y
(G. 179/1/26.)
405.
REGISTER OF DISCHARGES—OFFICERS AND MEN.
The following Form has been adopted as an A.S. Form, and a first supply
will be made to all Ships and Establishments without demand :—
A.S. 222z—" Register of Discharges—Officers and Men."
2. This Register is to be kept in the Captain's Office, and particulars
entered when the discharge of an Officer or Man is contemplated, the book
being sent to the various Heads of Departments for necessary notations to
be entered, with a view to action being taken for recovery of Government
property, &c, prior to the person leaving the Ship. Particular care is to
be exercised in the keeping of this Register.
(G. 403/1/263.)
By Authority: ALBBRT J. MUIXETT, Government Printer, Melbourne.