Sep-Oct, Nov, Dec 1962-Jan 1963 - Navy League of Australia

MARITIMEMAINTENANCEPTY. LTD.ForAH• Rust Elimination9 Tink Cleaning• Flame Scaling• Cleaning and PaintingMdforms of Ships' HusbandryandServiceConsult:MARITIMEMaintenancePly. Ltd.SHELL HOUSE. SYDNEY25-1159 'Day. 82 3640 'Night'Diesel FuelInjectionEquipment* Repair*fNUTTALL, LATHES* MilililHiiilNrNorfolk IslanderJoins R.A.N.The tins Australian territoryill Norfolk' Island, in du- PacificOcean. II.IN provided OIK- ol itsfust recruits lot tin- Royal Alls*Italian Navy.A 15-year-old youth from theisland has IK-^UII (I,lining at theRoval Australian Navv's Apprenlici'training Establishment .it* ( oii-Mhin^ andOuaker's Hill. IU*;II Sydnev.ManufacturingI IK* luturc nav;d ai tihtei is|.iii l>t (.hestu. whose lathei isEngineerstin ilu'tnisi «>n Norfolk Island.I AH, i>| Belgian descent, hits lived..II his lit* on the small Pacificisl.md. M'Mi tnilis noith t.isi olXEPTIWES\dtu \.Kiiftinrerini: CompanyIK wis brought to Australiaspvciallv to en let the .Apprentices'Establishment aftet suc­Lavender Bay.North Sydneycessful!) completing an entrancelest. After rtvc years ol train*XB 2004 Phones XB 2695 ing lu- will become a PettyOfficer artificer in the R.A.N.Some of the 76 NUTTALL All Geared Head, CENTRELATHES at the R.A.N. Apprentice Training Establishment,"H.M.A.S. Nirimba." Quakers Hill, N.S.W.R.A.N. SURVEY SHIP RETURNSFROM NEW GUINEAA small Royal AustralianNavy survey ship with a trig retponsibilit)in the developmento| New Guinea returned toS\dne\ itiititU.She is the .WO-ion H.M.A.S.I'M.IMA. which has the task• •I ensuring safe, navigation inilw waters around New Guinea.I IK- small ship, with a crew of[firic ollutis ,i11l a five-ycai programme to prodint- a< ( unite new t hai is amimaps o| the area.11K- Minister) lot the Navy,Senatoi Gorton, said recent!)that since leaving Sydney lastDecember. PALUMA had carriedout a number ol surveysthat were essential to the developmentol New Guinea*OIK- of hei major tasks thisyear has been in New Britain.she has been surveying inRabaul Harbour and the associatedwains ol Blanche Bay andMatupi Maibmii. to assist therecover) ol Rabaul as a majorport. The re-development olRahaul's j«ni facilities has beenmade | MIS a bit b\ itttiii salvageoperations to cleai the Harbourol |apanese wrecks.However. P \I.l'\l\"S survevshowed thai the salvage workwas noi entirely successful. Shepin-pointed seven ships and JHsmaller wrecks on the Harbouibed. The smaller wrecks couldhave been plants oi landingcraft.Senator Gorton said that duringher survcv in the Rabaularea. PALUMA also found that:• The bottom oi Ma tupi Harbourhas risen S5 feet sincethe last survey, f>0 years ago;• The Matupi coastline is stillhot as a result of volcanicactivity, and the surveyors sufferedfrom "hot feet"; and• The Beehives, an importantlandmark in Rabaul Harbour,is the victim ol subsidence orerosion. lis height has reducedb\ 25 feet. The Beehives arosefrom the sea bed during a volcaniidisturbance in the 19thcentury.The last detailed survey in theRabaul ana was matte In Germanhvdrographers before thesiait ol the First World War.In some plates in Papua,PALUMA is making charts toreplace those based on the datagathered by Captain OwenStanley. 110 years ago.PALUMA will undergo herannual refit while in Sydney, andwill return to New Guinea inDecember. She is under thecommand oi 31-year-old Lieutenant- Commander Michael(.alder, ol Melbourne.Diesel and Steam Tug and Waterboat OwnersiDittinguilhing Marks: GREEN Hulls, BLACK FunnelslDIESEL TUGSCONTRACTORS TO THE ADMIRALTY_ ^ ^ _ ^ ^ _ _Sydney Cove MBp-- V •T^^%t^^(^ •?' ^M PflOllPS:Manly CoveFarm CoveBU 5072414 BOTANY ROAD, ALEXANDRIA. N.S.W. MX43274. TelegramsH00T00LS", Sydney.THE NAVYSTEAM TUGSHerosLindfieldHeroicHimmaHeroineCables:"FENWICK"Water Boat:Ceres, 100 tonsJ. FENWICK & CO. PTY. LIMITEDieptember-Octobrr, 1962UNION HOUSE, 247UNION HOIJSK OA-7 GEORGEAnd at II Watt Street. Newcastle, am /-?r/~.n/-r- STREET, SYDNEYc/o Adelaide S.S. Co. Ltd., Port Kembla, N.S.W.