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

GANNBT A/S AIRCRAFT IS CATAPULTEDFROM H.M.A.S. MELBOURNENavy Pilot ToCommand FrigateA Fleet Air Arm pilot is IDtake command ol one olAustralia's last anti-submarinefrigates, H.M.A.S. QUICK-MATCH.The Minister lot the Navy.Senator (torton, has announcedthe a|>|>iiininient ol Lieutenant-Commander C:. II. C. Spurgeonas Captain nl Ol'ICKM A I CI I.Lieutenant-Commander Spurgconwill be the onl) pilot commandinga ship in the .Australiancom! at fleet, although it isnot the first time that formerait crew have been given a seagoingcommand.Lieut. - Commander Spurgconis a career oflicei who graduatedfrom the Royal Australian NavalCollege ill 1947. He later qualifiedas a pilot in the newly-Formed Fleet Air Arm. andserved in aircraft carriers inBritain and Australia. lie isat present the Executive Officerin the frigate which he willcommand. His home is at lastBentleigh, Melbourne.In H.M.A.S. QUICKMATCHhe takes command from CommanderP. II. Doyle, who is oneol two R.A.N, officers selectedio undertake radical and NavalStall Courses in Britain. CommanderDoyle, of West Pymble,has been Captain of QUICK-MATCH for the past twelvemonths.The other officer to undertakethe courses in the UnitedKingdom is Commander J. A.Robertson, of North Sydney,who is Executive Ollicer of11.MAS. VOYAGER.R.A.N. TANKER RENAMEDThe Governor-General, on behallnl tlu- Queen, has approvedihe if ii,tilling ol the Royal AustralianNavy's last replenishmenttanker, which is due to arrivefrom Hi itain lain this year.The Minister for the Navy,Senator (.niton, said recent!)that the name ol the ship wouldbe changed from TIDE AUS­TRAL to H.M.A.S. SUPPLY.He said the shin, of 17,000tons, had been on cnartet to theAdmiral 1} since being built forAustralia in 1955. The nameTIDE AUSTRAL conformedwith style Jor Admiralty-operatedauxiliary vessels. However,now that the tanker was tojoin tin Australian Fleet as anR.A.N, ship, the new name ofH.M.A.S. SUPPLY was moreappropriate.The name SUPPLY lias historicalassociations with the beginningol Australia. H.M.S.SUPPLY was a unit of the FirstFleet which arrived in Port Jacksonwith Governor Phillip in17HS.E. BOLAND & SONS Pty. Ltd.* 512109 ¥y rvW , ^ ««Funeral DirectorsandMorticiansAgents throughout !\.S.W.Funerals and Cremations arrangedand conducted anywhere.4fl BROWN ST., NEWTOWN512109A Sea Venom, with wings folded, on the flightdeck of H.M.A.S. MELBOURNE.38THE NAVYSeptember.October, 196239