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THE NAVY IN THE 1950S: HMAS SYDNEY [III] refuels from the RFA WAVE CHIEF off Singapore, Sept. 22, 1956 - RAN.
6784. Her flight deck slicked by tropical showers, and crowded with traineee national servicemen and recruits, HMAS SYDNEY [III], Capt. W.H. Harrington [later VADM], is seen here on the first day of the SEATO Exercise ALBATROSS off Singapore. She is refuelling from the British RFA WAVE CHIEF, with a destroyer, possibly HMS COCKADE visible astern.
With ships from the Royal Navy, USN, Pakistan, Thailand and New Zealand involved, the RAN's initial component for the SEATOI Exercise ALBATROSS [ Sept. 22-Oct 17, 1956], is the RAN's new flagship HMAS MELBOURNE [II], SYDNEY [III], and the Q Class or Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, QUICKMATCH and QUADRANT. The Battle Class destroyers HMAS ANZAC [II] and HMAS TOBRUK [I] joined for the second Phase of the Exercises.
SYDNEY [III] on training duties, is not carrying an air wing, only a Sycamore M51 helicopter, and MELBOURNE [II] provides the air component, defending the fleet from sorties by shore-based aircraft from Singapore.
The 1950s and the Cold War were one of the peak periods for the RAN, which operated a total of three aircraft carriers during the period [SYDNEY [III] VENGEANCE and MELBOURNE [II]; had two cruisers HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] and HMAS HOBART [I], the latter part-modernized but left in reserve; also Tribal, Battle and Daring Class destroyers;
the Q Class Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates; Bay and WWII River Class frigates, the latter mainly involved in surveys and training; and many smaller vessels. The RAN also now operated much more closely with the Royal New Zealand Navy, with its anti-aircraft cruisers [HMNZS BLACK PRINCE , BELLONA, and ROYALIST later] and frigates, as well as its frequently utilizing its traditional links with the RN, USN, and other Commonwealth navies.
Photo: RAN, it appeared with HMAS SYDNEY [III]'s Report of Proceedings RoP] for Sept. 1956 , held by the Australian War Memorial, with thanks to Contributor Ashley Moore for guiding us to this and other Exercise ALBATROSS photographs. The images are publicly released and out of copyright.
THE NAVY IN THE 1950S: HMAS SYDNEY [III] refuels from the RFA WAVE CHIEF off Singapore, Sept. 22, 1956 - RAN.
6784. Her flight deck slicked by tropical showers, and crowded with traineee national servicemen and recruits, HMAS SYDNEY [III], Capt. W.H. Harrington [later VADM], is seen here on the first day of the SEATO Exercise ALBATROSS off Singapore. She is refuelling from the British RFA WAVE CHIEF, with a destroyer, possibly HMS COCKADE visible astern.
With ships from the Royal Navy, USN, Pakistan, Thailand and New Zealand involved, the RAN's initial component for the SEATOI Exercise ALBATROSS [ Sept. 22-Oct 17, 1956], is the RAN's new flagship HMAS MELBOURNE [II], SYDNEY [III], and the Q Class or Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates HMAS QUEENBOROUGH, QUICKMATCH and QUADRANT. The Battle Class destroyers HMAS ANZAC [II] and HMAS TOBRUK [I] joined for the second Phase of the Exercises.
SYDNEY [III] on training duties, is not carrying an air wing, only a Sycamore M51 helicopter, and MELBOURNE [II] provides the air component, defending the fleet from sorties by shore-based aircraft from Singapore.
The 1950s and the Cold War were one of the peak periods for the RAN, which operated a total of three aircraft carriers during the period [SYDNEY [III] VENGEANCE and MELBOURNE [II]; had two cruisers HMAS AUSTRALIA [II] and HMAS HOBART [I], the latter part-modernized but left in reserve; also Tribal, Battle and Daring Class destroyers;
the Q Class Type 15 fast anti-submarine frigates; Bay and WWII River Class frigates, the latter mainly involved in surveys and training; and many smaller vessels. The RAN also now operated much more closely with the Royal New Zealand Navy, with its anti-aircraft cruisers [HMNZS BLACK PRINCE , BELLONA, and ROYALIST later] and frigates, as well as its frequently utilizing its traditional links with the RN, USN, and other Commonwealth navies.
Photo: RAN, it appeared with HMAS SYDNEY [III]'s Report of Proceedings RoP] for Sept. 1956 , held by the Australian War Memorial, with thanks to Contributor Ashley Moore for guiding us to this and other Exercise ALBATROSS photographs. The images are publicly released and out of copyright.