COMPENDIUM: 350 Photostream images of HMAS MELBOURNE [II]. Pt 3 - Hobart Ca. 1960s, Lindsay Rex.

5446. An old favourite, this rather placid scene was an early acquisition for the Photostream. It was taken by Lindsay Rex in Hobart in the early 1960s and is repeated here from Pic NO. 1324.

 

THE COMPENDIUM of HMAS MELBOURNE [II] - Part Three:

 

Pic 2359 Refuelling from USS PONCHATOULA during Exercise SEA DEMON April 1959.

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Pic 2444 First of three great nostalgic colour shots visiting Port Melbourne , thought to be NOV. 6 1979, from Rosey Kendall.

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Pice 2445. Second of three great nostalgic colour shots visiting Port Melbourne , thought to be NOV. 6 1979, from Rosey Kendall.

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Pic 2446. Third of three great nostalgic colour shots visiting Port Melbourne , thought to be NOV. 6 1979, from Rosey Kendall.

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PIC 2553. A4 G Skyhawk launch, 1970s, Grumman Tracker in the park in the background.

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Pic 2628. SYDNEY [III] with MELBOURNE [II] off Garden Island Circa Nov 1967.

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Pic 2662, Inclination trials while underway, believed to be off Thistle Island, SA, 1960

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Pic 2663. Another tilting trial, possibly Jervis Bay 1963.

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Pic 2664 Another tilting trial dated Sept 23 1970 in Jervis Bay.

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Pic 2672, Sept 14, 1980 Ship open to visitors in Indonesia

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Pic 2672 Visitors and Sea Fury during a 1960 Djakarta visit.

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Pic 2673 Huge crowds on the dock waiting to see MELBOURNE at Jakarta.

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Pic 2734 MELBOURNE at Manus Island, Circa 1959-1961.

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Pic 2735 Sea Venom FAW 53 on the flight deck, Circa 1960.

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Pic 2736 Damaged Sea Venom after brake failure on landing, Kimberley Dunstan.

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Pic 2745 Hangar deck 1960, Sea Venoms and Gannets down below, Kimberley Dunstan

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Pic 2747 Flight of Gannets preparing for take-off, Kimberley Dunstan 1960.

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Pic 2748 Gannet AS1 warming up for takeoff 1960, Kimberley Dunstan

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Pic 2750 Gannet crash on board, March 30 1960 Kimberley Dunstan

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Pic 2751: another view of the Sea Venom brake failure, March 1960.

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Pic 2764 Westland Wessex in MELBOURNE’S hangars,

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Pic 2766 Westland Wessex helicopters on MELBOURNE’s flight deck. Circa 1963 Kim Dunstan.

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Pic 2769. Sea Venoms on deck above, Sycamore helicopters in hangar below – late 1950s Split image.

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Pic 2770 Sycamore flying of MELBOURNE in port in Brisbane August 26-29, 1960

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Pic 2771 In Captain Cook dock for Jan 24-August 11, 1968 post-Skyhawks refit

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Pic 2772: Nov 17-21, 1967 disembarking Skyhawks at Jervis Bay

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Pic 2792. Straight deck line-up of Gannets and Sea Furies in Jervis Bay, possibly between July 23-August 7 1956.

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Pic 2793: The straight deck-line up in Jervis Bay again, poss. July 23-Aug. 7 1956.

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Pic 2794: Melbourne Cup Week arrival, Nov. 2 1979

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Pic 2795. Using Trackers to ‘pin-wheel’ the carrier to dock during a waterfront strike in Melbourne

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Pic 2814. Sycamore rescue help hovers as Fairey Gannet launches, April 25, 1962.

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Pic 2816 Sycamore helicopter lands behind Sea Venom 801, Circa 1961. Kim Dunstan

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Pic 2817. Two carriers, MELBOURNE [II] followed into Sydney Harbour by HMAS SYDNEY [III].

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Pic 2818. MELBOURNE EMBARKS Admirals Cup yachts taken on 1977 Jubilee trip to UK.

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Pic 2819. Admirals Cup yachts stowed in MELBOURNE’s hangars, April 1977.

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Pic 2822 Avro Vulcan bomber overflying MELBOURNE low – possible fake.

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Pic 2859: In Sydney Harbour with RN destroyer HMS KENT and carrier HMS VICTORIOUS

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Pic 2861: A ‘Sea Venom ‘bolter’ – having miss the arrestor wire, goes over the side, hopefully to recover

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Pic 2863 Make and mend on the flight deck amid Gannets, off Singapore ca 1960. His res pick, Kim Dunstan.

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Pic 2865. ‘Moose’ of HMAS MELBOURNE [II] One of the ship’s characters. Kim Dunstan.

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Pic 2867. Mess deck Charlie Port on HMAS MELBOURNE [II]. Kim Dunstan.

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Pic 2938 Aug 1961, Operation TUCKERBOX in the Tasman Sea, Ron L. Marsh

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Pic 2940 Fairey Gannet 828 on deck, one day-night stop at Manus Island June 2 1961.

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Pic 2941. Another aircraft pic, Gannet 828 at Manus Island June 1-2 1961.

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Pic 2942: Gannet launch off crowded foredeck in the South China Sea, 1961. Ron Marsh

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Pic 2943. Gannet take-off South East Asia 1961. Ron Marsh.

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Pic 2945. Contributor Ron Marsh, a maintenance rating with 816 Squadron, on deck with Gannet 831, which bore his name.

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Pic 2946: Flight deck crews on MELBOURNE await the return of their planes, SE Asia 1961.

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