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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Tue Nov 21, 2017 5:27 pm |
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City or Town: Schofields
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......and Sydney coming up the rear................
_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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connief
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 3:07 pm |
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Joined: Thu Feb 05, 2004 12:51 am Posts: 112
City or Town: Canberra
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_________________ Bruce Francis R112774 JRTE 40TH Intake July 72-June73 Ex WM,QMG,Bosun,Paid off Sept 93 Leeuwin,Cerberus x3, Lonsdale, Watson, Coonawarra(DNB), Harman. Supply, Melbourne, Vampire, Attack, Ardent, Brisbane x2, Fremantle(Commissioning Crew), Sydney-FFG 03(Commissioning Crew), Hobart, Cessnock. Go the Mighty Magpies
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:31 pm |
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Joined: Mon Oct 13, 2003 8:09 am Posts: 4542
City or Town: Lake Munmorah
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_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Hippy Chippy
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:55 am |
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City or Town: Lake Munmorah
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_________________ Rick Pengilly WEBMASTER Ex-CPOMTH3 R42630 13th MOBI Intake July'62 to July'74 HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Melbourne - HMAS Cerberus - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Lonsdale - HMAS Tarangau - HMAS Nirimba - HMAS Brisbane
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Seejay
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Posted: Sat Dec 30, 2017 1:34 pm |
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Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:16 am Posts: 1950
City or Town: Cairns
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Good looking ships. Mind you, I think the ANZAC class looks okay, now that they have their updated, full complement of gear and weapons.
_________________ Chris O'Keefe R43136 Ex WO Chippy 19th MOBI Intake July 65 to July 85 HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra. Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!
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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 8:32 pm |
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ANZACS - close to. To do the full upgrade they needed to add a bit in the middle and the cost was too high. At least they now have more "bang for their buck".
_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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Viv
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2018 9:11 pm |
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Joined: Mon Nov 10, 2003 11:02 am Posts: 145
City or Town: Herne Hill
State: W.A.
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Hippy Chippy wrote: 51 years ago today, on the 5th May, 1966, DDG41, 'The Steel Cat', HMAS Brisbane, the third and final of the RAN's much loved Charles F. Adams class DDG 'War Canoes' was launched at the Defoe Shipbuilding Co. Bay City, Michigan, USA. Ummm I think they be Perth Class Destroyers Or you may be able to say Modified CFA's Cheers and all the best for the New Year All on site and of course families Viv
_________________ Viv MacLeod
R65148
Morran(March 66)
ME(D)-DENS-WOMTH4
1966 to 1986
Cerberus,Duchess,Waterhen,Hawk,Nirimba, Melbourne,Torrens,Perth, Leeuwin,Stalwart,Stirling,Kutabul
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connief
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:39 pm |
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City or Town: Canberra
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Seejay wrote: Good looking ships. Mind you, I think the ANZAC class looks okay, now that they have their updated, full complement of gear and weapons. Yep, and that big new bulbous array they have now is a great soot catcher. I seen a photo of two of them on FB the other day and they looked bloody horrible .
_________________ Bruce Francis R112774 JRTE 40TH Intake July 72-June73 Ex WM,QMG,Bosun,Paid off Sept 93 Leeuwin,Cerberus x3, Lonsdale, Watson, Coonawarra(DNB), Harman. Supply, Melbourne, Vampire, Attack, Ardent, Brisbane x2, Fremantle(Commissioning Crew), Sydney-FFG 03(Commissioning Crew), Hobart, Cessnock. Go the Mighty Magpies
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Seejay
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 4:12 pm |
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Joined: Tue Nov 04, 2003 6:16 am Posts: 1950
City or Town: Cairns
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_________________ Chris O'Keefe R43136 Ex WO Chippy 19th MOBI Intake July 65 to July 85 HMAS Nirimba X 4 -Penguin-Sydney-Queenborough - Creswell - Moreton - Stalwart - Platypus - Coonawarra Reconstruction Team 76 - Platypus - Hobart - Cerberus - FHQ - Coonawarra. Anyone can be ordinary. Shipwrights choose to be extraordinary!
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Stroppy Chippie
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2018 5:37 pm |
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City or Town: Schofields
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I have just remembered a conversation I had with some clusterfck in Canberra regarding "redundancies". I suggested that there might be an issue with the ANZACs and their ability to recover seaboats (if there was to be an issue). He stated (confidently) that there were two davits to overcome the issue of a davit failing in service. Should have seen his face when I pointed out that the two davits used a common powerpack and it was that I was referring to.
_________________ Brian Mackenzie
ex-Shipwright Instructor
Oct '88 to Dec '93 (NIRIMBA) before and beyond
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