Strong winds on the third day brought down debris from the bridge above, and caused unguarded ‘live’ power cables to fall into the water, endangering the divers. Four S2E Tracker aircraft from 816 and 851 Squadrons prepared to fly to Darwin, but were placed on standby and eventually stood down. The first RAN asset to arrive in the disaster stricken city, on 26 December, was a HS748 aircraft from 851 Squadron, carrying blood transfusion equipment and a team of Red Cross workers. That the background on this flag was made white, is believe not to be copyright eligible.The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): This image information is from the English Wikipedia with only minor checks and changes (see www.wikipedia.org for details of authors and sources). Some parties worked to save rare plants in the Botanical Gardens. Although ferries provided a service across the Derwent River, it was not until December 1975 that a single lane combat bridge was opened to traffic, thereby restoring some connectivity. Four motor vehicles fell into the river, killing five occupants.At 0430 on 6 January 1975, a 14-man detachment from Clearance Diving Team 2 (CDT2), commanded by Lieutenant Alexander Donald, DSC, RAN, flew to Hobart for search and recovery operations. Volunteers from other Sydney-based ships and establishments filled the positions of those who could not return to their ships in time. They installed generators, rewired houses, repaired electrical and air-conditioning systems, re-roofed or weatherproofed buildings, and maintained and repaired vehicles. The following day the last ships, Brisbane and Stalwart, sailed from Darwin.The departure of the Task Group did not, however, signify the end of the RAN’s support to the rehabilitation of Darwin. Nine Wessex helicopters from 817 and 725 Squadrons were embarked in Melbourne and Stalwart. An Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy, HMAS Advance (83) was constructed during 1967 and commissioned into the RAN in 1968. Of the four Darwinbased Attack Class patrol boats, HMAS Arrow had sunk under Stokes Hill Wharf with the loss of two lives, HMAS Attack was driven ashore at Doctor’s Gully by the sheer force of the cyclonic winds, and HMAS Advance and HMAS Assail were damaged. HMAS Attack (P 90) was the lead ship of the Attack-class patrol boats used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
In May and June 1975 the minehunters HMAS Curlew, HMAS Ibis and HMAS Snipe surveyed the approaches to Darwin and the harbour itself, locating trawlers sunk during Cyclone Tracy, and other navigational hazards.Cyclone Tracy was not the only disaster that befell Australia during the Christmas and New Year period of 1974-75.
HS748 aircraft continued to ferry personnel and stores to Darwin and evacuees south. Two vehicles were identified on 7 January; one was salvaged that day and the second three days later. HMAS Arrow (P 88) HMAS Assail (P 89) HMAS Attack (P 90) HMAS Aware (P 91) HMS Ocelot (S17) HMAS Balikpapan (L 126) HMAS Bandolier (P 95) HMAS Barbette (P 97) HMAS Barricade (P 98) HMAS Bayonet (P 101) HMAS Bombard (P 99) HMAS Brunei (L 127) HMAS Buccaneer (P 100) HMAS Buna (L-132) HMAS Bunbury; HMAS Burnie ; HMAS Collins (SSG 73) HMAS Farncomb (SSG 74) HMAS Waller (SSG 75) HMAS … The ships had brought with them some 3000 naval personnel.The arrival of Melbourne precipitated the establishment of a Shore Command Headquarters (SCHQ) at Admiralty House to coordinate the working parties, which were tasked by the Emergency Services Organisation. On the evening of 5 January 1975 the Australian National Line bulk carrier MV Lake Illawarra, laden with a cargo of zinc concentrate, collided with the Tasman Bridge, which spanned the Derwent River in Hobart. HMAS Attack (P 90) HMAS Aware (P 91) HMAS Balikpapan; HMAS Bandolier (P 95) HMAS Barbette (P 97) HMAS Barricade (P 98) HMAS Bayonet (P 101) HMAS Betano; View more global usage of this file. Working parties were typically composed of 10 or 15 officers and sailors, depending upon the nature of the task.With the arrival of the Task Group, the primary focus for CDT1 turned to the extraction of Arrow from Stokes Hill Wharf, a task achieved on 13 January after much work.