Right: The Fremantle Class Patrol Boats played an important role in fullfilling the RAN's boarder protection responsibilities.The then Chief of Naval Staff, VADM RG Taylor, AO, RAN, visiting HMAS Whyalla (II) while in refit. A permanent naval attaché commenced duty in Paris in March 1978.Cabinet approval for the acquisition of an Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) vessel was given in August 1977 at a cost of $73.2M under the assumption that the ship would be built by DTCN in France. She participated in the Army exercise FLASHPOINT on 4 May and, two days later, a disaster relief exercise being conducted in Jervis Bay was interrupted by a real emergency. The rest of the year was spent mostly in home waters, except for the annual Gull Force Association Anzac Day pilgrimage to Ambon.All Cairns based patrol boats put to sea on New Year’s Day 1994 to seek shelter from Cyclone Rewa. Behind her is the sloop HMAS Swan. However, the translation of documents from French to English, coupled with differing production methods between France and Australia, proved to be somewhat problematic. Contractor acceptance trials were conducted on 10 and 11 April 1986, and the ship was handed over to the Navy, at sea, on the 15th. HMAS Success was decommissioned June 29 - 2019 and towed to Port Pirie for scrapping. In January 1975, 31 Australian and international shipbuilders were invited to register their interest. The establishment of a Technical Assistance Group consisting of an engineer and two technicians, as well as a French-Australian Steering Committee, formed to address any major issues, did much to alleviate the problems.The ship was launched on 3 March 1984 by Her Excellency Lady Valerie Stephen, wife of the then Governor-General of Australia Sir Ninian Stephen, KG, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KBE, QC.
The need for an underway replenishment capability to extend the endurance of RAN vessels had been recognised for some time given the vast areas over which the RAN operates. Right: Commanding Officer HMAS Whyalla hands over the Australian White Ensign to Maritime Commander Davyd Thomas.
HMAS Success upon its arrival at the Whyalla Port. In the foreground a Sea King helicopter is ranged on the flight deck, 29 July 2003. Although one fishing vessel was apprehended, a hot pursuit of another had to be called off in heavy seas. Based on those registrations, two companies, Rijn Schelde Verolme from the Netherlands and Direction Techniques des Construction Navales (DTCN) from France, were invited to tender for a project definition study based on an existing ship design that met most of the RAN’s requirements. However, when VCD failed to win the contract to build the RAN’s new Fremantle Class Patrol Boats in November 1977, the company lobbied the Government to be allowed to tender for the AOR. HMA Ships Canberra (II) and Parramatta (III), and HNLM Ships Jan Van Brakel and Kortenaer also joined the search along with numerous naval and civilian aircraft but, tragically, no trace of the aircraft or its three-person crew could be found. Whyalla as a museum ship at the Whyalla Maritime Museum, SA. In the immediate post war period the 21st Minesweeping Flotilla proceeded to Hong Kong. An RAN liaison officer arrived in France just days after the contract had been signed and remained there until June 1977. The following month Although the post refit maintenance, trials and workup were completed in September 1996, a requirement to undergo unscheduled engineering maintenance combined with the unexpected discovery of cracked baffle plates in the starboard main engine meant that almost the whole of October was spent alongside.A refreshed crew sailed on 20 January 1997 to find that When Cyclone Justin threatened north Queensland in March 1997, Deteriorating weather and marginal sea states whipped up by Cyclones Sid, Les and Tiffany disrupted operations for most of January 1998. HMAS Whyalla, named for the city of Whyalla, South Australia was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy.
サクセス（HMAS Success, AOR-304） ウェストラリア（HMAS Westralia, AO-195） - 1隻 ※ 旧・『ハドソン・キャヴァリエ（Hudson Cavalier）』、後にリーフ型給油艦『アップルリーフ（RFA Appleleaf, A79）』 シリウス級 - 1隻 シリウス A 50-ton Butters shipbuilding crane was obtained from the BHP shipyard in Whyalla and existing foundry buildings were converted into fabrication workshops. Having completed an interrupted post Christmas maintenance period, A mid year docking period was squeezed in between two short overseas deployments. The VCD tender was accepted the following August and a fixed-price contract to build the ship, to the value of $68.403M, was signed on 26 October 1979. She returned to Sydney on 27 November concluding her third overseas deployment for the year and conducted two weeks of exercises in December before commencing Christmas leave.The New Year commenced with all the pomp and ceremony associated with bicentennial celebrations. RDAWEP believes that the demand for this service is very strong and that it […]
The need for an underway replenishment capability to extend the endurance of RAN vessels had been recognised for some time given the vast areas over which the RAN operates. Right: Commanding Officer HMAS Whyalla hands over the Australian White Ensign to Maritime Commander Davyd Thomas.
HMAS Success upon its arrival at the Whyalla Port. In the foreground a Sea King helicopter is ranged on the flight deck, 29 July 2003. Although one fishing vessel was apprehended, a hot pursuit of another had to be called off in heavy seas. Based on those registrations, two companies, Rijn Schelde Verolme from the Netherlands and Direction Techniques des Construction Navales (DTCN) from France, were invited to tender for a project definition study based on an existing ship design that met most of the RAN’s requirements. However, when VCD failed to win the contract to build the RAN’s new Fremantle Class Patrol Boats in November 1977, the company lobbied the Government to be allowed to tender for the AOR. HMA Ships Canberra (II) and Parramatta (III), and HNLM Ships Jan Van Brakel and Kortenaer also joined the search along with numerous naval and civilian aircraft but, tragically, no trace of the aircraft or its three-person crew could be found. Whyalla as a museum ship at the Whyalla Maritime Museum, SA. In the immediate post war period the 21st Minesweeping Flotilla proceeded to Hong Kong. An RAN liaison officer arrived in France just days after the contract had been signed and remained there until June 1977. The following month Although the post refit maintenance, trials and workup were completed in September 1996, a requirement to undergo unscheduled engineering maintenance combined with the unexpected discovery of cracked baffle plates in the starboard main engine meant that almost the whole of October was spent alongside.A refreshed crew sailed on 20 January 1997 to find that When Cyclone Justin threatened north Queensland in March 1997, Deteriorating weather and marginal sea states whipped up by Cyclones Sid, Les and Tiffany disrupted operations for most of January 1998. HMAS Whyalla, named for the city of Whyalla, South Australia was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II and one of 20 built on Admiralty order but manned by personnel of and later commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy.
サクセス（HMAS Success, AOR-304） ウェストラリア（HMAS Westralia, AO-195） - 1隻 ※ 旧・『ハドソン・キャヴァリエ（Hudson Cavalier）』、後にリーフ型給油艦『アップルリーフ（RFA Appleleaf, A79）』 シリウス級 - 1隻 シリウス A 50-ton Butters shipbuilding crane was obtained from the BHP shipyard in Whyalla and existing foundry buildings were converted into fabrication workshops. Having completed an interrupted post Christmas maintenance period, A mid year docking period was squeezed in between two short overseas deployments. The VCD tender was accepted the following August and a fixed-price contract to build the ship, to the value of $68.403M, was signed on 26 October 1979. She returned to Sydney on 27 November concluding her third overseas deployment for the year and conducted two weeks of exercises in December before commencing Christmas leave.The New Year commenced with all the pomp and ceremony associated with bicentennial celebrations. RDAWEP believes that the demand for this service is very strong and that it […]