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- 5 February 1991 Maritime Commander Australia lltem 1 Serial 7 HMAS SUCCESS at Sembawang For Information; Commander Task Group 627.4 --. .. . . RMAS SUCCESS - REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS JANUARY 1991 Sir, 1.(U) . I have the honour to report the proceedings of HMA Ship under my command during the month of January 1991. 2-(R) Throughout the major part of January, SUCCESS remained deployed as an element of Task Group 627.4 under the command of Commodore C.J. Oxenbould RAN. The task group (TG) operated with other Multi National Naval Forces (WSNF) ships supporting oper~tions against Iraq. These operations continued after the commencement of hostilities against Iraq on Thursday 17 and c ~ m p l e t e df o r SUCCESS when s h e d e p a r t e d t h e Area of Operations on Friday 25, enroute to Singapore. During January SUCCESS conducted a short port visit to Dubai and called very briefly at Muscat t o -- .... - -. -- of fload .stores -and equipment. She commenced--a -programmed- v i s i t t o Singapore on Thursday 31 for urgent defect rectification. 3. (R) At the beginning of the .month.SUCCESS was outside Omani territorial waters north east of the Island of Yasirah, continuing her passage to the Arabian Gulf after having conducted a delightful but short Christmas port visit to Victoria, on the Seychelles island of Mahe. As the ship proceeded deeper into the AO, the tempo .of helicopter surveillance operations and the challenging and reporting of merchant ship traffic in support of sanctions against Iraq increased significantly. After a fast passage the ship loitered'north of Seeb on the afternoon of Tuesday 1, while the ship's helicopter sortied into the International Airport to collect TG mail and stores. Further stores and fresh victuals were delivered to the ship by Gray Mackenzie boat after anchoring at 0531D on Wednesday 2 in the Fujayrah service anchorage, in position 25'11 'ON ~6~29'0~. After three delivery runs from inshore SUCCESS weighed and proceeded at 1105D, and transited the Straits of Hor-muz (SOH) from 1600D. Once clear of the straits SUCCESS made g r o u n d towards the 'Charlie' patrol areas in the Central Arabian Gulf (CAG 1, making rendezvous with BRISBANE- at 0534C on Thursday 3. She remained in company long enough for mail, stores, victuals and fuel to be transferred before..detachi'l$g at 07.2AC..-- Qur.. f ixslt..foreign.. . ..
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Commander Task Group 627.4
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1 . ( U ) . I have t h e honour t o r e p o r t t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f HMA S h i p u n d e r my command d u r i n g t h e month of J a n u a r y 1991.
2 - ( R ) Throughout t h e major p a r t o f J a n u a r y , SUCCESS remained dep loyed as an e lement of Task Group 627.4 under t h e command o f Commodore C . J . Oxenbould RAN. The t a s k g r o u p (TG) o p e r a t e d w i t h o t h e r M u l t i N a t i o n a l Naval F o r c e s (WSNF) s h i p s s u p p o r t i n g o p e r ~ t i o n s a g a i n s t I r a q . These o p e r a t i o n s c o n t i n u e d a f t e r t h e commencement o f h o s t i l i t i e s a g a i n s t I r a q o n Thursday 1 7 and c ~ m p l e t e d f o r SUCCESS when s h e d e p a r t e d t h e Area o f O p e r a t i o n s on F r i d a y 25 , e n r o u t e t o S i n g a p o r e . During J a n u a r y SUCCESS c o n d u c t e d a s h o r t p o r t v i s i t t o Dubai and c a l l e d v e r y b r i e f l y a t Muscat t o
-- ....- -. -- o f f l o a d . s t o r e s -and equipment . She commenced--a -programmed- v i s i t t o S i n g a p o r e on Thursday 31 f o r u r g e n t d e f e c t r e c t i f i c a t i o n .
3 . (R) A t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f the .month.SUCCESS w a s o u t s i d e Omani t e r r i t o r i a l w a t e r s n o r t h e a s t o f t h e I s l a n d o f Y a s i r a h , c o n t i n u i n g h e r p a s s a g e t o t h e Arab ian Gulf a f t e r hav ing conduc ted a d e l i g h t f u l b u t s h o r t Chr i s tmas p o r t v i s i t t o V i c t o r i a , on t h e S e y c h e l l e s i s l a n d o f Mahe. A s t h e s h i p proceeded d e e p e r i n t o t h e AO, t h e tempo .of h e l i c o p t e r s u r v e i l l a n c e o p e r a t i o n s and t h e c h a l l e n g i n g a n d r e p o r t i n g o f merchant s h i p t r a f f i c i n s u p p o r t o f s a n c t i o n s a g a i n s t I r a q i n c r e a s e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y . A f t e r a f a s t p a s s a g e t h e s h i p l o i t e r e d ' n o r t h of Seeb on t h e a f t e r n o o n o f Tuesday 1, w h i l e t h e s h i p ' s h e l i c o p t e r s o r t i e d i n t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l A i r p o r t t o c o l l e c t TG mail and s t o r e s . F u r t h e r s t o r e s and f r e s h v i c t u a l s were d e l i v e r e d t o t h e s h i p by Gray Mackenzie b o a t a f t e r a n c h o r i n g a t 0531D on Wednesday 2 i n t h e F u j a y r a h s e r v i c e a n c h o r a g e , i n p o s i t i o n 25'11 ' O N ~ 6 ~ 2 9 ' 0 ~ . A f t e r t h r e e d e l i v e r y r u n s from i n s h o r e SUCCESS weighed and proceeded a t 1105D, and t r a n s i t e d t h e S t r a i t s o f Hor-muz (SOH) from 1600D. Once clear o f t h e s t ra i t s SUCCESS made ground t o w a r d s t h e ' C h a r l i e ' p a t r o l areas i n t h e C e n t r a l Arabian Gulf (CAG 1 , making rendezvous w i t h BRISBANE- a t 0534C on Thursday 3 . She remained i n company l o n g enough f o r m a i l , s t o r e s , v i c t u a l s and f u e l t o b e t r a n s f e r r e d before..detachi'l$g a t 07.2AC..-- Qur.. f ixsl t . . foreign. . . ..
5 . ( R ) The ma jo r o p e r a t i o n a l p u r p o s e o f t h e Dubai v i s i t w a s t h e c o n d u c t o f t h e ' m o n t h l y M u l t i N a t i o n a l Naval F o r c e '(MNNFI- - C o n f e r e n c e . I n J a n u a r y i t w a s - t h e R A N ' S t u r n t o h o s t t h e c o n f e r e n c e , a b o a r d SUCCESS a t Dubai on T h u r s d a y 9 . A t t e n d e e s i n c l u d e d CTF 154 Rear Admi ra l U . M . F o g e r t y USN, CTG 3 2 1 . 2 Commodore C . J . C r a i g RN and t h e CTGs ( o r t h e i r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ) w i t h o p e r a t i o n s s t a f f f rom e a c h o f t h e MNNF c o u n t r i e s : A r g e n t i n a , Be lgu im, Canada , F r a n c e , I t a l y , t h e N e t h e r l a n d s , Norway/Denmark, S p a i n , t h e Un i t ed Kingdom and t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s . A f u l l l ist o f t h o s e who a t t e n d e d i s i n c l u d e d a t Annex D. A f t e r a work ing l u n c h f o r p a r t i c i p a n t s o n b o a r d , t h e NNNF C o n f e r e n c e ( h o s t e d by Commodore Oxenbou ld ) c o n t i n u e d u n t i l t h e d e l e g a t e s d e p a r t e d a t l7lOD. D u r i n g t h e c o n f e r e n c e , s e c u r i t y a r r a n g e m e n t s were f u r t h e r t i g h t e n e d , a b o v e t h e i n t e r n a l 'Weathercock B l a c k ' n o r m a l l y - e n f o r c e d f o r O p e r a t i o n Damask p o r t v i s i t s . E x t e r n a l s e c u r i t y was p r o v i d e d by Dubai p o r t p o l i c e and UAE M i l i t a r y F o r c e s . Dubai proved t o be a p o p u l a r p o r t v i s i t f o r t h e s h i p ' s company, b e i n g a l a r g e r more c o s m o p o l i t a n a n d more r e l a x e d c i t y t h a n Musca t . A f t e r a s u c c e s s f u l v i s i t SUCCESS cas t o f f a t l O O O D on T h u r s d a y 10 and p roceeded back t o t h e CAG ' C h a r l i e ' p a t r o l a r e a s t o resume o p e r a t i o n s .
6 . ( R ) The n e x t few d a y s were busy f o r SUCCESS, w i t h HMS GLOUCESTER (Commander P . W i l l c o c k s R N ) and SYDNEY b e i n g r e p l e n i s h e d o n F r i d a y 11, BRISBANE ( w h i c h had s a i l e d f rom Dubai a d a y l a t e r t h a n SUCCESS) on S a t u r d a y 12 and M I D W A Y ' S ( C a p t a i n A . K . Cebrowski USN) e s c o r t s on Sunday 1 3 . These were HNLHS JACOB VAY HERMSHERK (Commander H.P. W i r t h RNLN), USS MOBILE BAY ( C a p t a i n S.R. Woodal l USN), USS FIFE (Commander C.A. Kemp USW), USS M A R V I N SHIELDS (Commander R . L . Benson USN ) , 'SYDNEY and BRISBANE. D u r i n g t h i s p e r i o d c h a n g e s were made t o much o f t h e command and c o n t r o l a r r a n g e m e n t s f o l l o w i n g p l a n s made a t t h e MNKF C o n f e r e n c e and subsequeht - - 'FKt i ' fSca t i o n by ' 'nnt ' i 'dnal n a v a l commands. ' ya.c t-i'cn.l '-- ..-. c o n t r o l o f R A N , R N , CN, RNLN a n d I t a l i a n Naval u n i t s w a s p a s s e d t o t h e USN Commander o f TF 1 5 4 , Rear Admiral F o g e r t y . R e p l e n i s h m e n t s h i p c o - o r d i n a t i o n w a s d e l e g a t e d t o the3"'Commander of TG 302.3 ( t h e C a n a d i a n TGI, C a p t a i n Cronk . I n i t i a l l y t a s k i n g for.SUCCESS w a s a l i t t l e c o n f u s e d , w i t h d i r e c t i o n ( s o m e t i m e s w i t h minor c o n f l i c t i . o n ) coming f rom t h e CTF,, t h e main body c o - o r d i n a t o r (CTG 154 .6 i n M I D W A Y ) and CTG 302.3 . A rnainbody h o l d i n g area, t e rmed v a r i o u s l y t h e CLF box o r t h e 'Pachyderm P a l a c e ' w a s e s t a b l i s h e d , a t w e n t y b y t w e n t y m i l e area a b o u t lOOnm w e s t o f Dubai , where r e p l e n i s h m e n t a n d a m p h i b i o u s s h i p s .could s a f e l y a n c h o r o r . r e m a i n underway i n a r a c e t r a c k w h i l e b e i n g p r o t e c t e d by e s c o r t s a l l o c a t e d t o CTG 302 .3 . SUCCESS w a s t h e f i r s t u s e r o f t h e box, j o i n i n g t h e r a c e t r a c k o v e r n i g h t on Sunday 13/Monday 1 4 . Dur ing t h e f o r e n o o n o f Monday 1 4 , SUCCESS topped up F76 f rom HV COURIER, a n o t h e r c i v i l . t a n k e r u s e d by t h e US DOD f o r f u e l d e l i v e r i e s . On c o m p l e t i o n , a n d u n d e r e s c o r t f rom SYDNEY, SUCCESS commenced a ' N A G Swing' a s e r i e s o f d e l i v e r y boy r e p l e n i s h m e n t s i n t h e N o r t h e r n A r a b i a n Gu l f ( N A G ) , 'but w i t h i n o u r c o n s t r a i n e d g e o g r a p h i c l i m i t s . Rendezvous w a s made w i t h BUNKER HILL a t 1920C a f t e r which SUCC.ESS t r u l y e a r n e d h e r n ickname a s t h e ' S t e a l t h T a n k e r ' when BUNKER HILL commenced h e r a p p r o a c h o n SYDFEY, ---,. - - d e s p i t e -.- a l l t a c t i c a l messages e x e c u t i n s t h e RAS bein-g--, . --. -
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p a s s e d f rom SUCCESS by l i g h t . E v i d e n t l y BUNKER HILL w a s u s e d t o see i n much more u p p e r d e c k l i g h t i n g i n . t a n k e r s t h a n t h a t u s e d by-. . r e l a t i v e l y small a l l i e d r e p l e n i s h m e n t s h i p s . ~ e p l e n i s h m e n t w a s commenced a t 2030C, much l a t e r t h a n i n i t i a l l y p l a n n e d , wh ich r e s u l t e d from c o n s i d e r a b l e c o n f u s i o n i n r e p l e n i s h m e n t programming be tween t h e v a r i o u s commanders e a r l i e r i n t h e d a y . The a r e a i n which t h e s h i p w a s o p e r a t i n g was a s s e s s e d t o be a t h i g h r i s k f rom f l o a t i n g mines and s o r e p l e n i s h m e n t a t n i g h t w a s n o t d e s i r a b l e . F u r t h e r , t h e r e p l e n i s h m e n t c o u r s e r e q u i r e d by BUNKER HILL was w e s t e r l y , f u r t h e r i n t o t h e d a n g e r area, t o a l l o w h e r .4N/SPY 1 r a d a r a r r a y s f i e l d s o f v i ew t o t h e n o r t h a n d w e s t . F o r t u i t o u s l y t h e a r e a t r a n s i t e d had been e x t e n s i v e l y s e a r c h e d f o r mines by a i r and s u r f a c e assets t h r o u g h t h e d a y l i g h t h o u r s . The r ' ep l en i shmen t c o u r s e w a s r e v e r s e d o n c e r e f u e l l i n g BUNKER HILL w a s c o m p l e t e . T h i s r e p l e n i s h m e n t , and t h e s u b s e q u e n t o n e w i t h USS WORDEN ( C a p t a i n W .B. Hunt USN) d i d n o t g o w e l 1 , ' w i t h m i s h a n d l i n g c a u s i n g minor b d t d e l a y i n g damage t o SUCCESS r i g s a n d pumps. WORDEN w a s comple t ed a t 0016C on Tuesday ,15. A t t h i s s t a g e SUCCESS was j o i n e d by HMS CARDIFF (Commander A . R . Nance R N ) and GLOUCESTER. N e i t h e r o f t h e s e s h i p s had been programmed f o r r e p l e n i s h m e n t , b u t as t h e r e s u l t o f t h e e a r l i e r c o n f u s i o n w i t h r e g a r d t o t a n k e r s u p p o r t , b o t h had b e e n l e f t v e r y s h o r t o f a v i a t i o n f u e l tF441. CARDIFF was b r o u g h t a l o n g s i d e a t 0022C, b u t t h e t r a n s f e r was v e r y s l o r ~ , i n i t i a l l y , b e c a u s e s h e w a s n o t a b l e t o t a k e F44 and F75 s i m u l t a n e o u s l y a n d t h e n b e c a u s e F44 pumping r a t e s c o u l d n o t be s u s t a i n e d f o l l o w i n g t h e r i g d i f f i c u l t i e s w i t h WORDEN. R e p a i r s c o n t i n u e d w i t h CARDIFF a l o n g s i d e and t h e r e p l e n i s h m e n t c o m p l e t e d a t 0315C. R e p l e n i s h m e n t w i t h GLOUCESTER.was c o n d u c t e d w i t h o u t i n c i d e n t be tween 0328C a n d 0427C. A f t e r a l o n g and t i r i n g n i g h t t h e s h i p , s t i l l e s c o r t e d by SYDNEY, t r a n s i t e d S o u t h E a s t t h r o u g h t h e CAG t o w a r d s t h e CLF box at t h e minimum s p e e d p e r m i t t e d by p o s t r e p l e n i s h m e n t mach ine ry
. conf igu ra t ion . . - -.SYDNEY w a s . r e f u e l l e d p r i o r t o h e r detach4ng-- a t - .- . 0924C a n d SUCCESS a n c h o r e d i n t h e CLF box a t 1643C t h e same
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7 . ( R ) SUCCESS weighed a t 0830C on Wednesday 16 and p r o c e e d e d b a c k t o w a r d s t h e CAG f o r f u r t h e r r e p l e n i s h m e n t commitments . Whi l e e n r o u t e t h e s h i p ' s h e l i c o p t e r c o n d u c t e d a l o n g d i s t a n c e s t o r e s a n d m a i l s o r t i e t o Duba i , s t a g i n g t h r o u g h ATHABASKAN on t h e way i n a n d HMCS PROTECTEUR ( C a p t a i n ( N ) D. McCLean) on t h e r e t u r n l e g . Rendezvous was made w i t h USS SACRAMENTO ( C a p t a i n J. S. Payne USN) a t 1435C b e f o r e commencing VERTREP o p e r a t i o n s t o t r a n s f e r SUCCESS c a r g o ammuni t ion t o h e r u s i n g a VSN Sea Kn igh t h e l i c o p t e r I see .
p h o t o g r a p h a t Annex C) a t 1600C. The t r a n s f e r w a s su spended a f t e r d a r k , t h e d i s e m b a r k a t i o n o f S t a n d a r d missiles a n d c h a f f r o c k e t s h a v i n g been comple t ed b u t w i t h gun ainmunit ion s t i l l t o go . USS VALLEY FORGE w a s t h e n r e p l e n i s h e d p r i o r t o t h e s h i p t r a n s i t i n g t o t h e CLF box. SUCCESS came t o s t a r b o a r d a n c h o r i n p o s i t i o n 2 4 ' 2 0 ' 9 ~ 5 3 ' 4 9 ' 4 ~ at 0225C o n T h u r s d a y 1 7 .
8 . I R ) Dur ing t h e ear ly h o u r s o f T h u r s d a y 1 7 , C o a l i t i o n A i r a n d Nava l f o r c e s commenced o f f e n s i v e o p e r a t i o n s a g a i n s t mi l - i ta ry a n d s t r a t e g i c t a r g e t s i n Kuwait and I r a q , f o l l o w i n g I r a q ' s f a i . l u r e t o . . . . . . . . . . . . - . . . . . . . - .- . . .-A --
compl :~ w i t h t h e UN u l t i m a t u m t o w i t h d r a w f rom Kuwai t by 1 5 J a n u a r y 1991 (0900C o n Wednesday 1 6 ) . No' i m ~ a c t - was n o t e d o n SUCCESS o p e r a t i o n s , a n d i t w a s v e r y much b u s i n e s s as u s u a l o n b o a r d , as t h e p r e c a u t i o n s and o p e r a t i n g r o u t i n e s t h a t had b e e n i n f o r c e o v e r t h e p r e v i o u s months c o n t i n u e d . S i g n a l t r a f f i c d e n s i t y i n c r e a s e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y , t o t h e p o i n t t h a t n o a d m i n i s t r a t i v e t r a f f i c w a s b e i n g r e c e i v e d a t a l l , a n d o p e r a t i o n a l immed ia t e p r e c e d e n c e t r a f f i c s u f f e r e d d e l a y s . V e r y good i n d i c a t i o n s o n t h e c o a l i t i o n s p r o g r e s s w a s a v a i l a b l e t h r o u g h t h e 24 h o u r t e l e v i s i o n c o v e r a g e by CNN o n ~ u l f t e l e v i s i o n s t a t i o n s , wh ich b e c a u s e o f t h e l i m i t e d l o c a l a n o m a l o u s p r o p a g a t i o n o f UHF, w a s c l e a r l y r e c e i v a b l e o n b o a r d .
. T h e s e b r o a d c a s t s were r e a s o n a b l y a c c u r a t e , v e r y t ime ly . . and o f h i g h i n t e r e s t t o a l l o n b o a r d , a n d made t h e p r e p a r a t i o n o f g e n e r a l p r o g r e s s r e p o r t s f o r t h e s h i p ' s company a l m o s t c o m p l e t e l y u n n e c e s s a r y ,
9 . ( R ) The s h i p c l e a r e d t h e CLF box o n t h e f o r e n o o n o f F r i d a y 18 a f t e r w e i g h i n g at 0937C a n d p r o c e e d e d t o w a r d s Dubai t o embark mail , s t o r e s and f r e s h v i c t u a l s f o r t h e RAN TG. W h i l e e n r o u t e t h e S p a n i s h FFG NUYXNCIA (Commander J .H. Marco l we$ r e f u e l l e d d u r i n g a n o p p o r t u n i t y r e p l e n i s h m e n t . SUCCESS embarked material f rom two G r a y Mackens i e l a u n c h e s be tween 1442C a n d 01845C w h i l e t h e s h i p was a t a n c h o r o f f Dubai i n p o s i t i o n ~ 5 ~ 1 7 ' ~ 58 0 9 ' 3E. On c o m p l e t i o n g round was made back t o t h e v i c i n i t y o f t h e CLF box , whe re a t 0245C o n S a t u r d a y 1 9 , SUCCESS j o i n e d a CAG bound convoy c o n s i s t i n g o f RFA ORANGELEAF and USIVS SPICA ( C a p t a i n L. G i l l , Master) e s c o r t e d by ITS LIBBECIO (Commander Y . F u n a g a l l i ) . SUCCESS d e t a c h e d a t 0625C b e f o r e j o i n i n g f i r s t SYDNEY t h e n BRISBANE t o c o n d u c t . f o r e n o o n s o l i d s a n d l i q u i d s r e p l e n i s h m e n t . o n - c o m p l e t i o n , r e n d e z v o u s ' w a s a q a i n made w i t h USS SACRAHENTO, .and t h e r e m a i n i n g RAN TG ammun i t i on r e s e r v e w a s t r a n s f e r r e d t o h e r by h e l i c o p t e r VERTREP. T h i s means .' . t h a t d e d i c a t e d RAN ammuni t ioh i a f i d - - m i s s i l e s G i l l r e h a i n i n t h e A 0 a v a i l a b l e a t s h o r t n o t i c e f o r tact ical t r a n s f e r . S h o u l d e v e n t s m i l i t a t e a g a i n s t SUCCESS c o n d u c t i n g a s e c o n d G u l f d e p l o y m e n t , SACRAHENTO would welcome the o p p o r t u n i t y t o r e t u r n t h e material t o Sydney when s h e d e p a r t s f r om t h e A 0 e n r o u t e t o h e r home b a s e a r e a i n t h e E a s t P a c i f i c ,
10 . ( R ) O v e r t h e p e r i o d Sunday 2OjMonday 2 1 , SUCCESS was t o have c o n d u c t e d a f u r t h e r 'NAG Swing ' d e l i v e r y boy o p e r a t i o n t h a t would h a v e t a k e n t h e s h i p o u t s i d e t h e CTG imposed g e o g r a p h i c a l l i m i t s . The CTG t h e r e f o r e i n s i s t e d t o CTF 154 t h a t t h e r e p l e n i s h m e n t s b e moved s o u t h . A s o p e r a t i o n a l n e c e s s i t y d i c t a t e d t h a t t h e sw ing b e c o n d u c t e d as o r i g i n a l l y p l a n n e d , SUCCESS w a s r e p l a c e d by RFA ORANGELEAF u n t i l t h e RN CTG made i t c lear t h a t h e w a s unhappy f o r h e r t o b e employed i n t h e NAG area. A f t e r c o n s i d e r a b l e d e l a y t h e NAG s h i p s were r e p l e n i s h e d by t h e unarmed c i v i l manned t a n k e r USNS
I s w i n g , had c o n d u c t e d - two p r e v i o u s s o r t i e s , as e x p e r t and - - . . - - - s s p - q r j e n c e d escort-s-e-r-vi-c-es i-n_ t h e f o r m o f SYDNEY were immcdia t . e ly . .
some c o n f u s i o n i n r e p l e n i s h m e n t programming r e s u l t i n g i n SUCCESS b e i n g u n d e r u t i l i s e d f o r t h e r e m a i n d e r o f h e r time i n t h e a t r e .
1 1 . ( R ) During h e r r e m a i n i n g d a y s i n t h e G u l f , SUCCESS r e p l e n i s h e d VSS RICHHOND K TURNER and USS CARON ( b o t h new a r r i v a l s i n t h e G u l f ) d u r i n g t h e f o r e n o o n o f Monday 2 1 , d e f u e l l e d t o USS SACRAHENTO t h e same s f t e r n o o n a n d c o n d u c t e d f i n a l . r e p l e n i s h m e n t s w i t h S Y D N E Y and BRISBANE dur' ing t h e f o r e n o o n o f Tuesday 22. Dur ing r e p l e n i s h m e n t w i t h RICHHOND K TURSER, t h a t s h i p had d i f f i c u l t y m a i n t a i n i n g s t a t i o n d u r i n g a r o u t i n e 5' c o u r s e a l t e r a t i o n and s h e s u b s e q u e n t l y e x e c u t e d emergency breakaway. The breakaway uas comple ted c l e a n l y i f s l o w l y and s h e w a s t h e n r e c o n n e c t e d t o c o m p l e t e f u e l l i n g . The d e f u e l l i n g r e p l e n i s h m e n t w i t h SACRAMENTO was t h e s h i p ' s 1000 th s i n c e commiss ion ing and my 6 1 9 t h s i n c e t a k i n g command i n December 1988. This number o f r e p l e n i s h m e n t s g i v e s some i d e a o f t h e much i n c r e a s e d o p e r a t i o n s tempo SUCCESS h a s e x p e r i e n c e d i n t h e l a s t 25 months , w i t h 201 r e p l e n i s h m e n t s b e i n g conduc ted i n 1 9 8 9 , 356 i n 1990 and 61 s o f a r i n 1991. Our l a s t O p e r a t i o n Damask r e p l e n i s h m e n t s were marked w i t h a p h o t o g r a p h i c r u n c o n d u c t e d by t h e s h i p ' s h e 1 i c o p t e r l see Annex C I ,
12. (R) A t lOOOC o n Tuesday 2 2 , SUCCESS d e t a c h e d from BRISBANE and commenced t r a n s i t o u t o f t h e AO. Th_e SOH were c l e a r e d by 2314C t h a t e v e n i n g and SUCCESS b e r t h e d a t No 6 w h a r f , Mina Qnboos a t 1040D on Wednesday 23. Over t h e next few h o u r s O p e r e t i o n Damask r e l a t e d s t o r e s and equipment were u n l o a d e d t o t h e c u s t o d y of t h e RAN L o g i s t i c s S u p p o r t Element' Yor-bu'bsequent t Fansf er- t o WESTRALIA . The s h i p cast o f f and proceeded f rom Mina Qaboos f o r t h e l a s t time i n t h i s deployment a t 1500D t h e same a f t e r n o o n and commenced f a s t p a s a a g e t o u a r d r Phuket ; SUCCESS d e p a r t e d t h e O p e r a t i o n Damask A 0 i n p o s i t i o n 16 41'4N 68 43'E a t 0352D on F r i d a y 2 5 .
13.fU1 I had t h e p l e a s u r e o f p r e s e n t i n g a N a t i o n a l A u s t r a l i a Day H e d a l l i o n t o CPOWTR R.R. Giveen R93840 d u r i n g t h e f o r e n o o n o f S a t u r d a y 26' w i t n e s s e d by t h e a s s e m b l e d s h i p ' s company. The o p p o r t u n i t y w a s t a k e n t o a d d r e s s them on s e c u r i t y and t h e R A N ' S p o l i c i e s w i t h r e g a r d t o t h e a b u s e o f a l c o h o l and d r u g s .
1 4 . (R) On Sunday 2 7 , w h i l e t r a n s i t i n g t h e Bey o f Benga l , a d v i c e w a s r e c e i v e d t h a t d u e t o t h e p o s s i b l e p r o - I r a q i t e r r o r i s t t h r e a t a g a i n s t A u s t r a l i a n d i p l o m a t i c , m i l i t a r y and c i v i l t a r g e t s i n T h a i l a n d , t h e s h i p ' s progremmed v i s i t t o Phuke t w a s c a n c e l l e d and t h a t a r r i v a l i n S i n g a p o r e was t o be advanoed. Course and s p e e d w a s a c c o r d i n g l y a d j u s t e d and a f t e r a t r o u b l e f r e e t r a n s i t of Halacca and S i n g a p o r e S t ra i t s SUCCESS b e r t h e d p o r t a i d e t o No 6 wharf Sembawang b a s i n a t 0830H on T h u r s d a y 31 . Once a l o n g s i d e media r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s from t h e S t r a i t s T i n e s , t h e ABC, t h e A j e , Aqence
. . Frs:nc.e-Pr-e.ss and ReufLer-5 embarked t o a t t e n d a p r e s s c o n f e r e n c e and . .
conduc t i n t e r v i e w s . I a l s o conduc ted a l i v e i n t e r v i e w from a t e l k v i s i o n s t u d i o a s h o r e l i n k e d by s a t s l - l i t & - t o A u s t r a l i a , w i t h Mr Derryn Hinch -foT h i s p o p u l a r e v e n i n g comedy. I was t r ea te 'd f a i r l y and f a v o u r a b l y d u r i n g a l l t h e s e i n t e r v i e w s and I b e l i e v e t h e RAN g a i n e d good p u b l i c r e l a t i o n s from them. No c o n t e n t i o u s e l e m e n t s o r items w e r e a p p a r e n t and v e r y good g u i d a n c e o n p o i n t s l i k e l y t o be r a i s e d was p rov ided i n good t i m e by DPI. A S ingaporean t e l e v i s i o n crew, l o c a l l y engaged by t h e Hinch show, r e c o r d e d messages from s e v e r a l crew members f o r s u b s e q u e n t t r a n s m i s s i o n i n A u s t r a l i a .
15. A t t h e end of t h e month SUCCESS remained b e r t h e d a t Sembawang, undergoing maintenance . The s h i p is i n go0.d p h y s i c a l c o n d i t i o n c o n s i d e r i n g t h e tempo o f h e r employment. Good u s e w a s made of o p p o r t u n i t i e s f o r main tenance d u r i n g s i n g l e e n g i n e s t e a m i n 3 p e r i o d s and d u r i n g t h e 1 i m i t e d times a l o n g s i d e . Also completed d u r i n g J a n u a r y were m o d i f i c a t i o n s t o t h e 01 deck CPO's h e a d s and showers , t o a l l o w s e g r e g a t e d t o i l e t and b a t h i n g f a c i l i t i e s f o r f emale o f f i c e r s and s e n i o r s a i l o r s . On a l i g h t e r n o t e t h e month. saw t.he d e s p a t c h o f my f i n a l P e r s i a n E x c u r s i o n l e t t e r t o f r i e n d s ar.d r e l a t i o n s o f SUCCESS. A copy is e n c l o s e d a l o n g w i t h a l i g h t h e a r t e d l o o k a t t h e t r ia ls and t r i b u l a t i o n s o f a n AOR. The h e a l t h and w e l f a r e of my s h i p ' s company remain v e r y good and f o l l o w i n g t h e v e r y s u c c e s s f u l O p e r a t i o n Damask deployment and o u r impending r e t u r n t o A u s t r a l i a , t h e i r mora le is v e r y h i g h .
I have t h e honour t o b e ,
S i r ,
Your o b e d i e n t S e r v a n t
@.V. SLOPER C a p t a i n RAN Commanding O f f i c e r '
Annexes :
A. Ship Activity Summary
B. ~xercises ~ 0 n d . k ted
C. Photographs
D. January MNNF Conference: Attendees
Enclosures:
. -. 1. Deployment (A Game for Children of All Ages)
2. Persian Excursion Letter No 10 CFinal)
Automatic declassification: 01 March 1996
ANNEX A TO HMAS S U C C E S S LETTER 1 / 1 6 / 1 OF 5 FEB 1 9 9 1
' S H I P A C T I V I T Y SUMMARY F O R MONTH O F JANUARY 1991 - . --
HARBOUR I I SEA ...........................
DAYS : HOURS I DAYS : HOURS I I I
I I
1 . Extended M a i n t e n a n c e
a . R e f i t
b . ID I I . - -. I
Sub T o t a l - - - - - I --,,---I-,-,--I----L- I
NIL : N I L 1 NIL N I L
2. P o s t R e f i t / I D T r i a l s and Workup
a . Post R e f i t / I D T r i a l s
b. Post ~ s f i t j 1 ~ Workup
Sub T o t a l N I L I - N I L I N I L : N I L
HARBOUR SEA .--------------------------- DAYS I .HOURS I DAYS. !.-.*MIJRS --.- -
I 1 I I 1 I I I I I I I $ I I I I I I I I
I I
I I 1 1 I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I 1 B I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I 1 1 I I
3 1 22 : 2 ! 16
3. Operational - - ..-...-- -.., ... . . . . -..
a. I n Harbour/At Anchor
i 1 ) P rag rammed " W W
(2) Progrsrnmed SMP
( 3 ) Unscheduled Maintenance
( 4 ) Long Leave
t 5 ) Weatherbound
(6) I n P o r t
(7) Aid t o C i v i l Community
Sub T o t a l
t Sea
HARBOUR SEA _*---------_-------------
DAYS HOURS : DAYS HOURS ------,---,--I-----------
I I
I I
Operat ional Role/Deployment -. 1 18 05 I - - I I .
Combined Exercises
J a i n t Service Exercises
S ing le Serv ice Exercises I I
Passage i n Company I I
I I --. . Independent Passage 1 6 01 ' I ! 0
Aid t o C i v i l Community I I
I
Ship 's e e n e f i t T r i a l s and t r i a l s i n supporb o f DSTO programmes
Sub Tota ls -------------!----------- 1
Monthly To ta l . 3 22 26 2 2 ------------------------- Grand Tota l : 30 days 20 hours - . 4 . Steaming Figures
a. Distance run. dur-ing- the month - -3788 -.,
b. Hours underway du r ing month - 582
c . To ta l d is tance steamed s ince f i r s t commissionicg- 181054
d . 'Total hours underway s ince f i r s t commissioning ' - 14102
5. Occasions f o r Exceeding Economical Speed
Date N I L
Per iod Speed Reason
6. General
a. Number o f days dsployed outs ide A u s t r a l i a
b. Number o f days conduct ing o ther activitie5 dur ing opera t iona l deployment -
c. Time zone a t beginning o f pe r iod - DELTA ( - 4 1
- * . . , . - - H . Time ~me" a-t: end-of p e r i o d - HOTEL ( -8 ) . -.
EXERCISES CONDUCTED
ANNEX B TO HMAS SUCCESS LETT.ER 1/16/1 OF 5 FEB 1991
- .
Seamanship and General Evolutions
A F X I No SHORT T I T L E No COMPLETED D U R e T I O N (Hrs)
14 RAS (L) . ... 58
36 Blind Pilotage 5
39 Pi l o t age 5
REMARKS /DFITES
3/6/11/13/ 18/19 JAN
3 JAN ;BY HELO)
A I O
A F X I No - . -.. SHORT T I T L E
FLYEX 4 0 3
RELVELEX
A 1 0 QUIZ
No COMPLETED DURATION . ( H r s l
17 2:20
6 6 : 00
:? NBCD
E X . NO. - . -
DESCRIPTION NO.
FRP STATE 1 PREPS
FRP BLGNKET SEORCH
FRP SEARCH + RESCUE
FRP CASUALITY HANDLING.
ERP LEAKSTOPPING/SHORING D R I L L S
FRP NBCDX .L
SECURE FOR ACTION
FEP HARBOUR TNG LECTURE
FEP HARBOUR EX HOD COVERED
SSFP B R I E F
SSFP EXERCISE
F I R S T 6ID TNG FOR NON FAP
DURATION DATES/REMARKS ( H r s )
A F X I No
14 1
SHORT T I T L E No COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS - . - - . ( H r s ) /DATES
NCX 201 (SEMAPHONE) 24 2 1 3/ 4/ 5 / 1 3 / 1 4 / 1 5 / 1 7 / 1 9 / 2 1 / 22
NCX 202 (FLASHING)
r, ENGINEERING
AFXI NO SHORT TITLE NO COMPLETED &RATION REMARKS
- - . - . ( H i s /DATES
F - 0 . PUMP F A I L U R E 1
LOSS 0 F . N . E . 1 O I L PRESSURE
FUEL CONTAW- BY WATER 2
PLUMMER BLOCK 1 O/HEATING
N /N LOSS OF P R I . ENGINE 2 FUEL F I L T E R .
N/N LOSS OF JCW .TO M. E. 1
N / N H I G H M.E. JCW TEMP 2
N/N TOTAL M.E. F Q I L U R E 1
N/N LOSS OF L P A I R TO 1 RRS ALTERNATOR
EMERG. SHUT DOWN M.E.
'LOSS OF C.P.P. O I L PUMP
LOSS-.OF M . C':a ' - ' ' '
CONSOLE TO M . E .
-LOSS"OF SW COOLING TO 0.6. ' S
LOSS OF C.P.P. P I T C H CONTROL
LOSS OF N.E . LUBE O I L C L A R I F I E R
BURST FUEL L I N E
LOSS OF CONTROL A I R TO M.E.
STERRING GEAR FAILURE
H I G H M.E. RAS ALT. WINDINGS TEMP
. cR** RF*-SSi 'Eg.PL ojj - -
AIR
A F X I No SHORT T I T L E No 'COMPLET-ED DURQTION REMARKS /DQTES ( H r s J
.
FLIGHT DECK/ 4 ARE& EMERGENCIES
HELO TRANSFER 3 5 CPAX.MAIL ,STORES)
VERTREP
ELVA/SSRR
CABIN GUNNING
SUSCH/MINSCH
ANNEX C TO HMAS SUCCESS' LETTER 111611 OF 5 FEE 1991
POP PHOTOGRAPHS - JANUARY 1991
2 January. SUCCESS f i r s t foreign customer for 1991, USS MACDONOUGH.
-. . - . . - - - .
2 January, USS BUNKER HTLL.
4 J a n u a r y . USS .VICHOL;AS, f i t t e d w i t h the same EOSS equipment as S Y D ~ E Y .
. .. . . . - --. . . - , . - - ... - - .
;3 . 4 J a n u a r y . S U C C E S S t o p l > e d up f rom HV OVERSEAS VALDEZ
6 January: HMCS ATHABASKAN. N o t e RAM p a n e l s , CIWS INMARSAT d o m e and UHF SATCOM
6 J a n u a r y . USS LEFTWICH, a TLAM f i r e r .
6 J-anuarv. . HHCS TERRANOVA. T h i s ship, about the same . -. age, size and f u n c t i o n as t h e RAN'S early River c l a s s DE's, h a s been f i t t e d with CHAFF, SATCOM, CIWS, INHARSAT, HARPOON, JOTS2 and CIWS f o r i t s Gulf deployment.
. a. .-.-.-.--. . - . . - - . . . . . -- -. .. . . , .I . 9 J ; rnua r? - . Rczr . < C : G ; ? ' C ~ ~ F,>~.ir::.- r~ l ; 1 3 . 4 : -. :c...t.!;+l. :.'i* h
other MY>? ~.larnma11.2~:.0 : ~ t l ( i ~ t n f fs, 3tt .e : ld i nez r.l;.,? 3;i)nt.l: l:.- >ISSF i7ot1Tocerl!:c. -;:r:li~.:ctc.~! i:; Ju111:ar:: atrtz~:-~.i St :':!:::SS i.:: I', cr iba i .
11. 1 0 J a n u a r y . HNCS PROTECTEUR c o n d u c t i n g a crew c h a n g e o v e r a l o n g s i d e . ? h i s s h i p d e s i g n i s t h e immedia te p r e d e c e s s o r o f t h e DLR.4NCE. 1.t i s o f a b o u t t h e same s i z e and s u p p o r t c a p a b i l i t y , b u t a d d i t i o n a l l y h a s a v e r y u s e f u l command and cont ro l - . - f . e te , i l i . t~ .and-. e m b a r k s , m a i n t a i n s and o p e r a t e s 3 S e a k i n g .4SW h e l i c o p t e r s , w i t h t h e n e c e s s a r y R a d a r , TACAN and IFF equipment . H e r employment i n t h e G u l f i s t a k e n v e r y s e r i o u s l y by t h e CX and h e r c a p a b i l i t i e s have b e e n supp lemen ted w i t h SATCOM, INMARSXT, CHAFF and 2 s CIWS. The t w i n 76mm t u r r e t , removed i.n 1983, h a s been r e p l a c e d .
I I.....
16 January. C n l o i ~ c l i n c StarlclnrJ rnissilcw to 1!SS SACRAYEYTO
L : . I - . .SL'CCES:< tieis i r r company r i i t . h SACI:.\>IIC?.:T~? t'r::: much of t h e dc:.
:ti . 13 Jcntlsr*:. The S ~ a n i sh 0 1 i v e 1. Hazard Per:.?' : Lass 1;l'G YL:Y.;iSCIA was replenished.
' q ..I.
.:I - I ianii:icTf . L i s u i c i Sarqo team E o l l o r + i n g t h e ship' s
10l?Ot:? RAS since commissioninq, c o n d u c t e d to C!SS SACRAWEXTO
; . ., . '12 J n n i ~ a r v . YCCCESS' f i n a l rep. lenishment w i t h SI'DXEY nnd BRTSBAXE. p r i o r to exi tinq the Arabian G ( i 1 S.
., , t i . 2 6 JHI?LLBL'\- . ~ I C I S L ? . ? L id Ljrl.' Sat.ior.>j.! 2o1.1[\c i I ?ledn1 L i o n u n s awarcieci t:, CPOVTR X ~ r l (i lvtzen.
I
I ANNEX D TO HMAS
I SUCCESS LETTER 1/16/1 OF
- . .. 5 FEBRUARY- 199 1
1. Attendees:
a . A r g e n t i n a .
C a p t a i n E . R o s e n t h a l Commander H . B o u r l o t L i e u t e n a n t Commander G . E s t e u e z
A u s t r a l i a ( H o s t Navy)
Commodore C . Oxenbould RAN ( C h a i r m a n ) C a p t a i n C . R i t c h i e RAN Commander M . Bonser RAN Commander A . F l i n t RAN
I I C . Belgium.
I Commander S.G. S a i l l e
Canada.
C a p t a i n (N) Cronk Commander Pau lchny L i e u t e n a n t Commander P o r c i e r '
L i e u t e n a n t Commander Hayes ... ... . --.- -. .
e. F r a n c e ,
C a p t a i n d e Vaseau ,de CHau3-+at C a p t a i n d e C o r v e t t e Lauenau t
I t a l y . Rear Admira l M . Baraccia L i e u t e n a n t Commander G. Gambacuta
N e t h e r l a n d s .
C a p t a i n P. Kok RNLN L i e u t e n a n t Commander S . G . Glaser RNLN L i e u t e n a n t Commander J . W . K e l d e r RNLN
Commander S . G . N e i l s o n Commander J .H , Grecer L i e u t e n a n t Commander N . Wang
. . . - ., - - . . . - - . . . - . . . . - -
i. Spain.
Captain F. Rapallo Lieutenant Commander T. Boliabr Lieutenant Commander J. Pery .
j - United Kingdom.
Commodore C.J. Craig RN Lieutenant Commander M.C. Lander RN
k. United States. - .. Rear Admiral U.H. Fogerty USN Captain R.L. Benson USN Captain R.R. Clark USN Commander D. Rockwell USN Lieutenant Commander R. Gregg USN Lieutenant Commander W. Wilson USN Lieutenant Commander M.P.. Belano USN
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C b. Masochisric tendencies
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Number of Players: From. 2 t o 2000
Idea of Game: - . .-
The idea of deployment i s t o have t h e CUSTOMER chips dr ive the AOR crazy. .To accomplish t h i s , each CUSTOMER has an unlimited number of UNREPS (Underway RepLishments) i n which t o complete AOR's mental breakdown. A t t he end of the deployment, t h e CUSTOMER w i t h t he most points wins. (The AOR never wins).
Choosing Players :
One player i s chosen a s t h e AOR. This.should be a person of weak, t imid character and very l i t t l e fo r t i t ude . A l l other players a r e designated CUSTOMER Sfiips. The s t rongest p layers a r e called CVs, otner players are. DDs, C G s and FFG e t c . The more CUSTOMERS t h e more exciting t h e game. To make t h e game r e a l i s t i c , one player should be designated as t he v i s i t i n g Admiral, who does nothing b u t - v i s i t t h e AOR a t lnappror ia te times, ' nec 'essi tet ing untimeiy f i e l d days.
I Preparation for P'lay: !
These i s no preparation f o t ueployment.!! ! ! ! !
I T i m e L i m i t :
. Usually 3-6 months, b u t i f a f t e r t h i s time the AOR i s s t i l l by some chance mentally s t a b l s , the game maybe extended.
Starting t h e Game:
The other players t e l l t he ROR t h a t he may take two weeks .-. . - -. leave, then si'i- around and watch ,him-prepare. J u s t 'as he is- ' about t o leave, they a l l jump up and shout, "Deployment", and t h e fun begins.
Basic Play: .- .
a . The AOR receives h i s programme on commitments and plans h i s moves accordingly.
5 . The CUSTOKEX observes the A O R ' s planning and immediately submits changes t o h i s programme.
c . AOR draws a card from the COMMITMENTS and reads the CUSTOMER pr inted on the card t o determine who he w i l l next have alongside.
I - d. For planning purposes,- the AOR spins the spinner
( labe led 01 t o 2 4 ) t o determine what time the CUSTOMER i s due.
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e . CUSTOMER a d j i s t s h i s programme t o come a l o n g s i d e s e v e r a l hour s e a r l i e r t h a n t h e AOR . e x g e c t s . ( S t r a t e g y
I - . . h i n t : iipm time t o t i m e , t h e CUSTOMEX 'MY COME. ALONGSIDE AT THE SCXEDULZD TINE, t h e r e b y c a t c h i n g t h e
- . . AOR completely o f f - p a r d ) .
f. CUSTOMER t o s s e s t h e d i c e t o d e t e r m i n e t h e number o f r e q u i r e m e n t s h e w i l l s u b m i t t o t h e AOR. The h i g h e r t h e number, t h e more p o i n t s s c o r e d . I f a low number i s r o l l e d , t h e CUSTOMEX c a n s t i l l score more p o i n t s by w a i t i n g u n t i l h e i s a l o n g s i d e t o s u b m i t a d d i t l c n a l r e q u i r e m e n t s .
g. AOR r e c e i v e d CUSTOP!Rts r e q u i r e m e n t s and b r e a k s o u t material. H e t h e n moves t h i s material a r o u n d s e v e r a l ... times Eor so a p p a r e n t r e a s o n . The CUSTOMER, w h i l e o b s e r v i n g h i s a c t i o n s , c a n s c o r e a d d i t i o n a l p o i n t s by s u b m i t t i n g c h a n g e s t o h i s o r i g i n a l o r d e r .
h . The CUSTOVXR now h a s t h e o p t i o n o f e i t h e r coming a l o n g s i d e as p l a n n e d or c a n c e l l i n g h i s UNREP. C a n c e l l a t i o n s (known 8s OTFIER COMMITYFYTS), are . m o s t e f f e c t i v e when t h s AOR h a s a l r e a d y b r o k e n o u t a n d s c a g e d large q u a n t i t i e s o f stores ( i n c l u d i n g f u e l ) . i f t h e CUSTOMBR c h o o s e s t o come a l o a g s i d e , h e s t i l l h a s a c h o i c e 02 t w o v e r y e f f e c t i v e me thods of s c o r i a g p o i n t s :
(i) ADDITIONAL RSQUFREMEXTS: T h e s e s h o u l d b e s u b m i t t e d as n e a z t o t h e end of t h e UNXZP as p o s s i b l e .
.( ii). C4SCELLATION 07 REQUIREMENTS : .CUSTOMEX c a n c e l s r e q u i r e m e n t s AOR i s r e a d y t o .. , - --. ....- t ransfer .
(iii) COKBINATXON ?LAY: . Pire .effective t h a n c a n c e l l a t i o n o f UNRZP s i n c e CUSTOMER w i l l g t i l i s e a c o m b i n a t i o n o f (i) a n d (iF) by s u b m i t t i n g l a s t m i n u t e r e q u i r e m e n t s and b r e a k i n g t h e r ig just as t h e :\OR is r e a d y t o t r a n s f e r . T h i s seldom f a i l s t o c a u s e t h e u l t i m a t e i n f r u s t r a t i o n o f t h e AOR.
: . A t t h e b e g i n n i n g of t h e game, e a c h CUSTOMER i s dea l t a number o f "MTZASSMENT" cards. A t a n y time d u r i n g t h e game a CUSTOMER may ca i l a "HARASSMENT" a n d hand a card t o t h e AOR who m u s t f o l l o w t h e , i n s t r u c t F o n s . Such as c a n c e l l i n g s c h e d u l e d VERTEIE? c a u s i n g loads t o be - '
u n - n e t t e d .
IMPQRTANT RULES TO REMEHBSR:
1. The AOR must adhe re s t r i c t l y "to- t h = i u l e e . These r u l e s ' are o o t i o n a l f o r t h e CUSTOMER, - - - . - - *
2 . ' I n - a n y d i s g u t e , t h e AOR is always WRONG'!!! .
3. I f , by some miracle, t h e AOR completes a DEPLOYMENT wi thou t expe r i enc ing a complete nervous breakdown, he is a u t o m a t i c a l l y r e q u i r e d t o p l a y ano the r game w i t h i n s ix weeks.
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1.(UI I have t h e honour t o r e p o r t t h e proceedings of HMA S h i p under m y command f o r t h e per iod of February 1991 t o 14 March 1991. Time zones used a r e as ind ica t ed .
2 . ( R ) During t h e per iod SUCCESS conducted a t h r e e week v i s i t t o , Singapore , where much needed c o n t r a c t o r r e p a i r work t o cor roded decks w a s completed, be fo re t h e s h i p commenced t h e remainder of h e r p o s t Opera t ion D a m a s k deployment r e t u r n t o A u s t r a l i a . Passage w a s i n t e r r u p t e d b r i e f l y by a very s h o r t s t o p a t STIRLING t o o f f l o a d ammunition, be fo re con t inu ing on t o a rous ing welcome home t o
- A u s t r a l i a i n Adelaide. SUCCESS subsequent1 y t r a n s i t e d t o Sydney where, a f t e r a f u r t h e r but more persona l welcome,' s h e commenced a l e a v e p e r i o d , maintenance and p r e - r e f i t p r e p a r a t i o n s , A t t h e end
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I 3.(R) A t t h e beginning of February SUCCESS w a s b e r t h e d p o r t
I s i d e t o a t number 6 wharf, Sembawanq Basin, ' .underbaking a maintenance and URDEF r e c t i f i c a t i o n p e r i o d , The major d e f e c t r e c t i f i c a t i o n ; t h e b l a s t i n g , p re se rv ing and r e c o a t i n q of l a r g e a r e a s o f bad ly cor roded deck s u r f a c e s , w a s c a r r i e d o u t by t h e c o n t r a c t o r Jack Tighe Auto B l a s t , a company t h a t had conducted
I similar work i n SUCCESS i n 1989. The a r e a r e p a i r e d inc luded c a r g o ' magazines ( 3 , 4 and 5E) , RAS decks ( p o r t and s t a r b o a r d ) , bo th gun
decks , ECP deck, forward boa t deck , bo th winch decks , q u a r t e r d e c k ( i n c l u d i n g deckheads 1 , t ank deck deckheads ( p o r t and s t a r b o a r d 1 , f u e l r i n g main i n t h e i n t e r n a l t a n k deck, hangar , manoeuvering deck and f l a g deck. Minor r e p a i r work was a l s o conducted e x t e r n a l l y on t h e f l i g h t deck, b r i d g e wings and i n t e r n a l l y i n t h e j u n i o r s a i l o r s c a f e , 1D/E passageway and 1J passageway. The o p p o r t u n i t y w a s t a k e n t o have t h e e x t e r i o r of t h e accommodation c o n t a i n e r s r e f u r b i s h e d a l though i n t e r n a l f i t t i n g o u t will need ' t o be completed i n A u s t r a l i a . The work c a r r i e d o u t w a s g e n e r a l l y o f a good s t a n d a r d and w a s completed e f f i c i e n t l y w i th minimum d i s r u p t i o n , a l t hough t h e amount o f d u s t and g r i t - a s s o c i a t e d with b l a s t i n g meant
t h a t much of t h e s h i p ' s equipment had t o be masked, and v e r y c a r e f u l c o n t r o l o f a i r c o n d i t i o n i n g , r e c i r c u l a t i o n and i n t a k e s w a s n e c e s s a r y .
-- - -.- . 4 . i ~ ) - ~ h r o u * h o u t the ' p o r t v i s i t SUCCESS remained iq d a i l y ha rbou r r o u t i n e , w i t h t h e s h i p ' s company i n t h r e e wa t ches ; one d u t y , one working s t a n d a r d hou r s and t h e remain ing watch on s h o r t l e a v e . A d d i t i o n a l l y a s i g n i f i c a n t p o r t i o n took l o n g l e a v e , which w a s encouraged t o p r o v i d e watchkeeping p e r s o n n e l d u r i n g t h e fo r thcoming r e f i t . While moat t h a t took l e a v e ho l i dayed i n S ingapore and Malays ia (.some accompanied by w i v e s ) , t h e age of t h e g l o b a l v i l l a g e i s w e l l upon u s and some SUCCESS p e r s o n n e l t r a v e l l e d as f a r a f i e l d as Norway and Canada, Onboard each d a y app rox ima te ly 25% o f o u r working hands were employed as s e n t r i e s o r s u p e r v i s o r s f o r c o n t r a c t a c t i v i t y , w h i l e ' p l anned maintenance. and s h i p ' s s t a f f r e p a i r work con t i nued apace .
5-(R) Soon a f t e r a r r i v a l a t Sembawang, t h e s h i p w a s j o i n e d by 20 j u n i o r s a i l o r s from Sydney e s t a b l i s h m e n t s , t o augment t h e s h i p ' s company i n p r o v i d i n g s e c u r i t y s e n t r i e s f o r t h e i n c r e a s e d a n t i - t e r r o r i s t p r e c a u t i o n s r e q u i r e d fo l l owing t h e implementa t ion o f Weathercock. S t a t e Black. Ten d i v e r s from CDTl a l s o j o i n e d , t o augment t h e s h i p ' s d i v i n g team. Over t h e t h r e e week p e r i o d a l o n g s i d e t h e s h i p ' s h u l l w a s s e a r ched a t i r r e g u l a r i n t e r v a l s f rom t w i c e t o t h r e e times e a c h d a y , w h i l e S ingapore p o l i c e i n c l u d e d t h e , f o r e s h o r e and approaches t o Sembawang i n t h e i r r e g u l a r p a t r o l s . The a s s i s t a n c e p rov ided from A u s t r a l i a was t i m e l y and v e r y much a p p r e c i a t e d .
6. ( U ) A p a r l i a m e n t a r y d e l e g a t i o n , l e d by M r . A . Mor r i s MP, t o o k t h e a p p o r t u n i t g t o v i s i t SUCCESS on F r i d a y 1. The d e l e g a t i o n had been programmed t o conduc t a number of v i s i t s t o ASEAN n a t i o n s , however changes a s t h e r e s u l t o f t h e s e c u r i t y s i t u a t i o n a l l owed them t o v i s i t . SUCCESS. Af te.r t h e g roup , which i n c l u d e d - w i v e s , had . - . . - - . . - . t o u r e d t h e s h i p I h o s t e d them t o a luncheon onboard. The d e l e g a t i o n ' s compos i t ion is l i s t e d i n Annex C . On t h e even ing o f Monday 4 a r e c e p t i o n mas conducted onboard, and .culmir*ted i n a w e l l r e c e i v e d Sunse t ceremony. Approximately 80 g u e s t s a t t e n d e d , a s u b s t a n t i a l number d e s p i t e t h e c o n c u r r e n t Chinese N e w Year a c t i v i t i e s . Two d a y s l a t e r , on Wednesday 6 I h o s t e d t h e A u s t r a l i a n High Commissioner t o S ingapo re , M r . A l l a n Brown, a l o n g w i t h s e n i o r a l l i e d d e f e n c e a t t a c h e s and s e n i o r S ingaporean Armed F o r c e s ( S A F ) O f f i c e r s t o l unch onboard. A l is t of g u e s t s ia a t t a c h e d a t Annex C . The same even ing t h e wardroom d ined o u t t h e d e p a r t i n g Marine Eng inee r i ng O f f i c e r , Commander K . J . Q r e i g RAN, a t a l o c a l r e s t a u r a n t . H e d e p a r t e d f o r A u s t r a l i a t h e f o l l o w i n g d a y , com p le t i ng a s u c c e s s f u l and achievement f i l l e d p o s t i n g t o SUCCESS. H e w i l l be s o r e l y missed .
7. (R) A group of 7 R S N o f f i c e r s , l e d by L i e u t e n a n t Co lone l Lim Khoon Bock RSN v i s i t e d SUCCESS e a r l y on t h e a f t e r n o o n o f . ~ e d n e s d a ~ 1 3 when I , a s s i s t e d by mx O p e r a t i o n s O f f i c e r , d e b r i e f e d them a t t h e r e s t r i c t e d l e v e l on t h e s h i p ' s a c t i v i t i e s d u r i n g O p e r a t i o n Damask. The b r i e f i n g w a s v e r y w e l l r e c e i v e d and t h e RSN o f f i c e r s ,
l i s t e d a t Annex C , remained f o r d r i n k s a f t e r w a r d s , A f u r t h e r g roup of 40 RSN o f f i c e r s and s a i l o r s v i s i t e d SUCCESS on t h e a f t e r n o o n o f Monday 18 t o i n s p e c t and be b r i e f e d on r e p l e n i s h m e n t equipment and o p e r a t i o n s . I t i s a p p a r e n t t o SUGBESS f.rom t h e s e - b r i e f i n g s and from subsequen t s o c i a l a c t i v i t i e s t h a t t h e v e r y good .
o f t h e s e s h i p s , s u p p o r t e d by a n LST, w i l l v i s i t A u s t r a l i a l a t e r t h i s y e a r , e n r o u t e t o New Zealand f o r t h e RNZN's 5 0 t h A n n i v e r s a r y F l e e t Review. The RSN are v e r y much l o o k i n g fo rward t o t h i s e x t e n s i v e and a m b i t i o u s deployment. '
8 . ( U ) Accompanied 'by-RANLO and - f o d r oaf my o f f i c e r s , I a t t e n d e d - a v e r y p l e a s a n t b u f f e t d i n n e r h o s t e d by t h e High Commissioner a t h i s r e s i d e n c e on t h e e v e n i n g o f Wednesday 1 3 . T h i s d i n n e r w a s a l s o a t t e n d e d by t h e p a r l i a m e n t a r y d e l e g a t i o n , which had r e t u r n e d from I n d o n e s i a earl ier t h a t day . During t h e fo renoon o f Thursday 1 4 , SUCCESS w a s j o i n e d i n t h e b a s i n by HMAS STUART, t h e f i r s t non O p e r a t i o n Damask RAN u n i t SUCCESS h a s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h s i n c e d e p a r t i n g STIRLING i n August 1990.
9 . ( U ) During t h e v i s i t t o S ingapore t h e o p p o r t u n i t y w a s t a k e n t o c a t c h up on. s p o r t i n g a c t i v i t y h i t h e r t o p r e c l u d e d by , p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n O p e r a t i o n Damask. U n f o r t u n a t e l y t h e e n f o r c e d b r e a k from s p o r t i n g f i e l d s was r e f l e c t e d i n t h e r e s u l t s : b e i n g d e f e a t e d i n a l l matches . SUCCESS p layed Rugby a g a i n s t t h e S i n g a p o r e C r i c k e t Club on Wednesday 13 , Buck 's Rugby Club on S a t u r d a y 16 and STUART on Monday 18 . S o c c e r was p l a y e d a g a i n s t STUART on.Sunday 1 7 and SAF from Sembawang Camp on Monday 18, w h i l e A u s t r a l i a n Rules was p l a y e d a g a i n s t STUART on Sunday 17 .
- 1.0 ..CR I-. .- A highLy s u c c e s s f u l v i s i t t o S i n g a p o r e was.completed-..wi t h STUART and SUCCESS s a i l i n g i n company a t l O O O H on Wednesday 20. A d e t a i l e d r e p o r t o f t h e v i s i t was forwarded i n SUCCESS LAX 2012102 FE3 90. .The success o f the , v k s i t was due i n 'part t o " t h e s k i l l and a p p l i c a t i o n o f t h e new RANLO S i n g a p o r e , L i e u t e n a n t Commander N . Payne RAN, who a r r i v e d i n t h e c o u n t r y o n l y d a y s p r i o r t o t h e s h i p ' s a r r i v a l . H e and h i s s t a f f w e r e c h e e r f u l , t i reless and v e r y e f f e c t i v e i n smoothing t h e way f o r SUCCESS. On c l e a r i n g J o h o r e S t r a i t , SUCCESS and STUART remained i n company u n t i l 1700H t h a t e v e n i n g , c o n d u c t i n g e x e r c i s e s i n c l u d i n g RAS a p p r o a c h e s , a p e r s o n n e l t r a n s f e r by l i g h t j a c k s t a y , a i r c o n t r o l e x e r c i s e s by STUART u s i n g SUCCESS' h e l i c o p t e r and OOW manoeuvers. U n f o r t u n a t e l y SUCCESS w a s u n a b l e t o o f f e r STUART an o p p o r t u n i t y f o r RAS(L) o r RAS(S) as g r i t and d u s t remained t o be c l e a n e d from t h e s h i p ' s winches . A f u l l summary o f e x e r c i s e s conducted d u r i n g F e b r u a r y is a t Annex B. A l l t ac t ical communications between t h e two s h i p s were conduc ted u s i n g ATPltA) t o ch'anqe 9 , i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r a PASSEX t o be c o n d u c t e d between STUART and RSN u n i t s on Thursday 21. A f t e r d e t a c h i n g from STUART, SUCCESS commenced independen t p a s s a g e t o w a r d s Western A u s t r a l i a , t r a n s i t i n g Sunda S t r a i t on t h e e v e n i n g of Thursday 21. SUCCESS conducted t h i s p a s s a g e w i t h o u t t h e
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b e n e f i t o f SATNAV (URDEF 5/91 1 which p r o v i d e d a n e x c e l l e n t . o p p o r t u n i t y f o r i n c r e a s e d a s t r o n a v i g a t i o n i n s t r u c t i o n by t h e Nav iga t ing O f f i c e r and demons t ra ted t h e r e l i a n c e j u n i o r o f f i c e r s have come t o p l a c e on -SATNAV. T h i s p-assage w i t h o u t SATNAV. & s o i l l u s t r a t e d t h e d e g r e e t o which . p a s s a g e , p l a n n i n g - h a s changed, t r a n s i t t i m e r educed and f u e l saved s i n c e t h e i n t r o d u c t i o n o f modern n a v i g a t i o n a i d s which a l l o w v e r y d i r e c t p a s s a g e s p a s s i n g c l o s e t o unmarked d a n g e r s and a l s o beyond r a d a r and v i s u a l r ange o f p o t e n t i a l f i x i n g p o i n t s . During t h e p a s s a g e t h e s h i p t r a n s i t t e d q u i c k l y t o p a s s between c y c l o n e s C h r i s and Daphne, however t h e i n f l u e n c e of b o t h remained w i t h t h e s h i p down t h e WA c o a s t , making f o r a n uncomfor tab le passage and some s u p e r f i c i a l damage t o t h e f o r e c a s t l e . A t 17478 on Monday 25 SUCCESS anchored i n p o s i t i o n 32" 10.7S, 11€i042. 1E i n S u l p h u r Bay, Cockburn Sound, where t h e o p p o r t u n i t y w a s t a k e n by t h e wardroom t o d i n e o u t o f f i c e r s soon t o d e p a r t , i n c l u d i n g myse l f .
' 11. U I SUCCESS weished ear ly i n t h e morning o f Tuesday 26 and b e r t h e d s t a r b o a r d s i d e t o a t t h e armament wharf a t STIRLING v e r y s h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r , a t 0608H. T h i s b e r t h i n g w a s conduc ted w i t h a s t r o n g onblowing wind from t h e q u a r t e r , and d u r i n g t h e f i n a l moments o f t h e manoeuver; t u g TAMAR s u f f e r e d a broken tow l i n e . SUCCESS, a lmos t a l o n g s i d e , l e a n e d h e a v i l y on one o f t h e wharf f a c i n g ' s pneumatic f e n d e r s which s u b s e q u e n t l y s p l i t and d e f l a t e d , w i t h no o t h e r a p p a r e n t damage t o e i t h e r s h i p o r wharf . Deammunitioning o f a s t a n d a r d t e l e m e t r y missile and RBS7O missiles
' commenced a t 06388 and w a s completed a n hour l a t e r . While a l o n g s i d e L i e u t e n a n t Commander G.L. V i c k r i d g e RANR ( a b a r r i s t e r and s o l i c i t o r of t h e Supreme Cour t of W.A. onboard f o r e x p e r i e n c e and t o o f f e r l e g a l a d v i c e t o any s h i p ' s company r e q u i r i n g s u c h ) , 8 media p e r s o n n e l from p r i n t and t e l e v i s i o n , 10 NRC c a d e t s ( 4 f e m a l e ) accompanied by 2 NRC o f f i c e r s , 5 A D 1 p e r s o n n e l t o c o l l e c t r e f i t p r e p a r a t i o n d a t a , 6 s h i p ' s company p a r e n t s , 2 Customs O f f i c e r s and 1 Quaran . t ine . O f f i c e r embarked f a r t h e passage t o Adelaide.. .... A list -2.-
o f t h e p e r s o n n e l embarked is e n c l o s e d a t Annex C , SUCCESS cast o f f and proceeded a t 0845H, and commenced p a s s a g e . B y , t h e e a r l y h o u r s o f Wednesday 27 t h e s h i p w s e off Albany .and into t h e t r a n s i t a c r o s s t h e Great A u s t r a l i a n B i g h t .
12. (U) SUCCESS d i s p l a y e d h e r main armament i n a c t i o n d u r i n g t h e fo renoon o f Thursday 28 when a gun f u n c t i o n i n g t r i a l and a h i g h seas f i r i n g a g a i n s t a n improvised s u r f a c e t a r g e t w a s conduc ted f o r t h e b e n e f i t of o u r gun crews and a l s o f o r t h e media . Some o f t h e media r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s were a b l e t o p a r t i c i p a t e , w i t h Mr. P a u l Makin from Channel Nine A d e l a i d e p rov ing himself t o be e i t h e r a v e r y good o r very l u c k y aimer. The b e s t news o f t h e day w a s a d v i c e t h a t t h e c o n f l i c t i n Iraq and Kuwait w a s e s s e n t i a l l y o v e r . P a t c h y news w a s r e c e i v e d th roughout Tuesdav 27 t h a t t h e end may be n e a r , and t h e fo rmal announcement o f t h e i n t e n d e d c e a s e f i r e by P r e s i d e n t Bush w a s h e a r d on Radio A u s t r a l i a a t 1205K on Thursday 28. T h i s w a s m e t w i t h g r e a t p l e a s u r e i n SUCCESS, and a d e g r e e o f amazement t h a t t h e '
c o a l i t i o n ground o f f e n s i v e c o u l d have been s o s u c c e s s f u l s o q u i c k l y . On t h e even ing of Thursday 28 a s h i p ' s c o n c e r t w a s h e l d onboard , s u i t a b l y toned down f o r t h e media and f o r young NRC e a r s .
I t w a s however a r o u s i n g s u c c e s s w i t h t o p t a l e n t emerging from a l l p a r t s o f t h e s h i p . One o f t h e b e s t acts was p u t on by t h e . combined media g r o u p , i n which Mr. Makin i n t e r v i e w e d a v e g e m i t e s t a i n e d c o n f r e r e a c t i n g t h e p a r t o f Saddam H u s s e i n . I t o o k t h e . . o p p o r t u n i t y a f f o r d e d by t h e c o n c e r t t o p r e s e n t s e v e r a l w e l l e a r n e d Commanding O f f i c e r ' s Commendations.
13.[U) Fol lowing a r e l a t i v e l y ben ign p a s s a g e a c r o s s t h e G r e a t ~ u s t r a l i a n B i g h t , SUCCESS a r r i v e d i n S p e n c e r Gu l f o f f A d e l a i d e d u r i n g t h e morning wa tch o f S a t u r d a y '2 March. From 0645KL a s e r i e s o f personne.1 t r a n s f e r s by RAN S70B and SK50 h e l i c o p t e r s w a s c o n d u c t e d from A d e l a i d e a i r p o r t , d u r i n g which s e n i o r RAN o f f i c e r s , V I P ' s , media r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s and some s h i p ' s company n e x t o f k i n embarked. A f u l l l i s t i s i n Annex C b u t i n c l u d e d you S i r , w i t h Mrs Doolan , t h e Ch ie f o f Naval S t a f f , V ice -Admira l M . Hudson A 0 R A N , t h e P r e m i e r o f S o u t h A u s t r a l i a , The Honourable J. Bannon MHR and t h e Pr ime M i n i s t e r , The R i g h t Honourable R . J. Hawke MP. While onboard M r Hawke made a b r i e f welcoming s p e e c h t o t h e s h i p ' s company on t h e main b r o a d c a s t . From 0930KL t h e s h i p e n t e r e d t h e A d e l a i d e R i v e r and t r a n s i t t e d t o w a r d s t h e I n n e r Harbour accompanied by d o z e n s o f small c r a f t . Hundreds o f p e o p l e l i n e d t h e v a n t a g e p o i n t s a l o n g t h e . r i v e r , c o n t r i b u t i n g t o a v e r y welcoming s p e c t a c l e . Thousands o f w e l l w i s h e r s and s h i p ' s company f r i e n d s and r e l a t i v e s t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e combined V i c t o r i a Command and A d e l a i d e P o r t D i v i s i o n (APDI RANR Band welcomed t h e s h i p a t h e r a s s i g n e d w h a r f , I
No. 2 I n n e r Harbour where t h e s h i p b e r t h e d a t 1105KL. S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r most o f o u r VIP v i s i t o r s , i n c l u d i n g Mr Hewke, d i s e m b a r k e d . Among t h e welcomers w a s a l a r g e c o n t i n g e n t o f p e r s o n n e l , f a m i l y and f r i e n d s from 16 A i r Defence Regiment , which i s t h e p a r e n t u n i t f o r t h e s h i p ' s RBS-70 a i r d e f e n c e miss i le d e t a c h m e n t . Once t h e y were onboard i t w a s my p r i v i l e g e t o promote t h e o f f i c e r i n c h a r g e o f t h e d e t a c h m e n t , L i e u t e n a n t G. Reyno lds , t o t h e r a n k o f C a p t a i n . The de tachmen t w a s f e t e d by t h e p e o p l e a n d media. o f A d e l a i d e .,.- -.Over t h e -follow_i.ng two d a y s SUCCESS was ..,. -. overwhelmed by g r o u p and i n d i v i d u a l i n v i t a t i o n s t o many p r i v a t e and g r o u p f u n c t i o n s . Media c o v e r a g e w a s e x t e n s i v e and v e r y p o s i t i v e a l t h o u g h not t o t a l l y a c c u r a t e on some o c c a a i o n s . Among f u n c t i o n s I a t t e n d e d was a l u n c h t i m e R e c e p t i o n on S a t u r d a y 2 h o s t e d by t h e P o r t A d e l a i d e C o u n c i l and a l s o a t t e n d e d by you S i r , Mrs Doolan, Mrs S l o p e r and 70 SUCCESS p e r s o n n e l i n c l u d i n g some o f t h e i r f a m i l i e s ; a d i n n e r a t t h e A d e l a i d e C a s i n o t h e same e v e n i n g h o s t e d by t h e p u r c h a s i n g manager , M r John Cooper and a l s o a t t e n d e d by you , w i t h Mrs Doolan , Mrs S l o p e r , my E x e c u t i v e O f f i c e r , NOCSA Commander P. De G r a a f w i t h Mrs D e G r a a f and t h e O f f i c e r commanding 16 A i r ~ e f e n c e Regiment L i e u t e n a n t C o l o n e l K. C r o s s w i t h Mrs C r o s s ; and a w i n e r y t o u r end l u n c h f o r y o u r s e l f , Commander D e G r a a f , myse l f and o u r w i v e s on Sunday 3 . The o r g a n i s a t i o n and e x e c u t i o n o f t h e complex and c o n t i n u a l l y c h a n g i n g programme o f a c t i v i t i e s f o r t h e v i s i t w a s v e r y a b l y done by NOCSA w i t h h i s v e r y small b u t d e d i c a t e d s t a f f .
1 4 , ( U ) My s h i p ' s company, s u p p o r t e d by t h e combined V i c t o r i a Co'mmand and A P D RANR Band, p a r a d e d o n t h e f l i g h t d e c k a t 0915IK on Monday 4 i n p r e p a r a t i o n f o r t h e p r e s e n t a t i o n o f t h e G l o u c e s t e r Cup
f o r 1990 t o t h e s h i p by t h e Governor G e n e r a l . P r i o r t o h i s - I a r r i v a l I t o o k t h e o p p o r t u n i t y t o promote t h r e e members o f o u r RBS I
70 d e t a c h m e n t , Gunners S o n i g a n , Goold and T o o h i l l , t o t h e r a n k o f 1 Lance Bombardier . S h o r t l y t h e r e a f t e r you a d d r e s s e d t h e a s sembled 1 - . - . s h i p ' s company and p r e s e n t e d a Mar i t ime Cornmander's.Commendation t o t h e 16AD Regiment de t achmen t i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f t h e i r e x c e l l e n t . s e r v i c e on b o a r d d u r i n g O p e r a t i o n Damask and a n ACNS-NM Commendation t o L i e u t e n a n t G. Edwards i n r e c o g n i t i o n o f h i s e f f o r t s
:I i n t h e b r i n g i n g i n t o RAN s e r v i c e o f HMAS WESTRALIA. A t 1 O O O I K H i s E x c e l l e n c y , t h e Governor G e n e r a l o f A u s t r a l i a , M r W. Hayden a r r i v e d on boa rd and w a s r e c e i v e d w i t h a Royal S a l u t e , A f t e r i n s p e c t i n g I
t h e Royal Guard , commanded by L i e u t e n a n t S. B l i s s RAN, h e a d d r e s s e d t h e s h i p ' s company p r i o r t o p r e s e n t i n g t h e G l o u c e s t e r Cup f o r 1990 t o HMAS SUCCESS. H e and Mrs Hayden were t h e n p r o c e e d e d t o .my c a b i n t o meet my h e a d s o f d e p a r t m e n t b e f o r e p r o c e e d i n g o n t o meet a n d c h a t w i t h t h e o f f i c e r s and s e n i o r s a i l o r s i n t h e i r r e s p e c t i ' v e '
m e s s e s and t h e r e m a i n d e r o f t h e s h i p ' s company . i n t h e i r c a f e t e r i a . The male members o f t h e p a r t y t h e n t o u r e d o t h e r a r e a s o f t h e s h i p . The g r o u p d e p a r t e d a t 1145IK, p r i o r t o you and Mrs ~ o o l a n d i s e m b a r k i n g f i v e m i n u t e s l a t e r . A f t e r a w o n d e r f u l p o r t v i s i t and f i r s t class welcome back t o A u s t r a l i a , SUCCESS cast o f f a n d p roceeded from P o r t A d e l a i d e a t 1230IK and commenced p a s s a g e t o Sydney. The p o r t v i s i t t o A d e l a i d e was r e p o r t e d i n SUCCESS LAX 04064OZ MAR91.
1 5 . ( R I F o r t h e p a s s a g e t o Sydney, SUCCESS w a s a g a i n r e p l e t e w i t h , sea r i d e r s , headed by t h e Commanding Of f i c e s d e s i g n a t e C a p t a i n D . J . Ramsay RAN, embarked f o r pre-command sea f a m i l i a r i s a t i o n . T h e r e w e r e 50 o t h e r p e r s o n n e l embarked c o n s i s t i n g o f p a r e n t s / o f f s p r i n g , Naval R e s e r v e C a d e t s , A D 1 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s and media p e r s o n n e l , a l l o f whom e n j o y e d t h e i r t i m e onboard . E x e r c i s e s c o n d u c t e d e n r o u t e were p r e - r e f i t f u l l power t r i a l s [ i n c l u d i n g f u l l .power a s t e r n when t h e s h i p a c h i e v e d 1 3 . 5 k n o t s ) , h e l i c o p t e r d r i l l s and a two h o u r s h i p h a n d l i n g e x e r c i s e f o r C a p t a i n Ramsay. From 0700K on Wednesday
- q.6 . - the s h i p ' s h e l i c o p t e r c o n d u c t e d a n u n e v e n t f u l 1 . 5 .hour sweep t h r o u g h t h e B a s s S t r a i t O i l R i g Area To Be Avoided , i n s u p p o r t o f , O p e r a t i o n ESTES . L a t e r t h a t e v e n i n g t h e new Naval S u p p o r t Commander Rear Admiral D.G. H o l t h o u s e A 0 RAN embarked i n SUCCESS by NAS AS350B h e l i c o p t e r . H e remained on boa rd o v e r n i g h t t o d i s c u s s matters r e l a t i n g t o t h e f o r t h c o m i n g r e f i t w i t h s h i p ' s s t a f f and t h e s h i p r i d i n g A D 1 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . By 0730K t h e f o l l o w i n g morning t h e s h i p w a s o f f Wat son ' s Bay where f u r t h e r med ia p e r s o n n e l were i n i t i a l l y embarked by NAS SK50 h e l i c o p t e r , f o l l o w e d by you S i r , accompanied by NOIC J B , Commodore R . N . P a r t i n g t o n AM RAN and NSW and l o c a l Government r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s , i n c l u d i n g t h e Honourab le Pa C o l l i n s MLA r e p r e s e n t i n g t h e NSW P r e m i e r . PERTH j o i n e d SUCCESS a n d b o t h s h i p s e n t e r e d h a r b o u r a t 0915K. The h a r b o u r e n t r y t o Sydney w a s as t h e y a l l s h o u l d be a f t e r a l o n g t i m e away, w i t h c l e a r s k y and ca lm c o n d i t i o n s and u n d e r g l o r i o u s s u n s h i n e s p a r k l i n g o f f t h e h a r b o u r and i ts w e l l remembered l andmarks . The s h i p b e r t h e d s t a r b o a r d s i d e t o t h e NEFOW a t 1000K, where s h e w a s m e t w i t h a t u m u l t u o u s welcome by o u r f a m i l i e s . Nost members of t h e s h i p ' s company were a b l e t o d e p a r t on s h o r t l e a v e soon a f t e r b e r t h i n g , w i t h t h e f o u r d a y s of F r i d a y 8 t o Monday 11, f o r m i n g a n e x t e n d e d l o n g weekend.
16.(U) Except for a brief period during the forenoon of Tuesday 12, when she was moved cold to and from 3 and 3A buoys where she disembarked ship's ammunition, SUCCESS has remained at the NEFOW undergoing a leave period, self mainte~iance and also, commencing pre- refit preparations. During the few days commencing Tuesday 12 command handover has been conducted and I have taken the opportunity to host a few low key lunch and evening social functions with mid level friends of SUCCESS to mark my, imminent departure. At 1130K on Thursday 14 I was 'rowed ashore' in true SUCCESS style, by light jackstay. At 2359K on Thursday 14 I relinquished command to Captain Ramsay.
17. At the end of the reporting period SUCCESS remained berthed at the NEFOW, Garden Island Dockyard. The health and welfare of my ship's-company is very good and I am convinced that their morale is unlikely to be surpassed following their small but notable contribution to the liberation of Kuwaitand the subsequent triumphant, generous and understanding welcome home by their families, other members of the ADF and the people of Australia.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your obedient Servant. H
Eaptain RAN Commanding Officer
Annexes.:
A. Activity Summary for February 1991
B. Exercises Conducted during February 1991
C. Personnel Visiting SUCCESS - February 1991 I
I D. ROP Photographs - February to 14 March 1991
Enclosure:
1. Press Clippings
Automatic Declassification: 15 March 1996
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1/16/1 OF14 MARCH 91
PERSONNEL VISITING SUCCESS - FEBRUARY 1991 TO 14 MARCH 1991
1. 1 F e b r u a r y , CO's Luncheon onboard f o r A u s t r a l i a n P a r l i a m e n t a r y D e l e g a t i o n :
.. . - M r . A . M o r r i s MP ( L e a d e r ) and Mrs. M o r r i s The R i g h t Honourable I . S i n c l a i r , MP S e n a t o r I . MacDonald and Mrs. MacDonald M r . J . R i g g a l , MP and Mrs. R i g g a l S e n a t o r N . Sher ry , and Mrs. S h e r r y Mr. G . Gibson , MP Mr. J . Dyer [ D e l e g a t i o n S e c r e t a r y )
6 F e b r u a r y , CO ' s Luncheon onboard :
A u s t r a l i a n High Commiss ioner , M r ; X l f a n M o r r i s A u s t r a l i a n Defence A d v i s e r , C 0 L . K . Miller NZDSU (SEA) , LTCOL B. L i l l e y UK Defence A d v i s e r , GPCAPT T. Hindmarsh RAF US Defence and Naval A t t a c h e , CAPT P. Cooper USN SAF COS, COL Kuck S iew L i n RSN F l e e t Commander, COL Hoon S i a n Hock RSN CO RSN 185 SQN, LTCOL R i c h a r d L i m RSN
13 F e b r u a r y , O p e r a t i o n Damask d e - b r i e f : LtCol L i m Koon Bock RSN LtCol A , Fernando RSN M A J S. Ong RSN MAJ Namaserayam MAJ Hang Tee Wee MAJ Yin Foon Wai. CAPT Chow Hoi Hee - .
4. 26 F e b r u a r y , S e a r i d e r s f o r p a s s a g e t o A d e l a i d e : - a. Customs. --.---- - - . .. -. -
Mr. A . P e t r i l l i M r . D . Walker
b . Q u a r a n t i n e M r . P. R i c h a r d s
c . Lega l A d v i s e r LCDR G . L . V i c k r i d g e RANR
d . Media Mr. M . Hedge (AAPI M r . P . Makin (TENTV) Mr. J . D e W i t (TENTV) Mr. P . Harron (Sunday Mail
Mr. C. Brodie (Sunday Mail ) Mr. R . Magee (NINETV) Mr. P . Hol locoty (NINETV) Mr. L . Chlanda
e . ADI-NED . . - Mr. I . Brown - - Mr. K . Van Munster Mr. D . Brooker Mr. A . Weatherdon Mr. J . Brooks
f . Parents Mr. G . Ayres Mr. R . Campbell Mr. G . Haynes Mr. H . Woodcock Mr. R. Whitby Mr. T . I n g l i s
- I . 2 H a r c h . . Some of t h e c r o w d at P o r t Adelaide welcoming SUCCESS. . . .
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2 March; Presentation t o CNS by CPO. P Radburn SUCCESS CBM, f o l l o w i n g news of CNS $. inaniment re f inement .
9 . - 4 March.. Presentation of ACNS-NM commendation by Maritime Commander Australia to.Lieutenant C. Edwards RAN.
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28 February; Award of C a p t a - i n ' s Commendations
b, 28 February. S h i p s Concert, w i t h Mr. Paul Makin of Channel 9 Adelaide delivering h i s "Ivan the Mac Terrible" joke.
3 . 28 February. S h i p s Concert, w i t h - c h a n n e l 9 . i o u r n a l i s t disguised as "Madman Insane" ..
4 . 28 F e b r u a r y . S h i p s C o n c e r t i n c l u d e d 'the s h i p ' s c h o i r , t h e 'Rastones'
I - - 3. 2 arch. . he Prime Minister and the S A Premier j o i n e d
I SUCCESS for the entry. t o Adelaide.
10. .-I ?larch . A. Roya l Guard was paraded f o r t h e Governor General.
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ll. 4-March. Commanding Officer and Commander-in-Chief. t . .
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1 m Tlmre's Daddy.. . Samantha Mabrson. 2. end her mollMr. Jobnrca 01 MMI, were d,mong Vie Plctuer: a d M *%nu bd~ (I* *lbm, rtDu l a w IL up as they s l p o h damby and irb*. ORLANO0 CHIOW
Wm berob h I adtd -d Of ,bola 750 for Ute ZOO MUm aboard Iamb aad IrleoL wakbed u H M A S S w s $ de&y a3 IhevcgcLaecomflrakdbybtb tbn P ~ Y ~ P & t o ~ y & m ~ k n .ndIrn. ~ n s p c d t . ney &er sapsl month r t lbe bathed at Garden fabd- Gulf War. S o m d k m & n d l n g a t a t ~
tlon wept ar Lbcy tpdted loved crowd a ones In the crowd, reverrl end ~%dn~~8ni!!%~ w m n me ovrreame with wamble to find ronr, husbands, emoilon and Bfldrm called ou( a d brolhera to their t a u m a - E O l ~ on b r 4 O'FUU. STORY PAGES 3.4.5
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There may not have been one an shot fired from a m ~ s Kces3 r u e it in tbe Persian Gulf, but Craig Bartlett returned yes- terday spertiag "war wounds" anpay. ' . - -.
The former WrJt Wollongoag man, a Navy steward for eight yeam, retmned b his family from the Gulf yesterday with a slight h p from a b m h n leg He a h brretridcDce of stitches in m e a r m
The 24-yearold didn't actual- ly see any fighting, despite k h g just 1 2 b from Kawalt ahen the war began. h t he did same actiloa on aa imprwiscd faoty field.
According to Craws mother, Pauline, h a active son was playing fmtbaI1 on the hclicop ter lam& pad when he slipped and fell. He seriously bmke hlr leg in two places and still has a slight limp.
Aad j u t as the access was learlng the Gulf for Lhe long jomey home, Caig W1 d m the stain and needed stitches in hls a m
"~~timugh he &dn'i'actuaily fight in the war, he had a pretty horrific Ume of it anyway." h& mother a d
Ml3 Bsrtlttt said d tho~gh Craig didn't engage la battle it came clwe more Lbaa once.
'It was very ms?. Be was only 12hn from Kuwait when the war broke oa t 'hey were very tenw but they're a cbse unit and Bey stuck together." she mid.
Craig a m Speaking from t h c d e c t d H M A S S k l ~ y ~ . - - ~ .
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1 terday, he said tbvc W- SCP era1 incldmta that gave the I sapply ship's aca cause for I thought I
"It was enoogh b get my blood racing I've v t high bload prcssumcuItIs,toI'msweIt was dght up there On January IS there were a couple of close calls, bat I can't say Lao much a b e t that" he said
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1 raised in Wat Wohoogwg until the family moved to Nma, then on to Canberra. joined the Navy whm he was jut 16. Be said although he n e w apeeted to go to war, he ansidered It part of his job anyway. "1 don't w e t joinlog the
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Mrs BaNttt u f d rbe used to her navy harbnlt and son leaving but shc never m f d their nnuns.
"When I flrst saw him he had the M m t d e ever. Yon dan't just feel the antlclpation for yonrseu. you feel It for evug- body," she said 'L the boat was wmlng 4 Lhere aa, a fel- low shndhg on deck and ym could scc the team r o U g down his fact
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5 May 1991
Mar i t ime Commander AUSTRALIA . - -. ...
HMAS SUCCESS REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS - 15 MARCH TO 30 APRIL 1991
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1 . ( U I 'I have t h e honour t o r e p o r t t h e p r o c e e d i n g s o f HMA S h i p u n d e r my command f o r t h e p e r i o d 15 March 1991 t o 30 A p r i l 1991, Times t h r o u g h o u t a r e zone K i l o ( - 1 0 ) .
2 . IU) I assumed command o f HMAS SUCCESS from C a p t a i n G . V . S l o p e r , RAN on 15 Flarch. T h e r e a f t e r t h e s h i p remained a l o n g s i d e a t Garden I s l a n d . undergo ing s e l f - m a i n t e n a n c e and r e f i t p r e p a r a t i o n s , w h i l e a l l o w i n g a l a r g e p r o p o r t . i o n o f t h e s h i p ' s company t o t a k e l e a v e f o l l o w i n g t h e O p e r a t i o n DAMASK dep loymen t . Dur ing 'Yhis p e r i o d 51 p e r s o n n e l p o s t e d i n t o t h e s h i p a n d ' 6 8 p o s t e d o u t .
I - ..- 3.;.( v).. - A t ' t he - .beg inn ing 'o f t h e p e r i o d t h d " ~ h i p w'a's -6e rched - bows Nor th a t t h e NEFOW, Garden I s l a n d , commencing p r e p a r a t i o n s f o r t h e f o r t h c o m i n g r e f i t . The s h i p ' s company, a l t h o u g h d e p l e t e d by t h e a b s e n c e o f p e r s o n n e l e i t h e r o n l o n g ' l e a v e o r p o s t i n g , b e g a n t h e t a s k o f packag ing and r e t u r n i n g t h e l a r g e amounts o f ex t ra s t o r e s and equipment embarked f o r t h e O p e r a t i o n DAMASK dep loymen t . D i sembarka t ion o f t h e r ema in ing c a r g o f u e l p roceeded w h i l e A u s t r a l i a n Defence I n d u s t r i e s L t d , Naval E n g i n e e r i n g D i v i s i o n (ADI- NED) r e p r e s e n t i v e s , c o n t r a c t o r s and s h i p ' s s t a f f c o n t i n u e d a s s e s s i n g and c o s t i n g t h e r e f i t work p a c k a g e s .
4 . ( R ) A s p a r t o f E x e r c i s e ANCHOR CHAIN 2-91 SUCCESS was subjected t o a w a t e r b o r n e s h i p a s s a u l t on t h e even ing of S a t u r d a y
. 2 3 March by e l e m e n t s o f t h e S p e c i a l A i r S e r v i c e Regiment. The a t t a c k was by a l l a c c o u n t s s u c c e s s f u l and p r o v i d e d v a l u a b l e t r a i n i n g f o r t h e army p e r s o n n e l w h i l e r e q u i r i n g minimal a s s i s t a n c e from t h e s h i p ' s company.
5 . ( U ) On 26 March SUCCESS w a s v i s i t e d by t h r e e members o f .the DNOP s t a f f , Commander N.A. Teague R A N , Commander D . J . Robson RAN and L i e u t e n a n t S . F . B lake RAN. ThF vi 'srt ' a f f o r d e d o f f i c e r s a n o p p o r t u n i t y .to- d i s c u s s t h e i r career o p t i o n s a n d f u t u r e p o s t i n g s i n p e r s o n , w h i l e a l s o i n t r o d u c i n g DNOP s t a f f t o SUCCESS h o s p i t a l i t y . Commander Teague a n d Commander Robson j o i n e d m e a t a l u n c h e o n I g a v e f o r t h e C h i e f G e n e r a l Manager o f ADI-NED, Mr Bryan Gibson . On Wednesday 27 March I h e l d a f u r t h e r l u n c h e o n f o r o t h e r s e n i o r p e r s o n n e l i n v o l v e d w i t h t h e s h i p ' s f o r t h c o m i n g r e f i t . G u e s t l i s t s f o r b o t h f u n c t i o n s are a t Annex C.
6 . ( U ) On S a t u r d a y 6 A p r i l ~ o l o u r s were h a l f -masted t o mark t h e S t a t e Memorial S e r v i c e f o r T+he L a t e - The Honourab le S i r J o h n Kerr AK GCV0,-Pormer Governor G e n e r a l o f A u s t r a l i a . C o l o u r s were a g a i n h a l f - m a s t e d o n Thursday 11 A p r i l , as a mark o f r e s p e c t f o r ?'he L a t e The Honourab le V i s c o u n t D e L i s l e VC KG PC GCMG GCVO, a l s o a f o r m e r Governor-Genera l o f A u s t r a l i a .
7 . (U) HMNZS SOUTHLAND (Commander D.B. Anson, R N Z N ) b e r t h e d a l o n g s i d e SUCCESS f o r f u e l a t 1000 o n F r i d a y 1 2 A p r i l ,
I r e m a i n i n g u n t i l 1 5 0 0 , SOUTHLAND w a s m e t by t h e Naval A d v i s o r t o t h e N e w Zea land Defence A t t a c h e , C a p t a i n A . J . Peck RNZN, who
I accompanied Commander Anson o n his C a l l s . L a t e r , I e n t e r t a i n e d b o t h N e w Z e a l a n d o f f i c e r s a t l u n c h e o n , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e Commanding 4
I O f f i c e r s o f o t h e r F l e e t U n i t s a t Garden I s l a n d ( ~ n n e x C 1 . C o l o u r s
I were h a l f - m a s t e d d u r i n g t h e a f t e r n o o n o f 1 2 A p r i l t o mark t h e f u n e r a l o f t h e l a t e Commodore A.R.L. L i n d s e y AM RDF RD RANR ( R e t d ) .
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I 8 . ( U ) A p r i l became a month o f v i s i t s t o SUCCESS as o v e r -150 s t u d e n t s from s c h o o l s s u c h as C h e r r y b r o o k P u b l i c S c h o o l , S t . , I g n a t i u s C o l l e g e , Meadowbank TAFE C o l l e g e a n d Yanco A g r i c u l t u r a l
I C o l l e g e a r r i v e d f o r t o u r s a round t h e s h i p a n d t o h e a r o f t h e s h i p ' s I . - .- - - a c t i v i t i e s i n - . t h e Gu l f r e g i o n . A v i s i t ' b y s3x-NPval ' A r c h i t e c t s '
accompanied by A D 1 r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s on Tuesday 2 A p r i l p r o v i d e d a n o p p o r t u n i t y f o r s h i p ' s s t a f f t o e x p l a i n some o f t h e areas o f d e s i g n p e c u l i a r t o SUCCESS. Some o f f i c e r s a n d members o f t h e s h i p ' s company were a l s o a s k e d t o s p e a k a t v a r i o u s s c h o o l s a n d a t
i f u n c t i o n s i n t h e l e a d up t o ANZAC Day.
9 . ( U ) HMNZS SOUTHLAND b e r t h e d a l o n g s i d e SUCCESS a g a i n o n T h u r s d a y 1 8 A p r i l , and remained o v e r n i g h t a f t e r r e f u e l i n g . I w a s hlappy t o w i t n e s s t h e welcome home o f HMA S h i p s SYDNEY and BRISBANE, r - e t u r n i n g from O p e r a t i o n DAMASK d u t y on Monday 22 A p r i l . Many mkmbers o f t h e i r s h i p ' s compan ies marched a l o n g s i d e SUCCESS p k r s o n n e l u n d e r t h e Gulf V e t e r a n s and Naval A s s o c i a t i o n B a n n e r s d u r i n g t h e ANZAC Day March o n T h u r s d a y 25 A p r i l .
1 0 . ( U ) S i g n i f i c a n t e f f o r t s were made t h r o u g h o u t t h e p e r i o d t o e n s u r e t h a t new members o f t h e s h i p ' s company c a n combine w i t h t h e e x p e r i e n c e d o l d e r hands t o form e f f e c t i v e f i r e a n d emergency part ies . A minor f i r e o c c u r r e d d u r i n g w e l d i n g i n t h e A u x i l i a r y Machinery Room on Tuesday 30 A p r i l a n d was p r o m p t l y e x t i n g u i s h e d by t h e f i r e s e n t r y . The i n c i d e n t s e r v e d t o r e i n f o r c e t h e r e q u i r e m e n t f o r competence i n t h i s a r e a b y . . a l l mem)er-s, .and . Form XG3 F i r e O c c u r r e n c e Repor t h a s 'been'-'f;j?harded s e p a r a t e 1 y .
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11. (U) At the end of the month SUCCESS remained at Garden Island continuing her refit preparations. The health,
. welfare and morale of the ship's company is good, with the many new members who joined during the period assimilating well into- the ship.
I have the honour to bel
Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
D: J . RAMSAY Captain RAN / Commanding Officer
Annexes ;
A. Activity Summary
B. Exercises Conducted
C. C O 1 s Luncheon Guestlists
ANNEX A TO HMAS SUCCESS LETTER 1 /16 /1 OF 5 MAY 1991
.SHIP ACTIVITY SUMMARY FOR MONTH OF - . -. .. . APRIL. 1991 ...........................
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b . P o s t R e f i t / I D Workup
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( 2 ) Programmed SMP
( 3 ) Unscheduled Maintenance
( 4 Long Leave
( 5 ) Weatherbound
( 6 ) I n P o r t
( 7 ) Aid t o C i v i l Community
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( 2 ) Combined Exercises
1 I ( 3 ) Joint Service Exercises
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( 5 ) Passage in Company
(6) Independent Passage
I (7) Aid to Civil Community
( 8 ) Ship's Benefit Trials and trials in support of DSTO programmes
Sub Totals
Monthly Total
Grand Total: 30 days
DAYS HOURS : DAYS HOURS
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c. Total distance steamed since first commissioning- 185372
I d. Total hours underway since first commissioning - 14414 5. Occasions for Exceeding Economical Speed
Date NIL
Period Speed Reason
6. General
a. Number of days deployed outside Australia NIL
b. Number of days conducting other activities during operational deployment - NIL
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ANNEX B TO HMAS SUCCESS LETTER 1 / 1 6 / 1 OF 5 MAY 1991
_ EXERCISES CONDUCTED -. - -- - - .
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AFXI No SHORT TITLE No COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS (Hrs 1 /DATES
FEP HARBOUR TNG 3 LECTURE . --. ..
10 9B FEP HARBOUR EX 1 9 7:OS HOD COVERED
1 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 8 1 0 / 1 1 / 1 3 / 1 5 1 6 / 1 7 / 2 0 / 2 3 14 /26-30
NAVCOHEX
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142 NCX 202 (FLASHING) 6
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ANNEX C T O HMAS S U C C E S S L E T T E R 1 / 1 6 / 1 O F S M A Y 1 9 9 1
COMMANDING O F F I C E R S LUNCHEONS- G U E S T L I S T S
LUNCHEON 26 M a r c h
H r B r y a n G i b s o n , C h i e f G e n e r a l M a n a g e r , A D I - N E D , Mr M e r v C h u r c h , G e n e r a l M a n a g e r C o m m e r c i a l , A D I - N E D , C a p t a i n N . F . H e l e y e r MBE RAN, C S O ( E ) MHQ, C o m m a n d e r J . C a r l i n RAN, F H E O MHQ, C o m m a n d e r D ; J . R o b s o n RAN, A/DNOP E , C o m m a n d e r N . A . Teague RAN, A/DNOP S.
CUNCHEON 27 MARCH
C a p t a i n D . H . B l a z e y RAN, C S E S , C a p t a i n B . S w a n AM RAN, S S R R , C a p t a i n G . H . S t e w a r t RAN, DQAMAR, C o m m a n d e r P.K. B o d e n RAN, PNR A D I - N E D , Wr I a n B r o w n , ADI-NED P r o j e c t M a n a g e r , SUCCESS R e f i t , M r M . E . R u s s e l l , ADI-NED.
C a p t a i n A . J . Peck RNZN, NA t o NZ . D e f e n c e A t t a c h e . C o m m a n d e r D . B . A n s o n RNZN, CO HMNZS SOUTHLAND. C o m m a n d e r D . S . P e r t RAN, CO HMAS J E R V I S BAY. L i e u t e n a n t C o m m a n d e r S.J. H a r t RAN, C O HMAS HOBART.
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SHIP ACTIVITY SUMKARY FOR HONTli OF - MARCH 1991 ...........................
HARBOUR I I ' SEA --------------------------- 1. Extended Maintenance
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( 3 ) Unscheduled Maintenance
1 4 ) ' Long Leave
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( 6 ) I n P o r t
( 7 ) Aid t o C i v i l Community
Sub T o t a l
. - - .-.-.--. .. .-. .. _ .. - - . .. _ * .
KESTRICTED "-'- '-' - " . - IDECLASSIFIED I
RESTRICTED - A2 - HARBOUR SEA
A t Sea DAYS HOURS DAYS HOURS
- . -.- - 1 - o p e r a t i o n a l Role/Deployment I I - . 1
I 1
Combined E x e r c i s e s
J o i n t S e r v i c e E x e r c i s e s
S i n g l e S e r v i c e E x e r c i s e s
Passage i n Company . .-. . . . . .
Independent Passage
Aid t o C i v i l Community
S h i p ' s B e n e f i t T r i a l s and t r i a l s i n s u p p o r t o f DSTO programmes
Sub T o t a l s
~ o n t h l y T o t a l
Grand T o t a l : 31 d a y s I
1 4 . Steaming F i g u r e s
i .. . ..- -- - - ! qo . . --.- - -:,. . - - - a . " I i i s ' t a k e run d u r i n g t h e month -
i b. Hours underway d u r i n g month - 111
I c . T o t a l d i s t a n c e steamed s i n c e f i r s t commissioning- 185372 I
i d . T o t a l h o u r s underway s i n c e f i r s t commissioning - 14414
I 5. O c c a s i o n s f o r Exceeding Economical Speed
1 D a t e NIL
P e r i o d Speed Reason
6 . General
a . Number o f days deployed o u t s i d e A u s t r a l i a NIL
b. Number of days c o n d u c t i n g o t h e r a c t i v i t i e s d u r i n g o p e r a t i o n a l deployment - N I L
c . Time
.d. Time
zone a t beginning of p e r i o d - KILO (-10) ., .* . . - . . _ _ - ... . _ - -. - - ... - -. -
zone a t end o f - p e r i o d - K I L O (-10)
ANNEX B T O HMAS SUCCESS LETTER 1/16/1 O F 1 APR 1 9 9 1
E X E R C I S E S .CONDUCTED
I Seamanship and General Evolutions
A F X I No SHORT T I T L E No COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS ( H r s ) /DATES
11 DAN LAY/RECOVER 1 I - < 2:20 . --. .,
6 - SHIPHANDLING 1
B l i n d Pilotage 3
Pilotage 3
NBCD
. . A I R
FEP HARBOUR TNG 10 LECTURE
F E P HARBOUR EX 1; 8 HOD COVERED
HELO TRANSFER 10
DLP ' S 19
VERTREP 4
N/N ELVA 2 : 20
N /N WINCHES 3 : 20
N /N SSRA' s 9 1:OO
. N/N O P E S T E S 1 1:30
HELO DISAMBARKED TO N A S NOWRA 7 MARCH 1991
AFXI NO SHORT. T-IT.LE - NO COMPLETED DURATION REMARKS . . . . . . . . . - . (Hrs) /DATES
FLYEX
ASACEX
1 . Capta in G . V . S l o p e r is j a c k s t a y e d a s h o r e on 14 March 1991 after r e 1 i n q u i s h i n q command of HMAS SUCCESS t o Captain..D. J . Ramsay.
