This is a very well organised Reunion with many old friends attending in 1994. Hopefully I can attend this year also, but it will depend on work commitments. The site above, gives all information and registration form if req'd. This information was also listed in the current HOBART Newsletter (APRIL 2002).. Hope to see you all there. October 2002, Friday 25th to Monday 28th inclusive.
"NEWS" The
"Green Ghost" was decommissioned on the Friday 12th MAY 2000.
She
has been towed to SOUTH AUSTRALIA where she will be prepared to be
scuttled at "(Lat
35 deg 28.9 min. Long 138deg 9.5 min 30m depth) in Yankalilla Bay off the
southern coast of the beautiful Fleurieu Peninsula. The
Fleurieu Peninsula is to the south of Adelaide"
Jeff
"Lambs" Fry (Email address is "[email protected]") is compiling
a data base of all ex Hobart Vietnam Vet's. If you have not been contacted
by Lambs mail him as his list is missing many.
Own
Photo of HOBART in Toulon, France
H.M.A.S.
HOBART proudly displays a plaque showing
the Battle Honours won by her predecessors.
ROLL
OF HONOUR
Chief
Electrician Raymond Henry Hunt - June 17,1968
Ordinary Seaman Raymond John Butterworth - June 17, 1968
Killed
in Action during 2nd Deployment
HMAS
HOBART- HISTORIC NAME FOR A FIGHTING SHIP
There
have been three previous ships to bear the name HOBART. The first was the
former French sloop, REVENGE 18, captured south of Sunda Strait by HMS
RESISTANCE 44 in October, 1794. She was added to the Royal Navy by the
Commander-in-Chief East Indies and renamed HOBART after Baron Hobart, 4th
Earl of Buckinghamshire. Baron Hobart was later Secretary of State for
the Colonies, and Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), was named
after him. The first HOBART saw service in the East and completed her life
about 1801.
A
second HOBART was commissioned in the Royal Navy during World War I. She
was a trawler requistioned for service as a minesweeper.
The
3rd HOBART was a light cruiser of 7,105 tons, first commissioned
as HMS APOLLO for service with the Royal Navy in January, 1936.
The
third H.M.A.S. HOBART
On
October 6th, 1938, she was due to transfer to the Royal Australian Navy,
but owing to the mobilisation of the fleet during the Munich crisis, she
commissioned on September 28th 1938, as H.M.A.S. HOBART under the command
of Capt R.R. Stewart, R.A.N., HOBART arrived in Australia at
the end of 1938 and at the outbreak of war was on patrol and search duties
in Bass Strait.
In
October, 1939, under command of Capt H.L. Howden, R.A.N., HOBART sailed
for service in the Indian Ocean and spent the first months of the war on
convoy duties in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. She was ocean escort
for the first contingent of the Australian Imperial Forces (A.I.F.) from
Colombo to the Middle East. She saw action in the Red Sea area and was
present at the evacuation of Berbera. In October1940, she returned to Australian
waters and was engaged in escort duties.
In
August, 1941, HOBART joined the Mediteranean Fleet where she was engaged
in support of the campaign in the Western Desert, the reinforcement of
Cyprus, operations against Syria and in a series of Mediteranean sweeps
as a unit of the British Battle Fleet.
With
the entry of Japan into the war, HOBART transferred to the Far East and
arrived in Malayan waters in January, 1942. During this period she withstood
some of the severest bombings of her career. HOBART took part in the Coral
Sea Battle in May, 1942, shooting down three enemy aircraft. She
also participated in attacks on Guadalcanal and Tulagi in the Solomon Islands.
On July 29th, 1943 HOBART was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and suffered
damage and casualties. She managed to proceed to Espiritu Santo and from
there to Sydney where she underwent repairs which kept her out of service
until 1945.
In
April, 1945, Hobart covered landings at Tarakan, Wewak, Brunei and Balikpapan.
On August 31, she arrived in Tokyo Bay and was among the Australian ships
present at the Japanese surrender ceremony. At that time, she was commanded
by Capt R.R. Dowling, R.A.N.
After
the war, HOBART remained in service as a unit of the Australian Squadron
until August 1947, when she paid off into reserve. She finally completed
her life in 1962.
THE
FOURTH HOBART
HMAS
HOBART (RAN Photo)
DETAILS
OF SHIP Class
of Ship
An improved Charles F. Adams class guided missle destroyer
whose main role is air defence of the fleet. The design of ships
of this class is particularly versatile and she has formidable anti-submarine
and surface gunnery capabilities.
Design
and Building
Keel Laid October 26, 1962
Launched January 9, 1964 by Mrs. David
Hay, wife of the then Australian Ambassador to the United Nations.
Commissioned December 18, 1965 at Boston
Built by Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City,
Michigan- the second of three guided missle destroyers built for the Royal
Australian Navy. Sister ships are HMAS
PERTH and HMAS
BRISBANE
Cost
Purchased by Australia from the USA for US $45,000,000
including spare parts, stores, ammunition, etc.
The
following details reflect the ship’s configuration in 1970
Displacement
4,500 tons
Length
437 feet
Beam
47 feet
Propulsion
Geared steam turbines driving two shafts
Speed
In excess of 30 knots
Complement
20 Officers, 312 sailors
Accomodation
All living spaces air-conditioned. Amenities include regular
movie shows, internal news & broadcasting services, free laundry, a
canteen stocked with a wide variety of goods and all the latest facilities
expected of modern day ships.
Armament
Two 5"/54 calibre automatic rapid fire guns in single turrets.
1st
Deployment of HMAS HOBART to VIETNAM 7 March1967 - 27 September 1967 2nd
Deployment of HMAS HOBART to VIETNAM 22 March1968 - 11 October 1968 3rd
Deployment of HMAS HOBART to VIETNAM 16 March 1970 - 17 October 1970
Captain
R.C. SWAN was in command, with Lieutenant Commander M.B. Rayment, who was
navigating officer of Hobart during her 2nd deployment, as executive officer.
SOME
VITAL STATISTICS for the 3rd Deployment
1.
Days out of Sydney
215
Days on Passage
63
Days on Gunline
102
Days in Harbour
50
2.
Miles Steamed
43,915
Fuel Oil Consumption
3,319,917.12 gallons / 11,527.49 tons
Feed Water Consumption
2,046,232 gallons
Fresh Water Consumption
2,393,093 gallons
3.
UNREPS
67
VERTREPS
5
Small Boat Transfers
23
4.
Mail Dispatched
153 bags (1,836 lbs)
Mail Received
151 bags (2,718 lbs)
5.
TOMBOLA
23 games (4,174 tickets)
$856.98 Houses $163.55 Lines
6.
SRE TAPES
50 -- 150 Hrs of play
Tape Playing days 160
Miles of tape played 360
Hours of records 400
7.
LAUNDRY dry weight
192,600 lbs
Soap powder expended
2,444 lbs
Starch Expended
210 lbs
Bleach Expended
150 lbs
Fresh Water Consumed
173,340 gallons
8.
CANTEEN TOTAL PURCHASES
$20,000 Cost Price
sales
$28,000
Goffas Sold
80,000
9.
PAY Received by Ship’s Company
$501,000 AUST
Money Banked
$251,000
Money Withdrawn
$150,000
Bank Cheques made out
460
Spent in Hong Kong
$HK 500,000
Spent in Singapore
$S 180,000
10.FOOD CONSUMED
Flour
27,000 lbs
Tomato Sauce
1,750 bottles
Sugar
28,000 lbs
Milk
4,000 gallons
Meat
54,000 lbs
Icecream
1,700 gallons
Potatoes
120,000 lbs
Fruit
1,200 cases
Onions
7,000 lbs
Q.F. Vegetables
19,000 lbs
Fresh Vegetables
40,000lbs
Percolated Coffee
812 lbs
Instant Coffee
164 lbs
General Messing Expenditure
$75,000
Meals Prepared by Chefs
Over 1,000 per day
11.
Naval Stores Transactions IN/OUT
5,750
some transactions being upto
100 parcels
Transactions from SUBIC BAY
3,100
UNREPS
2,086
SERVMART
500
Over 60,000 different types of stores are carried onboard.
12.
SIGNALS received from Fleet Broadcast
115,500
Monthly Average
16,500
Signals Dispatched from ship
2,800
Private Radio Telegrams received
546
Private Radio Telegrams dispatched
300
Private Radio Telephone calls
126
13.
MOVIES 190 different movies
810 screenings / 1,215 hours
ROUNDS
FIRED
MOUNT
51 MOUNT 52 16,901
TARGETS.
These
included the following,
Enemy
troop locations, Rocket and mortar positions, Infiltration routes, trails
and trenches, Intelligence and sensor target firings, VC supply routes
assembly areas and base camps, Automatic weapon positions of which one
was confirmed 4 VC killed in action, VC cave, bunker complexes and fighting
holes, VC and NVA troops and squads in open, VC Battalon - 128 rounds fired
in support in 28 minutes prior to friendly troops and helicopters moved
into area. VC fortified and defensive positions, wood and masonary structures,
VC storage and supply areas, Other firing were at cultivated fields, sampans,
booby- trapped areas, VC workshops and NVA flag.
Landing
Zone preparation firing were laid down in support of South Vietnamese,
Korean and American troops. A
total of 105 missions were fired at targets for the First Australian Task
Force. (up to the end of August, and not including the last gunline tour.
Commissioning
Pamplet
HMAS
HOBART Vietnam 3rd Deployment 1970 Cruise Book
Royal
Australian Navy in Vietnam ISBN 0 642 02821 4
HMAS
HOBART ASSOCIATION
(N.S.W.
SECTION)
PRESIDENT:
DAVID TIBBITTS
May
be contacted through, THE
SECRETARY JOHN
WITHERS 2
MARGARETA CLOSE GUILDFORD
N.S.W. 2161 AUSTRALIA
Meetings
are held the second Wednesday of every second month at the COMBINED SERVICES
RSL CLUB, Barrack St, SYDNEY AT 1400 HRS.
MEETINGS
FOR 1999: 10 FEBRUARY (AGM), 14 APRIL, 09 JUNE, 11 AUGUST,
13 OCTOBER, 08
DECEMBER .
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