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International Fleet Review 2013
This year, 2013, is the 100th year anniversary of the entry of the first Royal Australian Navy fleet in Sydney Harbor, on 4 October 1913. Which we saw the HMAS Australia, leading a formation of ship of multiple nation sail into the Sydney Harbor
Fleet Review is a show of power of commonwealth Navies and more generally under the inspection of head of state or Monarch, the review itself is a symbol of the Great Union of Naval power, dating back to 15th century, where the king of England would inspect his own fleet before they were mobilized for war and serve as a show of strength to discourage potential enemies. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, however, war are less and far between and the fleet review have transform into a regular event with international participation, forming some sort of Naval Regatta
Australian First fleet review is on 1913, where the HMAS leads HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Yarra and a fleet of international warship into the Sydney Harbor. The Australian Naval tradition is an inheritance of Commonwealth Naval Tradition and it was that day, the Independent Australian Navy was born
History of Royal Australian Navy
Being a British Protectorate and recently independent in 1901, the federation of Australia is lacking its dedicated Sea Power, in the old days, the motherland send its naval force south to visit their colonial regularly and up until a point in 18 century, those regular trips become less frequent and the 6 colonial of Australia since then operate their own naval force.
The birth of Australian navy can sometime said to be traced back to 1859, when the British Admiralty established a dedicated Australian Squadron from the Royal Navy, before that the naval protection was done via the far east fleet of the Royal Navy, first established Naval base in Sydney Area. The Australian Squadron would have the prefix of HMS (Her Majestys Ships) and was compliment by their Colonial Naval Counterpart, which will carry designation such as HMVS (HM Victoria Service) or HMQS (HM Queensland Service)
After the federation of Australia in 1901. The Royal Navy still have their present in Australia, and since the independent of Australia, there is a growing voice inside demanding an autonomic Navy, that's one Australian's Own. However, at that time, the British Envoy was reluctant to allow such force to be created and wishes to hold on to whatever power they got from Australia. On the other hand, the frequent travel of RN ship is no longer a doable operation. The British would only relent and allow Australian to have their own Naval Force, if they were to assign to RN Formation, instead of British Ship, that would be Australian Own Ship.
Problem going nowhere as this is too much to ask the Australian, with the problem go south pretty quick, the Australian turn to the American for help. in 1908, the Australian Prime Minster invite the American Great White Fleet to Australia, and that would make the first of many visit from the US Ship, and with the US the frequent guest of Australia, the British was afraid to lose its foothold in South Pacific, and finally agree to help fund and form the Australian Navy, not before they had the Australian Agree to transfer Command of the Newly Formed Australian Navy to the RN in time of War.
With that, The Royal Australian Navy was born in 1911
The first ship that RAN acquired is the HMS Parramatta, a River Class Destroyer, follow with Battlecruiser HMAS Australia. And HMAS Yarra, HMAS Sydney, all were made in the UK, precisely, in Scotland.
3 years after the Formation of Royal Australian Navy, the first taste of blood comes from a form of World War 1. HMAS Sydney battle the German Emden off the South Pacific. As a result, Sydmey sunk Emden after a hard fought battle, and the gun from the Germany Destroyer Emden is still on display as part of Hyde Park attraction.
After the WW1, which RAN serve under RN as promised, comes 30 years of silence in South Pacific, by now the Australian Navy was largely independent and with the aid from the US, Australian Navy become one of the best navy in the world and certainly the best navy can offer in South Pacific.
The next war for RAN is the WW2, where this time fought side to side with the mighty USN in the pacific campaign. Part of the asset were transfer to Europe but the threat at home is a lot higher to the threat in Europe and majority of the ship stayed behind and defend the strait off PNG.
The World War 2 also transit the RAN alignment to the Royal navy, to the United States Navy
World war 2 ended with lost of 6 ships, one in particular was particularly tragic, the HMAS Sydney II, a light Cruiser, Lost with all hand with the battle with KMS Konmorant. This lost is still remember today regularly and see as the story of scarifies in Australian Navy tradition, this incident rewrite the naval History of Australia.
Follow World War 2, comes a series of small naval engagement in the form of Korean War, Malay Campaign and finally, the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war would be the first war the Australian fought NOT alongside the British counterpart, and again mark a closer relationship to the American in the pacific than the British in the Atlantic
Today RAN comprise with a force of some 30 surface combat ships, the backbone of those 30 ship were the ANZAC Class Frigate, with 4 Guided OHP class frigate as support and 14 patrol boat to compliment the force, the RAN will also operate a new destroyer class and new LHD class, serves as a mini carrier in the future Australian Navy
IFR 2013
International Fleet Review 2013 is an international Naval Gathering occur during Oct 3 2013 to Oct 11 2013. Compare with the original fleet review which happened exactly 100 years ago, the organization has expanded 10 times, while the original fleet review feature 15 warship and 850 sailor, the 2013 review feature 40 warship from 18 different countries and about 8000 sailors.
The event starts with a ceremonial right of passage to the Sydney Harbor, then complement with Air show and firework display, and finally finished off with a Warship open day and sport event.
The review attract interested on navy around the world, ships from the following country have participated in this even
Brunei
Malaysia
Singapore
France
Nigeria
Spain
Japan
People Republic of China
New Zealand
India
PNG
Thailand
Indonesia
United Kingdom
United States
And of course, Australia
The ship were to enter the Sydney Harbor on 6am Oct 4 which is exactly 100 years to the dots from the last fleet review, then on Oct 5, a firework showcase will light up the harbor with the warship in ceremonial formation under the harbor bridge. Open days comes on Oct 6 7 and followed by a Naval Conference, International Sporting event, and finally the warship are to depart from Sydney Harbor on Oct 11.
Open Day, Oct 7
Ticket was fast sell out to Warship open day, however, being resourceful like me, with millions (well, not millions) of connection to Royal Australian Navy, of course I score a ticket to the event.
The warship open days were spanned out into 2 location, while a part of the warship was anchored in Kings Street Wharf, Barangaloo, the rest were anchored in the Naval Base in Garden Island, Wooloomooloo.
Not all parts of the ship were open for public, and not all the open part allow Photography of any kind and not all ship were opened for viewing, and some ship have mysteriously disappear from the open day altogether, in all, I missed the following ship
HMAS Perth (Not Open for public)
HMAS Stuart (Not to Visit as I have seen its sister ship, HMAS Parramatta)
HMAS Darwin (Moored side by side, I choose to visit HMAS Sydney instead)
PLANS Qingdao (Absent from Open day)
SPS Cantabria (Ship was closed at 4 pm and I was too late .)
HMAS Success (Not open for Public)
HMAS Tobruk (Not open for public)
Still, it took me 7 hours to visit all the ship I have seen in 2 places. Thats 7 hours of constant walking, climbing ..
So, without further ado, I present to you the report from the Warship Open Day
King Street Wharf, Barangaloo
Kings Street Wharf hosted 4 ships from 3 countries, they are USS Chosin from USN, HMS Daring from the RN, HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Perth from Australia.
Open day started at 8 am, and I am one of the first to enter the location
USS Chosin
Type : Ticonderoga Cruiser, Guided
Designation : CG-65
Service : United States Navy
Tonnage: 9600 tons
Armament
2x 61 mk 41 VLS
122 x SM2ER AAM
8x Harpoon
2x Mk45 5in gun
2X SH-60B/MH-60 Helicopter
Comment: This ship is HUGE, this is the biggest surface combat ship in the event. The tour bring us from the port side entrant circle around via flight deck and hanger deck and into starboard side of the ship, then hook back via bow of the ship and exist where we got in. Nothing on the inside was open to public, and there are heavy guard preside to guard each hatch connected to the outside of the ship.
Talked to some sailor, whom immediately picked up my American Accents. Talk to them about deployment, firepower, and home. It took 45 minutes to finish the tour
HMS Daring
Type : Type 45 Class Destroyer
Designation : D-32
Service : Royal Navy, United Kingdom
Tonnage : 8000 ton
Armament:
1× 48-cell Sylver A50 VLS
Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7-30 km)
Aster 30 missiles (range 3-120 km)
2 × quad Harpoon launchers (4 ships only)
1 x 4.5in Mk8 Naval Gun
2 x Phalanx CIWS
1-2 x Lynx LMA8
Comment: This is the type 45 class ship, which is a stealth ship. Since there are nothing on the outside (Because they are stealth) the tour are concentrated on the inside compartment. The tour had took us from the stern of the ship, to the flight deck, there we got different exhibit like the Westland Lynx helicopter parked there, firearms review, firefighting equipment and ship capability chart. Followed up inside will bring us to the mess hall, follow by Sick bay (I don’t know why they took us there) and finally the fire control room, although photograph is not allowed in FCS room, I did manage to record a short video inside the FCS.
Straight thru the FCS, we came out on the outside to bow deck and circle around the gun and get off the ship it took another 45 minutes to finish the whole tour
International Fleet Review 2013
This year, 2013, is the 100th year anniversary of the entry of the first Royal Australian Navy fleet in Sydney Harbor, on 4 October 1913. Which we saw the HMAS Australia, leading a formation of ship of multiple nation sail into the Sydney Harbor
Fleet Review is a show of power of commonwealth Navies and more generally under the inspection of head of state or Monarch, the review itself is a symbol of the Great Union of Naval power, dating back to 15th century, where the king of England would inspect his own fleet before they were mobilized for war and serve as a show of strength to discourage potential enemies. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, however, war are less and far between and the fleet review have transform into a regular event with international participation, forming some sort of Naval Regatta
Australian First fleet review is on 1913, where the HMAS leads HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Yarra and a fleet of international warship into the Sydney Harbor. The Australian Naval tradition is an inheritance of Commonwealth Naval Tradition and it was that day, the Independent Australian Navy was born
History of Royal Australian Navy
Being a British Protectorate and recently independent in 1901, the federation of Australia is lacking its dedicated Sea Power, in the old days, the motherland send its naval force south to visit their colonial regularly and up until a point in 18 century, those regular trips become less frequent and the 6 colonial of Australia since then operate their own naval force.
The birth of Australian navy can sometime said to be traced back to 1859, when the British Admiralty established a dedicated Australian Squadron from the Royal Navy, before that the naval protection was done via the far east fleet of the Royal Navy, first established Naval base in Sydney Area. The Australian Squadron would have the prefix of HMS (Her Majestys Ships) and was compliment by their Colonial Naval Counterpart, which will carry designation such as HMVS (HM Victoria Service) or HMQS (HM Queensland Service)
After the federation of Australia in 1901. The Royal Navy still have their present in Australia, and since the independent of Australia, there is a growing voice inside demanding an autonomic Navy, that's one Australian's Own. However, at that time, the British Envoy was reluctant to allow such force to be created and wishes to hold on to whatever power they got from Australia. On the other hand, the frequent travel of RN ship is no longer a doable operation. The British would only relent and allow Australian to have their own Naval Force, if they were to assign to RN Formation, instead of British Ship, that would be Australian Own Ship.
Problem going nowhere as this is too much to ask the Australian, with the problem go south pretty quick, the Australian turn to the American for help. in 1908, the Australian Prime Minster invite the American Great White Fleet to Australia, and that would make the first of many visit from the US Ship, and with the US the frequent guest of Australia, the British was afraid to lose its foothold in South Pacific, and finally agree to help fund and form the Australian Navy, not before they had the Australian Agree to transfer Command of the Newly Formed Australian Navy to the RN in time of War.
With that, The Royal Australian Navy was born in 1911
The first ship that RAN acquired is the HMS Parramatta, a River Class Destroyer, follow with Battlecruiser HMAS Australia. And HMAS Yarra, HMAS Sydney, all were made in the UK, precisely, in Scotland.
3 years after the Formation of Royal Australian Navy, the first taste of blood comes from a form of World War 1. HMAS Sydney battle the German Emden off the South Pacific. As a result, Sydmey sunk Emden after a hard fought battle, and the gun from the Germany Destroyer Emden is still on display as part of Hyde Park attraction.
After the WW1, which RAN serve under RN as promised, comes 30 years of silence in South Pacific, by now the Australian Navy was largely independent and with the aid from the US, Australian Navy become one of the best navy in the world and certainly the best navy can offer in South Pacific.
The next war for RAN is the WW2, where this time fought side to side with the mighty USN in the pacific campaign. Part of the asset were transfer to Europe but the threat at home is a lot higher to the threat in Europe and majority of the ship stayed behind and defend the strait off PNG.
The World War 2 also transit the RAN alignment to the Royal navy, to the United States Navy
World war 2 ended with lost of 6 ships, one in particular was particularly tragic, the HMAS Sydney II, a light Cruiser, Lost with all hand with the battle with KMS Konmorant. This lost is still remember today regularly and see as the story of scarifies in Australian Navy tradition, this incident rewrite the naval History of Australia.
Follow World War 2, comes a series of small naval engagement in the form of Korean War, Malay Campaign and finally, the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war would be the first war the Australian fought NOT alongside the British counterpart, and again mark a closer relationship to the American in the pacific than the British in the Atlantic
Today RAN comprise with a force of some 30 surface combat ships, the backbone of those 30 ship were the ANZAC Class Frigate, with 4 Guided OHP class frigate as support and 14 patrol boat to compliment the force, the RAN will also operate a new destroyer class and new LHD class, serves as a mini carrier in the future Australian Navy
IFR 2013
International Fleet Review 2013 is an international Naval Gathering occur during Oct 3 2013 to Oct 11 2013. Compare with the original fleet review which happened exactly 100 years ago, the organization has expanded 10 times, while the original fleet review feature 15 warship and 850 sailor, the 2013 review feature 40 warship from 18 different countries and about 8000 sailors.
The event starts with a ceremonial right of passage to the Sydney Harbor, then complement with Air show and firework display, and finally finished off with a Warship open day and sport event.
The review attract interested on navy around the world, ships from the following country have participated in this even
Brunei
Malaysia
Singapore
France
Nigeria
Spain
Japan
People Republic of China
New Zealand
India
PNG
Thailand
Indonesia
United Kingdom
United States
And of course, Australia
The ship were to enter the Sydney Harbor on 6am Oct 4 which is exactly 100 years to the dots from the last fleet review, then on Oct 5, a firework showcase will light up the harbor with the warship in ceremonial formation under the harbor bridge. Open days comes on Oct 6 7 and followed by a Naval Conference, International Sporting event, and finally the warship are to depart from Sydney Harbor on Oct 11.
Open Day, Oct 7
Ticket was fast sell out to Warship open day, however, being resourceful like me, with millions (well, not millions) of connection to Royal Australian Navy, of course I score a ticket to the event.
The warship open days were spanned out into 2 location, while a part of the warship was anchored in Kings Street Wharf, Barangaloo, the rest were anchored in the Naval Base in Garden Island, Wooloomooloo.
Not all parts of the ship were open for public, and not all the open part allow Photography of any kind and not all ship were opened for viewing, and some ship have mysteriously disappear from the open day altogether, in all, I missed the following ship
HMAS Perth (Not Open for public)
HMAS Stuart (Not to Visit as I have seen its sister ship, HMAS Parramatta)
HMAS Darwin (Moored side by side, I choose to visit HMAS Sydney instead)
PLANS Qingdao (Absent from Open day)
SPS Cantabria (Ship was closed at 4 pm and I was too late .)
HMAS Success (Not open for Public)
HMAS Tobruk (Not open for public)
Still, it took me 7 hours to visit all the ship I have seen in 2 places. Thats 7 hours of constant walking, climbing ..
So, without further ado, I present to you the report from the Warship Open Day
King Street Wharf, Barangaloo
Kings Street Wharf hosted 4 ships from 3 countries, they are USS Chosin from USN, HMS Daring from the RN, HMAS Parramatta and HMAS Perth from Australia.
Open day started at 8 am, and I am one of the first to enter the location
USS Chosin
Type : Ticonderoga Cruiser, Guided
Designation : CG-65
Service : United States Navy
Tonnage: 9600 tons
Armament
2x 61 mk 41 VLS
122 x SM2ER AAM
8x Harpoon
2x Mk45 5in gun
2X SH-60B/MH-60 Helicopter
Comment: This ship is HUGE, this is the biggest surface combat ship in the event. The tour bring us from the port side entrant circle around via flight deck and hanger deck and into starboard side of the ship, then hook back via bow of the ship and exist where we got in. Nothing on the inside was open to public, and there are heavy guard preside to guard each hatch connected to the outside of the ship.
Talked to some sailor, whom immediately picked up my American Accents. Talk to them about deployment, firepower, and home. It took 45 minutes to finish the tour
HMS Daring
Type : Type 45 Class Destroyer
Designation : D-32
Service : Royal Navy, United Kingdom
Tonnage : 8000 ton
Armament:
1× 48-cell Sylver A50 VLS
Aster 15 missiles (range 1.7-30 km)
Aster 30 missiles (range 3-120 km)
2 × quad Harpoon launchers (4 ships only)
1 x 4.5in Mk8 Naval Gun
2 x Phalanx CIWS
1-2 x Lynx LMA8
Comment: This is the type 45 class ship, which is a stealth ship. Since there are nothing on the outside (Because they are stealth) the tour are concentrated on the inside compartment. The tour had took us from the stern of the ship, to the flight deck, there we got different exhibit like the Westland Lynx helicopter parked there, firearms review, firefighting equipment and ship capability chart. Followed up inside will bring us to the mess hall, follow by Sick bay (I don’t know why they took us there) and finally the fire control room, although photograph is not allowed in FCS room, I did manage to record a short video inside the FCS.
Straight thru the FCS, we came out on the outside to bow deck and circle around the gun and get off the ship it took another 45 minutes to finish the whole tour
, after the shower fact we made it out and portside, there there display of ship’s crest and ship name, coming up is the engine room, thru the engine room is the firearm display as well as boarding party and fire fighting equipment display. Climb up the hanger deck is the FCS, this time my luck ran out and being asked not to take picture inside…….Circular around the FCS and comes out with the ship Bow and the bow gun, then exit the ship………The ship is smaller and it took about 30 minutes to finish the tour. And we stayed at the Barangaloo location for about 2 hours, before we move on to garden Island
