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I would like to thank all the good men that I have served with on the Adelaide and hope to see a lot of you when she hits the Deep Six.
Trevor Crow Corrigan
Hi all,
I was with the Commissioning crew of Adelaide and as one of the Commissioning Guard was a very proud moment. I have some fond memories of life in Long Beach, Seattle and Dam Neck. My son Tim was born in the States along with quite a few others but he was the first to be Christened onboard. Adelaide is a great ship with a fantastic crew who were Number One and we were all so very proud to serve on her and to anyone who thought they could out do us we showed why the Australian Navy is one of the best in the world. I hope that all that dive on her respect her and remember the fantastic service she and her crews provided our Nation.
Regards
Ian Blue Bowyer
I was the stored chief on ADELAIDE in 1984/85 and we went to rimpac and it was one of the best trips I have done in the navy and the greatest bunch of chief Petty officers I have ever served with the Captain was jerry Cardwerdine a great ship that was fighting fit, Ill be sorry to see her go.
Regards Robert Lane ex CPOSN
I was on Adelaide from 13 Mar 89 to 20 Nov 1994. I have some photos at home that I can email from that period. I have a few stories to tell as well. I do plan on being in Terrigal for when she is sunk for a dive site. Hopefully on one of my Navy mates boat within a safe distance having a beer issue!! I have a lot of great memories of my first ship after 5 & ½ years, two RIMPAC exercises a number of trips to S-E Asia and of course the Gulf trip in 1990 as part of DAMASK 1 with DARWIN and SUCCESS.
Yours Aye,
Peter Hassall
CPOCSM(AC)
When we were in Seattle and when HMAS Canberra was being built we used to have T-Shirts made up with the Adelaide on it with the slogan "WE'RE NUMBER ONE" across the bottom. Canberra's crew had a similar T-Shirt with "WE'RE SECOND TO NONE" with stickers and such. Every time we saw anything with that on it, we got our textas and blotted out "N" so it said "WE'RE SECOND TO ONE". But no we in our 2 years on Adelaide we didn't have a nickname for her, maybe through the years they might have done.
Alan Dead
Observer
Cairns WSO
Serving onboard a warship is like being in a prison with the added possibility of drowning.
I am the president of HMAS Adelaide Association in South Australia and would like to be included in the email listing for updates of the abovementioned newsletter. A year ago, the Adelaide Sub-Branch of Naval Association and HMAS Adelaide Association gave of very lively reception for about 60 officers and crew off the Adelaide as part of her grand farewell. They arrived on Tuesday 27th November and sailed on Monday 3rd December 2008, after almost a week in Adelaide, with something happening every day! The commemorative Australia Post stamp sets (500 in all) have just about been sold and a donation of $500 has been presented to the Australian Naval Cadets in South Australia. The HMAS ADELAIDE ASSOCIATION email address is: Diana.hill@internode.on.net
Thanks for your help
Kind regards
Diana
As a member of the commissioning crew of HMAS Adelaide I am sad to see her go to the bottom, but will still be interested in the progress of the project. I will shed a tear or two, as I did when my first ship, HMAS Torrens was torpedoed and turned into a dive wreck as well.
Regards
Ron Sherson
My name is Peter Tubb. I am the Vice President of the HMAS ADELAIDE Association. I served on HMAS Adelaide in the mid 1990s. I would like to share a funny story with you. One day at sea when I was on the helm of the ADELAIDE, we were a little bored. There was me, a leading seaman, the Officer of the Watch and a Communicator. The ship was in automatic pilot. The Officer of the Watch was keeping tabs of where we were and what was in front of us, while the rest of us decided to play noughts and crosses and challenged each other with lateral thinking exercises. A junior sailor straight out of CERBERUS entered the bridge looked around and said who is steering the ship? I said, I thought you were! The expression of horror on the junior sailors face was classic.
Hi I was up on the deck when we came to Terrigal in January showing the ship to the locals the morning before we docked in Sydney for the final time. Adelaide was still the fastest FFG in the Fleet at the time of decommissioning and that morning of Terrigal, the skipper was showing the locals just how good she was. Of you were there to see us throwing the ship around, just imagine what the cooks down below were saying as they were chasing the eggs around the hot plate cooking breaky for all the troops. It was terrific seeing all the locals out on the cliffs beaches and the dive clubs along with others out in their boats off Terrigal waving and chatting to us. I had my in-laws there on the cliff waving as they are locals and looking forward to having the Adelaide sunk in their backyard also. I will be across at Terrigal for the sinking and possibly a few times before she does go down, visiting my family during the year. I see many of the ex-crew members almost daily, so if there is anything I can assist you with, please let me know and I'll try and help wherever I can.
Regards, John Scarfe
Warrant Officer Marine Technician
My work email is: john.scarfe@defence.gov.au
Grant & Melissa Harris 9/07/2008
It is with great sadness that I heard of the decommissioning and outcome of FFG 01, I served as a Combat Data Systems Operator on this very capable ship in the early to mid 80's and have a great affection for what we achieved whilst serving onboard this beautiful Lady. One of the main parts of the ships serving history seems to have been overlooked, that being She was the FIRST R.A.N ship to successfully launch a Harpoon Missile, this milestone occurred during RIMPAC 84 in the waters off the Hawaiian islands, I took part in this firing and the target was given a direct hit, this had never been done before by an Australian vessel, also during the RIMPAC exercise Adelaide, singlehandedly engaged and sank various major US Naval units including the carrier Enterprise much to the chagrin of the US Commanders, under the formidable control and command of Captain Gerry Carwardine. We proved to the rest of the world participating in these manoeuvers, that the Royal Australian Navy was a potent fighting force.
Hi Folks,
1. HMAS Adelaide was my first ship, I joined her in approx September 1989 part way through her refit, I served on her for approx 2yrs with trips to Rimpac and the first Gulf War amongst other trips here and there.
2. I have video and photos of the Adelaide, which I would love to share with your website, like everyone I have fond memories of the Adelaide and it is sad to see her go, and If I was a diver I would love to dive down and see her at the bottom of the ocean.
3. My nick name was jock (obviously) and now out of the Navy and missing the life as a single sailor but not regretting I am now married with 3 beautiful girls, I am always still interested in the Navy, I watch Sea Patrol every Monday night.
4. Anyway hopefully we will see a few more ex HMAS Adelaide crew come on board and share a moment or two, I would like to also say hello to CPO Peter Hassall
CPOCSM(AC), aka Nards, would love to keep in touch my email is ianacampbell@hotmail.com
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