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 HMAS Success Heard Island

HMAS SUCCESS is an Auxiliary Oiler Replenishment (AOR) vessel of 17933 tonnes fully loaded and 157.2 metres in length.

Based on the French 'DURANCE' Class Success was built in Australia by Cockatoo Dockyard Pty Ltd at Sydney. She was launched from their slipway on 3 March 1984 by her Launching Lady, Her Excellency Lady Stephen, wife of the Governor General and commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy on 23 April 1986. She is the largest ship built in Australia for the RAN and also the largest ever built in the port of Sydney.

One of two RAN Replenishment Ships, HMAS SUCCESS has the capability to provide fuel (F76 dieso, F44 avcat), ammunition, food and stores at sea whilst underway during the day or night.

Her embarked Sea King helicopter provides a Vertrep capability and anti-submarine weapon carrying platform. SUCCESS is a truly dynamic vessel designed to support a Naval Force for extended periods in an operational environment at sea. 

Laid Down:
9 August 1980
Launched:
3 March 1984
Commissioned:
23 April 1986
Builder:
Cockatoo Island Dockyard, NSW
Displacement:
17 933 tonnes (full load)
Length:
157.2 metres
Beam:
21.2 metres
Armament:
Two 2Omm Phalanx Close In Weapon Systems
Three 40/60mm Bofors guns, two fwd one aft
Four 0.5 machine guns
One utility helicopter
Machinery:
Two independent propulsion systems, each consisting of a 16 PC 2-5V Pielstick ono-reversing medium speed diesel engine, developing 7,64O kw at 520 RPM
Speed:
19 knots (full load)
Ship's Company:
220

Guess Who !!!

These hard working gentlemen run a taught ship

Contemporary maritime operation demand that naval combat units be supplied with fuel, ammunition, food and stores at sea whilst underway. HMAS SUCCESS is designed for this task. She is capable of day and night replenishment to ships alongside and concurrently by her embarked helicopter to other ships in company.

Four main RAS (Replenishment At Sea) stations are fitted, two of which have dual functions and can be used to transfer either fuel or solids. RAS operations are controlled from a Cargo Control Room amidships. During solid cargo transfer the load is supported by a traveller riding on a tensioned highline between SUCCESS and a fixed point in the receiving ship. During fuel transfers, the highline is used to support a hose which hangs from several travelling saddles and which has a quick connecting probe to mate with the fuel receiving point in the ship being fuelled.

The solids transfer stations are designed to handle sizeable loads of up to nearly 2 tonnes. All winches use hydraulic transmission with electrohydraulic controls. The RAs system is designed to cope with the extreme demands caused by ship motion in rough weather, and works extremely well. HMAS SUCCESS. thus enables RAN Fleet units to operate with a great degree of flexibility and independence from shore support than previously been possible from RAN sources.

The ship's company of 220 is required to operate and maintain the propulsion, replenishment and auxiliary machinery and support systems in SUCCESS. Providing underway replenishment support to the fleet is a challenging and continuing task requiring technical proficiency and high seamanship standards.

As would be expected in a modem warship, accommodation and recreation areas are spacious and well designed. Meals are provided from one centralised galley including a bakery. The medical centre includes an operating theatre, infirmary and dental surgery.

 

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Ships Company Crew List

Past and Present

Commanding Officer    Commander Mark McIntosh RAN    2004

Execuitive Officer                             02a@a304.navy.gov.au 

Ships Publicity Officer: LT CMDR Ma       07f@a304.navy.gov.au

Bill Krause    LCDR    Commissioning Crew    mkrause@bigpond.net.au 

Derek Burford   LSMTH Commissioning Crew   derek.burford@shell.com 

Bob Tadin Chief Yeoman 03 - 04    bob.tadin@defence.gov.au 

Leanne Hinton   LS Bosun    2004    leannehinton@hotmail.com 

Mark Sampson  POMTE    1992 - 2004 msambo@optusnet.com.au     

Anthony D'Heureux  SMN    2004    04b@a304.navy.gov.au 

Chris Appereey    CPONPC  2004    08a@a304.navy.gov.au 

Amanda Strewart    ABCIS   2004    07b@a304.navy.gov.au 

Erin Donuti               ABSN   2004    16e@a304.navy.gov.au 

Tanya Brew             ABCIS    2004   15b@a304.navy.gov.au 

Heidi Green            ABBM    2004   27a@a304.navy.gov.au 

Blake Woolard       ABBM    2004   36@a304.navy.gov.au 

Kate Goggins      SMNBM    2004   032@a304.navy.gov.au 

Bruce O'Connor  SMNBM    2004   024@a304.navy.gov.au 

R.J.Woodward      ABMTE    2004   92c@a304.navy.gov.au 

James Armstrong  LSBM    2004   dougal72@hotmail.com 

Graeme Smith       LSMT    2004   85c@a304.navy.gov.au 

Corey Doe            LSMT    2004    15c@a304.navy.gov.au 

Richard Peart       LSWTR    2004    04e@a304.navy.gov.au 

Tony Alford                             1997 

Peter Mullens      ABRP    85 - 88 

Carl Reuben        Chief Cook    1986

Paul Slick             LSMTP    90 - 98   paul.slick@bigpond.com  slicky212@hotmail.com

Ronnie Tullipan   ABCSO (U)  2005        35a@a304.navy.gov.au  

Rob Bradbury      POMTE 94 - 96  Chief MTE 98 - 2000 cargo304@bigpond.net.au

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