The Collins Class Submarine Story
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95–6
on ship control and management
submarine proposal, see Type 2000
system, 217
submarine design
on trials process, 212, 214
Australian Submarine Corporation
Anderson, R. W. C., 14
(ASC), 326
anechoic tiles, 141, 177–80, see also
board, 121–2, 314
noise
consortium, 112, 119, 181
Armarego, Paul, 261, 273, 288,
contract agreed, 112–4
295
design authority, 313, 329
ASC Engineering, 146–7, 149
design office, 136–7
Asker, Eoin
dispute on periscope vibration, 231
confident of solutions, 271,
financial reserves and dividends,
277
185–6
on fuel supply system, 223
future after completion of
on Kockums, 263
construction, 259
on noise requirements, 227
Government purchase, 310, 311–15,
on periscope optics, 232
see also ownership (below)
project director, 260–1, 298
hull construction, 147–9
on Type 2400A, 65
maintenance tender, 258–9
Astute, HMS, 321
morale, 290
Atkinson, Jack, 123, 162, 163
move to Osborne, 142
Auditor-General (Australia), report on
new skills, 328
submarine project 1992, 185–7
opposes combat system contract,
Australia-US alliance, 55
156–7
Australian Defence Industries, 142
overseas sales bid, 202
Australian Fibre Optic Research,
ownership, 282, 311, 315, see also
183
Government purchase (above)
349
350
I N D E X
Australian Submarine Corporation
defence policy, 96
(ASC) ( cont.)
establishes ministerial liaison
payments for fast-track, 291
committee, 53
project management and planning,
industrial relations at Osborne, 128
122, 143
leaves Defence portfolio, 265
propellers reworked, 230
names submarines, 147
reaction to collision in trials, 214
project budget, 97
relations between partners, 120–1,
project schedule, 187
181–2
role in project, 54, 55–6, 74, 89
Kockums, 202, 289, 313, 314
on sales to Canada, 201
relations with capability team, 290,
surprised at result of evaluation, 109
297
target of Coalition attacks on project,
relations with Howard government,
263, 266, 276, 277, 278, 286,
266
326
relations with project office, 260–1,
visit to Sweden, 81
289
Benell, Bo, 316
relations with Rockwell, 160,
Bennett, Fred, 81, 84, 113–14
198–200
Berger, Jim, 123
response to McIntosh-Prescott report,
BHP
284
micro-alloy steel, 145, 167
role in trials process, 218–19
report on construction of Oberons
security issues, 125
1963, 15
set up, 80
research, 169
ship control and management system,
scepticism on local production, 47
162
BHP Engineering, 78, 80, 102
staff and workforce, 122–4, 194–7
Bisalloy, 169, 170
sub-contracts, 124–7, see also
Bjelke-Petersen, Joh, 101
individual companies
Blewett, Neal, 201
submarine proposal, see Type 471
Blixt, Kurt, 129, 264
submarine design
Blohm & Voss, response to tender
taxation, 187
request, 61
tender lodged, 100
Boeing, 158, 250–1, 260
Australia–US co-operation agreement,
Bond, Alan, 183
307
Boral, 146
automation, in Type 471 design, 131
Bowen, Lionel, 115
Ayers, Tony, 199, 268–9
Bowler, Peter, 83
Bowman, Frank ‘Skip’, 302, 305
Babst, Martin, 249
Brabin-Smith, Richard, 268
Bannon, John, 45
Briggs, Peter
campaign to build submarines in SA,
accused of corruption, 302
50, 87
appointed to head ‘fast track’ team,
industrial relations at Osborne, 128
259, 286, 288
support for Swedish proposal, 115
on augmented combat system, 294
Barbel class submarines, 13
on Cabinet approval of ‘get-well’
Barr & Stroud, 231, 232, see also
program, 288
periscopes
on combat system, 35, 299–300
Barratt, Paul
on fixed-price contract, 324
McIntosh-Prescott report, 276, 278,
Government purchase of ASC shares,
282
312
and Moore, 276, 285
looks to US for assistance, 311–12
on submarine project, 268, 271,
on manpower crisis, 291
275–7
on Oberon upgrade, 23
Barrie, Chris, 275–6
Ohff’s view on, 297
Bath Iron Works, 122
on RAN refusal to accept Waller, 273
Bathurst class minesweepers, 9
replacement combat system, 292–8,
Batten, John, 30, 93, 147
309
batteries, see Pacific Marine Batteries
retires, 298
Beazley, Kim
on sale of shares to HDW, 311
ASC contract, 101, 114, 152
on ship control system, 106
and Carlsson, 82
success in gaining funds, 297
I N D E X
351
SWSC, 24
begins fabrication of steel, 143
on technology upgrades and
hull components, 148
contracts, 294–5
planning systems, 122
on Waller’s exercise performance,
Ching, Graeme, 86, 119, 123
296, see also Submarine
Christensson, G öran, 124, 149
Capability Team
Ciba-Geigy, 179
Brisbane, HMAS, 5
Clark, Bob
Brown, Bob, 288
on combat system, 248
Buchanan Aircraft Corporation, 143
relations with US and UK researchers,
bulkheads, 139, 148, 149
252
Bull, Peter, 90, 93
on replacement combat system, 308
Bunge Industrial Steels, 48
Singer Librascope liaison team, 159
Bunke, P är
on SWSC, 25
on ASC financial performance, 185,
Clarke, Peter, 228, 262, 264, 297
187
Clarkson, Sir William, 7–8
on insurance issue, 185
classified information
on schedule delays, 188
exchange between Australia and
supports defaulting Rockwell, 199
Sweden
, 81, see also Sweden,
Button, John, 57, 79, 82
security issues
meets Sprimont, 57
Clayton Utz, 316
role in submarine project, 54, 56–7
Climas, Peter, 237
on Sweden, 42
Cockatoo Island Dockyard
bid to build new submarines, 27, 45,
C class submarines, 5
88
cabling, electrical, 140–1, 150
bid to build Oberons, 15, 17–18
Cairns, Jim, 14
and HDW, 77
Callow, Don, 124, 195, 290
history, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11
Campbell, George, 42
industrial relations, 51, 53
Campbell, Graham, 83
method of construction, 49
Canada
Oberon upgrade and refits, 18–19,
local submarine building, 7
23, 46
overseas sales prospects, 201, 203
ties to Vickers, 40–1, 60
Canham, Rick, 90, 135, 203
Cocking, Janis, 241
Cantieri Navali Riuniti (submarine
Collins, HMAS
builder), 60
anechoic tiles not fitted at launch,
tender evaluation, 64
179
Carl Gustav weapon system, 80
collision with ASC ship lift, 213–14
Carlsson, Roine, 82, 126
combat system, 252, 253
Carmichael, Laurie, 42
commissioned, 217
Carter, Tony, 30
crew, 206
cavitation, see propeller, cavitation
blamed for problems during trials,
Celsius (company), 185
214, see also training, crew
Chalmers, Don
‘first of class’ deficiencies, 215
on Boeing, 250
full-cycle docking, 316
confident of solutions, 271
launch, 189, 193, 209
on John Moore, 277
construction continues, 193
on propeller cavitation, 229
named, 147
on RAN refusal to accept Waller, 272
noise tests in US, 297
role in project, 268–9
provisional acceptance, 271
term not extended, 285, 287
rollout ceremony, 151
and US Navy, 270, 271
schedule delays, 188–9, 193
Chantiers Dubigeon (submarine
trials, see trials process, Collins
builders)
Collins, Mary, 201
approached by Eglo, 40
combat system
tender, 60, 64, 71
architecture, 91, 153–4
Charpy test, 175
ASC moves to default Rockwell, 160
Chicago Bridge & Iron (CBI), 120
augmentation program, 270, 292–4
and ASC, 78–9, 144, 181–2
budget, 97–8
shareholding, 182
computer language, see Ada
sub-contract, 125
(computer language)
352
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combat system ( cont. )
Creswell, William, 4
contractual arrangements, 156–7,
CSIRO, 166
245, 250
custom hardware, 155–6
Dale, Chris, 24
definition study evaluation, 107–9
Dalrymple, Gordon, 22
DSTO role, 251–3
Dalrymple, Harry, 63
failures, 160, 220, 234, 253, 325
on combat system language, 68
effect on crew morale, 247
contract negotiations, 112
integration, 152–3, 159
project definition study, 73
with sonar, 245
tender evaluation, 67, 101
with submarine, 108–9
David, Al, 249
McIntosh-Prescott report, 281–2, 284
Davis, Geoff, 79
open architecture options, 252
ASC Chairman, 80, 121, 183
processors, 155
on ASC sub-contracts, 125
release, 244–5, 246–7, 252, 260
campaign to build submarines in
replacement, see replacement combat
NSW, 88
system
on contract payments, 185
requirements, 34–5, 36
Kockums consortium
reviews, 245, 247–8
lodges submarine tender, 100
software, 157–8, see also Computer
on Wormald International, 120
Sciences of Australia
Davis, Phil, 229, 269, 307, 322
staged delivery, 244
de Morton, Maurice, 236
SWSC role in design, 154–5
Deakin, Alfred, 4
technological change, 248
Dechaineux, HMAS
tender evaluation, 68–71, 73–4
combat system augmentation
trials process, 211–12, 213, 215, 216
program, 270
US assistance, 270, see also Rockwell
construction, 257
Ship Systems Australia
departure to Stirling, 298
Combat Systems Research Centre, 252
fast-track program, 288
Compton, Lyndon, 46
named, 147
Computer Sciences Corporation,
vibration tests, 242
249–50
Defence Acquisitions Organisation, 324
Computer Sciences of Australia
Defence, Department of
on combat system architecture, 245
Forces Structure Committee, 28, 58,
combat system software, 157–8
74
combat system tender evaluation, 68
opposition to project, 326
defaulted by Rockwell, 249
preference for overseas-sourced
sold to Computer Sciences
equipment, 46, 58–9
Corporation, 249–50
SEA1114 project office, see project
takes over writing software, 98
office
testing of combat system, 159, 244–5
Defence Science and Technology
Concrete Constructions Pty Ltd, 128
Organisation (DSTO), 166–7
construction sub-contracts, 142–4, see
combat system, 251–3, 292
also individual companies
diesel engines, 240–1
contract
influence on submarine project, 328
fixed-price, 323–5
noise reduction, 235–40
interpretation, 198
passive sonar, 176–7
negotiations, 109–14
replacement combat system, 301,
payments to ASC, 185–7
302, 307
requirements, 197–8, 226, 324
steel and welding, 148, 167–77, see
signature, 114, 119
also Materials Research
Contract Monitoring and Control
Laboratory
System (CMAC), 93–4
Dibb, Paul, 55, 97
Cook, Henry, 12
Dibb Report, see Review of Australia’s
Cook, Joseph, 7
Defence Capabilities
Cooper, Colin, 154, 251, 252
Dickens, John, 240
Cooper, Orm, 35, 45
Dicker, Ron
corruption allegations, 114, 302
combat system design, 154, 160
Creaser, Roger, 252
on periscope optics, 232
I N D E X
353
preliminary design baseline review, 94
role in project, 311–12
on propeller cavitation, 231
submarine construction, 49–50,
recruited by ASC, 123
319–20
on Rockwell sub-contract, 125
electronic surveillance equipment,
and Signaal, 107, 111
294
on TI338 regime, 262
Elliston, David, 30, 316
diesel engines
explosion bulge test, 167
DSTO research, 240–1
excessive vibrations, 224
Fairlie, Bruce, 237
exhaust contribution to noise, 240
Farncomb, HMAS, 20
fast-track program, 291–2
anechoic tiles, 179
fuel consumption, 225
combat system, 248, 253
generic problems for class, 222–5
diesel engines, 292
problems identified in trials, 212, 220
named, 147
in Type 471 design, 126, 132–3, see
provisional acceptance, 271
also Hedemora
schedule delays, 189
Dikkenberg, John
trials process, see trials process,
on combat system, 248–9
Farncomb
on McIntosh-Prescott report, 282
Farrow, Rod, 157
on periscope vibration, 231
fast-track design and building program
presents report on current
(initial construction), 144
performance, 220
‘fast track’ program (‘get well’ process),
on replacement combat system choice,
see Dechaineux, HMAS,
306
fast-track program; Sheean,
Rockwell liaison team, 90, 92, 98
HMAS, fast-track program;
Dillon, Don, 203
Submarine Capability Team
dispute resolution mechanisms, 324
Fayle, Rod, 21
distributed architecture, see combat
on Beazley, 56, 74
system, architecture
development of requirements, 31,
Dixon, Brian, 175
32
Duncan, Jim, 44
on Hughes, 86
argues against existing dockyards,
preliminary design baseline review,
51
95
campaign for local production, 58,
project office staff, 30
88
Signaal liaison team, 90, 91–2, 96,
on Defence Department delays, 74
159
industrial relations at Osborne, 51
and Sprimont, 62
and Kockums, 50, 56
SWSC director, 24
Dunne, Mick, 228, 278–80, 282
on trade union support for local
production, 53
E class submarines, 5, 6
on Type 2400A, 65
Edwards, Martin, 123
Ferranti Computer Systems, 68, 69
leads ASC design office, 136
Ferrostaal AG, 60–1
on McIntosh-Prescott report, 284
fire control system, see Singer
on quality of maintenance, 258
Librascope
sent to Kockums, 135
‘first of class’ deficiencies, see Collins,
Eglo Engineering, 37–8
HMAS, ‘first of class’ deficiencies
HDW project definition study
Fisher, Sir John, 4, 5
consortium, 76–8, 262
Four corners (television program),