HMAS Adelaide, Adelaide class guided missile Frigate - operational sounds

Accession Number	S04691
Collection type	Sound
Measurement	1 hr 4 min
Object type	Sound Effect
Physical description	digital audio tape (DAT); AGFA DA 120; 48kHz; 16 bit; stereo
Maker	Defence Public Relations (DPR) Townsend, Ron
Date made	29 June 1984
Access	Open
Conflict	Period 1980-1989
Copyright	Item copyright: © Australian War Memorial This item is licensed under CC BY-NC
Copying Provisions	Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.

Description

Exterior
Top bridge area midships
Chaff launcher - loading
Chaff launcher - loading
Chaff launcher - loading
Chaff launcher - firing

Interior - close perspective
Forward sleeping area
Standard missile going into launcher
Standard missile going into launcher
Standard missile going into launcher
Missile launcher tracking onto target
Missile coming out of hold into launcher and launcher tracking onto target

Exterior
Wake - bow HMAS Adelaide 15 knots medium to rough swell
Wake - midship, port side
Wake - bow HMAS Adelaide 15 knots medium to rough swell

Interior
Engine room - close perspective of turbine

Exterior
Wake - stern - propeller start up
Engine exhaust - medium perspective recorded from flight deck 6 knots
Engine exhaust - close perspective 5 knots
Engine exhaust - close perspective 10 knots
Ship replenishment at sea with USS Taluga alongside
Ship replenishment at sea with USS Taluga alongside speed and course instructions followed by firing of lines from USS Taluga
Ship replenishment at sea with USS Taluga alongside - connection of wire cables to refueling point
Ship replenishment at sea with USS Taluga alongside - probe going into refueling point - instructions by foreman? can be heard
Ship replenishment at sea with USS Taluga alongside - fuel flowing into refueling point
Ship replenishment at sea with USS Taluga alongside - disconnection of refueling probe - instructions by foreman? can be heard
Ship replenishment at sea with USS Taluga alongside - music

Interior
Close perspective CCS

Exterior
Warning bell on standard Harpoon missile launcher close perspective
STER? locking onto target
STER turning
76 millimetre gun rotating onto target
76 millimetre gun rotating onto target
Warning bell on 76 millimetre gun close perspective

Interior
Atmosphere - Forward mess
Atmosphere - Ops room
Atmosphere - Ops room
Atmosphere - Laundry
Atmosphere - Laundry - near tumble dryers
Alarm - Collision
Alarm - Chemical
Alarm - General
Alarm - Flight Crash

Exterior
Engine exhaust - start up to slow speed running
Engine exhaust - running speed increasing to 15 knots then to 20 knots
Engine exhaust - from full stop idling increasing to running speed of 20 knots
29 June 1984 Medium perspective Firing of Phalanx weapon system