Progress Report 31 January 2017

The SAVE 1321 committee is now officially incorporated as

Save Motor Launch 1321 Inc.

The committee could not be happier to finally have this important piece of regulatory paperwork finalised. 

Progress Report 24 January 2017

HDML 1321 is still in position on the shore line at the Darwin Bhagwan Marine East Arm facility and they are working with us to secure HDML 1321's future. 

The next step is to have a Marine engineer or surveyor asses the practicality of removing the engines to reduce weight so that she can be relocated.

Our current funding target is to reach $5000 to pay for this assessment and a diesel mechanic, with experience in marine engines to uncouple the shafts and gearboxes from the engines. The vessel must be in an upright position to do this.

We have been blessed so far in not having to use funds raised to date so we are close to being able to meet this target.

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Thirteen 2 One Tales - Destroyer Tango

HDML 1321 saw many years of service. During those years many men have trained and served on board the vessel. Today Tony Dixon shares his personal experience training on board HDML 1321.

NOT ALL AT SEA

by Tony Dixon

I was not balloted for National Service in the birth date lottery, and, whilst standing on Berala Railway Station one morning , waiting for my train to the City, I decided that I should do some form of volunteer service instead. For me, that would have to be the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.

Moving a Seventy Ton, Eighty Foot Long Vessel

Shifting a seventy ton, eighty foot long vessel requires a significant logistics effort. 

Although it was thought that HDML 1321 to be out of trouble with a place to go for restorations to be undertaken, getting her there has proven to be far more challenging then any one would have suspected.

A crane was secured and then it was no longer available due to it being required at a paying job. Hopes for assistance with her relocation from other avenues were also dashed.

Despite some concern that her shoreline position may not be secure in poor weather, HDML 1321 has stayed steadfast despite all the crazy weather being reported in the news, including a cyclone, Darwin Earthquake and a Solomon Island quake which triggered widespread tsunami warnings across the Pacific.