MV Bulolo, a former armed merchant cruiser now cruise ship, is on her last voyage in 1968 to Taiwan for her fate with the shipbreakers. However, fate itself has other plans for the formerly great Australian ship as she is sunk in a storm prior to he...
Melbourne looked to her radar and altered the settings to check that it wasn't giving false readings, but they weren't lying. There was another ship out there but its shape differed from the canoe hull of WWII-era ships. Its stern was flatter and broader while its bow was more pointed and streamlined. She knew what it was and noticed two of the Eagle Union girls, Hammann and Juneau, on her deck.
Melbourne: You two! Come here!
Hammann: You wanted us?
Juneau: I think she does.
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Melbourne: My radar has picked up a shape of a vessel that is unfamiliar to you two. (hands them a rough drawing)
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Hammann: That's an odd design for a destroyer. No main gun on the bow and why such a strange mast?
Juneau: Not to mention it hasn't got much in firepower and anti-air defence.
Melbourne: That's because you don't know the design like I do. What you're looking at is an American or "Eagle Union" guided-missile frigate from my world, the Oliver Hazard Perry-class.
Juneau: Frigate?!
Melbourne: The Royal Australian Navy ordered four to replace a cancelled program of "light destroyers". These became the Adelaide-class. When I was decommissioned, two were already in service and another two awaiting commission. I do advise caution as it wouldn't know if you're friendlies or not.
Hamman and Juneau: Right! (leaps into the water and engages their riggings)
Juneau and Hammann sailed around and after a few minutes, they saw a large vessel up ahead. It was painted a haze grey with white numbers on the bow reading "04". Its design was far more sleek and futuristic compared to theirs and it flew the same flags as Melbourne did, a standard blue Australian flag and a white version which the aircraft carrier referenced as the RAN's "naval ensign".
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