NUSHIP Sydney starts builder sea trials
Royal Australian Navy’s third air-warfare destroyer, NUSHIP Sydney, has commenced its first phase of sea trials, which will test the ship’s hull,
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HMAS Melbourne exercises Freedom of Entry one last time
By Lieutenant Ryan Zerbe The bonds between HMAS Melbourne (III) and her namesake city were reaffirmed 14 September with the
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NUSHIP Stalwart launched in Spain
NUSHIP Stalwart, the Royal Australian Navy’s second new support tanker was launched at Ferrol, Spain, yesterday. CAPTION: NUSHIP Stalwart slips into
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Defence explains MRH-90 tail rotor issue
Following the fleet-wide grounding of the ADF’s MRH-90 Taipan helicopters last month, CONTACT asked Defence for an explanation of what
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HMAS Hobart’s first missile fire on home station
HMAS Hobart has become the first Hobart-class guided missile destroyer to fire a missile in Australian waters. CAPTION: HMAS Hobart fires its
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Submariner commended for innovative guest lodgings
It was a career milestone for a HMAS Stirling-based submariner when he was presented with both a Chief of Navy Gold
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HMAS Melbourne’s last visit to Hobart will include Open Day
Guided missile frigate HMAS Melbourne and her 180-strong ship’s company arrived in the City of Hobart today for one of her
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MRH-90 fleet still grounded – only ‘minor modification’ required
Australia’s fleet of 47 MRH-90 helicopters is still grounded more than a month after a single aircraft developed a vibration
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HMAS Hobart conducts first-of-class flight trials
From Navy Daily, 2 August 2019 Author Lieutenant Ryan Zerbe Two of Navy’s newest cutting-edge platforms have combined, with the air
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Chilean tallship visits Sydney
Four historic Australian ships and two contemporary Royal Australian Navy ships welcomed the Chilean Navy’s tallship Buque Escuela Esmeralda to Sydney today. CAPTION:
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LLCs modified and tested to carry tanks
The landing craft aboard Australia’s Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships have undergone significant modification and testing over the past
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Aussies fly Kiwi choppers as own fleet grounded
A fleet-wide grounding of all Australian MRH-90 helicopters recently put a significant dent in ship-to-shore capabilities – and no doubt
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Navy takes a break from Middle East patrols
With the return of HMAS Ballarat from its nine-month deployment to the Middle East under Operation Manitou on Sunday –
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HMAS Ballarat home from very successful Middle East mission
Family, friends and VIPs welcomed the return of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat to Australia today following a highly
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HMAS Sirius gets confusing head start on six-month Pacific mission
A Defence press release issued today says Joint Task Force 637 and Her Majesty’s Australian Ship Sirius will arrive in Fiji
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HMAS Newcastle formally decommissioned
The Royal Australian Navy has celebrated the completion of 25 years of service by HMAS Newcastle at a ceremony to
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HMAS Success ceremonially decommissioned
Auxiliary oiler replenishment ship HMAS Success was ceremonially decommissioned at her home port of Garden Island in Sydney on Saturday 29 June
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Ballarat seizes suspected arms shipment
HMAS Ballarat has conducted a boarding of a dhow in international waters in the Arabian Sea, finding, seizing and destroying a cargo
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20 warships to visit Brisbane
During June and July, Brisbane will host more than 20 military ships as an off-shoot of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2019.
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‘The Battle Tanker’ comes home for the last time
The Royal Australian Navy’s longest-serving ship, HMAS Success (II), today completed her final voyage after 33 years’ service to Australia. FILE
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