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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HMAS Hobart’s Aegis Combat System ‘light off’
Lockheed Martin Australia in support of the Royal Australian Navy has conducted a successful ‘light off’ of the Aegis Combat
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HMAS Newcastle comes home for the last time
The Royal Australian Navy today celebrated the completion of the final overseas deployment by an Adelaide-class guided missile frigate with
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HMAS Melbourne comes home for last time
The Royal Australian Navy’s oldest Adelaide-class warship, HMAS Melbourne (III), has returned to Australia from her final overseas mission. The
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HMAS Ballarat nabs more drugs – Defence suddenly coy about specifics
. Royal Australian Navy Frigate HMAS Ballarat has seized another four illicit drug shipments in three days while deployed to
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First Exercise Pacific Vanguard a success
The first iteration of Exercise Pacific Vanguard was successfully held off the coast of Guam over the period 22 to
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Ballarat busts past $billion$ milestone
The crew of HMAS Ballarat has stopped illegal narcotics in excess of AUD$1 billion* from funding terrorism and other illegal
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Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 returns home
Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE 19) Joint Task Force has returned to Australia following a three-month regional-engagement mission to South and
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Task Force visits Indonesia
The Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 Joint Task Force has begun its engagement program in Indonesia during the final port visits before
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First Australian, French, Japanese and US maritime ex
Naval vessels from Australia, France, Japan and the United States are set to commence the first iteration of the French-led
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HMAS Ballarat destroys another 2.6 tonne of drugs
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Ballarat has intercepted another 2.6 tonnes of illicit drugs while conducting a patrol in international
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Official keel-laying ceremony for first Arafura class
The first Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel reached a significant milestone today with a ceremonial keel laying ceremony at the Osborne
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Aussie ships visit Vietnam
The Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2019 (IPE19) Joint Task Force is continuing its international engagement activities with the arrival of two ships
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