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HMAS Hobart’s embarked MR-60R helicopter ‘COBRA 16’ during first-of-class flight trials off the east coast off Australia. Photo by Lieutenant Commander Sidney Raper.

Australian MH-60R sustainment selected by US Navy

12/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 529 Views 0 Comments

The US Navy has selected a company to deliver sustainment support for the Royal Australian Navy’s new fleet of maritime combat helicopters.

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The Queen approves Teddy Sheean’s Victoria Cross (already!!!)

12/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 373 Views 0 Comments

The Queen has approved the posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Ordinary Seaman Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean – just two days after the GG asked her.

Commanding Officer HMAS Canberra Captain Terry Morrison lays a wreath to commemorate the sinking of HMAS Canberra I off Savo Island, Solomon Islands. Photo by Leading Seaman Ryan Tascas.

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HMAS Canberra remembers namesake in Solomon Islands

11/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 362 Views 0 Comments

In a solemn sunrise ceremony in the seas of the Solomon Islands HMAS Canberra marked the resting place of its namesake lost in a World War II naval battle.

Ordinary Seaman Edward ‘Teddy’ Sheean and a painting depicting his final heroic action. Courtesy Royal Australian Navy.

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Teddy Sheean will be awarded Victoria Cross

10/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 667 Views 0 Comments

Prime Minister Scott Morrison today announced that Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean will be awarded the Victoria Cross, reversing his earlier position.

An aerial view of Royal Australian Navy establishment HMAS Watson, Sydney. Photo by Able Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

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Official sod-turning on HMAS Watson redevelopment

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Work has officially started on the $430.5 million HMAS Watson redevelopment with an official sod-turning event at the base today.

AUV62-AT ant-submarine warfare trainer. Saab image.

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Defence buys anti-submarine warfare training target

07/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 363 Views 0 Comments

Defence will purchase a new AUV62-AT intermediate anti-submarine warfare training target capability from Saab Australia for $11million.

HMA Ships Sirius (top) and Stuart (second from bottom) sail in company with RSS Supreme, KDB Daruleshan and USS Rafael Peralta through the Pacific Ocean. Photo by Leading Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.

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Multilateral naval exercises in the Pacific

06/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 615 Views 0 Comments

Australian ships conducted multilateral exercises with warships from Singapore, Brunei and the US while sailing to Hawaii for Ex Rim of the Pacific 2020.

HMAS Choules, centre, and HMAS Huon, bottom, rendezvous with French Navy Ship d’Entrecasteaux during the Australian ships' transit to Vanuatu. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

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French rendezvous for RAN ships

05/08/202004/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 342 Views 0 Comments

HMA Ships Choules and Huon and French FS d’Entrecasteaux conducted a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) and flight training serials in the Pacific Ocean recently.

Australian soldiers from 2RAR, keeping their distance because of COVID-19, deliver supplies to three Micronesian mariners stranded on a small island awaiting rescue. Photo by Leading Seaman Kieren Whiteley.

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2RAR take supplies to stranded men on desert island

04/08/202004/08/2020 Brian Hartigan 437 Views 0 Comments

Soldiers from 2RAR aboard HMAS Canberra delivered food and supplies to three mariners stranded on small Micronesian while they await rescue.

HMAS Choules' embarked MRH-90 Taipan helicopter conducts passenger transfer serials with HMAS Huon during the ships' transit to Vanuatu. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

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Choules and Huon training not for the faint-hearted

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HMA Ships Choules and Huon and an embarked MRH-90 Taipan helicopter conducted navigational and flight-training exercises during a six-day passage to Vanuatu

A landing craft from HMAS Choules prepares to join the Vanuatu Police Maritime Wing in a Seafarer’s Parade to celebrate Vanuatu Independence Day. Photo by Leading Seaman James McDougall.

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Aussie small boats join Vanuatu’s Independence celebrations

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Royal Australian Navy small boats joined a colourful Seafarer’s Parade as part of Vanuatu’s 40th Anniversary of Independence celebrations on 30 July.

An Australian Army ARH Tiger helicopter lands on Pikelot Island in Micronesia. The SOS message of the stricken sailors can be seen on the beach. ADF photo.

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HMAS Canberra finds fishermen lost at sea

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HMAS Canberra and its embarked aviation assets assisted in locating three fishermen who had been missing for nearly three days in Micronesia last week.

Navy personnel help members of the NSW Police Force on the NSW-Victoria border as part of Operation COVID-19 Assist. Photo by Petty Officer Jake Badior.

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Landlocked sailors get dumped with snow

28/07/2020 Brian Hartigan 493 Views 0 Comments COVID-19

Heavy snow was a highlight for many of the 120 Royal Australian Navy personnel deployed on Operation COVID-19 Assist in NSW Alpine regions this week.

The first of two Cape Class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy, the Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Fourcroy. Austral photo.

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First keel laying of new Cape-class patrol boat

24/07/2020 Brian Hartigan 735 Views 0 Comments

The National Shipbuilding Program has reached another milestone with the laying of the keel on the first of six new Cape-class patrol boats for Navy.

F/A-18A Hornets fly in formation with KC-30A multirole tanker transports enroute to Guam. RAAF photo.

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RAAF deploys to Guam for unnamed exercise

24/07/2020 Brian Hartigan 1698 Views 0 Comments

RAAF aircraft and more than 150 RAAF personnel have deployed to Guam to join exercises with the Royal Australian Navy and United States military personnel.

HMA Ships Canberra, Hobart, Stuart, Arunta and Sirius taking part in a trilateral passage in the Philippine Sea with US Navy ships Ronald Reagan, Antietam and Mustin and the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force’s JS Teruzuki.

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Trilateral fleet crossing Philippine Sea

21/07/2020 Brian Hartigan 1441 Views 0 Comments

Australia, Japan and the US are currently conducting a trilateral passage in the Philippine Sea on the way to participate in RIMPAC in Hawaii.

Defence contractors conduct maintenance on HMAS Parramatta during her refit in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island, Sydney. Photo by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner.

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HMAS Parramatta in dry dock

06/07/2020 Brian Hartigan 938 Views 0 Comments

HMAS Parramatta will boast improved crew internet access and other services when she emerges from her first significant maintenance period since mid-2018.