Clearance divers remove unexploded ordnance from reef
Navy clearance divers helped reopen access to Elizabeth Reef at Lord Howe Island by removing a potentially dangerous unexploded ordnance.
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Regional Presence Deployment 2020 Task Group all home
Navy’s largest deployment this year –the Regional Presence Deployment 2020 Task Group have all returned home after three months away.
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Study looking at Henderson shipbuilding expansion
The Federal and WA governments are looking into the future development of the Australian Marine Complex at Henderson in Western Australia.
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Bond with Singapore reaffirmed at 25th Ex Singaroo
The Australian and Singapore navies have reunited at sea for the 25th iteration of the bienniel Exercise Singaroo.
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RAN and Indian Navy exercise in Indian Ocean
Royal Australian Navy and Indian Navy ships demonstrated interoperability during a recent passage exercise in the north-east Indian Ocean.
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STS Young Endeavour assists with Navy training
Junior maritime warfare officers continued their Navy training thanks to the Sail Training Ship Young Endeavour.
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Big guns still deployed in China’s back yard
Navy is conducting a regional deployment across Southeast Asia from July to October 2020 with HMA Ships Hobart, Stuart, Arunta and Sirius.
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Keel-laying ceremony for NUSHIP Pilbara
A ceremonial, COVID-19-restricted, keel-laying ceremony for Navy’s third new offshore patrol vessel, NUSHIP Pilbara, was held in WA recently.
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Spectacular six-ship departure from Sydney Harbour
Six Australian warships departed Sydney Harbour in formation yesterday to complete a range of training, qualification and survey tasks.
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HMAS Sirius celebrates 700th RAS in 14 years
HMAS Sirius achieved a career milestone in her 14th birthday week, conducting her 700th replenishment at sea on 16 September 2006.
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Aussie ships join Pacific Vanguard off Guam
Two Royal Australian Navy ships have joined an eight-ship fleet from Japan, Republic of Korea and USA for Exercise Pacific Vanguard off Guam
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New Maritime Security Training Centre in Darwin
Defence will build a Maritime Security Training Centre in Darwin to train Navy and other ADF members for Maritime Security operations.
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East and west crews fight same battle at same time
Two RAN warship crews conducted high-end simulated sea combat in the same exercise but on opposite coasts as part of Exercise Viking Raider.
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Sappers complete unique airfield survey work
Three surveyors from the 6th Engineer Support Regiment completed topographic surveys at Davis Station in Antarctica earlier this year.
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Sirius critical to success of international exercises
HMAS Sirius proved invaluable to the Australian ships in the task group and to multiple partner nations during her current deployment.
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HMAS Gascoyne returns to sea
HMAS Gascoyne has evoked her motto “return to the sea” after completing her unit readiness evaluation in Jervis Bay.
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New mobile weapons training simulator for Navy and Army
A NSW company will supply ADF with a mobile weapons training simulator to help Australian sailors and soldiers maintain their weapon skills.
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NUSHIP Supply on her way home to Australia
NUSHIP Supply, the first Royal Australian Navy Supply-class auxiliary oiler replenishment ship, left Spain for Australia yesterday.
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Navy veterans expand Whiskey Project watercraft business
The Whiskey Project Group has acquired boat manufacturer Yamba Welding & Engineering (YWE) and maritime design company Naiad.
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Hobart-class destroyers to get Aegis upgrade
Navy’s near-new Hobart-class destroyers will undergo an Aegis combat system upgrade that will increase the ADF’s air- and missile-defence capability.
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