Aussie ships deploying to SE Asia and RIMPAC
The Australian Defence Force today begins a regional deployment to conduct exercises within Southeast Asia and Hawaii over the coming
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Petition – Award Sheean VC as recommended by tribunal
An independent tribunal unanimously recommended the awarding of Australia’s highest military honour to Teddy Sheean – and the government rejected it.
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HMAS Toowoomba home after Middle East deployment
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba has returned to Australia following a successful six-month deployment on Operation Manitou.
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HMAS Melville surveys Shoalwater Bay
HMAS Melville aptly marked World Hydrography Day at sea on June 21, as the hydrographic survey crew continued operations in the Shoalwater Bay area.
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Navy’s latest Phalanx upgrade reaches IOC
Royal Australian Navy’s latest upgraded Mark 15 Phalanx close-in weapon system has reached a major milestone – achieving initial operating capability.
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Toowoomba heads home after successful mission
Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Toowoomba is returning home after completing a six-month deployment to the Middle East.
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Seven Aussie warships demonstrate operational readiness
Seven Aussie warships sailed in the past week from bases on both sides of the country training and tests – and demonstrate operational readiness.
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Multi-million$ refit for HMAS Armidale
HMAS Armidale has undocked in Cairns after undergoing a major servicing and restoration project, which invested more than $5 million into the local economy.
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Work starts to house submarine rescue system
Work has begun on a new purpose-built facility at Henderson in Western Australia to house the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine rescue system.
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Defence rejects Tribunal recommendation that Sheean be awarded VC
Defence has issued a statement backing the government’s recent announcement that Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean not be posthumously granted a Victoria Cross.
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PACIFIC2021 expo cancelled – for better/later event
After breaking records in 2019, the PACIFIC International Maritime Exposition – PACIFIC2021 – has been cancelled, renamed and moved to 2022.
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Australia’s finest warship commissioned at sea
The Royal Australian Navy has welcomed its newest ship into the fleet with the first commissioning of an Australian warship at sea since World War II.
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Navy’s largest ever officer graduation
Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Creswell has qualified the largest officer cohort in its 107 years with 168 New Entry Officers’ Course graduates.
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HMAS Parramatta completes Asian/South China Sea tour
HMAS Parramatta has returned to Australia after completing a three-month deployment of South and South East Asia and the South China Sea.
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Two halves of future HMAS Arafura brought together
Just shy of a year since an official keel-laying for Navy’s new first-of-class OPVs, the two halves of future HMAS Arafura have been brought together.
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Government orders six new Cape-class for Navy
The government today announced it would spend around $350 million to build six new Cape-class patrol boats for the Royal Australian Navy.
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STS Young Endeavour voyages suspended until October
Because of restrictions in place to slow the spread of coronavirus, the Young Endeavour Youth Scheme (YEYS) has suspended all voyages until October 2020.
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Is Navy back-flipping on recent sea boat contract?
A story on Defence’s news site today caught our eye – Call-out to industry on sea boat capabilities – in
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New Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel names announced
Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Michael Noonan today announced the names of vessels two to six in the Arafura-class of OPV during a keel-laying ceremony in SA.
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Keel laying ceremony for second offshore patrol vessel
Australia’s $90 billion National Shipbuilding Program reached another milestone today with the ceremonial keel laying of the second Arafura-class OPV.
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