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Leading Seaman Geoff Anthony displays his watercolour painting of HMAS Choules at Garden Island, Sydney. Story and photo by Private Nicholas Marquis.

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Keeping focused and level at sea

03/03/202303/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1423 Views 1 Comment Garden Island, HMAS Choules

While most are asleep in their cabins, a sailor sits working in repair bases with his satchel of painting supplies.

News Royal Australian Navy

Choules celebrates 11th anniversary

23/12/202223/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2700 Views 0 Comments HMAS Choules, Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

HMAS Choules recently celebrated the 11th anniversary of her commissioning while undertaking sea qualification trials at Jervis Bay. CAPTION: HMAS

Navy personnel act as first responders during a simulated emergency on board HMAS Choules berthed at Fleet Base East in Sydney. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.

Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Navy

Exercise tests response to electric shock victims in ships

10/06/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1703 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Choules

Navy personnel at Fleet Base East joined forces with NSW Ambulance Service and Defence industry staff on May 31 to

Petty Officer marine technician Paul De Keizer in the Marine Engineering Demonstration Building at HMAS Cerberus, Victoria. Story by Petty Officer Lee-Anne Cooper. Photo by Petty Officer James Whittle.

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Disaster-relief mission he won’t forget

26/01/202229/01/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1766 Views 0 Comments HMAS Choules, Operation Bushfire Assist 19-20

A thick blanket of ash covered the water and there was no way to stop the relentless smoke getting into

CONTACT BLOG SPOT News Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology Sir Jeffrey Armiger Talisman Sabre Videos

LHDs incapable of delivering tanks to shore

10/08/201707/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 14052 Views 5 Comments HMAS Canberra, HMAS Choules, mexeflote

There were worrisome reports in the media yesterday saying the landing craft on the Royal Australian Navy’s Landing Helicopter Dock ships,

Australian Australian Army News Royal Australian Navy Talisman Sabre Videos

Talisman Sabre – HMA Ships Canberra and Choules landings test

18/07/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3620 Views 0 Comments Exercise Talisman Sabre 2017, HMAS Canberra, HMAS Choules, HMNZS Canterbury

HMAS Canberra and HMAS Choules participated in the amphibious landing phase of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2017 this week, lodging around

A Queensland Police officer directs an Army Mack Truck From 3 Combat Engineering Regiment as it arrives in Bowen, Queensland, in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Photo by Corporal David Said.

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Operation Queensland Assist – 30 March UPDATE

31/03/201703/04/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5720 Views 0 Comments HMAS Choules, Operation Queensland Assist 17

The Australian Defence Force continues to assist the people and communities of north Queensland affected by Tropical Cyclone Debbie. CAPTION: A

A Landing craft approaches the well dock of HMAS CHOULES during operation Render Safe 14.

Australian News Royal Australian Navy

HMAS Choules costs four times more to maintain than an Anzac-class frigate

29/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6768 Views 0 Comments Australian Navy, HMAS Choules

HMAS Choules costs four times more to maintain than an Anzac-class frigate. That’s the assessment of CONTACT magazine’s editor Brian Hartigan following