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HMAS Hobart

HMAS Stuart during the sunrise off Western Australia while deployed for ASWEX. Story by Lieutenant Marcus Middleton. Photos by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.
News Royal Australian Navy 

ASWEX wraps up off WA

01/05/202504/05/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2543 Views 0 Comments ASWEX, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Stuart

The Royal Australian Navy’s largest and most complex antisubmarine exercise in more than a decade, ASWEX, has now concluded off

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Families prepare to welcome HMAS Hobart back to Fleet Base East in Sydney after three months on deployment. Photo by Able Seaman Lauren Pugsley.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Hobart home after busy three-month deployment

23/04/202526/04/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2339 Views 1 Comment Fleet Base East, HMAS Hobart

HMAS Hobart has returned to its home port of Sydney following a busy three-month deployment. CAPTION: Families prepare to welcome HMAS Hobart back

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Royal Australian Navy pilot Lieutenant Jure Plestina observes a vessel from a Royal Australian Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft during a coordinated maritime domain awareness activity in the South China Sea. Story by Flight Lieutenant Imogen Lunny. Photos: byCorporal Emma Schwenke.
News Overseas Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Freedom of navigation mission protects Indo-Pacific

18/03/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2472 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart, No. 11 Squadron, P-8A Poseidon, Regional Presence Deployment

Exercising Australia’s freedom of navigation, the Royal Australian Air Force successfully completed maritime surveillance missions in the Indo-Pacific region under

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A RAAF P-8A Poseidon participates in a maritime cooperative activity with Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Hobart, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ship Akizuki, Philippine Navy ship BRP Jose Rizal and US Navy ship USS Benfold. Story by Lieutenant Harrison Thomas. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

Places to go, counterparts to see

05/03/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 2508 Views 0 Comments Exercise La Perouse, HMAS Hobart, P-8A Poseidon, Regional Presence Deployment, Royal Navy, US Air Force

The first regional presence deployment (RPD) for 2025 has opened HMAS Hobart to a number of training opportunities with counterparts from

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HMAS Hobart's Navigating Officer, Lieutenant Tori Costello, and Commanding Officer, Commander Alisha Withers, guide Hobart as it conducts a replenishment at sea during Exercise La Perouse. Story by Lieutenant Harrison Thomas. Photo by Leading Seaman Iggy Roberts.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Hobart joins Ex La Perouse 25

04/02/202508/02/2025 Posted by Mike Hughes 1722 Views 0 Comments Exercise La Perouse, HMAS Hobart

HMAS Hobart joined eight nations off the coast of Indonesia from January 20 to 24 for the fifth iteration of

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Warrant Officer Andrew Freame during his last sunset ceremony onboard HMAS Hobart at Fleet Base East, Sydney, NSW. Story by Lieutenant Angela Faulkner. Photos by Able Seaman Danyellah Hill.
ADF People History Royal Australian Navy 

Final sail for warrant officer clocking 50 years

05/11/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1804 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Hobart

The ability to travel the world is what attracted Warrant Officer Andrew ‘Possum’ Freame to Navy life 50 years ago.

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Mothers of HMAS Hobart, from left, Petty Officer Amy Peters, Commander Tina Brown and Leading Seaman Rochelle Hambly on the forecastle as the ship conducts a regional presence deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Hobart mothers celebrate away from home

17/05/202417/05/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2920 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart, Regional Presence Deployment

Operational time at sea can be tough, not only for those serving in Navy but for the families and loved

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Able Seaman Kendall Byrnes, left, Commander Tina Brown, Lieutenant Tori Costello and Sub-Lieutenant Cameron Moncrieff on board HMAS Hobart. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Madelyn Hanna.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

All-female command navigation team takes sail

08/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2572 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Hobart, International Women's Day

HMAS Hobart recently departed Cowper Wharf, Sydney, for a routine passage to Eden – a challenging navigation for the nearly

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Able Seaman Peter Mason demonstrates fire-fighting hose techniques onboard HMAS Arunta during Fleet Base East's open day, Sydney. Story by Lieutenant Marie Davies. Photos by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Sydney families flock to Navy Week open day

01/03/202408/03/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 2666 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Canberra, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Kuttabul, Navy Week

A record number of visitors attended Fleet Base East’s open day in Sydney on February 25, with more than 8000

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Engineering Officer Lieutenant Parritt in front of HMAS Hobart, Sydney, NSW. Story by Corporal Jacob Joseph. Photo by Able Seaman Lucinda Allanson.
ADF People Royal Australian Navy 

Stoked to set an example

26/01/2024 Posted by Mike Hughes 1588 Views 0 Comments Australia Day Honours, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Hobart

Work to make a guided missile destroyer more capable and reliable were just some of more than 100 improvements overseen

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HMAS Hobart ship's company in the Captain Cook Graving Dock, Fleet Base East, NSW. Story by Lieutenant Eliza Von Thrum. Photo by Able Seaman Benjamin Ricketts.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Green ghost is shipshape after mega maintenance cycle

27/09/202308/10/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2992 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Hobart

HMAS Hobart, affectionately known as ‘the green ghost’ – and already eight years old! – recently received a much-needed refresh

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HMAS Hobart’s rigid-hulled inflatable boat team rescues mariners from MY Vivierae II off the coast of northern Australia. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Navy rescues stranded mariners near Indonesia

10/03/202311/03/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2562 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart

The ship’s company of destroyer HMAS Hobart rescued six mariners from a 30-metre motor yacht near West Papua on 6

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Soldiers from 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire historical M2A2 105mm howitzers as part of a re-enactment during the bombing of Darwin commemorative service. Story by Flight Lieutenant Claire Campbell. Photo by Leading Seaman Leo Baumgartner.
Australian Army History Lest We Forget News Royal Australian Air Force Royal Australian Navy 

Remembering the day WW2 hit Darwin

22/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2772 Views 0 Comments 8th/12th Regiment, Darwin NT, F-35A Lightning II, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Maryborough, No. 75 Squadron, WWII

ADF personnel commemorated the 81st anniversary of the first bombing of Darwin at a service hosted by the city on

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Outgoing Commanding Officer Commander Andrew Pepper exchanges the 'weight of command' of DDG39 to new Commanding Officer Commander Tina Brown. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

First female to command an Australian destroyer

13/02/2023 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4354 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart

Commander Tina Brown has become the first female officer to heft the ‘weight of command’ on an Australian destroyer. CAPTION:

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Outgoing Commanding Officer HMAS Hobart Captain Andrew Pepper, front left, hands the “weight of command” to the incoming Commanding Officer Commander Tina Brown. Story by Lieutenant Stacey Butters. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.
ADF People 

Hobart enters exciting new era

07/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 2036 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, HMAS Hobart

After a busy year of achievements in 2022, HMAS Hobart personnel are ready to welcome the challenges of 2023 under

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Electronic technicians on board HMAS Hobart on completion of the robot war competition. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF People 

Battle bots showcase skills and ingenuity

21/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1673 Views 0 Comments HMAS Hobart

Electronic technicians (ETs) on board HMAS Hobart put their skills and ingenuity to the test in a robot war conducted

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From left, Acting Sub-Lieutenant Lachlan Ferry and Able Seaman Combat Systems Operator Samantha Farrow on-board HMAS Hobart. Story by Lieutenant Brendan Trembath. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Destroyer opened to public in Cairns

16/12/202220/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 2489 Views 0 Comments Australian Navy Cadets, HMAS Cairns, HMAS Hobart