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HMAS Newcastle

Warrant Officer of the Navy Deb Butterworth, centre, receives her promotion to commander from the Chief of Navy Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, right, accompanied by her partner Tracy. Story by Sub-Lieutenant Tahlia Merigan. Photo by Petty Officer Bradley Darvill.
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A tenure of passion and commitment

21/12/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 1217 Views 0 Comments Chief of Navy, HMAS Newcastle, HMAS Success, Warrant Officer - Navy

Warrant Officer of the Navy (WO-N) Deb Butterworth has formally handed over to Warrant Officer Andrew Bertoncin during a ceremony

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HMAS Newcastle' sailors wave to families as she pulls alongside Garden Island, Sydney after returning home from the Middle East Region. Photo (and caption) by Able Seaman Craig Walton.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Newcastle home from Middle East deployment

03/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3913 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle

HMAS Newcastle returned to her home port of Fleet Base East, Garden Island, Sydney following a six month deployment to

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ScanEagle is launched from the flight deck of HMAS Newcastle, on patrol in the Middle East. Photo by Able Seaman Nicolas Gonzalez.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Science & Technology 

Newcastle flies helo and UAV together

16/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4770 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle, ScanEagle

HMAS Newcastle has conducted the RAN’s first simultaneous operations of manned and unmanned aircraft during its current deployment to the

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HMAS Warramunga is farewelled from Fleet Base East, Sydney, for maritime security activities in the Middle East region as part of Operation Manitou. Photo by Able Seaman Christopher Szumlanski.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Warramunga farewelled for Middle East patrol

08/10/201708/10/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3734 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle, HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga and her ship’s 190 company has departed Fleet Base East at Garden Island, Sydney for maritime security operations

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HMAS Newcastle (left) breaks formation with US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, USS Princeton and France's FS Jean Bart. US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Emily Johnston.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Newcastle on Nimitz guard duty

19/09/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4315 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle

HMAS Newcastle has completed an attachment with the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet in the Arabian Gulf while deployed on maritime

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Indian Navy Ship INS Kamorta and HMAS Newcastle conduct officer of the watch manoeuvres in the Western Australian Exercise Area (WAXA) during AUSINDEX 2017. Photo by Able Seaman Nicolas Gonzalez.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

Australia/India exercise in WA ends

22/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3434 Views 0 Comments AUSINDEX, HMAS Newcastle, HMAS Waller, Indian Navy Ship Kamorta, Indian Navy Ship Shivalik

Australia and India have successfully completed a series of complex warfare scenarios during Exercise Australia-India (AUSINDEX) off the Western Australian

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Family members pose for a selfie on the wharf at Fleet Base East before HMAS Newcastle departs for Operation Manitou. Photo by Able Seaman Bonny Gassner.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Newcastle’s final deployment to Middle East

15/06/201715/06/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5190 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle

HMAS Newcastle and her ship’s company of 230 departed Garden Island, Sydney, on her sixth deployment to the Middle East region on 11 June.

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Leading Seaman Aviation Technician Avionics Warwick Douglas, surrounded by his ship mates, displays a banner proposing to his partner who is waiting on the wharf as HMAS Newcastle returns home from a successful rotation in the Middle East. SHE SAID YES! Photo by Able Seaman Tom Gibson
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

SHE SAID YES!

27/09/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4629 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle, Manitou

It was a personal, emotional and human story today as HMAS Newcastle returned triumphantly to Garden Island, Sydney, after a six-month Operation

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Members of HMAS Newcastle's boarding party prepare to board a dhow.
Australian News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Newcastle seized 139kg of heroin

08/07/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5308 Views 0 Comments drugs, HMAS Newcastle, RAN

In its sixth successful haul in eight weeks, Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Newcastle seized 139kg of heroin, with an estimated street

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HMAS Newcastle's sea boats approach a dhow for a flag verification as part of operations involving narcotics interdiction off the east coast of Africa.
Australian News 

HMAS Newcastle becomes billion dollar drug buster

24/06/201512/10/2015 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3511 Views 0 Comments HMAS Newcastle, Royal Australian Navy

Australian frigate HMAS Newcastle seized 581kg of illegal narcotics on 21 June – officially making her a billion dollar drug

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