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HMAS Rankin

From front, HMAS Rankin, INS Vagir and HMAS Perth conduct manoeuvre exercises at the Western Australian Exercise Area during the Indian Submarine INS Vagir’s visit to Fleet Base West in Perth. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Seaman Ernesto Sanchez.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Indian sub makes Australian debut

01/09/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 844 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base West, HMAS Perth, HMAS Rankin, HMAS Stirling, Indian Navy

The crew of Indian Navy submarine INS Vagir were warmly welcomed to Fleet Base West during the first deployment of

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HMAS Anzac is photographed by a Submarine Advanced Warfare Course student through the periscope from HMAS Rankin during an anti-submarine warfare training activity conducted as part of Exercise Zeehond in the Western Australian Exercise area.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Boost to submarine force

16/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1656 Views 1 Comment HMAS Rankin, HMAS Stirling, Submarine

Navy’s submarine warfighting force has been expanded with the recent graduation of seven students from the Submarine Advanced Warfare Course

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Rare look inside an Aussie Collins-class submarine

11/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 8553 Views 0 Comments HMAS Rankin, RIMPAC

HMAS Rankin, one of Australia’s six Collins-class submarines, is currently deployed on Exercise Rim of the Pacific – RIMPAC. Her

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An MH-60R 'Romeo' helicopter passes HMAS Rankin in the Eastern Australian Exercise Area. Photo by Leading Seaman Sarah Williams.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Rankin involved in unusual sea rescue

11/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4128 Views 0 Comments HMAS Rankin

It is a rare occasion that a submarine finds itself involved in the co-ordination of life-saving events, however that is

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Submariners haul in on berthing lines as HMAS Rankin comes along side Diamantina Pier, Fleet Base West, returning home after the submarine completed a nine month deployment.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Rankin home after ‘longest deployment’

20/07/201627/07/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 5217 Views 0 Comments Collins-class, HMAS Rankin

By Andrew Bujdegan and LSIS Bradley Darvill HMAS Rankin has returned to HMAS Stirling following her recent nine-month deployment which Commander Submarine

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