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HMAS Warramunga

Family and friends wait on the wharf as HMAS Warramunga returns to Australia after completing a regional presence deployment. Story by Lieutenant Gary McHugh. Photo by Chief Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
News Royal Australian Navy 

Warramunga home from busy deployment

27/09/202230/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 430 Views 0 Comments ANZAC-class, Exercise Noble Partners, Fleet Base West, HMAS Warramunga, RIMPAC

HMAS Warramunga has returned to Fleet Base West following a regional presence deployment that saw the Anzac-class frigate participate in

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HMA Ships Canberra, Warramunga and Supply sail in formation with USS Abraham Lincoln, JS Izumo, USS Mobile Bay, USS Spruance, USS Gridley, JS Takanami, and USS Sampson in the Pacific Ocean. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Liam Sulley.
News Overseas Royal Australian Navy 

HMAS Canberra home from 3-month Pacific deployment

26/08/202227/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 921 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, His Majesty’s Armed Forces Tonga, HMAS Canberra, HMAS Supply, HMAS Warramunga, MV-22 Osprey, Regional Presence Deployment, RIMPAC, Sri Lankan Marines

After almost three months at sea on a regional presence deployment through the Pacific, HMAS Canberra is heading back to

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HMAS Canberra’s (III) Ships Company parade on the flight deck of during a commemorative service for 80th anniversary of the Battle of Savo Island. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Leading Seaman Matthew Lyall.
History Lest We Forget News Pacific Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Sunset service for 80th anniversary of the loss of HMAS Canberra (I)

19/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 653 Views 0 Comments HMAS Canberra, HMAS Canberra (I), HMAS Supply, HMAS Warramunga, WWII

Eighty years after HMAS Canberra (I) sank in the Battle of Savo Island, more than 500 members of HMAS Canberra (III)

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Able Seaman Electronics Technician Edward Simcock works on the navigation system on the bridge of HMAS Warramunga while on deployment. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF People Videos 

Passion for technology leads to rewarding career

19/08/202219/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 254 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, National Science Week, RIMPAC

He started out working on remote control cars and now maintains advanced sensors aboard a warship – while they are worlds

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Assistant Marine Engineering Officer, Sub Lieutenant Jackson Harvey conducts maintenance checks on the gas turbine on-board HMAS Warramunga while on deployment. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF People Videos 

A world of opportunities

16/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 360 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, National Science Week, RIMPAC

The beautiful island of O’ahu in Hawaii is one of many places a career in science, technology, engineering and mathematics

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Able Seaman Chelsea Clayton works on the bridge of HMAS Warramunga during Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Story by Lieutenant Max Logan. Photo by Leading Seaman Daniel Goodman.
ADF People 

A scenic first overseas deployment

03/08/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 341 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, RIMPAC

With its beautiful beaches and laidback lifestyle, Hawaii was an idyllic location for Able Seaman Chelsea Clayton’s first overseas deployment

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Seaman Cloe Reichelt is welcomed by her mother at Fleet Base East, Sydney, after HMAS Brisbane returned to her home port at the end of a three-month deployment. Story by Lieutenant Nancy Cotton. Photo by Able Seaman Susan Mossop.
News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Crews welcomed home in the east and west

21/12/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 1295 Views 0 Comments Fleet Base East, Fleet Base West, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Warramunga, Regional Presence Deployment

HMA Ships Brisbane and Warramunga returned to their respective home ports in Sydney and Rockingham, WA, today after a three-month deployment.

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HMAS Warramunga sails astern of Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Inazuma as the two ships conduct a transit in-company after departing Kure, Japan to conduct exercise Nichi-gou Trident. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
Asia News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Australia & Japan conduct Exercise Nichi-gou Trident.

19/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 894 Views 0 Comments HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Warramunga, Japan Maritime Self Defence Force, NICHI GOU TRIDENT

HMAS Warramunga and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force ship JS Inazuma are currently conducting Exercise Nichi-gou Trident. CAPTION: HMAS Warramunga sails

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HMAS Warramunga's principal warfare officer and former Royal Canadian Navy officer, Lieutenant Commander Stephen Wall, with his former ship HMCS Winnipeg and HMAS Brisbane in the background. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
ADF People 

Rendezvous at sea sweet as maple syrup

02/11/202102/11/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 610 Views 0 Comments canada, HMAS Brisbane, HMAS Warramunga

A recent training activity between the Australian and Canadian navies in the Indo-Pacific was particularly significant for one Royal Australian

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Owner of My Little Bookshop Kerry Ridley with Leading Seaman James McPhail on board HMAS Warramunga at Fleet Base West. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Lon. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
Health and Wellbeing News Royal Australian Navy 

Library’s new chapter has positive sub-plot

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 844 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

A new ship’s library in HMAS Warramunga is not only providing the crew with a wide range of reading options,

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Able Seaman Maddie Hohnberg conducts maintenance on HMAS Warramunga's gas turbine. Story by Lieutenant Geoff Long. Photo by Petty Officer Yuri Ramsey.
ADF People 

Tinkering drives Navy career

26/10/2021 Posted by Mike Hughes 697 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

Growing up on a farm outside the regional NSW town of Trangie, Able Seaman Maddison Hohnberg would spend hours tinkering

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HMAS Warramunga arrives at Fleet Base East, Garden Island, Sydney, after a record-breaking deployment. Photo by Leading Seaman Kayla Jackson.
Australian News Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga home after record-breaking deployment

08/07/201809/07/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2880 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga has returned home to a hero’s welcome from family and friends after spending almost nine months deployed to

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HMAS Warramunga in the Middle East Region. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Heading home after Warramungously successful mission

18/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2408 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga is returning to Australia after a highly successful deployment to the Middle East Region. FILE PHOTO: HMAS Warramunga in

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HMAS Warramunga boarding party members Able Seaman Corey Bartlett and Able Seaman Jacob Dun relocate parcels of seized narcotics. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Warramunga scores amazing new hat trick – tops $2billion!

06/06/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3072 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga, currently deployed to the Middle East under Operation Manitou, has seized three separate cargos of illicit narcotics over three

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Leading Seaman James Walker (right) passes a parcel of seized narcotics to Able Seaman Stephanie Pannell during a drug-seizure operation in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Two more drug busts by Warramunga

25/05/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2175 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga has seized two more hauls of illicit narcotics valued at approximately AUD$315.4 million* following boarding operations in international

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HMAS Warramunga crewmembers prepare to board a vessel suspected of carrying drugs. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Warramunga stops another major drug shipment

12/05/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2388 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, Operation Manitou

Building on its already successful Operation Manitou deployment, the crew of HMAS Warramunga has seized and disposed of 295kg of

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A sailor from Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Warramunga prepares to remove packages of heroin from a dhow during a boarding operation. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga makes tenth drug bust

10/03/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3400 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

HMAS Warramunga’s crew has seized record amounts of narcotics on Operation Manitou following their latest interdiction. CAPTION: A sailor from Royal

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HMAS Warramunga boarding team member Able Seaman Aaron Richardson climbs onto a vessel of interest. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Warramunga strikes again – 8 tonnes of hashish

06/03/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 2604 Views 0 Comments hashish, HMAS Warramunga

The crew of Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga has intercepted two vessels and seized approximately eight tonnes of hashish

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Royal Australian Navy sailors Leading Seaman Adam Cook, Able Seaman Dylan Canderle and Able Seaman Lydia Ratu Kavoa label and bag parcels of seized narcotics on a vessel in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga cracks $billion$ drug-bust milestone

03/02/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3665 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga’s crew has seized another 414kg of heroin valued in excess of $124 million during an operation in the Western Indian Ocean.

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Able Seaman Combat Specialist Daniel Peihopa, RNZN drives one of HMAS Warramunga’s sea boats with Leading Seaman Combat Specialist Te Orangapumau Elia, RNZN (right) and Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Bridget Hopkins (left) during Warramunga's deployment to Operation Manitou. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Middle East New Zealand News Operations 

Two Kiwis helped HMAS Warramunga land record drug haul

27/01/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6192 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

Two Royal New Zealand Navy sailors form part of a team that carried out one of the biggest ever drug

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