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HMAS Warramunga

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 1553 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 1346 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 3839 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 3560 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 4175 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 2927 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 3132 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 4337 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 3356 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 4717 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 7166 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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Seized parcels of heroin lay on the flight deck of HMAS Warramunga during an operation in the Western Indian Ocean. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East New Zealand News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

HMAS Warramunga does it again – with new record drug bust

26/01/201812/06/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4893 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, P-3K2 Orion, Royal New Zealand Air Force

HMAS Warramunga’s crew has conducted one of the largest drug seizures in Operation Manitou’s history as part of the Australian-led

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Able Seaman Stephanie Pannell passes a bag a seized narcotics to Leading Seaman James Walker during an illicit cargo seizure by HMAS Warramunga in the Middle East. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Drug-bust trifecta for Warramunga

10/01/201811/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 4279 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, Operation Manitou

Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga seized 111 kilograms of heroin valued at $33 million during operations in the Arabian

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Leading Seaman Caleb Larnach, Able Seaman Eric Schneider and RNZN Leading Seaman Te Orangapumau Elia return to HMAS Warramunga carrying a load of seized narcotics. Photos by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy 

Warramunga adds 3.5 tonnes of hash to her holiday collection

05/01/201805/01/2018 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3767 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga, Operation Manitou

While many of us are still on Christmas holidays, HMAS Warramunga, with support from a UK Royal Navy helicopter, seized

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Leading Seaman Clearance Diver Luke Woodcroft from HMAS Warramunga numbers parcels of seized narcotics on the deck of a trafficking vessel. Photo by Leading Seaman Tom Gibson.
Australian Middle East News Operations Royal Australian Navy Videos 

Warramunga nabs tonnes of drugs after Christmas

30/12/201731/12/2017 Posted by Brian Hartigan 3432 Views 0 Comments HMAS Warramunga

The crew of the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Warramunga boosted their post-Christmas by seizing almost 8 tonnes of hashish and

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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 3735 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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