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Navy Clearance Diving Team One and NSW Maritime Police conduct diving operations to recover unexploded ordnance off the South Coast of NSW. Story by Lieutenant Emily Tinker. Photo by Petty Officer Christopher Szumlanski.

Clearance divers remove 500lb bomb from Jervis Bay

03/02/202308/02/2023 Posted by Mike Hughes 1713 Views 1 Comment HMAS Creswell, Navy Clearance Diving Team One, UXO

Navy clearance divers have protected a marine park in the Jervis Bay area after removing and disposing of unexploded ordnance

Navy Clearance Dive Team One conduct a search for suspected unexploded ordnance found in the vicinity of the Ship Lift site at Darwin Harbour's East Arm. Photo by Leading Seaman Shane Cameron.

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Navy divers blow UXO in Darwin harbour

27/09/202230/09/2022 Posted by Mike Hughes 960 Views 0 Comments Navy Clearance Diving Team One, UXO

A small team of Royal Australian Navy divers have rendered safe a popular commercial and recreational waterway in Darwin Harbour.

Defence explosive specialists successfully detonate marine hazard object on Newcastle Bay Beach, Cape York. Photo by Able Seaman Kayla Hayes.

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Navy destroys two UXOs in north Queensland

28/10/201627/12/2016 Posted by Brian Hartigan 6159 Views 0 Comments unexploded ordnance, UXO, WWII mine

Royal Australian Navy Mine Warfare and Clearance Diving specialists from HMAS Gascoyne have safely disposed of suspected Second World War unexploded ordnance (UXO)