Image Gallery: April 2005
Sea, air and land surveillance of northern Australia - Operation Cranberry
15 April 2005
Operation
Cranberry is a sea, air and land surveillance
program in northern Australia, undertaken primarily
by RAN Fremantle Class Patrol Boats and Army
Reserve personnel from the Regional Force Surveillance
Unit. The program is undertaken in support of
civil agencies, including Coastwatch and Customs,
to detect illegal activity such as smuggling
and illegal fishing.
The purpose of Operation Cranberry is to coordinate
the Australian Defence Force support to the
whole-of-government effort to maintain the integrity
of Australian territory and interests by deterring
and responding to non-compliance with Australian
laws.
| 20050403ran8095808_037 Able Seaman Marine Technician Steven McClelland in the engine room on Fremantle Class Patrol Boat, HMAS Cessnock. (Date taken: 03 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050403ran8095808_072 Leading Seaman Marine Technician Matthew Bobbin in the engine room on Fremantle Class Patrol Boat, HMAS Cessnock. (Date taken: 03 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050404ran8095808_027 Leading Seaman Cook John Carter serves the evening meal on the Fremantle Class Patrol Boat, HMAS Cessnock. (Date taken: 04 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050404ran8095808_057 HMAS Cessnock at sunset near the Tiwi Islands. (Date taken: 04 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050405ran8095808_032 Waves breaking over the bow of the Fremantle Class Patrol Boat HMAS Cessnock. (Date taken: 05 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050406ran8095808_004 Crew aboard HMAS Cessnock relax while playing the traditional Navy board game, Uckers, in the junior sailors mess. (from left to right) Sublieutenant James Moloney, Leading Seaman Marine Technician Matthew Bobbin, Leading Seaman Communications Informations Systems Gareth Londt, and Leading Seaman Cook John Carter. (Date taken: 06 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050406ran8095808_015 Seaman Electronics Technician John Lockett, from HMAS Cessnock, at the helm of the patrol boat. (Date taken: 06 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050406ran8095808_048 Petty Officer Naval Police Coxswain Bernard Matson works as Officer of the Watch on the bridge of HMAS Cessnock. (Date taken: 06 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050406ran8095808_052 Able Seaman Marine Technician Aaron Felmingham (boat driver) and Executive Officer Lieutenant Andrew Montgomery, from HMAS Cessnock, search bays for illegal fishing boats. (Date taken: 06 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050406ran8095808_066 Leading Seaman Bosuns Mate Peter Smets, Able Seaman Marine Technician Aaron Felmingham (middle) and Executive Officer Lieutenant Andrew Montgomery. (Date taken: 06 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050406ran8095808_098 The Fremantle Class Patrol Boat HMAS Cessnock searches bays in northern Australia for illegal fishing boats. (Date taken: 06 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_008 For exercise, Private Brad Smith pretends to be a casualty in the engine room on HMAS Cessnock. The casualty is attended by Petty Officer Naval Police Coxswain Bernard Madson (left) and Able Seaman Marine Technician Aaron Felmingham (right). (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_076 Sub Lieutenant James Moloney warns a foreign fishing vessel that they are to stop and prepare to be boarded. (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_085 HMAS Cessnock sends a boarding party to search an unidentified foreign fishing vessel in Australian waters during a patrol under Operation Cranberry. (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_094 Leading Seaman Pete Smets moves crew members to the forward area of an unidentified foreign fishing vessel during a boarding and search by a Royal Australian Navy boarding party. (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_097 HMAS Cessnock sends a boarding party to search an unidentified foreign fishing vessel in Australian waters during a patrol under Operation Cranberry. (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_102 HMAS Cessnock sends a boarding party to search an unidentified foreign fishing vessel in Australian waters during a patrol under Operation Cranberry. (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_125 A boarding party from HMAS Cessnock searches an unidentified foreign fishing vessel in Australian waters during a patrol under Operation Cranberry. (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050407ran8095808_134 An unidentified foreign fishing vessel located after dusk in Australian waters by HMAS Cessnock during a patrol under Operation Cranberry. (Date taken: 07 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050408ran8095808_055 Private Brad Smith and (centre rear in Army uniform) Sapper Robin Percival (foreground), Army Reservists on board HMAS Cessnock as part of the patrol boat's Tactical Support Element, join Navy shipmates in a boarding party for suspected illegal foreign fishing vessels. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050408ran8095808_059 Foreign fishing vessels apprehended for suspected illegal fishing in Australian waters during a patrol under Operation Cranberry are escorted to Darwin for prosecution by HMAS Cessnock. (Date taken: 08 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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| 20050409ran8095808_061 Fremantle Class Patrol Boat HMAS Cessnock (hull number 210). (Date taken: 09 April 2005) Low-res | High-res |
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