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20 April 2009
HMAS Ballarat Departs

Northern Trident is an important six-month international deployment which will take Sydney and Ballarat to ports in Western Europe, North America and West and North Asia.

The deployment will enhance bilateral relations between Australia and countries visited, whilst actively demonstrating and supporting Australian Defence Industry capabilities.

Highlights of the deployment will include port visits to the East Coast of the United States in reciprocation of the 2008 Great White Fleet activities in Australia. Sydney and Ballarat will also have the opportunity to exercise with foreign Navies including India, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.

Ballarat will sailed from Fleet Base East, Sydney on Monday 20 April 2009. Sydney will sail later in the week and rendezvous with Ballarat.