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Image Gallery: April 2009

23 April 2009
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd visit to HMAS Collins

Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, visits HMAS Collins berthed alongside Diamantina Pier at Fleet Base West in Western Australia where he witnessed a submarine torpedo attack in the control room and met with members of the Ship's Company.

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The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd is greeted by Lieutenant Ryan Wilson in the Control Room on board HMAS Collins.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd sits in the Captains chair in the Control Room on HMAS Collins while the Commanding Officer, Commander Geoffrey Wadley (right) briefs him on the procedures involved with Emergency Stations on board.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd looks through the Periscope in the Control Room on HMAS Collins while the Commanding Officer, Commander Geoffrey Wadley looks on (left).

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd (right) and Commander Navy Systems Command, Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore AM, CSC (left) is briefed on the running of the Engine Room by the Commanding Officer, Commander Geoffrey Wadley on board HMAS Collins.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd talks to Officers and Sailors in the Weapon Stowage Compartment on board HMAS Collins during his visit.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd and the
Chief of the Defence Force, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC (right) have a laugh with Officers and Sailors in the Weapon Stowage Compartment on board HMAS Collins during their visit.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd is met by Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore AM, CSC, RAN, Commander Navy Systems Command (centre) and Commodore Steve Davies, Commander Australian Navy Submarine Group on Diamantina Pier before touring HMAS Collins.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd (2nd right) stands with Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC, Chief of Defence Force (far left), The Honourable Joel Fitzgibbon MP Minister for Defence, Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore AM, CSC, RAN, Commander Navy Systems Command (CANSC) while receiving an explanation of the MK 48 Mod 4 Practice Torpedo from Commodore Steve Davies, Commander Australian Navy Submarine Group (far right).

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd is followed across the gangway onto HMAS Collins by The Honourable Joel Fitzgibbon MP, Minister for Defence, Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC, Chief of Defence Force, and Rear Admiral Steve Gilmore AM, CSC, RAN, Commander Navy Systems Command (CANSC) during a tour of the Submarine.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston AC, AFC, Chief of Defence Force meets Commander Geoffrey Wadley, Commanding Officer HMAS Collins during a tour of the Submarine with the Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd decends a ladder well in the forward casing of HMAS Collins.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd stops to speak to
Lieutenant Simon O'Hehir (right) and Leading Seaman Wayne Broad on the gangway of HMAS Collins during a visit to the Submarine at Fleet Base West.

(Date taken: 22 April 2009)
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