By
Graham Davis
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HMAS
Success completed one of the deepest voyages into Antartic
waters ever conducted by an RAN warship when she passed
Heard Island in support of HMAS Warramunga’s capture
of an alleged illegal fishing trawler.
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The
Royal Australian Navy’s Eastern Fleet oiler, HMAS Success
(CMDR Mark McIntosh) has returned to Australia after making a
7,000-kilometre dash into the Antarctic to help frigate HMAS Warramunga
(CMDR John Vandyke) arrest an alleged toothfish poacher.
It is believed Success made one of the deepest voyages into Antarctic
waters ever conducted by a RAN warship.
After meeting up with Warramunga, Success took the “Great
Circle” route back to Australia which saw her travel south
below Heard Island before looping northwards.
Warramunga scrambled from Western Australia to apprehend the alleged
fishing trawler Maya V.
RAN operations knew the frigate would need logistics support to
get back from the Southern Ocean, so sent Success from Sydney.
CMDR McIntosh praised his crew.
“The young men and women aboard Success did a great job during
extremely difficult weather conditions,” he said.
