Navy farewells Fremantles HMA ships Townsville and Ipswich, the final two Fremantle Class Patrol Boats, decommissioned on May 11 marking the end of the Fremantle era.

SEA KING CLAIMS REFUTED On Friday May 18, 2007, Defence Writer Ian McPhedran claimed in an article, published in The Daily Telegraph, that Defence attempted to cover up the temporary suspension of flying operations of the Navy’s Sea King helicopters imposed on May 2, 2007 and only released a statement following enquiries from The Daily Telegraph. The FC responded in writing to the Editor of The Daily Telegraph with the following...

Parramatta honoured The ship’s company of HMAS Parramatta has been honoured for exceptional service in warlike operations during deployment to the Persian Gulf in 2005-06.

Changes to pay structure New benefits for ORs

Creswell’s heritage houses restored Shelby Ward and her husband Lieutenant Craig Ward thought their new home at HMAS Creswell had everything a young couple could wish for.

Satellite TV plan for ships at sea The one thing POWTR Toni Heane really misses when she is deployed on one of the RAN ships is sitting down and watching her favourite TV show.

Mine hunting torpedoes To the uninitiated the long torpedo-shaped submersible looked like a giant bath toy.

Navy carries the weight HMA ships Manoora and Betano have been involved in a successful joint exercise with the Army’s new M1A1 Abrams tank.

Adelaide comes to the rescue While on operations in the South China Sea earlier this month HMAS Adelaide came to the assistance of the merchant ship MV Padova which had reported a fire in it’s main engine room.