HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate, formerly in service with the...
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HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1955 until 1982, and was the third and...
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diary, Darwin Naval Base. – Version details – Trove". Trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 19 February 2014. Table based on AWM78: 400/2 Darwin Naval Base (HMAS MELVILLE):...
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largest RAN deployment since World War II. HMAS Supply paid off on 16 December 1985, and was replaced by HMAS Success. Donohue, From Empire Defense to the...
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March 2010. Wikimedia Commons has media related to: HMAS Advance (P 83) (category) Patrol Boat: HMAS Advance – vessel page at the Australian National Maritime...
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HMAS Flinders (GS 312/A 312), named for Matthew Flinders (1774–1814), was a hydrographic survey ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by HMA...
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22 August 1975, Vampire, sister ship HMAS Vendetta, and the supply ship HMAS Supply were prepositioned in Darwin following tensions between Indonesia...
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continued in this role until June 1982, when she was replaced by the patrol boat HMAS Ardent. In July, Bass relocated to HMAS Waterhen, to provide navigational...
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Northern Territory, which considered placing it in the Darwin Military Museum, but remained moored at HMAS Coonawarra until the NT government declined the offer...
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realised that the two main patrol boat bases, HMAS Cairns in Cairns, Queensland and HMAS Coonawarra in Darwin, Northern Territory, were not capable of supporting...
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