Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, AO, RAN hosted Chief of Staff for the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force, Admiral Yutaka Murakawa in Sydney for a Counterpart Visit on the 29th January 2019. This is Admiral Murakawa’s first visit to Sydney, Australia which included wreath laying at the HMAS…
Australian Army soldiers from the Commando Amphibious Operations Course conducted a training activity from Royal Australian Air Force C-130J Hercules aircraft into the waters off Manly, Sydney, in late-September 2018. The students parachuted into the ocean on a stormy day and were then required to fight the swell and assemble…
HMAS Melbourne deployed for from her home port of Fleet Base East, Sydney, in late May 2018, to participate in Indo-Pacific Endeavour, Exercise RIMPAC 2018, Exercise KAKADU 2018 and the Republic of Korea International Fleet Review 2018. HMAS Melbourne is one of the Royal Australian Navy’s three Adelaide class guided…
His Majesty’s Australian Submarine AE1 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness, England on 22 May 1913. She commissioned at Portsmouth on 28 February 1914 under the command of Lieutenant Commander Thomas Fleming Besant, RN. She was the first of two E Class submarines built for the…
Video:HMAS Adelaide in Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017
The Australian Navy is working a task force concept going forward, rather than simply providing assets to a larger allied fleet.
The Hobart-class AWDs will be the first RAN warships to be equipped with the Aegis combat system.
Australian and Indonesian Ministers of Defense Meet After Restoration of Full Defense Cooperation
