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HMAS Newcastle FFG 06
HMAS Newcastle FFG 06, is an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate. She is named for the city of Newcastle in New South Wales, the...
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HMAS Melbourne FFG 05
HMAS Melbourne FFG 05 is an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship entered service in 1992....
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HMAS Darwin FFG 04
HMAS Darwin FFG 04, named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal...
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HMAS Sydney FFG 03
HMAS Sydney (FFG 03) was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The frigate was one of six...
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HMAS Canberra FFG 02
HMAS Canberra FFG 02 was an Adelaide class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Based on the Oliver Hazard Perry...
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Anzac Class Frigates
The Anzac Class (also identified as the ANZAC Class and the MEKO 200 ANZ type) is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the...
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Adelaide Class Frigates
The Adelaide class is a ship class of six guided missile frigates constructed in Australia and the United States of America for service...
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HMAS Canberra D33
HMAS Canberra (I33/D33), named after the Australian capital city of Canberra, was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) heavy cruiser of the Kent...
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HMAS Australia D84
HMAS Australia D84 was one of two Kent Class Cruisers ordered for the RAN in 1924, Australia was laid down in Scotland in 1925. The...
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HMAS Adelaide (I922)
HMAS Adelaide (I) was an improved version of the 'Chatham' group of the British 'Town' Class light cruisers. The ship was of the same...
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HMAS Melbourne (1913)
HMAS Melbourne was a Town Class Light Cruiser. She had a displacement of 5,400 tons, she was 456 feet in length, had a beam of 49 ft 10...
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Fleet Air Arm: The Fairey Gannet A/S1
By CMDR (P) R. V. Morritt, RAN Rtd CALL THE HANDS OCCASIONAL PAPER 45 Issue No. 27 February 2019 The Fairey Gannet A/S 1 aircraft was...
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Fleet Air Arm: Westland Wessex
The Westland Wessex is a British-built turbine-powered development of the Sikorsky H-34, developed and produced under license by Westland...
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Fleet Air Arm: Westland Sea King
The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter. Westland Helicopters had a long-standing...
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Fleet Air Arm: S-70B-2 Seahawk Helicopter
The Seahawk is an integral part of the ship's weapons and sensor systems. With its unique sensor suite and integrated weapons systems the...
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Fleet Air Arm: Bristol Sycamore
The Bristol was created by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, and was used for search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare. The name refers...
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Fleet Air Arm: Grumman S2E/G Tracker
The Grumman S-2 Tracker was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the U.S....
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Fleet Air Arm: Hawker Sea Fury
The Hawker Sea Fury was a British Naval fighter-bomber designed and manufactured by Hawker. It was the last propeller-driven fighter to...
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Fleet Air Arm: Fairey Gannet
The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne aircraft of the post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm...
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Fleet Air Arm: Sea Venom
The de Havilland Sea Venom was a British postwar carrier-capable jet aircraft developed from the de Havilland Venom. It served with the...
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