HMAS Koala
HMAS Koala was a Bar-class boom defence vessel operated by the Royal Australian Navy during World War II. She was constructed by Cockatoo...
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HMAS Jeparit
HMAS Jeparit was an Australian National Lines (ANL) bulk carrier which was operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1969 and...
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HMAS Boonaroo
HMAS Boonaroo (also known as MV Boonaroo) was an Australian National Lines cargo vessel used to support Australian forces fighting in the...
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HMAS Lae P93
HMAS Lae P93 was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). It was named for the city of Lae, capital of Morobe...
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HMAS Aware P91
HMAS Aware P91 was an Attack-class patrol boat. She was launched on the 7th of October 1967, commissioned on the 21st of June 1968 and...
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Clarence (Clarrie) Gregson Shaw
Clarrie joined the Nepean Blue Mountains sub-section on December 1998, and in February l999 he accepted the position of secretary, a...
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HMAS Assail P89
HMAS Assail was commissioned into naval service in Brisbane on 12 July 1968. She was one of twenty Attack class patrol boats ordered for...
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HMAS Arrow P88
HMAS Arrow was commissioned into naval service at Hervey Bay in Queensland on 3 July 1968. She was one of twenty Attack class patrol...
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HMAS Ardent P87
HMAS Ardent P 87/A243 was an Attack class patrol boat. She was built by Evans Deakin and Company, and was commissioned into the RAN in...
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HMAS Samarai P85
HMAS Samarai P 85, named after the island of Samarai and its former town, was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy. ...
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AHS Centaur
Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur was a hospital ship which was attacked and sunk by a Japanese submarine off the coast of Queensland on 14 May...
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HMAS Quiberon
HMAS Quiberon was one of eight Q Class destroyers built for the Royal Navy, although Quiberon was originally commissioned in the Royal...
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HMAS Platypus (1917)
HMAS Platypus was a submarine depot ship and base ship operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1919 and 1946.
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Submarine Service
The Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service is the collective name of the submarine element of the Royal Australian Navy. The service...
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Cape Class Patrol Boat
The Cape class is a ship class of eight large patrol boats operated by the Marine Unit of the Australian Border Force (previously the...
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HMAS AE2
His Majesty's Australian Submarine AE2 was launched in the yard of Vickers Ltd at Barrow-in-Furness England on 18 June 1913. She...
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Attack Class Patrol Boats
The Attack-class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy and operated between 1967 and 1985....
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History of the TS Nepean.
The Birth of a Naval reserve cadet unit training ship TS Nepean. The TS Nepean celebrated its 5th anniversary in 1986 during the 75th...
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Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
The Women's Royal Australian Naval Service (WRANS) was the women's branch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). In 1941, fourteen members...
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The Fleet Air Arm: A History
The Fleet Air Arm (FAA), known formally as the Australian Navy Aviation Group, is the division of the Royal Australian Navy responsible...
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