Australian Warships In The News

[Michael H. Standart]

From Thanh Nien News:

Australian mine-hunters to visit HCMC

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Two Royal Australian Navy ships will visit Vietnam from October 10 — 14 to strengthen cooperation between the two navies, according to the Australian Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City.

More at http://www.thanhniennews.com/2010/Pages/20111009-Australian-ships-visit-Vietnam.aspx​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From Offshore Shipping online:

Windermere joins the Royal Australian Navy

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Australia’s Minister for Defense Stephen Smith and Minister for Defense Materiel Jason Clare have announced that the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) will lease the subsea operations vessel Windermere from Hallin Marine, in order to reinforce the RAN’s amphibious capability during the Australian region cyclone season which commences in November.

More at http://www.oilpubs.com/oso/article.asp?v1=11280​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Canberra Times:

Captain Miller has a firm grasp of the navy's tiller

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Captain Michele Miller loves guns. The first woman to command an Anzac class frigate, HMAS Perth, she isn't one of those people who are happy to slip down to the shooting range with a rifle or a pistol however. Her passion is for something a little bigger; the five inch (127mm) artillery pieces mounted near the bows of Australia's helicopter frigates.

More at http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/captain-miller-has-a-firm-grasp-of-the-navys-tiller/2324823.aspx?storypage=1​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian Navy Website:

HMAS Cerberus Open Day 2011

Details at http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Cerberus_Open_Day_2011

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Daily Telegraph:

$630 million a year to keep Australian Collins Class submarines afloat

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AUSTRALIA'S troubled Collins Class submarines are more than twice as costly to operate as US Navy nuclear submarines - which are five times larger.

More at http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/million-a-year-to-keep-australian-collins-class-submarines-afloat/story-e6freuy9-1226167937705

Comment: Don't be too surprised if the Navy publishes a rebuttal to this one. The numbers here just don't sound right.​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian Navy Website:

WWII Ammunition to be Rendered Safe in PNG on Joint Mission

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The Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney, today announced that more than 150 personnel from the Australian Defence Force (ADF), New Zealand Defence Force and Papua New Guinea Defence Force will begin Operation RENDER SAFE, an explosives ordnance disposal activity aimed at unexploded World War Two ammunition in Papua New Guinea (PNG) this week.

More at http://www.navy.gov.au/WWII_Ammunition_to_be_Rendered_Safe_in_PNG_on_Joint_Mission​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian Navy Website:

ADF joins milestone security exercise

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The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will participate in Exercise BERSAMA LIMA 2011, a major military exercise with Singapore, Malaysia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom under the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA).

More at http://www.navy.gov.au/ADF_joins_milestone_security_exercise​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian:

Navy's borrowed ship costs us $82,000 a day

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THE navy's inability to deploy an amphibious ship during Cyclone Yasi's aftermath has left taxpayers paying $82,000 a day.

That is the cost of renting a support ship.

More at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/navys-borrowed-ship-costs-us-82000-a-day/story-e6frg8yo-1226171146453​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian Navy Website:

HMAS Toowoomba hands over to HMAS Parramatta in Middle East

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HMAS Toowoomba handed over maritime security duties to HMAS Parramatta in the Middle East this week after completing a successful six-month deployment as part of Operation SLIPPER.

More at http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Toowoomba_hands_over_to_HMAS_Parramatta_in_Middle_East​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian:

Law on the high seas

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ASKING the navy to tow boats carrying asylum-seekers from Australian waters to the high seas would be contrary to international law.

More at http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/law-on-the-high-seas/story-fn558imw-1226172272805​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Indian Express:

Australian Navy ship arrives in city

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The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Toowoomba made a goodwill visit to Mumbai on her way back from her second deployment in the Middle East.

More at http://www.indianexpress.com/news/australian-navy-ship-arrives-in-city/864186/​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian Navy Website:

Sailor dies on board HMAS Toowoomba

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A Royal Australian Navy sailor serving in HMAS Toowoomba has died while the ship was conducting a port visit to Mumbai, India.

More at http://www.navy.gov.au/Sailor_dies_on_board_HMAS_T oowoomba

Comment: Whoa!!! I'm sure we'll be hearing more about this in the near future.​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Hindustan Times:

Oz sailor dies of gunshot wound on ship

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A 28-year-old Australian naval sailor was reported to have died of a gunshot wound on board a defence vessel, HMAS Toowoomba, on Monday. The Mumbai police were not officially informed about the incident till Monday evening, and the time of death as well as the name of the sailor is not known.

More at http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Mumbai/Oz -sailor-dies-of-gunshot-wound-on-ship/Article1-761 220.aspx

Comment: Whoa!!! Somebody is going to have a lot of explaining to do over this!​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian Navy Website:

Kuttabul on show

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HMAS Kuttabul opened its gangway for Navy Week recently, allowing the public to join the RAN’s centenary celebrations.

More at http://www.navy.gov.au/Kuttabul_on_show​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From IBN Live:

Australian Defence Dept launches probe into sailor's death

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Mumbai, Oct 26 (PTI) Australian Defence Department has launched a probe into the death of a naval sailor on board its warship while it was docked in Mumbai, police said today. The internal investigation service team landed in the city yesterday and began investigations into the incident, a senior police official at Yellow Gate police station here said today.

More at http://ibnlive.in.com/generalnewsfeed/news/austral ian-defence-dept-launches-probe-into-sailors-death /876876.html​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

From The Australian Navy Website:

Senior NATO Officer Visits HMAS Stirling

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Senior NATO Officer and Commander-in-Chief Fleet Admiral Sir Trevor Soar, RN, KCB, OBE, visited HMAS Stirling, HMAS Collins and the Royal Australian Navy's Submarine Escape Training Facility at Garden Island, Western Australia.

More at http://www.navy.gov.au/Senior_NATO_Officer_Visits_ HMAS_Stirling​

 

[Michael H. Standart]

Today's Feature Story from The Australian Navy:

First Female Admiral for the Royal Australian Navy

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The Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, has today promoted Commodore Robyn Walker to the rank of Rear Admiral in the Royal Australian Navy. Admiral Walker is the first female in the Navy to attain the rank of Rear Admiral and to take on the job of Surgeon General for the Australian Defence Force.

More at http://www.navy.gov.au/First_Female_Admiral_for_the_Royal_Australian_Navy​