The Naval College Class of 1953/55 took a journey down memory lane when they held their 60th Anniversary reunion at HMAS Stirling on Wednesday, 15 May 2013. Travelling from all parts of Australia, the 40 visitors who consisted of retired members, their partners and widows of former 1953 class member
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited (CWE) welcomed Vice Admiral Stéphane Verwaerde, Deputy Chief of the French Navy, to its private Wave Energy Research Facility yesterday in Western Australia. Carnegie’ s Chief Executive Officer, Dr Michael Ottaviano and Project Development Officer,
The Spanish fleet replenishment ship ‘Cantabria’ arrived yesterday at Garden Island Naval Base, after nearly a month deployed in the north of Australia. This naval base will be the ship’s home port until her return to Spain in November. During those four weeks, ‘Cantabria’ collaborated with the RAN
HMAS Sydney closes up its flight deck team as an MH-60R (Romeo) from Helicopter Strike Squadron 77 from the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington makes its approach. To the casual observer this might appear to be just another helicopter about to land on the flight deck of an Austral
Australia’s Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith and Sweden’s Minister for Defence, the Hon Karin Enström announced that Australia and Sweden have achieved a significant milestone agreement in relation to Intellectual Property (IP) rights for submarine design and technology. Australia and Sweden have
On Wednesday 01 May 2013, HMAS Newcastle entered the Magnetic Treatment Facility at Fleet Base West in order to undertake deperming. The Magnetic Treatment Facility provides the capability to reduce, alter and stabilise the permanent magnetism in steel hulled vessels – limiting the issue of magentic
The Royal Australian Navy has supported the opening of White Ribbon Australia’s first international conference. White Ribbon Australia is hosting the conference in Sydney. It features key researchers, practitioners, policy makers and activists from both Australia and overseas. The conference showcas
Chief of Australian Navy, VADM Ray Griggs, RAN recently toured North America and one of his first ports of call was Jacksonville Florida, where Fleet Air Arm Personnel are conducting Initial MH-60R Seahawk Trade and Operational Flying Training. VADM Griggs was given an insight into the latest traini
Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) frigate HMNZS TE MANA will spend the next month undertaking activities in support of defence diplomacy, in South East and North East Asia. Having successfully participated in Exercise BERSAMA SHIELD, a Five Power Defence Arrangements exercise also involving Australia, M
The crew of the Royal Australian guided-missile frigate HMAS Sydney (FFG 03) visited the U.S. Navy’s forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) May 9. Officers, chiefs and able seaman were given a taste of what they will experience when they join the George Washington Strike Gr
During the last 12 months HMA Ships Shepparton and Benalla have been involved with hydrographic surveys in and around Torres Strait. Their focus has been to achieve high order surveys for Australian Maritime Safety Authority’s (AMSA) Under Keel Clearance Management System (UKCM). A challenge given t
Students from Rosebud, Dromana and Padua Secondary Colleges in the South Eastern suburbs of Victoria visited HMAS Cerberus for an inside look at the Royal Australian Navy’s largest training establishment. Students from around Melbourne have been visiting HMAS Cerberus for six years under the ‘Naval
Australian Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly AM MP announced on May 7 the release of the Group Maintenance Contract Request for Tender for the Australian Navy’s Adelaide Class frigate (FFG) fleet. “This is the second of the grouped-asset, long-term, performance-based contracts for the repa
A Tasmanian delegation of the state’s politicians, business and union leaders traveled to Canberra, on May 7th, and discussed their plans to secure Australian defence contracts for Tasmanian based shipbuilder Incat. The delegation, led by Federal Labor Candidate for Denison Jane Austin, Labor Senato
