Ships

HMAS Arafura commissions

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The Royal Australian Navy commissioned the first of its new class of offshore patrol vessels, HMAS Arafura, at Fremantle Passenger Terminal on Saturday 28...

Russia nuclear ice-breakers clear way for LNG

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Two nuclear icebreakers are making way for a tanker and two cargo ships in this year's first transit shipment on the Russian Arctic route. Icebreaker...

India commissions lead anti-submarine shallow-water craft

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On 18 June 2025 the Indian Navy commissioned the first of the class of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), INS Arnala, at the...

First of new UK frigate class takes to sea

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The Royal Navy's newest warship has taken to the water for the first time. HMS Venturer is the first of five Inspiration class or...

Merchant fleet size leaves us vulnerable

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By Peter Court* Australia’s ports may be busy, but we have no way of ensuring that ships will keep coming to them in wartime. In...

Mogami-class frigate docks in Darwin

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Japan's latest Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate made a port call in Darwin, northern Australia, on Thursday for training, as Japan competes with Germany for...

Mogami to boost Defence ties with Japan

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On May 23 ADM interviewed Sayako Sumomo, Director of the International Cooperation Division of ATLA’s Department of Equipment Policy, to discuss why the Mogami...

Maldives to receive patrol boat from Australia

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On 2 June 2025 Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence, Richard Marles and Maldives Minister of Defence, Mohamed Ghassan Maumoon, announced Australia...

First Type 31 frigate rolled out

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The Royal Navy’s first-in-class Type 31 frigate, HMS Venturer, has officially rolled out from the build hall at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard — a major...

Philippine Navy warships commissioned

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On 20 May the Philippines Navy (PN), in the presence of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr, commissioned the guided-missile frigate, the BRP Miguel Malvar...