Govt buys ship-building land
The Australian Government has bought the common user facility and surrounding land to substantially increase the size of the ship and submarine building facilities...
HMAS Arunta seizes 250kg of heroin
Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Arunta has seized approximately 250 kilograms of heroin during a vessel interception off the coast of Africa as part...
Ex-HMAS Sydney retires to Western Australia
Ex-HMAS Sydney would leave Sydney Harbour today (18 May 2017) to be towed to Western Australia for recycling by Australian company Birdon Pty Ltd.
“Ex-HMAS...
National Ship Building Plan released
The Government has released Australia’s first Naval Shipbuilding Plan, outlining the nation’s largest ever program of naval shipbuilding and sustainment.
The plan includes $1.3 billion...
Coral Sea veterans mark 75 years
RAN and USN Veterans of the Battle of the Coral Sea with Malcolm Turnbull MP, Prime Minister of Australia, on USS Intrepid, New York....
RN ship shadows Russian submarine in English Channel
A Royal Navy warship has shadowed a Russian submarine through the English Channel. HMS SOMERSET located the Kilo-class KRASNODAR vessel off the east coast...
Austal to set up new design and project management office in SA
Austal is to set up new design and project management office in South Australia. The new office is expected facilitate the company’s expansion into...
The evolution of Singapore’s navy
The RSS INDEPENDENCE and the RSS PANGLIMA are both patrol vessels, but between them lies 50 years of technology and then some. Three Chinese navy ships to dock in Penang
Three Chinese People's Liberation Army (Navy) warships will be docking in Butterworth from May 12 to 15.
China's consul general in Penang, Wu Jun, said...
Why did China’s warships visit the Philippines?
By Prashanth Parameswaran
This week (May 2017), a flotilla of three Chinese naval ships paid a goodwill visit to the Philippines – the first...