HMAS BRUNEI departs Bougainville, bringing to an end six years of RAN support to the peace monitoring group, as part of Operation Belisi II. RAN landing craft heavy had been ...
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Australian Naval History on 6 August 2003
HMAS NEWCASTLE, (guided missile frigate), enters the Persian Gulf to relieve her sister ship HMAS SYDNEY, (guided missile frigate), on Maritime Interdiction Operations. ...
Australian Naval History on 26 July 2003
The patrol boat HMAS WHYALLA, (LCDR T. Byles, RAN), becomes the first RAN vessel to arrive in the Solomon Islands to support the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, ...
Australian Naval History on 24 July 2003
The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands, (RAMSI), or Operation Helpem Fren, commenced. The military portion was known as Operation Anode, and saw the deployment of several RAN vessels, ...
Australian Naval History on 17 July 2003
HMAS Kanimbla II returned to Australia after conducting Operation BASTILLE in the Middle East region. ...
Australian Naval History on 16 July 2003
Operation CATALYST began with the deployment of HMAS Newcastle, to the Middle East region. ...
Australian Naval History on 4 June 2003
HMA Ships GASCOYNE and NORMAN, (mine hunters coastal), visited the Cambodian port of Sihanookville, (Kampong Som). This was only the second RAN ship visit to Cambodia, since a previous one ...
Australian Naval History on 17 May 2003
HMA Ships Anzac III and Darwin returned to Australia from the Middle East region.They were the Navy’s 23rd and 24th ship deployments to the Middle East region since 1990 ...
Australian Naval History on 1 May 2003
Major combat operations in Iraq cease, as the Coalition Allies announce that ‘essential combat activities have ceased in Iraq’. The coalition commences stabilization activities the following day, but anti-coalition bombings ...
Australian Naval History on 20 April 2003
HMAS STUART, (CMDR D. Greaves, RAN), assisted in the interception and boarding of the North Korean freighter MV PONG SU. STUART carried SAS Troops, who fast roped onto the vessel ...