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| x Royal Australian Navy |
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The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following federation of the Australian Colonies in 1901, the former colonial navies merged to become the Commonwealth Naval Forces. From this early fleet, the Royal...
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The Kaman SH-2 Seasprite is a ship-based helicopter with anti-submarine, anti-surface threat capability, including over-the-horizon targeting. This aircraft extends and increases shipboard sensor and weapon capabilities against several types of...
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| x S-2 Tracker |
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The Grumman S-2 Tracker (previously S2F) was the first purpose-built, single airframe anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft to enter service with the US Navy.
Its predecessor, the AF-2 Guardian was the first purpose-built aircraft system for ASW,...
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| x Westland Sea King |
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The Westland WS-61 Sea King is a British license-built version of the American Sikorsky S-61 helicopter of the same name, built by Westland Helicopters. The aircraft differs considerably from the American version, with Rolls-Royce Gnome engines,...
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| x Supermarine Walrus |
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The Supermarine Walrus was a British single-engine amphibious biplane reconnaissance aircraft designed by R. J. Mitchell and operated by the Fleet Air Arm. It also served with the Royal Air Force, RAAF, RNZN, RCAF, and RNZAF. Perhaps surprisingly it...
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| x Hawker Sea Fury |
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The Hawker Sea Fury was a British fighter aircraft developed for the Royal Navy by Hawker during the Second World War. The last propeller-driven fighter to serve with the Royal Navy, it was also one of the fastest production single piston-engined...
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| x Bristol Sycamore |
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The Bristol Type 171 Sycamore was the first British-designed helicopter to fly and serve with the Royal Air Force. Created by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, it was used for search and rescue and anti-submarine warfare.
The name refers to the seeds...
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| x Fairey Gannet |
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The Fairey Gannet was a British carrier-borne anti-submarine warfare and airborne early warning aircraft of the post-Second World War era developed for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm by the Fairey Aviation Company. It is a mid-wing monoplane with a...
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| x HMAS Bataan |
HMAS Bataan (D9/D191/I91) was a Tribal class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Laid down in 1942 and commissioned in 1945, Bataan was to be named for the Kurnai Aborigines, but was instead named for the Battle of Bataan.
Bataan was...
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| x HMAS Condamine |
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HMAS Condamine (K698/F698), named for the Condamine River in Queensland, was a River class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned in 1946, Condamine served in the Korean War. The ship was paid off in 1955, and sold for scrap in...
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| x HMAS Culgoa |
HMAS Culgoa (K408/F408/A256), named for the Culgoa River, was a Modified River (or Bay) class frigate serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Culgoa was laid down by HMA Naval Dockyard at Williamstown, Victoria on 15 July 1943 as HMAS Murray ...
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| x HMAS Darwin |
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HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Darwin was laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyards at Seattle, Washington on 2 July 1981....
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| x Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service |
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The Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service is the collective name of the submarine element of the Royal Australian Navy. The service currently forms the Navy's Submarine Force Element Group and consists of six Collins class submarines.
The Royal...
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| x Royal Australian Navy Ensign |
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The Australian White Ensign (AWE) or Royal Australian Navy Ensign is the ensign flown by ships of the Royal Australian Navy. The ensign is based on the Australian national flag, which is flown in HMA Ships and Submarines as a jack, with the field...
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| x Royal Australian Navy Commandos |
During World War II the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) formed beach commando units to go ashore with the first waves of amphibious assaults, to signpost the beaches, control boat traffic, and communicate with the maritime forces. These were known as...
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| x John Collins |
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Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in World War I and World War II, and who eventually rose to become a Vice Admiral and Chief of Staff of the RAN....
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| x Chris Ritchie |
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Vice Admiral Christopher Angus (Chris) Ritchie AO (born 16 January 1949) is a retired Vice Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy, and was Chief of Navy (3 July 2002 - 2005).
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| x Chris Barrie |
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Admiral Christopher Alexander Barrie, AC (born 29 May 1945) was an Admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and the Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 4 July 1998 to 3 July 2002.
Born in Sydney, Barrie was educated at North Sydney Boys High...
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| x Russ Shalders |
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Vice Admiral Russell Edward Shalders AO, CSC, RAN (b. 8 September 1951) is a retired admiral of the Royal Australian Navy. He served as Vice Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 2002 to 2005, and as Chief of Navy from 2005 to 2008.
Shalders...
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| x Peter Sinclair |
Rear Admiral Peter Ross Sinclair AC (b. 16 November 1934) was Governor of New South Wales from 8 August 1990 to 1 March 1996.
Peter Sinclair was born in Sydney, educated at North Sydney Boys High School and the Royal Australian Naval College. He...
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| x David Martin |
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Rear Admiral Sir David James Martin KCMG, AO (15 April 1933 – 10 August 1990) was a senior officer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and later Governor of New South Wales.
Born in Sydney on the 15 April 1933, Martin came from a long line of Navy...
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| x William Rooke Creswell |
Vice Admiral Sir William Rooke Creswell KCMG, KBE (20 July 1852 – 20 April 1933) was a Australian naval officer, commonly considered to be the 'father' of the Royal Australian Navy.
Creswell was born in Gibraltar, son of Edmund Creswell (head of the...
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| x David John Shackleton |
Vice Admiral David John Shackleton AO (born 2 March 1948, Leeds UK) was a Vice Admiral of the Royal Australian Navy, and was Chief of Navy from 1999-2002.
David Shackleton joined the Navy from Adelaide, South Australia in 1966 under Supplementary...
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| x William Carr |
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Surgeon Rear-Admiral William James Carr, CBE, (30 January 1883 - 16 May 1966), Australian naval officer, was the Royal Australian Navy's Director of Naval Medical Services from 1932 to 1946.
Carr was born in Thornton in Craven, a village in the West...
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| x Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle |
Rear Admiral Sir Leighton Seymour Bracegirdle KCVO, CMG, DSO (31 May 1881 – 23 March 1970) was an Australian military commander and an Official Secretary to four Australian governors-general: Sir Isaac Isaacs, Lord Gowrie, the Duke of Gloucester,...
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| x Harold Farncomb |
Rear Admiral Harold Bruce Farncomb, CB, DSO, MVO (28 February 1899 - 12 February 1971) was an Australian Rear Admiral who served in both World War I and World War II and the first Australian to reach a flag rank. HMAS Farncomb is named in his honor....
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| x Anthony Synnot |
Admiral Sir Anthony Monckton Synnot KBE, AO (5 January 1922 - 4 July 2001) was an Admiral in the Royal Australian Navy and between 1979 and 1982 was Chief of the Defence Force Staff in Australia.
Synnot was born in 1922 at Corowa, New South Wales, a...
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| x Sir Ragnar Colvin |
Admiral Sir Ragnar Musgrave Colvin KBE, CB (1882–1954) was a long-serving British naval officer who commanded the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at the outbreak of the Second World War.
Colvin joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in HMS Britannia in 1896,...
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| x Claude Choules |
Claude Stanley Choules (born 3 March 1901) is, at age 108, the last living seaman from World War I, and the last veteran in the world to have served in both world wars. Choules is also the only remaining British World War I veteran, and the last...
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| x James Goldrick |
Rear Admiral James Vincent Purcell Goldrick AM, CSC is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, author, and a naval historian.
James Goldrick joined the Royal Australian Navy in 1974 as a fifteen-year old Cadet Midshipman. A graduate of the...
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| x Kevin Scarce |
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Rear Admiral Kevin John Scarce AC, CSC (born 4 May 1952) is a retired officer of the Royal Australian Navy and Governor of South Australia. He succeeded Marjorie Jackson-Nelson as Governor on 8 August 2007. He is also the Chief Scout of South...
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| x Roy Dowling |
Vice Admiral Sir Roy Russell Dowling KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (28 May 1901 – 15 April 1969) was a long serving Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer. On 24 February 1955, Dowling was appointed First Naval Member, Australian Commonwealth Naval Board, and...
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| x George Hyde |
Admiral Sir George Francis Hyde KCB, CVO, CBE (19 July 1877 – 28 July 1937) was an Australian admiral, known as a former head of the Royal Australian Navy.
Hyde was born in the seaside resort, Southsea, in the city of Portsmouth, England. He was the...
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| x Hugh Randall Syme |
Hugh Randall Syme GC, GM & Bar (20 February 1903 - 7 November 1965) was an Australian naval officer, bomb disposal operative and newspaper proprietor. He was awarded the George Cross for his actions in defusing unexploded bombs and landmines during...
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| x Frederick Osborne |
Frederick Meares Osborne CMG DSC and Bar VRD (20 January 1909 – 23 July 1996) was an Australian politician and government minister.
Osborne was born in Orange, New South Wales, and educated at North Sydney High School and Sydney Church of England...
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| x Brian Murray |
Rear Admiral Sir Brian Stewart Murray KCMG, AO, KStJ (26 December 1921 – 1991) was Governor of Victoria from March 1982 until 1985.
Murray was a retired Royal Australian Navy admiral married to a former nun. He was nominated by Victorian Premier...
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| x Matt Tripovich |
Vice Admiral Matthew John Tripovich AM, CSC, RAN is a senior officer within the Royal Australian Navy. He is currently Chief of the Australian Department of Defence's Capability Development Executive.
Matt Tripovich joined the Royal Australian Naval...
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| x David Stevenson |
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Vice Admiral Sir Hugh David Stevenson AC, KBE, RAN (24 August 1918 – 26 October 1998) was an officer of the Royal Australian Navy, eventually serving as its Chief.
Stevenson was born in The Valley, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland to the Reverend...
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| x Nigel Coates |
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Rear Admiral Nigel Stephen Coates AM, RAN is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy, currently serving in the position of Commander Australian Fleet (COMAUSFLT).
Coates spent 18 months in Newport, Rhode Island where he attended the US Naval...
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| x Victor Smith |
Admiral Sir Victor Alfred Trumper Smith AC, KBE, CB, DSC, RAN (9 May 1913 – 10 July 1998) was a senior officer within the Royal Australian Navy, eventually becoming the first Australian to achieve the rank of admiral and serving as Chairman, Chiefs...
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| x Davyd Thomas |
Rear Admiral Davyd Rhys Thomas AO, CSC, RAN is the current Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Navy.
Davyd Rhys Thomas was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, and joined the Royal Australian Navy College from that city in 1974. After gaining a...
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| x Alan Beaumont |
Admiral Alan Lee Beaumont, AC (24 December 1934 – 21 September 2004) was a senior officer within the Royal Australian Navy, eventually serving as Chief of the Australian Defence Force from 1993 until 1995.
Alan Lee Beaumont was born on 24 December...
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| x Michael Hudson |
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Admiral Michael Wyndham Hudson AC (10 March 1933 – 27 February 2005) was a senior officer within the Royal Australian Navy, particularly notable for playing an important role in the introduction of the Collins class submarines, Anzac Class frigates...
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| x HMAS Canberra |
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HMAS Canberra (D33), named after the Australian capital city of Canberra, was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) heavy cruiser of the Kent sub-class of County class cruisers, which served between 1928 and 1942. She was sunk in the Battle of Savo Island,...
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| x HMAS Canberra |
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HMAS Canberra (FFG 02) was an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Canberra was one of four Adelaide class ships constructed in the United States of America. Entering service in 1981, the frigate was an...
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| x HMAS Sydney |
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HMAS Sydney (I48/D48), named for the Australian city of Sydney, was one of three Modified Leander class light cruisers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Ordered for the Royal Navy as HMS Phaeton, the cruiser was purchased by the...
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| x HMAS Sydney |
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HMAS Sydney (R17/A214/P241/L134) was a Majestic class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was built for the Royal Navy and launched as HMS Terrible (R93) in 1944, but was not completed before the end of World War...
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| x HMAS Sydney |
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HMAS Sydney was a Chatham class light cruiser of the Royal Australian Navy. Her crew made history in 1914, during World War I, when Sydney took part in the RAN's first ship against ship battle, the Battle of Cocos.
Sydney was laid down by the London...
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| x HMAS Melbourne |
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HMAS Melbourne (R21) was a Majestic class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Operating from 1955 until 1982, she was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier to serve in the RAN. Melbourne was the only British...
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| x HMAS Duchess |
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HMAS Duchess (D154) was a Daring class destroyer that served in the Royal Navy (RN) as HMS Duchess (I94) from 1952 to 1964, and in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1964 to 1980.
Commissioned into the RN in 1952, Duchess operated with the British...
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| x HMAS Napier |
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HMAS Napier (G97) was an N class destroyer serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although commissioned and primarily crewed by the RAN during World War II, the ship was ordered and owned by the British government.
Napier was laid down on the...
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| x HMAS Nepal |
HMAS Nepal (G25/D14) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Nepal was laid down as Norseman by John I. Thornycroft and Company at Woolston, Hampshire on 9 September 1939, launched on 4 December 1941 and commissioned as Nepal on...
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| x HMAS Nestor |
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HMAS Nestor (G02) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built in Scotland, Nestor was commissioned in February 1941; although manned by Australians and commissioned as HMAS, the ship remained the property of the British...
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| x HMAS Nizam |
HMAS Nizam (G38) was an N class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Nizam was laid down by John Brown and Company, Limited, at Clydebank in Scotland on 27 July 1939, launched on 4 July 1940 and commissioned on 8 January 1941. She was named...
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| x HMAS Quadrant |
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HMAS Quadrant (G11/D17/F01), named for the navigational instrument, was a Q class destroyer laid down by R. and W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company Limited at Hebburn-on-Tyne, England on 24 September 1940, launched on 28 February 1942, and commissioned...
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| x HMAS Quiberon |
HMAS Quiberon (G81/F03) was a Q class destroyer of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Although built for the Royal Navy (RN) and remaining British property until 1950, Quiberon was one of two Q class destroyers crewed by and commissioned into the RAN....
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| x HMAS Quickmatch |
HMAS Quickmatch (G92/D21/D292/F04), named for the quick-match, a fast burning match used for lighting cannon, was a Q class destroyer laid down by J. Samuel White and Company Limited of Cowes on the Isle of Wight in England on 6 February 1941. She...
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| x HMAS Quality |
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HMAS Quality (G62) was a Q class destroyer of the Royal Navy (RN). Entering service in 1942 as a ship commissioned in the RN but manned by Australians and operating under the HMAS prefix, the destroyer served in several theatres of World War II....
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| x HMAS Shoalhaven |
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HMAS Shoalhaven (K535/M535/F535), named for the Shoalhaven River in New South Wales, was a River class frigate laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland on 18 December 1943, launched on 14 December 1944 by Senator Dorothy Tangney and...
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| x HMAS Success |
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HMAS Success (AOR 304) is a Durance class multi-product replenishment oiler serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She is the only ship of the class to be constructed outside of France, and the only one to originally not serve in the Marine...
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