Category Archives: AA – All Royal Australian Navy/Military

December 4, 2025, by Fatima Bahtić The Royal Australian Navy has commemorated the service of HMA Ships Albany, Bathurst, and Childers, the final three Armidale-class patrol boats, during a triple decommissioning ceremony at their home port of HMAS Coonawarra in Darwin. As informed, the patrol boats have worked alongside other government agencies to support Operation SovereignContinue reading “Australia decommissions last Armidale-class patrol boats after two decades of service”

HMAS SuccessHMAS Success (OR 304) was a Durance-class multi-product replenishment oiler that previously served in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by Cockatoo Docks & Engineering Company in Sydney, Australia, during the 1980s, she is the only ship of the class to be constructed outside France, and the only one to not originally serve inContinue reading “HMAS Success (OR 304)”