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	Attack class patrol boat
		HMAS Advance is a (fully operational) museum ship at the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney.
		HMAS Ardent is preserved as a memorial in Darwin, where HMAS Arrow was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy in 1974.
		HMAS Bayonet was scuttled in Bass Strait in 1999 and has been successfully dived.
	www.guajara.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/a/at/attack_class_patrol_boat.html (239 words)

	WARSHIPS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Voyager was sunk in a collision with the aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne in 1964, HMS Duchess being transferred to the RAN as a replacement.
		HMAS Canberra is due to decommission in November 2005, whilst the four newer ships will receive significant upgrades to their capabilities.
		HMAS Fremantle was constructed in the United Kingdom, the remainder of the class in Australia.
	www.mattmar.com.au /warships_australia.htm (465 words)

	Probert Encyclopaedia: Ships (Ar-Az) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HMS Ardent was a British A class destroyer of 1350 tons launched in 1929.
		HMS Ardent had a top speed of 35 knots, was crewed by a complement of 138 and armed with four 4.7 inch guns and two torpedo tubes.
		HMAS Arunta is an Australian Anzac Class frigate with a displacement of 3600 tons fully loaded.
	www.probertencyclopaedia.com /R1C.HTM (4061 words)

	Loss of HMS Glorious
		Ardent was ordered to close and identify them, and a pipe was made for five Swordfish to be ranged on the flight deck.
		Ardent withdrew, firing torpedoes, one of which was seen to pass close ahead of the Scharnhorst.
		Ardent made one hit on Scharnhorst with her 4.7-inch guns, but was extensively hit by return fire from the 5.9-inch secondary armament of the battlecruisers, and sank at about 1725.
	www.warship.org /no11994.htm (4932 words)

	HMAS Ardent (P 84) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Mines and depth charges could also be carried
		HMAS Ardent (P 84) was an Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in October 1967, launched on 27 April 1968 and commissioned on 26 October 1968.
		Ardent was transferred to the Hobart Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve on 18 June 1982 and paid off on 6 January 1994.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Ardent (122 words)

	Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving - HMPNGS Aitape (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HMAS Bandolier (16/11/73) and HMAS Archer (21/10/74) were given to Indonesia on the dates shown.
		Five boats, HMAS Aitape, HMAS Lae HMAS Madang, HMAS Ladava and HMAS Samarai which were all part of the Papua New Guinea division of the RAN were all given to Papua New Guinea on 14 November 1974, presumably to assist them as they became a new nation the next year.
		Today, HMAS Advance is on display at the National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour, Sydney (next to the Pyrmont Bridge) and HMAS Ardent is in Darwin as a memorial.
	www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info /articles/aitape.htm (1874 words)

	Attack class patrol boat
		The Attack class was replaced in RAN service by the larger and more capable Freemantle class patrol boats.
		Two Attack class boats represented the fictional HMAS Defiance in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation TV series Patrol Boat.
		Ardent is preserved as a memorial in Darwin.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/Attack_class_patrol_boat (191 words)

	Royal Australian Navy Gun Plot
		As we eased up the river towards our berth I was pleased to see that the Fleet tanker HMAS Supply was also in port, and our berth was going to be directly astern of her.
		One such establishment was owned by a very pleasant spinster who took our motley bunch under her wing, and we spent many a cold wintry night in the warmth of her pub playing darts and shooting the breeze.
		She was an ardent St. Kilda supporter and woe betide anyone who spoke badly of her team.
	www.gunplot.net /dits/eyonyarra2.html (4261 words)

	Navy News: 2 November 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		ARDENT is expected to be taken from the water and as a memorial put on a hardstand.
		She will let go from WATERHEN for the last time on November 5 and is expected to be in Darwin on November 23.
		The BAYONET is at the wharf at HMAS CERBERUS and is used for training.
	www.defence.gov.au /news/NAVYNEWS/editions/1998/11_02_98/story7.htm (241 words)

	HMAS Ardent (P 84) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HMAS Ardent (P 84) was an Attack -class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and at Brisbane in Queensland in October 1967 launched on 27 April 1968 and commissioned on 26 October 1968.
		Ardent was transferred to the Hobart Port Division of the Royal Australian Reserve on 18 June 1982 and paid off on 6 January 1994.
		I will start out by admitting that I bought this CD on a lark, not being at all familiar with the Elora Festival Singers, and being usually prejudiced in favor of such blue-blooded English choirs as King's College Cambridge in this kind of music.To say I...
	www.freeglossary.com /HMAS_Ardent (283 words)

	HMAS Balikpapan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HMAS Balikpapan -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		HMAS Balikpapan (L-126) is the (additional info and facts about lead ship) lead ship of a class of heavy (Naval craft designed for putting ashore troops and equipment) landing craft.
		She was laid down by Walkers Limited at (additional info and facts about Maryborough) Maryborough in (A state in northeastern Australia) Queensland in May 1971, launched on 15 August 1971 and commissioned on 8 December 1971.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hm/hmas_balikpapan3.htm (74 words)

	HMAS Lae (P 93) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		HMAS Lae (P-93) was an Attack class patrol boat by Walkers of Maryborough in Queensland launched on 5 October 1967 and on 3 April 1968.
		See HMAS Lae for other ships of the same
		This is a good album but for information on real choral music visit www.freewebs.com/bachster67/...
	www.freeglossary.com /HMAS_Lae_(P_93) (479 words)

	Changing times in senior ranks - Navy News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was Executive Officer of HMAS Derwent and Commanding Officer of the patrol boat HMAS Buccaneer and of HMAS Melbourne, then became Commodore Flotillas.
		He served in HMA Ships Yarra, Stalwart, Attack and Ardent, then as an Air Intercept Controller in Melbourne and Hobart and as Operations and Direction Officer in Perth.
		He was later XO of HMAS Swan and CO of Canberra and Adelaide.
	sievx.com /articles/miscellaneous/2004/20040617NavyNews.html (425 words)

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		HMAS Coonawarra suffered from the destructive winds to the extent that many of the administration buildings were badly damaged, while married quarters on the base were largely destroyed.
		CPO Peter Bloomfield, now retired from the navy, remembers how he arrived on HMAS Stalwart, but her best use was to be moored alongside the wharf with much of her ship’s company working on board.
		Three more of the Bird fleet were aground on reefs and rocks, the Navy's patrol boat HMAS Attack was high up on a stony beach, and the NR fishing boat Kendall was upside down on rocks - the operations manager of Northern Research had been killed on board in the storm.
	www.navy.gov.au /reserves_new/historyDocuments/Cyclone_Tracy_and_the_Navy.doc (2965 words)

	MetaFilter comments by davehat \| MetaFilter
		The Australian HMAS Manoora is taking hundreds of Afgan asylum seekers to the island of Nauru after they were rescued by a Norwegian freighter.
		Many Australian's supported the Government's move not to let them into the country but much of the rest of the world (and a few Australian do-gooders who took the Government to court and won) think we should let these people in.
		Ardent Twin Peaks fanatics are rallying behind Operation: Creamed Corn, in efforts to convince New Line to release the deleted scenes hand-picked by David Lynch from Fire Walk with Me.
	www.metafilter.com /search_comments.cfm?user_ID=7046&offset=200 (1207 words)

	RAN: Part 6b (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		(vii) HMAS Creswell, located on Jervis Bay, New South Wales.
		The Royal Australian Navy has contracted DMS Pty Ltd to provide port services and support craft to the RAN for a 10 year period to 2007.
		Located at HMAS Creswell (8002) Wallaby (2/83) Trans'd to DMS Pty Ltd, 1998.
	www.geocities.com /oznavy/oz_part6b.html (834 words)

	D/S Borgund - Norwegian Merchant Fleet 1939-1945
		On June 11 Borgund came across the rafts with 38 survivors from the British Glorious and 1 survivor from the destroyer Acasta, which had been one of the escorts for the aircraft carrier Glorious while evacuating British pilots and aircraft from the North of Norway.
		The two ships as well as the escort Ardent had had an encounter with the battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau on June 8, all 3 had been sunk.
		German air planes showed up while Borgund was searching for survivors, but left her alone; in fact they called for help from shore and another 5 survivors were later found by Norwegian fishing vessels, and 2 by a German sea plane.
	www.warsailors.com /singleships/borgund.html (549 words)

	CadetWorld Forums - Hey everyone!!!!
		I was undertaking Enhanced Selection Process at HMAS STIRLING as part of my ADFA Single Service Training and was supposed to spend 4 days on HMAS Collins which was brand new then...
		HMAS Kanimbla, HMAS Manoora, HMAS Sucess, HMAS Brisbane, HMS Northumberland, HMAS Farncomb.
		HMAS Melbourne is in dock in Wellington at the moment I believe.
	www.cadet-world.com /cwforums/printthread.php?t=7166&pp=40 (1840 words)

	Ardent - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Ardent : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include Ardent: ardent spirits, ardent fever, désir ardent, hmas ardent, hms ardent, more...
		Words similar to Ardent: fervid, warm, ardently, burning, fervent, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid, avid, passionate, zealous, more...
	www.onelook.com /?w=Ardent (212 words)

	DAN Divers Alert Network : Dr. Carl Edmonds Winner of 2003 DAN America Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He also served as a consultant in diving medicine to the Royal Australian Navy Submarine and Underwater Medicine Unit, HMAS Penguin, from 1975-1998.
		He cited research by Dr. Edmonds into such areas as ear disorders in diving, recompression treatment tables, underwater oxygen treatment for decompression illness, marine animal injuries and medical contraindications and diving, among many other fields, as one reason why he deserved the award.
		"Carl has been an ardent supporter of DAN America over many years and, in his role as senior medical advisor to DAN SEAP, has been an enormous advocate and supporter of Divers Alert Network, giving freely of his time and resources to assist, whenever called upon," Lippmann said.
	www.diversalertnetwork.org /news/article.asp?newsid=305 (513 words)

	Prime Minister - Sir Joseph Cook (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Joseph Cook was not an ardent federationist and voted against the first referendum in 1898, but campaigned throughout mining areas for the ‘yes’ vote in the 1899 referendum.
		Deakin’s aim was achieved in a defence agreement with Britain that included the establishment of an Australian navy.
		With the support of the Opposition, construction of the flagship, the battle cruiser HMAS Australia, began the same year.
	gavmag.com /australia/pm_cook.htm (1858 words)

	Famous Durnfords2
		Photo of the launching of the HMAS Mildura by Marie Durnford, wife of Acting Chief of Naval Staff, Commodore J.W. Durnford, RN.
		An ardent lover of Canada, he took special delight in heading the team that over a two year period produced Heritage of Canada, a popular history that was subsequently published in French as Heritage du Canada.
		Durnford was a founding member and former president of the Vintage Automobile Club of Montreal and for years edited its magazine, Le Chauffeur.
	members.cox.net /durnford/famous2.html (1746 words)

	HMAS ARDENT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Here is our current member listing for HMAS ARDENT.
		This website will help you find out about old colleagues and comrades, friends or family who served in HMAS ARDENT.
		Listed below are the current members for HMAS ARDENT of the ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY.
	www.comradesandcolleagues.com /engines/AUUnits151.asp (91 words)

	All Hands: Clearing the way: U.S. and coalition Sailors clear underwater mines from the waterways of the northern ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Also active in the mine clearance activities are USS Ardent (MCM 12), USS Cardinal (MHC 60), USS Dextrous (MCM 13) and USS Raven (MHC 61).
		Because of their all-fiberglass construction, Cardinal and Raven are able to get extremely close to mines without causing a detonation.
		The thing that struck me was the handiwork of all the Sailors out there who were in harm's way," mused Rodgers.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IBQ/is_1034/ai_105617584 (1614 words)

	RAN: Part 6 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Notes: The Defence White Paper 2000 outlined the intention to replace the Landing Ship HMAS TOBRUK when it reaches the end of its service life in 2010, and to program the replacement of HMA Ships MANOORA and KANIMBLA in 2015.
		Phase 4A will replace the Heavy Landing Ship HMAS Tobruk with a larger amphibious vessel (LHD) with a year of decision of 2004/05 and in-service date of 2010/12.
		Phase 4B will replace one of the two LPA’s either HMAS Manoora or Kanimbla with a second LHD by 2012/14.
	www.geocities.com /oznavy/oz_part6.html (3167 words)

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		Hi Dan, Without actually seeing the pics I would hazard a guess that one of the carriers would almost definitely be HMS Illustrious, as she was the first ship to use the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island (HMAS Kuttabul).
		was the Captain of the DD Ardent or Acasta, was interviewed in the program, sadly he died recently of cancer.
		As to RN Ships firing to the last on the Bismarck, well, make up your own minds, I think its something that if true can be 'accepted' now, (there really is nothing we can do about it now), I'm sure there are many other things we cant be proud of in wartime, politics stink.....
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL0333.txt (3174 words)

	History Channel
		-Bill Lockhart was in the RFC and flew patrols over the North Sea in a Sopwith Camel which he took off from a platform built over the forward 6" guns of the cruiser HMAS Sydney.
		When he left, he said goodbye to everyone never expecting to survive, but he did.
		After the war he became an ardent socialist and communist.
	boards.historychannel.com /thread.jspa?threadID=500000375&messageID=600081002 (1214 words)

	printarticle.
		Just imagine what he would have said if Howard had uttered a similar comment about Muslims and/or Arabs.
		In November 1977 just before the federal election of that year, HMAS Ardent intercepted a Vietnamese refugee boat heading for Darwin.
		In words that sounded remarkably similar to Howard's two decades later, Hawke declared that "any sovereign country has the right to determine how it will exercise its compassion and how it will increase its population".
	www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/articles/2002/03/25/1017004764889.html (964 words)

	Weblog2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		That just scratches the surface (and right now, they have a great selection of photos from beneath the surface on the HMAS Collins, too).
		These varieties were pale and branched, not unlike the roots of today's wild carrot.
		The Greeks called the carrot "Philtron" and used it as a love medicine--making men more ardent and women more yielding.
	www.larkfarm.com /weblogv2/Weblog2.aspx?First=1505&Last=1529 (3038 words)

	Ahoy - Mac's Web Log-The Falkland Islands War, 1982.-
		Although the General Belgrano was actually outside the TEZ, it was considered that she posed a threat to the British Carrier group, and orders were given to sink the Argentina Cruiser, two conventional torpedoes soon sunk her with a loss of life of 300 enemy sailors.
		HMS Ardent mortally damaged, with 22 killed and another 30 wounded
		In addition to the two British ships already mentioned, two frigates, Antelope and Ardent, were sunk by bombs, and the destroyer Coventry suffered the same fate.
	www.ahoy.tk-jk.net /macslog/FalklandIslandsWar1982.html (1213 words)

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