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	HMAS Darwin (FFG 04) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMAS Darwin (04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate laid down by Todd Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 2 July 1981, launched on 26 March 1982 and commissioned on 21 July 1984.
		She was the fourth and last ship of the six Adelaide class ships built for the Royal Australian Navy in the USA, with the final two ships being built in Australia.
		HMAS Darwin for other ships of this name
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Darwin (185 words)

	HMAS Stirling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		HMAS Stirling (32°13′33″S, 115°41′24″E) is the name given to the administrative centre of the Royal Australian Navy's main naval base on the west coast (Fleet Base West), located on Garden Island just off the Western Australian coast near the city of Perth.
		The name HMAS Stirling was selected to honour Captain James Stirling, Royal Navy, the naval officer who landed on Garden Island in 1827 and returned in June, 1829 to found the first European settlement in Western Australia.
		The first major unit to call Fleet Base West home was HMAS Stuart (F 21/DE 48), having first been assigned to Stirling in 1984 for several years and, after refitting in the east, again in 1988 until decommisioning in 1991.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/HMAS_Stirling (281 words)

	Welcome Aboard - HMAS Darwin (Royal Australian Navy)
		HMAS Darwin is a long-range escort frigate that undertakes roles including area air defence, anti-submarine warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance and interdiction.
		Darwin and her five sister frigates HMA Ships Adelaide, Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle were the first Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ships to be powered by gas turbines for its main propulsion.
		Darwin's principal weapons are the Standard medium range anti-aircraft missile and Harpoon anti-ship missile, both of which are launched from the Mk 13 launcher on the forecastle.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/darwin/default.html (577 words)

	HMAS Swan in Australian Waters during WW2
		HMAS Swan suffered her first attack by Japanese bombers while she was evacuating civilians from Amboina in the Moluccas in January 1942.
		HMAS Swan was in Darwin Harbour when the Japanese carried out their first air raid on Darwin on 19 February 1942.
		HMAS Swan became part of the 20th Minesweeping Flotilla which was reformed on 16 October 1945 to clear mines in Australian, New Guinea and Solomon Island waters after the war.
	home.st.net.au /~pdunn/ran/hmasswan.htm (322 words)

	Virtual Sailor - Virtual Sailing Simulator
		HMAS BALLARAT I was launched in December 1940 as one of 60 Australian Minesweepers commonly known as Corvettes.
		The HMAS Hobart was a Charles F. Adams class guided missile destroyer in the Royal Australia Navy (DDG 39), built in the United States of America and commissioned in 1965 in Boston.
		HMAS Westralia was built as a Stat 32 class petroleum tanker, and modified for underway replenishment in 1979 for service with the British Royal Fleet Auxiliary as HMS Appleleaf.
	www.hangsim.com /vs/boats.php?dzone=nav (1971 words)

	RUSI - Iraq: resources
		HMAS Darwin departed Australia on the 28th of October last year, along with HMAS Anzac, and it was part of Australia's commitment to the coalition against terrorism.
		HMAS Darwin will arrive back in Australia later this month, closely followed by her sister ship HMAS Anzac.
		Meanwhile HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Sydney have been continuing their patrols in the area, as well as conducting training drills to ensure our navy personnel stay focussed and remain on top of their skill sets.
	www.iraqcrisis.co.uk /resources.php?idtag=R3EB29ABB532AA (3911 words)

	Australian warship HMAS Darwin heads back to Iraq
		The Australian warship HMAS Darwin left Perth for another tour of duty in the Gulf on Tuesday as hundreds of family and friends bid the 220 crew a tearful farewell.
		HMAS Darwin, a guided missile frigate, will replace the HMAS Adelaide which has been in the Gulf since August as part of Australia's contribution to the US-led coalition forces in Iraq.
		The Darwin was most recently deployed in the Gulf between November 2002 and April 2003.
	www.spacewar.com /2004/041228052443.rhy25gke.html (256 words)

	DHA: Information about Darwin
		Darwin city has a bus service operating 7 days a week and there is an extensive network of bicycle tracks.
		Darwin and Palmerston housing stock consist predominately of single houses, both ground level and elevated with private front and rear gardens.
		Darwin, Palmerston and their various National Parks outside Darwin have a fantastic array of facilities to cater for families and singles that enjoy camping, fishing, diving, water skiing, sailing and many other community activities.
	www.dha.gov.au /contact-us/housing-management-centres/darwin (734 words)

	HMAS Warrnambool in Australian waters during WW2
		HMAS Warrnambool was in Darwin Harbour on 19 February 1942 when the Japanese carried out their first air raid on Darwin.
		HMAS Warrnambool was lucky to escape damage and suffered no casualties.
		On 20 February 1942 HMAS Warrnambool rescued 73 survivors from the Filipino vessel Don Isidro which had been badly damaged and set ablaze by the Japanese attackers near Bathurst Island.
	home.st.net.au /~pdunn/ran/hmaswarrnambool.htm (251 words)

	ADF Aircraft Serial Numbers -RAN N16 Westland Sea King Mk.50A (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Pilot elected to return to HMAS Melbourne and as the helo entered hover to land tail rotor control was lost and the aircraft crashed into the sea alonside the carrier.On hitting the sea it turned upside down and began to sink.
		Richmond Airshow 1988.Aboard HMAS Manoora at Nauru 16/09/01.
		Avalon Airshow 2003.On board HMAS Kanimbla with N16-100 and took part in the Boxing day 2004 Tsunami relief effort.Crew of this aircraft observed smoke rising from the crash of N16-100 on Nias Island, Indonesia and flew to the scene where the two survivors were evacuated back to HMAS Kanimbla.
	www.adf-serials.com /n16.shtml (1099 words)

	Navy to rotate ships in Persian Gulf - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		HMAS Adelaide has been on patrol in the Persian Gulf since August this year, with responsibility for securing Iraqi territorial waters and offshore oil platforms and preventing smuggling into and out of Iraq.
		HMAS Darwin has previously deployed to the gulf four times, most recently between November 2002 and April 2003.
		"Darwin and her crew are completing a demanding training schedule in the lead-up to their deployment which will prepare them for the operational challenges that lie ahead," Senator Hill said.
	www.theage.com.au - !http: //www.theage.com.au/news/National/Navy-to-rotate-ships-in-Persian-Gulfs/2004/12/04/1101923368942.html?oneclick=true (404 words)

	Missing sailor may have drunk from secret stash - smh.com.au
		A sailor who went missing from HMAS Darwin may have been drinking secretly-stashed spirits into the early hours of the morning, a naval board of inquiry into his disappearance was told today.
		Leading Seaman Cameron Gurr disappeared from the Darwin on the night of May 3 when the guided missile frigate was on border protection patrol off Christmas Island.
		Naval prosecutor Commander Peter Baston told the board, which is convening at HMAS Stirling, south of Perth, that it was possible the missing sailor continued drinking after his mates had gone to bed.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/06/14/1023864343800.html (353 words)

	Australian Troops Ready to Head to Iraq
		The first wave of soldiers will leave Darwin aboard HMAS Tobruk on Sunday morning for the 19-day journey to the Middle East.
		Mr Howard will be in Darwin on Sunday, but his office would not confirm if he was farewelling the troops.
		HMAS Tobruk will undertake training operations while still in Australian waters, army officer Captain Keith Wilkinson said.
	www.aina.org /news/20050415100442.htm (388 words)

	Victor v Chief of Naval Staff DFDAT No. 4 of 1991
		Between 2000 and 0445 hours on 6 and 7 May 1990 on board HMAS Darwin and offthe coast of Oahu did negligently perform the duty required of him asnavigating officer in the proper and safe navigation of the ship.
		On the facts of thiscase, therefore, the fact that HMAS Darwin ran aground of itself is notdeterminative of the allegation that the appellant hazarded a service ship.
		The commandingofficer and the executive officer of HMAS Darwin have both been convicted ofnegligently causing or allowing the ship to be hazarded.
	www.fedcourt.gov.au /aboutct/defenceappeals/decisions/victor21051992.html (7754 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for HMAS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Fed: HMAS Collins class runs aground after upgrade
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		Fed: Decision to be made on HMAS Ballarat this evening
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=HMAS (160 words)

	Op :: Falconer - HMAS Darwin FFG 04
		Role: Maritime patrol of the Northern Persian Gulf and the Khowr Abd Allah (KAA) waterway.
		HMAS Darwin provided force protection for Coalition naval assets in the Northern Persian Gulf.
		Throughout the conflict Darwin patrolled the Northern Persian Gulf region intercepting a range of sea craft from small local fishing boats to ocean going merchant ships.
	www.defence.gov.au /opfalconer/factsheets/darwin.htm (219 words)

	Royal Australian Navy - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The first Australian warship, the destroyer HMAS Parramatta, was launched at Govan in Scotland on Wednesday 9 February 1910 and its sister ship HMAS Yarra, was launched at Dumbarton in Scotland on Saturday 9 April 1910.
		Commissioned as HMAS Melbourne she entered into RAN service in 1956, and provided fixed-wing capability to the fleet until her decommissioning in 1982.
		HMAS Westralia will be replaced by a second hand commercial oiler, to be named HMAS Sirius, that is presently being converted, and is due to enter service in 2006.
	www.voyager.in /Royal_Australian_Navy (2136 words)

	Gulf War 1990 - 1991
		Gulf of Oman: an Iraqi motor vessel is intercepted by HMAS Darwin.
		Four warships, HMAS Sydney (IV), HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Darwin also served tours of duty in the Persian Gulf.
		At the war's end 75 Australian personnel were sent to northern Iraq to assist the delivery of humanitarian aid to Kurds living in the UN-declared exclusion zone, while ships of the RAN remained on station, at US request, to maintain trade sanctions.
	www.awm.gov.au /atwar/gulf.htm (586 words)

	HMAS Sydney to provide maritime security in Iraq
		HMAS Sydney will replace frigates HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin in the Persian Gulf.
		HMAS Sydney is equipped with a Seahawk helicopter and its flight crew and maintenance team.
		Senator Hill said the Navy had gained a strong reputation with coalition partners during the Iraq conflict, with clearance divers clearing mines, HMAS Anzac providing gunfire support to British commandos, HMAS Darwin conducting hundreds of boards and HMAS Kanimbla provided a command and control platform for coalition naval forces.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030408-australia02.htm (311 words)

	Bulletin - AUSTRALIANS IN IRAQ: Operation Falconer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		HMAS Kanimbla, plus two other frigates, HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin, are on yellow alert in the Gulf for mine and surface attacks.
		The Anzac and Darwin have also been shelling land positions in defence of allied troop landings.
		Clearance Diving Team 3 is operating from HMAS Kanimbla which features advanced on-board control and command systems and a shallow draft for operating in Khar Abd Allah, the shallow muddy waterway at the approach to the port.
	bulletin.ninemsn.com.au /bulletin/EdDesk.nsf/printing/0416977CFE9FFECBCA256CF50083C8D6 (402 words)

	HMAS Darwin heads for Persian Gulf » ABC Western Australia » Local News
		The guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin has set off from its base at Garden Island in Western Australia for its fifth tour of duty in the Persian Gulf.
		"The men and women in HMAS Darwin have been working hard in preparation for this deployment and I know they will do an excellent job," he said.
		It will replace HMAS Adelaide which has been active in the Gulf since August.
	www.abc.net.au /wa/news/200412/s1273282.htm (267 words)

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		The HMAS Sydney is scheduled to replace two other Australian warships which had been serving in the Gulf before the war erupted late last month as part of efforts to enforce United Nations sanctions on Iraq.
		Those two ships, the HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin, are due to return to Australia next month.
		A third, the HMAS Kanimbla, is still taking part in mine-clearing operations near the southern Iraq port of Umm Qasr.
	www.iol.co.za /index.php?sf=2813&art_id=qw1049703121938B262&click_id=2813&set_id=1 (298 words)

	Tenix
		HMAS FARNCOMB was the first Collins Class submarine to be docked in Western Australia in a trial slipping on 25 October 1999.
		She was also the first of Australia’s new Collins Class submarines to be slipped outside the Australian Submarine Corporation in Adelaide.
		Now they can have major maintenance performed only a few kilometres from their base at HMAS STIRLING with huge savings in time and fuel.
	www.tenix.com /Main.asp?ID=374&ListID=22 (355 words)

	Commanding Officer - HMAS Darwin (Royal Australian Navy) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		A short period as a Navigation Instructor at HMAS WATSON preceded Principal Warfare Officer training in 1995, from which he was awarded the Sydney-Emden Trophy and AWA Sword of Excellence as Dux of the year.
		He then returned to HMAS ADELAIDE as the Navigating Officer until 1997 where he was involved in the Southern Ocean rescues of solo yachtsmen Tony Bullimore and Thierry Dubois.
		He returned to the Darwin area in 2003 and served as the Chief of Staff and Deputy Commander of the Australian Navy Patrol Boat Group.
	www.navy.gov.au /ships/darwin/co.html (304 words)

	Recent Cloth patches
		Worn by members of the Operations Room Crew aboard HMAS Darwin during the war on Iraq, 2003.
		Sailors on HMAS Melbourne promptly nicknamed themselves the 'Pirates of the NAG' (North Arabian Gulf).
		A flight of Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk helicopters was embarked on HMAS Melbourne during her tour of the Persian Gulf, (as part of Maritime Interdiction fleet) June - November 2002.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-badges/patches/recent.htm (1832 words)

	Corvettes 2
		Served in New Guinea, Darwin, and Hong Kong after the Japanese surrender.
		Sank a Japanese submarine off Darwin, January 20th, 1942 but was damaged in the bombing of Darwin a couple of weeks later.
		Later based in Fremantle and rescued survivors from HMAS Wallaroo.
	www.hmasmildura.freeservers.com /corvettes_2.htm (387 words)

	ARCHIVES 2004 ANZAC Day News - INDEPENDENT ANZAC NETWORK DATABASE - ANZAC Day Gallipoli ARCHIVES 2004
		Drunk sailors from HMAS Darwin have crashed cars, fought in bars, been drunk on duty and gone AWOL.
		The Darwin`s captain would later tell an inquiry that he was unaware of a drinking problem on board until a week after Ldg Seaman Gurr`s death.
		But the Herald Sun has retraced the movements of HMAS Darwin in the 19 months leading to his death and discovered evidence of widespread alcohol abuse.
	www.anzacday.biz /anzac_day/gallipoli/news.asp?index=474 (536 words)

	DIAR.com - News Archive 2004
		Captain Ingram (as CO of HMAS 'Darwin') was recognised for his ' tactical brilliance' as part of a combat unit in the same area of operations.
		Defence has confirmed the guided missile frigate HMAS 'Darwin' is to replace HMAS 'Adelaide' on station in the Northern Persian Gulf as part of Australia's on-going contribution to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq.
		HMAS 'Adelaide' has been on patrol in the Persian Gulf since August this year, with a particular focus on securing Iraqi territorial waters and offshore oil platforms, and the prevention of smuggling into and out of Iraq.
	www.diar.com /data/news04.htm (15255 words)

	The Gulf War
		Because her integral air defence capability was inadequate, HMAS Success was allocated eight soldiers equipped with the RBS70 anti-aircraft weapon system from the Australian Army's 16th Air Defence Regiment.
		On 25 January 1991 HMAS Success departed for Australia; she was replaced by HMAS Westralia on 3 February.
		A RAN Clearance Diving Team arrived in the operational area on 30 January 1991 and was employed in preparation for a planned amphibious assault on the beaches of Kuwait.
	www.anzacday.org.au /history/gulf_war/gulfwarmain.html (588 words)

	GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable WMD News and WMD Information
		HMAS Sydney will be deployed to the Middle East in the near future to take over from the frigates HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin, which will head home at the end of this month after a six-month tour of duty.
		Senator Hill said that while the focus of the maritime campaign had shifted to carrier air operations, there was still a requirement for frigates to conduct some escort and patrol duties.
		"During their deployment, HMAS Anzac and HMAS Darwin have undertaken crucial tasks in support of the multinational interception force enforcing United Nations sanctions in Iraq and in securing the Al Faw peninsula.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/iraq/2003/iraq-030401-australia02.htm (341 words)

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