In November 1941, HMAS Sydney encountered the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran off the coast of Western Australia. What followed was a close-range naval engagement that left Kormoran crippled — and ...

As the home port to one Armidale class patrol boat, two Cape class patrol boats, two Leeuwin class Hydrographic Survey Ships and two Paluma class Survey Motor Launches, the city also has a crucial ...

The Australian Defence Force has given a rare look inside their HMAS ship and the new young faces leading the front line to protect the country. Around him a small team of crew are at their posts, ...

Navy’s Evolved Cape-class patrol boat Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Peron, was officially welcomed to its home port of Cairns in November, 2022. They will be maintained at the Regional ...

Almost 200 Australian sailors are bracing for confrontation with Iranian vessels as their warship sets sail today for a maritime security mission in one of the world's most treacherous waterways. The ...

Beijing’s acoustic assault on an Australian warship last week follows a well-established pattern: China is pushing hard in the legal ‘grey zone’ beneath an outright act of war. But it’s a deadly game.

Australia’s nuclear regulator greenlit the Australian Submarine Agency (ASA) on July 17 to proceed with plans for a nuclear waste storage facility at HMAS Stirling Base in Rockingham, Western ...

HMAS Adelaide , seen here while it was departing Sydney in support of disaster relief efforts in Tonga in January 2022. (Commonwealth of Australia) The Australian Department of Defence (DoD) has ...

This crumbling shipwreck on the Great Barrier Reef was bought for just 10 pounds in World War II. Now a haven for marine life and a tourist attraction, HMAS Protector had a rich history as one of ...

Australian naval divers have been injured after an 'unsafe and unprofessional' run-in with a Chinese warship. Acting prime minister Richard Marles on Saturday said the Australian government had ...

Defence Minister Peter Dutton said 23 cases have been reported on HMAS Adelaide since it departed on Friday afternoon with more than 600 crew members on board. "We do have a situation on HMAS Adelaide ...

Australia says it has identified the body of the only sailor recovered from a ship sunk during World War Two. Thomas Welsby Clark, 20, joined the HMAS Sydney just four months before it was ambushed by ...