Explore the rich history, powerful fleet, and important missions of the Royal Australian Navy. Learn about their contributions to maritime security and defense in Australia and around the world.
COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT 1 MAY 2020 AUSTAL AUSTRALIA AWARDED A$324 MILLION CONTRACT TO BUILD SIX CAPE-CLASS PATROL BOATS. BIGGEST CONTRACT FOR AUSTRALIAN VESSELS IN AUSTAL'S HISTORY. Austal Limited (ASX:ASB) is pleased to announce that Austal Australia has been awarded a A$324 million contract to design and construct six evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats (CCPBs) for the Royal Australian Navy.
The Royal Australian Navy has welcomed its newest Air Warfare Destroyer into the Fleet in the first commissioning of an Australian warship at sea since the Second World War.
From its origins in 1901 until the late 1950s, through its deep association with the Royal Navy, the Royal Australian Navy became unmistakably British in outlook, practices and culture. It was a relationship of great ...
Written by D-Mitch This is the fifth article about various countries' navies today. In these articles, I briefly describe a country's naval fleet by reporting the ships in each type/category of warships and by providing a nice image where all the types of warships are illustrated and the units of its class are reported. I include the vessels that will enter in service this year and I have excluded those that are about to be decommissioned. I deliberately excluded many classes of auxiliary…