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Explore the history of sea power

HMAS DARWIN - SEAD 2009

Unit histories
Painting of AE1

First World War
HMAS Hobart (I) in 1945 - black and white photograph

Second World War
HMAS Bataan in company with USS Bataan off the Korean coast, 17 April 1951.

Korean war
HMAS Hobart (II) on the ‘gun line’ during her first deployment to Vietnam under the command of Captain GR Griffiths, DSC, RAN.

Vietnam War
A boarding party prepares to carry out an Approach, Assist and Visit (AAV) procedure with a vessel located by HMAS Parramatta in the Gulf of Aden.

Middle East
HMAS Albany - Operation RESOLUTE

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The Sea Power Centre – Australia acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia

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