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HMAS Arunta

Frigate

RAN destroyer at sea

Destroyer

HMAS Broome

Patrol boat

Collins class submarines

Submarine

HMAS Armidale and HMAS Bathurst

Corvette

HMAS Supply

Supply ship

HMAS Australia

Battlecruiser

Able Seaman Blake Gambrill and fellow sailors of HMAS Darwin line the forecastle of the ship as they sail out of Pearl Harbor to begin the sea phase of RIMPAC 12 around the islands of Hawaii.

Battleship

The Australian Amphibious Force on the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide during Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2024.

Amphibious vessels

HMAS Melbourne

Aircraft carrier

HMAS Stuart

Destroyer escort

HMAS Sydney

Cruiser

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