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SEA POWER CENTRE
AUSTRALIA
DATABASE OF ROYAL AUSTRALIAN
NAVY OPERATIONS, 1990-2005
Working Paper No. 18
Edited by the
Sea Power Centre - Australia
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Copyright Commonwealth o Australia 2005
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Database o Royal Australian Navy Operations, 1990-2005.
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1. Australia. Royal Australian Navy. 2. Sea control. I. Australia. Royal
Australian Navy. Sea Power Centre. (Series: Working paper (Australia.
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Discaier
The views expressed are the authors and not necessarily those o the Department
o Deence. The Commonwealth o Australia will not be legally responsible in
contract, tort or otherwise or any statement made in this publication.
Sea Power Centre - Austraia
The Sea Power Centre - Australia (SPC - A) was established to undertake activities
which would promote the study, discussion and awareness o maritime issues
and strategy within the RAN and the Deence and civil communities at large.
The aims o the SPC-A are:
to promote understanding o Sea Power and its application to the security o
Australias national interests;
to manage the development o RAN doctrine and acilitate its incorporation
into ADF joint doctrine;
to contribute to regional engagement; and
within the higher Deence organisation, contribute to the development o
maritime strategic concepts and strategic and operational level doctrine, and
acilitate inormed orce structure decisions.
The Sea Power Centre - Australia is also home to the Naval History Section,
responsible or the preservation and promotion o the RANs rich maritime
history.
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Contributin Autors
Vanessa Bendle (Principal author)
David Grin
Peter Laurence
Richard McMillan
Brett Mitchell
Greg Nash
John Perryman
David Stevens
Nial Wheate
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Contents
Introduction vii
Explanation o Headings ix
Categories o Operations x
Denition o Categories xiii
Personnel xv
Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii
Database o Australian Maritime Operations 1
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Introduction
For someone with naval connections one o the more requent questions asked
by members o the public is, what does the Navy do? While the maintenance
o its capability to ght and win at sea must remain its number one priority, the
Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is not simply a wartime service. Rather, it is an
organisation dedicated to serving Australia in the broadest sense o the term.
Over its more than 100 year existence the Navys men and women have ullled
this obligation by preserving and protecting Australian interests all over the world
and in a wide variety o ways. The tasks undertaken by the RAN all into a variety
o categories across what the Australian Deence Force (ADF) today reers to
as the Spectrum o Operations1, represented at Figure 1. This database aims to
illustrate the scope o this commitment, and oer some basis or comparativeanalysis, by providing annual details o those maritime operations conducted by
Australian units between January 1990 and March 2005.
This database is not intended as a comprehensive history o the Australian
Navy since 1990, but it does seek to provide a better context to individual
events that might elsewhere be given an unconnected chronological listing. Tothis end, an attempt has been made to include all major maritime operations as
well as those lesser-known activities which had a denite operational purpose.
Thus, although the presence o Australian units in oreign ports invariably has
a diplomatic dimension, only those connected to a specic national event or
celebration are generally included here. In addition, a summary at the beginning
o each year endeavours to provide an indication o those ongoing naval tasks
that would not otherwise rate a separate mention.
1 Department o Deence, Force 2020, Deence Publishing Service, June 2002, p. 9.
PEACE OPERATIONS OThER ThAN WAR WAR
Emergency relie Limited intervention
Aid to authorities Contributions to coalition operations
Law enorcement Peacekeeping Local conficts
Evacuation Peacemonitoring Treaty commitments
Sanctions Humanitarium aid Regional wars
Coercive Diplomacy General war
Terrorism National Survival
Figure 1: The Spectrum o ADF Operations.
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There is no ocial list o ADF tasks and operations, so the inormation in this
database has been gathered rom a variety o sources. These include archival
les, newspaper and journal accounts, post-operational reports, the Reports
o Proceedings provided monthly by individual ships, and the annual report to
Government produced by the Australian Deence Organisation. Although every
eort has been made to ensure accuracy, these sources are o variable quality,
and, at times, inconsistent. As such, this database should not be regarded as
either comprehensive or denitive. It is instead better considered as a tool
to assist in understanding the breadth o RAN operations, and as an aid to
urther research into those operations. As resources permit, the database will
be expanded to include all Australian maritime operations since 1901, and a
searchable version will be made available on the Internet.
Where appropriate, readers are invited to provide urther inormation on the
incidents described and corrections to the data used. Correspondence should
be addressed to:
Director o Strategic and Historical Studies
Sea Power Centre - Australia
Department o Deence
CANBERRA ACT 2600
E-mail: [email protected]
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Expanation o headins
Date
The start and end dates listed have been obtained rom a variety o sources
and, where possible, are accurate to the month, unless it is appropriate to
link a specic date to an event. Where describing the span o an extended
operation, the dates given generally reer to the units month o departure rom,
and return to, Australia. Where known, the actual dates o a units service within
an operational area will be ound in the Remarks column. In some cases,
dates in the shaded area at the beginning o each year may reer to the nancial
year and not the calendar year, eg. 2003 contains inormation rom the 2002-
2003 nancial year.
Task
The description o tasks outside the yearly summary is, where one exists, based
on the military codename allocated to the operation.
Type
The type categories allocated to each operation are based on the Span o
Maritime Tasks described in Australian Maritime Doctrine.2 These categories
are urther discussed below and are not meant to be denitive, as clearly there
will oten be areas o overlap, particularly when units are engaged in a variety osimultaneous tasks within the scope o a single operation; hence, the assigned
categories should be used only as a guide.
Maritime forces/units involved
Ship names are listed in alphabetical order. Ships may be entered more than
once to show dierent time periods or operation names. Embarked helicopter
fights are not normally mentioned separately.
Remarks
The shaded area at the beginning o each year is intended to provide an overview
o ongoing RAN operations/activities over the course o that year. The Remarks
column or this section is generally taken rom the appropriate annual Deence
Report or similar publications.
2 Royal Australian Navy,Australian Maritime Doctrine, Deence Publishing Service, Canberra, 2000.
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Cateories o Operations
Maritime orces seek to establish sea control and/or sea denial in order to
conduct the military task o power projection, and to permit the use o sea lines
o communication by military, commercial and private shipping. These concepts
are enabled through the specic characteristics o maritime orces, and applied
through operations that refect the range o maritime roles and tasks.
Australian maritime operations can be categorised according to the Triangle o
Sea Usage, which in turn illustrates the Span o Maritime Tasks. The three
categories in the triangle that characterise the undamental roles o maritime
orces are military, diplomatic and constabulary. The oundation o the
triangle is deliberately portrayed as the military capability because the ability o
maritime orces to undertake their constabulary and diplomatic roles depends
substantially on their ability to carry out their combat roles. The capability to
do these things is thus largely a by-product o the resources and core skills
developed or warghting.
The Span o Maritime Tasks originates rom the trinity o naval unctions
posited by Ken Booth,3 developed by Eric Grove,4 and adapted to the Australian
environment in Australian Maritime Doctrine. As a result o the research that
developed this database,5 the ollowing simplied version o the Triangle o Sea
Usage was developed with two purposes in mind:
to clariy the interrelationships between maritime roles and tasks, while
refecting the tasks actually undertaken during the period 1990-2005.
However, it is important to remember that the diagram is not the doctrine.
The diagram illustrates relationships, rather than denitively describing them.
Similarly, the diagram does not describe how any o the roles and tasks assist
in achieving any o the maritime strategic concepts, such as sea control, or how
those concepts will be achieved in any given circumstance.
The categorisation o a task as either diplomatic or constabulary depends on
the international standing o the action. UN sanctioned embargoes are part
o an internationally agreed order and are not aimed at supporting oreign
domestic governments. They thereore all within the constabulary role.
When the ADF provided support to the United Nations Assistance Mission to
Rwanda in 1994 (Operation TAMAR) the RAN perormed a constabulary role,
which included providing medical support to the UN orce and humanitarian
3 K. Booth, Navies and Foreign Policy, Croom Helm, London, 1977, p. 16.
4 E. Grove, The Future o Sea Power, United States Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, 1990, pp. 232-6.5 Further discussed in Sea Power Centre - Australia, The Role and Tasks o Maritime Forces, Semaphore issue
13, November 2004.
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assistance to the Rwandan people; however, unilateral operations all within
the diplomatic role, because they are dened primarily by national interest.
Australias second strategic objective is to help oster the stability, integrity and
cohesion o our immediate neighbourhood. The RANs involvement in the ADF
contribution to the Australian-led Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon
Islands in 2004 (Operation ANODE) was thereore a diplomatic one; helping to
restore law and order in the Solomon Islands in accordance with Australias own
national interest.
The interplay o the three categories can be demonstrated in the RANs activities
since 1990 in the Persian Gul region, pursuant to Australias commitment to
enorce long-standing UN sanctions against Iraq, as well as supporting the ADF
contribution to the International Coalition against Terror in 2001-2002 (Operation
SLIPPER). During the 2003 Iraq War the RAN initially had a constabulary role in
supporting operations as part o the multinational Maritime Interception Force,
a role that it has undertaken since the initial deployment to the Persian Gul in
1990 ollowing the invasion o Kuwait (Operation DAMASK).
Figure 2: Revised span o maritime tasks
Degree o Force
Employed
DIPl
OmATIC
BE
NIgN
COER
CIvE
mAINTENA
NCE
CONSTABulARy
ENfORCEmENT
mIlITARy
COmBAT OPERATIONS AT SEA
Intelligence Collection
and Surveillance
Cover
Against Shipping
Maritime Strike
and Interdiction
Containment
Layered Deence
Advance Force Operations
Naval Cooperation and
Guidance Shipping
COmBAT OPERATIONSROm ThE SEA
Maritime Mobility (Sea Lit)
Land Strike
Support to Operations on Land
Maritime Strike and Interdiction
Amphibious Operations
Environmental and ResourceManagement and Protection
Deence Aid tothe Civil Power
Maritime Barrier Operations
Peace Operations
Sanctions and Embargoes
Disaster Relie
Assistance to
Foreign Forces
Presence
EvacuationOperations
Coercion
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With the pre-deployment o orces to the Middle East in 2003 (Operation
BASTILLE), the RANs contribution became a coercive diplomatic operation,
supporting pressure on Iraq to disarm. With the shit to combat operations to
disarm Iraq in 2003 (Operation FALCONER) as part o the international coalition
o military orces, the RANs role then became military in nature. Following this,
the RAN has supported Australias contribution to stabilisation and recovery
operations in Iraq in 2003-2005 (Operation CATALYST) - another coercive
diplomatic operation. This transition between roles is a prime example o how
the RANs contribution depended on its inherent military capability; that is, the
ability to use orce, and the ability to escalate or reduce the use o orce as
necessary or each dierent operation.
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Defnition o Cateories
Each entry in the database has been allocated a category o operation as listed
in Figure 3.
These categories provide the researcher with a guide to where a particular
operation ts within the Span o Maritime Tasks. Each category is briefy
described below.
I - miitar
Sea Control
The condition that exists when one has reedom o action to use a maritime
area or ones own purposes or a period o time and, i required, deny its use
to an adversary. To be eective, control must be exercised over the air space
above the sea, the water column and the seabed below it, and the electro-
magnetic spectrum. To an increasing degree, it also includes consideration o
space based assets.
I - miitar
(a) Combat operations at sea (sea
control)
(b) Combat operations rom the sea
(maritime power projection)
II - Constabuar
(c) Maintenance o good order
(d) Enorcement o good order
III - Dipoatic
(e) Benign
() Coercive
Iv - Oter Tasks
Figure 3: Categories o operations
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Maritime Power Projection
The ability to project, sustain and apply eective military orce rom the sea in
order to infuence events on land.
II - Constabuar
The use o military orces to uphold a national or international law, in a manner
in which minimum violence is only used in enorcement as a last resort, and
there is some evidence o a breach or intent to dey. The level and type o
violence that is permitted will requently be specied in the law, mandate or
regime that is being enorced. Also called policing operations.
In this database constabulary operations in local waters or on the high seas arelisted as II(c) (Constabulary - Maintenance o Good Order), while constabulary
operations in oreign waters are listed as III(e) (Diplomatic - Benign). UN
sanctioned embargoes all under the category o constabulary operations (IId
- Enorcement o Good Order) because they are not aimed at supporting oreign
domestic governments.
III - Dipoatic
Naval diplomacy is the use o maritime orces in support o oreign policy. Thatis, the activities o maritime orces that are designed to infuence the policies
and actions o other nation states. One important aim is to develop conditions
which will allow the successul conduct o coalition operations in the uture.
Benign operations include the use o naval capabilities not directly associated
with combat. Coercive operations include the use o orce, or the threat o orce,
to persuade an opponent to adopt a certain pattern o behaviour, against their
wishes. Coercive operations may also include the deliberate withdrawal o naval
visits.
Iv - Oter Tasks
Other tasks not mentioned above, such as disaster relie within Australia,
Australian port visits and memorial ceremonies.
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Noina Copeent
Anzac Cass riate (h) 165
Anzac (III), Arunta (II), Warramunga (II), Stuart (III), Parramatta (IV), Ballarat (II),
Toowoomba (II), Perth (III)
Adeaide Cass guided missie riate (g) 185
Adelaide (II), Canberra (II), Sydney (IV), Darwin (II), Melbourne (III), Newcastle
Rier Cass riate 210
Parramatta (III), Stuart (II), Derwent (II), Swan (IV), Torrens (III)
Cares Adas Cass guided missie Destroer (DDg) 310
Perth (II), Hobart (II), Brisbane (II)
Apibious Transport (lPA) 220
Kanimbla (II), Manoora (II)
Durance Cass Auxiiar Oier Repenisent (AOR) 220
Success (II)
Auxiiar Oier (AO) - lare 95
Westralia (II)
landin Sip hea (lSh) 145
Tobruk (II)
heicopter, loistic Support and Trainin Sip 150
Jervis Bay
Caro Sip, Ro on - Ro o 20
Jervis Bay (II)
Coins Cass Subarine (SSg) 45
Collins, Farncomb, Waller, Dechaineux, Sheean, Rankin
Personne
The number o personnel serving in a particular unit is seldom static due to:
postings to and rom the units, in-service modications, and regular changes
in tasking. The gures below provide only an approximation o the numbers
normally embarked. Readers wishing to make urther use o this inormation,
or instance to establish the numbers o personnel who served in a particular
operation, should do so with caution.
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Oberon Cass Subarine (SSK) 65
Oxley (II), Otway (II), Onslow, Orion, Otama, Ovens
reante Cass Patro Boat (CPB) 25
Fremantle (III), Warrnambool (II), Townsville (III), Wollongong (II), Launceston (III),
Whyalla (II), Ipswich (II), Cessnock (II), Bendigo (II), Gawler (II), Geraldton (II), Dubbo
(II), Geelong (II), Gladstone (II), Bunbury (II)
huon Cass Coasta mineunters (mhC) 40
Huon (III), Hawkesbury (III), Norman (III), Gascoyne (II), Diamantina (II), Yarra (IV)
hdrorapic Sure Sips (AgS) 45
Leeuwin (III), Melville
Paua Cass Sure motor launc (Sml) 15Paluma (III), Mermaid (II), Shepparton (II), Benalla (II)
Baikpapan Cass landin Crat hea (lCh) 15
Balikpapan, Brunei, Labuan (II), Tarakan (II), Wewak, Betano
805 Squadron 2
SH-2G-A Super Seasprite
816 Squadron 3
S-70B-2 Seahawk
817 Squadron 4Mk50A Sea King
723 Squadron 3
AS350BA Squirrel, Bell 206 Kiowa
Two masted Briantine Sai Trainin Sip (STS) 10
Young Endeavour
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Abbreiations and Acrons
ACS Australian Customs Service
ACT Australian Capital Territory
ADF Australian Deence Force
AFMA Australian Fisheries Management Authority
AFP Australian Federal Police
AFZ Australian Fisheries Zone
AMZ Australian Migration Zone
CDT Clearance Diving Team
DIMIA Department o Immigration and
Multicultural and Indigenous Aairs
EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone
EOD Explosive Ordnance Disposal
FCPB Fremantle Class Patrol Boat
FFV Foreign Fishing Vessel(s)
FPDA Five Power Deence Agreement
FV Fishing Vessel
HMAS Her Majestys Australian Ship
HIMI Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HODSU Hydrographic Oce Detached Survey Unit
IADS Integrated Air Deence System
INTERFET International Force in East Timor
LADS Laser Airborne Depth Sounder
LCH Landing Crat Heavy
MARSAR Maritime Search and Rescue
MCAUST Maritime Commander Australia
MCMV Mine Counter-Measures Vessel
MEDEVAC Medical Evacuation
MHC Mine Hunter Coastal
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MIF Multinational Interception Force
MNF Multi National Force
MPA Maritime Patrol Aircrat
MSA Minesweeper Auxiliary
MV Motor Vessel
NAS Naval Air Station
NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
NSW New South Wales
NT Northern Territory
NZ New Zealand
PLA-N Peoples Liberation Army - Navy
PNG Papua New Guinea
PNGDF Papua New Guinea Deence Force
QLD Queensland
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force
RAMSI Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands
RAN Royal Australian Navy
RAR Royal Australian Regiment
RBN Royal Brunei Navy
RHIB Rigid Hull Infatable Boat
RMIS Republic o the Marshall Islands Ship
RN Royal Navy
RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force
RNZN Royal New Zealand Navy
ROK Republic o Korea
RSN Republic o Singapore Navy
SAR Search and Rescue
SEA South East Asia
SFOR Stabilisation Force
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SIEV Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel(s)
SUNC Suspected Unlawul Non-Citizen(s)
SWP South West Pacic
TG Task Group
TMG Truce Monitoring Group
TNI-AL Tentara Nasional Indonesia - Angkatan Laut
(Indonesian Navy)
UN United Nations
UNAMIR United Nations Assistance Mission or Rwanda
UNITAF Unied Task Force in Somalia
US United States
USN United States Navy
UNSCOM United Nations Special Commission
UNSCR United Nations Security Council Resolution
UNSOM United Nations Operation in Somalia
UNTAC United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia
UNTAET United Nations Transitional Authority East Timor
VE Victory in Europe
VIC Victoria
VP Victory in the Pacic
WWI World War One
WWII World War Two
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StartDate
EndDate
TaskorOperationTitle
Type
maritieforces/units
Rearks
Ongoing
ESTES
II
c
VariousRANunits
ConductosuracepatrolsinBa
ss
Strait.
Commenced1980.
Ongoing
S
OLANIA
II
c
VariousRANunits
ConductoSWPmaritimesurveillance
patrols.
Commenced1988.
1990
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
RollingdeploymentstoSEAundertaken
throughouttheyearasacommitment
tomaintainingthevisibilityoAu
stralian
interestintheregion.
TheRANalso
maintainedahighprolepresen
cein
theSWP.
1990
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
ThePatrolBoatForceprovided1
800
patroldaysorcivilcoastalsurveillance
insupportoCustoms,
Quarantineand
Fisheries.
Surveillanceoperationswere
ocusedtothenorthandsoutheasto
thecontinentwith41patrolsco
nducted
intheBassStraitoilproducingareas.
MajorincursionsbyIndonesianvessels
occurredintheKingSoundarea
tothe
northwestandtheArauraSea
tothe
northwhileanincreasingnumbero
CambodianandVietnamesereugee
vesselswereinterceptedandes
corted
toAustralianports.
378boardin
gswere
conductedonFFVsromI
ndonesia,
Taiwan,
JapanandCambodia,w
ith59
apprehensions.
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1990
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
SurveyscontinuedinNorthern
Australia,
PNGandAntarcticwaters,
withMVLadyFranklinandMV
PolarQueensoundingtheSouth
ern
Oceans,
HeardIslandandAntarcticas
approachestoDavisAnchorage
respectively.
1990
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingMANTAS90,
therstm
aritime
surveillanceexercisewithSWP
nationstobeconductedonam
ulti-
nationalbasis,andWEATHEREY
E,a
jointmaritimesurveillanceexerc
ise
conductedwithunitsotheSolo
mons
maritimeorces.
1990
II
d
CDT1
Conductedseabedsearchesor
contrabandoSydneysnorthern
beaches.
Emergencystandbyun
it
providedorCycloneJoy.
1990
II
c
CDT4
UndertookreconnaissanceoM
VSanko
Harvestwhichhadounderedin
30
metresowaterinEsperancear
ea.
The
aimo
theoperationwastorele
asethe
100tonnesoremainingoil.
1990
II
c
817Squadron
SeaKingintransitromC
erberu
sto
NASNowrawasdivertedtoresc
uean
injuredskiernearMtKosciusko.
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Jan90
Apr90
D
EFERENCE
III
JervisBay,Sydney,
Tobruk
TheBougainvilleuprisingcausedships
tobeplacedonalertorevacua
tiono
AustraliannationalsromB
ouga
inville.
TobrukandSydneystooddownrom
alertinFebruary.
SeaKingrom8
17
SquadronembarkedinTobruk.
17Jan90
II
c
Dubbo
Rescueopersonnellostoverbo
ard
roma
yachtintheapproachesto
DarwinHarbour.
19Jan90
20Jan90
II
c
Cessnock
Assistanceinanultimatelyruitless
searchorthreemenmissingromM
V
DesainBeagleGul.
Feb90
II
c
3Cairns-basedpatrol
boats,
Torrens,
P3C
Coordinatedmaritimesurveillan
ce
operationinFarNorthQueensla
nd
waters.
Coastwatchaircratalso
involved.
Feb90
Apr90
VISITATION
III
e
Oxley,Sydney,Tobruk
VisittoAnzacCoveorthe
commemorationothe75th
AnniversaryotheANZAClandin
g.
PersonnelromO
xleyalsogiven
a
privateaudiencewithPopeJohn
PaulII
inItaly.
IncludedOperationTASK
FORCE
GALLIPOLI-supportorWWIVet
erans
75thAnniversarypilgrimage.
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5Mar90
8Sep90
III
e
Sydney
Globalcircumnavigationinpartto
providesupporttodiplomaticmissions
inEuropeandNorthAmerica.Australian
TouristCommissionandnumero
us
export-orientatedbusinessesclosely
involved.
VisitstoKiel,Stockholm
andOslowereincludedatthespecic
requestoAustraliandiplomatic
missions.
Thisoperationinclude
dthe
rstvisittoSwedenbyaRANun
it.
6Mar90
II
c
723Squadron
HS748conductedaMEDEVACrom
ChristmasIslandtoLearmonth.
7Mar90
II
c
816Squadron
BoyrescuedbySeahawkhelicop
ter
aterbeingsweptromr
ocksat
CurrawongonNSWS
outhCoast.
Mar90
II
c
723Squadron
Bell206involvedinasearchor
shermensweptorocksatBeecrot
Heads.
Onepersonrescued.
Apr90
II
c
816Squadron
Seahawksinvolvedinasearch
ora
groupoScoutsmissinginKang
aroo
Valley,NSW.
Apr90
III
e
Tarakan,
CDT1
DeploymenttotheSolomonIsla
nds
aspartotheDeenceCooperation
Program.
CDT1involvedinree
channel
clearanceorlocalcommunities.
2Apr90
II
c
Bunbury
118Indochinesereugeesrescu
ednear
KoolanIslandotheKimberlycoast.
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11Apr90
II
d
Gladstone
Taiwanesetrawlerapprehended
atera
vehourhotpursuit.
24Apr90
II
c
817Squadron
TwoSeaKingsevacuated370residents
romf
oodsatNyngan,
NSWa
nd
providedoodandmedicalsupp
lies.
25Apr90
III
e
Gawler
VisittoAmboninIndonesiato
participateinWWIISparrowForc
e
commemoration.
16May90
III
e
Canberra,
Cessnock,
Derwent,Ipswich,
Parramatta,Westralia
ShipsattendedtheRoyalMalaysian
Navys55thAnniversaryInternational
RoyalFleetReviewatPenang.6
4Ships
rom2
1countriesparticipated.
31May90
III
e
Gladstone,
Launceston
VisittoApiatoparticipateinWe
stern
SamoasNationalDaycelebratio
ns.
1Jun90
II
d
Townsville
InterceptionoanIndochinesev
essel
aterathreedaysurveillanceop
eration
coordinatedbyCoastwatch.
The
vessel
sankoBathurstIslandwhileth
e
boardingwasbeingconducteda
nd
79Cambodiannationals,
including
thecrewandcomprising45men,
17
womenand17children,werere
scued
andtransportedsaelytoDarwin.
12Jun90
II
c
817Squadron
Rescueoashermansweptro
mt
he
rocksotheSouthCoastoNSW.
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6
Jul90
III
e
Cessnock
RANpersonneltookpartinVanuatu
IndependenceDayparade,watched
byheadsogovernmentattendingthe
SWPForumc
onerence.
2Jul90
III
e
Townsville
VisitmadetoNukuAloatotake
partintheKingoTongasbirthday
celebrations.
3Jul90
III
e
Adelaide
VisittoPapeeteinTahiti.FirstR
AN
vesseltovisittheislandinover
twenty
years.
9Jul90
III
e
Brunei
VisittoHoniaratotakepartinS
olomon
IslandsNationalDaycelebration
s.
25Jul90
II
d
Gladstone
ShotsredaheadoaTaiwanes
elong-
linertostopthevesselateritw
as
discoveredshingillegally.
Aug90
III
e
Sydney
ParticipationinaUScounter-narcotics
surveillanceeortintheCaribbeanand
othecoastoMexico.
Aug90
Dec90
D
AMASK
II
d
Adelaide,
Darwin
ADFcontributiontoUNsanction
s
againstIraqandUSOperationD
ESERT
SHIELD.
RANunitswereactively
involvedinsurveillanceandboa
rding
operationsagainstpotentialand
actual
sanctionbreakers.
(3Sep90-
3Dec90).
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7
Aug90
Feb91
D
AMASK(I)
II
d
Success
ADFcontributiontoUNsanction
s
againstIraqandUSOperationD
ESERT
SHIELD.
RANunitswereactively
involvedinsurveillanceandboa
rding
operationsagainstpotentialand
actual
sanctionbreakers.
(3Sep90-2
2Dec
90and29Dec90-
25Jan91).
7Aug90
II
c
Swan
Food,waterandanupdateo
navigationalinormationprovidedtoa
reugeeboatintheSouthChina
Sea.
16Aug90
III
e
Gladstone,Wollongong
VisittoPortMoresbytoparticipatein
PNGIndependenceDaycelebrations.
Sep90
II
c
Benalla,
Mermaid,
Moresby,Paluma,
Shepparton
ThelargestnumberoRANsurvey
vesselsassembledsinceWWII,
took
partinsurveyoperationsoArn
hem
Land.
1Oct90
III
e
Gladstone
VisittoFunautitoparticipatein
Tuvalu
NationalDaycelebrations.
Onth
e
returnpassage,
Gladstoneundertook
communityaidprojectsintheSolomon
Islands.
Nov90
Apr91
D
AMASK(II)
II
d
Brisbane,
Sydney
ADFcontributiontoUNsanction
s
againstIraqandUSOperationD
ESERT
SHIELD.
RANunitswereactively
involvedinsurveillanceandboa
rding
operationsagainstpotentialand
actual
sanctionbreakers.
(Brisbane,Sy
dney
3Dec90-
26Mar91).
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8
Nov90
III
e
Tobruk
Preservationworkcarriedouton
Hellre
Passonthesiteotheinamous
Burma-T
hailandRailway.
Nov90
II
c
Flinders
SurveyowatersnearWoodlark
Island
inPNGcompleted,
ollowedbya
survey
tondanewdeepwatershippingroute
betweenAustralia,
PNGandAsia.
12Nov90
II
c
Dubbo
Fireghtingassistanceprovided
to
prawntrawler.Vesselcouldnotbe
savedandcrewovewerereco
vered.
19Nov90
II
c
817Squadron
TwoSeaKingsrescuedthrees
hermen
inhighseasnortheastoNewcastle.
6Dec90
II
d
723Squadron
Bell206assistedpoliceinthesearch
orillegaldrugcropsintheShoa
lhaven
district.
11Dec90
II
c
Launceston
Rescueothevemancrewoashing
vesselabandonedinheavyseas
in
theJosephBonaparteGul.
P3C
also
involved.
1991
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
Thirteendeploymentsmadetot
heSEA
andSWPregions.
Analmostcontinuous
presencewasmaintainedinSEAwhile
mostnationsintheSWPregion
were
visited.
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9
1991
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
Patrolboatsprovided1800patr
oldays
insupportoCustoms,
Quarantine
andFisheriesagencies.
Surveillance
operationswereocusedothe
north
andnortheastothecontinent.
247boardingsconductedwith1
5
apprehensions.
Vesselsboarded
includedsomeromI
ndonesia,
JapanandTaiwanwhileanumber
oCambodianreugeevesselsw
ere
interceptedandescortedtoAus
tralian
ports.
1991
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
SurveysconductedoArnhemL
and,
Esperance,
CoralSea,
HaliaxBayand
NorthWestIsland,
Queensland,
North
EastPNGandAntarctica,
Moresby,
MermaidandPalumaworkedin
companyoMelvilleIsland,
NT.
1991
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingSTARFISH91intheSo
uth
ChinaSeawith32shipsrom
ve
nationsinvolved.
1991
II
c
CDT1
Divinganddemolitiontaskscon
ducted
onWWIIwrecksinDarwin.
6Jan91
II
c
Brisbane
Repairscarriedoutondisabled
Pakistanishingboatoundate
rve
daysadritintheGuloOman.
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10
Jan91
Feb91
D
AMASK(II)
I
a
Brisbane,
Sydney,
Westralia,
CDT3,
medicalteams
ADFcontributiontoUSOperation
DESERTSTORMa
ndthe1990-9
1
GulWar.BrisbaneandSydneyo
perated
asanintegralpartotheUSNs
Battle
GroupZulu,whichprovidedairs
trikes
ashoreanddeenceotheCoalitions
rightfank.
SuccessandlaterWestralia
weresimilarlyintegratedintothe
combatlogisticsorce.
LaterSydney
operatedintheCombatSearch
and
Rescuerole.
AnADFMedicalSu
pport
Teams
ervedintheUSHospital
Ship
Comort.
(26Jan91-
28Feb91
)
Feb91
III
e
Perth
DeploymenttotheMediterranea
nin
supportothe50thAnniversary
othe
campaignsinGreeceandCrete.
12Feb91
IV
JervisBay(I)
Flagshiporthe1991HobartRe
gatta.
Feb91
Jun91
D
AMASK(II)
II
d
Westralia,
CDT3
Aterthe1990-9
1GulWarMIF
operationswerecontinueduntil
May
whileCDT3conductedexplosive
ordnancedisposalandportclea
rance
operationsinKuwait.
(29Feb91-
28May91)
5Mar91
II
c
Flinders
RescueothreePNGshermen
in
heavysurattheentrancetoKe
rama
Bay.
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12Mar91
25Mar91
II
d
Bendigo,
Dubbo,
Geelong,
Gladstone
PatrolboatswithaidromC
oastwatch
aircratcarriedoutthebiggest
sheries
surveillanceoperationeverinno
rthern
waters.
35Indonesianvessels
operatingillegallyattheentranc
eto
theGuloCarpentariaapprehended.
Gladstoneapprehendedarecord
12
FFVsinoneday.
Apr91
Sep91
D
AMASK(III)
II
d
Darwin
DeploymenttoArabianGulorM
IF
operationsenorcingUNsanctio
ns
againstIraq.
Includedescorto
merchantshipsthroughsweptc
hannels
intoKuwait.
(13Jun91-
4Sep91)
23Apr91
26Apr91
III
e
Launceston,Wollongong
VisittoAmboninIndonesiaor
AnzacDayServiceandGullForc
e
commemorations.
May91
Jun00
B
LAZER
III
Personnel
ADFcontributiontoUNSCOM,a
special
commissiontoidentiythelocat
ions
andoverseethedestructiono
weaponsomassdestructionin
Iraq.
TheRANprovidedavarietyosp
ecialist
personnel.
28May91
III
e
Gawler
VisittoHoniaratoparticipatein
a
seadayorlocalVIPsandmediawith
SolomonIslandsandTonganpa
trol
boats.
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12
29May91
III
e
Gladstone
FirstRANvisittoPhilippineprovincial
cityoBacolodconcludedwitha
sea
dayorlocalVIPsandmedia.
Jun91
G
ULFSTORM
II
d
Bendigo
42shingvesselsboardedo
Tasmaniancoastinaveday
coordinatedoperationwiththe
AustralianFisheriesService.
Jun91
II
c
817Squadron
Helicoptersrescue38peopleater
foodingonthesouthernNSWc
oast.
8Jul91
II
c
Perth
DuringanexerciseintheSouth
China
Sea,
Perthrecoveredthepilotoa
SingaporeanF-1
6atertwoaircr
at
collided.
21Jul91
II
c
Geraldton
Geraldtonsailedatshortnotice
rom
StirlingtoassistGreekvesselK
irki
andactedascommunicationsli
nkwith
shoreauthorities.
Sep91
Feb92
D
AMASK(IV)
II
d
Sydney
DeploymenttotheNorthernRed
SeaorMIFoperationsenorcingUN
sanctionsagainstIraq.
(25Sep91-
31Jan92)
Sep91
III
e
Swan,Westralia
RepairworkcarriedoutatOlong
apo
Hospital,amajorevacuationcentrein
thewakeovolcaniceruptionsinthe
Philippines.
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12Sep91
III
e
Dubbo
DubboarrivedintheMarshallIs
lands
withthepatrolboatRMISLomoron
herdeliveryvoyage.
Visitextend
edby
onedaysothatthePresidentco
uld
personallyextendhospitality.
Oct91
III
e
Dubbo,
Hobart,
Ipswich,
Perth,
VisittoAucklandortheRNZNs
50th
anniversarycelebrations.
1992
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
FiteendeploymentsmadetoSE
Aand
SWP,withHMAsubmarinesmain
taining
analmostcontinuousSEApresence
duringthelastsixmonthso19
92.
1992
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForceFCPBs
Patrolboatsprovided1811patr
oldays
insupportocustoms,quarantine
andsheriesagencies.
Surveilla
nce
operationsocusedonnorthandnorth
eastothecontinent.289boardings
conductedwith31apprehensions.
1992
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
SurveyswereconductedinArnh
em
Land,
GuloPapua,
CoralSea,Great
NorthEastChannel,GreatBarrierRee
andAntarctica.
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14
1992
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingRIMPAC92-ajointan
d
combinedmaritimeexerciseoering
auniqueopportunitytodevelop
and
enhanceinteroperabilitywithUS
and
othernationsmaritimeorcesina
simulatedhostileenvironment.
3Jan92
II
c
Townsville
Diversdisposedo12unexploded
bombsoundonMiddletonRee.
17Jan92
III
e
Ipswich
MobileNavalReviewtookplace
atHoniarainthepresenceoth
e
Governor-GeneralotheSolomo
n
Islands.
Feb92
Aug92
D
AMASK(V)
II
d
Darwin
DeploymenttoRedSeaorMIF
operationsenorcingUNsanctio
ns
againstIraq.
(11Mar92-
16Ju
l92)
7Feb92
IV
Perth
Awreathlayingservicewasconducted
overthespotwheretherstPerthand
USSHoustonweresunkintheB
attleo
SundaStraitin1942.
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Jun93
S
OLACE
II
d
JervisBay(I),Tobruk
ADFcontributiontoUNITAFand
OperationRESTOREHOPE,aUS
led
coalitionorce,enorcingpeace
and
saeguardinghumanitarianrelie
suppliesinSomalia.
TheRANin
itially
providedstrategicsea-l
itor1R
AR
BattalionGroup.
SubsequentlyT
obruk
wasintegratedintotheMNFand
providedlogistic,communication,
intelligenceandairsupporttob
oth
Australianandcoalitionorces.
Mar92
Sep93
G
EMINI
II
d
Personnel
ADFcontributiontoUNTAC,ano
peration
tooverseereeandairelection
sin
Cambodia.
RANprovidedpartothe
communicationsandmovement
controlunit.
22Mar92
II
d
PatrolBoatForceFCPBs
WhilsttakingpartinExercise
KANGAROO92,patrolboats
apprehendedthreeIndonesian
shing
vesselsoperatingillegallywithin
the
AFZ.
24Mar92
III
e
Gladstone,Torrens
FirstvisittothePhilippineporto
CagayandeOro.
Dec92
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Apr92
May92
C
ORALSEA
III
e
VariousRANunits
RAN/USNexercisetomarkthe50th
anniversaryotheBattleotheCoral
Sea,culminatinginaFleetEntry
into
SydneyHarbourinthepresence
othe
Governor-General,PrimeMiniste
rand
USSecretaryoDeence.
May92
Apr93
C
LAMSAVER
II
c
Tarakan
InconjunctionwiththeGreatBa
rrier
ReeMarineParkAuthority,
thou
sands
obabyclamstransportedtone
w
locationstoalleviateovercrowding.
18Jun92
III
e
Swan,Westralia
FirstRANvisittoSanFernandosince
theAlliedlandinginLingayenGu
lin
January1945.
22Jul92
II
c
Geraldton
Loggerheadturtlesreleasedalong
northernWestAustraliancoastlineor
DepartmentoConservationandLand
Management.
6Aug92
III
e
Tobruk
VisittoHoniaraintheSolomon
Islandstotakepartinactivities
commemoratingthe50thannive
rsary
otheBattleoGuadalcanal.
25Aug92
III
e
CDT1
CDT1assistedinawharconst
ruction
andchannelclearanceprojectin
the
Solomons.
Oct92
Apr93
D
AMASK(VI)
II
d
Canberra
DeploymenttoRedSeaorMIF
operationsenorcingUNsanctio
ns
againstIraq.
(13Nov92-
12Mar92)
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1992
Dec92
III
e
YoungEndeavour
Globalcircumnavigationthatinc
luded
providingAustralianrepresentationat
theQuincentennialColombusRegatta
inNewYork.
1993
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
DeploymentstoSEAandSWP
continued.
1993
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
SurveillanceotheAustralianFishing
Zonecontinuedat1839patrolb
oat
daysandsurveillanceotheBassStrait
OilRigsattherequiredminimum
o
33shipvisitsperyear.231boa
rdings
conductedwith31apprehensions.
1993
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
7170nm2s
urveyedinArnhemL
and,
GuloPapua,
TorresStrait,
Great
BarrierRee,SouthAustralia,No
rolk
IslandandMacquarieIsland.
1993
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingNEWH
ORIZONV11/93
designedtoimprovetheinteroperability
oADFandTNIForcesincombin
ed
maritimeproceduresandtactics
.
1993
Jul97
B
ANNER
III
e
Personnel
RANpersonnelinvolvedintheM
aritime
AssistanceProject(Cambodia)
providedtrainingorthedevelop
ment
otheRoyalCambodianArmedForces
maritimeorce.
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Mar93
Nov94
IG
UANA
II
d
Personnel
ADFoperationaspartoUNSOM
to
monitortheceasereagreemen
t
betweentheprincipalactionsin
SomaliaandKenya,coordinate
humanitarianassistanceanden
sure
thesaetyoreliesupplies.
Mar93
IV
Geelong
SeriesovisitstoAboriginal
communitiesintheTiwiIslands
and
ArnhemL
andconductedaspart
oaCustomsandNavyawarene
ss
campaign.
5Mar93
III
e
Derwent
DerwentberthedatSuvaoraour-day
visit.
Therstmajorfeetunitvisitsince
the1987coup.
23Mar93
III
e
Melbourne
FirstRANvisitmadetothePhilippine
portoGeneralSantosasparto
a
widerAustralian/MindanaoWee
k.
May93
Ongoing
K
AKADU
III
e
VariousRANunits
FirstbiennialFleetConcentration
Periodinvolvingagrowingnumbero
SEAnationsparticipatingonab
ilateral
basis.
Jun93
Dec93
D
AMASK(VII)
II
d
Sydney
DeploymenttoRedSeaorMIF
operationsenorcingUNsanctio
ns
againstIraq.
(20Jul93-
9Nov93)
Aug93
III
e
Ipswich
PatroloMelanesianBasininclu
ding
visitstoFunauti,
Tarawa,
Majuro,
PohnpeiandKavieng.
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19
18Oct93
II
d
Sydney
Sydneyreceivedclearancetoco
nduct
helicopteroperationsinJordanduring
avisittoAqaba,arstoranynation
involvedinMIFOperations.
Dec93
III
e
Canberra,
Perth
VisittoLangkawiIsland,
Malaysiaor
theLangkawiInternationalMaritime
andAerospaceExhibition,which
was
attendedbyAustraliasDeence
and
TradeMinisters.
Divingteamsassisted
RoyalMalaysianPoliceinthese
arch
andrecoveryothebodyoacrewman
whohadallenoverboardromM
V
Leisureworld.
26Dec93
Jan94
II
c
817Squadron
Duetoorecastheavyweather8
17
Squadronplacedonstand-byto
provide
assistancetoparticipantsinthe
Sydney
toHobartYachtRace.
1994
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
DeploymentstoNorthAsia,
SEA
and
SWPcontinued.
1994
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
SurveillanceotheAustralianFishing
Zonecontinuedat1775patrolb
oat
daysandsurveillanceotheBassStrait
OilRigsattherequiredminimum
o
33shipvisitsperyear.378boa
rdings
conductedwith129apprehensions,
the
increasebeingduetohigherlev
elso
FFVandreugeeactivity.
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1994
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
6689nm2s
urveyedinArnhemL
and,
GuloCarpentaria,
Cooktown,G
ul
oPapua,
BismarkSea,
Islando
New
Britain,
GreatBarrierRee,Quee
nsland
andTorresStrait.
1994
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingRIMPACandSANDGRO
PER
94,whichwasdesignedtoenha
nce
interoperabilitywithUSorcesby
observingandparticipatingina
multi-
threatcombinedlowlevelamphibious
operation,
includingService-Prot
ected
Evacuation.
Jan94
EVERGREEN
II
c
817Squadron,
816
Squadron,
723
Squadron,personnel,all
shipsberthedatFleet
BaseEast
ADFassistancetothecivilian
communityduringNSWb
ushre
emergency.RANinvolvedineme
rgency
evacuation,personnelandstore
s
transers,waterbombing,
resp
otting
andre-ghtingtasks.
31Jan94
III
e
Canberra,
Perth
AnchoredattheBayoIslands,New
ZealandtoparticipateinWaitan
giDay
celebrations.
Feb94
III
e
Townsville
PatroloCoralSeaincludedvisitsto
easternPNGports.
14Mar94
II
c
Sydney,816Squadron
RescueocrewmembersoPac
ifc
BreezeparticipatingintheTrans
-
TasmanYachtrace.
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25Apr94
III
e
Cessnock,
Dubbo
ShipsvisitedAmbon,
Indonesia
or
AnzacDayaspartotheannual
Gull
Forcepilgrimage.
Jun94
III
e
Swan,Torrens
ShipsvisitedSurabayaandJaka
rta
tosupportAustraliaToday-
Indo
nesia
tradeinitiativesponsoredbythe
AustralianGovernment.
21Jul94
II
c
Melbourne,
816
Squadron
Medicalanddamagecontrolassistance
providedtothelong-l
inetunas
hing
boatSeaPrincessaterthevess
elwas
disabledbyareakwave120nm
o
theNSWc
oast.
Aug94
TAMAR
II
d
Personnel
ADFcontributiontoUNAMIR,pro
viding
medicalsupporttotheUNorce
andhumanitarianassistanceto
the
Rwandanpeople.
Sep94
II
c
CDT1
Diversrecoveredpartsoacras
hed
CatalinaaircratinDarwinharbo
ur.
Sep94
Oct94
LAGOON
III
Ipswich,
Success,Tobruk,
CDT1detachment,817
Squadrondetachment
ADFoperationtoprovideasecu
re
environmentortheconductot
he
BougainvillePeaceConerence.
RAN
alsoprovidedafoatcommanda
nd
controlandlogisticssupport.
Oct94
III
e
Brisbane,
Dubbo,
Westralia
VisittoTacloban,
Philippinesor
50th
anniversaryotheBattleoLeyt
eGul.
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3Oct94
5Oct94
II
c
Sydney
Assistanceinthesearchoran
aircrat
withninepeopleonboardthath
ad
ditchedintheTasmanSeaenrouteto
LordHoweIsland.
Nosurvivorswere
ound,althoughSydneyrecovere
d
severalpiecesofoatingwreckage.
Dec94
II
c
Bendigo
Bendigoprovidedmedicalassistance
duringescortotheSouthPacic
PatrolBoatTeMatailitoHoniara
.
Dec94
Jan95
II
c
Darwin
RescueoyachtswomanIsobel
AutissierintheSouthernOcean
ater
heryachtEcureillewasdisabled
ina
soloaroundtheworldrace.
1995
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
DeploymentstoSEAandSWP
continued.
1995
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
SurveillanceotheAustralianFishing
Zonecontinuedat1833patrolb
oat
daysandsurveillanceotheBassStrait
OilRigsattherequiredminimum
o
33shipvisitsperyear.202boa
rdings
conductedwith68apprehensions.
1995
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
5468nm2s
urveyedinArnhemL
and,
GreatBarrierRee,QLD,
TorresStrait,
SouthAustralianGulsandSahu
lBanks
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1995
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingBELLBUOY95involvingUS,
Canada,
NZandSEAnations,de
signed
totestandevaluateNavalControl
andProtectionoShippingproce
dures
duringaperiodotension.
1995
Jun04
B
URBAGE
II
c
VariousRANunits
ConductoIndianOceanmaritim
e
surveillancepatrols.
Intentandtasks
othisoperationincorporatedin
to
OperationCRANBERRY.
1995
Jun04
O
STEAL
II
c
VariousRANunits
ConductoCoralSeamaritime
surveillancepatrols.
Intentandtasks
othisoperationincorporatedin
to
OperationCRANBERRY.
1995
Jun04
M
ELLIN
II
c
VariousRANunits
ContributiontoTorresStraitand
TimorGapmaritimesurveillance
patrols.
Intentandtasksothis
operationincorporatedintoOperation
CRANBERRY.
1995
II
c
Personnel
ADFsupporttoNSWb
ushres.
1995
III
AllRANunits
VisitstoFrenchPacicterritories
suspendedinresponsetoFrenc
h
nucleartestingprogram.
Jan95
II
c
Flinders
Flindersbegansurveyoperationsinthe
TorresStrait.
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Jan95
ASHEN
II
d
Gladstone
Druginterdictionoperationin
conjunctionwithCoastwatch,Cu
stoms
andFederalPolice.
Feb95
II
c
Brisbane
BrisbaneassistedinaMEDEVAC
rom
themerchantshipRybnovsk.
Mar95
II
c
Flinders
SurveycompletedoRabaulHarbourto
determinetheimpactorecentvolcanic
eruptionsonsaenavigationatthePNG
Governmentsrequest.
May95
III
e
Kanimbla,
Newcastle
Participationincelebrations
commemoratingthe50thAnnive
rsary
oVEday.
15May95
19May95
III
e
Sydney
FirstAustralianwarshiptovisitthe
RussianPacicportoVladivostok.
Specicallyarrangedtoassista
n
AustradepromotionoAustralian
exports.
27Jul95
28Jul95
S
ALMON
II
c
SupportprovidedtoJapaneseshing
vesselstrandedonIsleStPaul.
Aug95
III
e
Darwin,Torrens,W
hyalla,
Wollongong,Young
Endeavour
VisittoJakartatocelebratethe
RepublicoIndonesias50th
AnniversaryoIndependence.
Aug95
III
e
Hobart,
Kanimbla,
Newcastle,Townsville
VisitsmadetoBalikpapan,
Sandakan,
Lumut,BrisbaneandTownsville
to
support50thanniversaryoVPDay
commemorations.
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Oct95
III
e
Onslow
VisittotheMalaysianportoKo
ta
Sabah.
FirstvisitbyanAustralia
n
submarineor30years.
Oct95
III
e
Newcastle
DuringadeploymenttoSWP,the
ships
companyprovidedassistanceto
local
Jongancommunities,
includingt
he
paintingoschools.
1996
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
DeploymentstoSEAandSWP
continued.
Tobrukmadeoperational
visittoGuam.
1996
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
SurveillanceotheAFZandBas
sStrait
OilRigscontinuedat1796patrolboat
days.
289boardingswereconducted
with117apprehensions.
1996
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
6858nm2s
urveyedinArnhem
Land,
GreatBarrierRee,CoralS
eas
Rees,
St.VincentGul,
BassStrait,
SahulBanks,
TorresStrait,
PNG
and
Antarctica.
1996
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingRIMPAC96involvingth
eUS,
Japan,
Canada,
ROKandChiled
esigned
toenhanceinteroperabilitybetw
eenall
participatingnations,
inamulti-threat
littoralenvironment.
1996
G
UNWHALE
II
c
PatrolBoatForce
Fisheriessurveillance.
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1996
Jun04
B
EACH-C
OMBER
II
c
VariousRANunits
Collectionobeachinormation
in
Australiaoroperationalplannin
g.
Thetasksothisoperationwere
incorporatedintoamphibiousex
ercises.
1996
Jun04
PROWLER
II
c
VariousRANunits
Collectionomilitarygeographic
inormationinnorthernAustralia
.
Thetasksothisoperationwere
incorporatedintoamphibiousex
ercises.
Apr96
Sep96
D
AMASK(VIII)
II
d
Melbourne
MIFoperationsconductedinthe
ArabianGulenorcingUNsanctions
againstIraq.
(7May96-
15Aug
96)
25Jun96
II
c
816Squadron
Seahawkaircratrescuedtwopeople
inroughseas100nme
astoLord
HoweIsland,
romt
hedisabledyacht
Goodwind.
Sep96
II
c
Success
Shipspersonnelassistedinthe
setting
upoaropetraverseatCoHarbour
Zoo,
todetermineikoalaswoulduse
onetocrossroads.
19Nov96
23Nov96
B
USKIN
III
e
Bendigo,
Dubbo,
Gladstone,
CDT1
ADFsupporttothevisitoperatio
ns
conductedaspartotheUSA
PresidentsvisittoAustralia.
1997
D
eployments
VariousRANUnits
Perth,
NewcastleandSuccessvisited
ChineseandSouthKoreancitiesand
Guam.
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1997
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
MaritimesurveillanceotheAus
tralian
EEZ.
Severalvesselsengagedin
illegal
activitiesweredetectedanddet
ained.
13SIEVsarrivedinAustralianw
aters
duringtheperiod,with157SUN
Cs
detainedatsea.
1997
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
MarineScienceForce
SurveysconductedinFairwayCh
annel,
QLD,
TorresStrait,
VanDiemanGuland
BeagleGulandJosephBonepa
rteGul.
1997
Exercises
VariousRANUnits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingKAKADUIIIwithNewZ
ealand,
Malaysia,
ThailandandSingapore.
ExercisePENGUINwiththeRBN
aimed
atincreasingtheinteroperability
betweenthetwonaviesandocused
onimprovingtheoperationalabilitieso
theRBN.
1997
II
c
Melbourne
InconjunctionwithRAAFandciv
ilian
aircratthestrickenyachtOrcaw
as
locatedandtwocrewrescued.
1997
Feb04
O
SIER
II
d
Personnel
ADFprovidedpersonnel,includin
gone
RANocer,tollstaappointm
ents
withtheSFOR,aUNmandated,
NATO
ledmissioninBosniaandHerze
govina.
1997
B
ARITONE
III
Sydneyandotherunits
RANunitsplacedonalertto
evacuatenationalsollowingpolitical
disturbancesinPNG.
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1997
B
ANNER
III
Darwin
ADFresponsetocoupinCambo
dia.
Darwinplacedonalerttoevacuate
nationalswhileRANpersonnelp
rovided
mobileguardorceinPhnomPe
nh.
1997
II
d
Dubbo,Wollongong
11FFVsapphrendedinthree-we
ek
campaignagainstillegallong-line
shermen.
Jan97
II
c
Adelaide
Rescueotwoyachtsman,
Tony
BullimoreandThierryDubois14
00nm
intotheSouthernOcean.
23Jan97
II
d
AllRANunits
FederalResourcesMinisterannounced
thattheRANwouldseizeJapanese
vesselscaughtshingintheAustralian
EEZateraailuretoreachagreement
overtunaquotas.
28Jan97
II
c
Personnel
FivenavaldiversromC
airnsas
sist
inthesearchortwoAmericand
ivers
missingontheGreatBarrierRee.
Mar97
B
LIZZARD
II
c
Melbourne
Unsuccessulsearchortheyac
ht
QueenCharlotteintheCoralSea.
May97
Jun97
III
e
Adelaide
RepresentedAustraliaatthe
PhilippinesCentenaryInternatio
nal
NavalReview.
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Jun97
II
c
Bendigo
Assistanceprovidedtothesloop
Christobelagroundandtakingwater
oCairns.
Atersecuringtheslo
opthe
twocrewmembersweretranse
rredto
Cairns.
Jun97
III
e
Ipswich,Warrnambool
Renovationworkundertakenat
disabledchildrenscentreNukuAloa
inTonga.
Jun97
Ongoing
C
RANBERRY
II
c
VariousRANunits
Tocoordinatetheintelligencean
d
providesurveillanceinormation
tothe
civilauthoritiesthatareoperatin
gin
northernAustralia.
Jul97
III
e
Betano,
Gawler,Geelong,
Tarakan
ReurbishmentoManggaiHigh
School,
NewIreland.
PNGDFalsoinvolve
d.
Jul97
III
e
Bendigo
ProvidedassistancetoanAustralian-
Indonesiancommitteeinvestigatingthe
utureoAshmoreReebytransporting
theIndonesianParliamentaryAd
visory
CommitteeromK
upang,
Timorto
AshmoreReeandback.
31Jul97
II
c
817Squadron,
816Squadron
Helicoptersassistrescueopera
tions
aterThredbolandslidedisaster.
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Aug97
Sep97
III
e
Newcastle,
Perth,
Success
Inthemostsubstantiallevelo
interactionever,aRANtaskgroup
visitedthePLA-N
sNorthernFleet
BaseoQingdaotomarkthe25
th
anniversaryotheestablishmen
to
diplomaticrelationsandthehighlevel
oimportanceplacedoneectiv
e
dialogueandcooperationwithC
hina.
UpondepartureromQ
ingdao,therst
PASSEXbetweenAustralianand
PRC
unitswasconducted.
Aug97
C
OULTER
III
TaskGroupplacedonstandbyorthe
evacuationoAustraliannationa
lsrom
eastMalaysia.
8Nov97
II
c
Gladstone
Fivemenrescuedatertheirsh
ing
vesselsanknearSnakeReeno
rtho
Cooktown.
10Sep97
II
c
Gawler
ThecrewoatraditionalIndonesian
cargovesselwererescuedater
they
hadbecomelostandbecalmed
310nm
northoDarwin.
Sep97
C
UTOUT
II
d
Warrnambool
PatrolotheeastoAustraliase
arching
orillegalJapanesetunaboats.
Sep97
II
d
Ipswich
ShotsredtostopanIndonesia
n
shingvesselduringasixhourchasein
theArauraSea.
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Oct97
II
d
Whyalla
Movementsoamotorcratwith
39Chineseaboardmonitoredasit
transitedthetopoCapeYork.
7Oct97
17Oct97
D
IRK
II
d
Anzac,Westralia
TwoFFVsapprehendedintheHI
MIEEZ,
2200nm
romF
remantleinconjunction
withAFMA.
TheMinisterorDeence
saidtheoperationsentapowerul
internationalmessagetothose
who
wouldthreatenAustraliasterrito
ryor
sovereignty.
Nov97
II
d
Townsville
Freightercarrying70Chinesem
onitored
ateritwasdiscoverednearCap
eYork.
Nov97
S
IERRA
III
e
Balikpapan,
Labuan,
Tarakan
AspartoADFdroughtrelieoperations
(OperationPLESDRAI)inPNG,R
AN
landingcratassistedwiththed
elivery
ovehicles,
bulkrice,oil,
fourandwater
tocoastalareasintheGuland
Milne
Bayprovinces.
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Nov97
May98
B
ELISII
III
Balikpapan,
Betano,
Brunei,Labuan,
Success,
Tarakan,Tobruk
ADFresponsetoagreementend
ing
nineyearsocivilwaronBougainville.
Tobruktransportedpersonnel,
vehiclesandequipmentinsupport
othemultinationalTruceMonitoring
Group.
Successprovidedanafo
at
headquarters.
(Success1Dec9
7-
13Jan98,
Tobruk29Nov97-1
1Dec
97,
2Jan98-
15Mar98,
15Apr98-
5May98).LCHsprovidedlogist
ic
supportonrotation.
1Dec97
2Dec97
II
c
817Squadron
Aircratroma
llthreeservicesin
useacrossNSWd
uringabush
re
emergency.SeaKingswereusedor
respotting,andtodeliverspecialist
reghtingcrewsinMortonNational
Park.
1998
D
eployments
VariousRANunits
Regionaldeploymentprogram
continued.
1998
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
MaritimesurveillanceotheAus
tralian
EEZwasconducted.
Atotalo3
66
FFVboardingsand55apprehensions
weremadeduringthisperiod.T
hetotal
numberoSIEVsarrivinginAustralia
orthisperiodwas39.
Thenum
bero
SUNCsdetainedatseawas916.
1998
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
5376nm2s
urveyedinNorthern
QLD,
NT,ArnhemL
andandNSW.
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1998
Exercises
VariousRANunits
ContinuationoADF,regionaland
internationalexercises,
including
HUNTER98designedtodevelop
and
evaluateRAN/RSNinteroperabilityin
minewarareoperations.
21Feb98
S
TANHOPE
II
d
Newcastle,Westralia
Honduranregisteredshingvessel
BigStarapprehendedwhileshing
withintheHIMIEEZ.
145tonnes
o
patagoniantoothshoundonb
oard.
Greenpeaceapplaudedtheseizureas
astrongsignaltotherestotheworld
thatAustraliawoulddeendstoc
kso
thesh.
25Feb98
II
c
Wollongong
11crewmembersotheFrench
cargovesselLaurarescuedate
rthey
abandonedshipinheavyseas6
0km
north-eastoCapeWessel.
Apr98
26Aug03
B
ELISIII
III
Bandicoot,Betano,
Brolga,Kanimbla,Labuan,
Mermaid,Paluma,C
DT
1,Balikpapan,Brunei,
Tarakan,Tobruk,Wallaroo,
Wewak
ADFsupporttothePeaceMonitoring
GroupinBougainvillebycontribu
ting
tospecialistmedical,logistic,
communicationsandtransport
capabilities.
LCHsprovidedlogis
tic
supportonrotation.
Apr98
III
e
Newcastle
AspartoaSEAdeployment,Newcastle
shipscompanyvisitedHellreP
ass,
ThailandtosupportAnzacDay
celebrationsattendedbythePrime
Minister.
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15Apr98
29Apr98
III
Tobruk
TobruksailedorAwraBayin
BougainvilletoresupplytheTMG
and
hostedpeacetalksbetweenthe
PNG
GovernmentandtheBougainville
RevolutionaryArmy.
23Apr98
III
e
Fremantle,W
hyalla
Participationinacyclonerelie
operationtoTannaIsland,
Vanuatu,
deliveringmuchneededricetol
ocal
residents.
17May98
27May98
B
RANCARD
III
Adelaide,
Canberra,
Newcastle,Torrens
RANunitsplacedonalerttoeva
cuate
AustraliannationalsduringIndonesian
civildisturbances.
AlsocalledOperation
ROADSTER.
29May98
III
AllRANUnits
TheAustralianGovernmentannounced
thatnomilitaryexercisesorship
visitswouldbeundertakenwith
eitherPakistanorIndiaateras
eries
onucleartestsontheIndiansub-
continent.
5Jun98
AUSINDOJAYA
III
e
VariousRANUnits
ADFoperationtodeliveroodan
d
medicalsuppliestodrought-ae
cted
areasocentralIrianJaya.
11Jun98
II
d
Dubbo
Interceptionooreignvesselca
rrying
tenpeoplesuspectedobeingillegal
immigrantsotheKimberlycoast.
18Jun98
II
c
Darwin,
Melbourne,
Perth,
Success
Assistanceprovidedinasearch
or
amissingcrewmanroma
helicopter
whichcrashedintotheseaoK
iribati.
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Jul98
II
d
Cessnock
AttemptedapprehensionoaFF
V.
Severalwarningshotswerered
.
Attemptstoboardthevesselailed
andCessnockpursuedthevessel
untilinstructedtoreturntotheAFZ.
Cessnockinterceptedanothertw
oFFVs
onthesamepatrol.
29Jul98
II
c
Newcastle
Shipsfightrescuedsixshermenrom
theirvesselaterithadrunagro
und
onMiddletonReenorthoLord
Howe
Island.
Aug98
Ongoing
M
ISTRAL
II
d
VariousRANUnits
SupporttoAustraliansovereign
rights
andsherieslawenorcementin
the
SouthernOceanbysupportingA
FMA
andACSOceansheriespatrols
.
Sep98
III
e
Adelaide,
Brisbane,
Hobart
SouthEastAsiandeployment
supportingtheYearoTheOcea
n
estivalwhichincludedanavalreviewby
thePresidentoIndonesia.
Dec98
II
c
Newcastle,Young
Endeavour,
817Squadron,
816Squadron
Sydney-HobartYachtRacerescu
e
operations.
Dec98
AVIANLINNET
II
d
Bendigo
AcombinedAFP,
ACS,
Coastwatch
andADFdrugenorcementoperation
conductedothecentralcoast
oNSW.
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1999
D
eployments
VariousRANUnits
Regionaldeploymentprogram
continued.
IncludedvisittoVietnamb
y
AruntaandPerthtomarkthebe
ginning
odeencecooperation.
1999
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
FCPBswereheavilyinvolvedinth
e
monitoringandinterceptionoSIEVsand
SUNCs.
FFVapprehensionsrema
inedat
moderatelevels,
howeverthedra
matic
increaseinSUNCsarrivalscontinued.
Atotalo927SUNCsweretrans
ported
duringthequarterOct-
Dec99.
1999
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
3756nm2s
urveyedintheGreatBarrier
Ree,NSW,
NTandinTorresStrait.
1999
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingSTARDEX99designed
to
developoperationalprocedures
and
tacticswithFPDAunitsinajoint/
combinedmaritimeexercise.
1999
III
e
Mermaid,
Paluma
Whilechartinganewshippingchannel
romt
heCoralSeatotheSolom
onSea
apleaorhelpreceivedromav
illage
otheveryremoteBrumerIslandinthe
ChinaStrait.
Some800litreso
water
transportedtothevillage.
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Mar99
II
d
Geelong,
Gladstone,
Ipswich
TheSIEVHwangTongwasshadowed
beoredevelopingasteeringdeect,
Ipswichrenderedassistanceandthe
vesselwastakenundertow.
22Mar99
28Mar99
C
HANDLER
II
c
VariousRANunits
ADFassistancetoWAduringCyclone
Vance.
AlsoknownasSHOCKER
.
24Mar99
II
c
Warrnambool,816
Squadron,
817
Squadron
Warrnamboolrescuedthetwocrew
membersotheyachtGreenHornetin
responsetoaMARSAR.
23Apr99
B
ANTAM
II
c
Personnel
ADFassistancetotheNSWD
ep
artment
oAgricultureincontrollingtheo
utbreak
oNewcastleDiseaseinpoultry
arms
intheMangroveMountainareaoNSW.
PersonnelromK
animbla,
Manooraand
romn
avalestablishmentsinSy
dney
involved.
24May99
28May99
G
RAVITATE
II
d
Townsville
Customsoperationinvolvingas
weep
orillegalactivitieswithintheTh
ursday
Islandgroup.
May99
Aug99
D
AMASKIX
II
d
Melbourne
ParticipationwiththeMultinational
MaritimeInterceptionForceinsupport
oUNSCRsanctionsagainstIraq.
(30May99-
13Aug99)
Jun99
II
c
Ipswich
MARSARincidentinvolvingaves
sel
whichhadgroundedonareenortho
Cairns.
Thecrewwastransporte
dto
Cooktown.
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Aug99
Sep99
S
PITFIRE
III
Bunbury,
Dubbo,
Geraldton,
Gladstone
Inresponsetopostindependen
ce
violenceinEastTimor,anevacu
ation
planorAustralianandapproved
oreign
nationalswasdeveloped.
Aug99
Nov99
S
TABILISE/WARDEN
III
VariousRANunits
UNsanctionedpeaceenorcement
operationinEastTimor.
Aug99
Feb00
S
TABILISE/WARDEN
I
b
Balikpapan,
Betano,
Brunei,Darwin,
Jervis
Bay(II),
Labuan,
Melbourne,
Newcastle,
Sydney,Tarakan,Tobruk,
CDT1,
CDT4,
LADS
Unit,
HODSU
UNsanctionedpeaceenorcement
operationinEastTimor.
Sep99
12Nov01
C
ONCORD
II
d
VariousRANunits
LogisticsupportorADFoperations
inEastTimor.Residualsupport
tasks
weresubsumedintoongoingtas
kingor
OperationTANAGERand,subsequently,
OperationCITADEL.
Nov99
II
c
723Squadron
Thebodiesoourmissing
snowboarderswerediscoverednear
MountKosciuskoandassistanc
ewith
recoveryprovidedtoNSWp
olice
.
Nov99
Oct00
B
ELISIII
III
Bandicoot
DeploymenttoBougainvilleundera
dualcrewarrangementwithcrew
s
rotatedintheatre.
30Nov99
II
d
Gladstone
WarningshotsredduringFFV
apprehension.
Thevesselwasb
oarded
andescortedtoDarwin.
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2000
D
eployments
VariousRANUnits
Regionaldeploymentprogram
continued.
2000
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
1688patrolboatdayscomplete
d.
243FFVboardingswereconduc
ted
with76apprehensions.
54SIEV
swere
apprehended.
2000
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
3651nm2s
urveyedinNorthern
QLD,
theTorresStrait,
Bougainville,East
Timor,WA,
SAandNSW.
2000
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingSHORTSCOPE00designed
toenhanceinteroperabilitybetw
een
AustralianandUSpersonnelthr
oughan
MCMVtrainingexercise.
2000
12Nov01
M
ENCARI
II
c
VariousRANUnits
PatrolotheTimorGapZoneo
Cooperation.
Jan00
Dec01
C
ENTENARY
IV
Adelaide,
Bendigo,
Kanimbla,
Melville,
ADFoperationprovidingsupport
tothe
CentenaryoFederationcelebra
tions.
Feb00
May02
TANAGER
II
d
Balikpapan,
Benalla,
Betano,
Brunei,
JervisBay(II),
Labuan,
Manoora,
Mermaid,
Paluma,
Shepparton,
Wewak
ADFcontributiontoUNTAET.LCH
s
providedmaritimesupportinEa
st
Timor,ocusingonthecarriageo
logisticsupportstores,
ueland
vehiclesbetweenDili,Suaiand
Oecussi.JervisBayprovidedaregular
serviceDarwin-D
ili-Darwin.
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Apr00
II
d
Geraldton
61suspectedillegalimmigrants
saved
roma
sinkingIndonesianshin
gboat
intheIndianOcean.
May00
Aug00
PLUMBOB
III
Tobruk
ADFcontributiontoevacuationo
oreignnationalsintheSolomon
Islands.
(29May00-
13Jun00
,21
Jun00-
12Aug00)
Jul00
Aug00
H
IGHWAY
III
e
VariousRANunits
Assistancewiththerepatriation
oPNG
DeenceForcepersonnelanda
milies.
Sep00
Oct00
D
ORSAL/ORBIT
III
Newcastle,
Sydney
ADFsupporttothepeacenegotiation
processintheSolomonIslands.
(Newcastle23Sep00-
11Oct00,
ollowedbySydney1Oct00-
28Oct00).
Sep00
Oct00
B
IGEYEII
II
c
VariousRANunits
Surveillancesupportprovidedto
FederatedStatesoMicronesia.
Oct00
Nov00
G
OLD
II
c
VariousRANunits
ADFsupportor2000Olympica
nd
ParalympicGamesinSydney.
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Nov00
Oct01
TREK
III
Canberra,
Darwin,
Kanimbla,
Manoora,
Newcastle,Tobruk,
Melbourne
PromotionostabilityintheSolomon
IslandsbysupportingtheInternational
PeaceMonitoringTeamd
eployedin
supportotheCease-F
ireAgreement.
(Canberra13Sep01-
24Oct0
1,
Darwin24Apr01-
29Jun01,
Kanimbla2Jun01-
8Aug01,
Manoora8Nov00-
20Dec00,
Manoora6Mar01-
8Jun01,
Melbourne26Jul01-
26Sep0
1,
Newcastle8Feb01-
20Mar01
,
Tobruk7Dec00-
15Feb01).
2001
D
eployments
VariousRANUnits
DeploymentscontinuedtoSouthAsia,
NorthAsiaandtheSouthWestPacic.
2001
N
ationalSurveillance
VariousRANUnits
1688patroldays.
231FFVsand
12SIEVsboarded,
67otheFFVs
apprehendedandallotheSIEV
s.
A
totalo1501SUNCstransporte
d.
2001
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
3416nm2s
urveyedoWestern
Australia,
EastTimor,NorthQLD
,the
TorresStrait,
theCapricornGrou
p,
ArnhemL
and,
MelvilleIslandand
AshmoreRee.
2001
Exercises
VariousRANunits
TheRANcontinuedtoconductA
DF,
regionalandinternationalexercises,
includingTANDEMT
HRUST01-a
joint
Australian,
CanadianandUSexercisein
theShoalwaterBayTrainingArea.
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Jan01
Jun01
M
AXWELL
II
d
VariousRANUnits
EnorcementoAustraliansover
eignty
intheHIMIEEZ.
18Feb01
24Feb01
ABSEIL
III
Personnel
ADFcontributiontosupportingtalks
betweenthePNGGovernmenta
nd
Bougainvilledelegatesasparto
the
ongoingpeaceprocessinBouga
inville.
Feb01
III
e
Darwin
VisittoIndiatoparticipateintheIndian
NavalReviewatMumbai.
Mar01
II
c
816Squadron,
817Squadron
Navyledeorttoevacuateand
resupplyresidentsotheKemps
ey
regioninNSWa
terseverefood
ing.
Apr01
TEEBONE
II
d
Personnel
OperationconductedwiththeAF
MAand
SouthAricanNavyinordertoeecta
prosecutionwithinAustraliaotheFFV
SouthTomianditscrew.
Thearresttook
placeollowinga2000nmh
otp
ursuit
acrosstheSouthernOcean.
Apr01
Jun01
III
e
Kanimbla
DeploymenttoVanuatuordisaster
relieoperationsollowingavolc
anic
eruptionontheislandoLopevi.
Apr01
III
e
Arunta,
Newcastle,
Success
VisittoPusan,
SouthKoreato
commemoratethe50thanniversaryo
theendotheKoreanWar.
Jun01
III
e
Hawkesbury,
Huon
VisittoSurabaya.
FirstRANvisitto
amajorIndonesianportsinceA
DF
operationsbeganinEastTimor.
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Jul01
II
c
Huon
Assistanceprovidedtothecrew
othe
NewZealandyachtAimliswhich
had
runagroundonChestereldRee
inthe
CoralSea.
Jul01
Nov01
D
AMASK(X)
II
d
Anzac
ContributiontotheMultinational
MaritimeInterceptionForceinsupport
oUNsanctionsagainstIraq.O
peration
DAMASKociallyceased23June
2004,althoughalreadysubsum
edinto
OperationSLIPPERandsubsequ
ently
OperationCATALYST.
Aug01
Jun04
G
ABERDINE
II
d
VariousRANUnits
SupporttoDIMIAtomanageany
increaseinunauthorisedboatarrivals.
Aug01
Oct01
G
UARDIAN
II
c
Personnel
SupporttotheCommonwealthH
eads
oGovernmentMeetingheldin
Brisbane6-
9October2001.
Aug01
Ongoing
C
ELESTA
II
d
VariousRANUnits
Conductosuracesheriespat
rolsin
theHIMIEEZ.
Aug01
14Mar02
R
ELEXI
II
d
VariousRANUnits
Airandsuracepatrolsacross
Australiasnorthernapproaches
to
detect,deteranddenyaccessto
Australiabyunauthorisedboata
rrivals.
17Aug01
II
c
Melbourne
Seahawkrescuednineteensurv
ivors
roma
sunkenvesselotheSo
lomon
Islands.
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Oct01
Mar02
D
AMASK/SLIPPER
I
b
Sydney
SupporttotheUSledOperation
ENDURINGFREEDOM,
theIntern
ational
CoalitionAgainstTerrorism.
Also
contributiontotheMultinational
MaritimeInterceptionForceinsupport
oUNsanctionsagainstIraq.
(9Nov01-
23Feb02)
Nov01
Mar02
S
LIPPER
I
b
Adelaide,
Kanimbla
SupporttotheUSledOperation
ENDURINGFREEDOM,
theIntern
ational
CoalitionAgainstTerrorism.
Also
contributiontotheMultinational
MaritimeInterceptionForceinsupport
oUNsanctionsagainstIraq.
(2Dec01-
4Mar02)
Nov01
Feb02
II
c
723,
817,
816
Squadrons,
NavalAir
StationNOWRA
SupporttotheNSWC
hristmasbushre
emergency.Alsoprovidedsuppo
rt
duringtheACTandVICbushres.
2002
D
eployments
VariousRANUnits
Regionaldeploymentscontinued
,
however,thehighlevelooperational
activityimpactedonthenumber
conducted.
2002
N
ationalSurveillance
PatrolBoatForce
111boatswereinterceptedin
Australianwatersduring2002.2103
patrolboatdayswereachievedin
supportoOperationsRELEXIa
ndII
andCRANBERRY.
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2002
G
eographicand
H
ydrographicSupport
HydrographicSurvey
Force
4046nm2s
urveyedinthetheTorres
Strait,
BassStrait,
ArnhemL
and
,
NorthQLD,approachestoGlads
tone,
AvaPoint,PNG,andtheSydney
area.
LeeuwinandMelvillewerecomm
itted
toOperationRELEXIIonarotational
basisthroughout2002andther
e
wasthereoreashortallo42p