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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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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.

Internet site: www.navy.gov.au/spc

Comment on this Working Paper or any inquiry related to the activities o the

Sea Power Centre - Australia should be directed to:

Director

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Department o Deence

CANBERRA ACT 2600

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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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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).


26/80

7

Aug90

Feb91

D

AMASK(I)

II

d

Success


s


ESERT

SHIELD.



rding


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


s


ESERT

SHIELD.



rding


actual

sanctionbreakers.

(Brisbane,Sy

dney

3Dec90-

26Mar91).


27/80

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.


28/80

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


DF,


includingSTARFISH91intheSo

uth

ChinaSeawith32shipsrom

ve

nationsinvolved.

1991

II

c

CDT1

Divinganddemolitiontaskscon

ducted

onWWIIwrecksinDarwin.

6Jan91

II

c

Brisbane

Repairscarriedoutondisabled

Pakistanishingboatoundate

rve

daysadritintheGuloOman.


29/80

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.


30/80

11

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.


31/80

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.


32/80

13

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.


33/80

14

1992

Exercises

VariousRANunits


DF,


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


ns

againstIraq.

(11Mar92-

16Ju

l92)

7Feb92

IV

Perth

Awreathlayingservicewasconducted

overthespotwheretherstPerthand

USSHoustonweresunkintheB

attleo

SundaStraitin1942.


34/80

15

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


35/80

16

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



ns

againstIraq.

(13Nov92-

12Mar92)


36/80

17

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


1993

G

eographicand

H

ydrographicSupport

HydrographicSurvey

Force

7170nm2s

urveyedinArnhemL

and,

GuloPapua,

TorresStrait,

Great

BarrierRee,SouthAustralia,No

rolk

IslandandMacquarieIsland.

1993

Exercises

VariousRANunits


DF,


includingNEWH

ORIZONV11/93

designedtoimprovetheinteroperability

oADFandTNIForcesincombin

ed

maritimeproceduresandtactics

.

1993

Jul97

B

ANNER

III

e

Personnel

RANpersonnelinvolvedintheM

aritime

AssistanceProject(Cambodia)

providedtrainingorthedevelop

ment

otheRoyalCambodianArmedForces

maritimeorce.


37/80

18

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



ns

againstIraq.

(20Jul93-

9Nov93)

Aug93

III

e

Ipswich

PatroloMelanesianBasininclu

ding

visitstoFunauti,

Tarawa,

Majuro,

PohnpeiandKavieng.


38/80

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



oat



o


rdings

conductedwith129apprehensions,

the

increasebeingduetohigherlev

elso

FFVandreugeeactivity.


39/80

20

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


DF,


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.


40/80

21

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.


41/80

22

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


continued.

1995

N

ationalSurveillance

PatrolBoatForce



oat



o


rdings


1995

G

eographicand

H

ydrographicSupport

HydrographicSurvey

Force

5468nm2s

urveyedinArnhemL

and,

GreatBarrierRee,QLD,

TorresStrait,

SouthAustralianGulsandSahu

lBanks


42/80

23

1995

Exercises

VariousRANunits


DF,


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.


43/80

24

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.


44/80

25

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


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


DF,


includingRIMPAC96involvingth

eUS,

Japan,

Canada,

ROKandChiled

esigned

toenhanceinteroperabilitybetw

eenall

participatingnations,

inamulti-threat

littoralenvironment.

1996

G

UNWHALE

II

c

PatrolBoatForce

Fisheriessurveillance.


45/80

26

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.


46/80

27

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


DF,


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.


47/80

28

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.


48/80

29

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.


49/80

30

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.


50/80

31

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.


51/80

32

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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33

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.


53/80

34

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.


54/80

35

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.


55/80

36

1999

D

eployments

VariousRANUnits


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


DF,


includingSTARDEX99designed

to

developoperationalprocedures

and

tacticswithFPDAunitsinajoint/

combinedmaritimeexercise.

1999

III

e

Mermaid,

Paluma

Whilechartinganewshippingchannel

romt

heCoralSeatotheSolom

onSea

apleaorhelpreceivedromav

illage

otheveryremoteBrumerIslandinthe

ChinaStrait.

Some800litreso

water

transportedtothevillage.


56/80

37

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.


57/80

38

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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39

2000

D

eployments

VariousRANUnits


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


DF,


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.


59/80

40

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.


60/80

41

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


DF,


includingTANDEMT

HRUST01-a

joint

Australian,

CanadianandUSexercisein

theShoalwaterBayTrainingArea.


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42

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.


62/80

43

Jul01

II

c

Huon

Assistanceprovidedtothecrew

othe

NewZealandyachtAimliswhich

had

runagroundonChestereldRee

inthe

CoralSea.

Jul01

Nov01

D

AMASK(X)

II

d

Anzac

ContributiontotheMultinational


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.


63/80

44

Oct01

Mar02

D

AMASK/SLIPPER

I

b

Sydney

SupporttotheUSledOperation

ENDURINGFREEDOM,

theIntern

ational

CoalitionAgainstTerrorism.

Also

contributiontotheMultinational


oUNsanctionsagainstIraq.

(9Nov01-

23Feb02)

Nov01

Mar02

S

LIPPER

I

b

Adelaide,

Kanimbla

SupporttotheUSledOperation

ENDURINGFREEDOM,

theIntern

ational

CoalitionAgainstTerrorism.

Also

contributiontotheMultinational


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.


64/80

45

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

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