The RAN decommissioned the last three remaining Armidale class patrol boats, HMA Ships Albany, Bathurst and Childers in a ceremony at HMAS Coonawarra in Darwin. First introduced in 2005 with ...
HMAS Bathurst II
Australian Naval History on 4 May 2006
The patrol boat HMAS BATHURST, (LCDR A. P. Quinn, RAN), arrived in Honiara, Solomon Islands, to relieve HMAS ARMIDALE, (LCDR J. Hunter, RAN). BATHURST and ARMIDALE were assigned to CTF ...
Australian Naval History on 10 February 2006
The Armidale class patrol boats HMA Ships LARRAKIA, (LCDR Anthony Powell, RAN), and BATHURST, (LCDR Andrew Quinn, RAN), were commissioned in Cairns, QLD. Both ships were laid down by Austral ...
