HMAS Childers II

Australian Naval History on 4 December 2025

On This Day · Dec 4, 2025 ·

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 ...

Australian Naval History on 7 July 2007

On This Day · Jul 7, 2007 ·

The Armidale class patrol boat HMAS CHILDERS II was commissioned at Cairns, Queensland. ...

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