Topic: Ceremony and Traditions
Welcome to the fleet - HMAS Hobart III
Published on by Department of Defence (author), ABIS Bonny Gassner (photographer)

The ship's company of HMAS Hobart line the upper decks and cheer ship during HMAS Hobart’s Commissioning Ceremony held at Garden Island, Sydney.
Hobart (II) - one in a million
Published on by Mr John Perryman (author), Department of Defence (photographer)

HMAS Hobart returning to Sydney Harbour for the last time prior to being decommisioned.
Heroic Hobart (I)
Published on by John Perryman (author), Navy Archives (photographer)

Imagery Scanned from Navy Historic Archive
In the lead-up to the commissioning ceremony of the first of the Royal Australian Navy’s new destroyers on 23 September, we look back upon ships who have previously carried the name HMAS Hobart.
Third win for Rankin
Published on by LEUT Mick Wheeler (author), CPO Damien Pawlenko (photographer)

Group Photograph of the crew of HMAS Rankin with the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Retd), Lady Lynne Cosgrove, Commander Australian Fleet, Rear Admiral Stuart Mayer, CSC and Bar, RAN, and holding the Gloucester Cup is Commanding Officer HMAS Rankin, Commander Micheal Jacobson, CSM, RAN, in the Gymnasium at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia.
Privileged posting to a powerful ship
Published on by SGT Dave Morley (author), ABIS Bonny Gassner (author)

Midshipman Emily Tollenaar stands on the bridge of NUSHIP Hobart alongside Garden Island, Sydney.
From avionics to opportunity to honour
Published on by Dave Devlin (author), CPL Kyle Genner (photographer)

Royal Australian Navy sailor Able Seaman Jarryd Capper from Australia's Federation Guard based in Canberra, after a rehearsal for the commemoration of the Centenary of the Battle of Polygon Wood in Belgium.
Wollongong reaffirms friendships
Published on by LEUT John Thompson (author), POIS Yuri Ramsey (photographer)

HMAS Wollongong's Petty Officer Naval Police Coxswain James Quinn, presents Shoalhaven Police Local Area Commander, Superintendent Steve Hegarty, with the scroll granting HMAS Wollongong the Freedom of Entry to the city of Wollongong.
Tradition and ceremony key to crew
Published on by LEUT Harley Slatter (author), Unknown (photographer)

The Admiral Hudson pulls alongside Fleet Base East, Sydney.
With only two boats, the VIP Boat Squadron based at HMAS Waterhen in Sydney is a small, but important part of the Royal Australian Navy’s fleet.
A ship’s history – HMAS Bunbury II – submissions wanted
Published on by CMDR Andrew Schroder (author), LSPH Tracy Casteleijn (photographer)

HMAS Bunbury in the foreground, with FNS La Glorieuse on the right.
For more than a century there have been hundreds of ships and aircraft as well as many thousands of people who have served the Royal Australian Navy, but who keeps tabs on ships past and present, and collects the history for future generations?
Trailblazing Warrant Officer remembered
Published on by LEUT Anthony White (author)

The first Warrant Officer of the Navy Paul Whittaker.
The Royal Australian Navy’s first Warrant Officer of the Navy, has recently passed away after a brief battle with cancer.