Topic: HMAS Adelaide (L01)
Visit by Chief of Naval Staff of the Indonesian Navy
Published on by LEUT Andrew Ragless (author), ABIS Kieran Dempsey (photographer)

Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Tim Barrett (right) presents a didgeridoo, an Indigenous Australian wind instrument, to Chief of Naval Staff of the Indonesian Navy, Admiral Ade Supandi at Fleet Headquarters in Sydney.
Australia’s close maritime relationship with Indonesia was highlighted recently, with the country’s Chief of Navy, Admiral Ade Supandi paying a visit to Sydney.
HMAS Adelaide evacuates new recruits
Published on by LEUT Ryan Zerbe (author), LSIS Nina Fogliani (photographer)

Two LHD Landing Craft transport recruits role-playing as civilian evacuees from the HMAS Cerberus wharf to HMAS Adelaide in Western Port Bay, Victoria.
HMAS Adelaide has successfully embarked a large number of recruits from Royal Australian Navy Recruit School, HMAS Cerberus in Victoria as part of a civilian evacuation exercise.
Aviation sailors lash Poseidon
Published on by LEUT Ryan Zerbe (author), ABET Jarrod Mulvihill (photographer)

Aviation Support trainees prepare for HMAS Adelaide's embarked MRH90 helicopter, Poseidon 29, to land on the ship's flight deck.
A group of 14 sailors has experienced the rush of working beneath 14,000 kilograms of hovering helicopter on the deck of a moving warship.
A formidable presence on patrol
Published on by LEUT Ryan Zerbe (author), ABET Jarrod Mulvihill (photographer)

HMAS Adelaide sails past an oil rig platform during a patrol in the Bass Strait Oil Rig Restricted Area off the coast of Victoria.
HMAS Adelaide has taken time during a busy schedule of training at sea to support wider border surveillance efforts.
HMAS Adelaide in Melbourne
Published on by LEUT Ryan Zerbe (author), ABET Jarrod Mulvihill (photographer)

HMAS Adelaide approaches Station Pier following her transit through Port Phillip Bay for her maiden port visit to Melbourne.
HMAS Adelaide sailed into Melbourne last week, returning for the first time to the city where she was built.
Adelaide commissions artwork
Published on by CPOB Anthony Martin (author), ABIS Steven Thomson (photographer)

Artist Megan Spiers presents her painting of HMAS Adelaide to the Commanding Officer of the ship, Captain Jonathan Earley.
HMAS Adelaide has commissioned a painting which showcases its capability on amphibious operations, thanks to the revitalisation of a traditional fundraising idea.
Policy advice essential in Indo-Pacific
Published on by LTCOL Phil Pyke (author), LSIS Peter Thompson (photographer)

Policy Adviser for International Policy Division, Lisa Chadderton, is presented with a commemorative coin by Deputy Chief Hydrographer, Royal Malaysian Navy, Commodore Hanafiah bin Hassan, during an office call by Commander Task Group 661.1 to the office of the Chief Hydrographer, Royal Malaysian Navy, while in Port Klang, Malaysia, for Indo Pacific Endeavour 2017.
Two Defence International Policy Division advisors have been embarked in HMAS Adelaide as part of her recent deployment throughout the Asian region.
PNG Prime Minister visits HMAS Adelaide
Published on by Department of Defence (author), POIS Andrew Dakin (photographer)

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill (far right) disembarks HMAS Adelaide's MRH-90 during a visit to the ship in Port Morseby, as part of Indo-Pacific Endeavour 2017.
Sailing in-sync with Singapore
Published on by LTCOL Phil Pyke (author), POIS Andrew Dakin (photographer)

A MRH-90 Taipan helicopter from HMAS Adelaide conducts deck landings aboard Republic of Singapore Navy ship RSS Supreme off the coast of Singapore, during Indo Pacific Endeavour 2017.
As a MRH-90 helicopter from HMAS Adelaide touched down in a deck landing practice on the flight deck of RSS Supreme, Australia’s interoperability with the Singapore Armed Forces moved to a new level.
Malaysian medicos make Adelaide house call
Published on by LTCOL Phil Pyke (author), LSIS Peter Thompson (author)

Lietenant Colonel Dr. Mohamed Zaki Mokhtar of the Malaysian Armed Forces with Lieutenant Commander Richard Classon, in the Intensive Care Unit of HMAS Adelaide during a visit while the ship is alongside Port Klang, Malaysia, for Indo pacific Endeavour 2017.