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86:commissioned with the HMAS prefix on 1 March 1911.
921:Royal Australian Navy Tridents Rugby League Team
892:Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam
159:The Destroyers: their battles and their badges
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841:Battle honours of the Royal Australian Navy
194:List of current Royal Australian Navy Ships
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23:List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy
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953:Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve
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948:Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service
943:Women's Royal Australian Naval Service
963:Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
958:Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos
877:Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre
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846:List of Royal Australian Navy losses
302:Director-General Maritime Operations
968:Australian Commonwealth Naval Board
415:Laser Airborne Depth Sounder Flight
46:(RAN). This prefix is derived from
42:used for commissioned units of the
439:Navy People Training and Resources
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411:Australian Hydrographic Service
862:Royal Australian Navy Memorial
816:International Force East Timor
493:-class landing helicopter dock
443:Royal Australian Naval College
328:Royal Australian Naval Reserve
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89:The prefix now refers to the
36:Her Majesty's Australian Ship
28:His Majesty's Australian Ship
897:Naval Stores, Kangaroo Point
771:Colonial navies of Australia
568:Craft of Opportunity Program
48:HMS (Her/His Majesty's Ship)
737:Operation Sovereign Borders
558:Naval procurement programme
312:Warrant Officer of the Navy
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917:Garden Island Naval Chapel
811:Operation Navy Help Darwin
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297:Commander Australian Fleet
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872:Australian Naval Aviation
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50:, the prefix used by the
907:Navy League of Australia
273:Australian Defence Force
882:Australian White Ensign
836:Middle East deployments
406:Clearance Diving Branch
338:Maritime Border Command
938:Department of the Navy
902:Esther Williams Trophy
591:Fleet Base West (HMAS
542:Cape-class patrol boat
497:Bay-class landing ship
333:Australian Navy Cadets
157:Cassells, Vic (2000).
79:torpedo-boat destroyer
1009:Royal Australian Navy
867:Minister for the Navy
264:Royal Australian Navy
227:Royal Australian Navy
44:Royal Australian Navy
699:Admiral of the Fleet
525:-class survey vessel
348:Units and Formations
292:Deputy Chief of Navy
91:monarch of Australia
67:Australian navy ship
532:-class motor launch
401:Mine Warfare Forces
307:Commodore Flotillas
746:Operation Highroad
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504:-class patrol boat
396:Patrol Boat Forces
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791:Malayan Emergency
766:Australia Station
749:Operation Manitou
709:List of personnel
511:-class minehunter
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391:Submarine Service
72:On 10 July 1911,
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796:Korean War
730:operations
680:HMAS
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648:HMAS
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632:HMAS
626:Coonawarra
624:HMAS
616:HMAS
608:HMAS
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114:Frame, Tom
97:References
83:Parramatta
52:Royal Navy
21:See also:
887:Navy News
692:Personnel
602:Albatross
563:Equipment
548:All ships
458:equipment
456:Ships and
215:Australia
984:Category
931:entities
826:Iraq War
821:Gulf War
674:Waterhen
650:Kuttabul
634:Creswell
618:Cerberus
593:Stirling
553:Aircraft
502:Armidale
491:Canberra
477:Adelaide
177:46829686
144:55980812
116:(2004).
912:Admiral
758:History
728:Current
666:Penguin
658:Moreton
523:Leeuwin
484:Collins
280:Command
201:Portals
54:of the
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714:Badges
682:Watson
642:Harman
610:Cairns
530:Paluma
517:Sirius
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470:Anzac
509:Huon
173:OCLC
163:ISBN
140:OCLC
130:ISBN
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