The launch of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from HMAS Parramatta. The ANZAC-class frigate ...

The launch of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from HMAS Parramatta. The ANZAC-class frigate was on patrol around KAAOT, one of two Iraqi off-shore oil platforms and the closest to Iranian-claimed waters. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by Mal Booth, Head of the Australian War Memorial's Research Centre, as part of the Memorial's Curators in the Field program. This program continues the Memorial's tradition of documenting Australia's experience of war, through observing the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and collecting records, photographs, oral histories and objects for the Memorial's National Collection.

• The launch of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from HMAS Parramatta. The ANZAC-class frigate ...
• The launch of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from HMAS Parramatta. The ANZAC-class frigate ...
• The launch of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from HMAS Parramatta. The ANZAC-class frigate ...
• The launch of a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) from HMAS Parramatta. The ANZAC-class frigate ...
• A sign displayed above the HMAS Parramatta kiosk. Each RAN frigate named after an Australian city ...
• Petty Officer Boatswain (POB) Shane Nesbitt running an informal self-defence training session for ...
• Marine engineers training in the engineer's control room on HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of ...
• Boarding Party mounting up on HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS ...
• Personnel (including the ship's Chaplain Christine Senini), transferring from KAAOT, an Iraqi ...
• View of KAAOT, an Iraqi off-shore oil platform, taken from a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) ...
• Personnel transferring from KAAOT, an Iraqi off-shore oil platform, to HMAS Parramatta, via a ...
• HMAS Parramatta as seen from one of her Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs). One of a series of ...
• HMAS Parramatta's helicopter 'Transformer' on the helicopter deck. One of a series of photographs ...
• HMAS Parramatta's helicopter 'Transformer' on the helicopter deck. One of a series of photographs ...
• HMAS Parramatta's helicopter deck and the helicopter hangar are also used for fitness training ...
• A Ship's out of hours Emergency Response Team (SHERT) exercise on HMAS Parramatta. Such drills ...
• A Ship's out of hours Emergency Response Team (SHERT) exercise on HMAS Parramatta. Such drills ...
• Ship's out of hours Emergency Response Team (SHERT) control area. One of a series of photographs ...
• A Ship's out of hours Emergency Response Team (SHERT) exercise on HMAS Parramatta. Such drills ...
• A Ship's out of hours Emergency Response Team (SHERT) exercise on HMAS Parramatta. Such drills ...
• A Ship's out of hours Emergency Response Team (SHERT) exercise on HMAS Parramatta. Such drills ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter at breakfast in the sailor's mess. LSBM John ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter at breakfast in the sailor's mess. LSBM John ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter having coffee on a lower deck after breakfast ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter moving forward and up to the Gun Direction ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter discusses the previous shift on the Gun ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter marks the Gun Direction Platform's (GDP's) ...
• Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Thomas Carroll from the NSW Central Coast on watch. He joined ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter on watch on the Gun Direction Platform (GDP). ...
• A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) returning to HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of photographs ...
• A Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) returning to HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of photographs ...
• Able Seaman Electronics Technician (ABET) Sujatha Nithyanandam and Leading Seaman Electronics ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter heads to the ship's operations room for a ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter putting on flash protection gear in ...
• KAAOT, an Iraqi off-shore oil platform, as seen from HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of ...
• KAAOT, an Iraqi off-shore oil platform, as seen from HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter and Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Jesse ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter on the Gun Direction Platform (GDP). LSBM John ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter on the Gun Direction Platform (GDP). LSBM John ...
• Identified right to left: Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Andrew Kemp, Leading Seaman ...
• Warrant Officer Stephen Downey. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by ...
• Identified left to right: Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter, Warrant Officer ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter using the longer range binoculars outside HMAS ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter's personal equipment. LSBM John Walter was ...
• One of HMAS Parramatta's Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs). One of a series of photographs ...
• Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Brendan O'Keefe sharpening his small arms skills on the Gun ...
• Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Andrew Kemp on the Gun Direction Platform (GDP). One of a ...
• Able Seaman Boatswain's Mate (ABBM) Brendan O'Keefe using the long range binoculars outside HMAS ...
• An unidentified crew member from HMAS Parramatta's bridge flashing the light on the port side to ...
• One of HMAS Parramatta's warning lights which shows the ship's relationship to the Parramatta ...
• Commander Jonathan D. Sadlier, and Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter on the Gun ...
• Singaporean Navy landing ship from a larger amphibian vessel coming alongside HMAS Parramatta. ...
• Singaporean Navy landing ship from a larger amphibian vessel coming alongside HMAS Parramatta. ...
• One of HMAS Parramatta's Rigid Hull Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) being prepared for launch. One of a ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain's Mate (LSBM) John Walter having lunch after his morning shift on the ...
• Post-lunch personal administration in the sailors' quarters on board HMAS Parramatta. One of a ...
• Replenishment at Sea (RAS) drill. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by ...
• Replenishment at Sea (RAS) drill. Some of HMAS Parramatta's officers can be seen in this image: ...
• Taking down all of the Replenishment at Sea (RAS) drill rigging that had just been erected, which ...
• Following on from taking down the rigging for the Replenishment at Sea (RAS) drill, setting up ...
• Breaking of the Chain drill. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by Mal ...
• Breaking of the Chain drill. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by Mal ...
• Breaking of the Chain drill. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by Mal ...
• Breaking of the Chain drill. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by Mal ...
• Following the 'Breaking of the Chain' drill, the anchor cable must be rejoined and re-stowed. One ...
• Re-stowing the anchor cable. One of a series of photographs taken aboard HMAS Parramatta by Mal ...
• Live firing practice for members of one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding party using 9mm pistols. ...
• Live firing practice for members of one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding party using 9mm pistols. ...
• Live firing practice for members of one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding party using 9mm pistols. ...
• Live firing practice for members of one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding party using 9mm pistols. ...
• Live firing practice for members of one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding party using 9mm pistols. ...
• Live firing practice for members of one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding party using 9mm pistols. ...
• Live firing practice for members of one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding party using 9mm pistols. ...
• Conclusion of live firing practice for one of HMAS Parramatta's boarding parties. One of a series ...
• Boarding party "Gold" (Identified left to right): Lieutenant (LEUT) Nicholas Patterson, Able ...
• Following a live firing practice, all the weapons were cleaned and readied for future use. One of ...
• Following live firing practice, the 9mm pistols are locked away by Leading Seaman Boatswain's ...
• Lieutenant (LEUT) Smith, Chief Petty Officer Medical (CPOMED) Brading and Leading Seaman Medical ...
• 'Oscar', an otherwise unidentified crew member of HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of photographs ...
• 'Oscar', an otherwise unidentified crew member of HMAS Parramatta. One of a series of photographs ...
• Sailors' mess on HMAS Parramatta featuring one of the cooks. One of a series of photographs taken ...
• Sailors' mess on HMAS Parramatta featuring one of the cooks. One of a series of photographs taken ...
• Leading Seaman Boatswain Mate (LSBM) John Walter in one of HMAS Parramatta's Rigid Hull Boats ...
• 'The Weight'. This object symbolises the weight of responsibility passed on from one RAN ship to ...