Description
Title: HMAS Wollongong Commissioning booklet
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Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2007
Cover: Fold out card covers
Comments: Fold out booklet on the commissioning of HMAS Wollongong on 23rd June, 2007 – lists ships crew.
HMAS Wollongong (ACPB 92), named for the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, is an Armidale class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Operationally, Wollongong has spent the majority of her career on border patrol to Australia’s north and north-west. The ship is assigned to Ardent Division of the Australian Patrol Boat Group, is based in Cairns, and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.
In July 2007, the ship became the first vessel of her class to visit the port of Brisbane, Queensland.
