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The 16,000-tonne HMAS Choules can carry 160 personnel and will be docked in the eastern states. Its commanding officer, John Cowan, says the ship's name honours a great man.

The system can be upgraded to support automated UAV landing systems in future. A new visual aid landing system has been commissioned for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) HMAS Choules, an ex-UK RN ...

The Australian Defence Force’s (ADF's) first enhanced regional engagement activity in the Pacific for 2019 concluded with the return of HMAS Choules to Townsville earlier this month. HMAS Choules’ ...

The Choules, which had most recently been in Fiji, took the last contingent of its passengers aboard the 16,000 tonne, 176-metre long ship just before 5pm for what is expected to be a 20-hour ...

A Melbourne family that has secured a spot on the HMAS Choules says they’re looking forward to getting out of fire ravaged Mallacoota. Ben Nutbean, from Heidelberg, has been on the boat with his ...

“HMAS Choules and her crew remained anchored off Manus Island after the ADF land-based tasks were complete, and the land task force returned home on 14 August 2013,” VADM Griggs said.

The Choules has a crew of 158 and includes a huge helicopter deck that can take two Chinook machines and a large docking well capable of handling several landing craft. She can also carry 32 tanks ...

In this photo provided by the Australian Defense Force Australian Navy sailors from HMAS Choules use an inflatable boat to rescue Lithuanian rower Aurimas Mockus, Monday, March 3, 2025, who struck ...

A service held aboard HMAS Choules in the Coral Sea honoured those who fought. IT was the setting for a fierce and bloody battle 75 years ago. Now Australia and the United States seek to remain ...