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Three members of the South African Navy are killed and five others are rescued when large waves hit a submarine near Kommetjie, Western Cape, South Africa.
2023-09-20

Australia announces the creation of the Defence Space command, saying it is designed to counter Russia and Mainland China's ambitions in outer space. The new agency's servicemembers will come from the army, navy, air force, and will also include private contractors.
2022-03-22

The Indonesian government reports the disappearance of the submarine KRI 6 during a torpedo live fire exercise, requesting search and rescue assistance from Singapore and Australia.
2021-04-21

The wreckage of United States Navy submarine USS "Grayback" (SS-208), which disappeared with its 80 crew members in the East China Sea on February 27, 1944 during World War II, is discovered on the sea floor using new drone technology.
2019-11-11

BAE Systems is awarded a £19.6bn contract to build nine next-generation "Hunter"-class frigates for the Royal Australian Navy with construction expected to begin in 2020.
2018-06-29

The Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Turnbull announces that French company DCNS has been awarded a $50 billion contract to build a new fleet of submarines for the Royal Australian Navy with the subs to be built in Adelaide.
2016-04-26

The Royal Australian Navy seizes a large cache of weapons from a fishing vessel near Oman's coast, that was bound for Somalia. The Australian Navy, which patrols waters around the Indian Ocean as part of an international maritime force, said it has seized nearly 2,000 AK-47 rifles, 100 rocket-propelled grenade launchers, 49 PKM machine guns, 39 PKM spare barrels and 20 mortar tubes from the stateless vessel. 20 tonnes of weaponry in total.
2016-03-7

The U.S. Navy's newest submarine, the 12th in the Virginia-class submarine line, the John Warner, joins the fleet in a commissioning ceremony at Norfolk Naval Station in Norfolk, Virginia.
2015-08-4

Prince Harry arrives in Sydney, Australia, to celebrate 100 years of the Royal Australian Navy.
2013-10-5

U.S. scientists plan to rotate the Confederate submarine, the "H. L. Hunley", buried in the outer harbour of Charleston, South Carolina so that they can examine it more closely.
2010-08-6