HendersonASMD Programme 2nd ANZAC Class frigate into BAE Systems Henderson Shipyard for Anti-Ship Missile Defence upgrade, which indluded new midship mast for the CEA Phased Array Radar and preparing for MRH-90 operations.
Arabian SeaOperation MANITOU Departed from HMAS Stirling naval base for Operation Manitou in the Middle East Region with SH-60B N24-011. Returned to Fleet Base West on 23 Jul 2017
Spratly IslandFONOPS Part of AUS Joint Task Group on Freedom of Navigation exercise through South China Sea, near the Spratly Islands in mid Jul, en route Philippine Sea and RIMPAC 2020, with HMAS Canberra, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Stuart and HMAS Sirius.