Life at sea as a maritime warfare officer trainee
Channel: Royal Australian Navy
Date: 2022-03-03

Royal Australian Navy officer trainee Sub Lieutenant Annabelle Wall is completing her stage two maritime warfare officer training on the guided-missile destroyer HMAS Hobart. On HMAS Hobart's bridge, Sub Lieutenant Wall assists the officer of the watch to maintain the navigational safety of the ship as she works to gain the knowledge and skills required to gain her officer of the watch certificate and, eventually, to become a navigator herself.

HMAS Hobart is the first of three Hobart-class guided-missile destroyers. Her sister ships are HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Sydney. HMAS Hobart was commissioned on 23 September 2017, after being constructed in Australia by the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance.