A fire has been extinguished on board the Navy's Armidale Class Patrol boat HMAS Bundaberg, alongside Darwin Naval base.
HMAS Ararat, an Armidale Class Patrol Boat, suffered a fire on board whilst alongside Darwin Naval Base late on Wednesday morning.
This is downright odd; I've never heard of a single one catching on fire before, let alone two within a handful of days at the same base*, though they assure us that "[a]n initial assessment [of the fire on the Ararat] indicates there is unlikely to be a connection to the fire on board HMAS Bundaberg earlier this week."
* In fairness 10 of the 14 Armidale class boats are based in Darwin.
