Submarine Special Operations (SSO)

Background

Between 1978 and 1997, a number of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) submarines were fitted with specialised intelligence-gathering equipment and deployed to various regions outside Australia on submarine special operations. Due to the continued sensitivity around these operations, Defence will not provide any information regarding the names of RAN vessels involved, the specific dates during which operations took place, or the location of operations.

VEA Eligibility for SSO service