Portal:Military history of Australia/Units/October 12

HMAS Protector (ASR 241) was a Royal Australian Navy trials and submarine rescue ship. Protector was purchased by the Navy in 1990 and supported the Collins-class submarine trials from 1992. While Protector was decommissioned in 1998 she was sold to Defence Maritime Services, and remains in use as a training ship operating out of HMAS Creswell under the name Seahorse Horizon.