- late ▁ 1 9 8 6 . ▁W oll ong ongs ▁command ing ▁officer ▁was ▁court ▁mart ia led ▁and ▁conv icted ▁of ▁neg lig ence ▁over ▁the ▁ground ing . ▁He ▁was ▁pen al ised ▁with ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁months ▁senior ity . ▁ ▁W oll ong ong ▁was ▁deployed ▁to ▁the ▁Sol omon ▁Islands ▁during ▁October ▁and ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Regional ▁Ass istance ▁Mission ▁to ▁Sol omon ▁Islands . ▁ ▁F ate ▁W oll ong ong ▁was ▁de comm ission ed ▁on ▁ 1 1 ▁February ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁After ▁being ▁de comm ission ed ▁from ▁service , ▁W oll ong ong ▁one ▁of ▁two ▁pat rol ▁boats ▁used ▁to ▁port ray ▁H MA S ▁Hamm ers ley ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁season ▁of ▁the ▁Australian ▁television ▁drama ▁series ▁Sea ▁Pat rol . ▁W oll ong ong , ▁dock ed ▁at ▁H MA S ▁Water hen ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁scenes ▁ab o ard ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁dock ed ▁ship . ▁This ▁foot age ▁was ▁confl ated ▁with ▁scenes ▁shot ▁ab o ard ▁the ▁oper ational ▁ ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁fict ional ▁pat rol ▁boat . ▁ ▁The ▁pat rol ▁boat ▁was ▁broken ▁up ▁for ▁sc rap ▁in ▁Port ▁Mac qu arie ▁during ▁ 2 0 0 7 , ▁at ▁a ▁cost ▁of ▁$ 4 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁to ▁the ▁Australian ▁government . ▁ ▁Cit ations ▁ ▁References ▁▁ ▁The ▁chapter ▁is ▁available ▁separately ▁as