Sea Patrol (season 2)

Infobox tvseason
season_name = Sea Patrol II: The Coup
headercolour = cedff2


caption = "Sea Patrol" main cast of 2008
show_name = Sea Patrol
country = AUS
network = Nine Network
first_aired = 31 March 2008
last_aired =
23 June 2008
num_episodes = 13
prev_season = Sea Patrol
next_season = Sea Patrol - Red GoldThe second season of the Australian drama "Sea Patrol" premiered on the Nine Network on 31 March 2008 and aired on Monday nights at 8:30 PM. The thirteen-episode season ended on 23 June 2008.

The season introduced a new patrol boat, following the decommissioning of the original, "Fremantle" class boat in the final scenes of season one. The new HMAS "Hammersley" (hull number 82) was of the "Armidale" class, reflecting the real-life changeover in the Australian fleet. The second season also featured the debut of a new main chracter, Able Seaman Rebecca "Bomber" Brown, as the boat's new cook.

Though advertised by the Nine Network as "Sea Patrol II: The Coup", [cite web|url=http://seapatrol.ninemsn.com.au/img/wallpapers/SeaPatrol2_1024x768.jpg|title=Promotional card for series 2|accessdate=2008-08-27] episodes themselves bore no title other than "Sea Patrol", and the ISAN number indicated that the episodes were merely episodes 14-26 of "Sea Patrol".

Continuing the format from the first season, episodes generally moved a season-long story arc along. As the Nine Network marketing indicated, this arc involved a coup on the Samaru Islands, a fictional island nation close to Australia. In many ways, the story was evocative of Operation ANODE, a peacekeeping mission to the Solomon Islands that has been called "the [operational] pinnacle for the "Freemantle" class" by the Australian Department of Defence. [cite web|url=http://www.navy.gov.au/w/images/Semaphore_2005_17.pdf|title=Farewell to the Freemantle Class|date=October 2005|work=Semaphore|publisher=Sea Power Centre, Australian Department of Defence|language=English|accessdate=2008-08-27]

Casting

Main Cast

Awards

Episodes

DVD release

The second season of "Sea Patrol" - Sea Patrol II: The Coup - is set to be released on Region 4 DVD on 6 November 2008. [ [http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/802087 Sea Patrol - Season 2 (complete) DVD summary] , [http://www.ezydvd.com.au/ ezydvd.com] . Retrieved 16 August 2008.]

References

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* TV.com editors. [http://www.tv.com/sea-patrol/show/67638/episode_guide.html?season=2&tag=season_dropdown;dropdown;1 "Sea Patrol" Episode Guide - Season 2] , TV.com. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
* Editors. [http://www.sea-patrol.com/content/view/17/32/ "Sea Patrol" Episode Guide] , Sea-Patrol.com. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
* Zuk, T. [http://australiantelevision.net/sea_patrol/series2.html "Sea Patrol": 2008 episode guide] , Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 19 April 2008.;Specific