Sea Patrol

Season 3 picks up where season 2 left off and sees HMAS Hammersley tasked with protecting the oil rigs on the Pacific Shelf. When an FFV is spotted approaching one of the rigs the fear is terrorism, but upon boarding the boat the crew finds a lone fisherman who has been badly beaten and tied to the wheel. Collapsing into the arms of ET the fisherman dies uttering the words Hantu.

Hammersley gets a new crewmate: Leading Seaman Leo Cosov-Meyer (2-Dads) who has managed to steal a monkey and smuggle it on board. When valuables start to go missing the crew blame 2-Dads for the theft, he tries to protest his innocence all the while knowing the real thief is in fact, the monkey.

A suspected FFV turns out to be smuggling immigrants from China into Australian waters, the only problem is all the immigrants are young attractive women, and one of them has just gone into labour.

Mike and Spider are taken hostage during a shoot-out with weapons smugglers. Kate fears her past relationship with Mike will become public knowledge when an ex-Naval Lieutenant is rescued and brought aboard, but his presence on the boat leads to shocking consequences for the crew, and in particular Charge.

Nikki starts investigating the mystery behind ET's death. But can she handle the truth when Hammersley rescues an old enemy following a bizarre diving accident? Spider befriends a young boy who is being used as the diver on an illegal fishing boat and goes out of his way to help when he finds out the boy is in fact, a child slave.

The crew of Hammersley are enjoying some shore leave, and 2-Dads tries to help the RO by introducing him to one of the local "ladies". RO is horrified when Danielle turns out to be Danny and is furious with 2-Dads for setting him up. But before he can get back to the ship he overhears a conversation about an attack on the shipment of nuclear waste Hammersley is protecting.

When the crew are called upon to rescue the crew of a crashed helicopter they must risk exposure to toxic radiation when the crash site turns out to be an old British nuclear test site.

A mysterious cargo ship is steering directly towards some of the Hammersley crew who are enjoying some time off the boat snorkelling. Unable to get out of its path in time, Spider is washed underneath and thankful when his only injury is a minor cut on his leg from some coral.

Hammersley hunts down a mysterious gang of armed robbers who are terrorising pearl luggers off the WA coast, but is there more to the attacks than meets the eye.

Hammersley is stranded in a deadly minefield after being attacked by heavily armed smugglers, and the NAVY call out one of their mine sweepers to assist with the clear-up. Charge goes to extreme lengths to earn the respect of his estranged son who is now a midshipman on the Mine sweeper.

A terrifying rescue sees Bomber risk her own life to help a young couple escape from their capsized yacht. But her elation turns into a tragic mystery when the boyfriend dies suddenly on board Hammersley. The mystery deepens when it is discovered that the body has been mutilated post-mortem to get to the drugs the tourist had been smuggling, could his girlfriend really be responsible?

A rescue at sea casts doubt on the circumstances of ET's death when a missing kayaker claims ET was working with pirates. But Nicky and the rest of the crew refuse to believe the rescued woman, assuming her story is borne from confusion caused by exposure.

The crew of Hammersley set a sting for the oil thieves, but they manage to slip the net and get away. The trail has led them to meet up again with Campbell Fulton, but this time, he is determined to escape almost killing the XO and Spider in the process.