Four sailors aboard navy replenishment vessel HMAS Success have been sent home as investigations continue into a ledger giving odds on the sexual availability of various female crewmembers.
Although the Navy isn’t saying how many crew members actually got laid, the story appears to bear out the old saying that nothing HMAS Succeeds like HMAS Success.
However, when word of the sailors’ sexual conquests got out, the group was immediately transferred from the HMAS Success to the HMAS Cockblocked.
The incident comes as a huge embarrassment to the Navy, which had not expected sex to come up as an issue when 220 fit, young people with an appetite for risk are stuck on a boat together.
The Navy is particularly concerned that news of organised social activities, hot women, and people getting laid will discourage recruitment.
It is possible that authorities have underestimated the extent of sexual activity aboard Navy ships—there may be more sailors being fucked now than at any time since the sinking of the HMAS Sydney.
Sailors are discouraged from bragging about their sexual conquests. The Navy has strict rules about blowing your own horn.