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List of Sea Patrol characters

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ6596602 ↗
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This is a list of characters in Sea Patrol, an Australian TV series.

Current major characters

Mike "CO" Flynn

Lieutenant Commander Mike Flynn -- ("CO") -- is the Hammersley's Commanding Officer ("CO"), and one of the two principal characters of the series, present from beginning to end. Played by Ian Stenlake.

Kate "XO" McGregor

Lieutenant Kate McGregor -- ("XO") -- is the Hammersley's Executive Officer ("XO") (second-in-command), and one of the two principal characters of the series, present from beginning to end. Played by Lisa McCune.

Andy "Charge" Thorpe

Chief Petty Officer Andrew "Charge" Thorpe MBA is a fictional TV character on the show Sea Patrol. He is portrayed by John Batchelor. On HMAS Hammersley, Charge is the chief engineer. Swain tells us that Charge is a 41-year-old male in the episode "Dogs of war". He has a son, named Jamie, who is a midshipman in the navy.

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