Sarah Hanson-Young, an Australian politician, quizzed members of the Australian Defence Force on why their operations lacked transparency, citing this show as an example of military operations accompanied by camera crews. Hanson-Young was apparently unaware this is not a reality show. The footage is available on YouTube
Two Royal Australian Navy Fremantle class patrol boats were used to portray the fictional HMAS HAMMERSLEY. HMAS WOLLONGONG was used for filming in Sydney and HMAS IPSWICH was used for filming off Queensland.
This was a career starting point for the New Zealand actor Jay Ryan who has moved to USA shortly after in order to pursuit a quest for his global success.Spider from Sea Patrol became famous worldwide as Vincent, a mutant with superpowers .
Matthew Holmes played Chief Petty Officer Chris "Swain" Blake. The character has a backstory of having been a police officer. This is a nod to the character "Matt Graham" Holmes played in "Blue Healers."