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The HMAS Success has recently been plagued by sleazy sex scandals and claims of a culture of bullying.

Authorities are currently looking into an alleged sex betting ring run by the ship's male sailors.

Competitors score points for each female sailor they have sex with, collecting bonuses for bedding high-ranking officers and lesbians and for having sex in risky places, such as on a pool table.

Now it's a female colleague under the microscope, following a complaint she sexually harassed her male colleagues during a drunken stay in port earlier this month.

"We take any instances of inappropriate behaviour seriously,'' says Defence Force chief, Angus Houston.