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HMAS Adelaide (L01) is the second of two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and is the largest naval vessel ever built for Australia. Construction of the ship started at Navantia's Spanish shipyard, with steel-cutting in February 2010. The ship was laid down in February 2011, and launched on 4 ...
Adelaide. Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Adelaide, after Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia: HMAS Adelaide (1918) was a Town-class light cruiser commissioned in 1922 and decommissioned in 1946. HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01) was an Adelaide -class frigate commissioned in 1980 and decommissioned in 2008.
Aviation facilities. Flight deck with 13-degree ski-jump, 6 in-line deck landing spots. The Canberra class is a ship class of two landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Planning to upgrade the navy's amphibious fleet began in 2000, based on Australian experiences leading the International Force for East ...
Includes HMAS Kuttabul, HMAS Waterhen, Garden Island dockyard & berthing facilities. Fleet Base West (HMAS Stirling) Fleet base, depot. Western Australia. Garden Island (Meandup) 1978–present. Major west coast warship & submarine base. HMAS Albatross. Naval air station.
In August 1990, two frigates HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Darwin and the replenishment ship HMAS Success left for the Persian Gulf. HMAS Success had no air defences, so the Army 16th Air Defence Regiment was embarked. On 3 December 1990, HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Sydney relieved HMAS Adelaide and HMAS Darwin. On 26 January 1991, HMAS Westralia replaced ...
RAN Band South Australia Personnel Support. HMAS Encounter is a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) naval base located in Birkenhead, South Australia. Initially in operation between 1965 and 1994, [1] the base was recomissioned by Chief of the Navy, Vice Admiral Michael Noonan, on 28 May 2022. Formerly HMAS Torrens commissioned in August 1940 before ...
HMAS Adelaide (L01) is within the scope of WikiProject Australia, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of Australia and Australia-related topics.
HMAS Darwin was also decommissioned at Garden Island in 2018. The Adelaide-class frigates were replaced by three spanish designed Hobart-class air warfare destroyers equipped with the AEGIS combat system. HMAS Melbourne and Newcastle were transferred in May 2020 to the Chilean Navy and serve as Captain Prat and Almirante Latorre.