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The shipping channel leading to the Outer Harbor was dredged to a depth of 14.2m to accommodate Panamax-sized ships [7] with the work being completed in February 2006. [8] The Outer Harbor passenger terminal services an increasing number of cruise liners visiting Adelaide, with 27 arrivals in the 2012 cruise season. [9]
HMAS Collins, lead ship of her class Australia operates a single class of diesel-electric submarines, the six Collins-class boats which began entering service in 1993. The Collins was designed by the Swedish submarine builder Kockums as the Type 471 specifically to meet Australian requirements, many of which were derived from Australia's need for great range without utilizing a nuclear ...
Adelaide Steamship Company (Birkenhead, South Australia) Built tugs. (1957–1973) Austal (Henderson, Western Australia) Large and mid sized catamaran ferries, small naval vessels. (1988–present) ASC (Part of Osborne Naval Shipyard) Submarines, destroyers, patrol boats. (1985–present)
The last ship of the Oliver Hazard Perry Flight II design, Sydney was laid down at Todd Pacific Shipyards on 16 January 1980. [5] [8] [12] She was launched on 26 September 1980, and commissioned into the RAN on 29 January 1983. [8] [13] During construction, the ship was identified by the United States Navy hull number FFG-35. [5]
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HMAS Adelaide (L01) is the second ship of the Canberra-class landing helicopter dock's (LHD). 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 July 2012.
HMAS Canberra (FFG 02) was an Adelaide class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Based on the Oliver Hazard Perry class design, Canberra was one of four Adelaide class ships constructed in the United States of America, and one of six to serve in the RAN. The frigate entered service in 1981.
[118] [119] The two ships were in Vũng Tàu for 6–7 October, during which 3 RAR was heli-lifted to Sydney for return to Australia, with the troopship arriving in Adelaide on 16 October. [118] [120] Ten days later, Sydney sailed from her namesake city for her twenty-second visit to Vietnam, with a cargo of Defence Aid stores. [118]