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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 ...
It is difficult for scholars to arrive at a definitive list of pioneer ships given the lack of extant primary evidence due to poor record keeping and accidental loss of records. [8] [a] The following list is based on the best available records, [9] [1] ordered chronologically by date of arrival in South Australia.
Work on Adelaide began during February 2010, when the first steel was cut. [4] The first hull blocks were laid down on 18 February 2011, and Adelaide was launched on 4 July 2012. [43] [52] Initially, the ship was due to reach Australia in early 2013 to begin final fitout, [24] [43] but this did not occur.
HMAS Canberra arriving at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2016 LLC landing craft on the well deck of Canberra Canberra during exercise RIMPAC 2016 U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey landing on Canberra. Canberra was the centrepiece of Australia Day celebrations in Sydney on 26 January 2015. [26] In March 2015, the ship was designated the flagship of the ...
Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the city of Adelaide.
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.
The class of ships based on Navantia's replenishment oiler were built at the Navantia shipyard in Ferrol, Spain. The first ship, Supply, arrived at Fleet Base West in October 2020 to begin fitting Australia-specific equipment prior to her service entry in April 2021. [7] [8]