Two days ago, in Sydney, the solemn ceremony of raising the flag and entering into the Australian Navy a universal landing ship L 02 "Canberra" - the first of two ordered ships of this class. This is reported by the blog. bmpd.
The ceremony was attended by the Governor-General of the country Cosgrove and Prime Minister Abbott.
The contract for the construction of ships was concluded in 2007 with the Spanish shipbuilding company "Navantia". The hulls of both vessels were built in Spain (in El Ferrol), and then delivered by a special vessel “Blue Marlin” to Australia. The completion works are carried out by BAE Systems Australia in Williamstown.
The hull of the lead ship was laid in Spain in 2010, launched in the 2011. Sea trials in Australia began in spring 2014.
The body of the second UDC L 01 "Adelaide" was delivered for completion in February 2014. Its delivery is scheduled for 2016.
bmpd.livejournal.com
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