LHD "Canberra Class", built by NAVANTIA & BAE SYSTEMS for Australian Navy.

LHD "Juan Carlos I": www.youtube.com LHD Characteristics: The largest ships ever built for the Royal Australian Navy, the LHDs (Amphibious Assault Ship) are being built as a collaboration between Navantia and BAE Systems - Maritime. The construction is being done using the modular approach whereby the ship is divided into modules, which are built and fitted out as discrete units, before being welded together to form the completed ship. This allows the ship to be built at a number of different sites across the shipyard before being brought together for final joining. Construction of the hull to the level of the flight deck, including the majority of fitting out will be undertaken at Navantia's Ferrol-Fene shipyard in north-west Spain. The hull will then be shipped to BAES' Williamstown shipyard in Victoria for the installation of the island structure. The island modules will be constructed at a number of sites around Australian before being moved to Williamstown for final installation on the flight deck. The ship's roles are to: * embark, transport and deploy an embarked force (Army in the case of the ADF but could equally be an allied Army or Marines), along with their equipment and aviation units, and * carry out/support humanitarian missions. Therefore the requirement is for a multipurpose ship able to operate in both these roles, but not necessarily simultaneously, owing to the differing configuration requirements. The first LHD, named HMAS Canberra, is due to be ...



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