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Royal Australian Navy's newest ship, ADV Ocean Shield, arrives
The Navy’s newest ship, Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield, has arrived in Australia. The Government announced earlier this year that it had purchased the vessel, formerly known as Skandi Bergen, to add to the Royal Australian Navy's current amphibious ships.
The vessel ensures that Defence has the humanitarian and disaster relief capability required between now and the arrival of the two new Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships in the middle of the decade. It will primarily be used to transport troops and supplies in support of humanitarian and disaster relief operations domestically and in the region.
Ocean Shield is able to operate in sub-Antarctic weather conditions and will be able to undertake patrols in the Southern Ocean providing surveillance, detection and apprehension of any vessels operating illegally. Ocean Shield is the sister ship of the Ocean Protector which is currently operated by Customs and Border Protection and undertakes these patrols.
The 6,500 tonne ship is 105m long and 21m wide. It has accommodation for up to 100 people, more than 1000 metres of deck area, and a helipad. After Defence introduces the first LHD into service, Ocean Shield will be transferred to Customs and Border Protection to provide a long term capability for Customs and Border Protection. Ocean Shield will join HMAS Tobruk and HMAS Choules in providing Australia’s amphibious humanitarian and disaster relief capability.
Australia Sells Amphibs for Scrap
Jun. 26, 2013
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — The Royal Australian Navy’s two Kanimbla class amphibious ships have been sold to a US company for scrap, Minister for Defence Materiel Dr. Mike Kelly announced this week.
Southern Metals LLC, based in New Orleans, concluded the deal with the Australian government May 20, and it was made public by the Australian minister June 24. The selling price was undisclosed due to “commercial in confidence” considerations.
The two vessels, Kanimbla and Manoora, have been languishing in Sydney Harbour since being decommissioned in 2011. A Request for Tender was released to domestic and international markets for their disposal for recycling in June 2012. Earlier plans to sell the hulks as dive wrecks were abandoned following fears of public backlash.
“The disposal of Manoora and Kanimbla by sale has been completed in less than two years from the date the vessels were withdrawn from service, providing the best and most competitive net disposal cost to the commonwealth,” Kelly said. Disposal of the two ships is subject to US government ITAR restrictions. They will be recycled in accordance with Australia’s environmental standards by 2014.
Kanimbla and Manoora are ex-US Navy Newport class LPDs, purchased in 1994 and locally modified for use by the Royal Australian Navy. In September 2010, the ships were the subject of an operational pause following age-related seaworthiness concerns. As a result, Manoora was prematurely decommissioned in May 2011 and Kanimbla in November of the same year.
Their amphibious capability is being replaced by existing vessels in the interim but will be filled from 2015 with the introduction of the RANs, two 27,000-ton Landing Helicopter Dock ships currently under construction.
munrox escribió:Fears of further delays to the nation's biggest defence project
The $8 billion Air Warfare Destroyer program has been plagued with design changes "way beyond" expectations because of problems with Spanish designer Navantia, according to the head of the company building the vessels.
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/nationa ... 6721296385
Los australianos temen nuevos retrasos en su programa de destructores AWD. Como ya dijeron hace tiempo, echan la culpa a Navantia y sus continuos cambios los planos, dejando a un lado los propios problemas de construcción que han tenido ellos mismos. Tengan razón o no, lo peligroso para Navantia, si es que con el exceso de peso del S-80 y problemas con su AIP no ha sido suficiente, es que el jefe ejecutivo de ACS aconseja al gobierno que estos problemas no deben volver a darse en el próximo programa de submarinos, y a buen entendedor..."We get the drawings, we start building to the drawings . . . and then we get the next update to the drawings and there is a lot of change. There is an enormous amount of change in that, It is way beyond anybody's expectations. It has been very difficult to manage."[...]said that the experience should be a warning to Defence as it prepares to build its $30 billion future submarine fleet.He urged the government to ensure the future submarine project involved the builder of the new fleet - likely to be ASC - in the design process to avoid similar problems occurring.
Emile Zola escribió:Sin querer "polemicar" : no tendrían estos problemas si se hubiesen decantado por las Orrizonte franco-italianas pero los Aussies querían a todo coste fragatas con el sistema yankee AEGIS para reafirmar su "lealdad" al tio Sam y ahora lo van a pagar ...
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