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Navantia
Delivers The Second Group of Four LCM-1E Landing Crafts to Royal Australian
Navy |
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The second group of four LLC (LHD Landing Crafts) for the Royal Australian
Navy has arrived Sydney on 5th. February. The landing crafts departed
from Navantia Bay of Cádiz last 27th. December and have arrived
to the HMAS Waterhen base, where will be commissioned to DMO (Defence
Materiel Organization). |
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LCM-1E landing
crafts
(picture: Navantia)
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Navantia delivered
the first four units in May 2014. These landing crafts and the last four
units, to be delivered in mid 2015, will operate with the ALHD ‘Canberra’
and the ALHD ‘Adelaide’.
The main characteristics of the ships are:
-- Length overall: 23.30 m.
-- Floatation length: 21.27 m.
-- Width: 6.40 m.
-- Depth: 2.80 m.
-- Propulsion: two 809 kW diesel engines, two waterjets propellers
-- Speed: more than 20 knots
-- Autonomy: 190 miles at full load
-- Loading capacity flexibility: Abrams vehicle, several Army vehicles,
fusiliers’ company or 20 feet container truck. |
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Navantia
delivers to Australia the second group of four LCM-1E for the ALHD “Canberra”
(picture: Navantia)
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The contract
for the construction of the series of 12 LLC was signed in September
2011. The landing crafts are destined to operate with the ALHD “Canberra”
and ALHD “Adelaide”, strategic projection ships, similar
to LHD ”Juan Carlos I”, also built by Navantia in cooperation
with BAE Systems.
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