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LHD 02 HMAS Canberra

AU Royal Australian Navy





LHD 02 HMAS Canberra

IMO: 9608960
MMSI: 503778000
Flight Deck: L02
Call Sign: VKCN
Shipyard: Williamstown
See Also: FFG Adelaide class FFG 02





  Events


History of AU HMAS Canberra LHD 02

2007-oct-09OrderedOrdered with Tenix, became BAe Australia
2009-sep-23Laid downLaid down at Navantia, La Cabezuela
2011-feb-17LaunchedLaunched hull launched, for completion at Williamstown
2014-mar-03TrialsTrials Williamstown departed Williamstown under her own power, for trials
2014-mar-13HomeportHomeport arrived at Fleet Base East, Sydney as NUSHIP Canberra
2014-nov-28CommissionedCommissioned into RAN at Sydney, as HMAS Canberra
2014-nov-28NEWS HMAS Canberra joins the fleet
2015-aug-31NEWS HMAS Canberra Initial Operational Capability
2016-feb-25DeploymentDeployment FJ Koro Cyclone Winston Maiden deployment from Brisbane to Fiji for for relief operations in Operation Fiji Assist after Cyclone Winston, off Koro Island. 3 MRH90 embarked, including A40-030. Departed Fiji 25 Mar and returned to Brisbane 30 Mar, en route Sydney.
2016-jul-18NEWS MV-22B Osprey on HMAS Canberra
2017-apr-30Port VisitPort Visit HMAS Kuttabul Open House Ship open to visitors. MH-60R N48-008 on display.
2019-febDeploymentDeployment HMAS Kuttabul Asian deployment Departed Garden Island for 6 month Indian Ocean and Pacific deployment, returned on 2 Aug.
2019-aprDeploymentDeployment AUSINDEX 2019 Apr 2019, involved in AUSINDEX 2019 with its embarked NH90.
2019-may-02NEWS Australian Army Tigers Aboard Canberra for IPE 19
2019-may-06NEWS Indian Navy Helicopters on Australian Ships
2019-may-14Port VisitPort Visit SG Changi Naval Base IMDEX Asia 2019 attended IMDEX Asia 2019.
2020-julDeploymentDeployment VN Spratly Island FONOPS Led AUS Joint Task Group on Freedom of Navigation exercise through South China Sea, near the Spratly Islands in mid Jul, en route Philippine Sea and RIMPAC 2020, with HMAS Hobart, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Stuart and HMAS Sirius.
2020-aug-06NEWSFMPikelot Tiger to the Rescue
2022-jul-31NEWS Osprey First Time at Sea on HMAS Canberra



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  Specifications


Canberra class
400crew
1125troops
27500full load (tn)
230.82length (m)
32beam (m)
7.08draught (m)
9000range (nm)
19max speed (knots)

2Naval Engine diesel - MAN 16V 32/40
1Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500

helicopter   Aircraft


Typical Max
AU Australian Army B CH-47F Chinook 04
AU RAN NHI MRH90 Taipan 06
AU RAN Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawk 06





  Builder


AU Williamstown, 3nm SW of Melbourne






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