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LHD 01 HMAS Adelaide

AU Royal Australian Navy





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Flight Deck: L01
Call Sign: VKLA
Shipyard: Williamstown
See Also: FFG Adelaide class FFG 01





  Events


History of AU HMAS Adelaide LHD 01

2007-oct-09OrderedOrdered with Tenix, became BAe Australia
2011-feb-18Laid downLaid down at Navantia, La Cabezuela
2012-jul-04LaunchedLaunched hull launched, for completion at Williamstown
2015-dec-04CommissionedCommissioned as HMAS Adelaide
2016-aug-23NEWS Australian CH-47F on Trials Aboard HMAS Adelaide
2016-sep-12DeploymentDeployment Port Darwin Exercise Kakadu 16 Participated in Exercise Kakadu 16 until 24 Sep
2016-oct-14NEWS Australia New Chinook Trials Completed
2017-sep-25Port VisitPort Visit TL Dili Harbour Dili Hosting visitors from Timor Leste government.
2019-apr-07DeploymentDeployment Exercise Cross decking of embarked MRH-90 with INS Sahyadri and INS Kiltan in Bay of Bengal.
2019-apr-11Port VisitPort Visit Outer Harbor Open Day Arrived Adelaide on 11 Apr for visit which included a Ship Open to Visitors and featured RAN MRH-90 A40-022 on deck. Departed 15 Apr.
2020-jan-04DeploymentDeployment Twofold Bay Bushfire Assist Australian Bushfires 2019-2020 departed Fleet Base East to assist in disaster relief, off Eden, for the worst bush fires in Australias recorded history.
2020-oct-27NEWS Singapore Chinook on HMAS Adelaide
2021-jan-25NEWS Australia Assists Fiji after Cyclone Yasa



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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

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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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