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Thursday, January 20, 2011

Australian navy eyes redundant UK vessel

RFA Largs BayDefence officials have travelled to Britain to inspect a Royal Navy ship destined to be mothballed under savage spending cuts announced by the British government last year.

The Defence Minister, Stephen Smith, announced this week that Defence is considering buying the RFA Largs Bay, a large ship capable of providing a landing spot for helicopters, and of carrying dozens of vehicles and hundreds of troops.

However, Defence confirmed yesterday that navy officials had visited England last month to ''examine the potential utility of a Bay Class vessel'' before the delivery of two giant troop transport assault ships, starting in 2014.

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