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Monday, January 31, 2011

Australian navy urged to buy surplus British vessel

Bay class LSDThe navy could make significant savings by disposing of the ageing landing ship HMAS Tobruk and either HMAS Manoora or Kanimbla and buying a surplus British vessel, a lobby group says.

In an editorial in its publication The Navy, the Navy League said Tobruk, launched in 1980, was becoming increasingly unsustainable.

Manoora and Kanimbla, both ex-US Navy vessels launched in 1970, are currently tied up in Sydney for urgent and overdue maintenance, with the government yet to decide their future.

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