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Friday, September 20, 2013

NAVANTIA Sets the First Landing Craft for Australia Afloat

LCM-1E landing craftNavantia has set afloat the first of the series of twelve fast landing crafts that the company is building for the Royal Australian Navy.

The design of these ships is based on the ones built by Navantia for the Spanish Navy and commissioned from 2006 to 2008.

The contract, signed in December 2011, includes the total construction by Navantia in the Bay of Cádiz, and means a workforce of 350,000 hours.

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