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Thursday, August 18, 2011

Decommissioning of HMAS Kanimbla

HMAS KanimblaThe Minister for Defence, Stephen Smith, and Minister for Defence Materiel, Jason Clare, today announced that the amphibious ship HMAS Kanimbla would be decommissioned.

In September 2010 the Chief of Navy imposed an operational pause on HMAS Kanimbla due to seaworthiness concerns.

Since then, Defence has assessed the future of HMAS Kanimbla.

This included a detailed assessment of the capability provided by HMAS Kanimbla, an assessment of its materiel state and a cost and risk assessment.

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