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Thursday, December 19, 2013

Second LHD on its way to Australia

LHD AdelaideThe hull of the second Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), one of the two largest ships ever to be built for the Royal Australian Navy, has left Spain bound for Australia.

It was loaded onto the heavy lift vessel, the Blue Marlin, on 10 December and left Spain December 17.

Director of Maritime for BAE Systems Australia, Bill Saltzer, said the hull, constructed by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia, would take approximately two months to reach the company’s Williamstown shipyard where work would start on the consolidation of the superstructure.

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