HMAS Adelaide | Landing Helicopter Dock - Australian Combat Warship | Darwin Harbour, Australia

Описание: HMAS Adelaide is a Combat Vessel that was built in 2013 and sails under the flag of Australia. There are four main decks; heavy vehicle, accommodation, hangar and light vehicles and flight decks.

This is one of the largest ships ever built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Amphibious Assault Combat Vessel, also known as Landing Helicopter Docks (LHD), was built by contractors BAE Systems Australia and Navantia.

The ships provide the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with one of the most capable and sophisticated air-land-sea amphibious deployment systems in the world.
The vessels can embark, transport and deploy military forces along with their equipment and supporting aviation assets.

The ships have a conventional steel monohull design with the superstructure located on the starboard side of the flight deck. They are designed with the shallowest possible draft to operate in secondary ports and harbours as well as manoeuvre in the shallow waters common in the littoral regions.

Year Built: 2013
IMO: 9608972
MMSI: 503000021
Vessel Type: Military Ops, Combat Vessel
Call Sign: VKLA
Flag: Australia
Gross Tonnage: 22000
Length Overall x Breadth Extreme: 231m x 32m


(Information as of 2022, some information collected from: https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-adelaide...)