Choules conducts
first amphibious exercises
The Royal Australian Navy's (RAN's) new Bay-class dock landing ship has passed its first capability test after three weeks of amphibious exercises off North Queensland. Having been transferred from the UK Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) and commissioned into RAN service in December 2011, HMAS Choules (formerly RFA Largs Bay ) completed a range of training tasks with army and navy personnel during Exercise 'Squadex' and Exercise 'Sealion', which concluded in mid-March
[first posted to http://jni.janes.com - 21 March 2012]
Australia bolsters amphibious fleet with OSV purchase
The Royal Australian Navy's
amphibious fleet is to be strengthened in the short term with the acquisition
of a commercial off-the-shelf offshore support vessel (OSV). The government has
agreed to purchase MSV Skandi Bergen at a cost of less than AUD130 million
(USD137 million)
[first posted to http://jni.janes.com - 21 March 2012]
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