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Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named HMAS Canberra, for Canberra, the capital city of Australia.
Five battle honours are associated with the name HMAS Canberra.
The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Following the Federation of Australia in 1901, the ships and resources of the separate colonial navies were integrated into a national force: the Commonwealth Naval Forces. Originally intended for local defence, the navy was granted the title of 'Royal Australian Navy' in 1911, and became increasingly responsible for defence of the region.
Britain's Royal Navy continued to support the RAN and provided additional blue-water defence capability in the Pacific up to the early years of World War II. Then, rapid wartime expansion saw the acquisition of large surface vessels and the building of many smaller warships. In the decade following the war, the RAN acquired a small number of aircraft carriers, the last of these paying off in 1982.
Today, the RAN consists of 47 commissioned vessels, 3 non-commissioned vessels and over 16,000 personnel. The navy is one of the largest and most sophisticated naval forces in the South Pacific region, with a significant presence in the Indian Ocean and worldwide operations in support of military campaigns and peacekeeping missions. The current Chief of Navy is Vice Admiral Tim Barrett.
Landing craft are boats and seagoing vessels used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. Most renowned are those used to storm the beaches of Normandy, the Mediterranean, and many Pacific islands during World War II. This was the high point of the landing craft, with a significant number of different designs produced in large quantities by the United Kingdom and United States.
Because of the need to run up onto a suitable beach, World War II landing craft were flat-bottomed, and many designs had a flat front, often with a lowerable ramp, rather than a normal bow. This made them difficult to control and very uncomfortable in rough seas. The control point (too rudimentary to call a bridge on LCA and similar craft) was normally at the extreme rear of the vessel, as were the engines. In all cases, they were known by an abbreviation derived from the official name rather than by the full title.
In the days of sail, the ship's boats were used as landing craft. These rowing boats were sufficient, if inefficient, in an era when marines were effectively light infantry, participating mostly in small-scale campaigns in far-flung colonies against less well-equipped indigenous opponents.
Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), is the U.S. Navy (USN) and NATO hull classification symbol for multipurpose amphibious assault ships which are capable of operating helicopters and have a well deck. These vessels are built with a full flight deck similar in appearance to an aircraft carrier to operate utility and attack helicopters. Some can also operate tilt rotor aircraft such as the MV-22 Osprey and STOVL aircraft such as the AV-8 Harrier and the F-35B Lightning II. Examples of this kind of ship include the USN's Wasp class, French Navy's Mistral class and ships of the Spanish Navy's Juan Carlos I class including those designs based on the class, such as the Royal Australian Navy's Canberra class. Other nations also use the designation for their vessels, such as the Republic of Korea Navy for its Dokdo class.
USN ship classes that precede and follow the ships classed LHD are designated as LHA (Landing Helicopter Assault) and are interchangeable with LHDs, they also have well decks with the exception of the first two America-class ships, LHA-6 and LHA-7 which take the space for larger aviation facilities.
Canberra (/ˈkænbrə/ or /ˈkænbərə/) is the capital city of Australia. With a population of 381,488, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), 280 km (170 mi) south-west of Sydney, and 660 km (410 mi) north-east of Melbourne. A resident of Canberra is known as a "Canberran".
The site of Canberra was selected for the location of the nation's capital in 1908 as a compromise between rivals Sydney and Melbourne, Australia's two largest cities. It is unusual among Australian cities, being an entirely planned city outside of any state, similar to Washington, D.C. in the United States or Brasília in Brazil. Following an international contest for the city's design, a blueprint by the Chicago architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin was selected and construction commenced in 1913. The Griffins' plan featured geometric motifs such as circles, hexagons and triangles, and was centred on axes aligned with significant topographical landmarks in the Australian Capital Territory.
Sea trials by Navantia in mid-2015 of the final LCM-1E landing craft for the Royal Australian Navy's Canberra-class landing helicopter dock amphibious assault ships, seen transporting an M60A3 main battle tank. Video: Navantia
Departing the Royal Australian Navy ship HMAS Canberra via an LCM-1E landing craft (LLC) through the ship's wet dock. Filmed on Sydney Harbour on Australia Day, 26 January 2015.
https://www.facebook.com/MIL3010 Десантный корабль ВМС США "Пелелиу" http://youtu.be/mkXkhNpYzKY "Хуан Карлос" имеет полётную палубу длиной 202 м с трамплином. На палубе расположены 8 посадочных площадок для самолётов "Харриер", F-35 или вертолётов, 4 посадочных точки для тяжёлых вертолётов CH-47 "Чинук" и 1 точка для конвертоплана MV-22 Osprey. Авиагруппа включает до 30 самолётов и вертолётов. Экипаж корабля составляет 900 человек. Обеспечиваются места для 1200 морских пехотинцев. Двухуровневый многофункциональный ангар имеет площадь 6000 м² и вмещает до 6000 тонн груза и техники. Док с кормовыми воротами шириной вмещает 4 десантные баржи LCM-1E и 4 надувных десантных катера или 1 катер на воздушной подушке LCAC и плавающие бронетранспортёры.
Videos of the model in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ora1udVJY5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYKaT8qxk5U That´s the video of how I made my warship, a Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM). The Spanish landing craft, the LCM-1E. It´s build with 3, 5 and 10 mm wood panels, 1 hacked servo, 2 Johnson 600 brushed motors, 2 200a brushed ESC controllers, 1 FS-CT6B transmitter and 1 6ch receiver.
El LHD "Juan Carlos I" puede desempeñar diversas misiones como: operaciones anfibias, proyección de Fuerzas Armadas, portaeronaves y misiones humanitarias. Sus datos técnicos son: 230,8 metros de eslora y 32 de manga máxima, una autonomía de 9.000 millas a 15 nudos y capacidad para desplazar 27.560 toneladas. Además, es capaz de alcanzar 20 nudos en condición de plena carga y una velocidad máxima atrás de alrededor de 8 nudos. Cuenta con un hangar de 985 m2, un garaje para vehículos ligeros de 1.880 m2, otro para pesados de 1.480 m2, un dique de 1.165 m2 y una cubierta de vuelo corrida de 5.440 m2 equipada con una rampa de despegue en la proa de 216 m x 32m. En esta cubierta pueden operar aviones y helicópteros como el AV-88 Bravo Plus, JSF, V-22 Osprey, NH-90, CH-47, SH-3D y el AB212 que ...
Lanchas de desembarco LCM1E, fabricadas por Navantia en el astillero de San Fernando. Durante los años 2001 a 2008, Navantia construye 12 lanchas para la armada Española, terminandose dicho programa en diciembre de 2008. La Maqueta es la primera que construyo, por eso tiene numerosos fallos, espero ir mejorando con el tiempo y la experiencias. Pero lo mejor de la construcción ha sido el trato con los profesionales del astillero, los hombres y mujeres de la Armada (Grupla)y a la empresea de modelismo, TODO HOBBY, que me ha prestado gran ayuda y siempre han estado para solucionarme los problemas.
AUSSIE ASSAULT SHIP! HMAS Canberra – Australia’s new Light Aircraft Carrier/Landing Helicopter Dock. This video features the Royal Australian Navy's new Canberra class Amphibious Assault Ship – HMAS Canberra is the lead ship of two. At 231 meters and 27,000 metric tons these Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) ships are the largest ever built for the Royal Australian Navy. And by all reports these vessels are among the most capable and sophisticated air-land-sea amphibious deployment systems in the world – the footage demonstrates their interoperability as they function seamlessly with U.S. Navy hovercrafts (LCACs) and V-22 Ospreys. They have a carrying capacity for 18 helicopters (with 6 operating simultaneously from the flight deck), 4 x LCM-1E landing craft, 110 vehicles and 12 Abrams ta...
Historia de la Armada Española Los orígenes La armada española nace de la unión de las marinas del Reino de Castilla y de la Corona de Aragón. La marina de la Corona de Aragón, constituida principalmente por naves catalanas, una marina de ámbito mediterráneo, prefería como buque de combate la galera y sus derivados, mientras que la marina de Castilla , atlántica, prefería buques mancos, esto es, sin remos, con solo propulsión eólica. Esta unión se produce en tiempos de los Reyes Católicos, siendo la primera campaña de Italia del Gran Capitán, en la que participan las galeras de Sicilia junto a naves cantábricas, su primera operación de guerra. En estos primeros tiempos, la marina de guerra española, al igual que en los demás países europeos (salvo Venecia), no existía en el sentido que...
03/29/2015: HMAS Canberra is the latest addition to the Royal Australian Navy and introduces amphibious capability to the force. According to the Royal Australian Navy, the Canberra is an important addition to the fleet. HMAS Canberra is the lead ship of the two ship Canberra class Amphibious Assault Ships otherwise known as a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD). Based on the Buque de Proyección Estratégica (Strategic Projection Ship) design by Spanish shipbuilders Navantia. At 27,000 tonnes, the LHDs are the largest ships ever constructed for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and are being built by contractors BAE Systems Australia and Navantia. The ships will provide the Australian Defence Force (ADF) with one of the most capable and sophisticated air-land-sea amphibious deployment systems i...