Shipbuilding Osborne Naval Shipyard South Aust

[pawsandclaws1]

This is the launch of the second supply tanker built by Navantia at Ferrol in Spain for the RAN. This is the future HMAS Stalwart. Her sistership, the future HMAS Supply was launched earlier. Once in Australia, work will be undertaken on them in Williamtown to complete the fitout.

Supply is ready for transport to Australia but is delayed due to the COVID19 pandemic. It is currently moored to a pier having the finishing touches undertsken.

These ships weren't built in Australia due to an urgent requirement for them by the navy and also we didn't have a sufficiently large slipway in which to construct them. There is no reason in future why replacements for these cannot be built at Osborne. Hopefully Governments will expand the slipway to facilitate construction.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbpgYxvGuGM

 

[BZN]

Our naval shipbuilding capability has significantly improved with the completion of the Hobart Class Destroyers. The first two of twelve Arafura Class OPVs are been constructed at Osborne. This is an example of how our capability has improved. The 8000t Hunter Class frigate construction began this year.

There are many opportunities for young men and women to learn highly skilled trades while employed on this project, the frigates and also the Attack Class submarines.

https://vimeo.com/415323860

Thanks @pawsandclaws1 for adding this to our forum.
I'm continually amazed by the people on here and what they do....so interesting.
Do you appear in any of the film clips?
I'm not in any way an aggressive person, but I find anything to do with world wars, and in particular naval battles really interesting reading.
I'm half way through a book titled "the real cruel sea" about merchant navy convoys across the Atlantic and other places during WW2 and from where the well known book "the cruel sea" was based.
But I have a suggestion.....in future any journalist that denigrates any of our Tigers, and in particular Josh Reynolds....can we please discretely just chuck em under the front wheels of that awesome trailer moving the Arafura Class OPV.
By the time they come out the other end I doubt they would feel like over indulging in alcohol then writing naughty things about our players ever again.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Our naval shipbuilding capability has significantly improved with the completion of the Hobart Class Destroyers. The first two of twelve Arafura Class OPVs are been constructed at Osborne. This is an example of how our capability has improved. The 8000t Hunter Class frigate construction began this year.

There are many opportunities for young men and women to learn highly skilled trades while employed on this project, the frigates and also the Attack Class submarines.

https://vimeo.com/415323860

Thanks @pawsandclaws1 for adding this to our forum.
I'm continually amazed by the people on here and what they do....so interesting.
Do you appear in any of the film clips?
I'm not in any way an aggressive person, but I find anything to do with world wars, and in particular naval battles really interesting reading.
I'm half way through a book titled "the real cruel sea" about merchant navy convoys across the Atlantic and other places during WW2 and from where the well known book "the cruel sea" was based.
But I have a suggestion.....in future any journalist that denigrates any of our Tigers, and in particular Josh Reynolds....can we please discretely just chuck em under the front wheels of that awesome trailer moving the Arafura Class OPV.
By the time they come out the other end I doubt they would feel like over indulging in alcohol then writing naughty things about our players ever again.

We have innovative and outstanding industries in Australia. It is only in recent years our Governments has supported industry in terms of a continuous naval shipbuilding programme.

We have witnessed the so called valley of death where the previous stop start nature of naval shipbuilding has seen the loss of sites such as Cockatoo and Williamtown as well as that of highly skilled workers. This had to end to give our industries and workforce opportunities. as well as making Defence procurement as self sufficient as possible.

I am interested in naval shipbuilding in Australia but more so the opportunities an ongoing programme provides for industry and our young men and women leaving school wondering what they are going to do? Not everyone wants to go to university and being a highly skilled worker having come through an apprenticeship at Osborne Naval Shipyard is pretty exciting. We as a country need to foster opportunities for business and our kids.

I am not in any of the clips and share your concern about the professionalusm of some reporters.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jivOCDahCc

This clip is very cool, with the previous HMAS Hobart, also a destroyer of the Charles F Adams Class, at 36 knots off Sydney Heads. Hobart was almost 40 years old but was well maintained by the repairers at Garden Island as well as the crew.

 

[BZN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jivOCDahCc

This clip is very cool, with the previous HMAS Hobart, also a destroyer of the Charles F Adams Class, at 36 knots off Sydney Heads. Hobart was almost 40 years old but was well maintained by the repairers at Garden Island as well as the crew.

I checked Mr. Google @pawsandclaws1 and it shows me 36 knots is equivalent to 67 kph, and thats pretty darn fast for a ship of that size.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jivOCDahCc

This clip is very cool, with the previous HMAS Hobart, also a destroyer of the Charles F Adams Class, at 36 knots off Sydney Heads. Hobart was almost 40 years old but was well maintained by the repairers at Garden Island as well as the crew.

I checked Mr. Google @pawsandclaws1 and it shows me 36 knots is equivalent to 67 kph, and thats pretty darn fast for a ship of that size.

She was a much loved ship. I am glad the RAN has a new Hobart with the city's links to seafaring.

 

[BZN]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jivOCDahCc

This clip is very cool, with the previous HMAS Hobart, also a destroyer of the Charles F Adams Class, at 36 knots off Sydney Heads. Hobart was almost 40 years old but was well maintained by the repairers at Garden Island as well as the crew.

I checked Mr. Google @pawsandclaws1 and it shows me 36 knots is equivalent to 67 kph, and thats pretty darn fast for a ship of that size.

She was a much loved ship. I am glad the RAN has a new Hobart with the city's links to seafaring.

My next door neighbor served on the 'Voyager' for a short time @pawsandclaws1.
As sailors do, he went out drinking with a couple of mates one night and just for the fun of it they decided to go to a fortune teller of all things.
Believe it or not, the fortune teller warned him there was going to be a major disaster very soon in his life if he didn't change his life.
A short while later he had an accident when on the ship and had to go to hospital for treatment.
While he was in hosp. the Voyager disaster happened.
I'm personally not into fortune teller type people, but I completely believe what my neighbor told me as he is a really decent, genuine bloke.

 

[mike]

Very much enjoying this thread @pawsandclaws1

 

[pawsandclaws1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jivOCDahCc

This clip is very cool, with the previous HMAS Hobart, also a destroyer of the Charles F Adams Class, at 36 knots off Sydney Heads. Hobart was almost 40 years old but was well maintained by the repairers at Garden Island as well as the crew.

I checked Mr. Google @pawsandclaws1 and it shows me 36 knots is equivalent to 67 kph, and thats pretty darn fast for a ship of that size.

She was a much loved ship. I am glad the RAN has a new Hobart with the city's links to seafaring.

My next door neighbor served on the 'Voyager' for a short time @pawsandclaws1.
As sailors do, he went out drinking with a couple of mates one night and just for the fun of it they decided to go to a fortune teller of all things.
Believe it or not, the fortune teller warned him there was going to be a major disaster very soon in his life if he didn't change his life.
A short while later he had an accident when on the ship and had to go to hospital for treatment.
While he was in hosp. the Voyager disaster happened.
I'm personally not into fortune teller type people, but I completely believe what my neighbor told me as he is a really decent, genuine bloke.

Yeah these types of stories really make you think about fate. It was a terrible disaster and I remember the story of the coxswain in the forward mess who sang a hym with men who couldn't escape.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

A change of pace, my favourite aircraft of all time., the ubiquitous De Havilland Caribou.

Affectionately known as the gravel truck, I will never forget the sound of the Pratt and Whtney Twin wasp engines on the freezing. Richmond mornings.

In this clip, from NZ Airshow, watch the short take.off and landing capabilities of the Caribou.

The Caribou was operated in Vietnam by. 35 Squadron aka Wallaby Airlines and also by 38 Squadron from RAAF Richmond.

Slow but reliable, make sure you bring your air sick bags with you.

There is an example which is flying at Albion Park museum.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwjkYoBhjEA

 

[pawsandclaws1]

The Globemaster C-17 provided a huge capability increase for the RAAF when introduced into service. We were lucky to acquire 8 examples prior to production ceasing. This aircraft's capability increased the prestige of Australia worldwide with two impressive efforts.

The first when the nuclear reactor at Fukushima detonated, at the request of the US, RAAF Globeasters flew water pumps to Japan for use in cooling the reactors

https://www.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/594329/raaf-c-17-arrives-with-water-pumps/

The second was during the MH17 tragedy and the RAAF used three C-17s to repatriate bodies from near the crash site to the Netherlands. This effort received huge coverage worldwide and the Dutch Royal Family were present at the arrival ceremony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf_IsgOsFGk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-u4bocbd1U

 

[pawsandclaws1]

This is USS Fitzgerald back in the water. after a near three year. repair. and modernisation. Seven sailors were lost due to watchkeeping deficiencies. You will remember USS McCain collided with a ship near Singapore.

https://news.usni.org/2020/06/13/uss-fitzgerald-leaves-ingalls-shipbuilding-for-new-homeport-in-san-diego-3-years-after-fatal-collision

 

[pawsandclaws1]

This is a German article on our new Hunter Class frigates. At a reported 9900 tonnes full. load, these are big ships. The attention to detail on the acoustic signature of these ships is excellent because they are sub Hunters. Although. HMAS Hunter is named after the region, it is a play on the ship's function. Although based on the British Type 26 design, it's Aegis combat system, CEC, CEAFAR2-L radar and. larger MK41 missile launcher make it a significantly more capable and better balanced design required in the Pacific amd SE Asian waters. Crew comfort will be excellent. No doubt significant upgrades.to air conditioning will be required for warmer climates.

https://monch.com/mpg/news/naval-channel/7055-royal-australian-navy-hunter-class-frigate.html

 

[pawsandclaws1]

The future HMAS Sydney arrives in Sydney from Osborne Naval Shipyard Adelaide where she was built. The ship was later commissione at sea due to Covid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc2sC4cPKK0

 

[pawsandclaws1]

This is one of the most spectacular clips I have seen. This destroyer, USS Gonzalez is 9000 + tonnes and is leaving Mayport, Florida. High speed turn with high wake and list to starboard. These ships are powered by four LM2500 gas turbines.and can hit a top speed of around 32 knots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzveUz-WRGQ

 

[pawsandclaws1]

This is the future of naval shipbuilding. The cutting edge Osborne Naval Shipyard was based on a design for a UK frigate factory on the Clyde near Glasgow. That yard was never built.

By the time the nine Hunter Class frigates are completed, the expectation is that replacements for the newly built Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney will be constructed at Osborne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nUZZBG0KXA

 

[pawsandclaws1]

APDR is one of our prominent Defence publications. It's free and this month you can read about Australian industry participation in Aus Defence.

Our children will need employment. What are they going to do? A job as a highly skilled RAAF technician working on F35As after having spent years in the US studying is a good start to life. Any parents with kids on this forum may wish to encourage their children in this direction. You also get to serve the country that has given us so much.

https://venturaapdr.partica.online/apdr/apdr-june-2020/flipbook/38/

 

[pawsandclaws1]

The Long Range Anti Ship Missile (LRASM) replaces the Harpoon in Australian service as well as the US.. Initially it will be used by our RAAF FA18s but there is little doubt it will replace Harpoon on the Hobart Class Destroyers and the new Hunter Class Frigates. We are ahead of the Brits, Canada and other Allies with this acquisition which seems to be consistent with our other acquisitions.

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/australia-buying-american-lrasm-anti-ship-missiles-should-china-worry-123751

 

[pawsandclaws1]

A very interesting article on the new Hunter Class frigates including details of Australian industry involvement in supplying parts for the ships being constructed in Glasgow as well as those to be built at Osborne. This design is considered to be the No1 sub hunting frigate. Our ships are considerably modified with Aust rader, more missile silos, US combat system.

https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/sea/a-quiet-hunter-navy-s-future-frigate

 

[pawsandclaws1]

There may be trouble in paradise. A report in the AFR details potential growth of the Hunter Class to above 10,000 tonnes which may impact designers meeting the performance standards required by the RAN.

A statement included details of a growth in the length and displacement of HMS Glasgow which is being built on the Clyde near Glasgow. This according to the report will impact the Hunter Class size.

BAE Systems knew the specs required by the RAN including the new CEAFAR2-L radar, power and cooling requirements. Also the fitment of Aegis combat system was a known requirement.

There is a potential growth of 1,000 tonnes which calls into question the bid by BAE for SEA5000.

If true, let's hope the Aust Govt has performance clauses and standards in the contract.