Shipbuilding Osborne Naval Shipyard South Aust

[pawsandclaws1]

If you or your sons and daughters are interested in a career in naval shipbuilding, refer to the webpage in the Asia Pacific Defence Reporter article below. A College is being built to train workers which is a long overdue initiative.

https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/south-australian-government-promoting-shipbuilding-jobs/

 

[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.

Good Clip i remember doing a deployment with HMAS Hobart.
Funny enough i also served on Vampire was the last active crew on that ship and name has been preserved in the Operations room. Fond memories.....
HMAS Yarra, Vampire, Stuart in the 80's.

Thanks for sharing a small part of your service history. The names Vampire, Vendetta, Voyager, Waterhen and Stuart are very proudly associated with the RAN.

I have a neighbour whose father as a LT was onboard the Vendetta as it was towed from drydock in Singapore all the way home to Aust before it fell to the Japanese in Feb 42. The four inch guns and other equipment were lashed to the deck. One four inch gun was made serviceable with limited ammunition.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

For those ladies looking for a Defence related career, read the article at the link. An experienced welder is a much sought after trade especially in Aust, Canada and the UK. There are many shipbuilding projects underway or about to commence which require this trade.

https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/australian-government-encourages-women-to-take-up-shipbuilding-careers/

 

[pawsandclaws1]

HMAS Hobart DDG39 being refueled from HMNZS Aotearao off the east coast of Aust. This is a defence cooperative exercise as the NZ replenishment tanker is new so underway refueling exercises are mandatory for the crew.


https://twitter.com/NZNavy/status/1366964400721072134?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1366964400721072134%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.defencetalk.com%2Fmilitary%2Fforums%2Ft%2Froyal-new-zealand-navy-discussions-and-updates.4854%2Fpage-401

 

[pawsandclaws1]

HMAS Canberra just completed a refit in the Captain Cook Graving Dock at Garden Island. The replacement of both propulsion pods and all propellers was part of the programme of improvements. The ship was also repainted. The refit of a ship of this size was a first for Aust industry and the Navy!

Apparently Canberra suffers from severe vibration and cavitation above 16 knots. The old three bladed propellers were replaced with new four bladed replacement items to overcome this issue.

https://news.defence.gov.au/capability/huge-maintenance-task-first

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Another advancement for Australian industry with the procurement of a giant milling machine to assist with the construction of the new Attack Class submarines. This is part of the build up of Australian industry capability. This mill will shape many of the plates required for the pressure hull.

https://amtil.com.au/starrag-ran-largest-machining-centre-amtil/

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Nulka is one of Australia's most successful defence exports. It is a decoy system designed to attract missiles away from a ship. Proudly, Nulka is reported to have saved the US Arleigh Burke Class destroyer USS Mason off Yemen whilst under missile attack. Nulka mimics a ship and seduces the missiles away from it.

https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/bae-systems-australia-wins-a150-million-nulka-decoy-deal/

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Not related to ship building but the news of the potential loss of the Indonesian submarine is upsetting. Defence is not without risk and a 40 year hull in 40 x DD looks to be a bleak outome. Singaporean rescue vessel is on the way and RAN assistance has been sought. My thoughts to all crew and their famillies.

 

[Don Kershane]

Not related to Naval shipbuilding but thought you may be interested in this. Click on April 2019 for beginning

https://tunaaustralia.org.au/news/from-workshop-to-wharf-klokan-fishings-new-longliner-ready-for-fit-out/

 

[happy_tiger]

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.

Good Clip i remember doing a deployment with HMAS Hobart.
Funny enough i also served on Vampire was the last active crew on that ship and name has been preserved in the Operations room. Fond memories.....
HMAS Yarra, Vampire, Stuart in the 80's.

Good friend of the family was on the Stuart at some stage in the 80's ...he was on the Stalwart before that

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Not related to ship building but the news of the potential loss of the Indonesian submarine is upsetting. Defence is not without risk and a 40 year hull in 40 x DD looks to be a bleak outome. Singaporean rescue vessel is on the way and RAN assistance has been sought. My thoughts to all crew and their famillies.

HMAS. Ballarat should be on scene and can utilise its sonar to try to locate ship or other.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Not related to ship building but the news of the potential loss of the Indonesian submarine is upsetting. Defence is not without risk and a 40 year hull in 40 x DD looks to be a bleak outome. Singaporean rescue vessel is on the way and RAN assistance has been sought. My thoughts to all crew and their famillies.

HMAS. Ballarat should be on scene and can utilise its sonar to try to locate ship or other.

An article from USNI news featuring HMAS Ballarat transiting the Lombok Straits. According to the article Ballarat should on scene as of yesterday. The community wonders what our Defence assets do, well here is a good example. The outcome looks bleak as the margin of error in the submarine service is slight.

https://news.usni.org/2021/04/23/u-s-australia-join-in-search-for-missing-indonesian-attack-sub

 

[pawsandclaws1]

For those interested, here is a link to a photo of the MH60R helicopter with dipping sonar from HMAS Ballarat searching for the missing Indonesian submarine. It makes me proud to be an Australian with our servicemen and women hard at it to help our neighbours.

https://images.defence.gov.au/assets/Home/Search?Query=20210423ran8562933_0222.jpg&Type=Filename

Series of photos of HMAS Ballarat and crew on station searching for missing Indonesian submarine.

https://images.defence.gov.au/assets/Home/Search?Query=20210422ran8562933_0038.jpg&Type=Filename

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Sad end for the crew. Submarine has been declared lost after debris located. It is believed the remains of the vessel could be at 850m.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Please take the time to view the time lapse of two halves of the HMS Glasgow being positioned prior to being joined. The Clyde River is in the foreground.

Australia's HMAS Hunter Class has begun prototyping and construction proper commences in 2022. The facilities at Osborne Naval Shipyard are state of the art and what the Brits/Scots had planned for the Clyde but didn't eventuate. The first three ships names are Hunter, Flinders and Tasman.

Note the size of the 'frigate' which in the Hunter Class is near the 9000 tonne displacement, which is heavier than our Hobart Class destroyers.

There is a hole in the hull where a gearbox needs to be located.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0kQLKtvaoM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R79QTBP7ZD8

 

[Enmoretiger 0]

I have a nephew in the Navy, he is a lieutenant and joined the Navy with a electrical engineering degree, he spent 18 months in Canberra work on the new frigates design.
The stories he tells about these hip capabilities is nothing short of amazing, we lead the world in radar technology and these new frigates are really destroyers
I hope they never fire a angry shot

 

[pawsandclaws1]

Nuship Stalwart, the sister ship to HMAS Supply, has left Navantia Ferrol shipyard for the 30 day journey to HMAS Stirling near Perth. This will be Stalwart's new homeport.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/05/royal-australian-navy-second-supply-class-aor-sails-home/

 

[pawsandclaws1]

I have a nephew in the Navy, he is a lieutenant and joined the Navy with a electrical engineering degree, he spent 18 months in Canberra work on the new frigates design.
The stories he tells about these hip capabilities is nothing short of amazing, we lead the world in radar technology and these new frigates are really destroyers
I hope they never fire a angry shot

The radar technology on the Anzacs and new Hunters is cutting edge.

 

[pawsandclaws1]

The Brits have refined double speak to a new level. Three new Fleet Solid Support Ships are to be built for the RN. Like Australia, the Brits want to maximise UK workforce participation not including Scotland (just joking). The news release offers the information "integrate the ships in a UK shipyard". Basically, it appears Spanish shipbuilder, Navantia, will build the first hull in Spain. Navantia is to invest heavily in the Harland and Wolf shipyard in Belfast, upskilling the workforce before completing hull one and building two and three.

Australia has had 4 ships built by Navantia and the Hobart Class of a Navantia design built at Osborne.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/competition-for-three-fleet-solid-support-ships-launched/

 

[Demps]