HMAS Canberra (L02)

HMAS Canberra in 2021
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Canberra
Builder	Navantia, Ferrol, Spain and BAE Systems Australia, Williamstown, Victoria
Laid down	23 September 2009
Launched	17 February 2011
Commissioned	28 November 2014
Homeport	Fleet Base East
Identification	IMO number: 9608960 MMSI number: 503778000 Callsign: VKCN
Motto	For Queen and Country
Honours and awards	Battle honours: five inherited battle honours
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type	Canberra-class Landing Helicopter Dock
Displacement	27,500 tonnes (30,300 short tons; 27,100 long tons) at full load
Length	230.82 m (757.3 ft)
Beam	32.0 m (105.0 ft)
Draft	7.08 m (23.2 ft)
Propulsion	Combined diesel-electric and gas 1 × GE LM2500 Gas turbine 2 × MAN 16V32/40 Diesel generators 2 × Siemens azimuth thrusters
Speed	Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) maximum 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) full-load sustained 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) economical
Range	9,000 nautical miles (17,000 km; 10,000 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	45+ days endurance
Boats & landing craft carried	4 × LLC
Capacity	Up to 110 vehicles Heavy vehicle deck: 1,410 m2 (15,200 sq ft) Light vehicle deck: 1,880 m2 (20,200 sq ft)
Troops	1,046
Complement	358 personnel; 293 RAN, 62 Australian Army, 3 RAAF
Sensors and processing systems	Giraffe AMB radar, Saab 9LV combat system
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-25C Nixie towed torpedo decoy Nulka missile decoy
Armament	4 × Rafael Typhoon 25 mm remote weapons systems 6 × 25mm Bushmaster chain gun 1 x coaxially mounted M240 7.62mm machine gun
Aircraft carried	6 helicopters (standard) 18 helicopters (maximum hangar space)
Aviation facilities	Flight deck with 13 degree ski-jump, 6 in-line deck landing spots

HMAS Canberra (L02) is the first ship of the Canberra-class landing helicopter dock in service with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and is the second largest in the Navy, succeeded by its sister ship HMAS Adelaide (L01). Construction of the ship started in Spain in 2008, with the hull launched by Navantia in 2011. The hull was then transported to Australia in late 2012 for completion by BAE Systems Australia. Canberra was commissioned on 28 November 2014.