HMAS Adelaide (L01)

Adelaide (L01) off the coast of Queensland
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Adelaide
Builder	Navantia, Ferrol, Spain and BAE Systems Australia, Williamstown, Victoria
Laid down	18 February 2011
Launched	4 July 2012
Commissioned	4 December 2015
Homeport	Fleet Base East
Identification	IMO number: 9608972 MMSI number: 503000021 Callsign: VHJY
Motto	United for the common good
Honours and awards	Battle honours: four 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 and Gas 1 × GE LM2500 gas turbine 2 × Navantia MAN 16V32/40 diesel generators 2 × Navantia 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)
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 × 12.7 mm machine guns
Aircraft carried	8 helicopters (standard) 18 helicopters (maximum hangar space)
Aviation facilities	Flight deck with 13 degree ski-jump, 6 in-line deck landing spots

HMAS Adelaide (L01) is the second of two Canberra-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) ships of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and is the largest naval vessel ever built for Australia. Construction of the ship started at Navantia's Spanish shipyard, with steel-cutting in February 2010. The ship was laid down in February 2011, and launched on 4 July 2012. Delivery to Australia for fitting out at BAE Systems Australia's facilities in Victoria was scheduled for 2013, but did not occur until early 2014. Despite construction delays and predictions, the ship was commissioned in December 2015.