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Well, yesterday I went to the launch of HMAS Ballarat, the 8th ANZAC frigate
launched at the Tenix shipyards. This leaves just 2 more to be launched from
the contract for 10, worth around AU$6 billion.
The ballarat will now be fitted out & trialed before being delivered to the
RAN - 5 frigates have already been delivered, 3 to the RAN, 2 to RNZN.
Here's some of the pictures I took
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=17749 including some before
the launch, some after, a couple of the historic RAAF flypast, and a shot of
Ballarat alongside HMAS Stuart (ship 6), due to be delivered on May 30.
I also took the opportunity to snap some crane shots, as it's the only time
you're allowed to take a camera into the place 8?) and of the modules that
will fairly soon become the hull & superstructure of ship #9.
You can read more about it at www.tenix.com - select ANZAC ship project.
Regards
ROSCO
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| (...) Neat! Thanks for sharing these. Now THAT is a flared bow, yessirree. It's nice that you folks get to actually see your launchings--they won't let us very close to ours; we had a nice AEGIS destroyer go into the water last year--the last "real" (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.boats)
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