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In lugnet.loc.au, Ross Crawford writes:
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> You can read more about it at www.tenix.com - select ANZAC ship project.
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" launching for the yard in question--
and unless you were lucky enough to charter a boat or walk up onto the
bridge a half mile away you couldn't see it.
Now they're going to be using a floating dock and lowering the ships in.
Blah.
LFB
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| (...) Yep, It looks really strange from underneath! (...) Well, I think Tenix like to have as many people hanging around at the launch as they can, for the TV cameras. If you know when it is, you can generally get in - they don't do any security (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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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 (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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