They have on-board hospitals. Based on the Spanish Juan Carlos I, the 27,000 ton Canberra s can make 21 knots and sport a ski-jump flight deck. It is a floating airfield for a fleet of helicopters. HMAS Adelaide (LHD 02) has been playing a pivotal role in the Navy's contribution to Operation Bushfire Assist alongside HMAS Choules and MV Sycamore demonstrating the capability offered by the vessel and its sister, HMAS Canberra. The HMAS Adelaide, has arrived offshore from Eden on the NSW far south coast to help with bushfire efforts.
HMAS Canberra is the lead ship of the two ship Canberra Class Amphibious Assault Ships otherwise known as a Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD). It carries dozens of vehicles and the smaller boats needed to deliver them to shore. "Petty Officer Boatswain Kenneth Bateson (right) assists a role playing evacuee disembark from a LHD landing craft onboard HMAS Canberra during a Defence Aid to the Civil Community exercise.Lance Corporal Melissa Ellis from the Australian Army’s 4th Brigade was one of the role players and said it was rewarding to see Navy and Army working together for the benefit of Australians and partner nations.“I just spent two months participating in Op BUSHFIRE ASSIST, so to be part of this exercise as a role player has been really eye opening, and it's interesting to see how Navy conducts these type of operations from their side,” Lance Corporal Ellis said.“Coming in through the dock and seeing the ship up close and how the multi-service crew works together was phenomenal.“The hospitality has been amazing and it solidifies for me that we are a world-leading Defence Force ready to assist in times of need.” HMAS Adelaide and her sister ship HMAS Canberra are the pride of the Royal Australian Navy. HMAS Canberra played a starring role in Sydney’s Australia Day celebrations as the centrepiece of the traditional Salute to Australia on Sydney Harbour. Picture: AAP Image/Bianca De MarchiHMAS Adelaide carries an enormous array of facilities that can be adapted to respond to almost any disaster.It displaces 27,500 tonnes, is 230m long, can move at a maximum 21 knots (38.9km/h) and can travel 16,600km without having to refuel.Costing about $1.5 billion, HMAS Adelaide is much bigger and more capable in almost every respect over HMAS Choules, which featured so prominently in pulling 1000 people off Mallacoota beach in Victoria this week.HMAS Adelaide has an on-board medical facility which is better equipped than many regional hospitals.Deputy Maritime Logistics Officer Lieutenant Fred Bates and Assistant Maritime Logistics Officer and Lieutenant Roger Jolly prepare supplies.
Published on March 01, 2020 by LEUT Jessica Craig (author), ABIS Jarrod Mulvihill (photographer) A LHD Landing Craft enters the dock of HMAS Canberra whilst at anchor in Westernport Bay, Victoria, during a Defence Aid to the Civil Community exercise. Their survival is dependent upon a handful of defensive weapons carried by their few escorts.Such is the threat to these big, valuable ships that the new commander of the US Marine Corps last year declared he wants to scrap them.They can operate where there are no deepwater ports.
Captain Terry Morrison, Canberra’s Commanding Officer, was … HMAS Adelaide is the most potent disaster relief asset Australia can offer.Reservists are assembling aboard the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) assault ship to spearhead an escalation in the battle against catastrophic fires and deliver urgent disaster relief.ADF Chief General Angas Campbell painted a picture of what to expect: “The announcements today see a lift in our naval on-water presence … an increase in the number of aircraft and helicopters operating in affected areas involving Chinook helicopters, multi-role helicopters, light liaison helicopters, as well as P-8 surveillance aircraft, C-17, C-130 and C-27-J transport and lift aircraft.”At its heart will be one of Australia’s largest warships, HMAS Adelaide.HMAS Adelaide leaving Sydney. Defence may also be increasingly called upon to support stabilisation, governance or peacekeeping activities.”Australian Army logistics expert Colonel Bradley Robertson last year presented a paper warning our defence force is not ready for the challenges ahead.“The climate is changing, and Defence is not prepared for this reality,” “The vast majority of scientific evidence supporting a changing climate indicates that the effects for the next century are already set.“It is therefore essential that Defence understands the direct effects of Climate Change on military capabilities and develops an appropriate adaptive response.”Those changes will have a severe impact on civilian operations and infrastructure. Canberra’s air quality is the worst out of any major city in the world due to smoke from bushfires along the NSW south coast.