HMAS Choules has returned to sea following sea assurance
testing of the ship’s six propulsion and power distribution transformers
which were replaced after a defect was identified in June 2012.
The ship then followed a graduated program of trials and training
which concluded with a final successful readiness assessment on 12 April
2013.
Navy and the Defence Materiel Organisation have worked together to
achieve this outcome. Air Force also assisted by transporting the
transformers from Germany.
The ship will now participate in a number of minor amphibious
exercises in North Queensland during May and June 2013 before joining
other Navy ships in Exercise Talisman Sabre 13 off the Queensland coast.
The Navy’s amphibious force includes Choules, the Landing Ship Heavy HMAS Tobruk, Australian Defence Vessel Ocean Shield, and three Landing Craft Heavy vessels.
The first Landing Helicopter Dock, recently named NUSHIP Canberra, is due to achieve initial operating capability by the end of 2014.
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