Loading of the first (Canberra class) ALHD (for Australia)

Future HMAS Canberra LHD

Navantia made on 4 August, in the Outer Port of A Coruña (Punta Langosteira), the burden (Hull) of ALHD "Canberra" on the ship "Blue Marlin" (of the) company Dockwise.

The operation begins at 8:00 pm., With the positioning maneuver ALHD "Canberra" above the support bed installed in the "Blue Marlin", and ends at 12:30 h., With the refloating of said cargo ship, leaving the ALHD "Canberra" on its cover.

The ships will berth at the Outer Port of A Coruña, for a week to complete the fixings of "Canberra" for transportation, which will last for 43 days without any scale.

Once you reach the "Canberra" to Port Philip Bay in Melbourne, Australia BAE Systems in Williamstown proceed to completion and delivery to the Commonwealth of Australia in 2014.

Juan Carlos I

The "Canberra" is the first unit of the two amphibious ships hired (Contracted) on November 23, 2007 in Melbourne.

The Australian ALHD design is based on Strategic Projection Ship "Juan Carlos I" of the Spanish Armada.

Google translation of Navantia Press Release