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Royal Australian Navy HMAS Choules LPD returns to sea following propulsion fix

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Naval Forces News - Australia
 
 
 
Royal Australian Navy HMAS Choules LPD returns to sea following propulsion fix
 
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.
     
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.
Ex Royal Fleet Auxiliary LPD Largs Bay HMAS Choules
(picture: Royal Australian Navy)
     

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.