Australian air warfare destroyer HMAS Hobart launched

Posted on 26 May 2015 by Michael Cruickshank
HMAS Hobart, the first ship in the Air Warfare Destroyer program. Image courtesy of the Australian Navy.

The first of three next generation Australian Navy Air Warfare Destroyers (AWD) was launched over the weekend from a dry-dock in Adelaide.

HMAS Hobart, one of the most advanced ships ever commissioned for the Australian Navy, was based off the designed of the Spanish Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate. Measuring in at 146.7 meters long, the ship contains the space for 180 crewmembers, 2 inflatable boats and a Seahawk anti-submarine helicopter. In total the AWD project will produce…

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