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RAN will be very, very, very unhappy if this happens.

Indeed. After handover to RAN, the plan is for +/- 12 months to reach IOC and then another +/- 12 months for FOC. Am advised that the just-completed sea trials went very well. Pic from BAE attached showing Canberra, now with her warpaint.  :)

Excerpts here from a well-sourced article by Claire Corbett, in Sydney, apropos the state of play in replacing the RAN Collins boats. Worth noting that Claire hails from Vancouver.  :D Australia's $60 billion submarine dilemma Claire Corbett August, 2014 If Australians felt blindsided...

The Oz government have shortlisted the new supply ship to two designs: the Navantia Cantabria-class (approx 20,000 tonnes) and the MARS Aegir 26 (approx 26,000 tonnes). The latter is a smaller version of the new RFAs for the Brits. Canberra recently stated that they will be built in either Spain...

Hello all, Been a keen reader of the forum for ages, and finally have something to contribute. First, the above story about the Canberra being crippled, et al, is a lot of nonsense. There were some issues with the azipods and, as you would expect, she returned to there yard with a list of...