At BAE facility Williamstown. 2 April 2014
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The LHD01 hull was transported from Spain to Australia by a Heavy Lift Ship, Blue Marlin. The trip took around eight weeks.

HMAS Adelaide, is planned to commission in 2015.

Data from RAN website http://www.navy.gov.au/fleet/ships-boats-craft/lhd
The largest ships ever built for the Royal Australian Navy, two LHDs are being built as a collaboration between Navantia and BAE Systems - Maritime

The ship's roles are to: embark, transport and deploy an embarked force (Army in the case of the ADF but could equally be an allied Army or Marines), along with their equipment and aviation units, and carry out/support humanitarian missions.

Major Statistics :
Length Overall 230.82m
Moulded Beam 32.00m
Beam Waterline 29.50m
Flight Deck height 27.50m
Draft at Full Load Displacement 7.08m
Full Load Displacement 27,500 tonnes
The LHD utilises an electric drive system similar to that used by major cruise companies such as Cunard. The propulsion/generating plant includes the following main elements:
One gas turbine (LM 2500) turbo generator of 19,160kW
Two MAN 16V32/40 diesel generators of 7,448 kW each
Two Siemens azimuth POD units of 11.0 MW each fitted with two propellers of approx 4.5m diameter
Two bow thrusters of 1,500kW each
One Progener-Mitsubishi S16MPTA emergency diesel generator of 1,350kW