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Adelaide Amphib Initial Sea Trials Seen As Success

July 13 2015

Australia

The Australian navy's second Canberra-class amphibious warship has completed initial sea trials, according to BAE Systems, which took part in the construction of the vessels.

The trials of the Adelaide in late June focused on platform systems in a range of scenarios.

The ship will conduct final outfitting and integration work at the BAE Systems shipyard in Williamstown ahead of a second round of testing in August, said a company release on Friday.

Those trials will focus...

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