When it comes to this land of Australia, it's a lot of strange things to come up with.
The protagonist of our story today is two unlucky warships (who gave you birth in Australia, alas)
One is Canberra, the other is Adelaide,
These two warships, both of which are in service with the Australian Navy, are also the best and most powerful ships in Australia.
Here is a brief introduction to their history..
Aircraft carriers and large amphibious ships are iconic equipment for the navy to go to the ocean.
Australia's navy is no exception,
In 1948 and 1949, Australia's goverment purchased the aircraft carriers "Terror" (R93) and "Melbourne" (R21) from the United Kingdom, respectively, and the "Revenge" aircraft carrier leased from the United Kingdom from 1952 to 1955. It became the only Blue Water Navy in the South Pacific at that time.
Not for long, since the decommissioning of the Melbourne in 1982,
Australia's navy has, for a variety of reasons, failed to secure a new replacement for aircraft carriers and has returned to the era of carrier-free.
With the passage of time, the international situation around Australia has changed dramatically, and Australia's own national defense security has also become a problem, and Australia's goverment has become increasingly impatient.
How could we not have an aircraft carrier if we were at least the leader of the Southern Hemisphere?
Thus, in December 2000, the Australian Ministry of Defence issued a new white paper on national defense, detailing the strategic policy of the Australian Defense Forces and the modernization of the army in the next 10 years.
On November 7, 2003, then Australian Defense Minister Hill announced to the outside world that under the "JP2048" plan, Australia will purchase two first-class large amphibious assault ships.
During the inspection of many well-known international builders, after a comprehensive assessment and trade-off of advantages and disadvantages, Australia goverment decided to take a total amount of A $2 billion, or about US $1.5 billion, to Navantia, Spain.
Order 2 amphibious assault ships.
This is the source of Canberra and Adelaide..
These two Australian navy babies,
The ship was built in Spain and equipped with weaponry and electronics in Melbourne, Australia. Combat system integration was carried out in Adelaide for an eight-year contract, with the first ship scheduled for service in 2012 and ship 2 in service in 2014.
The two ships are loaded with 27831 tons of displacement, 230.8 metres in length, 32 metres in width and 6.0m in draught, with a rated capacity of 1221 to 1403 (including 243 crew and 978 troops, plus up to 36 and 146 soldiers).
The whole platform is a single steel structure ship with a sliding takeoff deck with a 13-degree lift-off angle, which can be used as a light aircraft carrier if necessary to take off and land the F / F 35B fighter aircraft to be equipped by the Australian Navy in the future.
In a word, a great deal of high-tech, very domineering!
The naval fleet dream of Australia's goverment has come true again.
However. After spending so much money on buying, designing, installing and testing Australia's top warships,
Recently, I've been "stranded" at Sydney's Garden Island port, which was almost dead before it was actually fought!
What is this?
It turned out that a month ago, the two warships had received a mission to visit Sydney (which had been parked in Melbourne) for scrutiny.
Review is an important moment for military personnel, so not only will the gun stick be polished, but the warship will naturally have to be well maintained.
So before they came to Sydney, they cleaned the ship's hull, then refilled the cabin with oil, the new Canberra and Adelaide, and set foot on the way to Sydney.
When we got to Sydney, these two navy babies, let alone the air,
Direct Baping Harbour Bridge:
Helicopters, fighter jets, take-off and landing performances,
Display of various cool techs weapon equipment:
Earn enough eyeballs, Bei has face!
After the examination, the two warships were ready to return to their homes.
But at this time something unexpected happened.
Two warships, no matter how much they operate, no matter how much horsepower they have, they just don't move!
It's like a car shutting down in a port ~
Now that nobody can see, this just bought the warship, is it so soon that something goes wrong?
So he called up the engineer and checked..
The engineer went through all the spare parts and equipment on board for a few days, but he couldn't find out why..
This makes people even more confused. At this point, someone said, "is there no more gas?"
Everyone hastened to check the fuel tank, the result is still a lot of oil, but look at the color of the oil is not right!
Engineers are in shock, too. It's over! You may have put the wrong oil in the first place!
As soon as we heard it, it was going to blow up..
These two warships are Australia's national treasure, now you tell me the wrong oil?!
Spent 1.5 billion to buy, do you have to scrap now?!
Where does this spread to goverment's face in Australia?!
The engineer also panicked, but first called the Spanish manufacturer to explain the situation, and the other side was also very helpless, feeling that this low-level mistake could not be made.
So the situation is,
Two of the best warships in the southern hemisphere, fueled by the wrong fuel, are now disheartened at the port of Garden Island, waiting for Spanish experts to treat it.
I don't know how to comment on this, but I love the Canberra and the Adelaide, and wish them good luck..