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摘要

The hull of the first of the Royal Australian Navy's two new amphibious ships was launched with a bottle of Canberra regional sparkling wine at Navantia's Ferrol shipyard in northern Spain on 17 February. The future HMAS Canberra will be transferred to Williamstown, Victoria next year for fitting out prior to entering service in 2014. The second, Adelaide, will follow a year later. The Landing Helicopter Docks will become the navy's largest ever ships. Both will be based at Garden Island in Sydney.