HMAS Balikpapan (L 126) was the lead ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft (LCH). Ordered in 1969, Balikpapan entered service with the Australian...
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additional units of the class - decommissioned units former HMAS Balikpapan, HMAS Wewak and HMAS Betano - were sold in 2016 to the Philippine Navy. The PNGDF...
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HMAS Betano (L 133) was a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The eight-vessel Balikpapan class was ordered...
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(Kalimantan) Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy, used by the Australian Defence Force and the Papua New Guinea Defence Force HMAS Balikpapan (L 126), lead...
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HMPNGS Lakekamu (redirect from HMAS Labuan (L-128))
HMPNGS Lakekamu is Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy (LCH) operated by the Maritime Operations Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF)...
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Australian Navy have been named HMAS Labuan after the World War II amphibious landings at Labuan: HMAS Labuan (L3501), formerly HMA LST 3501, a Mark III tank...
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BRP Agta (LC-290) (category Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy of the Philippine Navy)
craft heavy of the Philippine Navy. From 1972 to 2012, it was known as HMAS Balikpapan (L 126) and served the Royal Australian Navy. It was decommissioned...
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to the Royal Australian Navy's amphibious forces including HMAS Tobruk and the Balikpapan-class landing craft. For much of this time much of the army's...
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Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tarakan after the town of Tarakan in Borneo and the Allied recapture of this town in 1945. HMAS Tarakan (L3017), a Mark III...
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HMPNGS Buna (redirect from HMAS Buna)
Buna is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). Prior to 1974, the vessel was called HMAS Buna (L...
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HMAS Wewak (L 130) was the fifth ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The eight-vessel Balikpapan...
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In December 1980, trials to mate Jervis Bay with the landing craft HMAS Balikpapan were successfully performed in Sydney Harbour. In 1987, the deckhouse...
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BRP Waray (LC-288) (category Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy of the Philippine Navy)
commissioning with the Philippine Navy, the ship, together with the former HMAS Balikpapan and HMAS Wewak, underwent refurbishing, refit, and servicing works in Cebu...
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HMPNGS Salamaua (redirect from HMAS Salamaua)
Salamaua is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). Prior to 1974, the vessel was called HMAS Salamaua...
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patrol boats: HMAS Advance, Aitape, Arrow, Bandolier, Barbette, Ladava and Lae 8 Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy: HMAS Balikpapan, Brunei, Labuan...
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BRP Iwak (LC-289) (category Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy of the Philippine Navy)
with the Philippine Navy, the ship, together with the former HMAS Betano and HMAS Balikpapan, underwent refurbishing, refit, and servicing works in Cebu...
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Kanimbla HMAS Manoora HMAS Tobruk (until approximately 8 June) HMAS Balikpapan HMAS Tarakan HMAS Success (until 28 May) Two Sea King helicopters, 817 Squadron...
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p. 76 Frame, HMAS Sydney, p. 15 Frame, HMAS Sydney, pp. 15–16 Frame, HMAS Sydney, p. 16 Bastock, Australia's Ships of War, p. 124 "HMAS Hobart (I)". Sea...
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HMAS Kanimbla was a passenger ship converted for use as an armed merchant cruiser and landing ship infantry during World War II. Built during the mid-1930s...
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AWM78-124 (1945), HMAS Grass Snake June-December 1945 (PDF), Reports and Proceedings of HMA Ships and Establishments, vol. AWM78 Class 124 – HMAS GRASS SNAKE...
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Type Class Commissioned HMAS Adelaide L01 Landing Helicopter Dock Canberra 2015 HMAS Albany ACPB 86 Patrol boat Armidale 2006 HMAS Ararat ACPB 89 Patrol...
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BRP Batak (LC-299) (redirect from HMAS Tarakan (L 129))
BRP Batak (LC-299) is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Philippine Navy. One of eight vessels built by Walkers Limited for the Royal...
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BRP Ivatan (LC-298) is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Philippine Navy. One of eight vessels built by Walkers Limited for the Royal...
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1943. By 5 November the task force, composed of HMAS Australia, HMAS Shropshire, USS Ralph Talbot, HMAS Warramunga, Arunta and USS Helm, was in Milne Bay...
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HMAS Choules (L100) is a Bay-class landing ship that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 2006 to 2011, before being purchased by the Royal...
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HMAS Junee (J362/M362), named for the town of Junee, New South Wales, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II, and one of...
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history, even with the old Majestic-class light fleet carriers, HMAS Melbourne and HMAS Sydney in the 1970s. In 2004, French company Direction des Constructions...
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HMAS Ipswich (J186/B244/A118), named for the city of Ipswich, Queensland, was one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes built during World War II and one of 20...
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Australian Navy and were formerly identified as HMAS Balikpapan (L-126), HMAS Wewak (L-130) and HMAS Betano (L-133). The LCHs are part of a set of five...
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HMAS Tobruk, landing craft HMAS Balikpapan, Brunei and Labuan, and the replenishment oiler HMAS Success, escorted by the frigates HMAS Adelaide, HMAS Anzac...
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