Ex-HMAS Tobruk will be scuttled on Friday
Ex-HMAS Tobruk will be towed out of the Port of Bundaberg on Thursday 28 June in preparation for her final scuttling on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: The then HMAS Tobruk conducting flight-deck trials and certification in Jervis Bay in June 1981.
The move from port is scheduled to commence approximately 5:30am.
Scuttling is still scheduled for approximately 10am on Friday 30 June 2018.
The exact scuttling time is subject to change because of weather and marine-mammal movements.
The ship, which was built in Newcastle, NSW, in 1979/80, was commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy in April 1981 and decommissioned in July 2015.
The scuttling of the ex-HMAS Tobruk is a project partnership between the Queensland government and the Bundaberg and Fraser Coast Regional Councils to create an artificial reef and dive site in Hervey Bay.
| Class |
Modified Sir Bedivere Class
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| Type |
Landing Ship Heavy (LSH)
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| Pennant |
L50
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| Motto |
Faithful and Strong
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| Builder |
Carrington Slipways Pty. Ltd.
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| Laid Down |
7 February 1979
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| Launched |
1 March 1980
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| Launched by |
Lady Anna Cowen
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| Commissioned |
23 April 1981
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| Decommissioned |
31 July 2015
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| Dimensions & Displacement | |
| Displacement | 5800 ton |
| Length | 127 metres |
| Beam | 18 metres |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 17 knots |
| Complement | |
| Crew | 150 |
| Embarked Forces | 520 |
| Propulsion | |
| Machinery | 2 x 54 ton, 4,800bhp Mirrlees-Blackstone KDMR8 diesel engines |
| Armament | |
| Guns |
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| Helicopters | In support of Amphibious Operations (ranging from the Squirrel AS350-B to Chinook CH47) |
| Awards | |
| Inherited Battle Honours | KOREA 1951–53 |
| Battle Honours | EAST TIMOR 1999 |
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