Philip Smart | Adelaide
Atlantic & Peninsula’s Australian arm will maintain the Bay-Class Landing Ship Dock HMAS Choules over the next two years, in a deal valued at an initial $60.6 million.
Atlantic & Peninsula Australia Pty Ltd (A&P Australia) is part of the Atlantic & Peninsula Group, one of the UK’s most prominent ship repair, conversion and marine companies, which has maintained the HMAS Choules since the Australian Government acquired the vessel in October 2011.
The contract will preserve 30 jobs in the Sydney region.
HMAS Choules is a 16,000 tonne Landing Ship Dock with a crew of 158, a large flight deck aft which can accommodate two large helicopters and a docking well in the stern capable of operating a LCM-8 or two LCVP landing craft.
It can transport up to 32 Abrams tanks, or 150 light trucks, with a normal load of 356 troops.