Austal Delivers 8th Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Australia

Austal news release

The vessel, ADV Cape Schanck (313 ), is the 8th ECCPB to be created at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia shipyard in 4 and half years.

Austal Limited President Paddy Gregg claimed Cape Schanck highlights Western Australia’s marine shipbuilding capacity, efficiency and dependability, and Austal Australia’s effective partnership with sector and task companions to provide 8 patrol watercrafts in 4 and half years.

” Austal Australia, with the assistance of our valued supply chain, sector and task companions, have actually currently supplied 8 Evolved Capes to the Royal Australian Navy in simply 4 and half years. That’s an impressive performance history of efficiency, with one 58 metre patrol watercraft supplied (usually) every 6 to 7 months, Mr Gregg claimed.

” We were granted the Evolved Capes agreement in Might 2020 and currently, much less than 5 years later on, we have actually supplied 8 watercrafts, regardless of the difficulties of the COVID pandemic and along with the (currently) 24 Guardian-class Patrol Boats we’re additionally providing to the Republic of Australia.

” The Western Australian marine shipbuilding sector ought to be exceptionally happy with this remarkable efficiency, which plainly shows the Henderson Support District’s capacity, efficiency, and dependability. Austal Australia, and our 200+ supply chain companions are effectively adding to the National Naval Shipbuilding Business and Australia’s sovereign capacity via the shipment of Developed Cape-class Patrol Watercraft Job.

” Our congratulations to the Royal Australian Navy on the shipment of ADV Cape Schanck and genuine many thanks to the Austal Australia group, the Division of Support and our supply chain companions in Western Australia and throughout the nation, for their ongoing assistance.”

The SEA1445-1 Developed Cape-class Patrol Watercraft (ECCPB) task, at first building 6 58-metre aluminium monohull patrol watercrafts for the Royal Australian Navy from Might 2020, was prolonged by 2 vessels in April 2022 and a more 2 vessels in February 2024, bringing the total amount to 10 vessels. 2 ECCPB’s have actually currently been supplied in CY2024 and 2 stay incomplete at Austal’s Henderson, Western Australia shipyard.

The Developed Capes include brand-new, bigger features to suit approximately 32 individuals, boosted lifestyle systems and progressed sustainment knowledge systems that better improve the Royal Australian Navy’s capability to combat and win mixed-up. The patrol watercrafts will certainly be made use of for a wide array of constabulary and marine goals and play an essential duty in Australia’s nationwide protection, as a high-performing, trusted and reliable maritime property.

In-service assistance for the Cape, Evolved Cape and Guardian- course Patrol Watercraft fleets run by the Australian Boundary Pressure, Royal Australian Navy and Pacific Island countries is given by Austal Australia via devoted solution centres situated in Henderson, Western Australia; Cairns, Queensland; and Darwin, Northern Area.

Austal Australia is additionally gotten to provide 24 steel Guardian-class Patrol Watercrafts to the Republic of Australia under the Pacific Patrol Watercraft Substitute Job (SEA3036-1) and has actually supplied 21 vessels considering that 2018.

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