{"id":501,"date":"2015-10-28T21:25:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T21:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/?p=501"},"modified":"2015-10-28T21:25:24","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T21:25:24","slug":"austal-launches-72m-high-speed-support-vessel-for-the-royal-navy-of-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/2015\/10\/28\/austal-launches-72m-high-speed-support-vessel-for-the-royal-navy-of-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"AUSTAL LAUNCHES 72m HIGH SPEED SUPPORT VESSEL FOR THE ROYAL NAVY OF OMAN"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AUSTAL<\/a><\/p>\n

(Press Release)<\/p>\n

Austal (ASX:ASB) launched last week\u00a0 the first of two 72m High Speed Support Vessels (HSSV\u2019s) being built for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO).<\/p>\n

Hull 390 – the future RNOV Al Mubshir – was successfully launched after 13 months of construction and fitout at the company\u2019s Henderson, Western Australia shipyard.<\/p>\n

Austal Chief Executive Officer Andrew Bellamy said the on-schedule launching of the first HSSV demonstrates Austal\u2019s proven capability to design, construct (and support) large, multiple naval vessel programs; locally, globally, successfully.<\/p>\n

Mr Bellamy commented \u201cFrom our defence portfolio, Austal is currently contracted to deliver ten 127m Frigate-sized Littoral Combat Ships and ten 103m Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) vessels to the United States Navy \u2013 as well as two OPV-sized 72m High Speed Support Vessels, here in Western Australia for the Royal Navy of Oman.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOur track record here in Australia and overseas clearly supports Austal\u2019s strong proposition that we can effectively and efficiently deliver the Australian Government\u2019s Future Frigate and Offshore Patrol Vessel programs,\u201d Mr Bellamy added.<\/p>\n

Based on the proven Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) platform – previously known as the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) – the HSSV offers a range of capabilities to support naval operations, including helicopter operations, rapid deployment of military personnel and cargo, search and rescue operations, humanitarian aid and disaster relief missions.<\/p>\n

Austal was awarded the US$124.9 million contract for the design, construction and integrated logistics support of the two HSSV\u2019s in March 2014 and construction commenced in August 2014.<\/p>\n

This first HSSV will now complete final fitout before sea trials, prior to delivery to the RNO early in 2016. The second HSSV is under construction and is on schedule for completion in mid 2016.<\/p>\n

Image Sourced: Austal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Press Release) Austal (ASX:ASB) launched last week\u00a0 the first of two 72m High Speed Support Vessels (HSSV\u2019s) being built for the Royal Navy of Oman (RNO). Hull 390 – the future RNOV Al Mubshir – was successfully launched after 13 months of construction and fitout at the company\u2019s Henderson, Western Australia shipyard. Austal Chief Executive… Continue reading AUSTAL LAUNCHES 72m HIGH SPEED SUPPORT VESSEL FOR THE ROYAL NAVY OF OMAN<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":502,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[216,33,221,220,218,217,219],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-industry","tag-austal","tag-dcss-news","tag-expeditionary-fast-transport-epf-platform","tag-high-speed-support-vessels","tag-hssv","tag-joint-high-speed-vessel-jhsv","tag-royal-navy-of-oman","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":503,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions\/503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/dcss\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}