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HMAS Tobruk (ll)

HMAS Tobruk was a Modified Sir Bedivere Class, Landing Ship Heavy (LSH) built at Carrington Slipways Pty Ltd on the Hunter River, NSW. Tobruk was designed for combined Navy and Army amphibious operations; essentially a multi-purpose troop and roll-on/roll-off, heavy vehicle carrier with facilities for bow and stern loading, beaching, a drive-through capacity and inter-deck transfers via ramps.

  • Commissioned
    23 April 1981
  • Decommissioned
    31 July 2015
Unloading the Tobruk at Mogadishu wharf, Somalia by George Gittoes

Unloading the Tobruk at Mogadishu wharf, Somalia

by George Gittoes

HMAS Tobruk and the Canadian supply ship Protecteur by Robert McRae

HMAS Tobruk and the Canadian supply ship Protecteur

by Robert McRae

HMAS Tobruk by John J Heffill

HMAS Tobruk

by John Heffill

  • Additional reading on HMAS Tobruk (ll)
    • HMAS Tobruk (II), The Sea Power Centre (navy.gov.au)
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