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ships pending the entry to service of their Hunter-class replacements. This development only became
known in March by courtesy of a report on Anzac-class sustainment by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO). Now, HMAS Anzac will not be withdrawn un- til 2030 while the youngest ship, HMAS Perth, will remain in ser- vice until 2043.
“All eight Anzac vessels are scheduled to be upgraded by 2023, two years before the previously-scheduled retirement of the oldest of the class, HMAS Anzac, in 2025.”
“Defence’s advice to the govern-
ment to extend the Anzac-class life-of-type to 2043 was not based on a transition plan or informed by an analysis of the frigates’ physical capacity to deliver the required ca- pability until then,” the report said. “Navy will need to address potential risks, relating to the frigates’ material condition, to main- tain seaworthiness and capability.”
Further life-extension planning was dis- closed during a Senate Estimates hearing on 10 April by Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm, CASG’s Head Maritime Systems Division, who revealed a study was underway to provide Navy with options for extending the life of
the Armidale-class fleet until the late 2020s. “This will include a number of options in terms of early-life-of-type extension and late life-of-type extension,” RADM Malcolm said. “As part of that, we will also do a very detailed assessment of the structural state of each vessel. We will then look at that from
both a quality and a quantity perspective.”
Operations
Chief of Navy Mike Noonan told the hear- ing that the primary operational task for the RAN’s 12 Armidale and two Cape class patrol boats was border protection under Operation Resolute.
Five to six boats would be at sea on any one day and the remainder of the fleet would typically be in a cycle of scheduled maintenance.
VADM Noonan acknowledged that remediation work had been required for superstructure cracking that had not been originally expected or anticipated.
Asked if that was caused by the Armida- les being used in heavy seas for Operation Resolution, VADM Noonan responded “they were being used in a way that has been a feature of evolved operations that we’ve been involved in over the last 20 years with these boats”.
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