Originally Posted by althenick
Aye,
The RAN are expanding big time at the mo' 3 new LHD's 1 bay class and AWD Frigates on order. How comes a Little country like that can afford it and we cant?
Not really expanding, just replacing ships on a "one-for-one" basis with more capable ones.
2 LHDs and 1 Bay class... to replace 2 "modified Newport" class and 1 "Round-table" class. Total crew to drop by 39.
Canberra LHD (x2): 243
Choules: 60
total: 546
Kanimbla (x2): 220
Tobruk: 145
total: 585
3 AWD "frigates" (the name is Air Warfare Destroyer)... to replace 4 FFGs, with total crew to drop by 234.
Hobart DDG (x3): 202
total: 606
Sydney FFG-Up (x4): 210
total 840