Canadian Amphibious Plan

[Dr Phobus]

I think the canadian's will follow the path similar to that of the dutch. Singifincant reduction in surface warship numbers, but larger more capable platforms with ASW, ASuf, land attack, AAW ability (like the LCF), with this add to a few other smaller -halifax- ships for escort & ASW.

The larger LPD's (the dutch have 2, not as large as the bays class) will have a significant untlity in the world of power projection. I think the mistral class, 21000T, would be a more affordable option, more capable than the "bay" class, less exspensive than the spainsh 28000T type.

I wanna hear from Canadix

 

[JAF]

In the December edition of Warships: International Fleet Review, pg 7 there is a Headline "Canadian navy to Aquire Amphib", the ensuing article says Canada is looking at purchasing an off the shelf LPD as early as 2007, and the leading candidate is an American Austin Class.

Has anyone heard any more details of this???

 

[Dr Phobus]

In the December edition of Warships: International Fleet Review, pg 7 there is a Headline "Canadian navy to Aquire Amphib", the ensuing article says Canada is looking at purchasing an off the shelf LPD as early as 2007, and the leading candidate is an American Austin Class.

Has anyone heard any more details of this???

I have read nothing to that effect in JDW. The austin is a much older design, 1960's ?, the Whitley class (1980's) and San antonio (1990's) are much newer platforms. The dutch enforcer design is scalable 12000-16000T, and 6 units have been produced, i am surprized this design is not a serious contender. Still, what do i know !!

 

[JAF]

The article states that a 'Hot transfer' of an Austin LPD is a stop gap between having none and an impending order. The long term prospects in the article Spanish/Dutch Rotterdam/Galicia, the UK Bay and Italian San Giorgio


My bad for not including that info.

 

[Sea Toby]

The Canadians will probably get an Austin for the near term, although old they still have some life left in them. For the long term it appears they will build two or more large multi-role ships, a replenishment ship with a ro/ro cargo capacity. I doubt whether the Canadians are interested that much into amphibious operations, they just want the sealift capability to move a battalion or two for peacekeeping purposes.

Ever since the US Navy has requested that other nations have a better sealilft capacity, a lot of nations are searching for a muti-role ships. Denmark built a large frigate with a ro/ro cargo deck, New Zealand is building a ferry which can do fishery protection and training duties, Portugal is on the verge of building a 10,000 ton oiler/mini-flat top ro/ro cargo ship as both their small oiler and landing ships are old. Other navies such as Ireland, Norway, and Belgium are also searching for sea lift in a multi-role ship. None of these smaller navies really want a dedicated LPD. The Pentagon has noticed its difficult to move its own forces when so much of its shipping is tied up moving others....

 

[Sea Dog]

The article states that a 'Hot transfer' of an Austin LPD is a stop gap between having none and an impending order. The long term prospects in the article Spanish/Dutch Rotterdam/Galicia, the UK Bay and Italian San Giorgio


My bad for not including that info.

Canada may want to also keep an eye on the Spanish Navy's new "Strategic Projection Ship" (Buque de proyeccion estrategica). A sort of smaller version of the US LHD's.