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Old 24-06-2012, 21:53
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The two ex RAN ships Kanimbla and Manoora look like being the next new dive wrecks or artificial reefs here on the gold coast,Leaked report said that the gold coast may get these two old ships and the Hmas Tobruk when she is decommed in 2015 as well our local newspaper called them RUSTBUCKETS
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At least they will be useful as fish buckets

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Given the current state of both vessels, I think it would cost an absolute bucket load of money to get them into a state of readiness for sinking. Given that they still have a large amounts of electrical cable that may or may not have asbestos in them, interior fittings, furniture ect, the cost would be huge. I think there are better options, converting one to a training vessel to help junior sailors in understanding how ship bourne life is like or engineering training, getting as many parts off the other one to support the first option. Harvest useful parts for our FFG's or scrap them and have the money directed back into the navy. The price to get Adelaide to the bottom nearly prevented her sinking in the first place.
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Kanimbla/Manoora were extensively overhauled (read: rebuilt) from 1995 on.

As that was well after the RAN began NOT using asbestos, and removing it from existing warships where possible, just how much is actually left in these ships, and how much was removed during that rebuilding?

HMAS Adelaide had been built back in 1977-80, and thus had lots of the stuff. She had not been through a major overhaul, thus it had not been removed.
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Sorry its taken time to get back, the better half is now on holidays and its me and the rugrats.
During the "upgrade" a lot of electrical cable was identified as containing asbestos. Some of it was removed to satisfy the contract that was inplace at the time. Alot of it was simply identified and sealed using a red spray paint. During the years of operation neither ship went under any remediation project to remove the cables, the only items to be removed was the mechanical brake pads on the between ramp, stern door and some gaskets that were still fitted. Some other items were questioned as to weather they contained asbestos, namely the heat coil located in all of the electrical panels for pumps, motors ect. Due to the fact that they couldn't be replaced without long lead times, those items were left in place and are still there today. As you would know, when Aus bought these platforms, they were purchased under the foreign military sales agreement. Meaning that we could not onsell these platforms to another country without the permission of the USA congress. It was hard enough to get them in the first place. So what is the best way to get rid of them, I think it would be scrapping them and directing the money back into the services.
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