Australia's largest warship arrives

AUSTRALIA'S largest warship has arrived on home soil following a nine-week voyage from Spain.

The hull of the Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) is in Geelong but will now be moved by tug to the Williamstown shipyards in Victoria where contractor BAE Systems will undertake further construction.

The Canberra Class LHD is bigger than Australia's last aircraft carrier, HMAS Melbourne, and features a flight deck as big as 24 tennis courts.

The hull was built in Spain by shipbuilder Navantia and has taken about nine weeks to complete the 13,000 nautical mile journey to Australia.

Construction of the ship, to be commissioned HMAS Canberra, began in 2008 and it is the first of two to be built for the Royal Australian Navy.

The ship is expected to be introduced into service in 2014 while the second ship, to be commissioned HMAS Adelaide, is due to follow in 2016.

The ship's arrival was announced by Defence Minister Stephen Smith and Defence Materiel Minister Jason Clare on Wednesday.

It coincided with a protest by the Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) which said Australia can and should be building its defence equipment in Australia and supporting local jobs.

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