The Osborne Naval Shipyard is a multi-user facility at Osborne on the

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. It was established in 1987 for the Australian Submarine Corporation, and the first products of the facility were the six ''Collins''-Class submarines.

Facilities

The ship building precinct includes a number of discrete facilities, as it has grown over the time it has existed. The Government of South Australia built a "common user facility" that includes a wharf and

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constructed between 2007 and 2010, known as ''Techport Australia''. It was designed by

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and constructed by

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and Built Environs. Techport was sold by the state government to the Federal Government in 2017 for . The

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was supplied by

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and is long and wide. It can lift from a water depth of . It is designed to allow for future expansion to length and lifting capacity of . Between 2017 and 2020, an extension was built behind Osborne South to construct the ''Hunter''-class frigates. The largest building in the new complex is known as Building 22, and is high with a footprint of , large enough for assembly of two frigates other than the upper superstructure. In September 2021, the Morrison government scrapped the French multi-billion dollar deal to build the ''Attack''-class submarines. Instead signing a monumental agreement with the United Kingdom and the United States to build 8 SSN-AUKUS submarines at the Osborne Naval Shipyard Adelaide for the

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. The first submarine is expected in the early 2030s. November 2023 the Australian government performed a land swap with the state government, trading land on three nearby military sites for 60 acres of land around Osborne Naval Shipyard for the construction of the nuclear submarine shipyard facilities and a workforce skills training centre, the federal government expect spades in the ground for the construction of site access roads and utilities diversions before the end of 2023.

Tenants

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ASC Pty Ltd ASC Pty Ltd, formerly the Australian Submarine Corporation, is an Australian government business enterprise involved with Australian naval shipbuilding, headquartered in Osborne, South Australia. It is notable for the construction and main ...

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Products

The list of ships constructed at the Osborne facility include: * 6 ''Collins''-Class submarines * 3 ''Hobart''-class Air Warfare Destroyers * 2 ''Arafura''-class offshore patrol vessels (construction commenced November 2018) *9 ''Hunter''-class frigates (to commence in 2020 with first delivery in 2027) * 5 SSN-AUKUS submarines (the first is proposed in the early 2040s)

References

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