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HMAS Balikpapan (L 126) was the lead ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft (LCH). Ordered in 1969, Balikpapan entered service with the Australian...

additional units of the class - decommissioned units former HMAS Balikpapan, HMAS Wewak and HMAS Betano - were sold in 2016 to the Philippine Navy. The PNGDF...

(Kalimantan) Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy, used by the Australian Defence Force and the Papua New Guinea Defence Force HMAS Balikpapan (L 126), lead...

HMAS Betano (L 133) was a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The eight-vessel Balikpapan class was ordered...

HMAS Wewak (L 130) was the fifth ship of the Balikpapan class of heavy landing craft operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The eight-vessel Balikpapan...

Australian Navy have been named HMAS Labuan after the World War II amphibious landings at Labuan: HMAS Labuan (L3501), formerly HMA LST 3501, a Mark III tank...

to the Royal Australian Navy's amphibious forces including HMAS Tobruk and the Balikpapan-class landing craft. For much of this time much of the army's...

HMPNGS Lakekamu is Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy (LCH) operated by the Maritime Operations Element of the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF)...

Australian Navy have been named HMAS Tarakan after the town of Tarakan in Borneo and the Allied recapture of this town in 1945. HMAS Tarakan (L3017), a Mark III...

craft heavy of the Philippine Navy. From 1972 to 2012, it was known as HMAS Balikpapan (L 126) and served the Royal Australian Navy. It was decommissioned...

In December 1980, trials to mate Jervis Bay with the landing craft HMAS Balikpapan were successfully performed in Sydney Harbour. In 1987, the deckhouse...

patrol boats: HMAS Advance, Aitape, Arrow, Bandolier, Barbette, Ladava and Lae 8 Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy: HMAS Balikpapan, Brunei, Labuan...

Kanimbla HMAS Manoora HMAS Tobruk (until approximately 8 June) HMAS Balikpapan HMAS Tarakan HMAS Success (until 28 May) Two Sea King helicopters, 817 Squadron...

Buna is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF). Prior to 1974, the vessel was called HMAS Buna (L...

AWM78-124 (1945), HMAS Grass Snake June-December 1945 (PDF), Reports and Proceedings of HMA Ships and Establishments, vol. AWM78 Class 124 – HMAS GRASS SNAKE...

p. 76 Frame, HMAS Sydney, p. 15 Frame, HMAS Sydney, pp. 15–16 Frame, HMAS Sydney, p. 16 Bastock, Australia's Ships of War, p. 124 "HMAS Hobart (I)". Sea...

BRP Batak (LC-299) is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Philippine Navy. One of eight vessels built by Walkers Limited for the Royal...

BRP Ivatan (LC-298) is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Philippine Navy. One of eight vessels built by Walkers Limited for the Royal...

Type Class Commissioned HMAS Adelaide L01 Landing Helicopter Dock Canberra 2015 HMAS Albany ACPB 86 Patrol boat Armidale 2006 HMAS Ararat ACPB 89 Patrol...

warfare ships were the three Landing Ships Infantry (LSI): HMAS Kanimbla, HMAS Manoora, and HMAS Westralia. These three ships had been built as civilian...