Osborne Ship Facility

Location

 To be situated adjacent to our submarine maintenance facilities, the shipyard will be used for the construction of the Air Warfare Destroyers, the most complex naval vessels ever to be built in Australia.

Our shipbuilding site is a part of Techport Australia; Australia's largest naval shipbuilding hub incorporating a critical mass of world class warship design and construction skills. 

Upgrade Development

Our shipyard upgrade consists of a development program of five new buildings and associated infrastructure.

The development program includes:

• a refurbished steel fabrication workshop;
• new production buildings, including a module outfit hall and new combined building which will incorporate a warehouse, pipe shop, electrical shop and main engine preparation shop;
• new administration building (pictured under construction, right) and wharf support building; and
• extensive support facilities, including security building, maintenance workshops, plate storage areas, module storage area, and a total of 18,000 cubic metres of warehouse storage sitewide.

Shipyard capability

• fabrication of elements of the ships' structure;
• construction of ship 'blocks' (modules);
• assembly of the three ships, including handling and transporting blocks and components weighing up to 1,200 tonnes;
• outfitting work;
• setting to work of equipment and systems; and
• trial activities associated with delivery of the ships to the Royal Australian Navy.

Both ASC and the South Australian Government are developing infrastructure in connection with the AWD Program.

Our new state-of-the-art facility will be advantaged by the use of Techport Australia's Common User Facility, including access to Australia's largest ship lift, wharf and transfer area.