Osborne Naval Shipyard


The Osborne Naval Shipyard is a multi-user facility at Osborne on the Lefevre Peninsula in South Australia. 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 ship lift constructed between 2007 and 2010, known as Techport Australia. It was designed by Aurecon and constructed by McConnell Dowell and Built Environs. Techport was sold by the state government to the Federal Government in 2017 for.
The ship lift was supplied by Rolls-Royce 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 2019, a new extension to Osborne North was being built by Laing O'Rourke to build the Attack-class submarines.

Tenants

The list of ships constructed at the Osborne facility include: