HMAS Westralia (O 195)
HMAS Westralia (O 195) wani jirgin ruwa ne mai gyaran Leaf-class wanda aka gyara wanda ke aiki tare da Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Royal Australian (RAN) daga 1989 zuwa 2006. A da, ita ce RFA Appleleaf (A79), ta yi aiki tare da Kariyar Jiragen Ruwa ta Burtaniya (RFA) daga 1975 zuwa 1989. Da farko an yi hayar jirgin ga RAN, sannan aka saya shi kai tsaye a 1994. A shekarar 1998, gobara ta tashi a cikin jirgin wanda ya yi sanadiyyar mutuwar ma'aikatan jirgin ruwa guda hudu. An dakatar da aikin Westralia a 2006, kuma an sayar da jirgin ga farar hula don amfani da shi a matsayin jirgin ruwa mai adanawa da sauke kaya, a ƙarƙashin sunan Shiraz . Duk da haka, an ajiye jirgin a Indonesia har zuwa ƙarshen 2009, lokacin da aka sayar da shi ga wani kamfanin fasa jiragen ruwa na Turkiyya. Da ya isa a watan Janairun 2010, an lalata jirgin.
Zane da gini
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Jirgin ruwan ya cika da nauyin tan 40,870, tsawonsa 171 metres (561 ft 0 in), katako mai tsawon 26 metres (85 ft 4 in), da kuma matsakaicin iskar da za ta iya zagayawa 12.03 metres (39 ft 6 in) . [1] [2] Injinan turawa sun ƙunshi injunan dizal guda biyu na SEMT Pielstick 14 PC2-2 V400, suna samar da injin turawa guda ɗaya mai 14,000 brake horsepower (10,000 kW) . [2] Matsakaicin gudu shine 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) . [2] Kamfanin jirgin ya ƙunshi ma'aikata har zuwa 96. [2] An tsara jirgin don ya cika jiragen ruwa biyu abeam (ɗaya a kowane gefe), ko kuma ɗaya bayan gaba. [2] An ɗauki har zuwa tan 25,000 na mai, gami da man jirgin sama.
Kamfanin Cammell Laird ne ya fara gina jirgin a matsayin Hudson Cavalier, ɗaya daga cikin manyan jiragen ruwa guda huɗu na STAT 32 da John Hudson Fuel and Shipping ya umarta. An kwantar da ita a tashar jiragen ruwa ta Birkenhead a ranar 5 ga Nuwamba, 1973. [1] Bayan an fara gina jiragen ruwa uku daga cikin huɗu, John Hudson ya ga ba zai iya biyan kuɗinsu ba. [1] Cammell Laird ya kammala jigilar jiragen ruwa uku, inda Hudson Cavalier ya ƙaddamar da su a ranar 24 ga Yuli, 1975, kuma bayan an kammala gwaje-gwajen teku, an ajiye dukkan jiragen uku a tashar jiragen ruwa yayin da mai ginin jirgin ke neman hayar ko sayar da su. [1] A ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 1978, Ma'aikatar Tsaro ta nuna sha'awar hayar jiragen ruwa biyu, kuma bayan an canza su don amfani da su a matsayin jirgin ruwa mai cike da kaya, Hudson Cavalier ya fara aiki da RFA a ranar 8 ga Yuni, 1979 a matsayin RFA Appleleaf . [1] An sayi jirgin a ƙarƙashin yarjejeniyar shekaru goma ta jirgin ruwa mara ruwa . [1]
Tarihin aiki
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Appleleaf
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]A lokacin Yaƙin Falklands a shekarar 1982, Appleleaf tana ɗaya daga cikin jiragen ruwan Leaf class waɗanda suka shiga cikin samar da kayan aikin da aka tura zuwa kudu don sake kwace tsibiran. Daga baya jirgin ruwan ya sami lambar yabo ta yaƙi "Falkland Islands 1982" saboda shigarta cikin rikicin. [1]
A watan Disamba na shekarar 1983, yayin da yake ziyara a New Zealand, an tuhumi wani ma'aikacin kamfanin jirgin da laifin kashe wata mata da kuma raunata wasu uku a wani hatsarin da aka yi da barasa.