{"id":40555,"date":"2015-02-02T09:31:27","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T01:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=40555"},"modified":"2015-02-02T09:31:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T01:31:27","slug":"2-landing-vessels-donated-by-australian-royal-navy-to-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/02\/2-landing-vessels-donated-by-australian-royal-navy-to-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"2 landing vessels donated by Australian Royal Navy to PH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PN_Seal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40559\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PN_Seal.png\" alt=\"PN_Seal\" width=\"195\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PN_Seal.png 195w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/PN_Seal-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>MANILA &#8211; The Australian Royal Navy said that it will be donating two landing craft heavy vessels, the HMAS Tarakan and HMAS Brunei, to the Philippine Navy.<\/p>\n<p>The vessels will be turned over to the Philippines as soon as new safety and navigation gear are installed, sometime in May 2105, according to Australian Defense Minister Kevin Andrews.<\/p>\n<p>Decommissioned in 2014, the HMAS Tarakan and HMAS Brunei are heavy sealift vessels, capable of conveying large vehicles and able to dock on any shore.<\/p>\n<p>Col. Restituto Padilla Jr., spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), noted that the vessels are a welcome addition to the fleet of the Philippine Navy, and will augment the country\u2019s maritime capacity; most especially in the event of tropical storms and natural disasters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8211; The Australian Royal Navy said that it will be donating two landing craft heavy vessels, the HMAS Tarakan &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":40559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ph","mauthors-angie-duarte","mauthors-philippine-canadian-inquirer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}