Type: |
ANZAC class guided missile frigate (FFH) Hull number 157 |
Displacement: |
3600 tonnes |
Length: |
118 metres |
Beam: |
14.8 metres |
Speed: |
More than 28 knots |
Propulsion: |
1 x General Electric LM2500 Gas Turbine engine 2 x MTU 12V 1163 diesels driving two controllable pitch propellers |
Laid Down: |
24 July 2003 |
Launched: |
20 March 2004 |
| Aircraft: | 1 x SH-2G(A) Super Seasprite helicopter armed with 'Penguin' missiles |
Armament: |
1 x Mk45 Mod 2 5"/54 calibre single gun mount 2 x Mk32 Mod 5 triple mounted Torpedo tubes with Mk46 torpedoes 1 x 8-cell Mk 41 vertical missile launcher, with 32 Seasparrow missiles Harpoon missile launcher to be fitted 4 x 50 calibre (12.7mm) machine guns |
Surveillance: |
Krupp Atlas 9600-M ARPA Navigation radar CelciusTech Target Indication radar AN/SPS-49(V) Long Range Air Warning Radar CelciusTech 9LV-453 Mk3 Combat Data System ESM - Thales Centaur AN/SLQ-25A Torpedo decoy system G&D Mk 36 Super Rapid Blooming Offboard Chaff NULKA AMD system TSM Spherion B Hull Mounted Sonar |
Builders: |
Tenix Defence Systems Williamstown VIC |
Commissioned: |
26 August 2006 at Fremantle WA |
Crew: |
Approximately 174 |