Sydney-class Guided Missile Frigate

The Sydney-class Guided Missile Frigate are a class of ten frigates based on the MEKO-200SAN design (although it gained a 28 foot hull stretch and replaced the 76mm gun for a Mark 45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber gun). The class was ordered after the 2008 Indian Ocean War that cost the RAN the HMAS Anzac and HMAS Sydney.

Specifications

 * Type: Guided Missile Frigate (Hull designation symbol FFG)
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 425 feet (129.54 meters)
 * Beam: 53.6 feet (16.34 meters)
 * Draught: 19.5 feet (5.95 meters)
 * Displacement: 3,961 tons
 * Crew: 225
 * Power: 63,250 shp (47.2 MW)
 * Range: 9,600 nautical miles (17,780 Kilometers)
 * Speed: 32 Knots (59.27 Kilometers/Hour; 36.83 Miles/Hour)
 * Propulsion
 * 2 x MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesel engines, 5,920 kilowatts (7,940 hp) each, 2 shafts for cruise;
 * 1 x General Electric LM2500+G4 gas turbine (47,370 shp)
 * Sensor Suite
 * Armament
 * 1 x Mark 45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber naval gun
 * 2 x 4-cell Mark 141 Harpoon missile launchers
 * 1 x 32-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System
 * 2 x Denel Systems 35mm Naval Defender CIWS
 * 2 x Mark 32 Mod 9 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes
 * 2 x Denel Systems 35mm Naval Defender CIWS
 * 2 x Mark 32 Mod 9 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes

Unit Run

 * HMAS Sydney (FFG-07)
 * HMAS Adelaide (FFG-08)
 * HMAS Broken Hill (FFG-09)
 * HMAS Melbourne (FFG-10)
 * HMAS Newcastle (FFG-11)
 * HMAS Anzac (FFG-12)
 * HMAS Rockingham (FFG-13)
 * HMAS Palmerston (FFG-14)
 * HMAS Gladstone (FFG-15)
 * HMAS Rockhampton (FFG-16)
 * HMAS Cairns (FFG-14)