Sydney-class Guided Missile Frigate

The Sydney-class Guided Missile Frigate are a class of eleven frigates in the RAN. The class was ordered after the 2008 Indian Ocean War that cost the RAN the HMAS Anzac and HMAS Sydney.

Specifications

 * Type: Multirole Frigate
 * Characteristics
 * Length: 474 feet (144.48 meters)
 * Beam: 54 feet (16.5 meters)
 * Draught: 20 feet (6.1 meters)
 * Displacement: 4,600 tons (Standard); 5,980 tons (Full Load)
 * Crew: 225
 * Propulsion:
 * 2 x General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbines, 67,200 shp (51 MW)
 * 2 x MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesel engines, 5,920 kilowatts (7,940 hp) each
 * Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
 * Speed: 32 Knots (59.27 Kilometers/Hour; 36.83 Miles/Hour)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * Raytheon SPS-49(V)8 ANZ C/D-Band Air Search Radar
 * Kelvin Hughes SharpEye I-Band Navigation Radar
 * CEAFAR S-Band 3D AESA Air/Surface Search Radar
 * Saab CEROS 200 Ku-Band Fire Control Radar
 * CEAMOUNT X-Band Fire Control Radar
 * Sagem Vampir NG IRST
 * Thomson Sintra Spherion-B hull-mounted bow sonar
 * Thales UMS 5424 Petrel Mine and Obstacle Avoidance Sonar
 * Cossor AIMS Mark XII IFF System
 * Countermeasures:
 * JEDS 3701 electronic support measures
 * Telefunken PST-1720 comms intercept
 * Loral Hycor SRBOC decoy launchers
 * BAE Nulka decoy launchers
 * AN/SLQ-25C Nixie torpedo countermeasures suite
 * Armament
 * 1 x Mark 45 Mod 4 5"/62-caliber lightweight naval gun
 * 2 x 4-cannister Mk.141 Harpoon missile launchers (fires RGM-84L Harpoon Blk.II+ AShMs)
 * 1 x 32-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (fires RUM-139 VL-ASROC and RIM-162 ESSM)
 * 2 x Mark 32 Mod 9 12.75" triple fire torpedo tubes (fires Eurotorp MU90 Impact lightweight torpedoes)
 * 2 x Mk.49 RAM Launchers (fires RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles)
 * 6 x M2 Brown 12.7mm machine guns
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopter

Unit Run

 * HMAS Sydney (FFH-158)
 * HMAS Anzac (FFH-159)
 * HMAS Torrens (FFH-160)
 * HMAS Mackay (FFH-161) - under construction
 * HMAS Rockhampton (FFH-162) - under construction
 * HMAS Newcastle (FFH-163) - planned for construction
 * HMAS Liverpool (FFH-164) - planned for construction
 * HMAS Cairns (FFH-165) - planned for construction
 * HMAS Gladstone (FFH-166) - planned for construction
 * HMAS Alice Springs (FFH-167) - planned for construction
 * HMAS Gold Coast (FFH-168) - planned for construction