Sydney-class Guided Missile Frigate
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The Sydney-class Guided Missile Frigate are a class of six 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[edit | edit source]
- 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 Mk.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[edit | edit source]
- HMAS Sydney (FFH-158)
- HMAS Anzac (FFH-159)
- HMAS Torrens (FFH-160)
- HMAS Broken Hill (FFH-161)
- HMAS Mackay (FFH-162)
- HMAS Rockhampton (FFH-163)
