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Guided missile frigate HMAS Darwin (FFG-04)

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Classification

Ship class:
Adelaide-class frigate Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Darwin
Operator:
Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Vigor IndustrialVigor Industrial
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Decommissioned

Ship measurements

Displacement:
4,100 t
Length:
138.1 m
Beam:
13.7 m
Draft:
7.5 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
COGAG
Propulsion:
  • 2 * General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 41,000 hp (30,574 kW), 1 * shaft
  • 2 * 650 hp (485 kW) auxiliary propulsors
Speed:
29 knots
Range:
4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)

Personnel

Complement:
199

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • AN/SPS-49 air search radar
  • AN/SPS-55 surface search and navigation radar
  • SPG-60 fire control radar (Mark 92 fire control system)
  • AN/SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar
Armament:
  • 1 * Mark 13 Missile Launcher for Harpoon and Standard missiles
  • 2 * Mark 32 torpedo tubes
  • 1 * OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun
  • 1 * 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • Up to 6 * 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns
  • 2 * M2HB .50 calibre Mini Typhoons (fitted as required)
Aircraft:
  • 2 * S-70B Seahawk or 1 * Seahawk and 1 * AS350B Squirrel

HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, was an Adelaide-class guided missile frigate, formerly in service with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). One of four ships ordered from the United States, Darwin entered service in 1984. During her career, she has operated in the Persian Gulf, as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, and off the Solomon Islands. She was the frigate long-hull variant (Flight II). The frigate underwent a major upgrade during 2007 and 2008. She was decommissioned on 9 December 2017 and was supposed to be scuttled as a dive wreck in Tasmania, but the deal was pulled by the Tasmanian Government and her fate remains uncertain.

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