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Guided missile frigate HMAS Sydney (FFG-03)

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Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Sydney
Operator:
Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
Vigor IndustrialVigor Industrial
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Decommissioned
Fate:
Scrapped 2017

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 Sydney (FFG 03) was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The frigate was one of six modified Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates ordered from 1977 onwards, and the third of four to be constructed in the United States of America. Laid down and launched in 1980, Sydney was named for the capital city of New South Wales, and commissioned into the RAN in 1983. She was the frigate long-hull variant (Flight II).

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