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Guided missile frigate HMAS Melbourne (FFG-05)

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Classification

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

Basic information

Namesake:
City of Melbourne
Renaming:
  • CNS Almirante Latorre (FFG-14) (15.04.2020-present)
Operator:
Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile)Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile) Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
BAE Systems Australia
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Decommissioned (out):
Status:
Active
Fate:
Sold to Chile

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
  • 1 * 8-cell Mark 41 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles
  • 2 * Mark 32 torpedo tubes
  • 1 * OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun
  • 1 * 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • Up to 6 * 12.7-millimetre (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 Melbourne (FFG 05) was an Adelaide-class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, which entered service in 1992. She was the frigate long-hull variant (Flight II). Melbourne has been deployed to the Persian Gulf on several occasions, and served as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce in 2000. On 26 October 2019, Melbourne was decommissioned from the RAN, subsequently being transferred to Chile. The ship was commissioned into the Chilean Navy as Almirante Latorre on 15 April 2020.

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