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Guided-missile frigate HMAS Hunter (FFG ...)

Guided-missile frigate HMAS Hunter (FFG ...) 0

Classification

Ship class:
Hunter-class frigate
Type:
Frigate

Basic information

Namesake:
Vice Admiral John Hunter
Operator:
Royal Australian NavyRoyal Australian Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
BAE Systems Australia
Ordered:
Status:
Under construction

Ship measurements

Displacement:
8,800 t
Length:
149.9 m
Beam:
20.8 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODLOG (CODELOG)
Propulsion:
  • 1 * Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbine
  • 4 * MTU Type 20V 4000 M53B high-speed diesel generators
  • 2 * electric motors
Speed:
27 knots
Range:
7,000 nautical miles (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) in electric motor drive

Personnel

Complement:
180
Total capacity:
208

Combat assets

Cargo capacity:
  • 10 * 20 foot containers
  • UAVs and UUVs
Boats & landing craft:
  • 4 * 11m RHIB
Electronics:
  • Command & Control:
  • Aegis combat system
  • Saab 9LV tactical interface
  • Surveillance & Weapon Sensors:
  • CEA Technologies CEAFAR2 phased array radar
  • Underwater Warfare Systems
  • Ultra S2150 hull-mounted sonar
  • Thales Sonar 2087 towed array and variable depth sonar
  • Nulka decoy launchers
Armament:
  • Missiles:
  • 2 * 4-canister advanced anti-ship missiles
  • 32 Mark 41 Vertical Launch System firing:
  • RIM-66 Standard 2
  • RIM-162 ESSM
  • Torpedoes:
  • MU90 Impact torpedoes
  • Guns:
  • 1 * 5-inch 54 calibre Mark 45 Mod 4 dual purpose gun
  • 2 * 30mm short-range gun systems
  • 2 * 20mm Phalanx CIWS
Aircraft:
  • 1 * MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Seahawk armed with:
  • 2 * Mk 54 MAKO Torpedo
  • 4 * AGM-114 Hellfire

HMAS Hunter (FFG) is the lead ship of the Hunter-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy.

Hunter was ordered on 30 June 2018 and named after Vice Admiral John Hunter. She will be built by BAE Systems Australia in Osborne. Expected to be laid down in 2022 and commissioned in 2031.

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