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Sydney Harbour, off Elizabeth Bay approaching Fleet Base Garden Island. 1 October 2016
Vessel at 33°51'26.29" S 151°14'07.78" E
Adelaide Class, Type Guided Missile Frigate (FFG)
Role Undersea Warfare, Over the Horizon Targeting, Surveillance, Boarding Support, Search and Rescue (SAR), Utility Operations
Pennant FFG 05, Home Port Fleet Base East
Builder Australian Marine Eng (Consolidated), Williamstown, Laid Down 12 July 1985, Launched 5 May 1989, Commissioned, 15 February 1992
Displacement 4,267 tonnes, Length 138.1 metres
Beam 13.7 metres, Draught 4.5 metres
Performance: Speed 29 knots
Range 4,500 nautical miles, Complement Crew 199
Propulsion Machinery
2 GE LM 2500 gas turbines
2 auxiliary electric retractable propulsors
Missiles
Harpoon Block 2
Standard SM-2 Block IIIA
Mk 41 VLS launcher
Guns
1 x OTO Melara 3 in (76 mm)/62 US Mk 75
1 x 20 mm Mk 15 Vulcan Phalanx anti-missile system
6 x 12.7 mm MGs
2 x Rafael Mini-Typhoon 12.7 mm remote-controlled guns (for selected deployments).
Torpedoes 6 x Mk 32 (2 triple) tubes
Physical Countermeasures
4 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36 or TERMA SKWS
2 x Rafael long-range chaff rocket launchers
LESCUT torpedo countermeasures
Electronic Countermeasures
Elbit EA-2118 jammer
Rafael C-Pearl
Radars
Raytheon SPS-49A(V)1
ISC Cardion SPS-55
Lockheed SPG-60
Sperry Mk 92 Mod 12
Sonars
Thales Spherion (TMS 4131)
Petrel (TMS 5424) mine avoidance
Albatros (TMS 4350) towed-array torpedo warning system
Combat Data Systems ADACS. OE-2 SATCOM; Link 11. Link 16.
Weapon Control Systems
Sperry Mk 92 Mod 12 gun and missile control
Radamec 2500 optronic director with TV, laser and IR imager
Helicopters
2 x Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawks or
1 x Seahawk and 1 x Squirrel
Tug: WATTLE
Background: Decommissioned ships
Ex HMAS SYDNEY 03, possible museum ship
Ex HMAS TOBRUK L50 possible dive wreck
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Thank you Tony. You can see this was taken early on a windy day
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