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Sydney Harbour, Fleet Base East Garden Island. 23 October 2016.
Vessel at 33°51'36.01" S 151°13'37.72" E
Data from RAN web site http://www.navy.gov.au/fleet/ships-boats-craft/current-ships
Class Anzac Class, Type Frigate Helicopter (FFH)
Role Long-range frigate capable of air defence, surface and undersea warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance and interdiction.
Pennant FFH 154, Home Port Fleet Base East
Builder enix Defence Systems, Laid Down 5 June 1999, Launched 17 June 2000, Comissioned 4 October 2003
Displacement 3,600 tonnes, Length 118 metres, Beam 14.8 metres, Draught 4.5 metres
Performance: Speed 27 knots. Range 6,000 nautical miles
Complement Crew 177
Propulsion Machinery
1 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engine
2 x MTU 12V 1163 diesel engines driving two controllable pitch propellers
Missiles
Mk41 vertical launch system with Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles
Harpoon anti-ship missiles
Guns
1 x 5 inch (127mm) Mk45 Mod 2 automatic fire gun
4 x 50 calibre (12.7mm) machine guns
Torpedoes 2 x Mk32 Mod 5 triple mounted torpedo tubes
Physical Countermeasures
Loral Hycor SRBOC decoy launchers
BAE Nulka decoy launchers
SLQ-25C torpedo countermeasures
Electronic Countermeasures
JEDS 3701 electronic support measures
Telefunken PST-1720 comms intercept
Radars
Raytheon SPS-49(V)8 ANZ
CEAFAR active phased array
Kelvin Hughes Sharp Eye
CEAMOUNT illuminators
Saab Systems Ceros 200
Cossor AIMS Mk XII
Sonars
Thomson Sintra Spherion
Thales UMS 5424 Petrel
Combat Data Systems Saab Systems 9LV453 Mk3E
Electro-optic Systems
Saab Systems Ceros 200
Vampir NG infra-red search and track system
Helicopters 1 x S-70B-2 Seahawk or 1 x MH-60R Seahawk
Parramatta is the oldest ship name in the Australian Navy and is the fourth RAN ship to bear the name. Parramatta (I) was the first ship commissioned into the Commonwealth Naval Forces (later to be named the Royal Australian Navy) on 10 September 1910.
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Thanks Tony. I have heard other old salts say the same.
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