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HMAS Newcastle FFG-06 |
Type: |
Guided Missile Frigate |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Australian Marine & Engineering Pty. Williamstown, Victoria, Australia |
Hull Number: |
FFG-06 |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
December 11, 1993 |
Keel Laid: |
July 21, 1989 |
Decommissioned: |
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Launched: |
February 21, 1992 |
Stricken: |
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Fate: |
Active in commission as of 2009. Homeport: Fleet Base East, HMAS Kuttabul. |
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Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
445' |
Engines: |
2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines |
Beam: |
47' |
Boilers: |
N/A |
Draft: |
16' (25' sonar) |
Shafts: |
1 |
Displacement: |
4,100 |
SHP: |
41,000 |
Speed: |
29 knots |
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Crew: |
210 |
Range: |
4,500 NM @ 20 knots |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement |
Maximum Range / Ceiling |
1 |
3"(76mm)/62 Mk 75 Rapid fire OTO Melara |
Single turret |
21,870 yards / 12.4 miles 80 Rounds per minute |
1 |
20mm Vulcan Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS |
Single mount |
6,000 yards (max effective 1,625) 3,000-4,500 Rounds per minute |
4 |
.50 caliber machine guns |
7,400 yards (max effective 2,600) 15,000 ceiling (max effective 5,000) |
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4 |
RGM-84 Harpoon SSM Missiles |
Mk 13 missile launcher |
67+ NM Speed 540 MPH |
36 |
SM-1MR SAM Missiles |
Mk 13 missile launcher |
17 NM 65,000 Ceiling Speed Mach 3.5 |
24 |
12.75" / 324mm Mk 46 torpedoes |
2 Mk-32 Triple launchers |
8,000 yards Speed 28+ knots |
2 |
Helicopters |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Jan. 31, 2007 |
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