FFG-03 Sydney

Country: Australia

Class, [Type]: O. H. Perry, [FFG].

Builder: Todd Shipyards, Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Launch date: 26th September 1980.

Commission date: 29th January 1983.

Displacement ( tons ): 4.100 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 138,1 x 13,7 x 4,5

Main machinery: 2 x GE LM 2500 gas turbines ( 41.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 29.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 20 knots.

Complement: 210.

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Mk75, 1 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 Block 1B CIWS 20mm, 2 x 12,7mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon; SAM: 36 x GDC Standard SM-1MR. 1 x Mk 13 mod 4 launcher for the SSM and SAM. 1 x Mk41 VLS launcher for Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm Mk 32 tubes ( two triple mountings ) . 24 x Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5 or MU-90 torpedoes.

Radar: Air: Raytheon SPS 49(V)4, C/D bands and 457km ( 250 mn ) range; Surface: ISC Cardion SPS 55, I band; Fire Control: Lockheed STIR ( SPG 60 modified ), Lockheed Martin Mk 92.

Sonar: Raytheon SQS 56, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36 with Nulka capability. Towed torpedo decoy SQL-25 Nixie. ECM/ESM: Raytheon SLQ-32A(V)2, Elbit EA 2118.

Helicopter: 2 x SH-70B Seahawk or 1 x SH70B Seahawk + 1 x AS350B Squirrel.

Callsign: VKML ()

Homeport: Sydney.

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