HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)
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 HMAS Darwin |
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Todd Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 3 July, 1981 |
| Launched: | 26 March, 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 21 July, 1984 |
| Status: | Active |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base East |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons |
| Length: | 138.1 m |
| Beam: | 13.7 m |
| Draught: | 7.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 hp (490 kW) |
| Speed: | 29 knots |
| Range: | 4,500 miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: | Approximately 221 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | AN/SPS-49 radar, Mk 92 fire control system, AN/SPS-55 radar, AN/SQS-56 sonar |
| Armament: | 1 × single-arm Mk 13 Missile Launcher, 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes, 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun, 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 × S-70 Seahawk helicopters |
| Motto: | "Resurgent" |
| Badge: |  |
HMAS Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate laid down by Todd Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 2 July 1981, launched on 26 March 1982 and commissioned on 21 July 1984. She was the fourth and last ship of the six Adelaide class ships built for the Royal Australian Navy in the USA, with the final two ships being built in Australia.
The ship's badge and motto refer to the Phoenix.
[edit] Operational History
Darwin has visited the Persian Gulf on five occasions, a record for most Gulf deployments of an Australian ship shared with sister ship HMAS Sydney. She has also been deployed to East Timor in 1999 and the Solomon Islands in 2001.
Darwin is undergoing a mid-life refit in the Drydock at Garden Island for most of 2007.
[edit] See also
- List of frigates
- List of Royal Australian Navy ships
- List of ship launches in 1982
- List of ship commissionings in 1984
[edit] Links
| Adelaide class frigate |
| Adelaide | Canberra | Sydney | Darwin | Melbourne | Newcastle |
List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy |
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