HMAS Torrens (DE 53)
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For an earlier ship to bear the name, see HMAS Torrens (D-67).
 A Mark 48 torpedo fired by HMAS Farncomb destroyed HMAS Torrens in a test |
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| Career Australia |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited |
| Laid down: | 18 August 1965 |
| Launched: | 28 September 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 19 January 1971 |
| Struck: | 14 June 1999 |
| Status: | Sunk as target |
| Homeport: | Sydney |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,700 tons |
| Length: | 107 m |
| Beam: | 12.49 m |
| Draught: | 4.57 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 x English Electric steam turbines 2 shaft; 30,000 shp; 2 x JTA 500 kW generators from the steam turbines; 2 x KTA 500 kW generators powered from diesels. |
| Speed: | 30 knots |
| Range: | 4500 miles at 12 knots |
| Complement: | 250 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 1991 Mulloka sonar system Radar, 8GR-301 surface-search/navigation radar - 1991 Refitted with Krupp Atlas ARPA 8600, LWO-8 Long Range Air Search Radar |
| Armament: | 2x 4.5in Mk6 gun 2x Limbo Mk10 AS mortar 1x quad Seacat SAM launcher 1x Ikara ASW system 2x Mark 32 torpedo tubes - 1979 |
| Motto: | "Faith and Fortitude" |
The second HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was a River class destroyer escort laid down by the Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited at Sydney in New South Wales on 18 August 1965, launched on 28 September 1968 by Dame Zara Holt, DBE, and commissioned on 19 January 1971.
HMAS Torrens paid off in 1998 and was sunk as a target by the submarine HMAS Farncomb off Western Australia on 14 June 1999. Digitally edited film of the torpedo hitting the hulk of HMAS Torrens was used in the movie Pearl Harbor, and one of the photos was used as Hezbollah propaganda. [1]
[edit] References
- ^ Bolt, Andrew (August 22 2006). Hezbollah sinks Australian warship. Herald Sun Columnists' Blogs. Herald Sun/News.com.au. Retrieved on 24 December, 2006.
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