HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06)
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.jpg/300px-HMAS_Newcastle_(USN).jpg) HMAS Newcastle in 2004 |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Newcastle |
| Builder: | AMECON |
| Laid down: | 21 July 1989 |
| Launched: | 21 February 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 11 December 1993 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base East |
| Motto: | "Enterprise" |
| Nickname: | FFG-44 (US hull designation during construction) |
| Status: | Active |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Adelaide class guided missile frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons |
| Length: | 138 metres (453 ft) |
| Beam: | 14.3 metres (47 ft) |
| Draught: | 7.5 metres (25 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 hp (490 kW) |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 184 + aircrew |
| 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 for Harpoon and SM-1MR missiles, 2 × triple Mark 32 ASW torpedo tubes, 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun, 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x S-70B Seahawk |
HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy.
[edit] Construction
Newcastle was laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria, launched on 21 February 1992 and commissioned on 11 December 1993. Unlike the first four Adelaide class frigates, Newcastle was not constructed in the United States of America and therefore does not possess a US Navy hull number.
[edit] Operational history
At the start of November 2006, Newcastle was one of three Australian warships sent to Fiji during the leadup to the 2006 coup d'état by Fijian military forces against Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. Newcastle was the first vessel on station, and was later joined by HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Success. The three vessels were to be used in the event of an evacuation of Australian citizens and nationals.[1] It did not prove necessary to conduct an evacuation and Newcastle returned to Australia in late December 2006.
[edit] References
- ^ Aussie warships heading for Fiji. The Daily Telegraph (Australia), November 2, 2006.
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