HMAS Sheean (SSG 77)
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 HMAS Sheean (SSG 77) at Fremantle, Western Australia. |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Builder: | Australian Submarine Corporation |
| Laid down: | 17 February 1994 |
| Launched: | 1 May 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 23 February 2001 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| Motto: | "Fight On" |
| Fate: | Active |
| Badge: |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | Surfaced: 3,051 tonnes Submerged: 3,353 tonnes |
| Length: | 77.8 metres |
| Beam: | 7.8 metres |
| Draught: | 6.8 metres |
| Propulsion: |
1 × Jeumont Schneider main motor |
| Speed: | Surfaced: 10+ knots (18.5 km/h) Submerged: 20+ knots (37 km/h) |
| Range: | 11,500 nautical miles (21,300 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) surfaced 9000 nautical miles (17,000 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) snorting 400 nautical miles (700 km) at 4 knots (7 km/h) dived |
| Complement: | 45 (8 Officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Thales underwater systems scylla bow sonar Thales Underwater Systems GEC-Marconi Kariwara, Thomson Marconi Narama towed array or Allied Signal TB 23 Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar Thales optronics CK043 search and CH093 attack periscopes Anechoic tiles fitted |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: |
Edo ES-5600 ESM, Argo AR-740 Strachan and Henshaw SSDE |
| Armament: | Boeing/Rockwell integrated system McDonnell Douglas UGM-84 Harpoon 6 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes for sub harpoon and Gould Mark 48 torpedo - total of 22 carried 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes Fitted for but not with Land Attack Cruise missiles with combat system AN/BYG 1 US Mk 48 ADCAP Combat System AN/BYG 1 based on Raytheon's CCS Mk 2 |
HMAS Sheean (SSG 77), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 17 February 1994, launched on 1 May 1999 by Mrs. Ivy Hayes, sister of Able Seaman Sheean and commissioned on 23 February 2001. HMAS Sheean is based at Fleet Base West in Western Australia.
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[edit] Name
HMAS Sheean was named after Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean, who was lost when HMAS Armidale was sunk on 1 December 1942 off the Timorese coast. Armidale had survived two days of bombing before being struck by a Japanese aerial torpedo. During the action Ordinary Seaman Sheean was wounded and rather than abandoning ship with the rest of his shipmates, he strapped himself to the aft Oerlikon Gun and continued to fire at the attacking Japanese aircraft until Armidale sank. Sheean was 'mentioned in dispatches' for his bravery.
HMAS Sheean is the only Australian naval vessel to be named after a general sailor, and the submarine continues to maintain strong ties with Teddy Sheean's hometown of Latrobe, Tasmania.
The submarine's motto, "Fight On", depicts Teddy Sheean's attitude, while the ships' crest displays an Oerlikon.
[edit] External links
- Speech at the launch
- Royal Australian Navy Site
- Royal Australian Navy's HMAS Sheean site
- Edward "Teddy" Shean
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