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Perth Class



Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned
41 Brisbane D 15th February 1965 5th May 1966 16th December 1967
39 Hobart D 26th October 1962 9th January 1964 18th December 1965
38 Perth D 21st September 1962 26th September 1963 17th July 1965


Builders:
D : Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, United States

Dimensions:
440' x 47' x 19' 6" / 134.11m x 14.32m x 5.97m

Displacement:
3370 tons std / 4618 tons max

Complement:
333

Armament:
2 x 5"/54 FMC guns in single turrets
1 x Mk13 launcher for Tartar SAM (40 rounds in total)
1 x Ikara ASW launcher
6 x 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings

Aircraft Facilities:
None

Armour:
None known

Powerplant:
Four boilers were fitted with two General Electric steam turbines producing a total of 70000shp on two shafts.

Maximum speed was 35kts and range is 6000NM @ 14kts.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
SPS-40 air search
SPS-52 3D air search

Sonar:
SQS-23 hull mounted

Other:
2 x SPG-51 Tartar fire control
1 x SPG-53 gun fire control

Miscellaneous:
A SLQ-25 Nixie towed decoy is fitted.