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Adelaide Class

Name	Builders	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned
F01 Adelaide	T	29th July 1977	21st June 1978	15th November 1980
F02 Canberra	T	1st March 1978	1st December	21st March 1981
F04 Darwin	T	3rd July 1981	26th March 1982	21st July 1984
F05 Melbourne	W	12th July 1985	5th May 1989	15th February 1992
F06 Newcastle	W	21st July 1989	21st February 1992	11th December 1993
F03 Sydney	T	16th January 1980	26th September 1980	29th January 1983

Builders:
T : Todd Pacific, Seattle, United States
W : Transfield Shipbuilding, Williamstown, Australia

Dimensions:
454' 7" x 45' x 14' 8" / 138.60m x 13.72m x 4.52m

Displacement:
3500 tons std / 4100 tons max

Complement:
190

Armament:
1 x 76mm/62 OTO Melara gun
1 x Mk13 launcher for Standard SM1 SAM and Harpoon SSM (40 rounds in total)
1 x Vulcan Phalanx CIWS
6 x 12.75" Mk32 torpedo tubes in triple mountings

Aircraft Facilities:
A hangar and flightdeck is fitted for two SH-2 helicopters.

Armour:
None known

Powerplant:
Two LM2500 gas turbines are fitted producing a total of 41000shp on two shafts. Maximum speed is 30kts and range is 4500NM @ 20kts.

Electronics Fit:
Radar:
SPS-49 air search
SPS-55 surface search

Sonar:
SQS-56 hull mounted
SQR-19 towed array

Other:
CelsiusTech 9LV 453 fire control
Raytheon CW Mk 73 fire control

Miscellaneous:
Two SRBOC decoy launchers are fitted as is a SLQ-25 Nixie towed decoy.