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|Ship sensors='''Sonars''': Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for [[Towed array sonar|towed array]]<br>'''Air search radar''': Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band)<br>'''Surface search radar''': CEA Technologies CEAFAR Active Phased Array Radar (S Band) <br>'''Navigation''': Kelvin Hughes Sharpeye (I-band) <br> '''Passive Detection''': Sagem Vampir NG Infrared Search/track |
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|Ship armament='''Guns and missiles''': 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, 2 × Rafael Mini Typhoon 12.7mm (.50 cal) CIWS, small arms, 2 × 4 [[RGM-84 Harpoon|Harpoon]] Block II anti-ship missiles, Mk 41 Mod 5 VLS for [[AIM-7 Sparrow|Sea Sparrow]] and [[Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile|Evolved Sea Sparrow]]<br>'''Torpedoes''': 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes with Mk 46 Torpedo<br>'''Target Illumination Radar''': CEA Technologies CEAMOUNT Active Phased Array Illuminator (X Band) <br>'''Combat data systems''': Saab 9LV 453 Mk 3E.[[Link 11]]<br>'''Weapons control''': Saab 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk 73 Mod 1 |
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.jpg) HMAS Perth (FFH 157) during International Fleet Review 2013
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| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Namesake | City of Perth |
| Builder | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Laid down | 24 July 2003 |
| Launched | 20 March 2004 |
| Commissioned | 26 August 2006 |
| Homeport | Fleet Base West |
| Motto | "Fight And Flourish" |
| Honours and awards | Nine inherited battle honours |
| Status | Active as of 2014 |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Anzac class frigate |
| Displacement | 3,600 tonnes full load |
| Length | 118 m (387 ft) |
| Beam | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Draught | 4 m (13 ft) |
| Propulsion | list error: <br /> list (help) 1 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22.5 mW) 2 × MTU 12v 1163 TB83 diesels providing 8,840 hp (6.5 mW) |
| Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
| Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
| Complement | approximately 170 sailors |
| Sensors and processing systems | list error: <br /> list (help) Sonars: Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array Air search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar: CEA Technologies CEAFAR Active Phased Array Radar (S Band) Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Sharpeye (I-band) Passive Detection: Sagem Vampir NG Infrared Search/track |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | list error: <br /> list (help) ESM: Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept) Countermeasures: Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk 36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC, BAE Systems Nulka active missile decoy |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) Guns and missiles: 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, 2 × Rafael Mini Typhoon 12.7mm (.50 cal) CIWS, small arms, 2 × 4 Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles, Mk 41 Mod 5 VLS for Sea Sparrow and Evolved Sea Sparrow Torpedoes: 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes with Mk 46 Torpedo Target Illumination Radar: CEA Technologies CEAMOUNT Active Phased Array Illuminator (X Band) Combat data systems: Saab 9LV 453 Mk 3E.Link 11 Weapons control: Saab 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk 73 Mod 1 |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × SH-60 Seahawk |
HMAS Perth (FFH 157) is an Anzac class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The last of the class to be completed, she was built by Tenix Defence Systems and commissioned into the RAN in 2006. In 2007, Perth became the first major warship of the RAN to be commanded by a woman. During 2010 and 2011, the frigate was used as the testbed for a major upgrade to the Anzac class' ability to defend themselves from anti-ship missiles.
Design and construction
The Anzac class originated from RAN plans to replace the six River class destroyer escorts with a mid-capability patrol frigate.[1][2][3] Australian shipbuilding was thought to be incapable of warship design, so the RAN decided to take a proven foreign design and modify it.[1][3] Around the same time, the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) was looking to replace four Leander class frigates; a deterioration in New Zealand-United States relations, the need to improve alliances with nearby nations, and the commonalities between the RAN and RNZN ships' requirements led the two nations to begin collaborating on the acquisition in 1987.[4][5] Tenders were requested by the Anzac Ship Project at the end of 1986, with 12 ship designs (including an airship) submitted.[1][6] By August 1987, the tenders were narrowed down in October to Blohm + Voss's MEKO 200 design, the M class (later Karel Doorman class) offered by Royal Schelde, and a scaled-down Type 23 frigate proposed by Yarrow Shipbuilders.[5][7] In 1989, the Australian government announced that Melbourne-based shipbuilder AMECON (which became Tenix Defence) would build the modified MEKO 200 design.[3][5][7] The Australians ordered eight ships, while New Zealand ordered two, with an unexercised option for two more.[8][9]
The Anzacs are based on Blohm + Voss' MEKO 200 PN (or Vasco da Gama class) frigates, modified to meet Australian and New Zealand specifications and maximise the use of locally built equipment.[3][10] Each frigate has a 3,600-tonne (3,500-long-ton; 4,000-short-ton) full load displacement.[11] The ships are 109 metres (358 ft) long at the waterline, and 118 metres (387 ft) long overall, with a beam of 14.8 metres (49 ft), and a full load draught of 4.35 metres (14.3 ft).[11] A Combined Diesel or Gas (CODOG) propulsion machinery layout is used, with a single, 30,172-horsepower (22,499 kW) General Electric LM2500-30 gas turbine and two 8,840-horsepower (6,590 kW) MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines driving the ship's two controllable-pitch propellers.[3][11] Maximum speed is 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph), and maximum range is over 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph); about 50% greater than other MEKO 200 designs.[3][11][12]
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As designed, the main armament for the frigate is a 5-inch 54 calibre Mark 45 gun, supplemented by an eight-cell Mark 41 vertical launch system (for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow or RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles), two 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) machine guns, and two Mark 32 triple torpedo tube sets (initially firing Mark 46 torpedoes, but later upgraded to use the MU90 Impact torpedo).[3][11][13] They were also designed for but not with a close-in weapons system (two Mini Typhoons fitted when required from 2005 onwards), two quad-canister Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers (which were installed across the RAN vessels from 2005 onwards), and a second Mark 41 launcher (which has not been added).[3][14][15] The Australian Anzacs use a Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopter; plans to replace them with Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprites were cancelled in 2008 due to ongoing problems.[3][16][17]
Perth was laid down at Williamstown, Victoria, on 24 July 2003.[8] The ship was assembled from six hull modules and six superstructure modules; the superstructure modules were fabricated in Whangarei, New Zealand, and hull modules were built at both Williamstown and Newcastle, New South Wales, with final integration at Williamstown.[3] She was launched on 20 March 2004, and commissioned into the RAN on 26 August 2006[8] in Fremantle, Western Australia (the closest port to the ship's namesake city).[citation needed] Perth was the final Anzac class ship to be constructed.[8]
Operational history
In mid-2007, Commander Michele Miller became the first woman to command a major RAN warship when she assumed command of Perth.[18]
On 18 January 2010, Perth docked at the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson, Western Australia to be modified under the Anti-Ship Missile Defence Project.[19] The upgrade, intended to improve the class' anti-ship self-defence capability, included the fitting of CEA Technologies' CEAFAR and CEAMOUNT phased array radars, a Vampir NG Infrared Search and Track system, and Sharpeye Navigational Radar Systems, along with improvements to the operations room equipment and layout.[19] Both of the frigate's masts were replaced; the top of the aft mast now sits at 38.7 metres (127 ft), making Perth the second-tallest ship in the RAN.[19][20] Because of the added equipment, additional ballast was added to improve the frigate's stability, and the ship's quarterdeck was enclosed.[20] After the upgrade was completed in October 2010, Perth was used to trial the modifications before they were rolled out to the rest of the Australian Anzacs: alongside and harbour trials at HMAS Stirling were successfully completed in February 2011, and full sea trials began on 21 February.[20][21] On 27 April, the frigate sailed to the east coast of Australia to continue trials, with further testing to occur at the United States Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility, then during Exercise Talisman Sabre.[22] Testing was completed by July 2011, and the rollout of the ASMD upgrade across the class was approved in November 2011.[23]
Perth visited Wellington, New Zealand, in April 2012, leaving harbour on Thursday 26 April.
In October 2013, Perth participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney, Australia.[24]
Citations
- ^ a b c Jones, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 244
- ^ Fairall-Lee, Miller, & Murphy, in Forbes, Sea Power, p. 336
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Grazebrook, Anzac frigates sail diverging courses
- ^ Greener, Timing is everything, pp. 23–9
- ^ a b c Jones, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 245
- ^ Greener, Timing is everything, p. 30
- ^ a b Greener, Timing is everything, p. 31
- ^ a b c d Wertheim (ed.), The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, p. 20
- ^ Greener, Timing is everything, pp. 43–4
- ^ Wertheim, The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, pp. 20–1
- ^ a b c d e Sharpe (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships 1998–99, pgs. 25, 470
- ^ Wertheim, The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, pp. 21
- ^ Fish & Grevatt, Australia's HMAS Toowoomba test fires MU90 torpedo
- ^ Scott, Updating ANZACs to meet changed strategic posture
- ^ Scott, Enhanced small-calibre systems offer shipborne stopping power
- ^ Grevatt, Australia cancels troubled Super Seasprite programme
- ^ Forbes, How a helicopter deal flew into trouble
- ^ Argirides, Women in the RAN, p. 216
- ^ a b c Nelson, Anti-Ship Missile Defence trials head to sea
- ^ Scott, HMAS Perth begins pilot ANZAC frigate ASMD refit
- ^ Mouritz, Perth hints at shape of future
- ^ Clare, New Cutting Edge Missile Defence System for ANZAC Ships
- ^ Commonwealth of Australia (2013). "Participating Warships: International Fleet Review, Sydney, Australia, 3–11 October 2013". www.navy.gov.au. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
References
- Books
- Argirides, Andrea (2007). "Women in the RAN: The Road to Command at Sea". In Forbes, Andrew and Lovi, Michelle (ed.). Australian Maritime Issues 2006 (PDF). Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs. Sea Power Centre - Australia. pp. 213–7. ISBN 0-642-29644-8. ISSN 1327-5658. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link) - Fairall-Lee, Sam (2007). "The Royal Australian Navy in 2030". In Andrew Forbes (ed.). Sea Power: Challenges Old and New. Ultimo, NSW: Halstead Press. ISBN 978-1-920831-44-8.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - Greener, Peter (2009). Timing is everything: the politics and processes of New Zealand defence acquisition decision making. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence. Vol. No. 173. Canberra, ACT: ANU E Press. ISBN 978-1-921536-65-6. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - Jones, Peter (2001). "A Period of Change and Uncertainty". In Stevens, David (ed.). The Royal Australian Navy. The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III). South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-555542-2. OCLC 50418095.
- Sharpe, Richard, ed. (1998). Jane's Fighting Ships 1998–99 (101st ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1795-X. OCLC 39372676.
- Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
- Journal articles
- Fish, Tim; Grevatt, Jon (24 June 2008). "Australia's HMAS Toowoomba test fires MU90 torpedo". Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group.
- Grazebrook, A.W. (1 November 1996). "Anzac frigates sail diverging courses". Jane's Navy International. 101 (009). Jane's Information Group.
- Jon, Grevatt (5 March 2008). "Australia cancels troubled Super Seasprite programme". Jane's Defence Industry. Jane's Information Group.
- Mouritz, Katey (12 May 2011). "Perth hints at shape of future". Navy News. Royal Australian Navy. p. 6.
- Scott, Richard (16 December 2005). "Updating ANZACs to meet changed strategic posture". Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group.
- Scott, Richard (12 December 2007). "Enhanced small-calibre systems offer shipborne stopping power". International Defence Review. Jane's Information Group.
- Scott, Richard (5 May 2010). "HMAS Perth begins pilot ANZAC frigate ASMD refit". International Defence Review. Jane's Information Group.
- "ASMD Upgrade commences on Perth". The Navy. 72 (2). The Navy League of Australia: 16–17. April 2010.
- News articles
- Forbes, Mark (17 June 2002). "How a helicopter deal flew into trouble". The Age. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- Nelson, Andy (24 March 2011). "Anti-Ship Missile Defence trials head to sea". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 11 May 2011.
- Press releases
- Clare, Jason (28 November 2011). "New Cutting Edge Missile Defence System for ANZAC Ships" (Press release). Minister for Defence Materiel. Retrieved 28 November 2011.
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