 HMAS Darwin |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Darwin |
| Builder: | Todd Pacific Shipyards |
| Laid down: | 3 July 1981 |
| Launched: | 26 March 1982 |
| Commissioned: | 21 July 1984 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base East |
| Motto: | "Resurgent" |
| 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. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation was founded in 1916 as the William H Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) HMAS Kuttabul is the name given to the administrative training and logistics support centre of the Royal Australian Navy 's Fleet Base East, the main naval Construction and acquisition Three units of the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class were ordered by the Australian government under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. 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, 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 Darwin (FFG 04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy. The Mk-13 guided missile launching system (GMLS is a single-arm missile launcher designed for use on Frigates and other military vessels The Oto Melara 76 mm gun is a widely used naval artillery piece built by the Italian company Otobreda and Oto Melara. The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (CIWS is an anti-missile system that was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the center of the mainland continent as well as the central northern regions Construction and acquisition Three units of the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class were ordered by the Australian government under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. For the bird see Frigatebird. A frigate /ˈfrɪgɪt/ is a warship The Royal Australian Navy ( RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force.
Construction
Darwin was laid down by Todd Pacific Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 2 July 1981, launched on 26 March 1982 and commissioned on 21 July 1984. Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation was founded in 1916 as the William H Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) She was the fourth and last ship of the six Adelaide class ships built for the RAN in the USA, with the final two ships being built in Australia. Construction and acquisition Three units of the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class were ordered by the Australian government under Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser. During construction, the ship was referred to as FFG-44.
Operational history
Darwin has completed five operational deployments to the Persian Gulf, a record for the most Gulf deployments of an Australian ship she shares with her sister ship HMAS Sydney. The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region is an extension of the Construction Sydney was laid down at Todd Pacific Shipyards on 16 January 1980 launched on 26 September 1980 and commissioned on 29 January 1983 She has also been deployed to East Timor in 1999 and the Solomon Islands in 2001. East Timor, also known as Timor-Leste (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands
Darwin is undergoing a mid-life refit in the Drydock at Garden Island for most of 2007. A drydock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in then drained to allow that load to come to rest on a dry platform Garden Island is an inner-city locality of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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