HMAS Arunta (FFH 151)
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 HMAS Arunta |
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Laid down: | 22 July 1995 |
| Launched: | 28 June 1996 |
| Commissioned: | 12 December 1998 |
| Status: | Active |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,600 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 118 m |
| Beam: | 15 m |
| Draught: | 4 m |
| Propulsion: | 1 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22.5 mW) 2x MTU 12v 1163 TB83 diesels providing 8,840 hp (6.5 mW) |
| Speed: | 27 knots |
| Range: | 6,000 miles at 18 knots |
| Complement: | approximately 170 Sailors |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Sonars: Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency Provision for towed array Radars: Air search: Raytheon SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Air/surface search: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 TIR (Ericsson Tx/Rx) (G-band) Navigation: Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA (I-band) |
| Electronic warfare and decoys: | 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 |
| Armament: | 1× 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun various machine guns and small arms Mk 41 Mod 5 VLS for Sea Sparrow and Evolved Sea Sparrow Torpedoes: 2x triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes Fire control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 (J-band) Combat data systems: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk 3.Link 11 Weapons control: CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk 73 Mod 1 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1x Kaman SH-2G Super Seasprite or SH-60 |
| Motto: | "Conquer Or Die" |
The second HMAS Arunta (pennant number 151) is an Anzac class frigate, laid down by Tenix Defence Systems Propriety Limited at Williamstown in Victoria, Australia on July 22, 1995. She was launched on June 28, 1996 by Mrs Dulce Morrow, wife of the late Commodore J. C. Morrow, RAN CBE DSO DSC, Commanding Officer of the first Arunta on commissioning in 1942. The second Arunta was commissioned on December 12, 1998.
In 2002 Arunta saw active service for the first time when she participated as part of the third rotation of RAN ships to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Slipper. The ship was involved in the enforcement of United Nations sanctions against Iraq and at the time operated closer to the Iraqi coast than any other ship of the multi-national force.
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