HMAS Anzac (FFH 150)
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 HMAS Anzac operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Builder: | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Laid down: | 5 November 1993 |
| Launched: | 16 September 1994 |
| Commissioned: | 13 May 1996 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| Motto: | "United We Stand" |
| Honours and awards: |
Meritorious Unit Citation |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Anzac class frigate |
| Displacement: | 3,600 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 118 metres |
| Beam: | 15 metres |
| Draught: | 4 metres |
| 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 (50 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h) |
| 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 Air search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band) Surface search radar: 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: | Guns and missiles: 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, various machine guns and small arms, 2 x 4 Harpoon 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 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: | 1 SH-2G Super Seasprite or SH-60 Seahawk |
HMAS ANZAC (FFH 150) is the lead ship of the Anzac class frigates in use with the Royal Australian Navy.
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[edit] Construction
Anzac was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown, Victoria on 5 November 1993, launched on 16 September 1994 and commissioned on 13 May 1996.
[edit] Operational History
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Anzac was deployed to the Persian Gulf from February until May 2003, as part of Operation Falconer.[1] She received the Meritorious Unit Citation on 27 November 2003 for her service during this deployment.[1]
[edit] 5 Inch Friday
On March 21, 2003 HMAS Anzac began naval gunfire in direct support of the British-led Royal Marine 40 Commando assault on Al Faw Peninsula in southern Iraq. For three days HMAS Anzac fired 42 shells on enemy positions, all falling on target. She was accompanied by the Royal Navy frigates HM Ships Chatham, Richmond and Marlborough. When Anzac began firing her 127 mm (5 inch) high explosive shells into military targets, it was the first time in 31 years a vessel of the RAN had fired her guns in anger. After withdrawing from the gun line HMAS Anzac received this message from 40 Commando:
| “ | The Al Faw Vegetation Belt has been successfully cleared of all enemy and the airport and other key military installations are now secure with no enemy resistance. Success was largely due to aggressive use of indirect fire assets and the swift and lethal response of respective units. Your bombardment and destruction of key military installations had a huge impact on the ground and shattered the enemy’s will to fight.[2] | ” |
The entire naval support operation was named "5 inch Friday" in recognition of the damage done by Anzac’s 127 millimetre gun.
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b It's An Honour - Honours. Retrieved on 2008-02-22. “Citation: For sustained outstanding service in warlike operations in the Middle East Area of Operations between February and May 2003 whilst deployed on Operation FALCONER.”
- ^ Wheeler, Stu (2005). FIVE INCH FRIDAY - Defining moment for Anzac" Defence.gov (accessed August 10, 2006)
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