HMAS Stuart (FFH 153)
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 HMAS Stuart in 2006 |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Namesake: | The Scottish Royal House of Stuart |
| Builder: | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Laid down: | 25 July 1998 |
| Launched: | 17 April 1999 |
| Commissioned: | 17 August 2002 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base East |
| Motto: | "Always Prepared" |
| Nickname: | "The Tartan Terror" |
| 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 LM2500+ gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22.5 mW) 2 × MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines providing 8,840 hp (6.5 mW) two shafts with controllable pitch propellers in CODOG configuration |
| 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, 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 Stuart (FFH 153) is an Anzac class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy.
[edit] Construction
Stuart was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 25 July 1998, launched on 17 April 1999 by Mrs. Maxine Barrie, the wife of Admiral Chris Barrie, the Chief of the Defence Force and commissioned on 24 August 2002.
The ship is named after the first HMAS Stuart, which was a Royal Navy destroyer named after the Scottish Royal House of Stuart and loaned to the RAN in 1933.
[edit] Operational History
In April 2003, Stuart sailed on short notice to assist the Australian Federal Police apprehend the North Korean registered vessel Pong Su which was suspected in being involved in drug smuggling operations. Stuart left port at the beginning of the Easter Long Weekend and carried a Seahawk from 816 Squadron RAN and a detachment of SAS personnel. The boarding of Pong Su was conducted successfully and the vessel was escorted back to Sydney. The operation was unofficially known as 'Operation Tartan'.
In 2004 Stuart deployed to the Persian Gulf on active service contributing to Operation Catalyst, Australia's military contribution to the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq.
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