HMAS Warramunga (FFH 152)
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 HMAS Warramunga |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Namesake: | The Warramunga people |
| Builder: | Tenix Defence Systems |
| Laid down: | 26 July 1997 |
| Launched: | 23 May 1998 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 2001 |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base West |
| Motto: | "Courage In Difficulties" |
| 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) 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 Warramunga (FFH 152) is an Anzac class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy.
[edit] Construction
Warramunga was laid down by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown in Victoria on 26 July 1997, launched on 23 May 1998 and commissioned on 31 March 2001.
[edit] Operational history
On 31 July 2006 HMAS Warramunga departed Fleet Base West for the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Catalyst taking over duties from HMAS Ballarat. While on station in the Gulf, Warramunga conducted 150 boardings and security patrols, over 1200 boat evolutions, 21 Replenishments at Sea and Vertical Replenishments, 320 flying hours by its embarked Navy Seahawk helicopter and 450 investigative queries of merchant Vessels. Warramunga was away for 186 days travelling around 24,981 nautical miles (46,265 km). Warramunga arrived home on 2 February 2007 being replaced by HMAS Toowoomba. This deployment was Warramunga's first deployment to the middle east since her commissioning in 2001. [1]. The ship had previously deployed to Christmas Island as part of Operation Relex II (2001-2005) in a border protection role, the Southern Ocean as part of Operation Celesta in a successful fisheries protection role (2004) and to Hawaii and the South West Pacific in 2003.
Warramunga was the first Australian Ship to fire the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) in 2003.
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