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HMAS is an abbreviation for Her Majesty's Australian Ship
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HMAS Adelaide was an Australian Chatham Class light cruiser of 5400 tons displacement launched in 1918. HMAS Adelaide carried a complement of 390 and was powered by Yarrow boilers providing a top speed of 25 knots. Armaments consisted of eight 6-inch guns; three 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-pdr guns; twelve smaller guns and two 21-inch submerged broadside torpedo tubes. In 1938 she was completely refitted, with her funnels reduced from four to three and armaments modified.
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HMAS Anzac is an Australian Anzac Class frigate with a displacement of 3600 tons fully loaded. She has a maximum speed of 27 knots and a cruising speed of 18 knots. Her range is 6000 nautical miles at 18 knots. The ship accommodates 163 personnel including 22 officers. The ship's armaments comprise a United Defense 127mm Mk 45 Mod-2 Naval gun, eight cell Mk 41 vertical launching system for Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles, Thomson Sintra Pacific Spherion B hull-mounted sonar, close-in-weapon systems and towed array sonar. Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a mine avoidance sonar are due to be added, along with two new CelsiusTech multi-function consoles. The ship's combat data system is built around the CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk-3 combat management system, with Link 11 and SHF Satcom. Weapons control is managed by the CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk-73 for surface-to-air missile control. Air search is by a Raytheon SPS-49(V)8 ANZ radar and air/surface search by a CelsiusTech 9LV 453TIR radar. The navigation radar is an STN Atlas Electronik 9600 ARPA. Two triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes for Honeywell Mark-46 torpedoes are fitted.
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HMAS Arunta was an Australian Tribal Class destroyer of 1870 tons displacement launched in 1940. HMAS Arunta carried a complement of 250. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and was armed with eight 4 inch dual-purpose guns; ten smaller guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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HMAS Arunta is an Australian Anzac Class frigate with a displacement of 3600 tons fully loaded. She has a maximum speed of 27 knots and a cruising speed of 18 knots. Her range is 6000 nautical miles at 18 knots. The ship accommodates 163 personnel including 22 officers. The ship's armaments comprise a United Defense 127mm Mk 45 Mod-2 Naval gun, eight cell Mk 41 vertical launching system for Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles, Thomson Sintra Pacific Spherion B hull-mounted sonar, close-in-weapon systems and towed array sonar. Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a mine avoidance sonar were later added, along with two new CelsiusTech multi-function consoles.
The ship's combat data system is built around the CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk-3 combat management system, with Link 11 and SHF Satcom. Weapons control is managed by the CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk-73 for surface-to-air missile control. Air search is by a Raytheon SPS-49(V)8 ANZ radar and air/surface search by a CelsiusTech 9LV 453TIR radar. The navigation radar is an STN Atlas Electronik 9600 ARPA. Six 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes arranged in two triples for Honeywell Mark-46 torpedoes are also fitted.
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HMAS Australia was an Australian cruiser of 10000 tons displacement launched in 1927 and reconstructed in 1938. HMAS Australia was powered by eight Admiralty 3-drum type oil boilers providing a top speed of 31.5 knots and a range of 3680 km at top speed or 16640 km at a cruising speed of 14 knots. HMAS Australia carried a complement of 679 normally and 710 when operating as a flagship. She was armed with eight 8-inch guns; eight 4-inch anti-aircraft guns; four 3-pdr guns; four 2-pdr pompoms; eight Lewis machine-guns; four other machine-guns and eight 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quadruple mountings. HMAS Australia was sunk in the Pacific Ocean in September 1944 during the Second World War.
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HMAS Ballarat is an Australian Anzac Class frigate with a displacement of 3600 tons fully loaded. She has a maximum speed of 27 knots and a cruising speed of 18 knots. Her range is 6000 nautical miles at 18 knots. The ship accommodates 163 personnel including 22 officers. The ship's armaments comprise a United Defense 127mm Mk 45 Mod-2 Naval gun, eight cell Mk 41 vertical launching system for Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles, Thomson Sintra Pacific Spherion B hull-mounted sonar, close-in-weapon systems and towed array sonar. Harpoon anti-ship missiles and a mine avoidance sonar are due to be added, along with two new CelsiusTech multi-function consoles. The ship's combat data system is built around the CelsiusTech 9LV 453 Mk-3 combat management system, with Link 11 and SHF Satcom. Weapons control is managed by the CelsiusTech 9LV 453 optronic director with Raytheon CW Mk-73 for surface-to-air missile control. Air search is by a Raytheon SPS-49(V)8 ANZ radar and air/surface search by a CelsiusTech 9LV 453TIR radar. The navigation radar is an STN Atlas Electronik 9600 ARPA. Two triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes for Honeywell Mark-46 torpedoes are fitted.
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HMAS Barcoo was an Australian frigate of 1420 tons displacement launched in 1943. HMAS Barcoo was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 140. She was armed with two 4 inch dual-purpose guns; machine-guns and four depth charge throwers.
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HMAS Barwon was an Australian frigate of 1420 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMAS Barwon was powered by two Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 20 knots and carried a complement of 140. She was armed with two 4 inch dual-purpose guns; machine-guns and four depth charge throwers.
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HMAS Bataan was an Australian Tribal Class destroyer of 1870 tons displacement launched in 1944. HMAS Bataan carried a complement of 250. She was powered by three Admiralty 3-drum type boilers providing a top speed of 36.5 knots and was armed with eight 4 inch dual-purpose guns; ten smaller guns and four 21-inch torpedo tubes.
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