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HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)
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 HMAS Canberra in 1988 |
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| Career [Australia] |  |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | March 1, 1978 |
| Launched: | 1 December 1978 |
| Commissioned: | 21 March 1981 |
| Status: | Decommissioned, awaiting conversion to dive wreck |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tons |
| Length: | 138 m |
| Beam: | 14 m |
| Draught: | 7.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 hp (490 kW) |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 184 + aircrew |
| Armament: | Mk 13 launcher for Harpoon and SM-1 missiles; 1 × 3 in OTO Melara; 1 × 20 mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; 2 x triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 x S-70B Seahawk |
| Motto: | "For Queen And Country" |
| Badge: |  |
HMAS Canberra (FFG 02) was an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate of the Royal Australian Navy. The ship was laid down by Todd Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 1 March 1978, launched on 1 December 1978. HMAS Canberra was commissioned on 21 March 1981 and decommissioned in Sydney in November 2005.
In October 2006 it was announced that the decommissioned frigate will be scuttled off the coast of Barwon Heads, Victoria, to be used as a wreck diving site. In October 2006, The Federal Government allocated A$2.8 million to this project and the Victorian Government allocated A$500,000. [1] On the 23rd July 2007, the Minister for Defence, Dr Brendan Nelson, announced that in order to ensure the quickest possible schedule for the sinking of the ship, A$7m of federal money would be allocated to the project.[2]
The Victorian Artificial Reef Society (VARS) is the Victorian dive community group behind the push to secure, prepare, sink and dive the ex HMAS Canberra as an artificial reef dive site for Victoria. VARS has established the ex HMAS Canberra web site to keep track of the project and promote Victoria as a temperate water diving destination.
- ^ Walker, Frank (2006). Hopes for dive wreck scuttled. The Sun-Herald, October 22, 2006.
- ^ http://www.hmascanberra.com.au/itn-20070723.htm
- List of frigates
- List of Royal Australian Navy ships
- List of ship launches in 1978
- List of ship commissionings in 1981
- List of ship decommissionings in 2005
- Royal Australian Navy home page for HMAS Canberra
- MaritimeQuest HMAS Canberra FFG-02 Photo Gallery
- ex HMAS Canberra web site
- HMAS Canberra FFG 02 web site Former HMAS Canberra commissioning crew member Lee Webster developed this site.
| Adelaide class frigate |
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