SWAN frigates (1970-1971)
Swan 1975
Swan 1984
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Swan | 50 | Williamstown DYd | 16.8.1965 | 16.12.1967 | 20.1.1970 | decommissioned 9.1996, scuttled 14.12.1997 | |
| Torrens | 53 | Cockatoo I DYd | 12.8.1965 | 28.9.1968 | 19.1.1971 | decommissioned 9.1998, sunk as target 14.6.1999 |
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Displacement standard, t |
2150 |
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Displacement full, t |
2560 |
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Length, m |
109.7 pp 112.7 oa |
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Breadth, m |
12.5 |
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Draught, m |
3.90 max |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets ASR geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
30000 |
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Max speed, kts |
29 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 370 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4500(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 4 Seacat GWS22 SAM (24 Seacat), 1 x 1 Ikara ASuM (30 Ikara), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL |
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Electronic equipment |
type 293, LW-02, WM-22, SGR-301 radars, type 162, type 170, type 177M, type 185 sonars |
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Complement |
247 |
Project history: The two cancelled Yarra class were re-ordered nine years later to a modified design which incorporated many features of the RN Leander class. The forecastle deck was extended right aft and a new continuous two-decked superstructure and streamlined funnel replaced the former light super structure. The air warning radar antenna was mounted on a new stump mainmast, but no provision was made for a helicopter hangar.
Modernizations: 1985, both: - 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 293 radar, type 170, type 177M sonars; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, WM-44 radar, Mulloka sonar
Naval service: No significant events.
Swan 1980
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