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FFH 156 HMAS Toowoomba

AU Royal Australian Navy





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Flight Deck: 156
Call Sign: VKLI
Shipyard: Williamstown





  Events


History of AU HMAS Toowoomba FFH 156

2002-jul-26Laid downLaid down
2003-may-16LaunchedLaunched
2005-oct-08CommissionedCommissioned
2009-jun-20DeploymentDeployment Operation Slipper arrived in Middle East area of operations
2015-sepRefitRefit Henderson ASMD Refit capability refit at BAE Systems Henderson Shipyard for Anti-Ship Missile Defence upgrade, which indluded new midship mast for the CEA Phased Array Radar and preparing for MRH-90 operations, until Sep 2016



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  Specifications


Anzac class
170crew
3600full load (tn)
118length (m)
14.80beam (m)
4draught (m)
6000range (nm)
27max speed (knots)

2Naval Engine diesel - MTU
1Naval Engine gas turbine - General Electric LM2500
1Naval Engine propulsion system: CODOG

2Missile Launcher Mk 141 quad Harpoon
1Missile Launcher Mk 41 VLS

1Naval Gun Mark 45 5/54 inch (127mm)
2Torpedo Launchers Mk 32 triple-tube 324mm
1Chaff and decoys Mark 36 SRBOC

1Naval Radar air search radar AN/SPS-49
1Naval Radar fire direction radar CelsiusTech 9LV
1Naval Radar navigation radar Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA
1Naval Radar surface search radar CelsiusTech 9LV 453 TIR
1Sonar hull mounted sonar Thomson Sintra Spherion

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  Builder


AU Williamstown, 3nm SW of Melbourne




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