3 Air Warfare Destroyers ordered Oct 2007. Spanish F100 design selected over US
Arleigh Burke Flight II, but fitted with similar AEGIS based combat system from Lockheed Martin.
Procurement and construction has been complex causing delays. 3 manufacturers (including
BAE Systems and
FORGACS) produce sets of blocks which are transported to, integrated and completed at ASC Osborne.
| 2007-oct-04 | Ordered | Ordered  DDGH 39 HMAS Hobart | |
| 2007-oct-04 | Ordered | Ordered DDGH 41 HMAS Brisbane | |
| 2007-oct-04 | Ordered | Ordered DDGH 42 HMAS Sydney | |
| 2012-sep-06 | Laid down | Laid down DDGH 39 HMAS Hobart first blocks laid. aka The Green Ghost. | |
| 2014-feb-03 | Laid down | Laid down DDGH 41 HMAS Brisbane first blocks laid | |
| 2015-may-23 | Launched | Launched DDGH 39 HMAS Hobart completed at ASC Adelaide as NUSHIP Hobart | |
| 2015-nov-19 | Laid down | Laid down DDGH 42 HMAS Sydney first blocks laid | |
| 2016-sep | Trials | Trials DDGH 39 HMAS Hobart completed builders sea trials on 30 Sep. | |
| 2016-dec-15 | Launched | Launched DDGH 41 HMAS Brisbane completed at ASC Adelaide as NUSHIP Brisbane | |
| 2017-sep-23 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDGH 39 HMAS Hobart | |
| 2018-may-19 | Launched | Launched DDGH 42 HMAS Sydney Launch ceremony held at Osborne Naval Shipyard, South Australia | |
| 2018-oct-27 | Commissioned | Commissioned DDGH 41 HMAS Brisbane Commissioned in Sydney | |
| 2019-oct-11 | Port Visit | Port Visit DDGH 41 HMAS Brisbane Passed under the Golden Gate Bridge on 11 Oct to participate in SF Fleet Week 2019 Parade of Ships. | |
| 2020-mar-27 | Homeport | Homeport DDGH 42 HMAS Sydney NUSHIP Sydney arrived in Sydney homeport. | |
| 2020-jul | Deployment | Deployment DDGH 39 HMAS Hobart Part of AUS Joint Task Group on Freedom of Navigation exercise through South China Sea, near the Spratly Islands in mid Jul, en route Philippine Sea and RIMPAC 2020, with HMAS Canberra, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Stuart and HMAS Sirius. | |
| 2021-oct-14 | Aircraft | Aircraft DDGH 41 HMAS Brisbane asg MH-60R crashed on approach. no fatalities | |
| 2022-oct | Aircraft | Aircraft DDGH 39 HMAS Hobart Phil Navy AW109E 431 for exercise Sama Sama Lumbas | |
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