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HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06)
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 HMAS Newcastle in 2004 |
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Class and type: | Adelaide class frigate |
| Builder: | AMECON |
| Laid down: | 21 July 1989 |
| Launched: | 21 February 1992 |
| Commissioned: | 11 December 1993 |
| Status: | Active |
| Homeport: | Fleet Base East |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 4,100 tonnes full load |
| Length: | 138 m |
| Beam: | 14 m |
| Draught: | 7.5 m |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 hp (30 750 kW) |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km) at 20 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 184 (not including aircrew) |
| Armament: | Mk 13 launcher for Harpoon and SM-1 missiles; 1 × 3 inch 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: | "Enterprise" |
| Badge: |  |
HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria, launched on 21 February 1992 and commissioned on 11 December 1993.
At the start of November 2006, Newcastle was one of three Australian warships sent to Fiji during the leadup to the 2006 coup d'état by Fijian military forces against Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. Newcastle was the first vessel on station, and was later joined by HMAS Kanimbla and HMAS Success. The three vessels were to be used in the event of an evacuation of Australian citizens and nationals. [1] It did not prove necessary to conduct an evacuation and Newcastle returned to Australia in late December 2006.
- ^ Aussie warships heading for Fiji. The Daily Telegraph (Australia), November 2, 2006.
- List of frigates
- List of Royal Australian Navy ships
- List of ship launches in 1992
- List of ship commissionings in 1993
| Adelaide class frigate |
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| Adelaide | Canberra | Sydney | Darwin | Melbourne | Newcastle |
| List of major warship classes of the Royal Australian Navy |
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