HMAS Stuart (FFH 153)
HMAS Stuart in 2014
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History | |
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Australia | |
Builder | Tenix Defence |
Laid down | 25 July 1998 |
Launched | 17 April 1999 |
Commissioned | 17 August 2002 |
Homeport | Fleet Base West |
Motto | "Always Prepared" |
Nickname(s) | "The Tartan Terror" |
Honours and awards | Eight inherited battle honours |
Status | Active as of 2023 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Anzac-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,600 tonnes full load |
Length | 118 m (387 ft) |
Beam | 15 m (49 ft) |
Draught | 4 m (13 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) |
Range | 6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement | approximately 170 sailors |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk |
HMAS Stuart (FFH 153) is an
Design and construction
The Anzac class originated from RAN plans to replace the six
The Anzacs are based on Blohm + Voss' MEKO 200 PN (or
As designed, the main armament for the frigate is a
Stuart was laid down at
Operational history
In April 2003, Stuart was used to capture Pong Su, a North Korean-owned freighter involved in drug smuggling operations.
In 2004, Stuart was deployed to the
In February 2006, fire broke out about HMNZS Te Mana, Stuart's sister ship, during an exercise off the coast of Australia. Te Mana's Seasprite helicopter was diverted to Stuart, while the fire was put out by the crew.[22]
On the morning of 13 March 2009, Stuart was one of seventeen warships involved in a ceremonial fleet entry and fleet review in Sydney Harbour, the largest collection of RAN ships since the Australian Bicentenary in 1988.[23] The frigate was one of the thirteen ships involved in the ceremonial entry through Sydney Heads, and anchored in the harbour for the review.
On 22 March 2011, while operating off Somalia as part of
On 11 April 2011, Stuart interdicted the Yemeni-flagged dhow named Al Shahar 75. A boarding party from the frigate rescued three crew members being held hostage, while the fifteen Somali pirates, who had surrendered as Stuart approached, were allowed to return to their skiff and sail to shore after their weapons and equipment were disposed of.[26]
In October 2013, Stuart participated in the International Fleet Review 2013 in Sydney.[27]
In November 2014, Stuart and sister ship
Stuart is the last ship of the Anzac class to undergo the
HMAS Stuart joined KDB Darulehsan, HMAS Sirius, USS Rafael Peralta and RSS Supreme on their way to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in preparation for RIMPAC 2020 on 6 August. RIMPAC 2020 will scheduled to start on 17 August.[31]
References
- ^ a b c Jones 2001, p. 244
- ^ Fairall-Lee 2007, p. 336
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Grazebrook, A.W. (1 November 1996). "Anzac frigates sail diverging courses". Jane's Navy International. 101 (9). Jane's Information Group.
- ^ Greener 2009, pp. 23–9
- ^ a b c Jones 2001, p. 245
- ^ Greener 2009, p. 30
- ^ a b Greener 2009, p. 31
- ^ a b c d Wertheim 2007, p. 20
- ^ Greener 2009, pp. 43–4
- ^ Wertheim 2007, pp. 20–1
- ^ a b c d e f JIG 1998, pp. 25, 470
- ^ Wertheim 2007, p. 21
- ^ Fish, Tim; Grevatt, Jon (24 June 2008). "Australia's HMAS Toowoomba test fires MU90 torpedo". Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group.
- ^ Scott, Richard (16 December 2005). "Updating ANZACs to meet changed strategic posture". Jane's Navy International. Jane's Information Group.
- ^ Scott, Richard (12 December 2007). "Enhanced small-calibre systems offer shipborne stopping power". International Defence Review. Jane's Information Group.
- ^ Grevatt, Jon (5 March 2008). "Australia cancels troubled Super Seasprite programme". Jane's Defence Industry. Jane's Information Group.
- ^ Forbes, Mark (17 June 2002). "How a helicopter deal flew into trouble". The Age. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f Cornford, Philip; Malkin, Bonnie (21 April 2003). "Drug chase ends in sea capture". The Age. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g Shovell, Damian (17 June 2004). "Terror in the Gulf". Navy News. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ Helmer, Kendra (27 April 2004). "Suicide bombing attack claims first Coast Guardsman since Vietnam War". Stars and Stripes. United States Armed Forces. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Navy Aircrewman Honoured at NSW Government House". Image Gallery: May 2009. Department of Defence. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Sailors fought fire at sea on Anzac warship". The New Zealand Herald. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ Brooke, Michael (2 April 2009). "Marching into History". Navy News. Department of Defence. p. 11. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ a b c Oakes, Dan (26 March 2011). "Navy takes its first shot at pirates". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "MV SINAR KUDUS is pirated in the North Arabian Sea and is almost immediately used as a mothership". European Union Naval Force Somalia. 17 March 2011. Archived from the original on 5 November 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
- ^ "Australian Navy rescues hostages off Somalia". Defence News. Department of Defence (Australia). 15 April 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
- ^ "Participating Warships". International Fleet Review 2013 website. Royal Australian Navy. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2015.
- ^ a b Nicholson, Brendan; Martin, Sarah; Markson, Sharri (13 November 2014). "Troubled waters as Russians send warships". The Australian Business Review. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ Milne, Sandy (5 August 2020). "RAN commences exercises with warships from Singapore, Brunei". www.defenceconnect.com.au. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- Books
- Fairall-Lee, Sam; Miller, Kate; Murphy, David (2007). "The Royal Australian Navy in 2030". In Andrew Forbes (ed.). Sea Power: Challenges Old and New. Ultimo, NSW: Halstead Press. ISBN 978-1-920831-44-8.
- Greener, Peter (2009). Timing is everything: the politics and processes of New Zealand defence acquisition decision making. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence. Vol. 173. Canberra, ACT: ANU E Press. ISBN 978-1-921536-65-6. Archived from the originalon 7 April 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
- Jones, Peter (2001). "A Period of Change and Uncertainty". In Stevens, David (ed.). The Royal Australian Navy. The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III). South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. OCLC 50418095.
- JIG (1998). Sharpe, Richard (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1998–99 (101st ed.). Coulsdon, Surrey: Jane's Information Group. OCLC 39372676.
- Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. OCLC 140283156.