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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HMAS_Darwin_F-04.jpg/450px-HMAS_Darwin_F-04.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/HMAS_Darwin_F-04.jpg/600px-HMAS_Darwin_F-04.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="587" /></a></span><div>HMAS <i>Darwin</i>, the fourth ship in the <i>Adelaide</i> class</div> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Class overview</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Name</td><td><i>Adelaide</i> class</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builders</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Todd_Pacific_Shipyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Todd Pacific Shipyards">Todd Pacific Shipyards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle,_Washington" class="mw-redirect" title="Seattle, Washington">Seattle, Washington</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Tenix" title="Tenix">Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> (former)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/46px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Navy" title="Chilean Navy">Chilean Navy</a></li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i>-class destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Hobart-class_destroyer" title="Hobart-class destroyer"><i>Hobart</i>-class destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Built</td><td>21 June 1978 – 21 February 1992</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In service</td><td>15 November 1980 – 27 September 2019</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In commission</td><td>15 November 1980 – 26 October 2019</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>6</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Retired</td><td>4</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td>Modified <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class_frigate" title="Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate"><i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Guided_missile_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided missile frigate">guided missile frigate</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>4,100 tons full load</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">408 ft (124 m) at waterline</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">455 ft (139 m) overall</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>45 ft (14 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draught</td><td>22 ft (6.7 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 × <a href="/wiki/General_Electric_LM2500" title="General Electric LM2500">General Electric LM2500</a> gas turbines, each providing 20,500 hp (15,287 kW). Total 41,000 hp (30,574 kW)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>Over 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>176–221</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><a href="/wiki/AN/SPS-49" title="AN/SPS-49">AN/SPS-49</a> radar, Mk 92 fire control system, <a href="/wiki/AN/SPS-55" title="AN/SPS-55">AN/SPS-55</a> radar, AN/SQS-56 sonar</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Mk_41_VLS" class="mw-redirect" title="Mk 41 VLS">Mk 41 VLS</a> (<a href="/wiki/Evolved_Sea_Sparrow_Missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile">Evolved Sea Sparrow missile</a>)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Mk_13_missile_launcher" class="mw-redirect" title="Mk 13 missile launcher">Mk 13 missile launcher</a> (40-missile magazine, <a href="/wiki/Harpoon_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Harpoon missile">Harpoon</a> and SM-2 (MR) missiles)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × <a href="/wiki/OTO_Melara_76_mm" title="OTO Melara 76 mm">OTO Melara 76 mm</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1 × 20 mm Mk 15 <a href="/wiki/Vulcan_Phalanx" class="mw-redirect" title="Vulcan Phalanx">Vulcan Phalanx</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Aircraft carried</td><td>2 × <a href="/wiki/SH-60_Seahawk" class="mw-redirect" title="SH-60 Seahawk">S-70B Seahawk</a> or 1 × Seahawk and 1 × <a href="/wiki/Eurocopter_AS350" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurocopter AS350">AS350B Squirrel</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Notes</td><td>Mk 41 VLS and ESSM capability installed during the <a href="#FFG_Upgrade">FFG Upgrade project</a></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b><i>Adelaide</i> class</b> of six <a href="/wiki/Guided_missile_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided missile frigate">guided missile frigates</a> was constructed in Australia and the United States for service in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two were later sold to the <a href="/wiki/Chilean_Navy" title="Chilean Navy">Chilean Navy</a>. The <i>Adelaide</i> class was based on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class_frigate" title="Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate"><i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i>-class frigates</a>, but modified for Australian requirements. The first four vessels were built in the United States, and the final two were constructed in <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. The first ship entered service in November 1980. </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(FFG_02)" title="HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)">Canberra</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Adelaide_(FFG_01)" title="HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)">Adelaide</a></i> were <a href="/wiki/Ship_commissioning#Ship_decommissioning" title="Ship commissioning">paid off</a> in 2005 and 2008, respectively, and later sunk as <a href="/wiki/Dive_wreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Dive wreck">dive wrecks</a>. Their decommissioning offset the cost of a A$1 billion <a href="#FFG_Upgrade">weapons and equipment upgrade</a> to the remaining four ships.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the <a href="/wiki/Hobart-class_destroyer" title="Hobart-class destroyer"><i>Hobart</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-air_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-air warfare">air-warfare</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> entered service beginning in 2016, the remaining <i>Adelaide</i>-class ships were progressively decommissioned beginning with <i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(FFG_03)" title="HMAS Sydney (FFG 03)">Sydney</a></i> in 2015. <i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Darwin_(FFG_04)" title="HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)">Darwin</a></i> followed in 2017, and <i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Newcastle_(FFG_06)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06)">Newcastle</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(FFG_05)" title="HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)">Melbourne</a></i> went last in 2019. The final two were sold to <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a> in 2020. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_and_acquisition">Construction and acquisition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Construction and acquisition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMAS_Adelaide_1982.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/HMAS_Adelaide_1982.jpg/220px-HMAS_Adelaide_1982.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/HMAS_Adelaide_1982.jpg/330px-HMAS_Adelaide_1982.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/HMAS_Adelaide_1982.jpg/440px-HMAS_Adelaide_1982.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>HMAS <i>Adelaide</i>, the first ship of the class, in 1982</figcaption></figure> <p>Following the cancellation of the <a href="/wiki/Australian_light_destroyer_project" title="Australian light destroyer project">Australian light destroyer project</a> in 1973, the British <a href="/wiki/Type_42_destroyer" title="Type 42 destroyer">Type 42 destroyer</a> and the American <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class_frigate" title="Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate"><i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i>-class frigate</a> were identified as alternatives.<sup id="cite_ref-Jone220_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jone220-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the Type 42 met the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> (RAN)'s requirements as a replacement for the cancelled light destroyers and the <a href="/wiki/Daring-class_destroyer_(1949)" title="Daring-class destroyer (1949)"><i>Daring</i>-class destroyers</a>, fitting the ship with the <a href="/wiki/RIM-66_Standard" title="RIM-66 Standard">SM-1 missile</a> would have been difficult.<sup id="cite_ref-Jone220_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jone220-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the other hand, the <i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i> class was still at the design stage; a design that was described by assessment project staff as "a second rate escort that falls short of the DDL [light destroyer] requirements on virtually every respect".<sup id="cite_ref-Jone220_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jone220-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FramePP102.162_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FramePP102.162-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, the Australian government approved the purchase of two US-built <i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i>-class ships in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-Jone220_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jone220-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The risk of acquiring an unproven design was seen as acceptable because of the success of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> (USN)'s <a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Adams-class_destroyer" title="Charles F. Adams-class destroyer"><i>Charles F. Adams</i>-class destroyer</a> (of which the RAN operated three ships as the <a href="/wiki/Perth-class_destroyer" title="Perth-class destroyer"><i>Perth</i> class</a>), when compared to the equivalent British ships the RAN would have purchased.<sup id="cite_ref-FramePP102.162_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FramePP102.162-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Final government approval to order two ships was granted in 1976, with a third ship ordered in 1977.<sup id="cite_ref-FramePP162_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FramePP162-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The order was expanded in April 1980 with the order of a fourth unit.<sup id="cite_ref-MacDougall345_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDougall345-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These four ships were built by <a href="/wiki/Todd_Pacific_Shipyards" class="mw-redirect" title="Todd Pacific Shipyards">Todd Pacific Shipyards</a> of <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington, as part of the USN's shipbuilding program, and were assigned USN <a href="/wiki/Hull_classification_symbol" title="Hull classification symbol">hull numbers</a> during construction, which were replaced with RAN <a href="/wiki/Pennant_number" title="Pennant number">pennant numbers</a> upon entering service.<sup id="cite_ref-Hooton_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first, HMAS <i>Adelaide</i> (USN hull number FFG-17, RAN pennant number FFG 01) was built to the Flight I design, while <i>Canberra</i> (FFG-18/FFG 02) and <i>Sydney</i> (FFG-35/FFG 03) were the first and last ships of the Flight II design, respectively.<sup id="cite_ref-Hooton_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final American-built ship was <i>Darwin</i> (FFG-44/FFG 04); constructed to the Flight III design.<sup id="cite_ref-Hooton_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1980, two more ships (<i>Melbourne</i> and <i>Newcastle</i>) were ordered, but were built in Australia by <a href="/wiki/AMECON" class="mw-redirect" title="AMECON">AMECON</a> of <a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Victoria" title="Williamstown, Victoria">Williamstown, Victoria</a>, and did not receive USN numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-MacDougall345_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MacDougall345-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Hooton_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Armament">Armament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Armament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From the withdrawal of the <i>Perth</i>-class destroyers in 2001 until the introduction of the <a href="/wiki/Hobart-class_destroyer" title="Hobart-class destroyer"><i>Hobart</i> class</a> in 2017, these ships were the RAN's primary <a href="/wiki/Anti-air_warfare" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-air warfare">air defence</a> vessels, armed with a <a href="/wiki/Mark_13_missile_launcher" title="Mark 13 missile launcher">Mark 13 missile launcher</a> for <a href="/wiki/RIM-66_Standard" title="RIM-66 Standard">SM-2 missiles</a>. They also have significant anti-surface capability, being armed with a 76-millimetre (3.0 in) Mk 75 gun and the <a href="/wiki/Harpoon_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Harpoon missile">Harpoon</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-ship_missile" title="Anti-ship missile">anti-ship missile</a> (also fired by the Mark 13 launcher), and a pair of triple <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> for <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> (ASW). In addition, two <a href="/wiki/SH-60_Seahawk" class="mw-redirect" title="SH-60 Seahawk">S-70B Seahawk</a> helicopters are carried. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMAS_Canberra_(FFG_02)_Harpoon.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/HMAS_Canberra_%28FFG_02%29_Harpoon.jpg/220px-HMAS_Canberra_%28FFG_02%29_Harpoon.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/HMAS_Canberra_%28FFG_02%29_Harpoon.jpg/330px-HMAS_Canberra_%28FFG_02%29_Harpoon.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/HMAS_Canberra_%28FFG_02%29_Harpoon.jpg/440px-HMAS_Canberra_%28FFG_02%29_Harpoon.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2400" data-file-height="1660" /></a><figcaption>HMAS <i>Canberra</i> firing a Harpoon anti-ship missile</figcaption></figure> <p>From 2005 onwards, all RAN frigates deploying to the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> are fitted with two <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Browning machine gun">M2HB</a> .50-calibre machine guns in <a href="/wiki/Typhoon_Weapon_System#Mini_Typhoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Typhoon Weapon System">Mini Typhoon</a> mounts, installed on the aft corners of the hangar roof.<sup id="cite_ref-ScottEnhanced_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScottEnhanced-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two TopLite EO directors are used with the guns.<sup id="cite_ref-ScottEnhanced_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScottEnhanced-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Australian frigates were originally fitted with American <a href="/wiki/Mark_46_torpedo" title="Mark 46 torpedo">Mark 46 ASW torpedoes</a>, but by 2008, they had been replaced with the European <a href="/wiki/MU90_Impact" title="MU90 Impact">MU90 Impact</a> torpedo in three of the four frigates as part of the <a href="#FFG_Upgrade">FFG Upgrade</a>, with the conversion of <i>Newcastle</i> underway at that point.<sup id="cite_ref-FishGrevatt_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FishGrevatt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Upgrades">Upgrades</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Upgrades"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There have been two major upgrades distinguishing the <i>Adelaide</i> class from the American <i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i>-class frigates. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lengthening">Lengthening</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Lengthening"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first three ships were constructed to the <i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i> class' 'short' hull design (Flight I and II), with an identical length for both the main deck and the keel.<sup id="cite_ref-Hooton_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ships from FFG-36 onwards (including <i>Darwin</i>) were built with an increase in overall length—achieved by angling the <a href="/wiki/Transom_(nautical)" title="Transom (nautical)">transom</a> (the section between the fantail and the keel) to increase the area of the flight deck and allow the operation of Seahawk helicopters.<sup id="cite_ref-Hooton_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Adelaide</i>, <i>Canberra</i>, and <i>Sydney</i> were later upgraded to match the slightly larger ships, and were fitted with the updated sonars and ESM systems of the Flight III design.<sup id="cite_ref-Hooton_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hooton-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="FFG_Upgrade">FFG Upgrade</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: FFG Upgrade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HMAS_Sydney_VLS.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/HMAS_Sydney_VLS.jpg/170px-HMAS_Sydney_VLS.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/HMAS_Sydney_VLS.jpg/255px-HMAS_Sydney_VLS.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/HMAS_Sydney_VLS.jpg/340px-HMAS_Sydney_VLS.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a><figcaption>HMAS <i>Sydney</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s Mk 41 VLS in 2007</figcaption></figure> <p>In the mid-1990s, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Keating" title="Paul Keating">Paul Keating</a>'s Labor government decided to retain the <i>Adelaide</i>-class frigates instead of replacing them with the more expensive and more labour-intensive, but much more capable <a href="/wiki/Kidd-class_destroyer" title="Kidd-class destroyer"><i>Kidd</i>-class destroyers</a>, that the USN was selling off.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cantgotowar_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantgotowar-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upgrades to the <i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i> class were problematic, due to "little reserved space for growth (39 tons in the original design), and the inflexible, proprietary electronics of the time", such that the "US Navy gave up on the idea of upgrades to face new communications realities and advanced missile threats". The USN had decommissioned 25 "FFG-7 Short" ships via "bargain basement sales to allies or outright retirement, after an average of only 18 years of service".<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Keating's administration was succeeded by the Liberal government of <a href="/wiki/John_Howard" title="John Howard">John Howard</a>, which commenced SEA 1390, also known as the FFG Upgrade Project.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Originally costing A$1 billion, which eventually increased to A$1.46 billion, the project included improvements to the combat and fire control system, the sonar suite, and the air defence missiles.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The upgrade was for four ships, and intended to expand their service life to approximately 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project cost was partly offset by the decommissioning of the two oldest units:<sup id="cite_ref-Saunders_2008_28_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders_2008_28-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Canberra being decommissioned in 2005 and <i>Adelaide</i> in 2008. Modification of each ship took place at Garden Island Dockyard, with <a href="/wiki/Australian_Defence_Industries" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Defence Industries">Australian Defence Industries</a> (ADI, now <a href="/wiki/Thales_Group" title="Thales Group">Thales</a> Australia) selected as project leader for the upgrade phase of the project.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By January 2008, the FFG Upgrade Project was running at least four years behind schedule.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCdud_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCdud-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The frigates' anti-missile and anti-torpedo detection and defense systems could not be integrated as intended, leaving the ships vulnerable to attack.<sup id="cite_ref-ABCdud_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCdud-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first ship refitted, HMAS <i>Sydney</i>, was initially not accepted back into service by the RAN because of the problems, these issues also prevented any refitted ship from serving in a combat zone.<sup id="cite_ref-cantgotowar_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantgotowar-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Australian Defence Association executives and serving navy personnel have blamed both political parties for the problems: while the Howard Liberal government was responsible for the project, the preceding Labor government chose to maintain the frigates instead of replacing them with the <i>Kidd</i>-class destroyers in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-cantgotowar_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cantgotowar-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Two_Adelaides_at_GI.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Two_Adelaides_at_GI.jpg/220px-Two_Adelaides_at_GI.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Two_Adelaides_at_GI.jpg/330px-Two_Adelaides_at_GI.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Two_Adelaides_at_GI.jpg/440px-Two_Adelaides_at_GI.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><i>Sydney</i> (foreground) and <i>Darwin</i> alongside at Fleet Base East in 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>By November 2008, <i>Darwin</i><span class="nowrap" style="padding-left:0.1em;">'</span>s upgrade had been completed, while the problems experienced with <i>Sydney</i> had been rectified in both ships.<sup id="cite_ref-worthwait_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worthwait-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was planned to start deploying these warships to the Gulf in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-worthwait_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worthwait-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAN and Thales subsequently claimed that the two upgraded ships were the "most capable ships in the history of the RAN", and that once the other two <i>Adelaide</i>s were upgraded, the navy would possess the "most lethal frigate fleet on earth".<sup id="cite_ref-worthwait_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worthwait-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was reported at the same time that other nations operating guided missile frigates, including the United States, Canada, Greece, and Turkey were considering similar upgrades.<sup id="cite_ref-worthwait_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-worthwait-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the four surviving <i>Adelaide</i>-class ships were refitted, they were capable of firing <a href="/wiki/RIM-66_Standard" title="RIM-66 Standard">SM-2MR</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boeing_Harpoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Boeing Harpoon">RGM-84 Harpoon</a> missiles from the Mark 13 launcher.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An 8-cell <a href="/wiki/Mark_41_Vertical_Launch_System" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark 41 Vertical Launch System">Mark 41 Vertical Launch System</a> for <a href="/wiki/ESSM" class="mw-redirect" title="ESSM">Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile</a> had also been installed forward of the Mark 13 launcher. The <a href="/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS" title="Phalanx CIWS">Phalanx CIWS</a> was upgraded to Block 1B, and the torpedoes, missiles, and other ship-mounted weapons were upgraded to the latest versions.<sup id="cite_ref-hazard(ous)_10-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hazard(ous)-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Fates">Fates</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fates"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Canberra</i> and <i>Adelaide</i> were decommissioned to offset the cost of upgrading the remaining four ships, with <i>Canberra</i> on 12 November 2005 and <i>Adelaide</i> on 19 January 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Saunders_2008_28_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saunders_2008_28-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Adelaidedecom_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Adelaidedecom-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bye_bye_adelaide.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bye_bye_adelaide.JPG/220px-Bye_bye_adelaide.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bye_bye_adelaide.JPG/330px-Bye_bye_adelaide.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Bye_bye_adelaide.JPG/440px-Bye_bye_adelaide.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><i>Adelaide</i> sinking off Avoca Beach on 13 April 2011</figcaption></figure> <p><i>Canberra</i> was subsequently sunk as a <a href="/wiki/Dive_wreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Dive wreck">dive wreck</a> on 4 October 2009, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off <a href="/wiki/Ocean_Grove,_Victoria" title="Ocean Grove, Victoria">Ocean Grove, Victoria</a>, in 30 metres (98 ft) of water.<sup id="cite_ref-Draper_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Draper-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Adelaide</i> was converted into a dive wreck, but plans to scuttle her off <a href="/wiki/Avoca_Beach,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Avoca Beach, New South Wales">Avoca Beach, New South Wales</a> in April 2010 were postponed following protests by <a href="/wiki/Resident_action_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Resident action group">resident action groups</a> and a tribunal hearing. The tribunal ordered the removal of wiring and paint from sections of the frigate before she was sunk on 13 April 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Sydney</i> entered port for the final time in February 2015, but remained commissioned as an alongside training ship until 7 November.<sup id="cite_ref-DoDfinalentry_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DoDfinalentry-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABCdecom_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABCdecom-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2017, having not received any offers to convert the hull for use as a dive wreck, <i>Sydney</i> was sold for scrap.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Darwin</i> arrived in Sydney for the last time on 1 November 2017, prior to her decommissioning <a href="/wiki/Ceremony" title="Ceremony">ceremony</a> on 9 December.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The upgraded <i>Adelaide</i>-class frigates were replaced by three new <i>Hobart</i>-class air warfare destroyers, equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Aegis_combat_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Aegis combat system">Aegis combat system</a>, starting around 2016. </p><p>In April 2017, the Polish government officially expressed interest in purchasing two of the remaining three frigates when they are retired from service.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Negotiations between the Australian and Polish Governments for the sale were unsuccessful. In January 2019 the Greek Government sent an expression of interest to the Department of Defence for <i>Melbourne</i> and <i>Newcastle</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2019 it was reported that Chile had also shown interest in the two frigates.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 December 2019, it was announced that <i>Melbourne</i> and <i>Newcastle</i> had been sold to <a href="/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>. </p> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div><p> On 15 April 2020 the ships were handed over to the Chilean Navy and renamed <i>Capitan Prat</i> (FFG-11) (ex HMAS <i>Newcastle</i>) and <i>Almirante Latorre</i> (FFG-14) (ex HMAS <i>Melbourne</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ships">Ships</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Ships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="background:#efefef;"> <th>Name </th> <th>Pennant number </th> <th>Builder </th> <th>Laid down </th> <th>Launched </th> <th>Commissioned </th> <th>Paid off </th> <th>Status/fate </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Adelaide_(FFG_01)" title="HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)"><i>Adelaide</i></a> </td> <td>FFG 01 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Vigor_Shipyards" title="Vigor Shipyards">Todd Pacific Shipyards</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a> </td> <td>29 July 1977 </td> <td>21 June 1978 </td> <td>15 November 1980 </td> <td>19 January 2008 </td> <td>Scuttled as <a href="/wiki/Dive_wreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Dive wreck">dive wreck</a>, 13 April 2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(FFG_02)" title="HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)"><i>Canberra</i></a> </td> <td>FFG 02 </td> <td>1 March 1978 </td> <td>1 December 1978 </td> <td>21 March 1981 </td> <td>12 November 2005 </td> <td>Scuttled as <a href="/wiki/Dive_wreck" class="mw-redirect" title="Dive wreck">dive wreck</a>, 4 October 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(FFG_03)" title="HMAS Sydney (FFG 03)"><i>Sydney</i></a> </td> <td>FFG 03 </td> <td>16 January 1980 </td> <td>26 September 1980 </td> <td>29 January 1983 </td> <td>7 November 2015 </td> <td>Broken up at <a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Western_Australia" title="Henderson, Western Australia">Henderson, Western Australia</a><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Darwin_(FFG_04)" title="HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)"><i>Darwin</i></a> </td> <td>FFG 04 </td> <td>3 July 1981 </td> <td>26 March 1982 </td> <td>21 July 1984 </td> <td>9 December 2017 </td> <td>Broken up at <a href="/wiki/Henderson,_Western_Australia" title="Henderson, Western Australia">Henderson, Western Australia</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(FFG_05)" title="HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)"><i>Melbourne</i></a> </td> <td>FFG 05 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tenix" title="Tenix">AMECON</a>, <a href="/wiki/Williamstown,_Victoria" title="Williamstown, Victoria">Williamstown</a> </td> <td>12 July 1985 </td> <td>5 May 1989 </td> <td>15 February 1992 </td> <td>26 October 2019 </td> <td>Sold to Chile, as <i>Almirante Latorre</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Newcastle" title="HMAS Newcastle"><i>Newcastle</i></a> </td> <td>FFG 06 </td> <td>21 July 1989 </td> <td>21 February 1992 </td> <td>11 December 1993 </td> <td>30 June 2019 </td> <td>Sold to Chile, as <i>Capitan Prat</i> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/23px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/35px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/46px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Chilean_Navy" title="Chilean Navy">Chilean Navy</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td><i>Almirante Latorre</i> </td> <td>FFG 14 </td> <td rowspan="2">AMECON, Williamstown </td> <td>12 July 1985 </td> <td>5 May 1989 </td> <td>15 April 2020 </td> <td> </td> <td>In active service </td></tr> <tr> <td><i>Capitan Prat</i> </td> <td>FFG 11 </td> <td>21 July 1989 </td> <td>21 February 1992 </td> <td>15 April 2020 </td> <td> </td> <td>In active 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">16 June</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Australian+Defence+Magazine&rft.atitle=Greece+shows+interest+in+buying+RAN+FFGs&rft.date=2019-01-24&rft.aulast=Levick&rft.aufirst=Ewan&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.australiandefence.com.au%2Fdefence%2Fsea%2Fgreece-shows-interest-in-buying-ran-ffgs&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.asiapacificdefensejournal.com/2019/05/australia-preparing-possible-transfer.html">"Australia preparing possible transfer of 2 Adelaide-class frigates to Chile"</a>. <i>Asia Pacific Defense Journal</i>. 30 May 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">29 May</span> 2017</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Naval+Today&rft.atitle=Retired+Australian+frigate+leaves+Sydney+for+scrapping&rft.date=2017-05-18&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnavaltoday.com%2F2017%2F05%2F18%2Fretired-australian-frigate-leaves-sydney-for-scrapping%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://cockburnexpress.online/ex-hmas-darwin-to-be-scrapped-at-henderson/">"Ex-HMAS Darwin to be scrapped at Henderson"</a>. <i>Cockburn Express</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">30 January</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Cockburn+Express&rft.atitle=Ex-HMAS+Darwin+to+be+scrapped+at+Henderson&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fcockburnexpress.online%2Fex-hmas-darwin-to-be-scrapped-at-henderson%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Citation">Citation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Citation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Books">Books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFrame1992" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Frame_(bishop)" title="Tom Frame (bishop)">Frame, Tom</a> (1992). <i>Pacific Partners: a history of Australian-American naval relations</i>. Rydalmere, NSW: Hodder & Stoughton. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-340-56685-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-340-56685-X"><bdi>0-340-56685-X</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/27433673">27433673</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Pacific+Partners%3A+a+history+of+Australian-American+naval+relations&rft.place=Rydalmere%2C+NSW&rft.pub=Hodder+%26+Stoughton&rft.date=1992&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F27433673&rft.isbn=0-340-56685-X&rft.aulast=Frame&rft.aufirst=Tom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJones2001" class="citation book cs1">Jones, Peter (2001). "1972–1983: Towards Self-Reliance". In Stevens, David (ed.). <i>The Royal Australian Navy</i>. The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III). South Melbourne, VIC: Oxford University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-555542-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-555542-2"><bdi>0-19-555542-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/50418095">50418095</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=1972%E2%80%931983%3A+Towards+Self-Reliance&rft.btitle=The+Royal+Australian+Navy&rft.place=South+Melbourne%2C+VIC&rft.series=The+Australian+Centenary+History+of+Defence+%28vol+III%29&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2001&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F50418095&rft.isbn=0-19-555542-2&rft.aulast=Jones&rft.aufirst=Peter&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMacDougall2002" class="citation book cs1">MacDougall, Anthony Keith (2002) [1991]. <i>Australians at war: a pictorial history</i> (2nd (revised and expanded) ed.). Noble Park, Vic: The Five Mile Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-86503-865-2" title="Special:BookSources/1-86503-865-2"><bdi>1-86503-865-2</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/260099887">260099887</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Australians+at+war%3A+a+pictorial+history&rft.place=Noble+Park%2C+Vic&rft.edition=2nd+%28revised+and+expanded%29&rft.pub=The+Five+Mile+Press&rft.date=2002&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F260099887&rft.isbn=1-86503-865-2&rft.aulast=MacDougall&rft.aufirst=Anthony+Keith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFN.A.1990" class="citation journal cs1">N.A. (1990). "Australian Defence Boost". <i>Warship International</i>. <b>XXVII</b> (2): 192–194. <a href="/wiki/ISSN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0043-0374">0043-0374</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Warship+International&rft.atitle=Australian+Defence+Boost&rft.volume=XXVII&rft.issue=2&rft.pages=192-194&rft.date=1990&rft.issn=0043-0374&rft.au=N.A.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSaunders,_Stephen2008" class="citation book cs1">Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2008). <i>Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009</i>. Jane's Fighting Ships (111th ed.). Surrey: Jane's Information Group. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7106-2845-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7106-2845-9"><bdi>978-0-7106-2845-9</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/225431774">225431774</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Jane%27s+Fighting+Ships+2008%E2%80%932009&rft.place=Surrey&rft.series=Jane%27s+Fighting+Ships&rft.edition=111th&rft.pub=Jane%27s+Information+Group&rft.date=2008&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F225431774&rft.isbn=978-0-7106-2845-9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Journal_articles">Journal articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Journal articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFishGrevatt2008" class="citation journal cs1">Fish, Tim; Grevatt, Jon (24 June 2008). "Australia's HMAS Toowoomba test fires MU90 torpedo". <i>Jane's Navy International</i>. Jane's Information Group.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jane%27s+Navy+International&rft.atitle=Australia%27s+HMAS+Toowoomba+test+fires+MU90+torpedo&rft.date=2008-06-24&rft.aulast=Fish&rft.aufirst=Tim&rft.au=Grevatt%2C+Jon&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFish2008" class="citation news cs1">Fish, Tim (1 March 2008). "Australia's Adelaide ends 27 years of service". <i>Jane's Navy International</i>. Jane's Information Group.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jane%27s+Navy+International&rft.atitle=Australia%27s+Adelaide+ends+27+years+of+service&rft.date=2008-03-01&rft.aulast=Fish&rft.aufirst=Tim&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHooton1996" class="citation journal cs1">Hooton, E.R. (1 December 1996). "Perking-up the Perry class". <i>Jane's International Defence Review</i>. <b>9</b> (9). Jane's Information Group.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Jane%27s+International+Defence+Review&rft.atitle=Perking-up+the+Perry+class&rft.volume=9&rft.issue=9&rft.date=1996-12-01&rft.aulast=Hooton&rft.aufirst=E.R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFScott2007" class="citation journal cs1">Scott, Richard (12 December 2007). "Enhanced small-calibre systems offer shipborne stopping power". <i>International Defence Review</i>. Jane's Information Group.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=International+Defence+Review&rft.atitle=Enhanced+small-calibre+systems+offer+shipborne+stopping+power&rft.date=2007-12-12&rft.aulast=Scott&rft.aufirst=Richard&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="News_articles">News articles</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Adelaide-class_frigate&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: News articles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDraper2009" class="citation news cs1">Draper, Michelle (4 October 2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/old-warship-sunk-off-victorias-coast-20091004-ghqq.html">"Old Warship sunk off Victoria's coast"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald" title="The Sydney Morning Herald">The Sydney Morning Herald</a></i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20091004121052/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/old-warship-sunk-off-victorias-coast-20091004-ghqq.html">Archived</a> from the original on 4 October 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 October</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sydney+Morning+Herald&rft.atitle=Old+Warship+sunk+off+Victoria%27s+coast&rft.date=2009-10-04&rft.aulast=Draper&rft.aufirst=Michelle&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.smh.com.au%2Fbreaking-news-national%2Fold-warship-sunk-off-victorias-coast-20091004-ghqq.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKirk(and_staff)2008" class="citation news cs1">Kirk, Alexandra; (and staff) (2 January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/02/2130610.htm">"Dud frigates an inherited nightmare"</a>. <i>ABC News</i>. Australian Broadcasting Corporation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">22 April</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=ABC+News&rft.atitle=Dud+frigates+an+inherited+nightmare&rft.date=2008-01-02&rft.aulast=Kirk&rft.aufirst=Alexandra&rft.au=%28and+staff%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F2008%2F01%2F02%2F2130610.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHarveyWest,_Andrew2010" class="citation news cs1">Harvey, Ellie; West, Andrew (16 September 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.smh.com.au/environment/judge-orders-tough-new-rules-for-scuttling-20100915-15crw.html">"Judge orders tough new rules for scuttling"</a>. <i>The Sydney Morning Herald</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100918103720/http://www.smh.com.au/environment/judge-orders-tough-new-rules-for-scuttling-20100915-15crw.html">Archived</a> from the original on 18 September 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">20 September</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sydney+Morning+Herald&rft.atitle=Judge+orders+tough+new+rules+for+scuttling&rft.date=2010-09-16&rft.aulast=Harvey&rft.aufirst=Ellie&rft.au=West%2C+Andrew&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fenvironment%2Fjudge-orders-tough-new-rules-for-scuttling-20100915-15crw.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcPhedran2008" class="citation news cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ian_McPhedran" title="Ian McPhedran">McPhedran, Ian</a> (2 January 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080104091507/http://www.news.com.au/story/0%2C23599%2C22996234-2%2C00.html">"Frigates 'can't go to war' despite $1.4bn upgrade"</a>. <i>The Advertiser</i>. News Limited. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22996234-2,00.html">the original</a> on 4 January 2008<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 April</span> 2008</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Advertiser&rft.atitle=Frigates+%27can%27t+go+to+war%27+despite+%241.4bn+upgrade&rft.date=2008-01-02&rft.aulast=McPhedran&rft.aufirst=Ian&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fstory%2F0%2C23599%2C22996234-2%2C00.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AAdelaide-class+frigate" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMcPhedran2008" class="citation news cs1">McPhedran, Ian (19 November 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24673269-5001021,00.html">"Australia's naval frigates 'worth the wait'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i>The Daily Telegraph</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Australian Navy School of Underwater Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_units_and_formations_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Category:Military units and formations of the Royal Australian Navy">Units and Formations</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Command_(Australia)" title="Fleet Command (Australia)">Fleet Command</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Surface Force</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm_(RAN)" title="Fleet Air Arm (RAN)">Fleet Air Arm</a> (<a href="/wiki/723_Squadron_RAN" title="723 Squadron RAN">723 Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/725_Squadron_RAN" title="725 Squadron RAN">725 Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/808_Naval_Air_Squadron" title="808 Naval Air Squadron">808 Squadron</a>, <a href="/wiki/816_Squadron_RAN" title="816 Squadron RAN">816 Squadron</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy_Submarine_Service" title="Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service">Submarine Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Patrol_Boat_Group" title="Australian Patrol Boat Group">Patrol Boat Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Waterhen_(naval_base)" title="HMAS Waterhen (naval base)">Mine Warfare Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clearance_Diving_Branch_(RAN)" title="Clearance Diving Branch (RAN)">Clearance Diving Branch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Hydrographic_Service" title="Australian Hydrographic Service">Australian Hydrographic Service</a> (<a href="/wiki/Laser_Airborne_Depth_Sounder_Flight_RAN" title="Laser Airborne Depth Sounder Flight RAN">Laser Airborne Depth Sounder Flight</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Navy_Headquarters_(Australia)" title="Navy Headquarters (Australia)">Navy Headquarters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Navy Engineering, Regulation, Certification and Safety</li> <li>Navy Capability</li> <li>Navy People Training and Resources</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Creswell" title="HMAS Creswell">Royal Australian Naval College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ships and<br />equipment</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_Royal_Australian_Navy_ships" title="List of active Royal Australian Navy ships">Current fleet</a> (<a href="/wiki/Anzac-class_frigate" title="Anzac-class frigate"><i>Anzac</i>-class frigate</a>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Adelaide</i>-class frigate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Collins-class_submarine" title="Collins-class submarine"><i>Collins</i>-class submarine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canberra-class_landing_helicopter_dock" title="Canberra-class landing helicopter dock"><i>Canberra</i>-class landing helicopter dock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bay-class_landing_ship" title="Bay-class landing ship">Bay-class landing ship</a>, <a href="/wiki/Armidale-class_patrol_boat" title="Armidale-class patrol boat"><i>Armidale</i>-class patrol boat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Huon-class_minehunter" title="Huon-class minehunter"><i>Huon</i>-class minehunter</a>, <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sirius_(O_266)" title="HMAS Sirius (O 266)">HMAS <i>Sirius</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Leeuwin-class_survey_vessel" title="Leeuwin-class survey vessel"><i>Leeuwin</i>-class survey vessel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paluma-class_motor_launch" title="Paluma-class motor launch"><i>Paluma</i>-class motor launch</a>, <a href="/wiki/STS_Young_Endeavour" title="STS Young Endeavour"><i>Young Endeavour</i></a>, <a href="/wiki/Cape-class_patrol_boat" title="Cape-class patrol boat">Cape-class patrol boat</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ships_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy">All ships</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_aircraft_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="List of aircraft of the Royal Australian Navy">Aircraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Procurement_programme_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Procurement programme of the Royal Australian Navy">Naval procurement programme</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_equipment_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Category:Military equipment of the Royal Australian Navy">Equipment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craft_of_Opportunity_Program" title="Craft of Opportunity Program">Craft of Opportunity Program</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Australian_Navy_bases" title="List of Royal Australian Navy bases">Installations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleet_Base_East" title="Fleet Base East">Fleet Base East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Stirling" title="HMAS Stirling">Fleet Base West (HMAS <i>Stirling</i>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(air_station)" title="HMAS Albatross (air station)">HMAS <i>Albatross</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Cairns_(naval_base)" title="HMAS Cairns (naval base)">HMAS <i>Cairns</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Cerberus_(naval_base)" title="HMAS Cerberus (naval base)">HMAS <i>Cerberus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Coonawarra" title="HMAS Coonawarra">HMAS <i>Coonawarra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Creswell" title="HMAS Creswell">HMAS <i>Creswell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Harman" title="HMAS Harman">HMAS <i>Harman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Kuttabul_(naval_base)" title="HMAS Kuttabul (naval base)">HMAS <i>Kuttabul</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Moreton" title="HMAS Moreton">HMAS <i>Moreton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Penguin_(naval_base)" title="HMAS Penguin (naval base)">HMAS <i>Penguin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Waterhen_(naval_base)" title="HMAS Waterhen (naval base)">HMAS <i>Waterhen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Watson" title="HMAS Watson">HMAS <i>Watson</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_of_the_fleet_(Australia)" title="Admiral of the fleet (Australia)">Admiral of the Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Royal_Australian_Navy_admirals" title="Category:Royal Australian Navy admirals">List of admirals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Royal_Australian_Navy_personnel" title="Category:Royal Australian Navy personnel">List of personnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Royal_Australian_Navy_badges" title="Category:Royal Australian Navy badges">Badges</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy#Ranks_and_uniforms" title="Royal Australian Navy">Ranks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current<br />operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sovereign_Borders" title="Operation Sovereign Borders">Operation Sovereign Borders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Resolute" title="Operation Resolute">Operation Resolute</a></li> <li>Operation Highroad</li> <li>Operation Manitou</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="History of the Royal Australian Navy">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australia_Station" title="Australia Station">Australia Station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_navies_of_Australia" title="Colonial navies of Australia">Colonial navies of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jervois-Scratchley_reports" title="Jervois-Scratchley reports">Jervois-Scratchley reports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_I" title="Military history of Australia during World War I">World War I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_World_War_II" title="Military history of Australia during World War II">World War II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_Malayan_Emergency" title="Military history of Australia during the Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australia_in_the_Korean_War" title="Australia in the Korean War">Korean War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_Vietnam_War" title="Military history of Australia during the Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_Indonesia%E2%80%93Malaysia_Confrontation" class="mw-redirect" title="Military history of Australia during the Indonesia–Malaysia Confrontation">Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Navy_Help_Darwin" title="Operation Navy Help Darwin">Operation Navy Help Darwin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Force_East_Timor" title="International Force East Timor">International Force East Timor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_1991_Gulf_War" title="Australian contribution to the 1991 Gulf War">Gulf War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_contribution_to_the_2003_invasion_of_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq">Iraq War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_history_of_Australia_during_the_War_in_Afghanistan" title="Military history of Australia during the War in Afghanistan">Afghanistan War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_recent_Australian_warship_deployments_to_the_Middle_East" title="List of recent Australian warship deployments to the Middle East">Middle East deployments</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_honours_of_the_Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Battle honours of the Royal Australian Navy">Battle honours of the Royal Australian Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Royal_Australian_Navy_losses" title="List of Royal Australian Navy losses">List of Royal Australian Navy losses</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy_Memorial" title="Royal Australian Navy Memorial">Royal Australian Navy Memorial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Defence_(Australia)" title="Minister for Defence (Australia)">Minister for the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Australian_naval_aviation" title="Category:Australian naval aviation">Australian Naval Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy_Heritage_Centre" title="Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre">Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_White_Ensign" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian White Ensign">Australian White Ensign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_News_(Australia)" title="Navy News (Australia)">Navy News</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy_Helicopter_Flight_Vietnam" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam">Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Stores,_Kangaroo_Point" title="Naval Stores, Kangaroo Point">Naval Stores, Kangaroo Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esther_Williams_Trophy" title="Esther Williams Trophy">Esther Williams Trophy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Navy_League_of_Australia" title="Navy League of Australia">Navy League of Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_(Australia)" title="Admiral (Australia)">Admiral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Island_Naval_Chapel" title="Garden Island Naval Chapel">Garden Island Naval Chapel</a></li> <li>Royal Australian Navy Tridents Rugby League Team</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former<br />entities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Navy_(Australia)" title="Department of the Navy (Australia)">Department of the Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Royal_Australian_Naval_Service" title="Women's Royal Australian Naval Service">Women's Royal Australian Naval Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Naval_Nursing_Service" title="Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service">Royal Australian Naval Nursing Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Naval_Volunteer_Reserve" title="Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve">Royal Australian Naval Volunteer Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy_Beach_Commandos" title="Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos">Royal Australian Navy Beach Commandos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Naval_Bridging_Train" title="Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train">Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Commonwealth_Naval_Board" title="Australian Commonwealth Naval Board">Australian Commonwealth Naval Board</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" 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title="Category:Frigates of the Royal Australian Navy">List of frigates of the Royal Australian Navy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class_frigates" style=";wide;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oliver_Hazard_Perry" title="USS Oliver Hazard Perry"><i>Oliver Hazard Perry</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McInerney" title="USS McInerney"><i>McInerney</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Genera%C5%82_Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko" title="ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko"><i>Wadsworth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Duncan_(FFG-10)" title="USS Duncan (FFG-10)"><i>Duncan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Gen._K._Pu%C5%82aski" title="ORP Gen. K. Pułaski"><i>Clark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_Philip" title="USS George Philip"><i>George Philip</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Samuel_Eliot_Morison" title="USS Samuel Eliot Morison"><i>Samuel Eliot Morison</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sides" title="USS Sides"><i>Sides</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Estocin" title="USS Estocin"><i>Estocin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Clifton_Sprague" title="USS Clifton Sprague"><i>Clifton Sprague</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_A._Moore" title="USS John A. Moore"><i>John A. Moore</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Antrim_(FFG-20)" title="USS Antrim (FFG-20)"><i>Antrim</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Flatley" title="USS Flatley"><i>Flatley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fahrion" title="USS Fahrion"><i>Fahrion</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lewis_B._Puller_(FFG-23)" title="USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23)"><i>Lewis B. Puller</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jack_Williams" title="USS Jack Williams"><i>Jack Williams</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Copeland" title="USS Copeland"><i>Copeland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gallery" title="USS Gallery"><i>Gallery</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mahlon_S._Tisdale" title="USS Mahlon S. Tisdale"><i>Mahlon S. Tisdale</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Boone" title="USS Boone"><i>Boone</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stephen_W._Groves" title="USS Stephen W. Groves"><i>Stephen W. Groves</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reid_(FFG-30)" title="USS Reid (FFG-30)"><i>Reid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stark" title="USS Stark"><i>Stark</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_L._Hall" title="USS John L. Hall"><i>John L. Hall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Jarrett" title="USS Jarrett"><i>Jarrett</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Aubrey_Fitch" title="USS Aubrey Fitch"><i>Aubrey Fitch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Underwood" title="USS Underwood"><i>Underwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Crommelin" title="USS Crommelin"><i>Crommelin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Curts" title="USS Curts"><i>Curts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Doyle_(FFG-39)" title="USS Doyle (FFG-39)"><i>Doyle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Halyburton" title="USS Halyburton"><i>Halyburton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McClusky" title="USS McClusky"><i>McClusky</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Klakring" title="USS Klakring"><i>Klakring</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thach" title="USS Thach"><i>Thach</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_De_Wert" title="USS De Wert"><i>De Wert</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rentz" title="USS Rentz"><i>Rentz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nicholas_(FFG-47)" title="USS Nicholas (FFG-47)"><i>Nicholas</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vandegrift" title="USS Vandegrift"><i>Vandegrift</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Robert_G._Bradley" title="USS Robert G. Bradley"><i>Robert G. Bradley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Taylor_(FFG-50)" title="USS Taylor (FFG-50)"><i>Taylor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gary_(FFG-51)" title="USS Gary (FFG-51)"><i>Gary</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Carr" title="USS Carr"><i>Carr</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hawes" title="USS Hawes"><i>Hawes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ford_(FFG-54)" title="USS Ford (FFG-54)"><i>Ford</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Elrod" title="USS Elrod"><i>Elrod</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Simpson_(FFG-56)" title="USS Simpson (FFG-56)"><i>Simpson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(FFG-57)" title="USS Reuben James (FFG-57)"><i>Reuben James</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Samuel_B._Roberts_(FFG-58)" title="USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58)"><i>Samuel B. Roberts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kauffman" title="USS Kauffman"><i>Kauffman</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rodney_M._Davis" title="USS Rodney M. Davis"><i>Rodney M. Davis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ingraham_(FFG-61)" title="USS Ingraham (FFG-61)"><i>Ingraham</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Navy" title="Royal Australian Navy">Royal Australian Navy</a><br /><small><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Adelaide</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Adelaide_(FFG_01)" title="HMAS Adelaide (FFG 01)"><i>Adelaide</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Canberra_(FFG_02)" title="HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)"><i>Canberra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(FFG_03)" title="HMAS Sydney (FFG 03)"><i>Sydney</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Darwin_(FFG_04)" title="HMAS Darwin (FFG 04)"><i>Darwin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(FFG_05)" title="HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)"><i>Melbourne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Newcastle" title="HMAS Newcastle"><i>Newcastle</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_Navy" title="Republic of China Navy">Republic of China Navy</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Cheng_Kung-class_frigate" title="Cheng Kung-class frigate"><i>Cheng Kung</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Cheng_Kung" title="ROCS Cheng Kung"><i>Cheng Kung</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Cheng_Ho" title="ROCS Cheng Ho"><i>Cheng Ho</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Chi_Kuang" title="ROCS Chi Kuang"><i>Chi Kuang</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Yueh_Fei" title="ROCS Yueh Fei"><i>Yueh Fei</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Tzu_I" title="ROCS Tzu I"><i>Tzu I</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Pan_Chao" title="ROCS Pan Chao"><i>Pan Chao</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Chang_Chien" title="ROCS Chang Chien"><i>Chang Chien</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ROCS_Tian_Dan" title="ROCS Tian Dan"><i>Tian Dan</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Navy" title="Spanish Navy">Spanish Navy</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa-class_frigate" title="Santa María-class frigate"><i>Santa María</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_Santa_Mar%C3%ADa" title="Spanish frigate Santa María"><i>Santa María</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_Victoria" title="Spanish frigate Victoria"><i>Victoria</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_Numancia" title="Spanish frigate Numancia"><i>Numancia</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_Reina_Sof%C3%ADa" title="Spanish frigate Reina Sofía"><i>Reina Sofía</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_Navarra" title="Spanish frigate Navarra"><i>Navarra</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_frigate_Canarias" title="Spanish frigate Canarias"><i>Canarias</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="Other_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Other operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Flag_of_Bahrain.svg/46px-Flag_of_Bahrain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Bahrain_Naval_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Bahrain Naval Force">Royal Bahrain Naval Force</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/RBNS_Sabha" title="RBNS Sabha"><i>Sabha</i></a> (ex-<i>Jack Williams</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Robert_G._Bradley" title="USS Robert G. Bradley"><i>Khalid Bin Ali</i></a> (ex-<i>Robert G. Bradley</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Naval_Ensign_of_Egypt.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Egypt.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Naval_Ensign_of_Egypt.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Egypt.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Naval_Ensign_of_Egypt.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Egypt.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Egyptian_Navy" title="Egyptian Navy">Egyptian Navy</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class_frigate" title="Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate"><i>Mubarak</i> class</a> / <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Hazard_Perry-class_frigate" title="Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate"><i>Alexandria</i> class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fahrion" title="USS Fahrion"><i>Sharm El-Sheik</i></a> (ex-<i>Fahrion</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lewis_B._Puller_(FFG-23)" title="USS Lewis B. Puller (FFG-23)"><i>Toushka</i></a> (ex-<i>Lewis B. Puller</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Copeland" title="USS Copeland"><i>Mubarak</i></a> / <a href="/wiki/USS_Copeland" title="USS Copeland"><i>Alexandria</i></a> (ex-<i>Copeland</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gallery" title="USS Gallery"><i>Taba</i></a> (ex-<i>Gallery</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Pakistan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_McInerney" title="USS McInerney"><i>Alamgir</i></a> (ex-<i>McInerney</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Polish_Navy" title="Polish Navy">Polish Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Gen._K._Pu%C5%82aski" title="ORP Gen. K. Pułaski"><i>Gen. K. Pułaski</i></a> (ex-<i>Clark</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ORP_Genera%C5%82_Tadeusz_Ko%C5%9Bciuszko" title="ORP Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko"><i>Generał Tadeusz Kościuszko</i></a> (ex-<i>Wadsworth</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/46px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkish_Naval_Forces" title="Turkish Naval Forces">Turkish Naval Forces</a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/G-class_frigate" title="G-class frigate">G class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Clifton_Sprague" title="USS Clifton Sprague"><i>Gaziantep</i></a> (ex-<i>Clifton Sprague</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Antrim_(FFG-20)" title="USS Antrim (FFG-20)"><i>Giresun</i></a> (ex-<i>Antrim</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Flatley" title="USS Flatley"><i>Gemlik</i></a> (ex-<i>Flatley</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reid_(FFG-30)" title="USS Reid (FFG-30)"><i>Gelibolu</i></a> (ex-<i>Reid</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mahlon_S._Tisdale" title="USS Mahlon S. Tisdale"><i>Gökçeada</i></a> (ex-<i>Mahlon S. Tisdale</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_A._Moore" title="USS John A. Moore"><i>Gediz</i></a> (ex-<i>John A. Moore</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Samuel_Eliot_Morison" title="USS Samuel Eliot Morison"><i>Gökova</i></a> (ex-<i>Samuel Eliot Morison</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Estocin" title="USS Estocin"><i>Göksu</i></a> (ex-<i>Estocin</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_active_ships_of_the_Chilean_Navy#Frigates" title="List of active ships of the Chilean Navy">Commissioned ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Adelaide</i> class</a> (2020–Present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Newcastle" title="HMAS Newcastle"><i>Capitán Prat</i> (FFG-11)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Melbourne_(FFG_05)" title="HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)"><i>Almirante Latorre</i> (FFG-14)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_decommissioned_ships_of_the_Chilean_Navy" title="List of decommissioned ships of the Chilean Navy">Decommissioned ships</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Jacob_van_Heemskerck-class_frigate" title="Jacob van Heemskerck-class frigate"><i>Jacob van Heemskerck</i> class</a> (2005–2020)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Witte_de_With_(F813)" title="HNLMS Witte de With (F813)"><i>Capitán Prat</i> (FFG-11)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HNLMS_Jacob_van_Heemskerck_(F812)" 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0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Joliette" title="HMCS Joliette"><i>Iquique</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Glace_Bay_(K414)" title="HMCS Glace Bay (K414)"><i>Esmeralda</i></a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMCS_Sea_Cliff_(K344)" class="mw-redirect" title="HMCS Sea Cliff (K344)"><i>Covadonga</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Chile.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/100px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Flag_of_Chile.svg/150px-Flag_of_Chile.svg.png 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