HMAS Ballarat
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| Commanding Officer | Commander Kevin Turner |
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| Pennant | FFH 155 |
| Class | Anzac Class |
| Based | Sydney |
| Laid down | 4 August 2000 |
| Launched | 25 May 2002 by Dr Susanna Herd, daughter of the President of the HMAS Ballarat Association (Victoria), Mr Robert Herd |
| Commissioned | 26 June 2004 |
| Displacement | 3600 tonnes3,600,000 kg 3.6e+9 g 7,936,639.2 lb 126,986,263.2 oz |
| Length | 118 metres11,800 cm 0.118 km 0.0733 mi 387.139 ft 4,645.669 in |
| Beam | 14.8 metres1,480 cm 0.0148 km 0.0092 mi 48.556 ft 582.677 in |
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| Speed | 27 knots13.89 m/s 50.004 km/h 0.0139 km/s 2,734.253 ft/min 45.571 ft/s |
| Company | 177 |
HMAS Ballarat is the second Royal Australian Navy ship to bear the name and is the eighth ANZAC Class Guided Missile Frigate to be built by Tenix Defence Systems in Williamstown , Australia.
Ballarat is a long-range frigate capable of air defence, surface and undersea warfare, surveillance, reconnaissance and interdiction. Ballarat is fitted with an advanced package of air and surface surveillance radars, omni-directional hull mounted sonar and electronic support systems which interface with the state-of-the-art 9LV453 Mk3 combat data system. The ship can counter simultaneous threats from aircraft, surface vessels and submarines.
The ship's main armament comprises one five inch (127 mm) gun capable of firing 20 rounds per minute, ship launched torpedoes and a vertical launch system for the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile. Other ship's defence systems include the Nulka active missile decoy system, offboard chaff and a torpedo countermeasures system.
A "combined diesel or gas" (CODOG) propulsion plant enables the ship to sustain sprint speeds of greater than 27 knots and allows an operational range in excess of 6,000 nautical miles at 18 knots.
The ship can embark a multi-role Sikorsky S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopter to enhance anti-submarine, anti-surface warfare and Search and Rescue capabilities. Embarkation of a helicopter also provides the ship with the capability to deliver air-launched torpedoes.
