HMAS Huon

HMAS Huon Statistics

Pennant	M 82
Class	Huon Class
Based	Sydney
Launched	25 July 1997
Commissioned	15 May 1999
Displacement	720 tonnes720,000 kg 720,000,000 g 1,587,327.84 lb 25,397,252.64 oz
Length	52.5 metres5,250 cm 0.0525 km 0.0326 mi 172.244 ft 2,066.929 in
Beam	9.9 metres990 cm 0.0099 km 0.00615 mi 32.48 ft 389.764 in
Armament	1 x 30mm DS30B gun 2 x Sutec Double Eagle mine disposal vehicles
Main Machinery	1 x Fincantieri diesel driving 1 x controllable pitch propeller 3 x Riva Calzoni auxillary propulsion units
Speed	14 knots7.202 m/s 25.928 km/h 0.0072 km/s 1,417.761 ft/min 23.629 ft/s (main engine) 6 knots (auxiliary propulsion units)
Company	36

HMAS Huon is the first of six Huon class minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy by Australian Defence Industries, Newcastle, NSW.

The ship is the most advanced of its type in the world. Like her sister ships, Huon is made of fibre reinforced plastic and has a unique single skin solid hull that has no ribs or frames and provides high underwater shock resistance and very low magnetic and noise levels. This hull is designed to flex inwards if an undersea explosion occurs nearby. All machinery/equipment is mounted on cradles or suspended from bulkheads to further enhance resistance to shock damage and protect ship systems.

The Huon class minehunters are all named after Australian rivers. Huon is the second RAN ship to carry the name. The first was a River class destroyer in commissioned service during World War I.