HMAS Sheean

HMAS Sheean Statistics

Pennant	SSG 77
Class	Collins Class
Based	Perth
Launched	1 May 1999
Commissioned	23 February 2001
Displacement	3,350 tonnes3,350,000 kg 3.35e+9 g 7,385,483.7 lb 118,167,772.7 oz (submerged) 3,050 tonnes (surfaced)
Length	77.8 metres7,780 cm 0.0778 km 0.0483 mi 255.249 ft 3,062.992 in
Beam	7.8 metres780 cm 0.0078 km 0.00485 mi 25.591 ft 307.087 in
Armament	Six forward tubes for Mk 48 wire-guided torpedoes and Sub Harpoon missiles
Main Machinery	Diesel Electric, 1 x 5.4MW Jeumont Schneider main motor; 3 x Hedemora VB 210 18 cylinder diesel's; 3 x Jeumont Schneider Generators; single shaft
Speed	20 knots10.289 m/s 37.04 km/h 0.0103 km/s 2,025.372 ft/min 33.756 ft/s (submerged) 10 knots (surfaced)
Company	45

HMAS Sheean is the fifth Collins Class Submarine built by the ASC in Adelaide, Australia.

Sheean was named after Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean, who was lost when HMAS Armidale (I) was sunk on 1 December 1942 off the Timorese coast. Armidale (I) had survived two days of bombing before being struck by a Japanese aerial torpedo. During the action Ordinary Seaman Sheean was wounded and rather than abandoning ship with the rest of his shipmates, he strapped himself to the aft Oerlikon Gun and continued to fire at the attacking Japanese aircraft until Armidale (I) sank. Sheean was 'mentioned in dispatches' for his bravery.

Sheean is the only Australian naval vessel to be named after a sailor, and the Submarine continues to maintain strong ties with Teddy Sheean's hometown of Latrobe , Tasmania , Australia.