Hobart Class

Australia’s Hobart Class Air Warfare Destroyers

In January 2006 the Government announced that the AWDs would be named HMAS Hobart, HMAS Brisbane and HMAS Sydney ensuring the three ships reflect a rich history of service.

The Hobart Class will be capable across the full spectrum of joint maritime operations, from area air defence and escort duties, right through to peacetime national tasking and diplomatic missions. The Royal Australian Navy will undergo a quantum leap in its air warfare capability when the Hobart Class enters service.

Since entering service with the Spanish Armada, the F100 surface combatants have worked with US forces in the Persian Gulf as the first foreign Aegis-equipped ship to be fully integrated into a US Navy Carrier Strike Group and F100s have successfully been deployed as the flagship of NATO’s Maritime Group Standing Reaction Force.

The Hobart Class AWDs will be equipped with an Australianised Aegis combat system to ensure they possess the most up to date combat technologies available. These technologies ensure the Hobart Class meets the specific and demanding capability requirements of the Royal Australian Navy.

The Hobart Class combat system, with the Aegis system as the core is amongst the most advanced maritime air warfare capabilities available and ensures the Navy has unprecedented levels of interoperability with Australia’s coalition partners and allies. When the AWDs enter service in the middle of the next decade, there will be around 100 Aegis equipped ships operating across the globe giving the Navy access to the updates offered by the US and other in-service navies.

Ships

Ship	Pennant	Class	Commissioned
HMAS Brisbane (III)		Hobart Class
HMAS Hobart (III)		Hobart Class
HMAS Sydney (V)		Hobart Class