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HMAS DIAMANTINA
HMAS YARRA
Outbound Cairns 19/6/26
Details
Specifications
Role: mine warfare
Pennant: M87
International callsign: VLTH
Motto: Hunt and Strike
Home port: HMAS Waterhen
Builder: ADI Newcastle
Launched: 19 January 2002
Commissioned: 1 March 2003
Displacement: 732 tonnes
Length: 52.5 metres
Beam: 9.9 metres
Draught: 3 metres
Speed: 14 knots
Range: 1,600 nautical miles
Crew: 46
Machinery:
1 Fincantieri GMT diesel
3 Isotta Fraschini 1300 diesels
3 electrohydraulic motors
Riva Calzoni retractable/rotatable APUs
Guns: one MSI DS30B 30 mm
Physical countermeasures:
2 Bofors SUTEC Double Eagle Mk II mine disposal vehicles
2 MEL Aviation Super Barricade chaff launchers
Electronic countermeasures: AWADI Prism
Radars: Kelvin Hughes 1007
Sonars: GEC-Marconi Type 2093
Combat data systems: GEC-Marconi Nautis 2M
Weapon control systems: Radamec 1400N optronic surveillance system
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