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Cairns 7/10/26
HMAS Sydney (DDG 42), named after the city of Sydney, New South Wales, is the third and final ship of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship is the fifth named after the city that has served the RAN.
Details

Class & typeHobart-class destroyer
Displacement7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load
Length147.2 m (482 ft 11 in)
Beam18.6 m (61 ft 0 in) maximum
Draught5.17 m (17 ft 0 in)
Propulsion
Combined diesel or gas (CODOG) arrangement
2 × General Electric Marine model 7LM2500-SA-MLG38 gas turbines, 17,500 kW (23,500 hp) each
2 × Caterpillar 3616 diesel engines, 5,650 kW (7,580 hp) each
2 × controllable pitch propellers
SpeedOver 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
RangeOver 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
186 + 16 aircrew
Accommodation for 234
Sensors &
processing systems
Aegis combat system
Lockheed Martin AN/SPY-1D(V) S-band radar
Northrop Grumman AN/SPQ-9B X-band pulse Doppler horizon search radar
Raytheon Mark 99 fire-control system with two continuous wave illuminating radars
2 × L3 Technologies SAM Electronics X-band navigation radars
Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems' Integrated Sonar System
Ultra Electronics Series 2500 electro-optical director
Sagem VAMPIR IR search and track system
Rafael Toplite stabilised target acquisition sights
Electronic warfare
& decoys
ITT EDO Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems ES-3701 ESM radar
SwRI MBS-567A communications ESM system
Ultra Electronics Avalon Systems multi-purpose digital receiver
Jenkins Engineering Defence Systems low-band receiver
4 × Nulka decoy launchers
4 × 6-tube multi-purpose decoy launchers
Armament
1 × Mark 45 Mod 4 5-inch gun
48-cell Mark 41 Vertical Launch System
RIM-66 Standard 2 missile
RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow missile
2 x 4-canister Naval Strike Missile launchers
2 × 2-tube Mark 32 Mod 9 torpedo launchers firing MU90 Impact torpedoes
1 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25mm M242 Bushmaster autocannons in Typhoon mounts
Aircraft carried1 x MH-60R Seahawk
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