HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) – Fotos y Video

HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) es el buque líder de las fragatas de la clase Anzac en uso con la Royal Australian Navy (RAN) y la Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Entrando en servicio australiano en 1996, la fragata operó como parte del grupo de trabajo de mantenimiento de la paz INTERFET en 1999. En 2003, participó en la Batalla de Al Faw, y se convirtió en el primer barco de la RAN en disparar con ira desde la Guerra de Vietnam. El barco está operativo a partir de 2016.

Fuente: HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) en Wikipedia

HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) is a frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She is the lead ship of the Anzac-class frigates, which are based on the German MEKO 200 design. HMAS Anzac was commissioned in 1996 and has participated in various operations and exercises, including the Iraq War, Operation Slipper, and RIMPAC. She is currently undergoing a major upgrade program to enhance her capabilities and extend her service life.
HMAS Anzac tiene un desplazamiento de 3.600 toneladas y una longitud de 118 metros. Está propulsado por un sistema de propulsión combinado diesel o gas (CODOG), que consta de dos turbinas de gas General Electric LM2500 y dos motores diesel MTU 12V1163 TB83. Puede alcanzar una velocidad máxima de 27 nudos y tiene un alcance de 6.000 millas náuticas a 18 nudos. Cuenta con una dotación de 163 personas.
HMAS Anzac is armed with a 5-inch Mark 45 gun, an eight-cell Mark 41 vertical launch system for Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles, two quad-canister Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers, two Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes for MU90 torpedoes, and a Phalanx close-in weapon system. She also carries an S-70B-2 Seahawk helicopter for anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare. She is fitted with various sensors and systems, including a Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 air search radar, a CelsiusTech 9LV 453 TIR fire control radar, a Thomson-CSF DUBV-23 hull-mounted sonar, and an Ultra Electronics Sonar Systems towed array sonar.
HMAS Anzac is named after the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), which fought in the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I. She is the third RAN ship to bear this name, after a destroyer that served from 1939 to 1944 and a battlecruiser that served from 1917 to 1934. Her motto is “United We Stand”.