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HMAS Anzac (FFH 150)
Country	Australia
Role	Anzac-class frigate
Launched	16 September 1994
Status	Active as of 2016

HMAS Anzac (FFH 150) is the lead ship of the Anzac-class frigates in use with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Entering Australian service in 1996, the frigate operated as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce in 1999. In 2003, she was involved in the Battle of Al Faw, and became the first RAN ship to fire in anger since the Vietnam War. The ship is operational as of 2016.

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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 has a displacement of 3,600 tonnes and a length of 118 metres. She is powered by a combined diesel or gas (CODOG) propulsion system, which consists of two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines and two MTU 12V1163 TB83 diesel engines. She can reach a maximum speed of 27 knots and has a range of 6,000 nautical miles at 18 knots. She has a complement of 163 personnel.
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”.