F45 HMAS Murrumbidgee

Specifications

• Complement: 224

Displacement

• Light – 3,100 tonnes
• Full Load – 4,185 tonnes

Dimensions

• Length –134 metres
• Beam – 14.5 metres
• Draught- 7.3 metres

Propulsion

• Shafts – 2
• Engines – 4 x Ferguson 12V786-E Diesels
• Total Power – 32,500bhp
• Speed – 32 knots
• Range – 8,000nm @ 15 knots

Armament

• Guns – 1 x FMC Mk42 127mm, 2 x 40mm Bofors
• SAM Launchers – 2 x Short Brothers Seacat GWS 22 Launchers
• ASW Launchers – 1 x Ikara Launcher
• Torpedos – 2 x triple Mk32 Tubes

Decoys

• 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk36 (6 barrel)

Radars

• Air Search/Fire Control – Lockheed AN/SPS-40D
• Fire Control (Gun Control) – Signal WM-28
• Surface Search - 1 x Norden AN/SPS-67
• Navigation - 1 x Kelvin Hughes 1006

Sonar

• 1 x Hughes SQS-53C (bow mounted)

Aircraft

• 1 x Westland SK-50A ASW Helicopter