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| Career |
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| Ordered: |
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| Laid down: |
3 July 1981 |
| Launched: |
26 March 1982 |
| Commissioned: |
21 July 1984 |
| Decommissioned: |
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| Fate: |
Active |
| Struck: |
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| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
4,100 tons |
| Length: |
138 m |
| Beam: |
14 m |
| Draught: |
7.5 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 hp (490 kW) |
| Speed: |
29 knots |
| Range: |
4,500 miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: |
184 + aircrew |
| Armament: |
Mk 13 launcher for Harpoon and SM-1 missiles; 1 × 3 in OTO Melara; 1 × 20 mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; 2 x triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft: |
2 x S-70B Seahawk |
| Motto: |
"Resurgent" |
HMAS Darwin [1] (04), named for the capital city of the Northern Territory, is an Adelaide class guided missile armed frigate laid down by Todd Shipyards at Seattle in Washington on 2 July 1981, launched on 26 March 1982 and commissioned on 21 July 1984. She was the fourth and last ship of the six Adelaide class ships built for the Royal Australian Navy in the USA, with the final two ships being built in Australia.
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