HMAS Sheean (SSG 77)

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Career Australia
HMAS Sheean at sea in the Western Australia Exercise Area.
Ordered:	?
Builder:	Australian Submarine Corporation
Laid down:	17 February 1994
Launched:	1 May 1999
Commissioned:	23 February 2001
Status:	Active
Homeport:	Fleet Base West
General Characteristics
Displacement:	Surfaced: 3,051 tonnes Submerged: 3,353 tonnes
Length:	77.8 metres
Beam:	7.8 metres
Draught:	6.8 metres
Propulsion:	1 × Jeumont Schneider main motor 7,050 hp (5.25 MW) 3 × Hedemora/Garden Island Type V18B/14 diesels 6,000 hp (4.42 MW) 3 × Jeaumont Schneider generators 5,630 hp (4.2 MW) 1 × shaft and a skew back propeller 1 × Mactaggart Scott dm 43006 hydraulic motor for emergency propulsion
Speed:	Surfaced: 10+ knots (18.5 km/h) Submerged: 20+ knots (37 km/h)
Range:	11,500 miles (at 10 knots surfaced) 9000 miles (at 10 knots snorting) 400 miles (at 4 knots dived)
Complement:	45 (8 Officers)
Sensors and processing systems:	Thales underwater systems scylla bow sonar Thales Underwater Systems GEC-Marconi Kariwara, Thomson Marconi Narama towed array or Allied Signal TB 23 Kelvin Hughes I-band navigation radar Thales optronics CK043 search and CH093 attack periscopes Anechoic tiles fitted
Electronic warfare and decoys:	Edo ES-5600 ESM, Argo AR-740 Strachan and Henshaw SSDE
Armament:	Boeing/Rockwell integrated system McDonnell Douglas UGM-84 Harpoon 6 × 21 in (533 mm) tubes for sub harpoon and Gould Mark 48 torpedo - total of 22 carried 44 mines in lieu of torpedoes Fitted for but not with Land Attack Cruise missiles with combat system AN/BYG 1 To be fitted : US Mk 48 ADCAP Combat System AN/BYG 1 based on Raytheon's CCS Mk 2
Motto:	Fight on
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HMAS Sheean (SSG 77), is a Collins class submarine laid down by the Australian Submarine Corporation at Osborne in South Australia on 17 February 1994, launched on 1 May 1999 by Mrs. Ivy Hayes, sister of Able Seaman Sheean and commissioned on 23 February 2001. HMAS Sheean is based at Fleet Base West in Western Australia.

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HMAS Sheean was named after Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean, who was lost when HMAS Armidale was sunk on 1 December 1942 off the Timorese coast. Armidale had survived two days of bombing before being struck by a Japanese aerial torpedo. During the action Ordinary Seaman Sheean was wounded and rather than abandoning ship with the rest of his shipmates, he strapped himself to the aft Oerlikon Gun and continued to fire at the attacking Japanese aircraft until Armidale sank. Sheean was 'mentioned in dispatches' for his bravery.

HMAS Sheean is the only Australian naval vessel to be named after a sailor, and the Submarine continues to maintain strong ties with Teddy Sheean's hometown of Latrobe, Tasmania.