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HMAS ''Canberra'' (FFG 02) was an ''Adelaide'' class guided missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Based on the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class design, ''Canberra'' was one of four ''Adelaide'' class ships constructed in the United States of America, and one of six to serve in the RAN. The frigate entered service in 1981. During her career, ''Canberra'' was assigned to escort the Royal Yacht ''Britannia'' during Queen Elizabeth II's visit in 1988, helped enforce the post-Gulf War United Nations' sanctions against Iraq during 1992 and 1993, was part of the Australian responses to the 1998 Indonesian riots and the 2000 Solomon Islands Civil War, and returned to the Persian Gulf in 2002 as part of the War in Afghanistan. In 2005, ''Canberra'' became the first ship of her class to be decommissioned. The frigate was marked for conversion into a dive wreck and artificial reef off Barwon Heads, Victoria, and was scuttled on 4 October 2009. ==Design and construction== (詳細はAustralian light destroyer project in 1973, the British Type 42 destroyer and the American ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigate were identified as alternatives to replace the cancelled light destroyers and the ''Daring''-class destroyers.〔Jones, in Stevens, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 220〕 Although the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' class was still at the design stage, the difficulty of fitting the Type 42 with the SM-1 missile, and the success of the ''Perth''-class acquisition (a derivative of the American ''Charles F. Adams''-class destroyer) compared to equivalent British designs led the Australian government to approve the purchase of two US-built ''Oliver Hazard Perry''-class frigates (including ''Canberra'') in 1976.〔〔Frame, ''Pacific Partners'', pp. 102, 162〕 A third was ordered in 1977, followed by a fourth, with all four ships integrated into the USN's shipbuilding program.〔Frame, ''Pacific Partners'', p. 162〕〔MacDougall, ''Australians at war'', p. 345〕〔Hooton, ''Perking-up the Perry class''〕 A further two ships were ordered in 1980, and were constructed in Australia.〔〔 As designed, the ship had a full load displacement of 3,605 tons, a length overall of , a beam of , and a draught of .〔Moore (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1977-78 '', p. 25〕〔 Starting in December 1991, ''Canberra'' was modified from the ''Oliver Hazard Perry'' FLIGHT II design to FLIGHT III, requiring a lengthening of the helicopter deck for the RAST helicopter recovery system, increasing displacement to 4,100 tons and pushing the overall length to .〔 Propulsion machinery consists of two General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, which provide a combined to the single propeller shaft.〔Sharpe (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1998-99'', p. 26〕 Top speed is , with a range of at .〔 Two electric auxiliary propulsors are used for close manoeuvring, with a top speed of .〔 Standard ship's company is 184, including 15 officers, but excluding the flight crew for the embarked helicopters.〔 Original armament for the ship consisted of a Mark 13 missile launcher configured to fire RIM-66 Standard and RGM-84 Harpoon missiles, supplemented by an gun and a Vulcan Phalanx point-defence system.〔〔 For anti-submarine warfare, two Mark 32 torpedo tube sets are fitted; originally firing the Mark 44 torpedo, the ''Adelaide''s later carried the Mark 46 torpedoes.〔 Up to six machine guns can be carried for close-in defence, and since 2005, two M2HB .50 calibre machine guns in Mini Typhoon mounts have been installed when needed for Persian Gulf deployments.〔〔Scott, ''Enhanced small-calibre systems offer shipborne stopping power''〕 The sensor suite includes an AN/SPS-49 air search radar, AN/SPS-55 surface search and navigation radar, SPG-60 fire control radar connected to a Mark 92 fire control system, and an AN/SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar.〔 Two helicopters can be embarked: either two S-70B Seahawk or one Seahawk and one AS350B Squirrel.〔 ''Canberra'' was laid down as the first ship of the ''Perry'' class's Flight II design by Todd Pacific Shipyards at Seattle, Washington on 1 March 1978, and launched on 1 December 1978.〔〔 ''Canberra'' was commissioned into the RAN on 21 March 1981.〔〔''No Name (FFG 18)'', United States Navy〕 The ship received the United States Navy hull number FFG-18 during construction.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「HMAS Canberra (FFG 02)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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