| Ex HMAS Canberra Photos |
Ship Specifications: Built by Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation Seattle, Washington, USA Keel laid 1 March 1978 Launched 1 December 1978 Commissioned 21 March 1981 Length 138.1 metres (453 feet) Beam 14.3 metres (47 feet) Draught 7.5 metres (25 feet) Displacements 4,100 tonne (4,519 short tons) Ship's Company Approximately 210, Armament Mark 13 Guided Missile Launcher - Harpoon anti-surface missile - Standard anti-aircraft missile Combat systems 76mm rapid fire gun, Harpoon anti-ship missiles, Standard surface to air missiles, Phalanx Mk15 close-in weapon system, 2 triple anti-submarine torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes, Propulsion Two General Electric LM 2500 Gas Turbines developing 30,000 kilowatts (40,231 horsepower) Two 270 kilowatts (362 horsepower) Electric Drive Auxiliary Propulsion Units, Single Controllable Reversible Pitch Propellor, Maximum Speed More than 30 knots (56 kpm), Range 7,250 kilometres (4,505 miles) at 20 knots (37 kpm), Aircraft carried Two S-70B Sea Hawk helicopters,
Motto "For Queen And Country"
Canberra scuttling photos captured by Michael Steinmann 3rd & 4th Oct. 2009
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