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Swan 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Swan	50		Williamstown DYd	16.8.1965	16.12.1967	20.1.1970	decommissioned 9.1996, scuttled 14.12.1997
Torrens	53		Cockatoo I DYd	12.8.1965	28.9.1968	19.1.1971	decommissioned 9.1998, sunk as target 14.6.1999

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2150
Displacement full, t	2560
Length, m	109.7 pp 112.7 oa
Breadth, m	12.5
Draught, m	3.90 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets ASR geared steam turbines, 2 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	30000
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	oil 370
Endurance, nm(kts)	4500(12)
Armament	1 x 4 Seacat GWS22 SAM (24 Seacat), 1 x 1 Ikara ASuM (30 Ikara), 1 x 2 - 120/45 Mk 6, 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo Mk 10 ASWRL
Electronic equipment	type 293, LW-02, WM-22, SGR-301 radars, type 162, type 170, type 177M, type 185 sonars
Complement	247

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Project history

The two cancelled Yarra class were re-ordered nine years later to a modified design which incorporated many features of the RN Leander class. The forecastle deck was extended right aft and a new continuous two-decked superstructure and streamlined funnel replaced the former light super structure. The air warning radar antenna was mounted on a new stump mainmast, but no provision was made for a helicopter hangar.

Modernizations

1985, both: - 1 x 3 - 305 Limbo ASWRL, type 293 radar, type 170, type 177M sonars; + 2 x 3 - 324 TT, WM-44 radar, Mulloka sonar

Naval service

No significant events.