HMAS STUART (FFH153) seen at No. 4 Berth West in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia. 1/03/2020

Armament

1 x 5 inch (127mm) Mk45 Mod 2 Automatic fire gun
Mk41 vertical launch system with the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile
2 x Mk32 Mod 5 triple mounted torpedo tubes
4 x 50 calibre (12.7mm) machine guns

Specifications

Class and Type: Anzac Class Frigate
Flag: Australian | Home Port: Fleet Base West | Call Sign: VKCK
MMSI: 503113000 | Pennant: FFH 153
Year Built: 1999 | Country of Build: Australia | Builder: Tenix Defence Systems | Location of Yard: Williamstown
Keel Laid: 25.7.1998 | Launch Date: 17.4.1999 | Commissioned: 17.8.2002
Length: 118 m | Beam: 14.8 m | Draught: 4.5 m
Displacement: 3600 tonnes
Aircraft Carried: 1 × Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk
Crew: 177
Main Engines: 1 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbine engine, 2 x MTU 12V 1163 diesel engines
Propellers: 2 x controllable pitch propellers
Range: 6,000 nautical miles at 18 knots
Speed: 27 knots

Sister Ships (Anzac Class – based on the German MEKO 200 frigate.):

Royal Australian Navy (RAN)

HMAS ANZAC (FFH 150)
HMAS ARUNTA (FFH 151)
HMAS WARRAMUNGA (FFH 152)
HMAS PARRAMATTA (FFH 154)
HMAS BALLARAT (FFH 155)
HMAS TOOWOOMBA (FFH 156)
HMAS PERTH (FFH 157)

Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN)

HMNZS TE KAHA (F77)
HMNZS TE MANA (F111)