HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155)

	HMAS Ballarat with a US Navy helicopter in 2012
History
Australia
Namesake	City of Ballarat
Builder	Tenix Defence
Laid down	4 August 2000
Launched	25 May 2002
Commissioned	26 June 2004
Homeport	Fleet Base West, Perth
Identification	MMSI number: 503114000
Motto	"Defend the Flag"
Honours and; awards	Three inherited battle honours
Status	Active as of 2021
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General characteristics
Class and type	Anzac-class frigate
Displacement	3,810 tonnes full load
Length	118 m (387 ft)
Beam	15 m (49 ft)
Draught	4 m (13 ft)
Propulsion	1 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbine providing 30,000 hp (22.5 mW); 2 × MTU 12v 1163 TB83 diesels providing 8,840 hp (6.5 mW);
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement	approximately 22 Officers and 160 sailors
Sensors and ; processing systems	Sonars: Thomson Sintra Spherion B Mod 5; hull-mounted; active search and attack; medium frequency. Provision for towed array; Air search radar: Raytheon AN/SPS-49(V)8 ANZ (C/D-band); Search radar: CEA Technologies CEAFAR Active Phased Array Radar (S Band); Navigation: Kelvin Hughes Sharpeye (I-band); Passive Detection: Sagem Vampir NG Infrared Search/track; Target Illumination Radar: CEA Technologies CEAMOUNT Active Phased Array Illuminator (X Band); Combat data systems: Saab 9LV 453 Mk 3E.Link 11& Link16; Weapons control: Saab 9LV 453 radar/optronic director with CEA Solid State Continuous Wave Illuminator;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	ESM: Racal modified Sceptre A (radar intercept), Telefunken PST-1720 Telegon 10 (comms intercept); Countermeasures: Decoys: G & D Aircraft SRBOC Mk 36 Mod 1 decoy launchers for SRBOC, BAE Systems Nulka active missile decoy;
Armament	Guns: 1 × 5 in/54 (127 mm) Mk 45 Mod 2 gun, 2 × Rafael Mini Typhoon 12.7mm (.50 cal) CIWS, small arms; Missiles: 2 × 4 Harpoon Block II anti-ship missiles, Mk 41 Mod 5 VLS for Sea Sparrow and Evolved Sea Sparrow; Torpedoes: 2 × triple 324 mm Mk 32 Mod 5 tubes with MU 90 Torpedo;
Aircraft carried	1 × Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk
Notes	Post-Anti-Ship Missile Defence Project upgrade. See class article for original configuration.

HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) is an Anzac-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The frigate was laid down in 2000 and commissioned into the RAN in mid-2004. Since entering service, Ballarat has been involved in border protection as part of Operation Relex II, was deployed to the Gulf for Operation Catalyst, and was one of the two ships involved in the Operation Northern Trident 2009 round-the-world voyage. Ballarat has undergone the Anti-Ship Missile Defence (ASMD) upgrade, completing in 2015.

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