HMAS Newcastle

HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06), named for the city of Newcastle, New South Wales, the largest provincial city in Australia, was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate. The last ship of the class to be constructed, Newcastle entered service with the Royal Australian Navy in 1993. During her career, the frigate has operated as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce, served in the Persian Gulf, and responded to the 2006 Fijian coup d'état. The frigate was decommissioned on 30 June 2019 and transferred to the Chilean Navy on 15 April 2020 and renamed as Capitán Prat (FFG 11).

For other ships with the same name, see Chilean ship Capitán Prat.

HMAS Newcastle in 2010
History
Australia
NameNewcastle
NamesakeCity of Newcastle
BuilderAustralian Marine Engineering Consolidated
Laid down21 July 1989
Launched21 February 1992
Commissioned11 December 1993
Decommissioned30 June 2019
IdentificationMMSI number: 503108000
MottoEnterprise
Honours and
awards
  • Battle honours:
  • East Timor 1999–2000
  • Persian Gulf 2002–03
  • Middle East 2003–13
FateSold to Chile
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History
Chile
NameCapitán Prat
NamesakeArturo Prat
Commissioned15 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and typeAdelaide-class guided missile frigate
Displacement4,100 tons
Length138.1 m (453 ft) overall
Beam13.7 m (45 ft)
Draught4.5 m (15 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 41,000 horsepower (31,000 kW), 1 shaft
  • 2 × 650-horsepower (480 kW) auxiliary propulsors
Speed29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement184 (including 15 officers, not including aircrew)
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPS-49 air search radar
  • AN/SPS-55 surface search and navigation radar
  • AN/SPG-60 Radar fire control radar (Mark 92 fire control system)
  • AN/SQS-56 hull-mounted sonar
Armament
  • 1 × Mark 13 Missile Launcher for Harpoon and Standard missiles
  • 1 × 8-cell Mark 41 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles
  • 2 × Mark 32 torpedo tubes
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun
  • 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • Up to 6 x 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) machine guns
  • 2 × M2HB .50 calibre Mini Typhoons (fitted as required)
Aircraft carried2 × S-70B Seahawk or 1 × Seahawk and 1 × AS350B Squirrel (in RAN service)
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