HMAS Yarra (DE 45)

HMAS Yarra (F07/DE 45), named for the Yarra River, was a River-class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The antisubmarine warship operated from 1961 to 1985.

For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Yarra.

HMAS Yarra (DE 45) underway circa 1962
History
Australia
NamesakeThe Yarra River
BuilderWilliamstown Naval Dockyard
Laid down9 April 1957
Launched30 September 1958
Commissioned27 July 1961
Decommissioned22 November 1985
Motto"Hunt and Strike"
Honours and
awards
FateBroken up for scrap
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General characteristics
Class and typeRiver-class destroyer escort
Displacement2,750 tons full load
Length112.8 m (370 ft)
Beam12.49 m (41.0 ft)
Draught5.18 m (17.0 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × English Electric steam turbines
  • 2 shafts; 30,000 shp total
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement250
Sensors and
processing systems
  • LW-02 long range air warning radar
  • 1979:
  • Mulloka sonar system
  • SPS-55 surface-search/navigation radar
  • Mark 22 fire control radar
Armament
  • Original:
  • 2 × 4.5-inch (110 mm) Mk 6 guns
  • 2 × Limbo Mk 10 anti-submarine mortars (both later removed)
  • 2 × 40-millimetre (1.6 in) Bofors (later removed)
  • '1965 refit:
  • 1 × quad Seacat SAM launcher
  • 1979 refit:
  • 1 × Ikara ASW system
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