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- For other ships of this name, see HMAS Melbourne.
HMAS Melbourne docked at Fleet Base East
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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
AMECON |
| Laid down: |
12 July 1985 |
| Launched: |
5 May 1989 |
| Commissioned: |
15 February 1992 |
| Status: |
Active |
| Homeport: |
Fleet Base East |
| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
4,100 tonnes full load |
| Length: |
138 m |
| Beam: |
14 m |
| Draught: |
7.5 m |
| Propulsion: |
2 × General Electric LM 2500 gas turbines providing 41,000 hp (490 kW) |
| Speed: |
29 knots |
| Range: |
4,500 miles at 20 knots |
| Complement: |
184 (not including aircrew) |
| Armament: |
Mk 13 launcher for Harpoon and SM-1 missiles; 1 × 3 in OTO Melara; 1 × 20 mm Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS; 2 x triple 324 mm Mk 32 torpedo tubes |
| Aircraft carried: |
2 x S-70B Seahawk |
| Motto: |
"Vires Acquirit Eundo" |
| Badge: |
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HMAS Melbourne [1] (FFG 05) is an Adelaide class guided missile frigate laid down by AMECON at Williamstown in Victoria on 12 July 1985, launched on 5 May 1989 and commissioned on 15 February 1992.
Melbourne has seen active service on four occasions since commissioning. Her first tour was to the Persian Gulf in 1996 followed by a deployment to East Timor in 1998 operating in support of INTERFET and United Nations forces. In 2002, Melbourne participated in the third rotation of RAN ships to the Persian Gulf as part of Operation Slipper where she enforced United Nations sanctions against Iraq. In 2003, the ship returned to Iraqi waters in support of Operation Catalyst protecting Iraqi territorial waters following Operation Iraqi Freedom.
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