HMAS Newcastle

HMAS Newcastle in 2010
History
Australia
Name	Newcastle
Namesake	City of Newcastle
Builder	Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated
Laid down	21 July 1989
Launched	21 February 1992
Commissioned	11 December 1993
Decommissioned	30 June 2019[1]
Identification	MMSI number: 503108000
Motto	Enterprise
Honours and awards	Battle honours: East Timor 1999–2000 Persian Gulf 2002–03 Middle East 2003–13
Fate	Sold to Chile
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Chile
Name	Capitán Prat
Namesake	Arturo Prat
Commissioned	15 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Adelaide-class guided missile frigate
Displacement	4,100 tons
Length	138.1 m (453 ft) overall
Beam	13.7 m (45 ft)
Draught	4.5 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
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	184 (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 carried	2 × S-70B Seahawk or 1 × Seahawk and 1 × AS350B Squirrel (in RAN service)

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).