![]() HMAS Hobart in December 2017
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Namesake | City of Hobart, Tasmania |
Ordered | 4 October 2007 |
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Laid down | 6 September 2012 |
Launched | 23 May 2015 |
Acquired | 16 June 2017 |
Commissioned | 23 September 2017 |
Homeport | Fleet Base East, Sydney |
Identification | MMSI number: 503617000 |
Motto | Grow with Strength |
Honours and awards | Nine inherited battle honours |
Status | Active as of 2021 |
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Class and type | Hobart-class destroyer |
Type | Air warfare/Guided missile destroyer |
Displacement | 7,000 tonnes (6,900 long tons; 7,700 short tons) full load |
Length | 147.2 metres (483 ft) |
Beam | 18.6 metres (61 ft) maximum |
Draught | 5.17 metres (17.0 ft) |
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Speed | Over 28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph) |
Range | Over 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Complement |
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Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 x MH-60R Seahawk |
HMAS Hobart (DDG 39), named after the city of Hobart, Tasmania, is the lead ship of the Hobart-class air warfare destroyers used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The ship, based on the Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate designed by Navantia, was built at ASC's shipyard in Osborne, South Australia from modules fabricated by ASC, BAE Systems Australia in Victoria, and Forgacs Group in New South Wales. Hobart was ordered in 2007, but errors and delays in construction caused extensive schedule slippage. Despite commissioning initially planned for December 2014, the ship was not laid down until September 2012, and launched in May 2015. The Department of Defence accepted delivery of HMAS Hobart on 16 June 2017.[1] The ship was commissioned on 23 September 2017.[2]