HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)
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| HMAS Melbourne (III) | |
| Adelaide class | |
 The HMAS Melbourne in Hawaii, in 2009 |
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| Overview | |
| Type | frigate |
| Shipyard |
Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated |
| Order | 1980 |
| Keel laying | July 12, 1985 |
| Launch | May 5th 1989 |
| Namesake | Australian city Melbourne |
| Commissioning | February 15, 1992 |
| Decommissioning | October 26, 2019 |
| home port | Sydney (Fleet Base East) |
| Whereabouts | Sold to Chile in 2019 |
| 2. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | April 15, 2020 |
| Technical specifications | |
| See: Adelaide Class | |
| Identifier (Australia) |
FFG 05 |
| Identifier (Chile) |
FFG 14 |
The HMAS Melbourne (III) was an Adelaide-class frigate of the Royal Australian Navy . It is the fifth unit in its class and named after the Australian city of Melbourne in the state of New South Wales . In 2019 it was sold to Chile and put into service there as Almirante Latorre (FFG-14) in 2020 .
history
The HMAS Melbourne was based on the American Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate on 12 July 1985 at the shipyard Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated in Williamstown in the state of Victoria to put Kiel . It was launched on May 5, 1989 and put into service on February 15, 1992.
From January 20 to February 23, 2000, Melbourne was part of the International Force East Timor during the 1999 East Timor crisis , which was under Australian leadership. She replaced her sister ship HMAS Newcastle in the sea area off East Timor .
In 2002, the Australian Navy dispatched the ship to the Persian Gulf to participate in the UN sanctions against Iraq . A year later took Melbourne on Iraq war part and returned to the Gulf. In 2010 the frigate was sent into the Arabian Sea as part of Operation Slipper . There she also took part in patrols against piracy off the coast of Somalia . In 14 cases, the ship received distress signals from threatened merchant ships, including the British tanker MV CPO China on January 3, 2011. The crew had holed up inside the ship and were waiting for help. As the Melbourne approached , the pirates fled. The Melbourne returned to Sydney on February 18, 2011.
Her last voyage in the Royal Australian Navy ended the Melbourne on September 27, 2019. On October 26, 2019, she was decommissioned.
In December 2019 she was sold to Chile together with the sister ship HMAS Newcastle (FFG 06) . There she was put into service as Almirante Latorre on April 15, 2020.
Awards (as Melbourne)
Awards include two Battle Honors , one for their service in the International Force East Timor and another for their service in the Persian Gulf in 2002 during the War on Terror . Furthermore, three Battle Honors were taken over from their predecessor ships for the conquest of Rabaul in 1914, service in the North Sea from 1916 to 1918 and for use in Malaysian waters from 1964 to 1966.
Name predecessor
As Melbourne was the ship is the third unit of the Australian Navy to bear this name. Name predecessor was a light cruiser of the Town Class of 1912 and an aircraft carrier of Majestic Class of 1943 .
As the Almirante Latorre , the ship is the fifth unit of the Chilean Navy of that name. Predecessors in its name were the battleship Almirante Latorre (1921 to 1958), a cruiser of the TreKronor class (1971 to 1984), a destroyer of the County class (1986 to 1998) and a frigate of the Jacob van Heemskerck class (2005 to 2020).
Web links
- HMAS Melbourne (III) on the official website of the Royal Australian Navy
Individual evidence
- ↑ David Stevens: Strength Through Diversity. The combined naval role in operation stabilize ( SPC Working Papers , Volume 20). Sea Power Center, Canberra 2007, ISBN 978-0-642-29676-4 ; navy.gov.au ( Memento from September 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ; PDF); Retrieved April 20, 2012
- ↑ HMAS Melbourne disrupts pirate attack in Arabian Sea . defense.gov.au, accessed April 20, 2012.
- ↑ Kate Creedon: HMAS Melbourne: The last of a legacy decommissioned in Naval ceremony. In: 9news. October 26, 2019, accessed April 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Nicolás García: La Armada de Chile recibe las fragatas antiaéreas Capitán Prat y Almirante Latorre. In: infodefensa.com. April 16, 2020, accessed April 19, 2020 (Spanish).