Hunter-class frigate
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The Hunter-class frigate is a future class of six heavy frigates for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to replace the Anzac class.
Artist's impression of the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate. | |
Class overview | |
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Builders | BAE Systems Australia, Osborne |
Operators | Royal Australian Navy |
Preceded by | Anzac class |
Cost | |
Built | From 2024 |
In commission | From 2034 |
Planned | 6 (from 9) |
Building | 1 |
Cancelled | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Frigate/destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 151.4 m (496 ft 9 in)[5] |
Beam | 21.4 m (70 ft 3 in)[6] |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 27+ knots |
Range | 7,000 nmi (13,000 km; 8,100 mi) in electric motor drive[7] |
Complement | 180 personnel, with accommodation for 208 |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Electronic warfare & decoys | Nulka decoy launchers |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | |
Notes |
The genesis of the Future Frigate Program came in 2009, when the Rudd government’s Defence White Paper signalled Australia’s intent to "acquire a fleet of eight new Future Frigates, which will be larger than the Anzac-class vessels" with a focus on anti-submarine warfare.[11] With an initial tender expected in 2019–20, in 2014 the Abbott government announced that work had been brought forward, funding a preliminary design study focused on integrating a CEAFAR radar and Saab combat system on the hull of the Hobart-class destroyer.
Following a report by the RAND Corporation into options for Australia's naval shipbuilding industry, the Government announced an $89 billion naval shipbuilding plan. This plan brought the schedule of the Future Frigate Program forward by three years and announced a "continuous onshore build program to commence in 2020" in South Australia.[12] A competitive evaluation process was announced in April 2016, and a request for tender was released in March 2017 to three contenders: Navantia, Fincantieri, and BAE Systems as part of a competitive evaluation process.[13] The program is expected to cost AU$35 billion.
In June 2018, the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate was selected as the winner.[14][15][16][17]