A 1972 concept for the the Hunter-class destroyer.
The Hunter-class destroyer is a class of destroyer developed for the Royal Australian Navy in the 1960s to replace the aging River-class destroyer escorts and Daring-class destroyers. The Hunter was launched in 1973 and commissioned in 1976. Ten of these vessels were built, all named after rivers in Australia.
- This is the AAOverse version of the Australian light destroyer that was planned in the 1960s and 1970s before the Australian government decided to purchase the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigates from the United States.
Specfications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1976-Present
- Characteristics
- Length: 425 feet (129.54 meters)
- Beam: 48 feet (14.63 meters)
- Draught: 16.8 feet (5.13 meters)
- Displacement: 4,200 tons (Standard); 5,200 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 210
- Propulsion: 2 x Rolls Royce Olympus, 2 x Rolls Royce Tyne, 2 x shafts, 100,000 shp
- Range: 6,000 nautical miles (11,112 km)
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/hr)
- Sensor Suite:
- Type 988 3D Air Search RDF
- Type 992Q Surface Search RDF
- Type 1006 Navigation RDF
- Type 996 E/F-band 3D Target Indication RDF
- Type 909 I/J-band Fire Control RDF
- Signaal WM-25 Fire Control RDF
- AN/SQS-504 Variable Depth ASDIC
- AN/SQS-505(V) Hull Mounted ASDIC
- Armament:
- 1 x SRC 5"/54-caliber naval guns
- 1 x GWS.30 Sea Dart AAM Launcher
- 2 x 4-cannister Mk.30 Missile Launchers (fires Thunderbolt AAMs)
- 2 x Ikara ASubM Launchers
- 2 x 4-canister Broadsword AshM Launchers
- 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires
- 1 x 25mm CIWS
- Aircraft Carried: 2 x Westland Commando helicopters
Unit Run[]
- HMAS Hunter River (D42)
- HMAS Mackenzie River (D43)
- HMAS Edward River (D44)
- HMAS Cumberland River (D45)
- HMAS Torrens River (D46)
- HMAS Arrowsmith River (D47)
- HMAS Cascade River (D48)
- HMAS Rubicon River (D49)
- HMAS Blackwood River (D50)
- HMAS Pioneer River (D51)