An artist's impression of the light destroyer design as approved by the Government in August 1972
Class overview
Builders
Williamstown Naval Dockyard (planned)
Operators
Royal Australian Navy (planned)
Preceded by
Daring-class destroyer and early River-class destroyer escort
Succeeded by
Adelaide-class frigate
Built
1975–1984 (planned)
In commission
1980 (planned)
Planned
10 originally, later 3
Completed
0
General characteristics
Type
Light destroyer
Displacement
4,200 tons
Length
425 ft (129.5 m)
Beam
48 ft (14.6 m)
Propulsion
Two shafts each with one Rolls-Royce Olympus and one Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbine[2]
Speed
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range
Up to 6,000 mi (9,700 km)[1]
Complement
210
Sensors and processing systems
Automated combat data system[2]
Armament
One 5"/54 calibre Mark 45 gun[2]
Six Harpoon missiles[2]
Two double-barreled close-range guns
One Mk 13 missile launcher and Standard anti-aircraft missiles
Six anti-submarine torpedoes in two triple tube mounts
Aircraft carried
Two helicopters
Aviation facilities
Hangar and stern flight deck
Notes
Ship characteristics from Gillett (1988), p. 68[3]
The Australian light destroyer project aimed to build a class of small destroyers for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The project began in 1966 with the goal of developing simple light destroyers (DDL) to support patrol boat operations. The project was rescoped in 1969 when the Navy decided to use the ships to replace other destroyers as they retired, leading to an increase in the design's size and complexity. The construction of three DDLs was approved in 1972. Concerns over the ships' cost and technological risk led the government to cancel the DDL project in 1973 on the RAN's advice, and a variant of the United States' Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate was procured instead.
^Loxton (1973), p. 21
^ abcdKillen (1976), p. 34
^Gillett (1988), p. 68
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Royal Australian Navy (planned)