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HMAS Ballarat, Welcome to Halifax on Operation Northern Trident, an around the world deployment.
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Anzac Class Frigate. Built by Tenix Defence Systems at Williamstown, Victoria.3600 tonnes; 390 Feet long. 49 feet Beam.
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Foward 5 inch gun, 4x Harpoon Surface to Surface Missiles. Commissioned into the RAN on 26 June 2004.
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Midships shot, 2 triple torpedo tubes, VLS system for ESSM SAM. Ship's Motto: "Defend the Flag"
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. Speed 27+ Knots; Range 6000 Nautical iles @18 knots.
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Bow. Complement 170 Officers and crew.
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Gun and missiles. 5 inch 54 Mk. 45 Mod 2 Gun; Up to 8 Harpoon Anti shipping missiles.
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Superstructure. Mk. 41 Mod 5 Vertical Launch System above hangar.
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Midships shot. 2x 3 Mk. 32 Torpedo Tubes.
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Masts. SPS-49 (V)8 Air Search Radar.
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Bridge and Missile deck.
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Funnels, Hangar and Phalanx CIWS. 1 SH-60 Seahawk Helicopter is carried.
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Funnels, Love the red roo! Homeport is Fleet Base East, Sydney.
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Torpedo Tubes and RHIB.
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Helicopter Hangar.
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Hangar door.
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Flight deck.
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Longer view of flight deck.
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Aft 1/3.
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Profile.
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Theodore Tugboat weclcomes our Australian Friends to the Big Harbour.
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Portrait, what a Beauty. Based on the MEKO Frigate Family.
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Foremast.
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Detail of foremast.
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Long range search radar, tubes and RHIB.
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Aft mast detail shot.
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Dusk over Halifax.
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Sydney and Ballarat at sundown.
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Sea King flypast at dusk. Warning Grainey Pic!
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Next up, a series of HMAS Sydney's FFG-03 Port visit Halifax.
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