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Anzac class model
The Anzac class is a ship
class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal
Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New
Zealand Navy. During the 1980s, the RAN began
plans to replace the River-class destroyer escorts with
a mid-capability patrol frigate, and settled on the idea
of modifying a proven foreign design for Australian
conditions.
The
Anzac design is derived from Blohm + Voss' MEKO 200 PN
frigate. In addition to capability modifications
to meet RAN and RNZN requirements, the ships were
redesigned during the development phase to maximise the
involvement of Australian and New Zealand industries
through the use of locally sourced components: 80% of
the materials (by value) was locally sourced, and within
this, 20% must come from New Zealand. The Anzacs
were designed to German Navy standards, except where
Australian or United States standards were specifically
requested.
At the
time of construction, the main weapon for the Anzacs was
a 5-inch 54 calibre Mark 45 Mod 2 dual purpose gun.
The forward-mounted gun is capable of firing 32-kilogram
(71 lb) shells at a rate of 20 rounds per minute, to a
distance of 23 kilometres (14 mi). The barrel can
elevate to 65 degrees. This was supplemented by an
eight-cell Lockheed Martin Mark 41 Mod 5 vertical launch
system for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles as a point-defence
system. The Sea Sparrow is a semi-active radar
homing missile, with a 39-kilogram (86 lb) warhead, a
range of 14.6 kilometres (9.1 mi), and a top speed of
Mach 2.5. Two 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) machine
guns were fitted for close defense.
After
the ships were completed, both navies fitted Mark 32
3-tube torpedo launchers to their frigates. These
were taken from older ships where possible; for example,
Te Kaha's launchers came from Southland. The
launchers were configured to fire the Mark 46 Mod 5
torpedo, an active/passive homing torpedo with a range
of 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) at 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph),
and a 44-kilogram (97 lb) warhead.
The
radar suite includes a Raytheon SPS-49(V)8 ANZ radar for
aerial search and long-range surveillance, a Saab 9LV
453 Target Indication Radar for air and surface search,
an Atlas Elektronik 9600 ARPA navigational radar, and a
second Saab 9LV 453 unit for fire control. All
ships were initially fitted with a ThomsonSintra
Spherion B hull-mounted bow sonar, for active search and
attack operations.
Countermeasures and electronic warfare equipment fitted
at launch included Mark 36 SRBOC launchers, an SLQ-25A
towed torpedo decoy, four four-cell Nulka decoy
launchers, Racal Thorn modified Sceptre-A electronic
support measures (ESM) equipment, and a Telefunken
PST-1720 Telegon 10 radar intercept unit. The
Anzacs were fitted for but not with offboard active ECM
systems. The Sceptre-A equipment was unable to meet the
required performance specifications, and Thales UK
(which previously acquired Racal Thorn) was contracted
in 2001 to replace the units with the Centaur ESM.
The
core of the Anzacs' combat system was built around
CelsiusTech's (now Saab) 9LV 453 Mark 3 distributed
command and fire-control system.
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HMAS Ballarat (FFH 155) is an Anzac-class frigate of
the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The frigate was
laid down in 2000 and commissioned into the RAN in
mid-2004. Since entering service, Ballarat has been
involved in border protection as part of Operation
Relex II, was deployed to the Gulf for Operation
Catalyst, and was one of the two ships involved in
the Operation Northern Trident 2009 round-the-world
voyage.
We build this
primarily wood Anzac-class model ship the following sizes:
1/200 scale: 23" long,
1/144 scale: 32" long,
1/87: 53" long. Please contact us for prices
and lead time.
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Learn more about the
Anzac-class here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anzac-class_frigate
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