HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05)

HMAS Melbourne in June 2018
History
Australia
Name	Melbourne
Namesake	City of Melbourne
Ordered	1980
Builder	Australian Marine Engineering Consolidated
Laid down	12 July 1985
Launched	5 May 1989
Commissioned	15 February 1992
Decommissioned	26 October 2019
Identification	MMSI number: 503107000 Callsign: VKLP
Motto	"Vires Acquirit Eundo" (She gathers strength as she goes)
Honours and awards	Battle honours: East Timor 2000 Persian Gulf 2002 plus three inherited honours
Fate	Sold to Chile
History
Chile
Name	Almirante Latorre
Namesake	Juan José Latorre
Commissioned	15 April 2020
General characteristics
Class and type	Adelaide-class guided missile frigate
Displacement	4,100 tons
Length	138.1 m (453 ft) overall
Beam	13.7 m (45 ft)
Draught	7.5 m (25 ft)
Propulsion	2 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines, 41,000 horsepower (31,000 kW), 1 shaft 2 × 650-horsepower (480 kW) auxiliary propulsors
Speed	29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	184 (including 15 officers, not including aircrew)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-49 air search radar AN/SPS-55 surface search and navigation radar SPG-60 fire control radar (Mark 92 fire control system) mulloka hull-mounted sonar
Armament	1 × Mark 13 Missile Launcher for Harpoon and Standard missiles 1 × 8-cell Mark 41 VLS with Evolved Sea Sparrow missiles 2 × Mark 32 torpedo tubes 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 1 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS Up to 6 x 12.7-millimetre (0.50 in) machine guns 2 × M2HB .50 calibre Mini Typhoons (fitted as required)
Aircraft carried	2 × S-70B Seahawk or 1 × Seahawk and 1 × AS350B Squirrel

HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, which entered service in 1992. Melbourne has been deployed to the Persian Gulf on several occasions, and served as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce in 2000. On 26 October 2019, Melbourne was decommissioned from the RAN, subsequently being transferred to Chile. The ship was commissioned into the Chilean Navy as Almirante Latorre on 15 April 2020.