HMA Ships Torrens and Yarra (background) underway
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History | |
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Australia | |
Namesake | The River Torrens |
Builder | Cockatoo Docks and Engineering Company Propriety Limited |
Laid down | 18 August 1965 |
Launched | 28 September 1968 |
Commissioned | 18 January 1971 |
Decommissioned | 1998 |
Motto | "Faith and Fortitude" |
Honours and awards | One inherited battle honour |
Fate | Sunk as target, 14 June 1999 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | River-class destroyer escort |
Displacement | 2,700 long tons (2,700 t) |
Length | 107 m (351 ft 1 in) |
Beam | 12.49 m (41 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 4.57 m (15 ft 0 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 250 |
Sensors and processing systems | 1991 Mulloka sonar system Radar, 8GR-301 surface-search/navigation radar – 1991 Refitted with Krupp Atlas ARPA 8600, LW-02 Long Range Air Search Radar, M22 Gun Fire Control System, M44, ELT-901 EW System |
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HMAS Torrens (DE 53) was a River-class destroyer escort of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Torrens entered service in 1971, and was active until her decommissioning in 1998.
The ship was sunk as a target by HMAS Farncomb in June 1999. Images and footage of the ship sinking have been used and adapted for various purposes, including in movies and as propaganda.