HMAS Torrens (DE 53)

HMA Ships Torrens and Yarra (background) underway
History
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	2 × English Electric steam turbines 2 shaft; 30,000 shp (22,400 kW); 2 × JTA 500 kW generators from the steam turbines; 2 × KTA 500 kW generators powered from diesels.
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
Armament	2 × 4.5-inch (110 mm) Mark 6 guns 1 × Limbo anti-submarine mortar 1 × quad Seacat SAM launcher 1 × Ikara ASW system 2 × Mark 32 torpedo tubes – 1989

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.