Anzac class frigate
The eight Anzac class frigates are the most modern major surface units in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN.) They are a modified German MEKO 200 design. Two additional units were built for New Zealand and are sometimes known as the Te Kaha class frigates. All 10 units have been built at Williamstown, Victoria. Australian units are numbered FFH 150 - FFH 157. New Zealand units are numbered F 77 and F 111.
The RAN is in the process of acquiring 3 AEGIS air warfare destroyers, but has not yet selected a platform. A modified and upsized variant of the Anzac hull is a possibility.
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Units
| Name
| Pennant
| Laid down
| Launched
| Commissioned
| Service
| Home port
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| Anzac
| FFH 150
| November 5, 1993
| September 16, 1994
| May 18, 1996
| RAN
| Fremantle
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| Te Kaha
| F77
| September 19, 1994
| July 22, 1995
| July 26, 1997
| RNZN
| Auckland
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| Arunta
| FFH 151
| July 22, 1995
| June 28, 1996
| December 12, 1998
| RAN
| Fremantle
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| Te Mana
| F111
| June 28, 1996
| May 10, 1997
| December 10, 1999
| RNZN
| Auckland
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| Warramunga
| FFH 152
| July 26, 1997
| May 23, 1998
| March 28, 2001
| RAN
| Fremantle
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| Stuart
| FFH 153
| July 25, 1998
| April 17, 1999
| August 17, 2002
| RAN
| Sydney
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| Parramatta
| FFH 154
| June 4, 1999
| June 17, 2000
| October 4, 2003
| RAN
| Sydney
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| Ballarat
| FFH 155
| August 4, 2000
| May 25, 2002
| June 26, 2004
| RAN
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| Toowoomba
| FFH 156
| July 26, 2002
| May 16, 2003
| Due 2005
| RAN
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| Perth
| FFH 157
| July 24, 2003
| 20 March 2004
| Due 2005
| RAN
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Last updated: 01-04-2007 01:18:57
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