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The Ballarat class destroyers were intended to replace the Daring class destroyers and supplement the Perth class destroyers. They were originally intended to be part of an Anglo-Australian project, however British participation ended with the Australian insistance that American weapons be used. The design borrows a lot from the British Type 42 destroyer.

The first was commissioned in 1980, and the last in 1985. The ships of the class are as follows:

• HMAS Ballarat (decommissioned 2007)
• HMAS Toowoomba
• HMAS Lismore
• HMAS Goulburn

Specifications

Displacement	4,200 tons full load
Length	129m
Machinery	COGOG 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus gas turbines (high speed) 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne gas turbines (cruise speed)
Speed	30 kts
Armament	One 5 inch (127mm/L54) Mk-45 (lightweight gun) Two 20mm Phalanx CIWS 8 RGM-84 Harpoons in 2 quad launchers 1 Mk 13 guided missile launching system (GMLS), 40 round capacity Standard Missiles (Harpoon possible, but never carried) 2 Mk 32 Triple Torpedo Tubes for Mk 46/MU90 Torpedoes 4 0.50 cal FN M2HB-QCB Heavy Machine Guns Mountings for 7.62mm MAG 58 GPMG
Aircraft	2 S-70B-2 Seahawk

Ship Profile

Profile of the Ballarat class Destroyer