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词条 HMAS Hawkesbury (M 83)
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  1. Design and construction

  2. Operational history

  3. Citations

  4. References

  5. External links

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HMAS Hawkesbury (M 83), named for the Hawkesbury River, is the second {{sclass-|Huon|minehunter}} to have been built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by a joint partnership between Australian Defence Industries (ADI) and Intermarine SpA, Hawkesbury was constructed at ADI's Newcastle shipyard, and entered service in 2000.

The minehunter was active throughout the 2000s, and in addition to minehunting and training exercises, was one of several ships used to disprove the false wreck site of the hospital ship Centaur, was rotated onto border protection duties on several occasions, and participated in a formal fleet review. Although still commissioned as of 2016 and considered a part of the RAN fleet, Hawkesbury is one of two minehunters that have been in reserve since 2011, due to personnel shortages. {{As of|2018|11|6}} the vessel has been advertised for sale.[1]

Design and construction

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In 1993, the Department of Defence issued a request for tender for six coastal minehunters to replace the problematic Bay-class minehunters.[2] The tender was awarded in August 1994 to Australian Defence Industries (ADI) and Intermarine SpA, which proposed a modified Gaeta-class minehunter.[2][3]

Hawkesbury has a full load displacement of 732 tons, is {{convert|52.5|m}} long, has a beam of {{convert|9.9|m}}, and a draught of {{convert|3|m}}.[4] The ship's main source of propulsion is a single Fincantieri GMT BL230-BN diesel motor, which provides {{convert|1985|bhp}} to a single controllable-pitch propeller, allowing the ship to reach {{convert|14|kn}}.[5] It has a maximum range of {{convert|1600|nmi}} at {{convert|12|kn}}, and is able to stay at sea for 19 days.[4][5] The standard ship's company consists of six officers and 34 sailors, with accommodation for nine additional personnel who are typically trainees or clearance divers.[4] The vessel's main armament is a MSI DS30B 30 mm cannon, which is supplemented by two 0.50 calibre machine guns.[5] Its sensor suite includes a Kelvin-Hughes Type 1007 navigational radar, a GEC-Marconi Type 2093M variable-depth minehunting sonar, an AWADI PRISM radar warning and direction-finding system, and a Radamec 1400N surveillance system.[4] Two Wallop Super Barricade decoy launchers are also fitted.[4]

For minehunting operations, Hawkesbury uses three {{convert|120|hp}} Riva Calzoni azimuth thrusters to provide a maximum speed of {{convert|6|kn}}: two are located at the stern, while the third is sited behind the variable-depth sonar.[5] Mines are located with the minehunting sonar, and can be disposed of by the vessel's two Double Eagle mine disposal vehicles, the Oropesa mechanical sweep, the Mini-Dyad magnetic influence sweep, or the towed AMASS influence sweep (which is not always carried).[5] To prevent damage if a mine is detonated nearby, the ships were built with a glass-reinforced plastic, moulded in a single monocoque skin with no ribs or framework.[5] As the ships often work with clearance divers, they are fitted with a small recompression chamber.[4]

Hawkesbury was built by Australian Defence Industries in Newcastle, New South Wales, launched on 24 April 1998, and commissioned into the RAN on 12 February 2000.[4] Hawkesbury is based at Sydney naval base HMAS Waterhen, along with the majority of the RAN's mine warfare assets.[4]

Operational history

In May 2003, Hawkesbury and sister ship {{HMAS|Yarra|M 87|6}} were operating off the coast of Queensland on exercises.[6] During this, the two ships were tasked with checking the believed location of the shipwreck of AHS Centaur, a hospital ship sunk off Moreton Island during World War II, following several media stories indicating that the wreck at this location might not be the hospital ship.[6] These searches, followed up by the hydrographic survey ship {{HMAS|Melville|A 246|6}} a month later, found that the wreck had been incorrectly marked as Centaur when it had been discovered in 1995.[6]

As of 2008, Hawkesbury and sister ship {{HMAS|Huon|M 82|6}} were taking turns supporting border security operations.[7]

On the morning of 13 March 2009, Hawkesbury was one of seventeen warships involved in a ceremonial fleet entry and fleet review in Sydney Harbour, the largest collection of RAN ships since the Australian Bicentenary in 1988.[8] The minehunter did not participate in the fleet entry, but was anchored in the harbour for the review.{{Citation needed|date=September 2014}}

By October 2011, Hawkesbury and sister ship {{HMAS|Norman|M 84|6}} had been placed into reserve, and the Australian Department of Defence predicted that it would take five years to bring both back to operational status and train personnel to run the vessels.[9]

Citations

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.graysonline.com/sale/5035860/boats-marine-aircraft/unreserved-ex-military-huon-class-mhc-ships-eoi-online-auction?spr=true|title=Ex-Military Huon Class MHC Ships|publisher=Australian Frontline Machinery|date=6 November 2018|accessdate=6 November 2018}}
2. ^1 {{cite journal |date=1 June 1993 |title=Australia plans new mine warfare force |journal=Jane's International Defence Review |publisher=Jane's Information Group |volume=26 |issue=6}}
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/msd/sea1555/sea1555.cfm |title=Defence Materiel Organisation – Sea 1555 Project |accessdate=16 January 2007 |date=13 June 2006 |publisher=Department of Defence – Australian Government |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061003195914/http://www.defence.gov.au/dmo/msd/sea1555/sea1555.cfm |archivedate=3 October 2006}}
4. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Saunders (ed.), IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2012–2013, p. 33
5. ^1 2 3 4 5 Wertheim (ed.), The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, p. 23
6. ^1 2 {{cite press release |title=Navy findings of search for ex Army Hospital Ship (AHS) Centaur |publisher=Australian Department of Defence |date=29 June 2003 |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=2912 |accessdate=2 June 2009}}
7. ^{{cite book |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2008–2009 |editor-last=Saunders |editor-first=Stephen |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Surrey |date=2008 |edition=111th |series=Jane's Fighting Ships |isbn=978-0-7106-2845-9 |oclc=225431774 |page=32}}
8. ^{{cite news |url=http://digital.realviewtechnologies.com/default.aspx?xml=defencenews_navy.xml&iid=23701 |title=Marching into History |last=Brooke |first=Michael |date=2 April 2009 |work=Navy News |publisher=Department of Defence |pages=11–14 |accessdate=2012-07-04}}
9. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/navy-fund-and-training-cuts-leave-us-exposed-to-terror/story-e6frg8yo-1226170097501 |title=Navy fund and training cuts leave us exposed to terror |last=Stewart |first=Cameron |date=19 October 2011 |work=The Australian |accessdate=16 December 2011}}

References

  • {{cite book |title=IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2012–2013 |editor=Saunders, Stephen |publisher=IHS Jane's |location=Coulsdon |date=2012 |series=Jane's Fighting Ships |isbn=9780710630087 |oclc=793688752}}
  • {{cite book |title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems |editor=Wertheim, Eric |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, Maryland |year=2007 |edition=15th |isbn=978-1-59114-955-2 |oclc=140283156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C}}

External links

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  • {{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-hawkesbury-ii |title=HMAS Hawkesbury (II) |accessdate=1 January 2013 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy}}
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