HMAS

Sydney

(V)

HMAS Sydney (V) is the last of the three ships of the Hobart Class guided missile destroyers. Her sister ships are HMAS Hobart (III) and HMAS Brisbane (III). HMAS Sydney is based on the Navantia-designed F100 frigate and is equipped with the Aegis Combat System.

The keel of Sydney (V) was symbolically laid down on 19 November 2015, on the anniversary of HMAS Sydney (II)'s sinking in November 1941. She was launched on 19 May 2018 by Mrs Judy Shalders, the wife of former Chief of Navy, Vice Admiral Russ Shalders, RAN, in Osborne, South Australia.

The Chief of Navy's speech from the launch ceremony is available at https://seapower.navy.gov.au/media-room/publications/chief-navy-speeches-floating-nuship-sydney.

Sydney was constructed in Australia by the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance. Her principal role is the provision of air defence to RAN task groups engaged in maintaining maritime security. Sydney is also capable of supporting land forces and protecting important infrastructure in coastal areas.

The future HMAS Sydney (V) completes another construction milestone with the completion of the mast superstructure, May 2017.

The Aegis Combat System, incorporating a state-of-the-art phased array AN/SPY 1D(V) radar in combination with the SM-2 missile, provides an advanced air defence system capable of engaging enemy aircraft and missiles at ranges in excess of 150km. Sydney carries a MH-60R helicopter for surveillance and response to support key warfare areas. The surface warfare function includes long range anti-ship missiles and a naval gun capable of firing extended range munitions in support of land forces. Sydney conducts undersea warfare and is equipped with modern sonar systems, decoys, surface-launched torpedoes and an array of effective close-in defensive weapons. These capabilities ensure that the Hobart Class guided missile destroyers have the layered defensive and offensive capability required to counter conventional and asymmetric threats.

Sydney was commissioned during a ceremony conducted off the coast of New South Wales on Monday, 18 May 2020.

NUSHIP Sydney, the third and final Hobart Class Destroyer built for the Royal Australian Navy, enters Sydney Heads for the first time on 27 March 2020.

Commanding Officer HMAS Sydney, Commander Edward Seymour, RAN salutes his crew inside Jervis Bay, NSW following the ship's commissioning ceremony at sea on 18 May 2020..