HMAS Melbourne was an Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate of the Royal Australian Navy, which entered service in 1992. Melbourne has been deployed to the Persian Gulf on several occasions, and served as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce in 2000. On 26 October 2019, Melbourne was decommissioned from the RAN, subsequently being transferred to Chile. The ship was commissioned into the Chilean Navy as Almirante Latorre on 15 April 2020.
HMAS Melbourne in June 2018
Melbourne in 2013
Melbourne arriving at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii in 2009
Melbourne operating with HMS Diamond in 2012
The Adelaide class of six guided missile frigates was constructed in Australia and the United States for service in the Royal Australian Navy. Two were later sold to the Chilean Navy. The Adelaide class was based on the United States Navy's Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates, but modified for Australian requirements. The first four vessels were built in the United States, and the final two were constructed in Australia. The first ship entered service in November 1980.
HMAS Darwin, the fourth ship in the Adelaide class
HMAS Adelaide, the first ship of the class, in 1982
HMAS Canberra firing a Harpoon anti-ship missile
HMAS Sydney's Mk 41 VLS in 2007
