Hunter-class frigate
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The Hunter-class frigate is an under construction class of six heavy frigates for the Royal Australian Navy.
Artist's impression of the BAE Systems Type 26 frigate.
Two Hobart-class destroyers being fitted out / built in South Australia. HMAS Hobart is in the water, HMAS Brisbane is in dock.
The Italian FREMM Carlo Margottini
Anzac-class frigate
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The Anzac class is a ship class of ten frigates; eight operated by the Royal Australian Navy and two operated by the Royal New Zealand Navy.
Hunter-class frigate
…decision would be expected "beyond 2019." The 2013 Defence White Paper reaffirmed the Future Frigate program and suggested that the replacement of the Anzac-class vessels could be brought forward. In the early 2010s, there was significant concern over the 'valley of death' in Australian shipbuilding following the…
HMAS Ballarat in 2016.
HMA Ships Torrens (foreground) and Yarra exercising; two of the River-class destroyer escorts the RAN was looking to replace. The Leander-class frigates the RNZN were retiring were of a similar design, with both classes based on the British Type 12 frigate.
The Portuguese frigate NRP Corte-Real. The MEKO 200 variant designed for the Portuguese was the basis of Blohm + Voss and AMECON's successful proposal.
HMNZS Te Kaha in 2017