CAPABILITIES OF AUSTRALIA’S AIR WARFARE DESTROYERS:
*Three ships – the Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney – have been built at a cost of more than $9 billion.
* Each displaces about 7000 tonnes, has a crew of 186, a top speed of 28 knots and a range of 5000 nautical miles, or BLACK+DECKER DS321 Belt Sander more than 9000 kilometres.
* They are powered by a combination of gas and diesel turbines and have twin propellers.
* They are armed with harpoon missile systems and have missile decoy technology.They are fitted with a flight deck and hangar for one helicopter.
* Each has more than 400 compartments set across seven levels and five decks.
* Each has enough paint to cover the Sydney Harbour Bridge twice, enough electrical cable to cross Bass Strait, includes steel equivalent to the weight of 450 elephants, and has the engine power of 200 family sedans.