Mulloka

Mulloka was an Australian-designed sonar system installed on ships of the Royal Australian Navy.[1] It was optimised for the warm and shallow waters common off Australia and used a high frequency.[2] The system was developed during the 1970s, with River-class destroyer escort HMAS Yarra being used as the trial ship for Mulloka between 1974 and 1979.[3] These trials ended on 17 August 1979 when the system was accepted for service.[4] Mulloka was subsequently fitted to all the RAN's River-class destroyer escorts and two of the six Adelaide-class frigates. It was removed from the frigates during the 2000s as part of an upgrade of their capabilities.[1]

References
  1. Dennis, Peter; et al. (2008). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (Second ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand. p. 376. ISBN 978-0-19-551784-2.
  2. Wertheim, Eric (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World. Naval Institute Press. p. 18. ISBN 1-59114-955-X.
  3. "HMAS Yarra (III)". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 11 July 2009.
  4. "On this day: 1976-1999 > Post Vietnam". Naval Historical Society of Australia. Retrieved 11 July 2009.


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