'HMAS Perth' due here

'HMAS Perth' due here

JAKARTA (JP): The Royal Australian Navy guided missile
destroyer, HMAS Perth, will make a goodwill and rest-and-
recreation visit here from tomorrow until Wednesday.

HMAS Perth, which carries a crew of over 300 and recently
participated in Exercise Kangaroo '95 off Darwin, is a highly
capable warship of some 4,500 tons displacement, the Australian
Embassy said in a statement yesterday.

The ship has modern combat data, sonar, radar, communications
and other defensive weapons systems, including the Phalanx Close-
In-Weapons-System.

For many of the ship's company, this will be their first visit
to Jakarta and Indonesia. The visit opens yet another opportunity
to further strengthen the close bonds between the Navies and
Armed Forces of Indonesia and Australia, the statement said.
(hhr)