HMAS Larrakia (ACPB 84)

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Career Australia

Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned:	10 February 2006
Status:	Active
Homeport:	Darwin
General Characteristics
Displacement:	270 tonnes
Length:	56.8 metres
Beam:	9.5 metres
Draught:	2.7 metres
Propulsion:	2x MTU 16V M70 2320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions
Speed:	25 knots
Range:	3000 nautical miles
Boats and landing craft carried:	2x Zodiac 7.2 m waterjet seaboats
Complement:	21 (accommodation for 41)
Sensors and processing systems:	low light optical communication direction finding radar
Armament:	1x Rafael Typhoon 25mm naval stabilised deck gun 2x 12.7mm machine guns

HMAS Larrakia (ACPB 84) is an Australian Armidale class patrol boat. Larrakia was officially commissioned in Darwin on 10 February 2006. Larrakia is based in Darwin and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.

The current HMAS Larrakia is the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy.

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The first HMAS Larrakia was an air-sea rescue vessel and patrol boat based in Darwin during World War II. The name 'Larrakia' derives from the language group name for the Indigenous people of Darwin.[1]