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Career Australia |
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Builder: |
Carrington Slipways |
Laid down: |
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Launched: |
20 June 1987 |
Commissioned: |
10 October 1987 |
Status: |
Active |
General Characteristics |
Displacement: |
178 tons full load |
Length: |
101.7 ft (30.9 m) |
Beam: |
29.5 ft (9 m) |
Draught: |
6.6 ft (2 m) |
Speed: |
10 knots |
Range: |
1,500 mile at 10 kt |
Complement: |
13 (3 officers) |
HMAS Shoalwater (M-81), named for Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, is a Bay class minehunter built by Carrington Slipways at Newcastle, New South Wales, launched on 20 June 1987 and commissioned on 10 October 1987.