Talk:Current Royal Australian Navy ships

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[edit] Number of Armidale class patrol boats in commission as at 22 Feb 07

While http://www.epicos.com/epicos/portal/media-type/html/user/anon/page/default.psml/js_panename/News+Information+Article+View?articleid=73097&showfull=false%20and%20http://media-newswire.com/release_1043923.h is doubtless correct in stating that 11 ships have been named, only 8 have actually been commissioned into the RAN. The media release for the most recent ship to commission, HMAS Broome, is available at: http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6365 and states that she is the 8th ACPB to commission. The three boats which have been named will be commissioned in the future once they have completed their trials and the Armidale class patrol boat article has the approximate dates this will occur according to the most recent Defence Annual Report. The www.epicos.com article clearly states that the Childers and Wollongong "will be handed over to the Royal Australian Navy in the coming weeks" so they cannot yet be in commission. --Nick Dowling 10:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Since the boats are handed over to the RAN, it can be added in the list. commissioning is a simple ceremony which if required can be done in few minutes in a simple ceremony. Regarding the trials it will all go well. If there is any problem we will remove it from the list. You can add it to the list if required and mention in bracket (Undergoing trails). That will be better rather than hiding the information of the boats being handed over to the navy. Chanakyathegreat 14:46, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, but the article states that the boats haven't yet been handed over the the RAN. Given that 7 of the 8 ACPB's currently in commission are out of service due to a serious mechanical fault and one of the boats (Maitland) has already commissioned late due to this fault we can't be confident that their trials will go well or that they'll enter service on the planned dates. In short, these ships are not yet units of the RAN and there's no reason to jump the gun by adding them. --Nick Dowling 07:42, 23 February 2007 (UTC)