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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
North Queensland Engineers and Agents |
| Laid down: |
9 August 1982 |
| Launched: |
21 January 1984 |
| Christened: |
10 March 1984 |
| Decommissioned: |
2 February 2007 |
| Status: |
Active |
| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
220 tons |
| Length: |
42 m |
| Beam: |
7.15 m |
| Propulsion: |
Two MTU 538 series 16-cylinder main propulsion engines, One Dorman 12-cylinder auxiliary propulsion engine |
| Speed: |
30 knots |
| Range: |
2360 nautical miles at 12 knots |
| Complement: |
24 |
| Armament: |
40/60 mm Bofors general purpose gun, Two 12.7 mm machine guns |
| Motto: |
"Fight to the Finish" |
| Badge: |
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The second ship to be named after the city of Dubbo, HMAS Dubbo (P 214) was a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 9 August 1982, launched on 21 January 1984 in the presence of Thomas Arthur Slattery and Mrs Joan Slattery, then Mayor and Mayoress of Dubbo and commissioned on 10 March 1984. Dubbo was decommissioned at HMAS Coonawarra on 2 February 2007, Dubbo was the last FCPB to be stationed at Coonawarra.[1]
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