HMAS Benalla (A 04)

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HMAS Benalla and HMAS Gascoyne (behind) in Darling Harbour for the 2008 Sea Power Centre conference
Career (Australia) RAN Ensign
Namesake: Benalla, Victoria
Builder: Eglo Engineering, Adelaide[1]
Launched: 31 January 1990[2]
Commissioned: 20 March 1990[2]
Motto: "We lead others follow"
General characteristics
Displacement: 310 tonnes[2]
Length: 36.6 metres[2]
Beam: 13.7 metres[2]
Draught: 2.2 metres[1]
Propulsion: 2 Detroit V12 diesel engines[2]
Speed: 11 knots[2]
Range: 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km)[2]
Complement: 15[2]
Sensors and
processing systems:		 2 x echo sounders, 2 x side-scan sonar, searchlight sonar[1]

HMAS Benalla (A 04) is Paluma class survey motor launches in the Royal Australian Navy. She is a twin hulled hydrographic survey ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs.[2] Launched on 31 January 1990 and commissioned on 20 March 1990, the ship was named for the town of Benalla, Victoria.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c HMAS Paluma. Survey Vessels. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j HMAS Benalla. Survey Vessels. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved on 2007-07-07.
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