HMAS Broome (ACPB 90)
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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Broome.
| Career (Australia) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Austral Shipyard, Henderson, Western Australia |
| Commissioned: | 10 February 2007 |
| Homeport: | HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin |
| Nickname: | "Fight And Endure" |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 270 tonnes |
| Length: | 56.8 metres (186 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.5 metres (31ft) |
| Draught: | 2.7 metres (9ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2x MTU 16V M70 2,320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 km) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2x Zodiac 7.2 m (24ft) 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 Broome (ACPB 89) is an Australian Armidale class patrol boat. Broome was commissioned in Broome, Western Australia on 10 February 2007. Broome is based in Darwin and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols as part of the Australian Patrol Boat Group.
Broome was one of two ships conflated to represent the fictional patrol boat HMAS Hammersley in the second season of Australian drama series Sea Patrol.[1] 42 of the 86 days of filming occurred aboard Broome, with sister ship HMAS Launceston later used for pick-up filming.[1]
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