HMAS Bunbury (FCPB 217)

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Career (Australia) RAN Ensign
Laid down: 29 July 1977
Launched: 21 June 1978
Commissioned: 15 December 1984
Motto: "Nothing without toil"
Fate: Decommisioned
Badge: Image:HMAS bunbury crest.gif
General characteristics
Displacement: 220 tonnes
Length: 42 metres
Beam: 7.15 metres
Propulsion: Two MTU 538 series 16-cylinder main propulsion engines
Speed: 30 knots
Complement: 24
Armament:

40/60mm Bofors general purpose gun,

Two12.7mmmachineguns

The second HMAS Bunbury (FCPB 217) is a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 13 June 1983, launched on 3 November 1984, commissioned on 15 December 1984 and decommissioned in 2005.

The Ship's captains include:
Name Period in Command
Charlie Ferguson June 1986 - April 1988
Michael Purdy Unknown
Paul Papalia Unknown
Michele Miller Unknown
Andy Schroder Unknown
Andrew Quinn Unknown - February 2006