HMAS Gawler (FCPB 212)

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Career (Australia) RAN Ensign
Builder: North Queensland Engineers and Agents
Laid down: 18 January 1982
Launched: 9 July 1983
Commissioned: 27 August 1983
Decommissioned: 8 July 2006
Motto: "Serve with pride"
Fate: decommissioned
Badge: Image:HMAS gawler crest.gif
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 (56 km/h)
Range: 2,360 nautical miles (4,370 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement: 24
Armament: 40/60 mm Bofors general purpose gun, Two 12.7 mm machine guns

HMAS Gawler (FCPB 212) was a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 18 January 1982, launched on 9 July 1983 and commissioned on 27 August 1983. Gawler was decommissioned at HMAS Coonawarra on 8 July 2006.