HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94)

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HMAS Launceston alongside at Garden Island, Sydney
Career (Australia) RAN Ensign
Namesake: City of Launceston, Tasmania
Commissioned: 22 September 2007
Homeport: HMAS Cairns, Cairns
Motto: "Progress With Prudence"
Fate: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Armidale class patrol boat
Displacement: 270 tonnes
Length: 56.8 metres (186')
Beam: 9.5 metres (31')
Draught: 2.7 metres (9')
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 (24') waterjet seaboats
Complement: 21 (accommodation for 41)
Sensors and
processing systems:
low light optical
communication direction finding
radar
Armament: 1x Rafael Typhoon 25 mm naval stabilised deck gun
2x 12.7 mm machine guns

HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94) is an Australian Armidale-class patrol boat. Launceston was commissioned in Launceston, Tasmania on 22 September 2007, and is the third ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to bear the name.

She is based in Cairns and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.

Launceston was used for pick-up filming during the creation of the second season of Australian drama series Sea Patrol.[1] The footage was conflated with the main footage of sister ship HMAS Broome to create the fictional HMAS Hammersley, the ship the series is set on.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Idato, Michael. "All ship shape", SydneyMorningHerald.com.au, Entertainment (TV and Radio) section, 2008-03-31, p. 2. Retrieved on 2008-04-10.