HMAS Maryborough (ACPB 95)
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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Maryborough.
Career (Australia) | |
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Namesake: | City's of Maryborough, Queensland and Maryborough, Victoria |
Commissioned: | 8 December 2008 |
Homeport: | HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin |
Motto: | "Work In Unison" |
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 25mm naval stabilised deck gun 2x 12.7mm machine guns |
HMAS Maryborough (ACPB 95) is an Australian Armidale-class patrol boat. Maryborough was commissioned at Brisbane on 8 December 2007.
HMAS Maryborough is the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, and is named after the city's of Maryborough, Queensland and Maryborough, Victoria.
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- Australian Department of Defence Real Sea Patrol rolls into Brisbane
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