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| Career (Australia) |
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| Builder: |
Carrington Slipways |
| Launched: |
20 June 1987 |
| Commissioned: |
10 October 1987 |
| Decommissioned: |
14 August 2001 |
| Fate: |
Decommissioned |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
178 tons full load |
| Length: |
101.7 ft (31.0 m) |
| Beam: |
29.5 ft (9.0 m) |
| Draught: |
6.6 ft (2.0 m) |
| Speed: |
10 knots |
| Range: |
1,500 mile at 10 kt |
| Complement: |
13 (3 officers) |
HMAS Shoalwater (M-81), named for Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, was a Bay class minehunter built by Carrington Slipways at Newcastle, New South Wales, launched on 20 June 1987 and commissioned on 10 October 1987. She was decommissioned on 14 August 2001.
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