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HMAS Townsville accompanying USS Robert E. Peary in 1989 |
| Career (Australia) |
 |
| Builder: |
North Queensland Engineers and Agents |
| Laid down: |
5 March 1979 |
| Launched: |
16 May 1981 |
| Christened: |
18 July 1981 |
| Decommissioned: |
11 May 2007 |
| Homeport: |
HMAS Cairns |
| Motto: |
"Bold and Ready" |
| Fate: |
Museum ship at Townsville Maritime Museum |
| 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 |
The second HMAS Townsville (P 205) was a Fremantle class patrol boat laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns in Queensland on 5 March 1979, launched on 16 May 1981 and commissioned on 18 July 1981[1].
Townsville was used to depict the fictional HMAS Defiance in the second season of the ABC television series Patrol Boat.
The Australian Government announced on 23 April 2007 that HMAS Townsville had been given to the Maritime Museum of Townsville as a Museum ship, along with funding to build a dry dock for display. [2]. Townsville was decommissioned at Cairns, Queensland on 11 May 2007, in a joint ceremony with HMAS Ipswich. [3] The two patrol boats were the last of the class in active service.[3]
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