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| Career (Australia) |
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| Builder: |
North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns |
| Launched: |
17 October 1981 |
| Commissioned: |
28 November 1981 |
| Decommissioned: |
11 February 2006 |
| Homeport: |
HMAS Coonawarra (former) |
| Motto: |
"Heed the Call" |
| Fate: |
Decommissioned in 2006 |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
220 tons |
| Length: |
42 m |
| Beam: |
7.15 m |
| Propulsion: |
Two MTU 16 cylinder diesel main propulsion engines. One Dorman 12 cylinder auxiliary propulsion engine |
| Speed: |
30 knots |
| Complement: |
24 |
| Armament: |
1 x general purpose 40/60 mm Bofors gun, 2 x 50 cal Browning machine gun |
The second Australian naval ship to be named after the city of Wollongong, HMAS Wollongong was a Fremantle class patrol boat in the Royal Australian Navy.
Wollongong is the only vessel to have appeared in two television series, portraying a fictional Fremantle class patrol boat. In 1983, Wollongong was one of five ships used to portray HMAS Defiance in the second season of Patrol Boat.[1] Wollongong was also one of two patrol boats used for the filming of the 13-episode television series Sea Patrol, which begins airing in 2007. HMAS Ipswitch is the other vessel. Both vessels represent the one ship, HMAS Hammersley (P 202).[2]
Wollongong was decommissioned on February 11, 2006.
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