| Career (Australia) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Town of Shepparton, Victoria |
| Builder: | Eglo Engineering, Adelaide |
| Launched: | 5 December 1989[1] |
| Commissioned: | 24 January 1990[1] |
| Homeport: | HMAS Cairns |
| Motto: | "By Wisdom And Courage" |
| Honours and awards: |
Two inherited battle honours |
| Status: | Active as of 2012 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Paluma class survey motor launch |
| Displacement: | 310 tonnes[1] |
| Length: | 36.6 m (120 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 13.7 m (45 ft)[1] |
| Draught: | 2.2 m (7.2 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Detroit V12 diesel engines[1] |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[1] |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km; 4,000 mi)[1] |
| Complement: | 15[1] |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
2 x echo sounders, 2 x side-scan sonar, searchlight sonar |
HMAS Shepparton (A 03) is a Paluma class survey motor launch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
She is a twin hulled hydrographic survey ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs.[1] Constructed by Eglo Engineering, Shepparton was launched on 5 December 1989, and commissioned into the RAN on 24 January 1990. The ship was named for the town of Shepparton, Victoria.
In January 2011, Shepparton was one of three RAN vessels deployed to survey Moreton Bay and the Brisbane River for submerged debris as part of Operation Queensland Flood Assist, the Australian Defence Force response to the 2010–2011 Queensland floods.[2]
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