ARMIDALE patrol craft (2005-2008)
Armidale 2010
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Armidale | 83 | Austal, Henderson | 5.1.2005 | 24.6.2005 | in service (2019) | ||
| Larrakia | 84 | Austal, Henderson | 20.8.2005 | 10.2.2006 | in service (2019) | ||
| Bathurst | 85 | Austal, Henderson | 8.10.2005 | 10.2.2006 | in service (2019) | ||
| Albany | 86 | Austal, Henderson | 18.2.2006 | 15.7.2006 | in service (2019) | ||
| Pirie | 87 | Austal, Henderson | 18.2.2006 | 29.7.2006 | in service (2019) | ||
| Maitland | 88 | Austal, Henderson | 6.5.2006 | 29.9.2006 | in service (2019) | ||
| Ararat | 89 | Austal, Henderson | 6.5.2006 | 13.11.2006 | in service (2019) | ||
| Broome | 90 | Austal, Henderson | 27.8.2006 | 10.2.2007 | in service (2019) | ||
| Bundaberg | 91 | Austal, Henderson | 27.8.2006 | 3.3.2007 | wrecked 11.8.2014 | ||
| Wollongong | 92 | Austal, Henderson | 17.2.2007 | 23.6.2007 | in service (2019) | ||
| Childers | 93 | Austal, Henderson | 17.2.2007 | 7.7.2007 | in service (2019) | ||
| Launceston | 94 | Austal, Henderson | 29.4.2007 | 22.9.2007 | in service (2019) | ||
| Maryborough | 95 | Austal, Henderson | 4.8.2007 | 8.12.2007 | in service (2019) | ||
| Glenelg | 96 | Austal, Henderson | 6.10.2007 | 22.2.2008 | in service (2019) |
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Displacement standard, t |
270 |
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Displacement full, t |
305 |
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Length, m |
52.1 wl 56.8 oa |
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Breadth, m |
9.68 |
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Draught, m |
2.70 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 MTU 16V4000 M70 diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
6310 |
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Max speed, kts |
25 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 3000(12) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 25/75 Typhoon-G Mk 25, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 |
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Electronic equipment |
2x Sperry radars, Vista 350 e/o system, WARRLOCK, PRISM III ECM suites |
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Complement |
29 + 20 passengers |
Project history: This class (Project SEA 1444), a replacement program for the Fremantle class, was instituted in 1998 upon cancellation of Offshore Patrol Combatant. There are no helicopter operations capabilities, but 2 7.2m RIBs are carried at the stern.
Modernizations: none
Naval service: Bundaberg was badly damaed by wrecking 11.8.2014 and was stricken 18.12.2014. Maryborough was wrecked 26.5.2017 but salvaged and repaired.
Wollongong 2008
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