FREMANTLE patrol craft (1980-1984)
Fremantle 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Fremantle | 203 | Brook Marine, Lowestoft, UK | 11.11.1977 | 15.2.1979 | 17.3.1980 | stricken 8.2006 | |
| Warrnambool | 204 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 30.9.1978 | 25.10.1980 | 14.3.1981 | stricken 11.2005 | |
| Townsville | 205 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 5.3.1979 | 16.5.1981 | 18.7.1981 | stricken 5.2007 | |
| Wollongong | 206 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 23.7.1979 | 17.10.1981 | 28.11.1981 | stricken 2.2006 | |
| Launceston | 207 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 29.3.1980 | 23.1.1982 | 1.3.1982 | stricken 9.2006 | |
| Whyalla | 208 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 13.7.1980 | 22.5.1982 | 3.7.1982 | stricken 9.2005 | |
| Ipswich | 209 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 29.10.1980 | 25.9.1982 | 13.11.1982 | stricken 5.2007 | |
| Cessnock | 210 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 9.3.1981 | 15.1.1983 | 5.3.1983 | stricken 6.2005 | |
| Bendigo | 211 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 21.9.1981 | 9.4.1983 | 28.5.1983 | stricken 9.2006 | |
| Gawler | 212 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 18.1.1982 | 9.7.1983 | 27.8.1983 | stricken 7.2006 | |
| Geraldton | 213 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 3.5.1982 | 22.10.1983 | 10.12.1983 | stricken 10.2006 | |
| Dubbo | 214 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 9.8.1982 | 21.1.1984 | 10.3.1984 | stricken 2.2007 | |
| Geelong | 215 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 15.11.1982 | 14.4.1984 | 2.6.1984 | stricken 7.2006 | |
| Gladstone | 216 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 7.3.1983 | 28.7.1984 | 8.9.1984 | stricken 3.2007 | |
| Bunbury | 217 | North Queensland Engineers & Agents, Cairns | 13.6.1983 | 3.11.1984 | 15.12.1984 | stricken 2.2006 |
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Displacement standard, t |
200 |
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Displacement full, t |
230 |
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Length, m |
42.0 |
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Breadth, m |
7.15 |
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Draught, m |
1.80 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
2 MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels + 1 Dorman 12JTM diesel |
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Power, h. p. |
7200 + 300 = 7500 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 / 8 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4800(8) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 AN-4, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 81/12 mortar |
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Electronic equipment |
type 1006 radar, type 133 PRISM ECM suite |
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Complement |
23 |
Project history: Replacements for the Attack class, built to Brooke Marine's PCF-420 design. Five more boats (Ballarat, Mildura, Armidale, Bundaberg, Pirie) were cancelled in 1982.
Modernizations: 1990s, all: Dorman 12JTM diesel and central shaft were removed; - type 1006 radar; + BridgeMaster-E radar
Naval service: No significant events.
Bendigo 1985
© Ivan Gogin, 2017