HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94)
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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Launceston.
 HMAS Launceston alongside at Garden Island, Sydney |
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| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Launceston, Tasmania |
| Commissioned: | 22 September 2007 |
| Homeport: | HMAS Cairns, Cairns |
| Motto: | "Progress With Prudence" |
| Fate: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Armidale class patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 270 tonnes |
| Length: | 56.8 metres (186') |
| Beam: | 9.5 metres (31') |
| Draught: | 2.7 metres (9') |
| Propulsion: | 2x MTU 16V M70 2,320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 km) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2x Zodiac 7.2 m (24') waterjet seaboats |
| Complement: | 21 (accommodation for 41) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
low light optical communication direction finding radar |
| Armament: | 1x Rafael Typhoon 25 mm naval stabilised deck gun 2x 12.7 mm machine guns |
HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94) is an Australian Armidale-class patrol boat. Launceston was commissioned in Launceston, Tasmania on 22 September 2007, and is the third ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to bear the name.
She is based in Cairns and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.
Launceston was used for pick-up filming during the creation of the second season of Australian drama series Sea Patrol.[1] The footage was conflated with the main footage of sister ship HMAS Broome to create the fictional HMAS Hammersley, the ship the series is set on.[1]
[edit] References
- Department of Defence (2007-09-22). "Navy's Twelfth Armidale Class Patrol Boat Commissions". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
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