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Fremantle Class Patrol Boat FCPB
Submitted by Stones on Fri, 25/05/2012 - 01:48
FREMANTLE CLASS PATROL BOATS (FCPB)
These Boats have all been retired from service. For many years each carried out a number of important tasks including that of protecting Australia's Economic Exclusion Zone. HMAS Fremantle was the first of its class and was built in the UK. The remainder have been built in Australia. They were deployed around Australia's coast based out of Cairns, Darwin, Sydney and Rockingham.
No. | Name | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned |
203 | Fremantle | 11NOV77 | 16FEB79 | 17MAR80 |
204 | Warranambool | 30SEP78 | 25OCT80 | 14MAR81 |
205 | Townsville | 05MAR79 | 16MAY81 | 18JUL81 |
206 | Wollongong | 08SEP79 | 17OCT81 | 20NOV81 |
207 | Launceston | NOV79 | 23JAN81 | 06MAR82 |
208 | Whyalla | JUN80 | 22MAY82 | 03JUL82 |
209 | Ipswich | 20OCT80 | 23SEP82 | 13NOV83 |
210 | Cessnock | 15FEB81 | 15JAN83 | 05MAR83 |
211 | Bendigo | 10JUL81 | 09APR83 | 28MAY83 |
212 | Gawler | 18JAN82 | 09JUL83 | 27AUG83 |
213 | Geraldton | MAR82 | 22OCT83 | 10DEC83 |
214 | Dubbo | 09AUG82 | 21JAN84 | 10MAR84 |
215 | Geelong | 15NOV82 | 14APR84 | 02JUN84 |
216 | Gladstone | JUL83 | 20JUL84 | 08SEP84 |
217 | Bunbury | 13JUN83 | 03NOV84 | 15DEC84 |
Builders: Brooke Marine Lowestoft, UK (HMAS Fremantle)
NQEA Australia, Cairns, Queensland. (204-217)
Displacement: 220 Tonnes
Length: 42 Metres
Beam: 7.15 Metres
Armament: 40mm Bofors Gun. 81mm Mortar. Two .50 Cal Machine Guns
Machinery: Two MTU 538 series 16 cylinder main propulsion engines
Speed: 30 Knots
Complement: 22.