Patrol Vessels of the Royal Australian Navy - Hmas Broome, Hmas Launceston, Planned Australian Offshore Combatant Vessel, Hmas Maryborough (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: HMAS Broome, HMAS Launceston, Planned Australian offshore combatant vessel, HMAS Maryborough, HMAS Wollongong, HMAS Glenelg, HMAS Advance, HMAS Pirie, HMAS Larrakia, HMAS Childers, HMAS Armidale, HMS Fantome, HMAS Ararat, HMAS Bundaberg, HMAS Albany, HMAS Maitland, HMAS Bathurst, HMAS Vigilant, HMAS Kuru, HMAS Fremantle, HMAS Doomba, HMAS Yarra, HMAS Patricia Cam, HMAS Heros, HMAS Huon, HMVS Childers, HMAS Townsville, HMVS Countess of Hopetoun, HMAS Gascoyne, HMAS Aware, HMAS Ipswich, HMAS Diamantina, HMAS Norman, HMAS Ardent, HMAS Gladstone, HMAS Mavie, HMAS Assail, HMAS Acute, HMAS Dubbo, HMAS Arrow, HMAS Attack, HMAS Madang, HMAS Samarai, HMAS Barricade, HMAS Ladava, HMAS Lae, HMAS Bombard, HMAS Adroit, HMAS Bayonet, HMAS Archer, HMAS Cessnock, HMAS Gawler, HMAS Aitape, HMAS Whyalla, HMAS Bunbury, HMAS Geraldton, HMAS Bendigo, HMAS Geelong, HMAS Buccaneer, HMAS Warrnambool. Excerpt: HMAS Broome (ACPB 90), named for the city of Broome, Western Australia, is an Armidale class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Armidale class patrol boats are 56.8 metres (186 ft) long, with a beam of 9.5 metres (31 ft), a maximum draft of 2.25 metres (7.4 ft), and a displacement of 270 tons. The semi-displacement vee hull is fabricated from aluminium alloy, and each vessel is built to a combination of Det Norske Veritas standards for high-speed light craft and RAN requirements. The Armidales can travel at a maximum speed of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph), and are driven by two propeller shafts, each connected to an MTU 16V M70 diesel. The ships have a range of 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph), allowing them to patrol the waters around the distant territories of Australia, and are designed for standard patrols of 21 days, with a maximum endurance of 42 days. The main armament of the...