HMAS Rushcutter (M 80)
For other ships of the same name, see HMAS Rushcutter.
 The former HMAS Rushcutter, underway on Rozelle Bay, New South Wales, in March 2014 | |
| History | |
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 Australia
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| Name: | Rushcutter |
| Namesake: | Rushcutters Bay |
| Builder: | Carrington Slipways |
| Launched: | 3 May 1986 |
| Commissioned: | 1 November 1986 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 August 2001 |
| Fate: | Decommissioned |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bay class minehunter |
| Displacement: | 178 tons full load |
| Length: | 101.7 ft (31.0 m) |
| Beam: | 29.5 ft (9.0 m) |
| Draught: | 6.6 ft (2.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Poyaud 520-V8-S2 diesel generators, 650 PS (478 kW) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Range: | 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 14 (3 officers) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Armament: | 2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns |
| Notes: | Taken from:[1] |
HMAS Rushcutter (M 80) was one of two Bay class minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy by Carrington Slipways at its Ramsay Fibreglass facility in Tomago, New South Wales.[2] She was launched on 8 May 1986 and commissioned on 1 November 1986.[2] She was decommissioned on 14 August 2001.[2] She and sister ship HMAS Shoalwater were sold in 2002 for service in the Persian Gulf.[3] At some point before 2013, the vessel ended up in private hands in Rozelle Bay.
References
- ↑ Sharpe (ed.), Richard (March 1996). Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996-97 (99th ed.). Surrey: Jane's Information Group. p. 29. ISBN 0-7106-1355-5. OCLC 34998928.
- 1 2 3 "Hunters Paid Off". Navy News. 3 September 2001. Retrieved 4 December 2009.
- ↑ Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
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