HMAS Shoalwater (M 81)
| History | |
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 Australia
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| Name: | Shoalwater |
| Namesake: | Shoalwater Bay |
| Builder: | Carrington Slipways |
| Launched: | 20 June 1987 |
| Commissioned: | 10 October 1987 |
| 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) |
| 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 Shoalwater (M 81), named for Shoalwater Bay in Queensland, was a Bay class minehunter of the Royal Australian Navy.
She was built by Carrington Slipways at its Ramsay Fibreglass facility in Tomago, New South Wales, launched on 20 June 1987 and commissioned on 10 October 1987.
Shoalwater was decommissioned on 14 August 2001.[2] She and sister ship HMAS Rushcutter were sold in 2002 for service in the Persian Gulf.[2]
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 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.
- "Hunters Paid Off". Navy News. 2007-09-03. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
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