HMAS Broome during the International Fleet Review 2013
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History | |
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Australia | |
Namesake | City of Broome, Western Australia |
Builder | Austal, Henderson, Western Australia |
Commissioned | 10 February 2007 |
Decommissioned | 29 August 2024 |
Homeport | HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin |
Identification |
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Motto | "Fight and Endure" |
Honours and awards | Two inherited battle honours |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Armidale-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 300 tons standard load |
Length | 56.8 m (186 ft) |
Beam | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
Draught | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × MTU 4000 16V 6,225 horsepower (4,642 kW) diesels driving twin propellers |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Endurance | 21 days standard, 42 days maximum |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Zodiac 7.2 m (24 ft) RHIBs |
Complement | 21 standard, 29 maximum |
Sensors and processing systems | Bridgemaster E surface search/navigation radar |
Electronic warfare & decoys |
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Armament |
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HMAS Broome (ACPB 90), named for the city of Broome, Western Australia, was an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).