| History | |
|---|---|
 Australia | |
| Namesake | John Moresby |
| Builder | State Dockyard Newcastle |
| Laid down | May 1962 |
| Launched | 7 September 1963 |
| Commissioned | 6 March 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 1998 |
| Renamed | MV Patricia Anne Hotung (1999) |
| Identification | IMO number: 8952352 |
| Motto | "With Science and Vision" |
| Honours and awards | Two inherited battle honours |
| Fate | Sold September 1999 as humanitarian ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Survey ship |
| Displacement | 2,340 tonnes |
| Length | 95.7 m (314 ft) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Draught | 3.81 m (12.5 ft) mean |
| Propulsion | Diesel Electric, three English Electric diesel engines, 2 electric motors, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × 34 ft (10 m) Survey Motor Boats |
| Capacity | 372 tons oil fuel |
| Complement | 146 |
| Sensors and processing systems | TM 829 radar, Lambda position fixing system, Simrad SU2 sonar, echo sounders, magnetometer |
| Armament | 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns (removed 1973) |
| Aircraft carried |
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HMAS Moresby, named for the explorer Captain John Moresby, was a hydrographic survey ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Serving in the RAN from 1964 to 1998,[1] Moresby was then sold into civilian service. Renamed MV Patricia Anne Hotung, the ship was chartered by the International Organisation for Migration.
- ^ Wilson, Michael; Royal Australian Navy 21st Century Warships, Naval auxiliaries 1911 to 1999 including Defence Maritime Services, Profile No. 4 - Revised Edition, Topmill Pty Ltd, Marrickville. ISBN 978-1-876270-72-8, p. 37