HMAS Maryborough (ACPB 95)
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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Maryborough.
| Career (Australia) |  |
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| Namesake: | City's of Maryborough, Queensland and Maryborough, Victoria |
| Commissioned: | 8 December 2008 |
| Homeport: | HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin |
| Motto: | "Work In Unison" |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Armidale class patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 270 tonnes |
| Length: | 56.8 metres (186') |
| Beam: | 9.5 metres (31') |
| Draught: | 2.7 metres (9') |
| Propulsion: | 2x MTU 16V M70 2,320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions |
| Speed: | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 km) |
| Boats and landing craft carried: |
2x Zodiac 7.2 m (24') waterjet seaboats |
| Complement: | 21 (accommodation for 41) |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
low light optical communication direction finding radar |
| Armament: | 1x Rafael Typhoon 25mm naval stabilised deck gun 2x 12.7mm machine guns |
HMAS Maryborough (ACPB 95) is an Australian Armidale-class patrol boat. Maryborough was commissioned at Brisbane on 8 December 2007.
HMAS Maryborough is the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, and is named after the city's of Maryborough, Queensland and Maryborough, Victoria.
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- Australian Department of Defence Real Sea Patrol rolls into Brisbane
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