Английская Википедия:HMAS Bendigo (FCPB 211)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMAS Bendigo (FCPB 211) was a Шаблон:Sclass in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
Шаблон:Main Starting in the late 1960s, planning began for a new class of patrol boat to replace the Шаблон:Sclass, with designs calling for improved seakeeping capability, and updated weapons and equipment.[1] The Fremantles had a full load displacement of Шаблон:Convert, were Шаблон:Convert long overall, had a beam of Шаблон:Convert, and a maximum draught of Шаблон:Convert.[2] Main propulsion machinery consisted of two MTU series 538TB91 V16 diesel engines, which supplied Шаблон:Convert to the two propeller shafts.[2] Exhaust was not expelled through a funnel, like most ships, but through vents below the waterline.[3]
The patrol boat could reach a maximum speed of Шаблон:Convert, and had a maximum range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[2] The ship's company consisted of 22 personnel.[2] Each patrol boat was armed with a single Bofors 40mm gun as main armament, supplemented by two .50-calibre Browning machineguns and an 81 mm mortar,[2] although the mortar was removed from all ships sometime after 1988.Шаблон:Citation needed The main weapon was originally to be two 30-mm guns on a twin-mount, but the reconditioned Bofors were selected to keep costs down; provision was made to install an updated weapon later in the class' service life, but this did not eventuate.[3][4]
Bendigo was laid down by NQEA in Cairns, Queensland on 21 September 1981, launched on 9 April 1983, and commissioned on 28 May 1983.[5]
Operational history
Bendigo operated out of Шаблон:HMAS, and spent the majority of her career protecting Australia's northern borders.[6]
On 12 November 1998, Bendigo grounded on submerged rocks near Michaelmas Cay, 20 miles north of Cairns, while carrying 45 passengers for a Family Day cruise.[7] There were no casualties and only minor damage to the patrol boat, which was refloated 35 minutes after the grounding, with the help of an Australian Volunteer Coast Guard boat.[7]
On 16 July 1985, Bendigo became the first patrol boat to circumnavigate Australia.[8]
Fate
Bendigo was decommissioned on 9 September 2006.[6] The patrol boat was broken up for scrap in Darwin during 2006 and 2007, at a cost of $450,000 to the Australian government.[9]
Citations
References
External links
Шаблон:Fremantle class patrol boat
- ↑ Mitchell, Farewell to the Fremantle class, p. 105
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 89
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 88
- ↑ Jones, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 222
- ↑ Moore, Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86, p. 26
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 Шаблон:Cite journal
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Citation
