Английская Википедия:HMAS Warrnambool (FCPB 204)

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HMAS Warrnambool (FCPB 204), named after the city of Warrnambool, Victoria, was a Fremantle-class patrol boat of 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 Attack class, 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 538 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 40 mm Bofors gun as main armament, supplemented by two .50 cal Browning machine guns and an 81 mm mortar,[2] although the mortar was removed from all ships sometime in the late 1990s.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.[4][3]

Warrnambool was built by NQEA, Cairns.[2] The ship was laid down on 30 September 1978, launched on 25 October 1980, and commissioned into the RAN on 14 March 1981.[5]

Fate

Warrnambool was decommissioned on 29 November 2005.Шаблон:Citation needed

The patrol boat was broken up for scrap in Darwin during 2006 and 2007, at a cost of $450,000 to the Australian government.[6]

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  1. ↑ Mitchell, Farewell to the Fremantle class, p. 105
  2. ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 89
  3. ↑ 3,0 3,1 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 88
  4. ↑ Jones, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 222
  5. ↑ Moore, Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86, p. 26
  6. ↑ Шаблон:Citation
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