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
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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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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]
Citations
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- ↑ Mitchell, Farewell to the Fremantle class, p. 105
- ↑ a b c d e f Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 89
- ↑ a b 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
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References
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