HMAS Bendigo was one of 15 Fremantle Class patrol boats.
HMAS Bendigo (II) was the ninth of the Fremantle Class patrol boats whose primary role was to conduct fisheries and civil surveillance patrols, protecting Australia"s borders. She was one of four boats based in Cairns, Queensland. Bendigo (II) was the second ship to be so named, HMAS Bendigo (I) being a Bathurst Class corvette that served with distinction in World War II.
Bendigo (II) served her final year of operational life in 2006. Later that year she was paid off and replaced by an Armidale Class patrol boat.
HMAS Bendigo in company with her sister ships Fremantle, Dubbo, Wollongong, Gawler and Warrnambool.
Specifications
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| Class |
Fremantle Class |
|---|---|
| Type |
Patrol Boat (PB) |
| Pennant |
P211 |
| Motto |
Advance With Purpose |
| Builder |
North Queensland Engineers and Agents, Cairns, Queensland |
| Laid Down |
21 September 1981 |
| Launched |
9 March 1983 |
| Commissioned |
28 May 1983 |
| Decommissioned |
9 September 2006 |
| Dimensions & Displacement | |
| Displacement | 200 tonnes |
| Length | 41.94 metres |
| Beam | 7.70 metres |
| Draught | 5.75 metres |
| Performance | |
| Speed | 30 knots |
| Range | 9300 kilometres at 5 knots |
| Complement | |
| Crew | 24 |
| Propulsion | |
| Machinery |
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| Horsepower | 6140 |
| Armament | |
| Guns |
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| Awards | |
| Inherited Battle Honours |
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