HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94)
HMAS Launceston docked at Riverside in Brisbane, March 2009 | |
| History | |
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| Australia | |
| Namesake | City of Launceston, Tasmania |
| Commissioned | 22 September 2007 |
| Decommissioned | 1 June 2023 |
| Homeport | HMAS Cairns, Cairns |
| Motto | "Progress With Prudence" |
| Honours & awards | Four inherited battle honours |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Armidale-class patrol boat |
| Displacement | 300 tons standard load |
| Length | 56.8 m (186 ft) |
| Beam | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
| Draught | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2 × MTU 4000 16V 6,225 horsepower (4,642 kW) diesels driving twin propellers |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
| Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance | 21 days standard, 42 days maximum |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Zodiac 7.2 m (24 ft) RHIBs |
| Complement | 21 standard, 29 maximum |
| Sensors & processing systems | Bridgemaster E surface search/navigation radar |
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HMAS Launceston (ACPB 94) is an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).