HMAS Yarra (M 87)
HMAS Yarra in 2024 during the Royal Fleet Review | |
| History | |
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| Australia | |
| Name | Yarra |
| Namesake | Yarra River |
| Builder | Australian Defence Industries |
| Launched | 19 January 2002 |
| Commissioned | 1 March 2003 |
| Homeport | HMAS Waterhen |
| Identification | MMSI number: 503126000 |
| Motto | "Hunt and strike" |
| Honours & awards | Five inherited battle honours |
| Status | Active as of 2016 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Huon-class minehunter |
| Displacement | 732 tons at full load |
| Length | 52.5 m (172 ft) |
| Beam | 9.9 m (32 ft) |
| Draught | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
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| Range | 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km; 1,800 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Endurance | 19 days |
| Complement | 6 officers and 34 sailors, plus up to 9 additional |
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HMAS Yarra (M 87) is the sixth Huon-class minehunter to have been built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and the fourth warship to be named after the Yarra River in Victoria. Built by a joint partnership between Australian Defence Industries (ADI) and Intermarine SpA, Yarra was constructed at ADI's Newcastle shipyard, and entered service in 2003.