HMAS Bundaberg (ACPB 91)
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Commissioned: | 3 March 2007 |
| Status: | Active |
| Homeport: | HMAS Cairns, Cairns |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 270 tonnes |
| Length: | 56.8 metres |
| Beam: | 9.5 metres |
| Draught: | 2.7 metres |
| Propulsion: | 2x MTU 16V M70 2320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions |
| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Range: | 3000 nautical miles |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 2x Zodiac 7.2 m waterjet seaboats |
| Complement: | 21 (accommodation for 41) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | low light optical communication direction finding radar |
| Armament: | 1x Rafael Typhoon 25mm naval stabilised deck gun 2x 12.7mm machine guns |
HMAS Bundaberg (ACPB 91) is an Australian Armidale class patrol boat. Bundaberg was commissioned in Bundaberg, Queensland on 3 March 2007. Bundaberg is based in Cairns and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.
HMAS Bundaberg is the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, and is named after the Queensland city. The first HMAS Bundaberg was a Bathurst class corvette which served with the Royal Australian Navy between 1941 and 1946.
| Armidale class patrol boat |
| Royal Australian Navy |
| Armidale | Larrakia | Bathurst | Albany | Pirie | Maitland | Ararat | Broome | Bundaberg | Wollongong | Childers | Launceston | Maryborough | Glenelg |
Australian Patrol Boat Group |
| Australian Defence Force |
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