HMAS Labuan (L 128)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|
|
|
| Career Australia |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Walkers Limited (Maryborough, Queensland) |
| Laid down: | October 1971 |
| Launched: | 29 December 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 9 March 1973 |
| Status: | Active |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 316 tons |
| Length: | 44.5 metres |
| Beam: | 10.1 metres |
| Propulsion: | Two GE diesels |
| Speed: | 9 knots |
| Capacity: | 180 tons of vehicle cargo or 400 soldiers |
| Complement: | 13 |
| Armament: | two 0.50 inch machine guns |
| Motto: | "Fail Not" |
| Badge: |  |
HMAS Labuan (L-128) is a Balikpapan class heavy landing craft laid down by Walkers, Limited, at Maryborough in Queensland in October 1971, launched on 29 December 1971 and commissioned on 9 March 1973. She was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy Reserve on 15 June 1979.
The Labuan is the second of two naval vessels to have been named after Labuan, an island off the east coast of Sabah. Her name was previously used by HMAS Labuan (L-3501), a Mark III Tank Landing Ship.
 |
This Australian Military article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about a specific naval ship or boat is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories: Royal Australian Navy ships | Balikpapan class heavy landing craft | Amphibious warfare vessels of Australia | Royal Australian Navy amphibious warfare vessels | Cold War amphibious warfare vessels of Australia | Active amphibious warfare vessels of Australia | Australian military stubs | Naval ship stubs
