HMAS Protector
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Stirling Marine Services, WA |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | |
| Christened: | 1984 |
| Acquired: | 18 October 1990 |
| Commissioned: | November 1990 |
| Decommissioned: | 1998 |
| Renamed: | 1990 (HMAS Protector) 1998 (Seahorse Horizon) |
| Status: | |
| Homeport: | HMAS Creswell |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 670 tons full load |
| Length: | 42.7 m (140.1 ft) |
| Beam: | 9.5 m (31.2 ft) |
| Draught: | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Detroit 12V-92TA diesels; 2,440 hp (1.82 MW) sustained; 2 Heimdal cp propellors |
| Speed: | 11.5 kts |
| Range: | 10,000 at 11 kt |
| Endurance: | 14 days |
| Complement: | 6 civilian or 9 navy (for training) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Navigation Radar: JRC 310 I-band. Decca RM 970BT I-band. Sonar:Klein side scan. |
| Aircraft carried: | Helicopter platform (removed 1992) |
The second HMAS Protector (ASR 241) was a Royal Australian Navy trials and submarine rescue ship.
Previously the MV Blue Nabilla operated by the National Safety Council of Australia, Protector was purchased by the Navy in 1990, fitted with a LIPS dynamic positioning system, two Remotely Operated Vehicles and a recompression chamber. She supported the Collins class submarine trials and acceptance process from 1992, as well as undertaking surveillance, training and diving support.
During 1997, Protector undertook a search for the remains of HMAS Sydney[1]
While Protector was decommissioned in 1998 she was sold to the Navy's support craft contractor, Defence Maritime Services Pty Ltd, and remains in use as a training ship operating out of HMAS Creswell under the name Seahorse Horizon.[2]
In 2002, Seahorse Horizon took part in Exercise Dugong, laying and recovering mines [3]
