| 词条 | HMAS Geraldton (FCPB 213) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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HMAS Geraldton (FCPB 213), named for the port city of Geraldton, Western Australia, was a Fremantle class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Design and construction{{main|Fremantle class patrol boat}}Starting in the late 1960s, planning began for a new class of patrol boat to replace the Attack class, with designs calling for improved seakeeping capability, and updated weapons and equipment.[1] The Fremantles had a full load displacement of {{convert|220|t}}, were {{convert|137.6|ft}} long overall, had a beam of {{convert|24.25|ft}}, and a maximum draught of {{convert|5.75|ft}}.[2] Main propulsion machinery consisted of two MTU series 538 diesel engines, which supplied {{convert|3200|shp}} to the two propeller shafts.[2] Exhaust was not expelled through a funnel, like most ships, but through vents below the waterline.[4] The patrol boat could reach a maximum speed of {{convert|30|kn}}, and had a maximum range of {{convert|5000|nmi}} at {{convert|5|kn}}.[2] The ship's company consisted of 22 personnel.[2] Each patrol boat was armed with a single 40 mm Bofors gun as main armament, supplemented by two .50 cal Browning machineguns and an 81-mm mortar,[2] although the mortar was removed from all ships sometime after 1988.{{citation needed|date=June 2011}} The main weapon was originally to be two 30-mm guns on a twin-mount, but the reconditioned Bofors were selected to keep costs down; provision was made to install an updated weapon later in the class' service life, but this did not eventuate.[3][4] Geraldton was laid down by North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns, Queensland on 3 May 1982, launched on 22 October 1983, and commissioned into the RAN on 10 December 1983.[5]Operational history{{expand section|date=June 2011}}FateGeraldton was decommissioned on 7 October 2006.[6] The patrol boat was broken up for scrap in Darwin during 2006 and 2007, at a cost of $450,000 to the Australian government.[7]Citations1. ^Mitchell, Farewell to the Fremantle class, p. 105 2. ^1 2 3 4 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 89 3. ^1 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 88 4. ^Jones, in Stevens, The Royal Australian Navy, p. 222 5. ^Moore, Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86, p. 26 6. ^http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6053 7. ^{{Citation |author=Australian National Audit Office |date=5 February 2015 |title=Management of the Disposal of Specialist Military Equipment |type=Report |url=http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id%3A%22publications%2Ftabledpapers%2F7941c678-26dd-4f9e-8822-4ad155db9698%22 |publisher=Government of Australia |page=62 |accessdate=24 April 2015}} References
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