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The 110-foot Island-class Patrol Boats are a Coast Guard modification of a highly successful British-designed patrol boat. With excellent range and seakeeping capabilities, the Island Class, all ...
The newly designed 87-foot Protector Class coastal patrol boat has several enhancements over the aging 82-foot boats, including improved mission sea keeping abilities (up to sea state 5 ...
Austal Australia has delivered the 21 st Guardian-class Patrol Boat (GCPB), named Te Mataili III, as part of the Australian Department of Defence’s (DoD) SEA3036 Phase 1 – Pacific Patrol Boat ...
The first two Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats, ADV Cape Otway and ADV Cape Peron were delivered in March and August 2022, respectively. Austal Limited Chief Executive Officer, ...
It’s the decommissioned HMAS Maitland (ACPB88), an Armidale-class patrol boat that entered service back in 2006, and was taken off active duty in April this year.
One of the pillars of the PMSP is the Guardian class of patrol boats built by Austal. A total of 21 of them were planned to be made and delivered between 2018 and 2023, ...
The Evolved Cape-class builds on the capabilities of the in-service Cape-class vessels. On 5 March, Austal announced the launch of the second of six Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boats for the Royal ...
The Navy’s 13 Cyclone-class patrol boats — also known as “PCs” for “patrol, coastal” — each displace just 330 tons of water. An Arleigh Burke -class destroyer, by contrast, displaces ...
The ‘evolved' Cape-class vessels will progressively replace the RAN's Armidale-class patrol boats that came into service between 2005 and 2008 and be deployed as interim patrol platforms as ...