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RANWO — HMAS Albany on patrol-Honiara
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Description
Royal Australian Navy Patrol boat, HMAS Albany on patrol near Honiara in the Solomon's.Class and type: Armidale patrol boat
Displacement:300 tons standard load
Length:56.8 m (186 ft)
Beam:9.7 m (32 ft)
Draught: 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
Propulsion: 2 × MTU 4000 16V 6,225 horsepower (4,642 kW) diesels driving twin propellers
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range: 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance: 21 days standard, 42 days maximum
Boats & landing-craft carried: 2 × Zodiac 7.2 m (24 ft)
Complement: 21 standard, 29 maximum
Sensors and processing systems: Bridgemaster E surface search/navigation radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:
- Prism III radar warning system
- Toplite electro-optical detection system
- Warrlock direction finding system
- 1 ×Rafael stabilised gun mount fitted with a 25 mm (1 in) M242 Bushmaster autocannon
- 2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns
