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|Ship namesake=Port city of [[Geraldton, Western Australia]]
|Ship namesake=City of [[Geraldton]]
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'''HMAS ''Geraldton'' (FCPB 213)''', named for the port city of [[Geraldton, Western Australia]], was a [[Fremantle class patrol boat|''Fremantle'' class]] patrol boat of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN).
'''HMAS ''Geraldton'' (FCPB 213)''', named for the port city of [[Geraldton]], [[Western Australia]], was a {{sclass|Fremantle|patrol boat}} of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN).


==Design and construction==
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''Geraldton'' was laid down by the North Queensland Engineers and Agents at [[Cairns, Queensland]] on 3 May 1982. She was launched on 22 October 1983, and commissioned into the RAN on 10 December 1983.
{{main|Fremantle-class patrol boat}}
Starting in the late 1960s, planning began for a new class of patrol boat to replace the {{sclass|Attack|patrol boat|4}}, with designs calling for improved [[seakeeping]] capability, and updated weapons and equipment.<ref>Mitchell, ''Farewell to the Fremantle class'', p. 105</ref> The ''Fremantle''s had a full load displacement of {{convert|220|t}}, were {{convert|137.6|ft}} [[length overall|long overall]], had a beam of {{convert|24.25|ft}}, and a maximum draught of {{convert|5.75|ft}}.<ref name=Gillett89>Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946'', p. 89</ref> Main propulsion machinery consisted of two [[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] series 538 diesel engines, which supplied {{convert|3200|shp}} to the two propeller shafts.<ref name=Gillett89/> Exhaust was not expelled through a funnel, like most ships, but through vents below the waterline.<ref name=Gillett88/> 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}}.<ref name=Gillett89/> The ship's company consisted of 22 personnel.<ref name=Gillett89/> Each patrol boat was armed with a single [[Bofors 40 mm L/60 gun|Bofors 40mm gun]] as main armament, supplemented by two [[M2 Browning machine gun|.50 cal Browning machineguns]] and an 81 mm mortar,<ref name=Gillett89/> 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.<ref name=Gillett88>Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946'', p. 88</ref><ref name=Jones222>Jones, in Stevens, ''The Royal Australian Navy'', p. 222</ref>


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''Geraldton'' was laid down by [[NQEA]] in [[Cairns]], [[Queensland]] on 3 May 1982, launched on 22 October 1983, and commissioned into the RAN on 10 December 1983.<ref name=jfs85p26>Moore, ''Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86'', p. 26</ref>
''Geraldton'' was decommissioned on 7 October 2006.<ref>http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6053</ref> She was taken apart for scrap in Darwin.


==References==
==Fate==
''Geraldton'' was decommissioned on 7 October 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.defence.gov.au/news|title=Defence News & Releases &#124; News &#124; &#124; Department of Defence|first=Department of Defence; address=Russell Offices|last=scheme=AGLSTERMS. AglsAgent; corporateName=Commonwealth of Australia|website=www1.defence.gov.au}}</ref> The patrol boat was broken up for scrap in Darwin during 2006 and 2007, at a cost of $450,000 to the Australian government.<ref name=ANAOdisposal>{{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}}</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
*{{cite book |last=Gillett |first=Ross |title=Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946 |year=1988 |publisher=Child & Associates |location=Brookvale|isbn=0-86777-219-0 |oclc=23470364}}
*{{cite book |last=Jones |first=Peter |editor=Stevens, David |title=The Royal Australian Navy |series=The Australian Centenary History of Defence (vol III) |year=2001 |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|location=South Melbourne|isbn=0-19-555542-2 |oclc=50418095 |chapter=Towards Self Reliance}}
*{{cite book |last=Mitchell |first=Brett |editor=Forbes, Andrew |editor2=Lovi, Michelle |title=Australian Maritime Issues 2006 |publisher=[[Sea Power Centre]]|year=2007 |series=Papers in Australian Maritime Affairs |issue=19 |issn=1327-5658 |chapter=Farewell to the Fremantle Class |isbn=978-0-642-29644-3 |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/enwiki/w/images/PIAMA19.pdf |accessdate=12 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613185344/http://www.navy.gov.au/enwiki/w/images/PIAMA19.pdf |archivedate=13 June 2011 }}
** The chapter is available separately as ''Semaphore'', Issue 17, 2005 in [https://web.archive.org/web/20090514185457/http://www.navy.gov.au/enwiki/w/images/Semaphore_2005_17.pdf PDF] and [http://www.navy.gov.au/Publication:Semaphore_-_Issue_17%2C_2005 HTML] formats.
*{{cite book|editor-last=Moore|editor-first=John|title=Jane's Fighting Ships 1985–86|year=1985|publisher=[[Janes Information Services]]|location=London|isbn=0-7106-0814-4}}


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Latest revision as of 03:49, 22 October 2022

For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Geraldton.

History
Australia
NamesakeCity of Geraldton
BuilderNQEA, Cairns
Laid down3 May 1982
Launched22 October 1983
Commissioned10 December 1983
Decommissioned7 October 2006
Motto"Fortune to the Brave"
Honours and
awards		Three inherited battle honours
FateScrapped
BadgeShip's badge
General characteristics
Class and typeFremantle-class patrol boat
Displacement220 tons
Length137.6 ft (41.9 m)
Beam25.25 ft (7.70 m)
Draught5.75 ft (1.75 m)
Propulsion2 MTU series 538 diesel engines, 3,200 shp (2,400 kW), 2 propellers
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph)
Complement22
Armament

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

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Main article: 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 220 tonnes (220 long tons; 240 short tons), were 137.6 feet (41.9 m) long overall, had a beam of 24.25 feet (7.39 m), and a maximum draught of 5.75 feet (1.75 m).[2] Main propulsion machinery consisted of two MTU series 538 diesel engines, which supplied 3,200 shaft horsepower (2,400 kW) to the two propeller shafts.[2] Exhaust was not expelled through a funnel, like most ships, but through vents below the waterline.[3] The patrol boat could reach a maximum speed of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph), and had a maximum range of 5,000 nautical miles (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 5 knots (9.3 km/h; 5.8 mph).[2] The ship's company consisted of 22 personnel.[2] Each patrol boat was armed with a single Bofors 40mm 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] 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 NQEA in Cairns, Queensland on 3 May 1982, launched on 22 October 1983, and commissioned into the RAN on 10 December 1983.[5]

Fate

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Geraldton 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]

Citations

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  1. ^ Mitchell, Farewell to the Fremantle class, p. 105
  2. ^ a b c d e Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 89
  3. ^ a b 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. ^ scheme=AGLSTERMS. AglsAgent; corporateName=Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence; address=Russell Offices. "Defence News & Releases | News | | Department of Defence". www1.defence.gov.au.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Australian National Audit Office (5 February 2015), Management of the Disposal of Specialist Military Equipment (Report), Government of Australia, p. 62, retrieved 24 April 2015

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