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|Ship flag=[[Image:Naval Ensign of Australia.svg|60px|RAN Ensign]]
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|Ship namesake=
|Ship builder=[[Elgo Engineering]]<ref name=ranHP>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Paluma |title=HMAS Paluma |accessdate=11 September 2008 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy}}</ref>
|Ship builder=[[Eglo Engineering]]<ref name=ranHP>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Paluma |title=HMAS Paluma |accessdate=11 September 2008 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy}}</ref>
|Ship laid down=
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|Ship launched=28 September 1989<ref name=ranHM>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Mermaid |title=HMAS Mermaid |accessdate=11 September 2008 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy}}</ref>
|Ship launched=28 September 1989<ref name=ranHM>{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Mermaid |title=HMAS Mermaid |accessdate=11 September 2008 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy}}</ref>
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She is a twin hulled [[hydrographic survey]] ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs.<ref name=ranHM/>
She is a twin hulled [[hydrographic survey]] ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs.<ref name=ranHM/>


Constructed by Elgo Engineering, ''Mermaid'' was launched on 28 September 1989, and commissioned into the RAN on 4 December 1989.<ref name=ranHM/>
Constructed by Eglo Engineering, ''Mermaid'' was launched on 28 September 1989, and commissioned into the RAN on 4 December 1989.<ref name=ranHM/>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 02:14, 17 May 2010

History
RAN EnsignAustralia (RAN)
BuilderEglo Engineering[1]
Launched28 September 1989[2]
Commissioned4 December 1989[2]
Motto"No Task Too Arduous"
StatusActive as of 2008
General characteristics
Class and typePaluma class survey motor launch
Displacement310 tonnes[2]
Length36.6 metres (120 ft)[2]
Beam13.7 metres (45 ft)[2]
Draught2.2 metres (7.2 ft)[1]
Propulsion2 Detroit V12 diesel engines[2]
Speed11 knots (20 km/h)[2]
Range3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km)[2]
Complement15[2]
Sensors and
processing systems		2 x echo sounders, 2 x side-scan sonar, searchlight sonar[1]

HMAS Mermaid (A 02) is a Paluma class survey motor launch serving in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

She is a twin hulled hydrographic survey ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs.[2]

Constructed by Eglo Engineering, Mermaid was launched on 28 September 1989, and commissioned into the RAN on 4 December 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "HMAS Paluma". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "HMAS Mermaid". Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 11 September 2008.
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