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| History | |
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| Builder | Eglo Engineering, Adelaide[1] |
| Launched | 28 September 1989[2] |
| Commissioned | 4 December 1989[2] |
| Motto | "No Task Too Arduous" |
| Status | Active as of 2008 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Paluma class survey motor launch |
| Displacement | 310 tonnes[2] |
| Length | 36.6 metres (120 ft)[2] |
| Beam | 13.7 metres (45 ft)[2] |
| Draught | 2.2 metres (7.2 ft)[1] |
| Propulsion | 2 Detroit V12 diesel engines[2] |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h)[2] |
| Range | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km)[2] |
| Complement | 15[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 Elgo Engineering, Mermaid was launched on 28 September 1989, and commissioned into the RAN on 4 December 1989.[2]
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