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HMAS Mermaid (A 02)

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History
RAN EnsignAustralia
BuilderEglo Engineering, Adelaide[1]
Launched28 September 1989[2]
Commissioned4 December 1989[2]
Motto"No task too arduous"
General characteristics
Displacement310 tonnes[2]
Length36.6 metres[2]
Beam13.7 metres[2]
Draught2.2 metres[1]
Propulsion2 Detroit V12 diesel engines[2]
Speed11 knots[2]
Range3500 nautical miles[2]
Complement15[2]
Sensors and
processing systems		2 x echo sounders, 2 x side-scan sonar, searchlight sonar[1]

HMAS Mermaid (A 02) is Paluma class survey motor launches in the Royal Australian Navy. She is a twin hulled hydrographic survey ship designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs.[2] The ship was launched on 28 September 1989 and commissioned on 4 December 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c "HMAS Paluma". Survey Vessels. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "HMAS Mermaid". Survey Vessels. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 2007-07-07.
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