Bay-class patrol boat
Bay-class patrol boat Botany Bay in Darwin Harbour in July 2012
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Class overview | |
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Name | Bay class |
Builders | Austal |
Operators | |
In service | 1999–present |
Completed | 8 |
Active | 4 |
Retired | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement | 134 tons |
Length | 38.2 m (125 ft 4 in) |
Beam | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in) |
Draught | 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Range | 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Wiltrading Pursuit 640 vessels (USLC-2C Survey)[1] |
Complement | 12 crew |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament | 1 × 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun |
The Bay class is a
The class was due to be replaced by 2010, but a
Design and construction
Bay-class vessels have a
The Bay class was built by Austal.[3] The eight ships were delivered over a period of 19 months, beginning in February 1999.[2]
The Bay-class design was used as the basis for the 14 larger
Operational history
The eight patrol boats are operated by the
Bay-class vessels often operate on border protection duties under
Foreign service
Two Bay-class patrol boats were gifted to the
Another two were offered to the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency in 2014.[13] Arnhem Bay was handed over on 10 February 2015, and was renamed KM Perwira.[14] Dame Roma Mitchell was transferred in May 2015,[15][14] and renamed KM Satria.[16]
Replacement
The Bay class were due to be replaced in 2010, but it was not until June of that year that a
The new patrol boats entered service between March 2013 and September 2015.[21] Most Bay Class vessels were retired prior to Australian Customs and Border Protection Service being reformed into the Australian Border Force (ABF). Only 2 Bay Class vessels, the Roebuck Bay and Storm Bay, are still in service with the ABF
Ships
ACV Roebuck Bay (ABFC 200)
ACV Holdfast Bay (ACV 20)
ACV Botany Bay (ACV 30)
ACV Hervey Bay (ACV 40) now SLNS Rathnadeepa
ACV Corio Bay (ACV 50) now SLNS Mihikatha
ACV Arnhem Bay (ACV 60) now KM Perwira
ACV Dame Roma Mitchell (ACV 70) now KM Satria
ACV Storm Bay (ABFC 210)
Citations
- ^ a b Wiltrading Pursuit 640 Manual
- ^ a b c d e f g Saunders (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, p. 37
- ^ a b c Australian Customs Service, Customs Maritime Unit
- ^ Tenix, Tenix shortlisted for Patrol Boat tender, "[Defense Maritime Services, partnering with Austal] is offering a stretched version of the Austal designed Bay Class Patrol Boat that is currently in service with Australian Customs."
- ^ Austal, Austal to Build 10 Naval Patrol Boats for Yemen, "The all-aluminium patrol boat design selected by Yemen is a slightly less complex version of Austal's 38-metre Bay Class design..."
- ^ Dodd, 'Dad's navy' fills in for faulty ships, "[The Royal Australian Navy] is relying heavily on the Australian Customs Service to provide back-up with a loan of eight Bay-class boats."
- ^ a b c Parnell, Navy and Customs vessels cut back on border patrols
- ^ "Border Force progressing fleet upgrades - Australian Defence Magazine". www.australiandefence.com.au. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- Canberra Times. 17 November 2013. Archived from the originalon 18 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
- ^ a b Rahamat, Ridzwan (2 April 2014). "Sri Lankan Navy receives donated Australian patrol vessel". IHS Jane's 360. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ a b Rahmat, Ridzwan (4 June 2014). "Sri Lanka receives second donated Australian patrol vessel". IHS Jane's 360. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
- ^ Abeyrtne, Dharma Sri (10 July 2014). "President commissions SLNS Mihikatha and Rathnadeepa". Daily News. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
- ^ "Australia Intends To Provide Two Retired Patrol Boats To Malaysia By Mid-2015". Bernama. 5 February 2013. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ a b "First of Two Bay Class Patrol Boats Gifted To Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency" (Press release). Austal. 27 March 2015. Archived from the original on 18 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ ACBPS Media (19 December 2014). "ACV Dame Roma Mitchell's last patrol saves six endangered turtles". Department of Immigration and Border Protection. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ "MMEA receives another Bay Class patrol vessel from Australia".
- ^ Australian Security Magazine, Govt to buy new border patrol vessels
- ^ "Austal Awarded Cape Class Patrol Boat Contract". Media Releases. Austal. 12 August 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
- ^ "Cape Class Patrol Boats".
- ^ Australian Associated Press, Austal looks to Asia and Middle East
- ^ "Cape Class Patrol Boat (Australian Border Force)". Austal. 3 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
References
Books
- Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2007). Jane's Fighting Ships. Jane's Fighting Ships (110th edition (2007-2008) ed.). Surrey: ISBN 978-0-7106-2799-5.
- Wiltrading. Wiltrading Pursuit 640 Manual.
News articles
- "Austal looks to Asia and Middle East". Business Spectator. Australian Associated Press. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- "Govt to buy new border patrol vessels". Australian Security Magazine. 23 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
- Dodd, Mark (3 February 2007). "'Dad's navy' fills in for faulty ships". The Australian. News Corporation. Archived from the original on 20 February 2007. Retrieved 1 March 2010. Alt URL
- Parnell, Sean (26 July 2010). "Navy and Customs vessels cut back on border patrols". The Australian. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
Websites
- "Austal to Build 10 Naval Patrol Boats for Yemen". Austal. 9 June 2003. Archived from the original (press release) on 19 October 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- "Customs Marine Unit". Australian Customs Service. 21 May 2008. Archived from the original on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- "Tenix shortlisted for Patrol Boat tender". Tenix. 1 June 2002. Archived from the original (press release) on 10 November 2006. Retrieved 26 July 2007.
External links
- "A decade of offshore maritime patrol and response" (PDF). Customs Manifest magazine. Australian Customs. October 2006. pp. 9–13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- "Australian Customs 38m". Austal website. Archived from the original on 20 October 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.