HMAS Brunei
BRP Ivatan arriving at Captain Veloso Pier
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History | |
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Australia | |
Namesake | Landings at Brunei Bay (Battle of North Borneo) |
Builder | Walkers Limited (Maryborough, Queensland) |
Laid down | 9 August 1971 |
Launched | 8 October 1971 |
Commissioned | 5 January 1973 |
Decommissioned | 20 November 2014
Call sign: VKDK |
Homeport | HMAS Cairns |
Motto | "Attempt to Attain" |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Transferred to the Philippine Navy, 23 July 2015 |
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History | |
Philippines | |
Name | BRP Ivatan |
Namesake | Batanes Islands |
Acquired | 23 July 2015 |
Commissioned | 23 July 2015 |
Status | Active as of 2015 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy |
Displacement | 316 tons |
Length | 44.5 m (146 ft) |
Beam | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
Propulsion | Two GE diesels |
Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
Capacity | 180 tons of vehicle cargo or 400 soldiers |
Complement | 13 |
Armament | 2 × 0.50 inch machine guns |
BRP Ivatan (LC-298) is a
Brunei was decommissioned from Australian service in 2014. The ship was refurbished and donated to the Philippine Navy, commissioning as BRP Ivatan (named after the Ivatan ethnic group) in 2015.
Design and construction
The eight-vessel Balikpapan class was ordered as a locally manufactured replacement for the
The LCHs have a maximum payload of 180 tons; equivalent to 3
The ship was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland on 9 August 1971, launched on 8 October 1971, and commissioned into the RAN as HMAS Brunei on 5 January 1973.[5]
Operational history
In April 1974, Brunei, Buna, and Betano transited to Lord Howe Island as a demonstration of the Balikpanan class' oceangoing capabilities.[6]
Following the destruction of Darwin by Cyclone Tracy during the night of 24–25 December 1974, Brunei was deployed as part of the relief effort; Operation Navy Help Darwin.[7] Brunei sailed from Brisbane on 27 December, and arrived on 13 January 1975.[7]
From 1985 to 1988, Brunei and Betano were assigned to the
Brunei was deployed to
In 2006, Brunei visited Lord Howe Island for the 75th anniversary of the first solo Australia to New Zealand flight by Sir Francis Chichester.[6]
Decommissioning
Brunei, along with Labuan and Tarakan, were decommissioned on 20 November 2014.[12]
Brunei and sister ship
See also
- List of ships of the Philippine Navy
Citations
- ^ Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, pgs 79, 125
- ^ a b c d e f g Wertheim (ed.), The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World, p. 26
- ^ a b c Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946, p. 79
- ^ "Balikpapan Class Heavy Landing Craft (LCH), Australia". Naval Technology. 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
- ^ Swinden, Heavy Lifting for Four Decades, p. 20
- ^ a b c Swinden, Heavy Lifting for Four Decades, p. 22
- ^ a b Stevens, Strength Through Diversity, p. 15
- ^ "Navy Marks 109th Birthday With Historic Changes To Battle Honours". Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original on 13 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- ^ "Royal Australian Navy Ship/Unit Battle Honours" (PDF). Royal Australian Navy. 1 March 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
- OCLC 741711418. Archived from the originalon 26 October 2012. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ Staples, Natalie (20 November 2014). "Final farewell for landing craft". Navy Daily. Royal Australian Navy. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ a b c Fonbuena, Carmela (29 January 2015). "Australia's gift to PH Navy: 2 supply ships". Rapller. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ a b Dalton, Nick (24 July 2015). "Gifted ships to Philippines refitted in Cairns for $4m". The Cairns Post. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ Cohen, Michael; Hardy, James (29 May 2015). "Ex-RAN heavy landing craft to arrive in Philippines by mid-May". IHS Jane's Defence Weekly. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ Romero, Alexis (23 July 2015). "Navy commissions 2 landing craft heavy ships from Australia". philstar.com (The Philippine Star). Retrieved 24 July 2015.
- ^ Romero, Alexis. "Navy to commission 2 landing craft heavy ships from Australia". philstar.com (The Philippine Star). Retrieved 13 July 2015.
References
- Books
- Gillett, Ross (1988). Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946. Brookvale, NSW: Child & Associates. OCLC 23470364.
- Stevens, David (2007). Strength Through Diversity: The combined naval role in Operation Stabilise (PDF). Working Papers. Vol. 20. Canberra: Sea Power Centre – Australia. ISSN 1834-7231. Archived from the original(PDF) on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2010.
- Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. OCLC 140283156.
- Journal articles
- "Disaster Relief — Cyclone Tracy and Tasman Bridge". Semaphore. 2004 (14). Sea Power Centre. December 2004. Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- Swinden, Greg (April 2013). "Heavy Lifting for Four Decades: The Navy's Landing Craft Heavy". The Navy. 75 (2). Navy League of Australia: 20–24. ISSN 1322-6231.
External links
- Philippine Navy Official website
- Naming and Code Designation of PN Ships Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine