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2005-10-16 Down Under

Australia's new class navy boat ready for border patrols

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Posted by God Save The World AKA Oztralian 2005-10-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Sleek looking ship, but with only a 25mm gun and two 12.7mm machine guns it could use a little more firepower.

Posted by RWV 2005-10-16 00:38|| 2005-10-16 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Sleek is the first thing that popped into my mind to.

Posted by raptor 2005-10-16 01:49|| 2005-10-16 01:49|| Front Page Top

#3 This Website has more info on the new class of navy ships.

Posted by God Save The World AKA Oztralian 2005-10-16 02:35|| http://travis.acahosting.info/]">[http://travis.acahosting.info/] 2005-10-16 02:35|| Front Page Top

#4 RWV, you have a point, but doesn't more risk being too much gun - yes, that's possible - for a high-speed patrol boat?

Posted by Edward Yee 2005-10-16 05:09|| http://edwardyee.fanworks.net]">[http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2005-10-16 05:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Oztralian, does Oz have a separate coast guard? If so, what are they using?

Posted by Jonathan">Jonathan 2005-10-16 06:46|| 2005-10-16 06:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Jonathan, Australia does not have a separate Coast Guard, the RAN does it all. According to Wikipedia, they have 15 Fremantle class patrole boats with 12 of these Armidales to come.
Have to agree they look good. Might make a nice yacht, too. Sort of like a marine Hummer...

Posted by Grunter 2005-10-16 07:24|| 2005-10-16 07:24|| Front Page Top

#7 You don't bring a cannon to a police drug deal intercept because if you do, the police end up not shooting at all most of the time.

The NORKs have been smuggling hard drugs, and other things, into Australia and this class boat seems to be ideally sized and armed to deal with that sort of thing - human smuggling too.

Posted by lotp 2005-10-16 09:37|| 2005-10-16 09:37|| Front Page Top

#8 Might make a nice yacht, too.

Lovey, where's ~~your~~ the checkbook?

Posted by John Kerry 2005-10-16 10:41|| 2005-10-16 10:41|| Front Page Top

#9 Sorta looks like an overgrown PT Boat, looks fast.

Grown up version of a cigarette boat?

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-16 10:49|| 2005-10-16 10:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Lot of triangles in the design.

Posted by Shipman 2005-10-16 12:52|| 2005-10-16 12:52|| Front Page Top

#11 Hmmm, Built by Austal, that jives with a newspaper announcement that the Mobile Austal Shipyard was to make "Navy" ships (Didn't state what nation's Navy)

So, "Made In America" for the Australian Navy?
wonder if they will simply sail them home, or deliver on a ship for unloading in Aussieland?
Since they're to be Aluminum, it's possible to send by freight.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2005-10-16 14:12|| 2005-10-16 14:12|| Front Page Top

#12 Austal also makes high speed transports; the one variant of the USN LCS was based on the design.

Posted by Pappy 2005-10-16 16:36|| 2005-10-16 16:36|| Front Page Top

#13 There are two designs for the US Navy's LCS ship... a monohull and a trimaran.

The trimaran version is being built at Austal's shipyard in Mobile, Ala.

Posted by Phil Fraering 2005-10-16 17:21|| 2005-10-16 17:21|| Front Page Top

#14 Sleek looking ship, but with only a 25mm gun and two 12.7mm machine guns it could use a little more firepower.

Having been on the receiving end of .50 caliber (12.7 mm) and 20 mm, I assure you that is sufficient for its assigned task.

Posted by AlmostStupid5839">AlmostStupid5839 2005-10-16 17:24|| 2005-10-16 17:24|| Front Page Top

#15 Out of the drug biz, eh 5839.

Posted by Thraique Thrineter8068 2005-10-16 17:25|| 2005-10-16 17:25|| Front Page Top

#16 Re #11
So, "Made In America" for the Australian Navy?

Don't think so - see link in #3:
"DMS has subcontracted Austal to build the vessels at its Henderson yard near Fremantle."

Posted by Chuck 2005-10-16 18:25|| 2005-10-16 18:25|| Front Page Top

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