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peacekeeping taskforce until May 2001, when she was decommissioned and returned to the builder.
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peacekeeping taskforce. The catamaran was the first RAN ship to reach
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speed meaning she could turn around a payload faster than multiple
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in May 1999, and the vessel was commissioned into the RAN as HMAS
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1067:(9): 75–7.
906:23 December
874:23 December
792:20 February
701:28 December
554:(Incat 050)
317:Bass Strait
136:Honours and
126:Nickname(s)
113:11 May 2001
1595:1997 ships
1574:Categories
1477:Jervis Bay
1275:Balikpapan
1264:Balikpapan
1252:Jervis Bay
1092:8 December
1009:Frame, Tom
1002:References
963:10 January
924:, pp. 81–4
607:Jervis Bay
603:Jervis Bay
532:Jervis Bay
520:Jervis Bay
500:Jervis Bay
492:Jervis Bay
480:Jervis Bay
472:Jervis Bay
460:Jervis Bay
325:Jervis Bay
277:Jervis Bay
257:Complement
225:Propulsion
196:1,250 tons
149:East Timor
74:Jervis Bay
43:Jervis Bay
1550:Mexeflote
1468:RORO ship
1457:Westralia
1243:catamaran
1073:0041-798X
643:Citations
559:Spearhead
456:Incat 045
367:Incat 045
305:Incat 045
295:Built by
286:catamaran
151:1999–2000
64:Australia
1495:Crusader
1443:Kanimbla
1423:LST 3022
1416:LST 3014
1409:LST 3008
1310:Salamaua
1222:Kanimbla
1211:Kanimbla
1159:Adelaide
1152:Canberra
1141:Canberra
1031:55980812
1011:(2004).
983:BBC News
826:, p. 290
684:The Navy
660:Polson,
627:SpeedOne
593:SpeedOne
508:INTERFET
438:Kanimbla
401:. Named
344:SpeedOne
329:INTERFET
301:Tasmania
279:(AKR 45)
265:Armament
94:Launched
88:Tasmania
70:Namesake
1522:LCM2000
1450:Manoora
1402:Tarakan
1296:Tarakan
1229:Manoora
1179:Choules
989:1 April
937:, p. 83
933:Hasik,
920:Hasik,
822:Frame,
810:, p. 82
806:Hasik,
476:burnout
444:sealift
391:TT-Line
385:TT-Line
309:TT-Line
292:(RAN).
217:Draught
80:Builder
51:History
45:in 2000
1511:LARC-V
1501:ALC 50
1388:Labuan
1324:Betano
1289:Labuan
1282:Brunei
1199:Tobruk
1071:
1048:
1029:
1019:
846:
765:
611:Winner
576:class
563:, and
448:Austal
403:Tascat
313:Tascat
281:was a
249:Troops
201:Length
158:Status
138:awards
1524:class
1516:LCM-8
1336:LSM-1
1303:Wewak
900:(PDF)
893:(PDF)
695:(PDF)
680:(PDF)
619:Palau
615:Genoa
597:Dover
568:(061)
566:Swift
561:(060)
490:HMAS
440:class
297:Incat
275:HMAS
241:Range
233:Speed
166:Badge
118:Motto
84:Incat
41:HMAS
1540:LCVP
1317:Buna
1094:2009
1069:ISSN
1046:ISBN
1027:OCLC
1017:ISBN
991:2010
965:2018
908:2012
876:2012
844:ISBN
794:2016
763:ISBN
703:2017
617:and
516:3RAR
512:Dili
417:and
397:and
352:HSC
209:Beam
185:Type
1545:LLC
1395:Lae
1240:HSC
1065:126
595:in
427:RAN
311:as
299:in
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