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of 9.7 metres (32 ft), a draught of 2.7 metres (8 ft 10 in), and a standard
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Kerr, Julian (1 January 2008). "Plain sailing: Australia's
Armidales prove fit for task".
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New patrol boat HMAS Pirie commissions in traditional Navy ceremony
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and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.
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The vessel was decommissioned in Darwin on 26 March 2021.
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620:Patrol boats shake down fuel faults
535:IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2012–2013
296:Rafael Typhoon stabilised gun mount
243:2 × Zodiac 7.2 m (24 ft)
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881:"Gas risk remains for navy boats"
305:2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns
282:Warrlock direction finding system
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787:Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2012).
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635:Gas risk remains for navy boats
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499:Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel
276:Prism III radar warning system
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470:Port Hedland, South Australia
391:rigid-hulled inflatable boats
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818:Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007).
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322:Port Pirie, South Australia
298:fitted with a 25 mm (1 in)
177:300 tons standard load
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141:inherited battle honours
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339:Design and construction
254:21 standard, 29 maximum
193:9.7 m (32 ft)
155:General characteristics
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333:Royal Australian Navy
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363:Det Norske Veritas
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134:Honours and
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1142:2006 ships
1126:Categories
1047:Launceston
1033:Wollongong
712:References
685:12 January
468:trials at
411:HMAS
302:autocannon
251:Complement
206:Propulsion
71:Port Pirie
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890:7 January
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659:Navy News
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516:Citations
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230:Endurance
120:503205000
60:Australia
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1005:Maitland
984:Bathurst
977:Larrakia
970:Armidale
956:Armidale
781:formats.
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