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HMAS Pirie (ACPB 87)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Pirie.
HMAS Pirie (ACPB 87), named for the city of Port Pirie, South Australia, is an Armidale-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
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Namesake | City of Port Pirie, South Australia |
Builder | Austal Ships, Henderson, Western Australia |
Commissioned | 29 July 2006 |
Decommissioned | 26 March 2021 |
Homeport | Darwin |
Identification | MMSI number: 503205000 |
Motto | "Mark of Quality" |
Honours and awards | Three inherited battle honours |
Status | Awaiting disposal |
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Class and type | Armidale-class patrol boat |
Displacement | 300 tons standard load |
Length | 56.8 m (186 ft) |
Beam | 9.7 m (32 ft) |
Draught | 2.7 m (8.9 ft) |
Propulsion | 2 × MTU 4000 16V 6,225 horsepower (4,642 kW) diesels driving twin propellers |
Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) |
Range | 3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Endurance | 21 days standard, 42 days maximum |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × Zodiac 7.2 m (24 ft) RHIBs |
Complement | 21 standard, 29 maximum |
Sensors and processing systems | Bridgemaster E surface search/navigation radar |
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