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HMAS Cape Woolamai
Cape-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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HMAS Cape Woolamai, formerly the Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Woolamai, named after Cape Woolamai in Victoria, is an evolved Cape-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1][2]
The ship is the fifth of ten evolved Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy. Prior to Cape Woolamai, the RAN already operated the Cape-class patrol boats Cape Fourcroy and Cape Inscription as well as the evolved Cape-class patrol boats Cape Otway, Cape Peron, Cape Naturaliste and Cape Capricorn.[1][2]
The ship was built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, accepted on 22 June 2023 and is to be based at HMAS Coonawarra in Darwin, Northern Territory.[1][2]
The ship is one of the original six evolved Cape-class patrol boats the RAN ordered in April 2020 to replace the Armidale-class patrol boats in this role, at a projected cost of A$324 million. This order was subsequently expanded by another two boats in April 2022, at an additional projected cost of $124 million.[3] In November 2023, the RAN ordered a further two evolved Cape-class patrols, at a cost of A$157.1 million.[4]
On 12 December 2024, four of the Cape-class vessels were commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy, one of them the Cape Woolamai.[5]
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