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Kerr, Julian (1 January 2008). "Plain sailing: Australia's
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standards for high-speed light craft and RAN requirements. The
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Navy's
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752:IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2012–2013
620:Patrol boats shake down fuel faults
535:IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2012–2013
294:Rafael Typhoon stabilised gun mount
241:2 × Zodiac 7.2 m (24 ft)
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844:"Gas risk remains for navy boats"
303:2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns
280:Warrlock direction finding system
231:21 days standard, 42 days maximum
648:"HMAS Childers arrives in Burma"
504:"Features – A tale of two towns"
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750:Saunders, Stephen, ed. (2012).
689:Australian Maritime Issues 2006
635:Gas risk remains for navy boats
604:Australian Maritime Issues 2006
591:Australian Maritime Issues 2006
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329:(RAN). Named for the towns of
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781:Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007).
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758:. Coulsdon: IHS Jane's.
378:territories of Australia
199:2.7 m (8.9 ft)
602:Heron & Powell, in
589:Heron & Powell, in
345:Design and construction
252:21 standard, 29 maximum
191:9.7 m (32 ft)
153:General characteristics
422:in August 2006 pumped
31:at Zamboanga City Pier
1075:Bay-class patrol boat
756:Jane's Fighting Ships
477:Government of Myanmar
473:Australian Government
440:at their shipyard in
327:Royal Australian Navy
331:Childers, Queensland
236:Boats & landing
61:Childers, Queensland
922:-class patrol boats
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452:Operational history
436:was constructed by
325:patrol boat of the
267:Electronic warfare
128:"Serve With Honour"
658:on 25 January 2014
446:Cairns, Queensland
369:Det Norske Veritas
335:Childers, Victoria
259:processing systems
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167:patrol boat
107:MMSI number
82:7 July 2007
1106:2006 ships
1090:Categories
1011:Launceston
997:Wollongong
675:References
662:23 January
652:Navy Daily
514:7 December
481:HMAS
460:Division,
417:HMAS
300:autocannon
249:Complement
204:Propulsion
91:HMAS
1041:Fremantle
990:Bundaberg
853:7 January
803:140283156
774:793688752
734:Semaphore
711:1327-5658
633:McKenna,
508:Navy News
490:Citations
486:in 1959.
316:(ACPB 93)
228:Endurance
111:503211000
59:Towns of
50:Australia
1004:Childers
969:Maitland
948:Bathurst
941:Larrakia
934:Armidale
920:Armidale
744:formats.
606:, p. 131
593:, p. 132
483:Quiberon
469:Childers
462:Childers
434:Childers
419:Maitland
412:Armidale
408:Armidale
385:Armidale
373:Armidale
357:Armidale
339:Childers
321:Armidale
314:Childers
287:Armament
163:Armidale
116:Callsign
96:, Cairns
87:Homeport
71:Launched
56:Namesake
29:Childers
1050:Arafura
1025:Glenelg
580:, p. 22
537:, p. 33
196:Draught
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983:Broome
976:Ararat
955:Albany
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680:Books
401:davit
312:HMAS
243:RHIBs
220:Range
212:Speed
141:Badge
125:Motto
27:HMAS
855:2010
799:OCLC
789:ISBN
770:OCLC
760:ISBN
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