HMAS Pirie (ACPB 87)
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| Commissioned: | 29 July 2006 |
| Status: | Active |
| Homeport: | Darwin |
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| Displacement: | 270 tonnes |
| Length: | 56.8 metres |
| Beam: | 9.5 metres |
| Draught: | 2.7 metres |
| Propulsion: | 2x MTU 16V M70 2320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions |
| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Range: | 3000 nautical miles |
| Boats and landing craft carried: | 2x Zodiac 7.2 m waterjet seaboats |
| Complement: | 21 (accommodation for 41) |
| Sensors and processing systems: | low light optical communication direction finding radar |
| Armament: | 1x Rafael Typhoon 25mm naval stabilised deck gun 2x 12.7mm machine guns |
HMAS Pirie (ACPB 87) is an Australian Armidale class patrol boat. Pirie was commissioned at Port Pirie, South Australia on 29 July 2006. Pirie is based in Darwin and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.
HMAS Pirie is the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy. The first HMAS Pirie was a Bathurst class corvette which served with the Royal Australian Navy during World War II.
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- Australian Department of Defence media release New patrol boat HMAS Pirie commissions in traditional Navy ceremony
| Armidale class patrol boat |
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| Armidale | Larrakia | Bathurst | Albany | Pirie | Maitland | Ararat | Broome | Bundaberg | Wollongong | Childers | Launceston | Maryborough | Glenelg |
Australian Patrol Boat Group |
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