HMAS Ararat (ACPB 89)

For other ships of the same name, see HMAS Ararat.

Career (Australia (RAN))
Namesake:	Town of Ararat, Victoria
Builder:	Austal Shipyard, Henderson, Western Australia
Launched:	6 May 2006
Commissioned:	13 November 2006
Homeport:	HMAS Coonawarra, Darwin
Motto:	"Strength Through Effort"
Honours and awards:	Two inherited battle honours
Status:	Active as of 2010
General characteristics
Class and type:	Armidale class patrol boat
Displacement:	270 tons
Length:	56.8 metres (186 ft)
Beam:	9.5 metres (31 ft)
Draught:	2.7 metres (8.9 ft)
Propulsion:	2 x MTU 16V M70 2,320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions
Speed:	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range:	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km)& at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats and landing craft carried:	2 x Zodiac 7.2 metres (24 ft) RHIBs
Complement:	21
Sensors and processing systems:	Low light optical equipment, communication direction finding and radar
Armament:	1 x Rafael Typhoon 25 mm naval stabilised deck gun 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns

HMAS Ararat (ACPB 89), named for the town of Ararat, Victoria, is an Armidale class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Constructed by Austal Ships in Henderson, Western Australia and launched on 6 May 2006, Ararat was commissioned into the RAN in Melbourne, Victoria on 13 November 2006.

Ararat is assigned to Assail Division, is based in Darwin, and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.