HMAS Benalla (A 04)
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| 300px HMAS Benalla and HMAS Gascoyne (behind) in Darling Harbour for the 2008 Sea Power Centre conference | |
| Career (Australia (RAN)) |  |
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| Namesake: | City of Benalla, Victoria |
| Builder: | Eglo Engineering, Adelaide[1] |
| Launched: | 31 January 1990[2] |
| Commissioned: | 20 March 1990[2] |
| Homeport: | HMAS Cairns |
| Motto: | "We Lead Others Follow" |
| Honours and awards: | One inherited battle honour |
| Status: | Active as of 2010 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Paluma class survey motor launch |
| Displacement: | 310 tonnes[2] |
| Length: | 36.6 metres (120 ft)[2] |
| Beam: | 13.7 metres (45 ft)[2] |
| Draught: | 2.2 metres (7.2 ft)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 2 Detroit V12 diesel engines[2] |
| Speed: | 11 knots (20 km/h)[2] |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km)[2] |
| Complement: | 15[2] |
| Sensors and processing systems: | 2 x echo sounders, 2 x side-scan sonar, searchlight sonar[1] |
HMAS Benalla (A 04) is Paluma class survey motor launch of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Benalla is a twin-hulled hydrographic survey ship, designed to operate in shoaling and shallow reefs.[2] Constructed by Eglo Engineering, Benalla was launched on 31 January 1990, and commissioned into the RAN on 20 March 1990. The ship was named for the city of Benalla, Victoria.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "HMAS Paluma". Royal Australian Navy. http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Paluma. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 "HMAS Benalla". Royal Australian Navy. http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Benalla. Retrieved 9 September 2008.
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