Paluma class survey motor launch
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Paluma |
| Builders: | Eglo Engineering, Adelaide |
| Operators: | Royal Australian Navy |
| Succeeded by: | Planned Australian offshore combatant vessel |
| In commission: | 27 February 1989 - present |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Active: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Motor launch |
| Displacement: | 320 tonnes |
| Length: | 36.6 metres (120 ft) |
| Beam: | 13.7 metres (45 ft) |
| Draught: | 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Detroit V12 diesel engines |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h) |
| Range: | 3,500 nautical miles (6,500 km) |
| Complement: | 15 |
| Sensors and processing systems: | Two echo sounders, two side-scan sonars, two heave by heave compensators, one skipper searchlight sonar |
| Armament: | None fitted |
| Notes: |
Ships in class include: HMAS Paluma |
The Paluma class survey motor launch is a class of four hydrographic survey launches operated by the Royal Australian Navy. The four ships were built by Eglo Engineering, Adelaide and entered service between February 1989 and March 1990. All four vessels are homeported at the naval base HMAS Cairns in Cairns, Queensland.
The Paluma class is designed to conduct hydrographic surveys in the shallow waters off northern Australia. The vessels generally operate in pairs.
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