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A Bay-class vessel has a crew of 12. [2] The Bay-class was built by Austal. [3] The eight ships were delivered over a period of 19 months, beginning in February 1999. [2] The Bay-class design was used as the basis for the 14 larger Armidale-class patrol boats in use with the Royal Australian Navy, [4] and the 10 patrol boats used by the Yemen ...
Former Bay class Australian Customs Vessel Botany Bay (ACV30) returns to Stokes Hill Wharf, Darwin, Australia The Defence Strategic Review due in 2023 is reportedly considering removing the Arafura-class from Royal Australian Navy service and transferring them to the Australian Border Force Marine Unit, this is being considered as the Arafura ...
Container ships sailing for the company under the OCL banner were characterised by their green hulls with white topping, white superstructure and green funnels bearing the initials OCL in white letters. All OCL ships' names ended in Bay, such as Encounter Bay, Tokyo Bay, Liverpool Bay, Resolution Bay and Mairangi Bay.
The party returned to Botany Bay on 23 January. [57] On the morning of 24 January, the party was startled when two French ships, the Astrolabe and the Boussole, were seen just outside Botany Bay. This was a scientific expedition led by Jean-François de La Pérouse.
Berrima a 1954 Botany Bay workboat/passenger motor boat Bronzewing, 1968 and Currawong, 1969, are Bronzewing-class harbour tugs (on loan from the Royal Australian Navy). They are used to berth and un-berth James Craig or to relocate the steam ships when not under steam.
The Bay class was designed as a replacement for the five Round Table-class logistics ships operated by the RFA. [6] Planning for the class began in the 1990s, after the original intent to modernise and extend the service life of three Round Tables ran into problems with extensive corrosion and problems implementing new safety standards. [7]
Bay-class landing ship dock. Builder: United Kingdom; Displacement: 16,160 tons; Operator: Royal Navy, (Royal Fleet Auxiliary), 3 in commission, Royal Australian Navy, (1 commission in 2012) Endurance-class landing platform dock. Builder: Singapore; Displacement: 8,500 tons; Operator: Republic of Singapore Navy: 4 in commission (1 building)
At the time that the Botany Pier (or 'Long Pier') on Botany Bay was in use, that part of the bay had sandbanks. The sixty-miler Yuloo ran aground near there in 1914, after apparently missing the channel. [125] Bealiba, coming from Catherine Hill Bay, ran aground on a shoal in 1929. [126] In 1919, Audrey D also ran aground in Botany Bay. [127]