HMAS Albany (ACPB 86)

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Launched:	<tr valign=top><td>Commissioned:</td><td>15 July 2006</td></tr>
Status:	Active <tr valign=top><td>Homeport:</td><td>Darwin</td></tr>
General Characteristics
Displacement:	270 tonnes
Length:	56.8 metres
Beam:	9.5 metres <tr valign=top><td>Draught:</td><td>2.7 metres</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Propulsion:</td><td>2x MTU 16V M70 2320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions</td></tr>
Speed:	25 knots <tr valign=top><td>Range:</td><td>3000 nautical miles</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Boats and landing craft carried:</td><td>2x Zodiac 7.2 m waterjet seaboats</td></tr>
Complement:	21 (accommodation for 41) <tr valign=top><td>Sensors and processing systems:</td><td>low light optical communication direction finding radar</td></tr><tr valign=top><td>Armament:</td><td>1x Rafael Typhoon 25mm naval stabilised deck gun 2x 12.7mm machine guns</td></tr>

HMAS Albany (ACPB 86) is an Australian Armidale class patrol boat. Albany was commissioned in Albany, Western Australia on 15 July 2006. Albany is based in Darwin and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.

HMAS Albany is the first ship of this name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy, and is named after the Western Australian city.

Australian Patrol Boat Group

Australian Defence Force
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