Armidale Class

Ships of Australia's Armidale Class patrol boat fleet are named after Australian cities and towns with close links with Navy heritage.

The Armidale Class were named to coincide with the 60th commemoration of the sinking of the original HMAS Armidale (I).

The Armidale Class provide Navy an improved capability to intercept and apprehend vessels in a greater range of sea conditions than the earlier patrol boat classes; the Fremantle Class and the Attack Class.

Multi-Crewing

The Armidale Class Patrol Boats operate as multi-crewed vessels that are formed into:

• Four divisions each comprised of four ships,
• Each Division has six crews, which rotate amongst the ships of the division;
• Three Divisions will be home ported in Darwin and One in Cairns;

The story of how the Armidale Class came into being is found in the following Semaphore article "Welcome to the Armidale Class".

Boats

Boat	Pennant	Class	Commissioned
HMAS Albany	ACPB 86	Armidale Class	245393215 July 2006
HMAS Ararat	ACPB 89	Armidale Class	245405010 November 2006
HMAS Armidale	ACPB 83	Armidale Class	245354624 June 2005
HMAS Bathurst	ACPB 85	Armidale Class	245377710 February 2006
HMAS Broome	ACPB 90	Armidale Class	245414210 February 2007
HMAS Bundaberg	ACPB 91	Armidale Class	24541633 March 2007
HMAS Childers	ACPB 93	Armidale Class	24542897 July 2007
HMAS Glenelg	ACPB 96	Armidale Class	245451922 February 2008
HMAS Larrakia	ACPB 84	Armidale Class	245377710 February 2006
HMAS Launceston	ACPB 94	Armidale Class	245436622 September 2007
HMAS Maitland	ACPB 88	Armidale Class	245400829 September 2006
HMAS Maryborough	ACPB 95	Armidale Class	24544438 December 2007
HMAS Pirie	ACPB 87	Armidale Class	245394629 July 2006
HMAS Wollongong	ACPB 92	Armidale Class	245427523 June 2007