HMAS Bendigo (II)
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| Pennant | FCPB 211 |
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| Type | Fremantle Class Patrol Boat |
| Launched | 15 January 1983 |
| Builder | North Queensland Engineers and Agents, Cairns, Queensland |
| Commissioned | 28 May 1983 |
| Decommissioned | 9 September 2006 |
| Displacement | 220 tonnes220,000 kg 220,000,000 g 485,016.84 lb 7,760,271.64 oz |
| Length | 42 metres4,200 cm 0.042 km 0.0261 mi 137.795 ft 1,653.543 in |
| Beam | 7.15 metres715 cm 0.00715 km 0.00444 mi 23.458 ft 281.496 in |
| Draught | 1.8 metres180 cm 0.0018 km 0.00112 mi 5.906 ft 70.866 in |
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| Horsepower | 6,140 |
| Speed | 30 knots15.433 m/s 55.56 km/h 0.0154 km/s 3,038.059 ft/min 50.634 ft/s |
| Complement | 24 |
| Range | 2,360 nautical miles at 12 knots |
HMAS Bendigo was the 9th of the Fremantle class patrol boats whose primary role was to conduct fisheries and civil surveillance patrols, protecting Australia's borders. She was one of four boats based in Cairns, Queensland. Bendigo was the second ship to be so named, HMAS Bendigo (I) being a Bathurst class corvette that served with distinction in World War II.
Bendigo served her final year of operational life in 2006. Later that year she was paid off and replaced by an Armidale class patrol boat. Bendigo worked hard throughout her last year, doing what she does best - patrolling our Northern borders.
Bendigo was the second ship of this name within the RAN. HMAS Bendigo (I) was a Bathurst class corvette.
