HMAS Betano

HMAS Betano Statistics

Commanding Officer	Lieutenant Commander William Hooper
Pennant	L 133
Type	Amphibious Warfare
Classification	Landing Craft, Heavy (LCH)
Class	Balikpapan Class
Based	Darwin
Laid down	September 1972
Launched	5 December 1972
Builder	Walker Ltd, Maryborough, Queensland
Commissioned	8 February 1974
Displacement	323 tonnes (loaded, 511 tonnes)
Length	44.75 metres4,475 cm 0.0448 km 0.0278 mi 146.818 ft 1,761.811 in
Beam	10 metres1,000 cm 0.01 km 0.00621 mi 32.808 ft 393.701 in
Armament	Two x 0.50 inch machine guns
Main Machinery	Two x GE diesels
Speed	9 knots4.63 m/s 16.668 km/h 0.00463 km/s 911.418 ft/min 15.19 ft/s
Company	13 (2 officers, 11 sailors)
Battle Honours	East Timor 2000

HMAS Betano was named after the location where HMAS Voyager (I) landed the 2/4 Independent Company at Betano in Timor on 23 September 1942. HMA Ships Kuru, Castlemaine and Armidale (I) withdrew the Independent Company from Betano between December 1 and 3.