HMAS Brunei

HMAS Brunei Statistics
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Commanding Officer Commanding Officer HMAS Brunei
Pennant L 127
Class Landing Craft Heavy
Based Cairns
Laid down July 1971
Launched 15 October 1971
Builder Walker Ltd, Maryborough, Queensland
Commissioned 5 January 1973
Displacement 316 tonnes316,000 kg
316,000,000 g
696,660.552 lb
11,146,571.992 oz
Length 44.5 metres4,450 cm
0.0445 km
0.0277 mi
145.997 ft
1,751.969 in
Beam 10.1 metres1,010 cm
0.0101 km
0.00628 mi
33.136 ft
397.638 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

HMAS Brunei was named after the location of a well known Australian WW2 Amphibious landing in the Pacific. Brunei is the first Australian warship to bear the name.

With the other 5 LCHs ( Balikpapan, Betano, Labuan, Tarakan and Wewak) Brunei has played a critical role in peacekeeping and resupply in Bougainville and East Timor.

A Thursday War exercise is conducted off the coast of Plymouth, UK, as part of Flag Officer Sea...

A Thursday War exercise is conducted off the coast of Plymouth, UK, as part of Flag Officer Sea...