ADV Cape Solander: Difference between revisions

{{Short description|Cape-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy}}

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2024}}

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|Ship caption=ADV ''Cape Solander'' at [[Austal]] shipyards in [[Henderson, Western Australia]] in June 2024

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|Ship country=Australia

|Ship flag={{Shipboxflag|Australia|naval}}

|Ship namesake=[[Cape Solander]]

|Ship builder=[[Austal]], [[Henderson, Western Australia]]

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|Ship launched=2024

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|Ship identification=*{{IMO number|4771932}}

*{{MMSI Number|503107000}}

*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: VKBW

*[[Pennant number]]: 312

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|Ship class={{sclass2|Cape|patrol boat}}

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|Ship length={{convert|58.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|10.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship draught={{convert|3.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|Ship propulsion=2 x Caterpillar 3516C diesels {{convert|6770|hp}} 2 shafts, 1 bow thruster

|Ship speed={{convert|26|kn}}

|Ship range={{convert|4000|nmi}} at {{convert|12|kn}}

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|Ship complement=25 standard, 32 maximum

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|Ship armament=2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns

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'''Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) ''Cape Pillar''''', named after [[Cape Pillar]] in [[Tasmania]], is an evolved {{sclass2|Cape|patrol boat}} under construction for the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN).<ref name="Launch" >{{cite web |url=https://seawaves.com/2023/06/09/adv-cape-pillar-launched-by-austal/ |title=ADV Cape Pillar Launched by Austal |date=9 June 2023 |website=SeaWaves Magazine |access-date=5 July 2023 |quote=}}</ref><ref name="Receivesfifth" >{{cite web |url=https://www.australiandefence.com.au/news/navy-receives-fifth-evolved-cape-class-patrol-boat |title=Navy receives fifth Evolved Cape-class patrol boat |date=23 June 2023 |website=Australian Defence Magazine |access-date=5 July 2023 |quote=}}</ref>

The ship will be the sixth of eight evolved Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy. Prior to ''Cape Pillar'', the RAN already operated the Cape-class patrol boats ''Cape Fourcroy'' and ''Cape Inscription'' as well as the evolved Cape-class patrol boats {{ship|ADV|Cape Otway||2}}, {{ship|ADV|Cape Peron||2}}, {{ship|ADV|Cape Naturaliste||2}}, {{ship|ADV|Cape Capricorn||2}} and {{ship|ADV|Cape Woolamai||2}}.<ref name="Launch" /><ref name="Receivesfifth" />

The ship is the last of the original six evolved Cape-class patrol boats the RAN ordered in April 2020 to replace the {{sclass|Armidale|patrol boat|1}}s in this role, at a projected cost of A$324{{nbsp}}million. This order was subsequently expanded by another two boats in April 2022, at an additional projected cost of $124{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=18 August 2022 |title=Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boats, Australia |work=Naval Technology |location= |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/evolved-cape-class-patrol-boats-australia/ |access-date=5 July 2023}}</ref> In November 2023, the RAN ordered a further two evolved Cape-class patrols, at a cost of A$157.1{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Securing continuous Naval Shipbuilding at Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia |url=https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2023-11-23/securing-continuous-naval-shipbuilding-henderson-shipyard-western-australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240429080452/https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2023-11-23/securing-continuous-naval-shipbuilding-henderson-shipyard-western-australia |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=Australian Defence Ministry}}</ref>

The ship is being built by [[Austal]] in [[Henderson, Western Australia]] and was launched in June 2023.<ref name="Launch" /><ref name="Receivesfifth" />

She was commissioned on 13 October 2023 and is to be based at [[HMAS Coonawarra|HMAS ''Coonawarra'']] in [[Darwin, Northern Territory]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bahtić |first=Fatima |date=2023-10-13 |title=Austal delivers sixth evolved Cape-class patrol boat to Australia |url=https://www.navaltoday.com/2023/10/13/austal-delivers-sixth-evolved-cape-class-patrol-boat-to-australia/ |access-date=2023-10-16 |website=Naval Today |language=en-US}}</ref> The ship was officially welcomed at HMAS ''Coonawarra'' on 8 February 2024.<ref>{{cite news |author=Mike Hughes |date=8 February 2024 |title=New beginnings for new patrol boat |work=Contact |location=[[Minnamurra, New South Wales]]|url=https://www.contactairlandandsea.com/2024/02/08/new-beginnings-for-patrol-boat/ |access-date=12 February 2024}}</ref>

==References==

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==External links==

*[https://www.austal.com/ships/cape-class-patrol-boat-austal-patrol-58 Austal: Cape-class Patrol Boat (Austal Patrol 58)]

*[https://www.navy.gov.au/adv-cape-pillar RAN page for Cape Pillar]

{{Cape-class patrol boats}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape Solander}}

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