HMAS Wollongong (ACPB 92)

For other ships with the same name, see HMAS Wollongong.

History
Australia (RAN)
Namesake	City of Wollongong, New South Wales
Builder	Austral Ships, Henderson, Western Australia
Commissioned	23 June 2007
Homeport	HMAS Cairns, Cairns
Motto	"Heed The Call"
Nickname(s)	"The Wolf"
Status	Active as of 2008
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General characteristics
Class and type	Armidale class patrol boat
Displacement	270 tons
Length	56.8 metres (186 ft)
Beam	9.5 metres (31 ft)
Draught	2.7 metres (8.9 ft)
Propulsion	2 x MTU 16V M70 2,320 kW diesels driving twin screws through ZF transmissions
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km)& at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 x Zodiac 7.2 metres (24 ft) RHIBs
Complement	21
Sensors and processing systems	Low light optical equipment, communication direction finding and radar
Armament	1 x Rafael Typhoon 25 mm naval stabilised deck gun 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns

HMAS Wollongong (ACPB 92), named for the city of Wollongong, New South Wales, is an Armidale class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). She was named in February 2007 by Mrs Kylie Heron, wife of Commander Wesley Heron, a former Commanding Officer of the Fremantle class patrol boat HMAS Woolongong. Wollongong was commissioned into the RAN in Sydney, New South Wales on 23 June 2007; a location closer to her namesake city was desirable, but there was no suitable berth at Port Kembla and she was too large for the Wollongong Harbour entrance.

Operationally, Wollongong has spent the majority of her career on border patrol to Australia's north and north-west. The ship is assigned to Ardent Division of the Australian Patrol Boat Group, is based in Cairns, and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.

In July 2007, the ship became the first vessel of her class to visit the port of Brisbane, Queensland..