ACV Ashmore Guardian | |
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ACV Ashmore Guardian in Darwin, May 2011 | |
Career (Australia) | |
Name: | ACV Ashmore Guardian |
Owner: | Gardline Australia Pty Ltd |
Operator: | Australian Customs and Border Protection Service |
Builder: | K Shipyard, Fremantle, Western Australia |
Launched: | 1983 |
Acquired: | March 2008 |
Homeport: | Darwin |
Identification: | Maritime Mobile Service Identity number: 503562000 IMO number: 8215285 Call sign: VNW6069 |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage: | 339 |
Length: | 34.9 m (115 ft) |
Beam: | 8 m (26 ft) |
Draught: | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
Propulsion: | 2 x Caterpillar 3406E marine diesel engines, 336 kilowatts (451 hp) |
Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Complement: | 6 crew and up to 10 Customs Officers. |
Notes: |
Carries 2 x 7.3 m (24 ft) rigid hull inflatable boats Contains a "secure holding facility for up to ten apprehended illegal foreign fishers".[1] |
The ACV Ashmore Guardian is a patrol vessel used by the Customs Marine Unit of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. The former fishing supply vessel Roper K[2] was converted in 2007-08 by Jurong SML in Singapore.[3] It was leased to Customs, primarily to patrol the Ashmore and Cartier Islands for up to 330 days per year.[1]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Australian Customs Vessel Ashmore Guardian". Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. http://www.customs.gov.au/webdata/resources/files/FS_AshmoreGuardian.pdf.
- ↑ "Vessel "Roper K"". ShipLink. http://www.shiplink.info/photo/ss12344.pdf.
- ↑ "Jurong SML Converts Ashmore Guardian Patrol Vessel". Dilphin: SembCorp Marine. Jan-Feb 2008. p. 10. http://www.jspl.com.sg/uploads/dolphin/2008/dolphin%20jan-feb08.pdf.
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