HMAS Fremantle (FCPB 203)
HMAS ''Fremantle'' (FCPB 203), named for the city of Fremantle, Western Australia, was the lead ship of the s, entering service in the Royal Australian Navy in 1980 and decommissioning in 2006. ''Fremantle'' was the only ship of the class not constructed in Australia, and it is claimed that her delivery voyage from England to Australia was the longest ever made by a patrol boat. Design Starting in the late 1960s, planning began for a new class of patrol boat to replace the , with designs calling for improved seakeeping capability, and updated weapons and equipment.Mitchell, ''Farewell to the Fremantle class'' In 1976, Brooke Marine of England won the contract to produce the lead ship. The ''Fremantle''s had a full load displacement of , were length overall, long overall, had a beam of , and a maximum draught of .Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946'', p. 89 Main propulsion machinery consisted of two MTU Friedrichshafen, MTU series 538 diesel engines, whi ...
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Fremantle
Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia located at the mouth of the Swan River (Western Australia), Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian English, Western Australian vernacular diminutive for Fremantle is Freo. Prior to British settlement, the indigenous Noongar people inhabited the area for millennia, and knew it by the name of Walyalup ("place of the woylie")."(26/3/2018) Inaugural Woylie Festival starts tomorrow"
fremantle.gov.au. Retrieved 5 July 2020. Visited by Dutch exploration of Australia, Dutch explorers in the 1600s, Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River Colony, Swan River colonists in 1829,
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