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ABFC Cape Sorell at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia in September 2018, with the Guardian-class patrol boat HMPNGS Ted Diro in the background
History
Australia
Namesake	Cape Sorell
Builder	Austal, Henderson, Western Australia
Commissioned	2014
Identification	IMO number: 9684586 MMSI number: 503007250 Callsign: VHOV
General characteristics
Class and type	Cape-class patrol boat
Length	57.8 m (189 ft 8 in)
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 x Caterpillar 3516C main engines with output of 2,525 kW (3,386 hp)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	18
Armament	2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns

ABFC Cape Sorell, named after Cape Sorell in Tasmania, is a Cape-class patrol boat of the marine unit of the Australian Border Force.

The ship was the fourth of eight Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Australian Border Force. The boat, built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, had its keel laid in November 2013, was launched in August 2014 and delivered the following December.

Austal was awarded a $350 million contract to construct eight Cape-class patrol boats for the Australian Border Force to replace the Bay-class patrol boats in 2011, with the eight boats delivered between 2013 and 2015.

References

1. ^ "Cape Class Patrol Boats". Naval Technology. 21 August 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
2. "Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boats, Australia". Naval Technology. 18 August 2022. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
3. "Six More Austal-Built Cape-Class Patrol Boats For The Royal Australian Navy". Naval News. 2 May 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2023.

External links

• Austal: Cape-class Patrol Boat (Austal Patrol 58)
• Australian Border Force website: Patrol vessels

v t e Cape-class patrol boats
Royal Australian Navy	Active - Commissioned Cape Capricorn Cape Naturaliste Cape Pillar Cape Woolamai Active - Not commissioned Cape Fourcroy Cape Inscription Cape Otway Cape Peron Cape Schanck Cape Solander Under construction Two unnamed boats
Australian Border Force Marine Unit	Cape Byron Cape Jervis Cape Leveque Cape Nelson Cape Sorell Cape St. George Cape York Cape Wessel
Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard	Port of Spain Scarborough
Preceded by: Armidale class / Bay class
List of Cape-class patrol boats List of active Royal Australian Navy ships

• 2014 ships
• Cape-class patrol boats
• Patrol vessels of the Marine Unit (Australian Border Force)