HMAS Moresby (1963)
| History | |
|---|---|
| Australia | |
| Namesake | John Moresby |
| Builder | State Dockyard Newcastle |
| Laid down | May 1962 |
| Launched | 7 September 1963 |
| Commissioned | 6 March 1964 |
| Decommissioned | 1998 |
| Renamed | MV Patricia Anne Hotung (1999) |
| Identification | IMO number: 8952352 |
| Motto | "With Science and Vision" |
| Honours & awards | Two inherited battle honours |
| Fate | Sold September 1999 as humanitarian ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Survey ship |
| Displacement | 2,340 tonnes |
| Length | 95.7 m (314 ft) |
| Beam | 12.8 m (42 ft) |
| Draught | 3.81 m (12.5 ft) mean |
| Propulsion | Diesel Electric, three English Electric diesel engines, 2 electric motors, 2 shafts |
| Speed | 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph) |
| Range | 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km; 12,000 mi) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 3 × 34 ft (10 m) Survey Motor Boats |
| Capacity | 372 tons oil fuel |
| Complement | 146 |
| Sensors & processing systems | TM 829 radar, Lambda position fixing system, Simrad SU2 sonar, echo sounders, magnetometer |
| Armament | 2 × 40 mm Bofors guns (removed 1973) |
| Aircraft carried |
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HMAS Moresby, named for the explorer Captain John Moresby, was a hydrographic survey ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Serving in the RAN from 1964 to 1998, Moresby was then sold into civilian service. Renamed MV Patricia Anne Hotung, the ship was chartered by the International Organisation for Migration.