ADV Cape Fourcroy

Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Fourcroy, named after Cape Fourcroy in the Northern Territory, is a Cape-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).[1]

ABFC Cape York, sister ship of Cape Fourcroy, at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia in December 2020
History
Australia
Namesake	Cape Fourcroy
Builder	Austal, Henderson, Western Australia
Commissioned	April 2017
Homeport	HMAS Cairns
Identification	IMO number: 9806249 MMSI number: 503215000 Callsign: VMCF Pennant number: 310
General characteristics
Class and type	Cape-class patrol boat
Length	58.1 m (190 ft 7 in)
Beam	10.6 m (34 ft 9 in)
Draught	3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	2 x Caterpillar 3516C diesels 6,770 horsepower (5,050 kW) 2 shafts, 1 bow thruster
Speed	26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	21
Armament	2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns

The ship is the first of two Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy, the second having been Cape Inscription. The ship was built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, commissioned in April 2017 and based at HMAS Cairns in Queensland.[1]

Austal was originally 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. A $63 million contract for two more boats, for lease by the RAN, was awarded to Austal by the National Australia Bank in December 2015.[1] Subsequently, the RAN ordered another eight evolved Cape-class patrol boats from Austal.[2][3] Unlike the later eight boats, which are in a grey colour scheme, Cape Inscription and Cape Fourcroy are in the blue and white colour scheme of the eight Australian Border Force vessels, but without the red stripe.[4]