HMAS Childers (ACPB 93) [SEP] vessel class
HMAS Childers (ACPB 93)
HMAS "Childers" (ACPB 93) is an "Armidale"-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Named for the towns of Childers, Queensland and Childers, Victoria, "Childers" is the only ship in the RAN to be named after two towns.
Design and construction.
The "Armidale"-class patrol boats are long, with a beam of , a draught of , and a standard displacement of 270 tons. The semi-displacement vee hull is fabricated
side of the central enclosed roundel in Brompton Cemetery, London.
See also.
- Childers, Queensland, town named after Childers
- HMAS Childers (ACPB 93), Australian ship named after the town
Biography.
- "The Life and Correspondence of the Rt. Hon. Hugh C.E. Childers", Spencer Childers, 1901
- "The Educational Activities in Victoria of the Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers", E. Sweetman, 1940
External links.
- A Portrait from the New