HMAS Dubbo (FCPB 214)

HMAS "Dubbo" (FCPB 214), named for the city of Dubbo, New South Wales, was a "Fremantle" class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

"Dubbo" was laid down by North Queensland Engineers and Agents at Cairns, Queensland on 9 August 1982. She was launched on 21 January 1984 in the presence of Thomas Arthur Slattery and Mrs Joan Slattery, then Mayor and Mayoress of Dubbo, and commissioned into the RAN on 10 March 1984.

"Dubbo" was decommissioned at HMAS "Coonawarra" on 2 February 2007,and was the last ship of her class to be stationed at "Coonawarra". [ [http://www.defence.gov.au/media/AlertTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6342] ]

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*cite web |url=http://www.navy.gov.au/HMAS_Dubbo_%28II%29 |title=HMAS Dubbo (II) |accessdate =2008-09-11 |publisher=Royal Australian Navy