HMAS Childers (ACPB 93)

HMAS "Childers" (ACPB 93) is an Australian Armidale class patrol boat. "Childers" was commissioned in Cairns, Queensland on 7 July 2007. "Childers" is based in Cairns and performs border protection and fisheries protection patrols.

HMAS "Childers" is the second ship of this name to serve in the Royal Australian Navy and is named after the towns of Childers, Queensland and Childers, Victoria. The first HMAS "Childers" was a torpedo boat which served in the Victorian, Commonwealth and Royal Australian Navies from 1884 to 1918.

References

* Australian Department of Defence press release [http://www.defence.gov.au/media/DepartmentalTpl.cfm?CurrentId=6837 Navy's Eleventh Armidale Class Patrol Boat Commissions] , 7 July 2007.
* Navy News [http://www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/editions/5008/features/feature1.htm A Tale of two towns] . Edition 5008, 17 May, 2007