WELCOME TO SHIPSPOTTING.COM
Description:
Sydney Harbour, Snails Bay. 7 January 2017
Vessels near 33°51'01.19" S 151°11'27.07" E
The Bandicoot class was a ship class of two minesweeper tugboats operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). MSA Bandicoot (Y 298) and MSA WALLAROO (Y 299) were built in 1982 for Maritime (PTE) Ltd. as the tugboats Grenville VII and Grenville V. In 1990, the RAN purchased the vessels for conversion into auxiliary minesweepers under the Craft of Opportunity Program (COOP). The vessels could be equipped with a sidescan sonar and various towed minesweeping arrays, and also functioned as berthing tugs. Both vessels were placed in reserve in 2010, but were deployed on several occasions since to provide berthing support to nuclear-powered warships. They were removed from naval service in 2014.
MSA BANDICOOT was sold to Fiji in 2016
Miramar data
DNo: 8129010 ..... Year: 1982 .....Name: GREENVILLE V.
Type: Tug ..... Flag: SGP:
Tons: 242 ..... Length overall: 29.6 ..... Beam: 8.5
Country of build: SGP ..... Builder: Mipe ..... Location of yard: Singapore
Subsequent History: 90 WALLAROO
Alongside Fishing vessel BASS
Australian (AMSA) List of Registered Ships data :
Name BASS, Official Number 857277, IMO 8681563
Status General Register
Length(m) 30.39, Year Completed 1961
Type Fishing vessel, Home Port Sydney
Former name(s):
- Greenville V (Until 1990 Aug 06)
There is no AIS Position Data available for this ship!
Would you like to add AIS Coverage?
Add AIS Coverage1 photos
2 photos
1 photos
1 photos
14 photos
6 photos
1 photos
1 photos
COMMENT THIS PHOTO(0)