Royal Australian Navy
HMAS TOWNSVILLE - FCPB 205

HMAS Townsville (FCPB 205), named for the city of Townsville, Queensland, was a Fremantle-class
patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Built by North Queensland Engineers and Agents,
the ship was laid down in 1979, and commissioned into the RAN in 1981.

Assigned to the naval base HMAS Cairns, Townsville was primarily assigned to fisheries protection
and border patrol operations in northern Australian waters. In December 1981, the patrol boat
recaptured an escaping illegal fishing vessel. The next year, she was used for filming of the
Patrol Boat television series. Townsville was deployed to Fiji as part of Operation Morris Dance
in May 1987.

Townsville was decommissioned in May 2007. The ship was donated to the Townsville Maritime Museum
for preservation. Attempts to put the ship on display stalled and the ship fell into disrepair,
with the maritime museum acquired by Port of Townsville in 2015.