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Monday, October 20, 2014

Austal lays final Cape Class keel

Cape Class Patrol Boat - Cape JervisAustal Limited has recently celebrated another milestone with the keel laying for the eighth and final Cape Class Patrol Boat at Austal’s Defence Facility in Henderson, Western Australia.

The vessel, Cape York, named after the northernmost point on the Australian continent, is the last of eight vessels being designed, constructed and sustained by Austal for the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service under a contract valued at approximately $330 million awarded in August 2011.

The first three Cape Class Patrol Boats, Cape St George, Cape Byron and Cape Nelson have already been successfully delivered to enter border protection operations.

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