BRP Ivatan (AT-298)
BRP Ivatan berthed in Manila in August 2015
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 Australia
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| Namesake: | Landings at Brunei Bay (Battle of North Borneo) |
| Builder: | Walkers Limited (Maryborough, Queensland) |
| Laid down: | 9 August 1971 |
| Launched: | 8 October 1971 |
| Commissioned: | 5 January 1973 |
| Decommissioned: |
20 November 2014 Call sign: VKDK   
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| Homeport: | HMAS Cairns |
| Motto: | "Attempt to Attain" |
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| Fate: | Transferred to the Philippine Navy, 23 July 2015 |
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 Philippines
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| Name: | BRP Ivatan |
| Namesake: | Ivatan people, a Filipino ethnic group predominant in the Batanes Islands |
| Acquired: | 23 July 2015 |
| Commissioned: | 23 July 2015 |
| Status: | Active as of 2015 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy |
| Displacement: | 316 tons |
| Length: | 44.5 m (146 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.1 m (33 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two GE diesels |
| Speed: | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Capacity: | 180 tons of vehicle cargo or 400 soldiers |
| Complement: | 13 |
| Armament: | 2 × 0.50 inch machine guns |
20 November 2014
Call sign: VKDK
BRP Ivatan (AT-298) is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Philippine Navy. One of eight vessels built by Walkers Limited for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the ship was commissioned into Australian service in 1973 as HMAS Brunei (L 127). During her RAN career, Brunei (named after the amphibious landings at Brunei Bay during the World War II Battle of North Borneo) visited Lord Howe Island, was deployed post-Cyclone Tracy as part of Operation Navy Help Darwin, performed coastal surveys of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, and served as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce.
Brunei was decommissioned from Australian service in 2014. The ship was refurbished and donated to the Philippine Navy, commissioning as BRP Ivatan (named after the Itavan ethnic group) in 2015.
The eight-vessel Balikpapan class was ordered as a locally manufactured replacement for the Australian Army's LSM-1-class landing ship medium and ALC 50 landing craft. They are 44.5 metres (146 ft) long, with a beam of 10.1 metres (33 ft), and a draught of 1.9 metres (6 ft 3 in). The landing craft have a standard displacement of 316 tons, with a full load displacement of 503 tons. They are propelled by two G.M. Detroit 6–71 diesel motors, providing 675 brake horsepower to the two propeller shafts, allowing the vessels to reach 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph). The standard ship's company is 13-strong. The Balikpapans are equipped with a Decca RM 916 navigational radar, and fitted with two 7.62 millimetres (0.300 in) machine guns for self-defence.
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