HMAS Sirius (O 266)
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HMAS Sirius (O 266) (formerly MT Delos) was a commercial tanker purchased by the Royal Australian Navy and converted into a fleet replenishment vessel to replace HMAS Westralia. She was named in honour of HMS Sirius of the First Fleet. Launched in South Korea on 2004, and converted in Western Australia, Sirius was commissioned in 2006; three years before a purpose-built vessel would have been built, and at half the cost. The tanker was decommissioned in 2021 and subsequently scrapped.
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HMAS Sirius in July 2013 | |
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Name | Sirius |
Namesake | HMS Sirius Flagship of the First Fleet |
Builder | Hyundai Mipo Dockyard |
Launched | 12 April 2004 |
Acquired | 3 June 2004 |
Commissioned | 16 September 2006 |
Decommissioned | 18 December 2021 |
Renamed | MT Delos (during construction) |
Homeport | Fleet Base West, Perth |
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Motto | To Serve and Provide |
Status | Decommissioned |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Fleet replenishment vessel |
Displacement | 46,755 tonnes (full load) |
Length | 191.3 m (627 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 32 m (105 ft 0 in) |
Draught | 11 m (36 ft 1 in) |
Propulsion | 1 × Hyundai B&W6S50MC, 1 × shaft |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Range | 16,000 nmi (30,000 km; 18,000 mi) at 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
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Complement | 8 officers, 46 sailors |
Armament | 5 × 12.7 mm machine guns |
Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck, no hangar facilities |
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