HMAS Tobruk (L50)

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Landing Ship Heavy
gptkbp:aircraftCarried 2 × helicopters (Sea King, Black Hawk, or similar)
gptkbp:armament 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
2 × 40 mm Bofors guns
gptkbp:beam 18 metres
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Carrington_Slipways
gptkbp:callsign VLTB
gptkbp:commissioned 23 April 1981
gptkbp:country gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:crew 148
gptkbp:decommissioned 31 July 2015
gptkbp:displacement 5,800 tonnes (standard)
8,535 tonnes (full load)
gptkbp:draught 4.5 metres
gptkbp:fate scuttled as a dive wreck
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Fleet_Base_East,_Sydney
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label HMAS Tobruk (L50)
gptkbp:IMO_number 7929044
gptkbp:laidDown 7 February 1978
gptkbp:launched 1 March 1980
gptkbp:length 127 metres
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Battle_of_Tobruk
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Royal_Australian_Navy
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:East_Timor_INTERFET
gptkb:Solomon_Islands_operations
humanitarian missions
Iraq War support
gptkbp:pennantNumber L50
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Crossley Pielstick 16 PC2.5 V 400 diesel engines
gptkbp:range 9,000 nautical miles at 14 knots
gptkbp:role amphibious warfare
logistics support
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:sunkBy 29 June 2018
off the coast of Queensland, Australia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:HMAS_Canberra_(L02)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6