100311_125930_5189 The Movie Star (Thu 11 Mar 10)

            National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW

An exceptionally horrendous and stressful day at work required a stroll down to the waterside near the National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour to let off some steam.

One of twenty Attack class patrol boats built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) between 1967 and 1969, HMAS Advance had one distinguishing characteristic... she was one of the stars of the 1970's ABC TV series Patrol Boat, playing the fictional HMAS Ambush.

With a steel hull and aluminium superstructure and armed with a 40mm Bofors gun (unusually, seen uncovered in this shot) and two 50 cal machine guns, she was only ever intended to put a warning shot across the bows of illegal fishing vessels, spy ships and the like rather than to engage in full scale action.

Decommissioned in 1988, Advance became part of the Museum's collection. Here she's framed by the bow and one of the mooring lines of her big sister, the Daring class destroyer HMAS Vampire (DD11) which can be seen elsewhere in these galleries. (Links to be done since I plan to do a full gallery on Vampire.)

Advance's Stats: Built in Maryborough QLD in 1968, 148.3 tonnes, 32.8m long and 6.1m wide, crew of 19 plus TV stars and crew, twin turbocharged diesel engines (2611kW) giving 21 knots.
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Edit June 2025: "since I plan to do a full gallery on Vampire" And, 15 years later, still do. However since I no longer work near the museum and getting into the city is a pain in the backside when coming from the Illawarra, the opportunities are not abundant. However I've added it into my photo "to do" list.

Taken in: Australia / New South Wales / Darling Harbour (show map)

Taken on: March 11, 2010

Tags:

Destroyer

Patrol Boat

Darling Harbour

National Maritime Museum

HMAS Advance

Attack Class Patrol Boat

HMAS Ambush (Fictional)

P83

HMAS Vampire

Daring Class Destroyer

DD11

New South Wales (NSW)

Australia « less

Sets appears in: • Hanging Out In My PAD; 2010 Visual Diary

Groups appears in: • Naval ships, navy ships and warships • Ship,ship,ship more » • WARSHIPS OF THE WORLD • Darling Harbour - Sydney AU « less

Camera: Canon EOS 300D, f/8.0, 1/100 sec, 28mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 300D
Lens:	28.0-135.0 mm
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	28mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 25.9 (Windows)
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