ABFC Cape Nelson

ABFC Cape Nelson, named after Cape Nelson in Victoria, is a Cape-class patrol boat of the marine unit of the Australian Border Force.^[1]

ABFC Cape York, sister ship of Cape Nelson, at Austal shipyards in Henderson, Western Australia in December 2020
History
Australia
Namesake	Cape Nelson
Builder	Austal, Henderson, Western Australia
Commissioned	2014
Identification	IMO number: 9684574 MMSI number: 503005810 Callsign: VHOH
General characteristics
Class & type	Cape-class patrol boat
Length	57.8 m (189 ft 8 in)
Beam	10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
Draught	3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 x Caterpillar 3516C main engines with output of 2,525 kW (3,386 hp)
Speed	25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	18
Armament	2 × 12.7 mm (0.5 in) machine guns

The ship was the third of eight Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Australian Border Force. The boat, built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, had its keel laid in August 2013 and the ship was launched in May 2014.^[1]

Austal was awarded a $350 million contract to construct eight Cape-class patrol boats for the Australian Border Force to replace the Bay-class patrol boats in 2011, with the eight boats delivered between 2013 and 2015.^[2][3]