Bertram-class air-sea rescue boat

Class overview
Name	Bertram
Builders	Bertram Boat Company, USA
Operators	Royal Australian Navy
Cost	$138,356 each
Built	1966
In service	1967 to 1988
Completed	2
Active	0
Retired	2
General characteristics
Type	Air-sea rescue (planned) Harbour personnel carriers
Displacement	12 tons full load
Length	38 ft (12 m)
Beam	12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion	Diesel, 2 GM 8V53 motors, 500 brake horsepower (370 kW)
Speed	22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Range	200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi)
Complement	2

The Bertram class was a two-ship class of air-sea rescue vessels of the Royal Australian Navy. Purchased to replace the old World War II class of 63-foot air-sea rescue vessel, they were found to be unsuitable for the proposed role. ^[1] The vessels were subsequently employed as harbour personnel carriers and based at HMAS Waterhen. The vessels were disposed of in 1988.

Ships

• 38101, launched in 1966 and in service in 1967
• 38102, launched in 1966 and in service in 1967

Citations

1. Gillett 1986, p. 61.

References

• Gillett, Ross (1986). Australia's armed forces of the eighties. Brookvale: Child & Henry. ISBN   0867770813.