HMAS Fremantle

HMAS Fremantle and its 14 fellow Fremantle Class Patrol Boats (FCPBs) were the principal contribution by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) to Australia's fisheries protection, immigration, customs and drug law enforcement operations during the 1980s and 1990s.

Fremantle, the first of the class, was built in the United Kingdom, while the other 14 were built in Cairns. All of the Fremantle class patrol boats carried the names of former Bathurst class Australian Minesweepers (corvettes) that served during and after the Second World War.