Ivatan people, a Filipino ethnic group predominant in the Batanes Islands
Acquired
23 July 2015
Commissioned
23 July 2015
Status
Active as of 2015
General characteristics
Class and type
Balikpapan-class landing craft heavy
Displacement
316 tons
Length
44.5 m (146 ft)
Beam
10.1 m (33 ft)
Propulsion
Two GE diesels
Speed
9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph)
Capacity
180 tons of vehicle cargo or 400 soldiers
Complement
13
Armament
2 × 0.50 inch machine guns
BRP Ivatan (LC-298) is a Balikpapan-class heavy landing craft operated by the Philippine Navy. One of eight vessels built by Walkers Limited for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), the ship was commissioned into Australian service in 1973 as HMAS Brunei (L 127). During her RAN career, Brunei (named after the amphibious landings at Brunei Bay during the World War II Battle of North Borneo) visited Lord Howe Island, was deployed post-Cyclone Tracy as part of Operation Navy Help Darwin, performed coastal surveys of northern Australia and Papua New Guinea, and served as part of the INTERFET peacekeeping taskforce.
Brunei was decommissioned from Australian service in 2014. The ship was refurbished and donated to the Philippine Navy, commissioning as BRP Ivatan (named after the Ivatan ethnic group) in 2015.
Australian service in 1973 as HMASBrunei (L 127). During her RAN career, Brunei (named after the amphibious landings at Brunei Bay during the World War II...
HMASBrunei and HMAS Tarakan in 2015. It was later confirmed that the Philippine Navy will acquire three more LCHs from Australia, including ex-HMAS Betano...
the vessel left Papua New Guinea and sailed to Cairns with sister ship HMASBrunei. In November, Labuan was used for the Army exercise Temple Tower. On...
HMASBrunei and HMAS Tarakan in 2015. It was later confirmed that the Philippine Navy is acquiring three more LCH from Australia, including ex-HMAS Balikpapan...
port to reopen three days after the cyclone. The Landing Craft Heavy, HMASBrunei, under the command of LCDR Carl Jordan, RAN was Force Assigned immediately...
HMASBrunei and HMAS Tarakan in 2015. It was later confirmed that the Philippine Navy is acquiring three more LCH from Australia, including ex-HMAS Wewak...
HMAS Choules (L100) is a Bay-class landing ship that served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) from 2006 to 2011, before being purchased by the Royal...
Singapore Navy ships left on 7 November 2019. KDB Darulehsan joined HMAS Stuart, HMAS Sirius, USS Rafael Peralta, and RSS Supreme on their way to Pearl...
put into action. The Missouri battle group, with USS Long Beach, HMAS Darwin, HMAS Hobart and other escort and supply ships, assumed the role of "aggressor"...
Over the next few weeks, the islanders relied on coconut milk, until HMASBrunei was able to deliver relief supplies and over 200 drums of fresh water...
USS Antietam, USS Mustin from the US Navy, HMAS Canberra, HMAS Hobart, HMAS Arunta, HMAS Stuart and HMAS Sirius participated and conducted various tactical...
patrol vessels in the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam. The vessel is in active service in the Royal Brunei Navy (RBN). Brunei Darussalam ordered the Darussalam-class...
conducted a passage exercise which consists of RSS Supreme, HMAS Darwin and HMAS Adelaide. One of HMAS Adelaide's MRH-90 helicopter lands on Supreme's deck....
held between Royal Australian Navy and Royal Brunei Navy on 18 to 22 October 2018 by Berkat, Darulaman and HMAS Launceston. An exercise was conducted by the...
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