HMAS Rushcutter (M 80) was one of two Bay class minehunters built for the Royal Australian Navy by Carrington Slipways at its Ramsay Fibreglass facility in Tomago. It was launched on 8 May 1986 and commissioned on 1 November 1986.Navy's new cat makes a big splash Engineers Australia 31 October 1986 pages 20/21 It was decommissioned on 14 August 2001.Hunters paid off Navy News 3 September 2001HMAS Rushcutter Sea Power Centre
It and sister ship were sold in 2002 for service in the Persian Gulf. By 2013, it had been sold and returned to Sydney, being laid up in Rozelle Bay. By 2017 it was laid up in Botany Bay.The mystery ship of Botany Bay St George & Sutherland Shire Leader 13 November 2019
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