HMAS Stalwart (D 215)

History
Australia
Builder	Cockatoo Island Dockyard in Sydney
Laid down	23 June 1964
Launched	7 October 1966
Completed	8 February 1968
Commissioned	9 February 1968
Decommissioned	9 March 1990
Homeport	HMAS Kuttabul
Identification	IMO number: 8828903
Motto	"Heart of Oak"
Nickname(s)	"Building 215" "The Mighty 'Wart" "Battlestar"
Fate	Sold into civilian service in 1990, scrapped in 2003
General characteristics
Type	Escort Maintenance Ship
Displacement	15,000 tons (designed) 15,500 tonnes (actual)
Length	515 ft 6 in (157.12 m) loa 458 ft (140 m) p/p
Beam	67 ft 6 in (20.57 m)
Draught	20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Propulsion	2 × 6-cylinder Scott-Sulzer diesels of 7,000 hp (5,200 kW) driving twin screws
Speed	Over 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Armament	2 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns Fitted for, but not with: Sea Cat anti-aircraft missile systems
Aircraft carried	One utility helicopter (Wessex; later Sea King)

HMAS Stalwart (A 215/D 215) was an Australian-designed and constructed Escort Maintenance ship of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Commissioned on 9 February 1968 and decommissioned on 9 March 1990, Stalwart served as a destroyer tender, the RAN flagship, and a training vessel during her career. She was sold in 1993 for conversion into a short-range cruise ship, under the names MV Her Majesty M, then MV Tara II. The vessel did not enter civilian service before she was broken up for scrap in 2003.