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{{other ships|HMAS Rushcutter}}
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|Ship image=Ex-Rushcutter March 2014 08.JPG
|Ship caption=The former HMAS ''Rushcutter'', underway on Rozelle Bay, New South Wales, in March 2014
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|Ship country=Australia
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Australia|naval}}
|Ship name=''Rushcutter''
|Ship namesake=[[Rushcutters Bay]]
|Ship builder=[[Forgacs Shipyard|Carrington Slipways]]
|Ship laid down=
|Ship launched=3 May 1986
|Ship commissioned=1 November 1986
|Ship decommissioned=14 August 2001
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|Ship fate=Decommissioned
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class=[[Bay class minehunter]]
|Ship displacement=178 tons full load
|Ship length={{convert|101.7|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|29.5|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught={{convert|6.6|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2 [[Poyaud]] 520-V8-S2 [[diesel generator]]s, {{convert|650|PS|kW|0|abbr=on|lk=in}}
|Ship speed={{convert|10|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|1500|nmi}} at {{convert|10|kn}}
|Ship complement=14 (3 officers)
|Ship sensors=*'''Radar:''' Kelvin Hughes Type 1006 navigational
*'''Sonar:''' Atlas Elektronik DSQS-11M hull-mounted mine-hunting
|Ship armament=2 × {{convert|12.7|mm|in|adj=on|abbr=on}} machine guns
|Ship notes=Taken from:<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Sharpe |editor-first=Richard |title=Jane's Fighting Ships, 1996-97 |publisher=Jane's Information Group |location=Surrey |date=March 1996 |edition=99th |isbn=0-7106-1355-5 |oclc=34998928 |page=[https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi0099unse/page/29 29] |url=https://archive.org/details/janesfightingshi0099unse/page/29 }}</ref>
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'''HMAS ''Rushcutter'' (M 80)''' was one of two [[Bay class minehunter]]s built for the [[Royal Australian Navy]] by [[Forgacs Shipyard|Carrington Slipways]] at its Ramsay Fibreglass facility in [[Tomago, New South Wales]].<ref name=Hunters>{{cite news |title=Hunters Paid Off |url=http://www.defence.gov.au/news/navynews/editions/2001/09_03_01/story12.htm |work=Navy News |date=3 September 2001 |accessdate=4 December 2009}}</ref> She was launched on 8 May 1986 and commissioned on 1 November 1986.<ref name=Hunters/> She was decommissioned on 14 August 2001.<ref name=Hunters/> She and sister ship {{HMAS|Shoalwater|M 81|6}} were sold in 2002 for service in the Persian Gulf.<ref name=Wertheim23>{{cite book |title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems |editor=Wertheim, Eric |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, MD |date=2007 |edition=15th |isbn=978-1-59114-955-2 |oclc=140283156 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C |page=23}}</ref> At some point before 2013, the vessel ended up in private hands in [[Rozelle Bay]].

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