ADV Cape Solander

Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Solander, named after Cape Solander in New South Wales, is an evolved Cape-class patrol boat under construction for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), launched in April 2024.

The ship will be the seventh of ten evolved Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy. Prior to Cape Solander, the RAN already operated the Cape-class patrol boats ADV Cape Fourcroy and ADV Cape Inscription as well as the evolved Cape-class patrol boats ADV Cape Otway, ADV Cape Peron, ADV Cape Naturaliste, ADV Cape Capricorn, ADV Cape Woolamai and ADV Cape Pillar.

The ship is the first of the second order of two evolved Cape-class patrol boats the RAN ordered in April 2022, at a projected cost of $124million. In November 2023, the RAN ordered a further two evolved Cape-class patrols, at a cost of A$157.1million.

The ship is being built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia and was launched in April 2024.