ADV Cape Fourcroy

{{Short description|Cape-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy}}

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Australian Defence Vessel (ADV) Cape Fourcroy, named after Cape Fourcroy in the Northern Territory, is a {{sclass2|Cape|patrol boat}} of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).{{cite news |author= |date=21 August 2018 |title=Cape Class Patrol Boats |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/cape-class-patrol-boats/#catfish |work=Naval Technology |location= |access-date=16 July 2023}}

The ship is the first of two Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy, the second having been {{ship|ADV|Cape Inscription||2}}. The ship was built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, commissioned in April 2017 and based at {{HMAS|Cairns|naval base|6}} in Queensland.

Austal was originally awarded a $350{{nbsp}}million contract to construct eight Cape-class patrol boats for the Australian Border Force to replace the Bay-class patrol boats in 2011, with the eight boats delivered between 2013 and 2015. A $63{{nbsp}}million contract for two more boats, for lease by the RAN, was awarded to Austal by the National Australia Bank in December 2015. Subsequently, the RAN ordered another eight Evolved Cape-class patrol boats from Austal.{{cite news |author= |date=18 August 2022 |title=Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boats, Australia |url=https://www.naval-technology.com/projects/evolved-cape-class-patrol-boats-australia/ |work=Naval Technology |location= |access-date=16 July 2023}}{{cite news |author= |date=2 May 2020 |title=Six More Austal-Built Cape-Class Patrol Boats For The Royal Australian Navy |url=https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/05/six-more-austal-built-cape-class-patrol-boats-for-the-royal-australian-navy/ |work=Naval News |location= |access-date=16 July 2023}} In November 2023, the RAN ordered a further two evolved Cape-class patrols, at a cost of A$157.1{{nbsp}}million.{{Cite web |title=Securing continuous Naval Shipbuilding at Henderson Shipyard in Western Australia |url=https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2023-11-23/securing-continuous-naval-shipbuilding-henderson-shipyard-western-australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240429080452/https://www.minister.defence.gov.au/media-releases/2023-11-23/securing-continuous-naval-shipbuilding-henderson-shipyard-western-australia |archive-date=29 April 2024 |access-date=15 June 2024 |website=Australian Defence Ministry}}

Unlike the later ten boats, which are in a grey colour scheme, Cape Inscription and Cape Fourcroy are in the blue and white colour scheme of the eight Australian Border Force vessels, but without the red stripe.{{cite web |url=https://images.defence.gov.au/assets/Home/Search?Query=fourcroy&Type=Simple |title=ADV Cape Fourcroy Image Gallery |date= |website=Department of Defence|access-date=16 July 2023 |quote=}}