The Royal Australian Navy currently operates 12 Armidale-class patrol boats. This is a project to replace the previous 15 Fremantle-class patrol boats, which were started in 1993 as a joint project with the Royal Malaysian Navy. After Malaysia withdrew, the Royal Australian Navy returned to the project in 1999, as SEA 1444. A total of 14 ships were built, but one of the vessels, Bundaberg , was destroyed in a major fire in 2014. And most recently, the Pirie, was retired on March 26, 2021.