[1] The ship is the second of two Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy, the first having been the Cape Fourcroy.

The ship was built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia, commissioned in May 2017 and based at HMAS Cairns in Queensland.

A $63 million contract for two more boats, for lease by the RAN, was awarded to Austal by the National Australia Bank in December 2015.

[2][3] In November 2023, the RAN ordered a further two evolved Cape-class patrols, at a cost of A$157.1 million.

[4] 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.