[1][2] The ship will be the sixth of ten evolved Cape-class patrol boats to be delivered to the Royal Australian Navy.

This order was subsequently expanded by another two boats in April 2022, at an additional projected cost of $124 million.

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

[4] The ship is being built by Austal in Henderson, Western Australia and was launched in June 2023.

[6] On 12 December 2024, four of the Cape-class vessels were commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy, one of them the Cape Pillar.