ATTACK patrol craft (1965-1967)
Attack 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Attack | P90, 1969- 90 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 17.11.1967 | 4.1968 | to Indonesia 2.1985 (Sikuda) | ||
| Acute | P81, 1969- 81 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 26.8.1967 | 4.1968 | to Indonesia 5.1983 (Silea) | ||
| Adroit | P82, 1969- 82 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 3.2.1968 | 8.1968 | decommissioned 3.1992, sunk as target 8.8.1994 | ||
| Advance | P83, 1969- 83 | Walkers, Maryborough | 16.8.1967 | 1.1968 | museum ship 2.1988 | ||
| Aitape | P84, 1969- 84 | Walkers, Maryborough | 6.7.1967 | 11.1967 | to Papua New Guinea 11.1974 (Aitape) | ||
| Samarai | P85, 1969- 85 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 14.7.1967 | 3.1968 | to Papua New Guinea 11.1974 (Samarai) | ||
| Archer | P86, 1969- 86 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 2.12.1967 | 5.1968 | to Indonesia 5.1974 (Siliman) | ||
| Ardent | P87, 1969- 87 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 27.4.1968 | 10.1968 | navigation TS 1.1994 | ||
| Arrow | P88, 1969- 88 | Walkers, Maryborough | 17.2.1968 | 7.1968 | foundered 25.12.1974 | ||
| Assail | P89, 1969- 89 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 18.11.1967 | 7.1968 | to Indonesia 10.1985 (Sigurot) | ||
| Aware | P91, 1969- 91 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 7.10.1967 | 6.1968 | sold 7.1993 | ||
| Ladava | P92, 1969- 92 | Walkers, Maryborough | 11.5.1968 | 11.1967 | to Papua New Guinea 11.1974 (Ladava) | ||
| Lae | P93, 1969- 93 | Walkers, Maryborough | 5.10.1967 | 4.1968 | to Papua New Guinea 11.1974 (Lae) | ||
| Madang | P94, 1969- 94 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 10.10.1968 | 11.1968 | to Papua New Guinea 11.1974 (Madang) | ||
| Bandolier | P95, 1969- 95 | Walkers, Maryborough | 2.10.1968 | 12.1968 | to Indonesia 11.1973 (Sibarau) | ||
| Barbette | P97, 1969- 97 | Walkers, Maryborough | 10.4.1968 | 8.1968 | to Indonesia 6.1984 (Siada) | ||
| Barricade | P98, 1969- 98 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 29.6.1968 | 10.1968 | to Indonesia 5.1982 (Sigalu) | ||
| Bombard | P99, 1969- 99 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 6.7.1968 | 11.1968 | to Indonesia 9.1983 (Siribua) | ||
| Buccaneer | 100 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 14.9.1968 | 11.1969 | decommissioned 7.1984, sunk as target 8.10.1988 | ||
| Baynonet | 101 | Evans Deakin, Brisbane | 6.11.1968 | 2.1969 | decommissioned 6.1988, scuttled 9.1999 |
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Displacement standard, t |
125 |
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Displacement full, t |
146 |
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Length, m |
32.8 |
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Breadth, m |
6.10 |
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Draught, m |
2.10 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Paxman 16YJCM diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
3500 |
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Max speed, kts |
21 - 24 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 20 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 1220(13) |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 |
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Electronic equipment |
Decca RM916 radar |
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Complement |
19 |
Project history: Twenty 33m patrol boats were ordered in November 1965 for coastal patrol work; five were to be employed in New Guinea, the others in Australian home waters.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Arrow sank at her moorings in Darwin on 25 December 1974 during Hurricane 'Tracy', but Attack, although damaged, proved capable of repair.
Bombard 1980
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