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Bombard 1980

Ships

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

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	125
Displacement full, t	146
Length, m	32.8
Breadth, m	6.10
Draught, m	2.10
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Paxman 16YJCM diesels
Power, h. p.	3500
Max speed, kts	21 - 24
Fuel, t	diesel oil 20
Endurance, nm(kts)	1220(13)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment	Decca RM916 radar
Complement	19

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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.