HMAS Adroit (P 82)
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Design and construction
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Adroit was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland,[4] in August 1967,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". launched on 3 February 1968Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and commissioned on 17 August 1968.[4]
Operational history
The patrol boat was transferred to the Fremantle Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in March 1983.[4]
Fate
Adroit paid off on 28 March 1992.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The patrol boat was sunk as a target by A-4 Skyhawk aircraft of No. 2 Squadron RNZAFScript error: No such module "Unsubst". on 8 August 1994.[5] The wreck is located in the Rottnest ship graveyard, west of Rottnest Island.[5]
Citations
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- ↑ a b c d e f Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships Since 1946, p. 86
- ↑ a b c d e Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18
- ↑ The Patrol Boat, Australian National Maritime Museum
- ↑ a b c Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships Since 1946, p. 87
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References
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