HMAS Archer (P 86)
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsHMAS Archer (P 86) was an Template:Sclass of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
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Archer was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland,[4] launched on 2 December 1967Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and commissioned on 15 May 1968.[4]
Operational history
Archer paid off on 21 October 1974. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Siliman,[5] and was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.[5]
Citations
References
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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 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 87
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