HMAS Attack (P 90)
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsHMAS Attack (P 90) was the lead ship of the Template:Sclasss used by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Launched in April 1967 and commissioned in November that year, the ship was largely commercial in design and was used to protect fisheries in Australia's northern waters, and to support the survey ship Template:HMAS. The vessel remained in RAN service until 1985 when it was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Sikuda.
Design and construction
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The patrol boats had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were Template:Convert in length overall, had a beam of Template:Convert, and draughts of Template:Convert at standard load, and Template:Convert at full load.[1][2] The vessels' propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied Template:Convert to the two propellers,[1][2] producing a top speed of Template:Convert and a range of Template:Convert at Template:Convert.[1][2] The ship's company consisted of three officers and sixteen sailors.[2] Its main armament was a bow-mounted Bofors 40 mm gun, supplemented by two .50-calibre M2 Browning machine guns and various small arms.[1][2] The ships were designed with as many commercial components as possible: the Attacks were to operate in remote regions of Australia and New Guinea, and a town's hardware store would be more accessible than home base in a mechanical emergency.[3]
Attack was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland,[4] launched on 8 April 1967[5] and commissioned on 17 November 1967.[4] Although it was the lead ship of the class, Attack was the second ship commissioned into the RAN, four days behind Template:HMAS.[4]
Operational history
Following its commission, Attack served in the RAN for 17 years, during which time it was employed mainly in the waters to Australia's north, protecting fisheries. It was also used to support survey work conducted by Template:HMAS.[6] Attack paid off on 21 February 1985.[4] She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 24 May 1985 and renamed Sikuda.[7]
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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 d Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships Since 1946, p. 87
- ↑ Gillett & Graham, Warships of Australia, p. 227.
- ↑ Gillett & Graham, Warships of Australia, pp. 227–228.
- ↑ Prézelin and Baker, The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1990/1991, p. 250