HMAS Barbette (P 97)
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Design and construction
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Barbette was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland,[4] launched on 10 April 1968,Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and commissioned on 16 August 1968.[4]
Operational history
Barbette paid off on 15 June 1984.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 22 February 1985Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and renamed KRI Siada (862).[5] The patrol boat was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.[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 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 87
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References
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