 HMASAdroit (at right) with three otherAttack-class patrol boats | |
| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Builder | Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down | August 1967 |
| Launched | 3 February 1968 |
| Commissioned | 17 August 1968 |
| Decommissioned | 28 March 1992 |
| Fate | Sunk as target |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Attack-classpatrol boat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 107.6 ft (32.8 m)length overall |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draught |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 16 sailors |
| Armament |
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HMASAdroit (P 82) was anAttack-classpatrol boat of theRoyal Australian Navy (RAN).
TheAttack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters aspatrol boats, based on lessons learned through using theTon-classminesweepers on patrols around Borneo during theIndonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft.[1] Initially, nine were ordered for the RAN, with another five forPapua New Guinea's Australian-run coastal security force, although another six ships were ordered to bring the class to twenty vessels.[1] The patrol boats had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were 107.6 feet (32.8 m) inlength overall, had a beam of 20 feet (6.1 m), and draughts of 6.4 feet (2.0 m) at standard load, and 7.3 feet (2.2 m) at full load.[1][2] Their propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied 3,460 shaft horsepower (2,580 kW) to the two propellers.[1][2] The vessels could achieve a top speed of 24knots (44 km/h; 28 mph), and had a range of 1,200nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).[1][2] The ship's company consisted of three officers and sixteen sailors.[2] The main armament was a bow-mountedBofors 40 mm gun, which was supplemented by two .50-calibreM2 Browning machine guns and various small arms.[1][2] The ships were designed with as many commercial components as possible: theAttacks 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]
Adroit was laid down byEvans Deakin and Company atBrisbane, Queensland,[4] in August 1967,[citation needed] launched on 3 February 1968[citation needed] and commissioned on 17 August 1968.[4]
The patrol boat was transferred to the Fremantle Port Division of theRoyal Australian Navy Reserve in March 1983.[4]
Adroit paid off on 28 March 1992.[citation needed] The patrol boat was sunk as atarget byA-4 Skyhawk aircraft ofNo. 2 Squadron RNZAF[citation needed] on 8 August 1994.[5] The wreck is located in theRottnest ship graveyard, west ofRottnest Island.[5]
 Royal Australian Navy | |
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 Papua New Guinea Maritime Element(previously RAN New Guinea Division) | |
 Indonesian Navy | |