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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |
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| Builder: |
Walkers Limited |
| Launched: |
6 July 1967 |
| Commissioned: |
13 November 1967 |
| Decommissioned: |
14 November 1974 |
| Fate: |
Sold to Papua New Guinea |
| Career (Papua New Guinea Defence Force) |
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| Status: |
Unknown |
| General characteristics |
| Class and type: |
Attack class patrol boat |
| Displacement: |
100 tons standard, 146 tons full load |
| Length: |
32.76 metres (107 ft) |
| Beam: |
6.2 metres (20ft) |
| Draught: |
1.9 metres (6ft) |
| Propulsion: |
Two 16 cylinder Davey-Paxman Ventura turbocharged diesel engines developing 3,460 hp, driving two shafts |
| Speed: |
24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Complement: |
25 |
| Armament: |
1 x 40 mm gun, 1 x 81 mm mortar, 2 x .50 calibre machine guns. Mines and depth charges could also be carried |
HMAS Aitape (P 84) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy
She was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 6 July 1967 and commissioned on 13 November 1967.
Aitape was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.
