HMAS Archer (P 86)

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HMAS Archer
Career (Royal Australian Navy)
Builder: Evans Deakin and Company
Launched: 2 December 1967
Commissioned: 15 May 1968
Decommissioned: 21 May 1974
Fate: Sold to Indonesia
Career (Indonesian Navy)
Name: KRI Siliman
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 Archer (P 86) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy

She was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 2 December 1967 and commissioned on 15 May 1968.

Archer paid off on 21 October 1974, and was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Siliman.

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