HMAS Aware (P 91)
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 HMAS Aware at HMAS Waterhen |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Builder: | Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: | July 1967 |
| Launched: | 7 October 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 21 June 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 17 July 1993 |
| Reclassified: | Reserve (2 December 1992) |
| Motto: | "Forever Alert" |
| Badge: |  |
| 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 Aware (P 91) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy.
She was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in July 1967, launched on 7 October 1967 and commissioned on 21 June 1968.
Aware was transferred to the Adelaide Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve on 2 December 1982 and paid off on 17 July 1993.
The Aware is now in Port.
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