HMAS Barbette (P 97)

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HMAS Barbette
Career (Royal Australian Navy)
Builder: Walkers Limited
Launched: 10 April 1968
Commissioned: 16 August 1968
Decommissioned: 15 June 1984
Motto: "Taut and Trim"
Fate: Sold to Indonesian Navy
Badge: Image:HMAS barbette crest.gif
Career (Indonesian Navy)
Name: KRI Siada
Acquired: 22 February 1985
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 Barbette (P 97) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy.

She was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 10 April 1968 and commissioned on 16 August 1968.

Barbette paid off on 15 June 1984, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 22 February 1985 and renamed Siada.

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