HMAS Buccaneer (P 100)
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 HMAS Buccaneer |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Builder: | Evans Deakin and Company |
| Launched: | 14 September 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 5 January 1973 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 July 1984 |
| Motto: | "Seek and Find" |
| Fate: | Sunk as target |
| 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 Buccaneer (P 100) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy.
She was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 14 September 1968 and commissioned on 5 January 1973.
Buccaneer paid off on 27 July 1984 and was sunk by gunfire during target practice on 8 October 1988.
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