HMAS Buccaneer (P 100)
| History | |
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 Australia | |
| Builder | Evans Deakin and Company |
| Launched | 14 September 1968 |
| Commissioned | 11 November 1969 |
| Decommissioned | 27 July 1984 |
| Motto | "Seek and Find" |
| Fate | Sunk as target |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Attack-class patrol boat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 107.6 ft (32.8 m) length overall |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 16 sailors |
| Armament |
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HMAS Buccaneer (P 100) was an Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as
Bofors 40 mm gun, supplemented by two .50-calibre M2 Browning machine guns and various small arms.[2][1] The ships were designed with as many commercial components as possible: the Attacks were to operate in remote regions of Australia and New Guinea, and a town's hardware store would be more accessible than home base in a mechanical emergency.[3]
Buccaneer was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland,[4] launched on 14 September 1968,[5] and commissioned on 11 November 1969.[4]
Operational history
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Fate
Buccaneer paid off on 27 July 1984,[4] and was sunk by gunfire during target practice on 8 October 1988.[citation needed]
Citations
- ^ a b c d e f Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 86
- ^ a b c d e Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18
- ^ The patrol boat, Australian National Maritime Museum
- ^ a b c Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 87
- ^ Other, A. N. (12 April 2019). "Occasional Paper 51: The Attack Class Patrol Boat". Naval Historical Society of Australia. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
References
- Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1968). Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69 (71st ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. OCLC 123786869.
- Gillett, Ross (1988). Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946. Brookvale, NSW: Child & Associates. OCLC 23470364.
- "The patrol boat". Australian National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
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 Papua New Guinea Maritime Element(previously RAN New Guinea Division) | |
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