The Attack class patrol boat

Patrol boat

A patrol boat is a relatively small naval vessel generally designed for coastal defense duties.There have been many designs for patrol boats. They may be operated by a nation's navy, coast guard, or police force, and may be intended for marine and/or estuarine or river environments...

s were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy

Royal Australian Navy

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 (RAN) and operated between 1967 and 1985. Following their Australian service, twelve ships were transferred to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.

Construction

Twenty boats were ordered by the Department of Defence in November 1965 at a cost of around A$800,000 each from two Queensland shipyards, Evans Deakin

Evans Deakin and Company

Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...

 in Brisbane

Brisbane

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 and Walkers

Walkers Limited

Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...

 in Maryborough

Maryborough, Queensland

Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...

. Five were marked for the formation of a "New Guinea coastal security force", while the other fifteen were for patrols and general duties in Australian waters.

The first vessel was scheduled to be commissioned in August 1966, but she was not launched until March 1967.

The inclusion of the Attack class in the RAN fleet led to a second version of the ship's badge design to be created, as it was not deemed appropriate for such small vessels to use the full-size badge. The badge used by the patrol boats was scaled down from 755 by to 440 by, with no other alterations.

In fiction

Two Attack class boats represented the fictional HMAS Ambush in the first series of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...

 TV series Patrol Boat

Patrol Boat (TV series)

Patrol Boat is an Australian television drama series that screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Patrol Boat was created by James Davern and two series were produced, in 1979 and 1983, with a total of 26 episodes....

.

Fates

The Attack class was replaced in RAN service by the larger and more capable Fremantle class patrol boat

Fremantle class patrol boat

The Fremantle-class patrol boats were coastal patrol vessels operated by the Royal Australian Navy from 1979 to 2007. Designed by British shipbuilder Brooke Marine and constructed in Australia by North Queensland Engineers and Agents, the Fremantle class were larger, more powerful, and more...

s. In 1975, Aitape, Ladava, Lae, Mandang, and Samarai were transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force

Military of Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea Defence Force is the unified armed forces of Papua New Guinea. It originated from the Australian Army land forces of the territory of Papua New Guinea before independence, coming into being in January 1973 and having its antecedents in the Pacific Islands Regiment...

. Acute, Archer, Assail, Attack, Bandolier, Barricade, and Bombard were transferred to the Indonesian Navy

Indonesian Navy

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 between 1974 and 1985, where they are still in service under new names.

was destroyed in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

 on 25 December 1974 during Cyclone Tracy

Cyclone Tracy

Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone that devastated the city of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, from Christmas Eve to Christmas Day, 1974...

.

Advance was donated to the Australian National Maritime Museum

Australian National Maritime Museum

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 in the late 1980s for preservation as a museum ship

Museum ship

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. Ardent was to be preserved as a memorial in Darwin

Darwin, Northern Territory

Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...

, but as of 2007, her status is unknown. Aware was sold to a private owner during the 1990s, who modified her for use as a diving and salvage mothership, then was resold in to new owners in 2006. Aitape was sunk as a dive wreck off Port Moresby

Port Moresby

Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

 in 1995. Bayonet was scuttled in Bass Strait

Bass Strait

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 in 1999 and has been successfully dived. Adroit paid off on 28 March 1992 and was sunk as a target by A-4 Skyhawk

A-4 Skyhawk

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 aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force

Royal New Zealand Air Force

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 west of Rottnest Island

Rottnest Island

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 on 8 August 1994. The remainder of the class were broken up for scrap.

Attack Class

Royal Australian Navy

Ship	Pennant Pennant number In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Paid Off	Fate
Attack HMAS Attack (P 90) HMAS Attack was the lead ship of the Attack class patrol boats used by the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:...	P 90	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	17 November 1967	8 April 1967	21 February 1985	Transfered to Indonesia (KRI Sikuda 863)
Acute HMAS Acute (P 81) HMAS Acute was an Attack class patrol boat operated by the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Acute (P 81) was an Attack class patrol boat operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 81	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	26 August 1967	26 April 1968	6 May 1983	Transfered to Indonesia (KRI Silea 858)
Adroit HMAS Adroit (P 82) HMAS Adroit was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Adroit (P 82) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and construction:The...	P 82	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	3 February 1968	17 August 1968	28 March 1992	Sunk as target 8 August 1994
Advance HMAS Advance (P 83) HMAS Advance was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . Constructed during 1967 and commissioned into the RAN in 1968, Advance operated from Darwin and patrolled northern Australian waters....	P 83	Walkers Limited Walkers Limited Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...	16 August 1967	24 January 1968	6 February 1988	Museum ship ANMM Australian National Maritime Museum The Australian National Maritime Museum is a federally-operated maritime museum located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. After consideration of the idea to establish a maritime museum, the Federal government announced that a national maritime museum would be constructed at Darling Harbour, tied into... , Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
Archer HMAS Archer (P 86) HMAS Archer was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Archer (P 86) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and construction:The...	P 86		2 December 1967	15 May 1968	21 May 1974	Transfered to Indonesia (KRI Siliman 848)
Ardent	P 87	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	27 April 1968	26 October 1968	6 January 1994
Arrow HMAS Arrow (P 88) HMAS Arrow was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Arrow (P 88) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and construction:The...	P 88	Walkers Limited Walkers Limited Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...	17 February 1968	3 July 1968		Destroyed Darwin Darwin, Northern Territory Darwin is the capital city of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 127,500, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely populated Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities...  25 December 1974
Assail HMAS Assail (P 89) HMAS Assail was an Attack class patrol boat boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Assail (P 89) was an Attack class patrol boat boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 89	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	18 November 1967	21 July 1968	18 October 1985	Transfered to Indonesia (KRI Sigurot 864)
Aware HMAS Aware (P 91) HMAS Aware was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Aware (P 91) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and construction:The...	P 91	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	7 October 1967	21 June 1968	17 July 1993	Private ownership, Bundaberg, Queensland Bundaberg, Queensland Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Local Government Area of the Bundaberg Region and is a major centre within Queensland's broader Wide Bay-Burnett geographical region...
Bandolier HMAS Bandolier (P 95) HMAS Bandolier was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Bandolier (P 95) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 95	Walkers Limited Walkers Limited Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...	2 October 1968	14 December 1968	16 November 1973	Transfered to Indonesia (KRI Sibarau 847)
Barbette HMAS Barbette (P 97) HMAS Barbette was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Barbette (P 97) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 97	Walkers Limited Walkers Limited Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...	10 April 1968	16 August 1968	15 June 1984	Transfered to Indonesia?
Barricade HMAS Barricade (P 98) HMAS Barricade was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Barricade (P 98) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 98	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	29 June 1968	26 October 1968	20 May 1982	Transfered to Indonesia (KRI Sigalu 857)
Bayonet HMAS Bayonet (P 101) HMAS Bayonet was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Bayonet (P 101) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 101		6 November 1968	22 February 1969	26 June 1988	Scuttled 21 September 1999, Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
Bombard HMAS Bombard (P 99) HMAS Bombard was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Bombard (P 99) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 99		6 July 1968	5 November 1968	12 September 1983	Transfered to Indonesia (KRI Siribua 859)
Buccaneer HMAS Buccaneer (P 100) HMAS Buccaneer was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy .-Design and construction:The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats HMAS Buccaneer (P 100) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).-Design and...	P 100	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	14 September 1968	11 November 1969	27 July 1984	Sunk as target, 8 October 1988

Royal Australian Navy - Papua New Guinea Division

Ship	Pennant Pennant number In the modern Royal Navy, and other navies of Europe and the Commonwealth, ships are identified by pennant numbers...	Builder	Launched	Commissioned	Paid Off	Fate
Aitape HMAS Aitape (P 84) HMAS Aitape was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . It was named for the small town of Aitape, Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. Completed in 1967, the vessel was one of five assigned to the RAN's Papua New Guinea Division. The patrol boat was transferred to the Papua New...	P 84	Walkers Limited Walkers Limited Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...	6 July 1967	13 November 1967	14 November 1974	Transfered to PNG 1974 (HMPNGS Aitape). Scuttled 1995
Ladava HMAS Ladava (P 92) HMAS Ladava was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . It was named after the small village of Ladava situated on the shore of Milne Bay in Alotau District, Papua New Guinea. Completed in 1968, the vessel was one of five assigned to the RAN's Papua New Guinea Division...	P 92	Walkers Limited Walkers Limited Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...	11 May 1968	13 November 1967	14 November 1974	Transfered to PNG 1974 (HMPNGS Ladava)
Lae HMAS Lae (P 93) HMAS Lae was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . It was named for the city of Lae, capital of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Completed in 1968, the vessel was one of five assigned to the RAN's Papua New Guinea Division. The patrol boat was transferred to the Papua New...	P 93	Walkers Limited Walkers Limited Walkers Limited is an Australian engineering company, based in Maryborough, Queensland, which built ships and locomotives. It is still in the locomotive-building business as part of Downer Rail.-History:...	5 October 1967	3 April 1968	14 November 1974	Transfered to PNG 1974 (HMPNGS Lae)
Madang HMAS Madang (P 94) HMAS Madang , named for the settlement of Madang in New Guinea, was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . Completed in 1968, the vessel was one of five assigned to the RAN's Papua New Guinea Division. The patrol boat was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force in...	P 94	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	10 October 1968	28 November 1968	14 November 1974	Transfered to PNG 1974 (HMPNGS Madang)
Samarai HMAS Samarai (P 85) HMAS Samarai , named after the island of Samarai and its former town, was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy . Completed in 1968, the vessel was one of five assigned to the RAN's Papua New Guinea Division. The patrol boat was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force...	P 85	Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company Evans Deakin and Company was an Australian engineering company and shipbuilder. Originally based in Brisbane, the company was started in 1910 by Daniel Evans and Arthur Deakin. The company started out as a supplier of engineering equipment. The first workshop was acquired in 1913.The company later...	14 July 1967	1 March 1968	14 November 1974	Transfered to PNG 1974 (HMPNGS Samarai)