HMAS Advance, now a museum ship at the Australian National Maritime Museum
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Class overview | |
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Name | Attack class |
Builders | |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Bathurst-class corvette |
Succeeded by | Fremantle class |
Cost | A$800,000 |
Completed | 20 |
Lost | 1 |
Retired | 9 |
Preserved | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Displacement |
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Length | 107.5 ft (32.8 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draught | 7.3 ft (2.2 m) at full load |
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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Notes | Taken from:[1] |
The Attack-class patrol boats were small coastal defence vessels built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) and operated between 1967 and at least 1991. Following their Australian service, twelve ships were transferred to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.