Attack-class patrol boat

HMAS Advance, now a museum ship at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Class overview
NameAttack class
Builders
Operators
Preceded byBathurst-class corvette
Succeeded byFremantle class
CostA$800,000
Completed20
Lost1
Retired9
Preserved2
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement
  • 100 tons standard
  • 146 tons full load
Length107.5 ft (32.8 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught7.3 ft (2.2 m) at full load
Propulsion
  • 2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines
  • 2 shafts
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement3 officers, 16 sailors
Armament
NotesTaken 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.

  1. ^ Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18