HMAS Adroit (P 82)
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| Career |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | August 1967 |
| Launched: | 3 February 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 17 August 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 March 1992 |
| Fate: | Sunk as target. |
| Struck: | |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 146 tons |
| Length: | 32 m |
| Beam: | 6.1 m |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | Two 16 cylinder turbocharged diesel engines developing 3,460 hp, driving two shafts |
| Speed: | 24 knots |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | 25 |
| Armament: | One 40 mm gun One 81 mm mortar Two .50 caliber machine guns Mines and depth charges could also be carried |
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HMAS Adroit (P-82) was an Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in August 1967, launched on 3 February 1968 and commissioned on 17 August 1968. Adroit paid off on 28 March 1992 and was sunk as a target by A-4 Skyhawk aircraft of the Royal New Zealand Air Force west of Rottnest Island on 8 August 1994.
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