HMAS Advance (P 83)
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| Career |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | March 1967 |
| Launched: | 16 August 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 24 January 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 February 1988 |
| Fate: | Museum ship. |
| 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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| Motto: | |
HMAS Advance (P-83) was an Australian Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in March 1967, launched on 16 August 1967, and commissioned on 24 January 1968. Advance paid off on 6 February 1988 and was transferred to the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney.
| Attack-class patrol boat |
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| List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy |
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