HMAS Archer (P 86)
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| Career |
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| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | |
| Launched: | 2 December 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 21 May 1974 |
| Fate: | Sold to Indonesia. |
| 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 Archer (P-86) was an Attack-class patrol boat built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 2 December 1967 and commissioned on 15 May 1968. Archer paid off on 21 October 1974, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Siliman.
See HMS Archer for other ships called Archer.
| Attack-class patrol boat |
| Aitape | Attack | Acute | Adroit | Advance | Archer | Ardent | Arrow | Assail | Aware | Bandolier | Barbette | Barricade | Bombard | Buccaneer | Ladava | Lae | Madang | Samarai | Bayonet |
| List of ships of the Royal Australian Navy |
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