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HMAS Arrow

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Hmas-attack.jpg
image_caption	HMAS Arrow beached in Francis Bay in early 1975
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Australia
flag
builder	Walkers Limited
launched	17 February 1968
commissioned	3 July 1968
motto	"Straight as an Arrow"
fate	Destroyed by Cyclone Tracy on 25 December 1974
badge	[[File:HMAS arrow crest.png	Ship's badge]]
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement	*100 tons standard
length	107.6 ft length overall
beam	20 ft
draught	*6.4 ft at standard load
*{{convert	7.3	ft	m	abbr	on}} at full load
propulsion	*2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines
*{{convert	3460	shp	abbr	on}}
speed	24 kn
range	1200 nmi at 13 kn
complement	3 officers, 16 sailors
armament	*1 × Bofors 40 mm gun

146 tons full load
7.3 ft at full load
3460 shp
2 shafts
2 × .50-calibre M2 Browning machine guns
Small arms HMAS Arrow (P 88) was an of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Design and construction

Main article: Attack-class patrol boat

The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats (based on lessons learned through using the s on patrols of Borneo during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation), and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft. Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied 3460 shp to the two propellers.

Arrow was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland, launched on 17 February 1968, and commissioned on 3 July 1968.

Operational history

Arrow was transferred to the Melbourne Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in mid-1968, then was returned to active service in the early 1970s.

Fate

During Cyclone Tracy on 25 December 1974, Arrow was driven ashore and sank at Stokes Hill Wharf in Darwin with the loss of two sailors: Petty Officer Leslie Catton and Able Seaman Ian Rennie.

Memorial

On 24 April 2019, a memorial, to HMAS Arrow and the sailors that lost their lives, was unveiled at the Royal Flying Doctor Service and The Bombing of Darwin Tourist Facility at Stokes Hill Wharf by two surviving crew members and family of the two sailors that died.

Citations

References

107.6. ft in [[length overall]], had a beam of {{convert. 20. ft. m, and draughts of {{convert. 6.4. ft at standard load, and {{convert. 7.3. ft
Blackman (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69'', p. 18
Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946'', p. 87
(10 February 2005). "Defence:Commemoration Services". Parliament of Australia Hansard.
"OCCASIONAL PAPER 51".

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