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HMAS Aware

1967 Attack-class patrol vessel

Summary

1967 Attack-class patrol vessel

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Australia
flag
builder	Evans Deakin and Company
laid_down	July 1967
launched	7 October 1967
commissioned	21 June 1968
decommissioned	17 July 1993
motto	"Forever Alert"
fate	Scrapped 2011
badge	[[File:HMAS Aware.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 Aware (P 91) was an of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

Design and construction

Main article: Attack-class patrol boat

HMAS Aware (left) alongside HMAS Archer in Port Kembla Harbour, August 1968

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.

Aware was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in July 1967, launched on 7 October 1967 and commissioned on 21 June 1968.

Operational history

Aware was transferred to the Adelaide Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in November 1982.

On November the 24th 1970 while with HMAS Adroit on SAR duties HMAS Aware assisted in an attempt to salvage a ditched helicopter from HMAS Albatross after a Westland Wessex crashed.

Decommissioning and civilian service

HMAS Aware was the last of her class to be withdrawn from service, decommissioned on 17 July 1993. She was sold to a private owner sometime before 1998, and after modification in Melbourne (including an extension of the superstructure to cover the quarterdeck), was used as a diving and salvage ship.

In 2006, Aware was acquired by a group of investors, and sailed to Bundaberg, Queensland by a former crewmember.

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
"HMAS Aware Archives". Naval Historical Society of Australia.
Weatherall, Dennis. (2019). "THE ATTACK CLASS FAST PATROL BOAT". Call the Hands.
(10 August 1998). "Looking for a used "sub"?". Navy News.
Cavander, Letea. (16 April 2010). "Man told 'pay up or sink boat'". Bundaberg NewsMail.
"HMAS Aware – the final chapter". Around Bundaberg – History and Happenings Blog.

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