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HMAS Bombard

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section1{{Infobox ship/image
section2{{Infobox ship/career
countryAustralia
flag
builderEvans Deakin and Company
launched6 July 1968
commissioned5 November 1968
decommissioned12 September 1983
fateSold to Indonesian Navy
section3{{Infobox ship/career
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countryIndonesia
flag
nameSiribua
statusActive as of 2011
section4{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement*100 tons standard
length107.6 ft length overall
beam20 ft
draught*6.4 ft at standard load
*{{convert7.3ftmabbron}} at full load
propulsion*2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines
*{{convert3460shpabbron}}
speed24 kn
range1200 nmi at 13 kn
complement3 officers, 16 sailors
armament*1 × Bofors 40 mm L/60 QF Mark VII 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 Bombard (P 99) 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.

Bombard was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland, launched on 6 July 1968, and commissioned on 5 November 1968.

Operational history

During 1978 and 1979, Bombard was one of two Attack-class vessels used to portray the fictional HMAS Ambush for ABC drama series Patrol Boat. For this, Bombards pennant number was changed to 83, to match the other patrol boat used, .

Bombard paid off on 12 September 1983, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed KRI Siribua. The patrol boat was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.

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References

  1. 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
  2. Blackman (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69'', p. 18
  3. Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946'', p. 87
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