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HMAS Buccaneer

FieldValue
section1{{Infobox ship/image
section2{{Infobox ship/career
countryAustralia
flag
builderEvans Deakin and Company
launched14 September 1968
commissioned11 November 1969
decommissioned27 July 1984
motto"Seek and Find"
fateSunk as target
badge[[File:HMAS buccaneer crest.pngShip's badge]]
section3{{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 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 Buccaneer (P 100) 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.

Buccaneer was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland, launched on 14 September 1968, and commissioned on 11 November 1969.

Operational history

Fate

Buccaneer paid off on 27 July 1984, and was sunk by gunfire during target practice on 8 October 1988.

Citations

References

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. Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946'', p. 86
    1. kn, and had a range of {{convert. 1200. nmi at {{convert. 13
  4. Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946'', p. 87
  5. Other, A. N.. (2019-04-12). "Occasional Paper 51: The Attack Class Patrol Boat".
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