HMAS Advance (P 83)

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For other ships of this name, see HMAS Advance.

HMAS Advance at the Australian National Maritime Museum
Career Australia
Builder:	Evans Deakin and Company
Laid down:	March 1967
Launched:	16 August 1967
Commissioned:	24 January 1968
Decommissioned:	6 February 1988
Status:	Museum ship
Homeport:	Australian National Maritime Museum
General Characteristics
Displacement:	146 tons
Length:	32 m
Beam:	6.1 m
Draught:	2.38 m
Propulsion:	Two Paxman 16-cylinder diesels producing 2240 kW (3000 hp)
Speed:	20+ knots
Complement:	19
Armament:	One 40 mm Bofors gun, One 81 mm mortar, Two .50 caliber machine guns. Mines and depth charges could also be carried

HMAS Advance (P-83) was an Australian Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in March 1967, launched on 16 August 1967, and commissioned on 24 January 1968.

During her career, Advance performed many duties, including costal surveillance, customs and immigration enforcement, training, and rescue.

Advance was paid off on 6 February 1988 and was transferred to the Australian National Maritime Museum at Darling Harbour in Sydney.

Advance was the ship used in the ABC series Patrol Boat.

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