HMAS Archer (P 86)

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Ordered:
Laid down:
Launched: 2 December 1967
Commissioned: 15 May 1968
Decommissioned: 21 May 1974
Fate: Sold to Indonesia.
Struck:
General Characteristics
Displacement: 146 tons
Length: 32 m
Beam: 6.1 m
Draught:
Propulsion: Two 16 cylinder turbocharged diesel engines developing 3,460 hp, driving two shafts
Speed: 24 knots
Range:
Complement: 25
Armament: One 40 mm gun
One 81 mm mortar
Two .50 caliber machine guns
Mines and depth charges could also be carried
Aircraft:
Motto:

HMAS Archer (P-86) was an Attack-class patrol boat built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 2 December 1967 and commissioned on 15 May 1968. Archer paid off on 21 October 1974, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Siliman.


See HMS Archer for other ships called Archer.


Attack-class patrol boat
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