HMAS Samarai (P 85)
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| Career Australia |  |
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| Builder: | Evans Deakin and Company |
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| Launched: | 14 July 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 19 October 1973 |
| Status: | Transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974 |
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| Displacement: | 146 tons |
| Length: | 32 m |
| Beam: | 6.1 m |
| Propulsion: | 2x 16 cylinder turbocharged diesel engines developing 3,460 hp (2580 kW), driving two shafts |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Complement: | 19-25 sailors |
| Armament: | 1x 40 mm gun 1x 81mm mortar 2x .50 caliber (12.7mm) machine guns Mines and depth charges could also be carried |
HMAS Samarai (P-85) was an Attack class patrol boat built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland.
| Attack-class patrol boat |
| Aitape | Attack | Acute | Adroit | Advance | Archer | Ardent | Arrow | Assail | Aware | Bandolier | Barbette | Barricade | Bombard | Buccaneer | Ladava | Lae | Madang | Samarai | Bayonet |
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