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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Walkers Limited |
| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
6 July 1967 |
| Commissioned: |
13 November 1967 |
| Decommissioned: |
14 November 1974 |
| Status: |
Sold to Papua New Guinea |
| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
146 tons |
| Length: |
32 m |
| Beam: |
6.1 m |
| Propulsion: |
Two 16 cylinder turbocharged diesel engines developing 3,460 hp, driving two shafts |
| Speed: |
24 knots |
| Complement: |
25 |
| Armament: |
1 x 40 mm gun, 1 x 81 mm mortar, 2 x .50 caliber machine guns. Mines and depth charges could also be carried |
HMAS Aitape (P 84) was an Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 6 July 1967 and commissioned on 13 November 1967. Aitape was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.
