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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: |
October 1967 |
| Launched: |
27 April 1968 |
| Commissioned: |
26 October 1968 |
| Decommissioned: |
6 January 1994 |
| Status: |
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| 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 Ardent (P 84) was an Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in October 1967, launched on 27 April 1968 and commissioned on 26 October 1968. Ardent was transferred to the Hobart Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve on 18 June 1982 and paid off on 6 January 1994.
