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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: |
July 1967 |
| Launched: |
7 October 1967 |
| Commissioned: |
21 June 1968 |
| Decommissioned: |
17 July 1993 |
| Status: |
Transferred to Royal Australian Naval Reserve |
| 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 Aware (P 91) was an Attack-class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in July 1967, launched on 7 October 1967 and commissioned on 21 June 1968. Aware was transferred to the Adelaide Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve on 2 December 1982 and paid off on 17 July 1993.
