HMAS Barbette (P 97)

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Career Australia
Builder: Walkers Limited
Laid down:
Launched: 10 April 1968
Commissioned: 16 August 1968
Decommissioned: 15 June 1984
Renamed: Saida (Indonesian Navy)
Status: Sold to Indonesia
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
Motto: "Taut and Trim"
Badge: Image:HMAS barbette crest.gif

HMAS Barbette (P 97) was an Attack class patrol boat built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 10 April 1968 and commissioned on 16 August 1968. Barbette paid off on 15 June 1984, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 22 February 1985 and renamed Saida.

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