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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: |
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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 |
| General Characteristics |
| 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. Samarai was launched on 14 July 1967, and commissioned on 19 October 1973.
Samarai was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.
