HMAS Acute (P 81)
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HMAS Acute at sea |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: | April 1967 |
| Launched: | 26 August 1967 |
| Commissioned: | 26 April 1968 |
| Decommissioned: | 6 May 1983 |
| Fate: | Sold to Indonesia |
| Career (Indonesian Navy) | |
| Name: | KRI Silea |
| Status: | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Attack class patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 100 tons standard, 146 tons full load |
| Length: | 32.76 metres (107 ft) |
| Beam: | 6.2 metres (20ft) |
| Draught: | 1.9 metres (6ft) |
| Propulsion: | Two 16 cylinder Davey-Paxman Ventura turbocharged diesel engines developing 3,460 hp, driving two shafts |
| Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h) |
| Complement: | 25 |
| Armament: | 1 x 40 mm gun, 1 x 81 mm mortar, 2 x .50 calibre machine guns. Mines and depth charges could also be carried |
HMAS Acute (P 81) was an Attack class patrol boat laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 26 August 1967 and commissioned on 26 April 1968.[1]
HMAS Acute was predominantly used for training of RAN Reserve personnel at Fremantle, Western Australia. Whilst on a training cruise in May, 1983, Acute apprehended two Taiwanese fishing boats engaged in illegal fishing. This was the first such operation involing RANR personnel.[2]
Acute paid off on 6 May 1983, transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Silea.
[edit] References
- ^ Straczek, John. “The Royal Australian Navy: Ships, Aircraft and Shore Establishments”, Navy Public Affairs, Sydney, 1996. ISBN 1-876-04378-4
- ^ Bastock, John. “Australia’s Ships of War”, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1975. ISBN 0-207-12927-4
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