HMAS Aitape (P 84)

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Career (Royal Australian Navy)
Builder: Walkers Limited
Launched: 6 July 1967
Commissioned: 13 November 1967
Decommissioned: 14 November 1974
Fate: Sold to Papua New Guinea
Career (Papua New Guinea Defence Force)
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 Aitape (P 84) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy

She was laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 6 July 1967 and commissioned on 13 November 1967.

Aitape was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.