HMAS Arrow (P 88)

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HMAS Arrow in beached Francis Bay Feb-March 1975
HMAS Arrow beached in Francis Bay in early 1975
Career (Royal Australian Navy)
Builder: Walkers Limited
Launched: 17 February 1968
Commissioned: 3 July 1968
Motto: "Straight as an Arrow"
Fate: Destroyed by Cyclone Tracy
Badge: Image:HMAS arrow crest.gif
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 Arrow (P 88) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy

She was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 17 February 1968 and commissioned on 3 July 1968.

Arrow was driven ashore and destroyed at Darwin with the loss of two sailors, Petty Officer Leslie Catton, and Able Seaman Ian Rennie, during Cyclone Tracy on 25 December 1974.