HMAS Attack (P 90)

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HMAS Attack with three other Attack class patrol boats
HMAS Attack (2nd from right) with three other Attack class patrol boats
Career (Royal Australian Navy)
Builder: Evans Deakin and Company
Launched: 8 April 1967
Commissioned: 17 November 1967
Decommissioned: 21 February 1985
Motto: "Never Waver"
Fate: Sold to Indonesia
Badge: Image:HMAS Attack.gif
Career (Indonesian Navy)
Name: KRI Sikuda
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 Attack (P 90) was the lead ship of the Attack class patrol boats used by the Royal Australian Navy.

Attack was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 8 April 1967 and commissioned on 17 November 1967.

Attack paid off on 21 February 1985, and was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 24 May 1985 and renamed Sikuda.