HMAS Bombard (P 99)

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HMAS Bombard
Career (Royal Australian Navy)
Builder: Evans Deakin and Company
Launched: 6 July 1968
Commissioned: 5 November 1968
Decommissioned: 12 September 1983
Fate: Sold to Indonesian Navy
Career (Indonesian Navy)
Name: KRI Siribua
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 Bombard (P 99) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy.

She was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 6 July 1968 and commissioned on 5 November 1968.

Bombard paid off on 12 September 1983, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Siribua.

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