HMAS Lae (P 93)

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Career (Royal Australian Navy)
Builder: Walkers Limited
Launched: 5 October 1967
Commissioned: 3 April 1968
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 Lae (P 93) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy.

She was built by Walkers Limited of Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 5 October 1967 and commissioned on 3 April 1968.

Lae paid off on 14 November 1974 and was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.