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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |
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| Namesake: |
Settlement of Madang, New Guinea |
| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Launched: |
10 October 1968 |
| Commissioned: |
29 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned: |
14 November 1974 |
| Motto: |
"Our Ship Your Shield" |
| Fate: |
Sold to Papua New Guinea |
| Badge: |
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| Career (Papua New Guinea Defence Force) |
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| 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 Madang (P 94), named for the settlement of Madang in New Guinea, was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy.
She was built by Evans Deakin at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 10 August 1968 and commissioned on 29 November 1968.
Madang paid off on 14 November 1974 and was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.
