HMAS Arrow (P 88)
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 HMAS Arrow beached in Francis Bay in early 1975 |
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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |  |
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| Builder: | Walkers Limited |
| Launched: | 17 February 1968 |
| Commissioned: | 3 July 1968 |
| Motto: | "Straight as an Arrow" |
| Fate: | Destroyed by Cyclone Tracy |
| Badge: |  |
| 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.
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