HMAS Bombard (P 99)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article does not cite any references or sources. (June 2008) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. |
 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.
|
||||||||
 |
This article about a specific Australian naval ship or boat is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
