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| Career (Royal Australian Navy) |
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| Namesake: |
Island of Samarai and its former town |
| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Launched: |
14 July 1967 |
| Commissioned: |
19 October 1973 |
| Fate: |
Sold to Papua New Guinea |
| Career (Papua New Guinea Defence Force) |
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| Acquired: |
14 November 1974 |
| 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 Samarai (P 85), named after the island of Samarai and its former town, was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy.
She was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland. Samarai was launched on 14 July 1967, and commissioned on 19 October 1973.
Samarai was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974.
