HMAS Barricade (P 98)
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Builder: | Evans Deakin and Company |
Launched: | 29 June 1968 |
Commissioned: | 26 October 1968 |
Decommissioned: | 20 May 1982 |
Motto: | "They Shall Not Pass" |
Fate: | Sold to Indonesian Navy |
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Name: | Sigalu |
Acquired: | 22 April 1982 |
Status: | Active as of 2011 |
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Class & type: | Attack class patrol boat |
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Length: | 107.6 ft (32.8 m) length overall |
Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
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Speed: | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
Range: | 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement: | 3 officers, 16 sailors |
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HMAS Barricade (P 98) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
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The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats (based on lessons learned through using the Ton class minesweepers on patrols of Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft.[1] Initially, nine were ordered for the RAN, with another five for Papua New Guinea's Australian-run coastal security force, although another six ships were ordered to bring the class to twenty vessels.[1] The patrol boats had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were 107.6 feet (32.8 m) in length overall, had a beam of 20 feet (6.1 m), and draughts of 6.4 feet (2.0 m) at standard load, and 7.3 feet (2.2 m) at full load.[1][2] Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied 3,460 shaft horsepower (2,580 kW) to the two propellers.[1][2] The vessels could achieve a top speed of 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph), and had a range of 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).[1][2] The ship's company consisted of three officers and sixteen sailors.[2] Main armament was a bow-mounted Bofors 40 mm gun, supplemented by two .50 calibre M2 Browning machine guns and various small arms.[1][2] The ships were designed with as many commercial components as possible: the Attacks were to operate in remote regions of Australia and New Guinea, and a town's hardware store would be more accessible than home base in a mechanical emergency.[3]
Barricade was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland,[4] launched on 29 June 1968,[citation needed] and commissioned on 26 October 1968.[4]
Operational history
Barricade was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 22 April 1982 and renamed KRI Sigalu.[4][5] The patrol boat was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.[5]
Citations
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 86
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18
- ↑ The patrol boat, Australian National Maritime Museum
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 87
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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