| History | |
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| 👁 Image Australia | |
| 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 |
| 👁 Image Indonesia | |
| Name | Sigalu |
| Acquired | 22 April 1982 |
| Status | Active as of 2011 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Attack-class patrol boat |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 107.6 ft (32.8 m) length overall |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draught |
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| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph) |
| Range | 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement | 3 officers, 16 sailors |
| Armament |
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HMAS Barricade (P 98) was an Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
[edit]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
[edit]Barricade was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 22 April 1982 and renamed KRI Sigalu.[4]
Citations
[edit]References
[edit]- Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1968). Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69 (71st ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. OCLC 123786869.
- Gillett, Ross (1988). Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946. Brookvale, NSW: Child & Associates. ISBN 0-86777-219-0. OCLC 23470364.
- "The patrol boat". Australian National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.
