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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
2 December 1967 |
| Commissioned: |
15 May 1968 |
| Decommissioned: |
21 May 1974 |
| Renamed: |
Siliman (Indonesian Navy) |
| Status: |
Sold to Indonesia |
| General Characteristics |
| Displacement: |
146 tons |
| Length: |
32 m |
| Beam: |
6.1 m |
| Propulsion: |
Two 16 cylinder turbocharged diesel engines developing 3,460 hp, driving two shafts |
| Speed: |
24 knots |
| Complement: |
25 |
| Armament: |
1 x 40 mm gun, 1 x 81 mm mortar, 2 x .50 caliber machine guns. Mines and depth charges could also be carried |
HMAS Archer (P 86) was an Attack-class patrol boat built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 2 December 1967 and commissioned on 15 May 1968. Archer paid off on 21 October 1974, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Siliman.
