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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Walkers Limited |
| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
17 February 1968 |
| Commissioned: |
3 July 1968 |
| Status: |
Destroyed by Cyclone Tracey |
| 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: |
19 |
| 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 |
| Motto: |
"Straight as an Arrow" |
| Badge: |
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HMAS Arrow (P 88) was an Attack-class patrol boat built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 17 February 1968 and commissioned on 3 July 1968. Arrow was driven ashore and destroyed at Darwin during Cyclone Tracy on 25 December 1974.
