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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: |
October 1968 |
| Launched: |
6 November 1968 |
| Commissioned: |
22 February 1969 |
| Decommissioned: |
26 June 1988 |
| Status: |
Transferred to the Royal Australian Naval Reserve on 27 March 1982. The vessel was scuttled on 21st September 1999 and now lies 55 km off the Mornington Peninsula in Bass Strait. |
| 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 |
| Motto: |
"We Fix" |
| Badge: |
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HMAS Bayonet (P 101) was an Attack class patrol boat laid down by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland in October 1968, launched on 6 November 1968 and commissioned on 22 February 1969. HMAS Bayonet was transferred to the Melbourne Port Division of the Royal Australian Naval Reserve on 27 March 1982 and paid off on 26 June 1988.
