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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
6 July 1968 |
| Commissioned: |
5 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned: |
12 September 1983 |
| Renamed: |
Siribua (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 Bombard (P 99) was an Attack class patrol boat built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough in Queensland, launched on 6 July 1968 and commissioned on 5 November 1968. Bombard paid off on 12 September 1983, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed Siribua.
