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| Career Australia |
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| Builder: |
Evans Deakin and Company |
| Laid down: |
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| Launched: |
10 August 1968 |
| Commissioned: |
29 November 1968 |
| Decommissioned: |
14 November 1974 |
| Status: |
Sold to Papua New Guinea |
| 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 Madang (P 94), named for the settlement of Madang in New Guinea, was an Attack class patrol boat built by Evans Deakin at Brisbane in Queensland, launched on 10 August 1968 and commissioned on 29 November 1968. Madang paid off on 14 November 1974 and was transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force.
