Английская Википедия:HMAS Bombard (P 99)
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsHMAS Bombard (P 99) was an Шаблон:Sclass of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
Шаблон:Main The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats (based on lessons learned through using the Шаблон:Sclass2s on patrols of Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft.[1] Initially, nine were ordered for the RAN, with another five for Papua New Guinea's Australian-run coastal security force, although another six ships were ordered to bring the class to twenty vessels.[1] The patrol boats had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were Шаблон:Convert in length overall, had a beam of Шаблон:Convert, and draughts of Шаблон:Convert at standard load, and Шаблон:Convert at full load.[1][2] Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied Шаблон:Convert to the two propellers.[1][2] The vessels could achieve a top speed of Шаблон:Convert, and had a range of Шаблон:Convert at Шаблон:Convert.[1][2] The ship's company consisted of three officers and sixteen sailors.[2] Main armament was a bow-mounted Bofors 40 mm gun, supplemented by two .50-calibre M2 Browning machine guns and various small arms.[1][2] The ships were designed with as many commercial components as possible: the Attacks were to operate in remote regions of Australia and New Guinea, and a town's hardware store would be more accessible than home base in a mechanical emergency.[3]
Bombard was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland,[4] launched on 6 July 1968,Шаблон:Citation needed and commissioned on 5 November 1968.[4]
Operational history
During 1978 and 1979, Bombard was one of two Attack-class vessels used to portray the fictional HMAS Ambush for ABC drama series Patrol Boat.[1] For this, BombardШаблон:'s pennant number was changed to 83, to match the other patrol boat used, Шаблон:HMAS.[1]
Bombard paid off on 12Шаблон:Citation needed September 1983, was transferred to the Indonesian Navy and renamed KRI Siribua.[1][5] The patrol boat was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.[5]
Citations
References
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- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 1,3 1,4 1,5 1,6 1,7 1,8 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 86
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18
- ↑ The patrol boat, Australian National Maritime Museum
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 87
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 Шаблон:Cite book
