HMAS Adroit (P 82)
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Template:Infobox ship imageTemplate:Infobox ship careerTemplate:Infobox ship characteristicsHMAS Adroit (P 82) was an Template:Sclass of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
Template:Main The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats, based on lessons learned through using the Template:Sclass2s on patrols around Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft.<ref name=Gillett86/> 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.<ref name=Gillett86/> The patrol boats had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were Template:Convert in length overall, had a beam of Template:Convert, and draughts of Template:Convert at standard load, and Template:Convert at full load.<ref name=Gillett86>Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships Since 1946, p. 86</ref><ref name=Janes68>Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18</ref> Their propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied Template:Convert to the two propellers.<ref name=Gillett86/><ref name=Janes68/> The vessels could achieve a top speed of Template:Convert, and had a range of Template:Convert at Template:Convert.<ref name=Gillett86/><ref name=Janes68/> The ship's company consisted of three officers and sixteen sailors.<ref name=Janes68/> The main armament was a bow-mounted Bofors 40 mm gun, which was supplemented by two .50-calibre M2 Browning machine guns and various small arms.<ref name=Gillett86/><ref name=Janes68/> 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.<ref name=ANMM>The Patrol Boat, Australian National Maritime Museum</ref>
Adroit was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland,<ref name=Gillett87>Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships Since 1946, p. 87</ref> in August 1967,Template:Citation needed launched on 3 February 1968Template:Citation needed and commissioned on 17 August 1968.<ref name=Gillett87/>
Operational history
The patrol boat was transferred to the Fremantle Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in March 1983.<ref name=Gillett87/>
Fate
Adroit paid off on 28 March 1992.Template:Citation needed The patrol boat was sunk as a target by A-4 Skyhawk aircraft of No. 2 Squadron RNZAFTemplate:Citation needed on 8 August 1994.<ref name=Garratt>Template:Cite report</ref> The wreck is located in the Rottnest ship graveyard, west of Rottnest Island.<ref name=Garratt/>