HMAS Bayonet (P 101): Difference between revisions

|Ship class=[[{{sclass|Attack class patrol boat|''Attack'' class patrol boat]]}}

|Ship range={{convertcvt|1200|nmi}} at {{convert|13|kn}}

|Ship armament=*1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm]] gun

*2 × .50 -calibre [[M2 Browning]] machine guns

'''HMAS ''Bayonet'' (P 101)''' was an [[{{sclass|Attack class patrol boat|''Attack'' class patrol boat]]}} of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN).

{{main|Attack -class patrol boat}}

The ''Attack'' class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as [[patrol boat]]s (based on lessons learned through using the [[{{sclass2|Ton class |minesweeper]]}}s on patrols of 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 {{convert|107.6|ft}} in [[length overall]], had a beam of {{convert|20|ft|m}}, and draughts of {{convert|6.4|ft}} at standard load, and {{convert|7.3|ft|m}} at full load.<ref name=Janes68>Blackman (ed.), ''Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69'', p. 18</ref><ref name=Gillett86>Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946'', p. 86</ref> Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied {{convert|3460|shp}} to the two propellers.<ref name=Janes68/><ref name=Gillett86/> The vessels could achieve a top speed of {{convert|24|kn}}, and had a range of {{convert|1200|nmi}} at {{convert|13|kn}}.<ref name=Janes68/><ref name=Gillett86/> The ship's company consisted of three officers and sixteen sailors.<ref name=Janes68/> Main armament was a bow-mounted [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm]] gun, supplemented by two .50 -calibre [[M2 Browning]] machine guns and various small arms.<ref name=Janes68/><ref name=Gillett86/> The ships were designed with as many commercial components as possible: the ''Attack''s 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>

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