HMAS Buccaneer (P 100)

History
Australia
Builder| Evans Deakin and Company
Launched| 14 September 1968
Commissioned| 11 November 1969
Decommissioned| 27 July 1984
Motto| "Seek and Find"
Fate| Sunk as target
Badge|
General characteristics
Class and type| Attack-class patrol boat
Displacement|

* 100 tons standard
* 146 tons full load

Length| 107.6 ft (32.8 m) length overall
Beam| 20 ft (6.1 m)
Draught|

* 6.4 ft (2.0 m) at standard load
* 7.3 ft (2.2 m) at full load

Propulsion|

* 2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines
* 3,460 shp (2,580 kW)
* 2 shafts

Speed| 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Range| 1,200 nmi (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement| 3 officers, 16 sailors
Armament|

* 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun
* 2 × .50-calibre M2 Browning machine guns
* Small arms

HMAS Buccaneer (P 100) was an Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

## Design and construction[edit]

Main article: Attack-class patrol boat

The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats (based on lessons learned through using the Ton-class minesweepers 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 107.6 feet (32.8 m) in length overall, had a beam of 20 feet (6.1 m), and draughts of 6.4 feet (2.0 m) at standard load, and 7.3 feet (2.2 m) at full load.[2][1] Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied 3,460 shaft horsepower (2,580 kW) to the two propellers.[2][1] The vessels could achieve a top speed of 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph), and had a range of 1,200 nautical miles (2,200 km; 1,400 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph).[2][1] 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.[2][1] 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]

Buccaneer was built by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane, Queensland,[4] launched on 14 September 1968,[citation needed] and commissioned on 11 November 1969.[4]

## Operational history[edit]

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## Fate[edit]

Buccaneer paid off on 27 July 1984,[4] and was sunk by gunfire during target practice on 8 October 1988.[citation needed]

## Citations[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 86
2. ^ a b c d e Blackman (ed.), Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69, p. 18
3. ^ The patrol boat, Australian National Maritime Museum
4. ^ a b c Gillett, Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946, p. 87

## References[edit]

* Blackman, Raymond, ed. (1968). Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69 (71st ed.). London: Jane's Publishing Company. OCLC 123786869.
* Gillett, Ross (1988). Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946. Brookvale, NSW: Child & Associates. ISBN 0-86777-219-0. OCLC 23470364.
* "The patrol boat". Australian National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 30 June 2011.

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Attack-class patrol boats

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* Advance
* Archer
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* Arrow
* Assail
* Attack
* Aware
* Bandolier
* Barbette
* Barricade
* Bombard
* Bayonet
* Buccaneer

Papua New Guinea Maritime Element
(previously RAN New Guinea Division)|

* Aitape
* Ladava
* Lae
* Madang
* Samarai

Indonesian Navy|

* Sibarau (ex-Bandolier)
* Siliman (ex-Archer)
* Sigalu (ex-Barricade)
* Silea (ex-Acute)
* Siribua (ex-Bombard)
* Siada (ex-Barbette)
* Sikuda (ex-Attack)
* Sigurot (ex-Assail)
* Tenggiri (ex-Ardent)

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1988

Shipwrecks|

* 16 Feb: Sol Phryne
* 19 Apr: Sahand
* 26 Apr: Reijin
* 14 May: Seawise Giant
* 20 May: Korean Star
* 16 Jun: Swiftsure
* 4 Jul: Singa Sea
* 23 Jul: USS Jonas Ingram
* 24 Jul: USS Rankin
* 29 Jul: USNS Aeolus
* 6 Aug: Manihari Ghat ferry disaster
* 24 Aug: USS Vermilion
* 26 Aug: BAP Pacocha
* 8 Oct: HMAS Buccaneer
* 21 Oct: Jupiter
* 24 Oct: Doña Marilyn
* November (unknown date): ARA Piedrabuena
* 26 Dec: Baden
* Unknown date: USCGC Unimak

Other incidents|

* 12 Feb: Bezzavetny, USS Caron, USS Yorktown
* 31 Mar: Haven
* 14 Apr: USS Samuel B. Roberts
* 24 Apr: USS Bonefish
* 29 Apr: USS Sam Houston
* 6 Jul: Piper Alpha
* 11 Jul: City of Poros
* 23 Jul: JDS Nadashio
* 2 Sep: ROCS Huei Yang
* 22 Sep: Ocean Odyssey
* Unknown date: NOAAS Miller Freeman

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