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{{Short description|Patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy}}
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|Ship builder=Walkers Limited
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|Ship launched=2 October 1968
|Ship commissioned=14 December 1968
|Ship decommissioned=16 November 1973
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|Ship class= {{sclass|Attack|patrol boat}}
|Ship displacement=*100 tons standard
*146 tons full load
|Ship length={{convert|107.6|ft|abbr=on}} [[length overall|oa]]
|Ship beam={{convert|20|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught=*{{convert|6.4|ft|abbr=on}} at standard load
*{{convert|7.3|ft|m|abbr=on}} at full load
|Ship propulsion=*2 × 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines
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*2 shafts
|Ship speed={{convert|24|kn}}
|Ship range={{convert|1200|nmi}} at {{convert|13|kn}}
|Ship complement=3 officers, 16 sailors
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|Ship armament=*1 × [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm]] gun
*2 × .50 calibre [[M2 Browning]] machine guns
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'''HMAS ''Bandolier'' (P 95)''' was an {{sclass|Attack|patrol boat}} of the [[Royal Australian Navy]] (RAN).

==Design and construction==
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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|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 ships 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 (nautical)|beam]] of {{convert|20|ft|m}}, and [[Draft (hull)|draughts]] of {{convert|6.4|ft}} at standard load and {{convert|7.3|ft|m}} 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> Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM [[diesel engine]]s, which supplied {{convert|3460|shp}} to the two propellers.<ref name=Gillett86/><ref name=Janes68/> The vessels could achieve a top speed of {{convert|24|kn|lk=in}}, and had a range of {{convert|1200|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|13|kn}}.<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 Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors 40 mm]] gun, 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 a''ttack''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>

''Bandolier'' was built by [[Walkers Limited]] at [[Maryborough, Queensland]],<ref name=Gillett87>Gillett, ''Australian and New Zealand Ships since 1946'', p. 87</ref> launched on 2 October 1968, and commissioned on 14 December 1968.<ref name=Gillett87/>

==Operational history==
''Bandolier'' paid off on 16 November 1973.<ref name=Gillett87/> She was transferred to the [[Indonesian Navy]] and renamed KRI ''Sibarau'' (847).<ref name=Gillett87/><ref name=Saunders20112012>{{cite book |title=Jane's Fighting Ships 2011–2012 |year=2011 |publisher=IHS Jane's |location=Coulsdon|isbn=9780710629593 |oclc=751789024|editor=Saunders, Stephen|page={{page needed|date=December 2012}}}}</ref> The patrol boat listed in ''[[Jane's Fighting Ships]]'' was still operational in 2011.<ref name=Saunders20112012/> In December 2017, the vessel sank while on patrol in the [[North Sumatra]] Sea at 03.45.38 North and 098.57.55 East. The cause was not known, but there were no casualties among the crew.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.detik.com/berita/d-3751727/kapal-patroli-tni-al-tenggelam-di-sumatera-utara |title=Kapal Patroli TNI AL Tenggelam di Sumatera Utara |author=Danu Damarjati |date=December 2, 2017}}</ref>

==Citations==
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==References==
* {{cite book |editor=Blackman, Raymond |title=Jane's Fighting Ships, 1968–69 |edition=71st |year=1968 |publisher=Jane's Publishing Company |location=London |oclc=123786869}}
* {{cite book |last=Gillett |first=Ross |title=Australian and New Zealand Warships since 1946 |year=1988 |publisher=Child & Associates |location=Brookvale, NSW |isbn=0-86777-219-0 |oclc=23470364}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1369 |title=The patrol boat |publisher=Australian National Maritime Museum |accessdate=30 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706121634/http://www.anmm.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=1369 |archive-date=6 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

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[[Category:Attack-class patrol boats]]
[[Category:Ships built in Queensland]]
[[Category:1968 ships]]
[[Category:Patrol vessels of the Royal Australian Navy]]
[[Category:Patrol vessels of the Indonesian Navy]]
[[Category:Maritime incidents in 2017]]
[[Category:December 2017 events in Asia]]