HMAS Barbette


HMAS Barbette was an of the Royal Australian Navy.

Design and construction

The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats M2 Browning machine guns and various small arms. 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.
Barbette was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland, launched on 10 April 1968, and commissioned on 16 August 1968.

Operational history

Barbette paid off on 15 June 1984. She was transferred to the Indonesian Navy on 22 February 1985 and renamed KRI Siada. The patrol boat was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.