HMAS Barbette (P 97) was an Attack-class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

[1][2] Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied 3,460 shaft horsepower (2,580 kW) to the two propellers.

[1][2] 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] Barbette was built by Walkers Limited at Maryborough, Queensland,[4] launched on 10 April 1968,[citation needed] and commissioned on 16 August 1968.

[5] The patrol boat was listed in Jane's Fighting Ships as still operational in 2011.