HMAS Buccaneer (P 100)

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

[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 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,[5] and commissioned on 11 November 1969.

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