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HMAS Advance, Built by Walkers Ltd., Maryborough. Commissioned in 1967.
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148 Tonnes.32.76 metres in length..
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Powered by 2 Paxman YJCM turbo-charged injection diesel engines. Top speed 24 knots.
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Armed with 1 40 mm Bofors and 2 12.7 mm Browning machine guns.
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Complement 3 Officers, 16 ratings.
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Featured in the television series "Patrol Boat".
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Transferred to Royal Australian Navy Reserve Sydney Port Division in 1982.
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Subsequently transferred to the Australian National Maritime Museum in 1988.
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Used by the museum to participate in events in local ports.
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Not open to the public, as it remains a working vessel.
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HMAS Advance survived Cyclone Tracey in 1974.
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One of an original class of 20.
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Ships Motto: "Never look back."
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Off to Melbourne, and HMAS Castlemaine.
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