RAN Tally Band – HMAS Lae

Description

Description: RAN Tally Band – HMAS Lae – circa 1970s

Maker’s Name: N/A

Condition: Very Good

Comments: Royal Australian Navy – Tally Band – HMAS Lae – circa 1970s.

HMAS Lae (P 93) was an Attack class patrol boat of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).

The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats (based on lessons learned through using the Ton class minesweepers on patrols of Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft.

Lae was built by Walkers Limited of Maryborough, Queensland, launched on 5 October 1967, and commissioned on 3 April 1968.

Lae was one of five Attack class vessels transferred to the Papua New Guinea Defence Force on 14 November 1974. She is in active service as of 2008.