 {|     |} hmas lae (p 93) was an attack class patrol boat of the royal australian navy (ran). it was named for the city of lae, capital of morobe province, papua new guinea. completed in 1968, the vessel was one of five assigned to the ran's papua new guinea (png) division. the patrol boat was transferred to the papua new guinea defence force in 1974 as hmpngs lae. she remained in service until 1988. ==design and construction==  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. initially, fourteen were ordered for the ran, five of which were intended for the papua new guinea division of the ran, although another six ships were ordered to bring the class to twenty vessels. the patrol boats had a displacement of 100 tons at standard load and 146 tons at full load, were  in length overall, had a beam of , and draughts of  at standard load, and  at full load.gi
1967_ships Attack-class_patrol_boats Ships_built_in_Queensland