HMAS Aware (P 91) was an of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN).
Design and construction
frameless|left|alt=HMAS Aware (left) alongside HMAS Archer in Port Kembla Harbour, August 1968|HMAS Aware (left) alongside HMAS Archer in Port Kembla Harbour, August 1968
The Attack class was ordered in 1964 to operate in Australian waters as patrol boats (based on lessons learned through using the s on patrols of Borneo during the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation, and to replace a variety of old patrol, search-and-rescue, and general-purpose craft. Propulsion machinery consisted of two 16-cylinder Paxman YJCM diesel engines, which supplied to the two propellers.
Aware was laid down by Evans Deakin and Company at Brisbane in Queensland in July 1967, launched on 7 October 1967 and commissioned on 21 June 1968.
Decommissioning and civilian service
HMAS Aware was the last of her class to be withdrawn from service, decommissioned on 17 July 1993. She was sold to a private owner sometime before 1998, and after modification in Melbourne (including an extension of the superstructure to cover the quarterdeck), was used as a diving and salvage ship.
In 2006, Aware was acquired by a group of investors, and sailed to Bundaberg, Queensland by a former crewmember.