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MALU BAIZAM patrol boat (1996)

Names

2003 Malu Baizam

Builders

Geraldton Boat Bldrs: 2003

Completed

5/1996: 2003

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2006: 2003

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

18.1 wl 20.0 oa

Breadth, m

5.64

Draught, m

1.46 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 8V183 TE diesels

Power, h. p.

1300

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil 4.5

Endurance, nm(kts) 650(21)

Armament

small arms

Electronic equipment

JMA-3610 radar

Complement

2 + 18 troops

Project history: Assigned to Thursday Island at the Torres Strait, carried three 4.2m inflatable dinghies for three 6-man patrols.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Malu Baizam 1996

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