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AUSTRIAN RIVER FLOTILLA (AUSTRIA)

RIVERINE BOATS

NIEDERÖSTERREICH river patrol craft (1970)

Names

A604 Niederösterreich

Builders

Korneuburg Werft: A604

Commissioned

4/1970: A604

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

8/2006: A604

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

73

Length, m

29.7

Breadth, m

5.41

Draught, m

1.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM V16 diesels

Power, h. p.

1620

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil 9

Endurance, nm(kts) 900

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/90 Oerlikon SPz Mk 66, 1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 84 Carl Gustav PAR66 AT rifle

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

9

Project history: Riverine patrol craft. Original plans of building 11 more boats were cancelled. She can be quickly changed into three different configurations: E (patrol boat), K (rescue boat) or R (dispatch boat). Fully welded.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Niederösterreich 1980

 

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