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ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENCE FORCES

COASTAL FORCES

ACKLINS patrol boats (1971-1977)

Names

P21 Acklins

P22 Eleuthera

P23 Andros

P24 San Salvador

P25 Abaco

P26 Exuma

P27 Inagua

Builders

Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: P21-27

Commissioned

1971: P21-24

1977: P25-27

Losses

P21 (fire 1980)

Transfers

None

Discarding

1982: P24

1995: P22, 23, 25, 26

2014: P27

  

Displacement standard, t

30

Displacement full, t

37

Length, m

17.1 pp 18.3 oa

Breadth, m

5.03

Draught, m

1.53

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3408TA diesels

Power, h. p.

950

Max speed, kts

19.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 4

Endurance, nm(kts)

650(16)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment Decca 110 radar

Complement

11

Project history: Keith Nelson type. Fiberglass construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Inagua 1998

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