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ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENCE FORCES

COASTAL FORCES

BAHAMAS patrol craft (1999-2000)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Bahamas P60   Halter Marine / Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, USA     14.7.1999 in service (2020)
Nassau P61   Halter Marine / Moss Point Marine, Escatawpa, USA     27.1.2000 in service (2020)

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

375

Length, m

60.6

Breadth, m

8.90

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Caterpillar 3516 diesels

Power, h. p.

6600

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3000(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 25/75 Mk 88 Bushmaster, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment 2x Decca 656 radars

Complement

35 + 25 passengers

Project history: Vosper's Europatrol 250 design. Employed on counterdrug, SAR, EEZ patrol and disaster-relief missions. Two RIBs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Bahamas 2003

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