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ROYAL BAHAMAS DEFENCE FORCES

COASTAL FORCES

P42 patrol launches (1996)

Names

P42, 43

Builders

SeaArk, Monticello, USA: P42, 43

Commissioned

1996: P42, 43

Losses

none

Transfers

None

Discarding

in service (2020): P42, 43

  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

15

Length, m

12.2

Breadth, m

3.86

Draught, m

0.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3208TA diesels

Power, h. p.

690

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

400(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment Furuno 1761 radar

Complement

5

Project history: 40ft Dauntless class. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

P43 1999

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