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BELGIAN NAVY (BELGIUM)

COASTAL FORCES

IJZER riverine patrol boats (1953-1954)

Names

P900 Ijzer

P901 Leie

P903 Meuse

P904 Sambre

P905 Schelde

P906 Semois

P907 Rupel

P908 Ourthe

Builders

Hitzler, Regensburg, West Germany: P900, 901, 903-908

Commissioned

1953: P900, 901, 903-906

1954: P907, 908

1974: P908 (2nd time)

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1963: P908 (1st time)

1969: P900

1983: P907, 908 (2nd time)

1984: P904, 905

1985: P901, 906

1987: P903

  

Displacement standard, t

25

Displacement full, t

28

Length, m

23.3

Breadth, m

3.80

Draught, m

0.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

440

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Complement

7

Project history: Small patrol boats for riverine service.

Modernizations: 1960s-1970s, all: + Decca 1214 radar

Naval service: No significant events.

Meuse 1985

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