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BELGIAN NAVY (BELGIUM)

COASTAL FORCES

LIBÉRATION riverine patrol boat (1954)

Names

P902 Libération

Builders

Hitzler, Regensburg, West Germany: P902

Commissioned

1954: P902

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1987: P902

  

Displacement standard, t

28

Displacement full, t

30

Length, m

24.1 pp 26.0 oa

Breadth, m

4.13

Draught, m

0.93

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

440

Max speed, kts

19

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

870(14.6)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Complement

7

Project history: Small patrol boat for riverine service.

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

Naval service: In 1987-2012 Libération served as public affairs launch.

Libération 1979

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