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BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE MARITIME WING (BELIZE)

COASTAL FORCES

BELIZE patrol launches (1972/1981)

Names

PBM01 Belize

PBM02 Belmopan

Builders

Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, UK: PBM01, 02

Commissioned

1972 // 1981: PBM01, 02

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1982: PBM01

~1990: PBM02

  

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

15

Length, m

12.2

Breadth, m

3.60

Draught, m

0.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar diesels

Power, h. p.

370

Max speed, kts

22

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

3 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

 

Complement

 

Project history: Small colonial patrol craft, transferred to Belize when the country granted independence.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

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