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PATRIOTE patrol boat (1988)

Names

P17 Patriote

Builders

SBCN, Loctudy, France: P17

Commissioned

1988: P17

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

2001: P17

  

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

70

Length, m

36.2 pp 38.0 oa

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

1.30

No of shafts

3 waterjets

Machinery

3 Badouin 12P15-2SR7 diesels

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(16)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/80 M621, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Decca radar

Complement

23

Project history: PR-362T design. Composite wood/epoxy hull.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: Damaged during delivery voyage and was stored at Abidjan (Cote d'Ivoire) until departing in 1991 for repair to France. Finally delivered in 1992.

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