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CAMBODIAN NAVY (CAMBODIA)

COASTAL FORCES

VP762 patrol motor launches (1942-1944/1956-1957)

VP762 1960

Names

VP748 (ex-ML1223), later- VP212

VP749 (ex-ML1229)

VP762 (ex-VP42 Revanche, ex-ML1457)

Builders

Sussex SB Co., Shoreham, UK: VP748

McGruer, Clynder, UK: VP749

Blackmore, Bideford, UK: VP762

Completed

1944 / 1956: VP762

1943 / 1957: VP748

1942 / 1957: VP749

Losses

VP749 (1975?), VP762 (1975?)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1995: VP212

 

Displacement standard, t

46

Displacement full, t

54

Length, m

22.0

Breadth, m

4.83

Draught, m

1.40 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Gardner diesels

Power, h. p.

300

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94

Electronic equipment none

Complement

8

Project history: Former British HDML type boats transferred to France and later to Cambodia.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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