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DIPIKAR patrol craft (1991/2012)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Dipikar (ex-Grèbe) P107   SFCN, Villeneuve La Garenne, France 1988 16.11.1989 6.4.1991 // 17.7.2012 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

300

Displacement full, t

410

Length, m

44.5 pp 52.0 oa

Breadth, m

9.80

Draught, m

2.30 hull 2.75 propellers

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM-RVR UD33V12 RVR diesels / 2 electric motors

Power, h. p.

4800 / 250

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil 55

Endurance, nm(kts)

14000(7.5)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Decca 2690 ARPA radar

Complement

19

Project history: Former French patrol craft. Can make 8kts under electric motors.

Modernizations: 2016: - Decca 2690 radar; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2x Consilium-Selesmar radars

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019