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NAVY OF CAMEROON (CAMEROON)

COASTAL FORCES

PATRIE DU CAMEROUN patrol boats (1942-1943/1961-1963)

Patrie du Cameroun 1965

Names

Patrie du Cameroun (ex-VP747, ex-ML1423)

Patrie du Cameroun (ex-VP768, ex-VP6, ex-ML1228)

Builders

Moody, Swanwick Shore, UK: Patrie du Cameroun (i)

Sittingbourne SB, UK: Patrie du Cameroun (ii)

Completed

1942 // 1961: Patrie du Cameroun (i)

1943 // 1963: Patrie du Cameroun (ii)

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1963: Patrie du Cameroun (i)

1972: Patrie du Cameroun (ii)

 

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

Patrie du Cameroun (i): 2 Gardner diesels

Patrie du Cameroun (ii): 2 Thornycroft diesels

Power, h. p.

Patrie du Cameroun (i): 300

Patrie du Cameroun (ii): 260

Max speed, kts

Patrie du Cameroun (i): 11.8

Patrie du Cameroun (ii): 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Electronic equipment type 291 radar (some boats)

Complement

10

Project history: British-built HDML-type wooden-hulled motor launches, transferred by France.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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