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.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016