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NAVY OF CAMEROON (CAMEROON)

COASTAL FORCES

PR001 patrol launches (1987-1988)

Names

PR001-020

Builders

Swiftships, Morgan City, USA: PR001-020

Completed

1987-1988: PR001-020

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 2000s: PR002-004, 006, 007, 010-020

late 2010s: PR008, 009

in service (2019): PR001, 005

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

12

Length, m

11.6

Breadth, m

3.81

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Stewart & Stevenson - General Motors 6V92MTA diesels

Power, h. p.

1100

Max speed, kts

33

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 216(20)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

4

Project history: Built for service on the Chad river. Aluminium construction. 10 more launches were built for Gendarmerie.

Modernizations: 2002, all survived: diesels were replaced by 2 Cummins 6-cyl (900hp, 26kts)

Naval service: No significant events.

1992

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