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CYGNUS patrol ship (1982)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Cygnus     Marystown SY     5.1982 Coast Guard 4.1995, in service (2019)

Displacement standard, t

1210

Displacement full, t

1461

Length, m

63.0

Breadth, m

14.6

Draught, m

3.80

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Nohab-Wärtsilä F30.12 diesels

Power, h. p.

4700

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil 280

Endurance, nm(kts) 10800(13)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90 (fitted for), helicopter deck

Electronic equipment 2x radars

Complement

17

Project history: Patrol ship of Department of Fisheries and Oceans. One Hurricane, one Avon Searider RIB and one workboat.

Modernizations:  2000s: -2x radars; + Decca 2690, Decca BT502 radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Cygnus 1999

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