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CAPE VERDEAN COAST GUARD (CAPE VERDE)

COAST GUARD

VIGILANTE patrol craft (1970/1998)

Kühlungsborn 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Vigilante (ex-GS07, ex-Kühlungsborn) P521 238 Peenewerft, Wolgast, East Germany 9.9.1969 14.1.1970 3.6.1970 // 25.9.1998 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

330

Displacement full, t

380

Length, m

52.0

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 40DM diesels

Power, h. p.

4400

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

2200(11)

Armament

1 x 2 - 23/82 ZU-23, helicopter deck

Electronic equipment

Decca 360 radar

Complement

12

Project history: Former Volksmarine's minesweeper of Kondor I class. After unification she was stricken in 1996, transferred unarmed to Cape Verde in May 1998, received armament after transfer and commissioned 25.9.1998.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Vigilante 2007

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.

© Ivan Gogin, 2020