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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

COASTAL FORCES

A river motor patrol boat (1919/1933)

nearly sister-boat LM17 1918

Names

A (ex-UZ(S)15, ex-LM23)

Builders

Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: A

Commissioned

1919 // 9.1933: A

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1940s: A

 

Displacement normal, t

7

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

16.0

Breadth, m

2.40

Draught, m

0.68

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Mercedes-Benz petrol engines

Power, h. p.

780

Max speed, kts

31.8

Fuel, t

petrol 1200 l
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.9/79

Complement 7

Project history: Former German MTBs of LM type. Torpedoes were landed, and boats were used as fast patrol and landing crafts on rivers.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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