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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

COASTAL FORCES

B river motor patrol boats (1918-1919/1933)

nearly sister ship LM17 1918

Names

B (ex-UZ(S)17, ex-LM28)

D (ex-UZ(S)20, ex-LM16)

Builders

Max Oertz, Hamburg, Germany: B, D

Commissioned

1918 // 1933: B

1919 // 1933: D

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1940s: B, D

 

Displacement normal, t

6.8

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

16.5

Breadth, m

2.42

Draught, m

0.60

No of shafts

3

Machinery

B: 3 Maybach HS petrol engines

D: 3 Mercedes-Benz petrol engines

Power, h. p.

B: 680

D: 740

Max speed, kts

31.6

Fuel, t

petrol 1600 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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