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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

COASTAL FORCES

No1 river motor patrol boats (1913)

Names

No1 - 4 (Guarda Costa 1 - 4)

Builders

Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK: No1 - 4

Commissioned

1913: No1 - 4

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1940s: No1 - 4

 

Displacement normal, t

20

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

24.0

Breadth, m

3.80

Draught, m

1.20

No of shafts

 

Machinery

petrol engine(s)

Power, h. p.

160

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

paraffin

Endurance, nm(kts) 2400(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 37/27 Vickers-Maxim

Complement

6

Project history: Motor launches intended for river and coastal service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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