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COLOMBIAN NAVY (COLOMBIA)

COASTAL FORCES

TENERIFE river patrol boats (1993)

Names

LR181 Tenerife, 2007- PRF305

LR182 Tarapaca, 2007- PRF306

LR183 Mompox, 2007- PRF307

LR184 Orocue, 2007- PRF308

LR185 Calamar, 2007- PRF309

LR186 Manangué, 2007- PRF310

LR187 Monclart, 2007- PRF311

LR188 Caucaya, 2007- PRF312

LR189 Mitú, 2007- PRF313

Builders

Bender SB, Mobile, USA: LR181-189

Commissioned

1993: LR181-189

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): PRF305-313

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

20

Length, m

12.4

Breadth, m

2.89

Draught, m

0.61

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Caterpillar 3208TA diesels

Power, h. p.

850

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

diesel oil 2

Endurance, nm(kts)

530(15)

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 40/19 Mk 19 grenade launcher

Electronic equipment Raytheon 1900 radar

Complement

5 + 12 troops

Project history: US 40ft patrol design, intended for antidrug trade patrol on rivers. Aluminium construction. Can be transported in a C-130 cargo plane. Propellers are in the tunnels.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Mitú 2000

© Ivan Gogin, 2019