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COAST GUARD OF COSTA RICA (COSTA RICA)

COAST GUARD

CABO VELAS patrol boats (1978-1979)

Names

SP656 Cabo Velas, 2001- 65-2 Cabo Velas

SP657 Isla Uvita, 2001- 65-6 Isla Uvita

SP658 Cabo Blanco, 2001- 65-3 Cabo Blanco

SP659 Punta Burica, 2001- 65-4 Isla Burica

Builders

Swiftships, Morgan City, USA: SP656-659

Commissioned

1978-1979: SP656-659

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

2000: SP656

2006: 65-6

early 2010s: 65-3

in service (2019): 65-4

 

Displacement standard, t

25

Displacement full, t

35

Length, m

17.9 pp 19.8 oa

Breadth, m

5.56

Draught, m

1.98

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 8V331 diesels

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

24

Fuel, t

diesel oil 5
Endurance, nm(kts) 500(18)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 2 - 7.6/90, 1 x 1 - 60/11 mortar

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

9

Project history: US Swiftships 65ft Commercial Cruiser class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Cabo Blanco 2008

© Ivan Gogin, 2019