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ALASIA patrol vessel (1971/2017)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Αλάσια [Alasia] (ex-المبرقعه [Al Mabrukah], ex-السيد [Al Said]) A620   Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, UK   7.4.1970 1971 // 14.2.2017 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

785

Displacement full, t

900

Length, m

55.6 pp 61.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.7

Draught, m

3.05

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman Mk 12YJCM diesels

Power, h. p.

3350

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 5000(11.5)

Armament

helicopter deck

Electronic equipment Decca TM1226 radar

Complement

34 + 37 passengers

Project history: Former Omani Royal yacht, converted to TS in 1984 (new superstructures and helicopter deck) and reclassified as corvette in 1997 but used as survey vessel. Transferred to Cyprus as a gift in 2017 without armament and electronics.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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Alasia 2017

© Ivan Gogin, 2019