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DOMINICAN NAVY (DOMINICAN REPUBLIC)

COASTAL FORCES

CANOPUS patrol boats (1984)

Names

GC107 Canopus, 1992- GC107 Colón, 2003- GC107 Canopus

GC109 Orión

Builders

Swiftships, Morgan City, USA: GC107, 109

Commissioned

1984: GC107, 109

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service (2019): GC107, 109

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

94

Length, m

33.5

Breadth, m

7.32

Draught, m

1.83

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 General Motors 12V92 TI diesels

Power, h. p.

2700

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment 2x Furuno radars

Complement

19

Project history: US 110ft Commercial Cruiser class. Aluminium construction.

Modernizations: 2003, Canopus; 2004, Orión: diesels were replaced by 3 Caterpillar 3412E (1700hp, 23kts)

Naval service: No significant events.

Orión 2013

Ivan Gogin, 2019