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ECUADORIAN NAVY (ECUADOR)

COASTAL FORCES

QUITO large patrol craft (1965)

24 de Mayo 1978

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Quito, 1975- 25 de Julio, 2007- Isla Isabela LC71, 1980- LGC31   Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA   11.1.1965 10.1965 Coast Guard 1980, stricken 2014
Guayaquil, 1975- 8 de Agosto, 1978- 24 de Mayo LC72, 1980- LGC32   Peterson Builders, Sturgeon Bay, USA   10.3.1965 10.1965 collision 29.8.1995

 

Displacement standard, t

130

Displacement full, t

147

Length, m

30.2 pp 30.8 oa

Breadth, m

6.45

Draught, m

2.30

No of shafts

4

Machinery

8 General Motors 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

21

Fuel, t

diesel oil 16

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Raytheon 1500B Pathfinder radar

Complement

15

Project history: USN PGM71 class.

Modernizations: 1989, 25 de Julio: was re-engined with 4 MTU diesels (3520hp, 17kts).

Naval service: 24 de Mayo was lost 29.8.1995 in collision with s/s Dole Ecuador.

1963

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