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ETHIOPIAN NAVY / ERITREAN NAVY (ETHIOPIA / ERITREA)

COASTAL FORCES

PC16 patrol boats (1982-1990)

similar Soviet AK-326 1985

Names

PC16, late 1980s- P205

PC17, late 1980s- P206

P207

P208

Builders

More, Feodosiya, USSR: PC16, 17, P207, 208

Commissioned

1982: PC16, 17

1990: P207, 208

Losses

P205 (Eritrean field artillery 5.1991), P208 (Eritrean field artillery 5.1991)

Transfers

none

Discarding

late 1990s: P206, 207

 

Displacement standard, t

37

Displacement full, t

40

Length, m

23.8

Breadth, m

5.15

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 M-401BT diesels

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

450(13)

Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/89

Sensors

Lotsiya radar

Complement

9

 

Project history: Former Soviet project 1400ME boats.

 

Modernizations: None.

 

Naval service: P206 and 207 were interned by Djiobouti in 1993, transferred to Eritrea in 1996 but soon abandoned due to bad technical condition.

 

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