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FALKLAND ISLANDS FISHERIES PATROL (FALKLAND ISLANDS)

FISHERIES PATROL

FALKLAND DESIRE patrol ship (1969/1987)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Falkland Desire (ex-Southella, ex-Seisella)     Hall Russell, Aberdeen, UK     2/1969 // 1.2.1987 off-charter 1989, rechartered 1991, returned 1995

 

Displacement standard, t

1900

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

64.3 pp 69.6 oa

Breadth, m

12.7

Draught, m

4.57

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Mirrles National KMR-8 diesel

Power, h. p.

2880

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil 400

Endurance, nm(kts)

15000(15)

Armament

small arms, helicopter deck
Electronic equipment 2x radars

Complement

40

Project history: Former stern-haul trawler converted in 1986 as a seismic survey and oilfield standby safety vessel.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Falkland Desire 1987

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