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FALKLAND ISLANDS FISHERIES PATROL (FALKLAND ISLANDS)

FISHERIES PATROL

FALKLAND SOUND patrol ship (1960s/1986)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Falkland Sound (ex-Yehuin, ex-Millern Tor)     Hitzler, Lauenburg, West Germany     1960s // 12.1986 discarded ~1992

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1200

Length, m

49.2 pp 53.5 oa

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

3.35

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

1900

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

small arms
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

 

Project history: Former Argentinean oil rig supply ship captured by Royal Navy in June 1982 and acquired by Falklands in December 1986.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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