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FALKLAND ISLANDS FISHERIES PATROL (FALKLAND ISLANDS)

FISHERIES PATROL

FOX patrol ship (1968/1996)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Fox     Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, UK   6.11.1967 11.7.1968 // 2.1996 returned 3.1997

 

Displacement standard, t

800

Displacement full, t

1088

Length, m

57.8 pp 61.0 oa

Breadth, m

11.4

Draught, m

3.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Lister-Blackstone ERS-8M diesels

Power, h. p.

2640

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

4600(12)

Armament

small arms
Electronic equipment type 1007 radar

Complement

39

Project history: Former Bulldog-class coastal survey ship of the Royal Navy, sold in 1989 and chartered by Falklands in 1996.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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