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FAEROE ISLANDS COAST GUARD (FAEROE ISLANDS)

COAST GUARD

TJALDRID fisheries protection ship (1976/1987)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Tjaldrid     Svolavaer verksted, Norway     1976 // 1987 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

650

Length, m

44.5

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

4.02

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MWM diesels

Power, h. p.

2400

Max speed, kts

14.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I
Electronic equipment Raytheon TM/TCPA radar

Complement

18

Project history: Commercial tug, acquired by the local government in 1987. Equipped for fire fighting, salvage and ocean towing.

Modernizations: 1990s: - 1 x 1 - 57/40; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Naval service: No significant events.

Tjaldrid 1999

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