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VALPAS patrol combatant (1971)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Valpas     Laivateollisuus, Turku 20.5.1970 22.12.1970 21.7.1971 to Latvia 9.2002 (Valpas)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

540

Length, m

48.3

Breadth, m

8.66

Draught, m

4.30

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Werkspoor-Wärtsilä TMABS-398 diesel

Power, h. p.

2000

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 7

Electronic equipment 2x nav. radars, SS105 sonar

Complement

22

Project history: Large patrol craft. Ice-strengthened, equipped for towing, firefighting and salvage duties.

Modernizations: 1990s: - 1 x 1 - 20/70; + 1 x 2 - 23/87 Sako (fitted for)

Naval service: No significant events.

Valpas 1975

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