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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

COASTAL FORCES

GÉRANIUM motor launches (1996 - 1997)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Géranium P720   DCN, Lorient   27.6.1996 31.10.1996 in service (2019)
Violette P222   DCN, Lorient   1996 2.1997 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

80

Displacement full, t

100

Length, m

30.5 pp 32.2 oa

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

2 outboard propellers + 1 waterjet

Machinery

2 MWM-Deutz TRD 616 V16 diesels + 1 MWM-Deutz TRD 616 V12 diesel

Power, h. p.

2882 + 1082 = 3964

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1200(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment Bridgemaster II CH180/6 radar

Complement

14

Project history: Expanded version of the 24m P60 class. GRP hulls and GRP sandwich superstructures.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Géranium 2003

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