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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

COASTAL FORCES

VC1 motor launches (1956 - 1959)

VC1 1960

Names

P751 - 762 VC1 - 12

Builders

Lürssen, Vegesack, Germany: P751, 752

CMN, Cherbourg: P753 - 762

Completed

1956 - 1959: P751 - 762

Losses

none

Transfers

Tunisia, 1960: P761 (إستكلل [Istiklal])

Morocco, 1960: P762 (إل سبق [El Sabiq])

Senegal, 1963: P755 (Casamance)

Madagascar, 1963: P758 (Malaika)

Ivory Coast, 1963: P759 (Perceverance)

Cameroon, 1964: P756 (Vigilante)

Congo, 1966: P754 (to Senegal as Sine Saloum)

Mauretania, 1969: P751

Spain, 1972: P756, 757, 760

Discarding

late 1970s: P752, 753

 

Displacement standard, t

70

Displacement full, t

80

Length, m

31.8

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

1.70

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Mercedes-Benz diesels

Power, h. p.

2700

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil 10

Endurance, nm(kts) 1500(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

15

Project history: Patrol boats similar to USCG 95' type.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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