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COASTAL FORCES

VPDMP patrol launches

Names

12 units

Builders

UFAST, Quimper: 12 units

Completed

2019: 12 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

15.0

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

4 outboard motors

Machinery

4

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

 
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

+ 8 passengers

Project history: Small assault boats for marines. VPDMP meant Vedette protégées de défense maritime et portuaire (Protected boat for sea and port defence), type Intercepteur 15. Light armour.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019