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FRENCH NAVY (FRANCE)

NON-NAVAL FORCES

MARINDA patrol boats (1965-1978)

Names

DF30 Marinda

DF31 Haize Hegoa

DF32 Mervent

DF33 Lissero

DF34 Alizé

DF35 Vent d'Autan

DF36 Avel Sterenn

DF37 Rafale

DF38 Vent d'Aval, 2000- Mistral

DF39 Aquilon

Builders

C N de l'Esterel, Cannes: DF30-39

Completed

1965: DF30

1966: DF31

1967: DF32

1968: DF33, 34

1969: DF35, 36

1970: DF37

1977: DF38

1978: DF39

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1990: DF31

1991-1992: DF31-33, 35, 36

1994: DF34, 37

2012?: DF30

 

Displacement standard, t

37

Displacement full, t

45

Length, m

26.8

Breadth, m

4.97

Draught, m

1.53

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

956

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

DF30-37: 900(18)

DF38, 39: 800(15)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

 

Project history: Small patrol boats, wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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