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LE MALIN patrol vessel (1997 / 2012)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Le Malin (ex-Apache, ex-America I, ex-Caroline Glacial) P701 (ex-A616)   Stocznia Północna, Gdańsk, Poland   1.1997 1997 // 1.1.2012 in service (2019)
  

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

1100

Length, m

50.0 pp 54.0 oa

Breadth, m

11.0

Draught, m

6.00

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Caterpillar 3508 diesel

Power, h. p.

2585

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

FR2110, FR2155 radars

Complement

22

Project history: Honduran longliner caught in illegal fishing action in French EEZ in Antarctic area 23.6.2004. Acquired by Navy 7.9.2005 incorporated in April 2006 and commissioned 14.4.2008 as auxiliary support vessel. Reclassed as public service patrol in September 2009 and as patrol 1.1.2012. Ice-reinforced hull.

Modernizations: none

Naval service: No significant events.

Le Malin 2006

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