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GABON NAVY (GABON)

COASTAL FORCES

N'GOLO fast attack craft (gun) (1977-1981)

Names

GC04 N'Golo (i)

GC04 N'Golo (ii)

Builders

Intermarine, Sarzana, Italy: GC04 (i), 04 (ii)

Completed

1977: GC04 (i)

1981: GC04 (ii)

Losses

GC04 (i) (fire 13.3.1980)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1989: GC04 (ii)

Displacement standard, t

65

Displacement full, t

88

Length, m

27.3

Breadth, m

6.80

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 16V538 diesels

Power, h. p.

7000

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 20/90 Mk 20 Rh202

Electronic equipment Decca RM916 radar

Complement

16

Project history: GRP hull, at the time of completion the largest GRP hull of any high-speed craft in the world.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: N'Golo was destroyed by fire 13.3.1980 but replaced by craft of the same name and number.

N'Golo 1978

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