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GABON NAVY (GABON)

COASTAL FORCES

PRÉSIDENT LÉON M'BA patrol boat (1968)

Names

GC01 Président Léon M'Ba

Builders

Libreville DY: GC01

Completed

1968: GC01

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1987: GC01

Displacement standard, t

85

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

28.0

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

1.54

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Baudoin diesels

Power, h. p.

540

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 1000(12)

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/40 recoilless rifle, 1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment  

Complement

16

Project history: First domestic-built fighting ship of Gabon.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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