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GUINEA-BISSAU NAVY (GUINEA-BISSAU)

COASTAL FORCES

type 55A patrol boats (1956-1960/1983-1986)

1985

Names

4 units

Builders

Wuzhou SY, China: 4 units

Completed

1956 - 1960 // 1983: 2 units

1956 - 1960 // 1986: 2 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1986: 2 units

~1992: 2 units

Displacement standard, t

75

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

25.7

Breadth, m

6.00

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 750(15)

Armament

2 x 2 - 37/63 type 61, 2 x 1 - 14.5/93, 8 DC

Electronic equipment Zarnitsa radar

Complement

30

Project history: Steel hull, gun-armed Chinese version of Soviet project 183 FAC(T). Transferred after service under Chinese flag.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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