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CHAMELECÓN patrol boat (1967/1979)

Names

FNH8501 Chamelecón (ex-Rio Kuringwas), 1993- FNH851 Chamelecón, 2012- FNH8501 Chamelecón

Builders

Swiftships, Morgan City, USA: FNH8501

Commissioned

1967 // 1979: FNH8501

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

in service (2019): FNH8501

 

Displacement standard, t

50

Displacement full, t

54

Length, m

23.1 pp 25.9 oa

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71TI diesels

Power, h. p.

1400

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

780(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 68, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

Decca radar

Complement

12

Project history: Captured from Nicaragua.

Modernizations: 2011: - 2 x 1 - 20/70

Naval service: No significant events.

Chamelecón 2011

© Ivan Gogin, 2019