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ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE (HONG KONG)

COASTAL FORCES

PANTHER patrol boat (1958)

Names

PL3 Panther

Builders

Thornycroft, Singapore: PL3

Commissioned

1958: PL3

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1985: PL3

 

Displacement standard, t

37

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

17.7

Breadth, m

 

Draught, m

 

No of shafts

 

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

 

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

 

Endurance, nm(kts)

240(15)

Armament

 
Electronic equipment radar

Complement

18

Project history: Small support boat.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Panther 1976

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