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ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE (HONG KONG)

COASTAL FORCES

SEA ROVER patrol boats (1954-1955)

Names

PL26 Sea Rover

PL27 Sea Farer

PL28 Sea Roamer

PL29 Sea Rider

PL30 Sea Nomad

PL31 Sea Wanderer

PL32 Sea Raker

PL33 Sea Rescuer

PL34 Sea Ranger

Builders

Hong Kong SY: PL26-28

Choy Lee SY: PL29-34

Commissioned

1954: PL26-28

1955: PL29-34

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1983: PL30, 32

1985: PL27-29, 31, 33, 34

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

52

Length, m

21.3

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Gardner diesels

Power, h. p.

288

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1600(10)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

12

Project history: Patrol craft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Sea Ranger 1980

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