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ROYAL HONG KONG POLICE FORCE (HONG KONG)

COASTAL FORCES

SNIPE patrol boats (1946)

Names

PL9 Snipe

PL10 Puffin

PL11 Wren

PL12 Mallard

PL13 Gull

PL14 Tern

PL15 Cormorant

PL16 Kestrel

Builders

Australia: PL9-16

Commissioned

1946: PL9-16

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1985: PL12

1987: PL9-11, 13-16

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

28

Length, m

13.7

Breadth, m

4.60

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 Gardner diesel

Power, h. p.

144

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1700(8)

Armament

small arms

Electronic equipment none

Complement

5

Project history: Small boats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Kestrel 1979

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