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'Swift Mk II' patrol boats (1976-1978)

Names

26 units

Builders

Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA: 12 units

Peterson, Sturgeon Bay, USA // Arvandan Maritime Co, Abadan: 14 units

Commissioned

1976-1978: 26 units

Losses

1980-1981: 16 units

Transfers

none

Discarding

1990s: 4 units

in service (2019): 6 units

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

22

Length, m

15.3

Breadth, m

4.80

Draught, m

1.90

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 General Motors 12V71 diesels

Power, h. p.

900

Max speed, kts

26

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

750(26)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Raytheon 1900 radar

Complement

6

Project history: US 'Swift Mk II' class.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

1996

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