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ISRAELI NAVY (ISRAEL)

COASTAL FORCES

KEDMA coastal patrol craft (1968)

Names

M46 קֵדְמָה [Kedma]

M48 יעמ [Yama]

M50  אפיקומן [Tzafone]

M52 נֶגְבָּה [Negba]

Builders

Japan: M46-52

Commissioned

1968: M46-52

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

1992: M46-52

 

Displacement standard, t

32

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

20.4

Breadth, m

4.60

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

1540

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

10

Project history: Handy boats of the small seaward defence type. Steel hull. Used for coast guard and police work in peace time.

Modernizations: 1980s, may be all: were armed with only 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 or 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Naval service: No significant events.

Kedma 1970

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