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COAST GUARD OF JAMAICA (JAMAICA)

COASTAL FORCES

DISCOVERY BAY patrol boats (1966-1967)

Names

P4 Discovery Bay

P5 Holland Bay

P6 Manatee Bay

Builders

Sewart Seacraft, Berwick, USA: P4-6

Commissioned

1966: P4

1967: P5, 6

Losses

None

Transfers

None

Discarding

1991: P4-6

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

60

Length, m

25.9

Breadth, m

5.70

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 General Motors 16V71N diesels

Power, h. p.

700

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil 13

Endurance, nm(kts)

500(12)

Armament

3 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment radar

Complement

11

Project history: Patrol boats of 85ft Commercial Cruiser type, built under MDAP.

Modernizations: 1972-1973, all: diesels were replaced by 3 General Motors 12V71 (~2700hp, 27kts, 800(20)nm)

1975, Discovery Bay; 1977, Holland Bay, Manatee Bay: diesels were replaced by 3 MTU 8V331 TC81 (3000hp, 30kts)

Naval service: No significant events.

Manatee Bay 1979

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