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FORT CHARLES patrol boat (1974)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Fort Charles P7   Teledyne Sewart, Berwick, USA   7/1974 1974 stricken ~2006-08

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

103

Length, m

31.5

Breadth, m

5.70

Draught, m

2.10

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU 16V538 TB90 diesels

Power, h. p.

6000

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1200(18)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

Sperry 4016 radar

Complement

16 + 24 troops

Project history: Can carry 24 soldiers or served as an 18-bed floating infirmary.

Modernizations: 1981: lengthened (109/130t, 34.5x6.70x2.10m)

Naval service: No significant events.

Fort Charles 1999

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