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MAMBA patrol craft (1974)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Mamba P3100   Brooke Marine, Lowestoft, UK 17.2.1972 6.11.1973 7.2.1974 retired 2000

 

Displacement standard, t

130

Displacement full, t

160

Length, m

37.5

Breadth, m

6.86

Draught, m

1.78

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Paxman Valenta 16YJCM diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

3500(13)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7

Electronic equipment

Decca RM-916 radar

Complement

25

Project history: Brooke Marine design.

Modernizations: 1982: - 2 x 1 - 40/60, Decca RM-916 radar; + 4 x 1 Gabriel II SSM (4 Gabriel II), 1 x 2 - 30/90 GCM-A02, Decca AC1226, RTN-10X radars

Naval service: No significant events.

Mamba 1974

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