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KENYA NAVY (KENYA)

COASTAL FORCES

SHUPAVU large patrol craft (1998)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Shupavu P6129, 2005- P3131   Gondan, Castropol, Spain     1998 in service (2020)
Shujaa P6130, 2005- P3130   Gondan, Castropol, Spain     1998 in service (2020)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

480

Length, m

53.9 pp 60.0 oa

Breadth, m

9.90

Draught, m

2.60

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MTU-Bazan diesels

Power, h. p.

8000

Max speed, kts

25

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 1 - 30/82 Breda-Mauser 563

Electronic equipment

surf. search, nav. radars, Breda e/o system

Complement

24

Project history: Built to civilian standards. Delivered in 1997 and armed in Kenya.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Shujaa 2001

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