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8100TD landing hovercraft (2009)

Names

1 unit

Builders

Griffon Hovercraft, Woolston, UK: 1 unit

Commissioned

2009: 1 unit

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding in service (2020): 1 unit

 

Displacement standard, t

18

Displacement full, t

24

Length, m

19.9 hull 22.5 oa

Breadth, m

8.70 hull 11.3 oa

Draught, m

0.32 / 0

No of shafts

2 air propellers

Machinery

2 MTU 12V183 TB32 diesels

Power, h. p.

1600

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

diesel oil 2

Endurance, nm(kts)

400(45)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/79

Military load 12 t cargo

Sensors

radar

Complement

13

Project history: British Griffon 8100TD design hovercraft.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2020