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MADAGASCAR NAVY (MADAGASCAR)

COASTAL FORCES

MALAIKA large patrol craft (1967)

Malaika  1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Malaika     SFCN, Villeneuve, France 11.1966 22.3.1967 12.1967 discarded 1998

 

Displacement standard, t

235

Displacement full, t

250

Length, m

47.5

Breadth, m

7.10

Draught, m

2.50

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 MGO diesels

Power, h. p.

4200

Max speed, kts

23

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(15)

Armament

2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 107
Electronic equipment

DRBN-32 radar

Complement

25

Project history: Franco-Belge type P48 boat, ordered in 1966.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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