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MADAGASCAR NAVY (MADAGASCAR)

COASTAL FORCES

'Nampo' patrol boats (1979)

1990

Names

4 units

Builders

North Korea: 4 units

Completed

1979: 4 units

Losses

1 unit (storm 4.1984), 1 unit (storm 4.1984), 1 unit (storm 4.1984)

Transfers

none

Discarding

1995: 1 unit

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

82

Length, m

27.7

Breadth, m

6.10

Draught, m

1.80

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 M50F-4 diesels

Power, h. p.

4800

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

325(19)

Armament

2 x 2 - 14.5/93

Sensors

Zarnitsa or type 351 radar

Complement

19

Project history: North Korean 'Nampo' class LCAs but without a ramp, can be used only as patrols.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019