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MATSILO patrol ship (1976/1996)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Matsilo (ex-Chamois)     Ch de la Perriere, Lorient, France   30.4.1976 24.9.1976 // 5.1996 discarded 2009

 

Displacement standard, t

305

Displacement full, t

500

Length, m

37.0 pp 41.6 oa

Breadth, m

7.50

Draught, m

3.18

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 SACM-Wärtilsä UD30 V16M3 diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

14.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 75

Endurance, nm(kts) 7200(12)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Military load 100 t of cargo

Electronic equipment

Decca 1226 radar

Complement

20

Project history: Former French local support tender, used as a general-purpose cargo transport, tug, patrol and training ship. Can carry 100t of cargo on the deck, 125t of fuel and 40t of water.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Matsilo 1999

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